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Show . JlfiE TO PLEAD dieted Corporation Given V Further Time to Prepare Line of Defense to Recent . Charges.; ' . . .. ' A ten days' extension of time within ; 'which to plead has been requested by the corporations recently indicted by t the Federal grand Jury. The request has .;. been, granted and the corporation lawyers law-yers are busy preparing a line of defense. de-fense. The Union Pacific Bsilroad company, the United Pacific Coal company and the Oregon Short Line Railroad company, com-pany, which are charged with acting in " restraint of trade and discrimination, aaked for an extension of time to answer an-swer and the Utah Fuel company, which was indicted for conspiracy, make the game request. The cases will be heard daring the April term of court. Shortly after the first of the year it is expected that Judge Marshall will gire his decision on the demurrers made by the corporations in the civil actions brought by the Government for the return re-turn of coal lands alleged to have been fraudulently secured. |