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Show MM .11,, I lit. inula I II1U1WU.IU) STANDARD TRIES TO BELAY GAME Asks for Two Weeks to Prepare Answer in Rogers's Case. QUESTION VERY SIMPLE, DECLARES MR. HADLEY Whether He Can Refuse to Answer An-swer Because Counsel Says So. NEW YORK. Jan. 10 -The hearing before be-fore a commissioner In the quo warranto proceedings brought by Attorney-General Herbert S Hadley Of Missouri to oust three oil companies from that Stale wns put over until after today In order tu allow Mr Hadley nnd his counsel ond counsel for the Standard Ull company to I appear In the Supreme court and make an argument on the order Issued hv that court to II H. Kogers Instructing him to show can-,' wh he shall not answer the questions asked him by Mr. Hadley. Want to Prove Trust. The question! were In the main Intended lo bring out whether or not the Standard Ull company of NVw Jersey owns or con-ln con-ln Is a majority of the stock of the Waters-Pierce Oil company of Missouri, tho Republic Oil company of N ork and the Standard Oil company of Indiana. Hearing la Put Over. When the order to show cause vns luk. ti up before Justice Olldcrsli. ve in the Supreme court today, Wllllum Howe und Frank Iiagemun, counsel for tho Standard OH company. aBked that Hie louring on th.- question whether Mr Rogers shall bu- compelled to anwer the questions be put over until Krldny morning. morn-ing. Justice GrlldersleeVe grunted the motion. mo-tion. Hadn't Time to Prepare. The counsel for the Standard Oil oom-y: oom-y: ny Informed the court that they hj.l nol tnd time to prepare un answer They also requested that the heuring befon Commissioner Sanborn should be held In abeyance until after argument before the Supremo court Justice ( Midi rsl eeve lher-i,.r. lher-i,.r. ordi red ihut all proceeding! before Commissioner Frederick ll Banborn be staved until Friday at 2 p. in., or until a'fter argument on Ihe order to show , nise Judge H 8. Priest of St Louis, counsel in the West for the Standard (ill ...ni- pany, arrived hei- today to tuk. part In the cane. Attorney-General Hadlev was pn -.-ni but was represented b ftenrj wollman us counsel Howe in No Hurry Lawyer w Rows, repreecntlng Mr Rogers, said that he hriH had no opportunity oppor-tunity to confer with his asso. dates since receiving notice of the order to show cause. The questions Involved were serious nnd Complicated, he said, and he could not possibly prepare nn answer or be ready to argue the case In les! than two we.-ks He eald there is no occasion for haste ns the original case In Missouri cannot be tried for several months. Snyg Delay Is the Gnn;e Mr 'Wollman In answer nld that no postponement should be granted. All that Is nought, he snlrl. Is delny and the questions Involved are simple lo Introduced Intro-duced Attorney-General Hadley who was accorded the privilege of addressing the court. Question Is Simple. Mr IIadle snll the only prlvlleg, Mi Rogers claimed In refusing to answei w ,i s ( he advice . .t counsel The quest Ion Is. eald Mr Hadley. whether a witness can refuse to answer questions simply by claiming the privilege thai he or his counsel did not think they should be answered Mr, Hadley snld there are pr din,.'-' pending In Missouri that will be helpful In deti rmlnlng the presi nt . , ii |