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Show ATTORNEY MAY MAKE ANOTHER 5 m EFFORT TO GET TRUTH FROM THE h IK EVASIVE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER i? II New York, June 1. When tho bearing bear-ing before Commissioner Abraham L. Jacobs In the litigation pending In tho United States district court in St. Louis between the Standard Oil company and tho Waters-Pierco Oil company, one of the SUudard Oil sub-bidlarles, sub-bidlarles, is resumed June 17 John D. Rockefeller may be called to the stand again. Samuel Untenner, attorney for Clay Pierce, subjected Mr. Rockefeller Rock-efeller to a merciless cross examination examina-tion for two hours on his first appearance, appear-ance, and at the end ot the examination examina-tion ho r.ald to Commissioner Jacobs, "I submit that the witness hao not i , i ' T f ' I I VM answered a single question." Mr. G9 Rockefeller had been apparently can- 69 did, but he was also evasive. He nover fM auswered a question by "Yes" or "No," 19 and he seldom fell back upon a faulty H memory. Ho nnbwored with cjc plana- Q tions that were involved, and ho In- . Hfl sistcd that what littlo he had dono SB In tho dissolution of the Standard Oil jffll concern had been perfunctory and that ' fyrll he had signed many proxies as a mat- , "' IjHM tor of form and without any definite Sal information as to how tho proxies HlB wore to be used This picture of Mr. etCI Rockefcllor was mado as ho was in ' KB tho witness chair In Mr. Untormyor's 'tB ofiice. '( |