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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAR CDC 16, , 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MEDIATION OFFER
HALTS BIG STRIKE
Firemen Heed Plea of
Federal Officials..
"NO WALKOUT," SAY MANAGERS
Rail Chiefs Appeal to Govern
ment in Time.
TWO ARBITRATORS NAMED
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chairman and Labor Commis
sioner to Hasten to Chicago.
Union's Edict Withheld.
CHICAGO, March 15. Danger of an
immediate strike of 27,000 locomotive
firemen, the throwing out of employ
ment of more than 125,000 other em
ployes and the temporary suspension of
business on practically every railroad
between Chicago and the Pacific Coast,
was averted today through the accept
ance of offers for mediation from the
Federal authorities.
At the request of the general man
agers of the 47 railroads Involved, Chair
man Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, and Commissioner of Labor
Neill telegraphed an offer of mediation
to the union officials. This offer was
accepted, W. C. S. Carter, president of
the Brotherhood of Englnemen and
Firemen, stipulating, however, that ac
tion must begin at once.
Step Is Timely.
The appeal to Washington was taken
as an eleventh-hour move to prevent a
walkout, which, it was declared,
threatened the greatest railroad strike
since that of 1894. Thirty-seven mem
bers of the Western Federated Board
of the Brotherhood last midnight form
ally voed for a strike. The hour for
striking had been set for next Monday
morning and the members were pre
pared to start for their homes and put
the strike into effect when the media
tion steps were taken.
It is stipulated that the mediators
come to Chicago. According to Mr.
Carter, their function will be, not to
arbitrate the points in dispute, but to
Weiwnlug- KnafETramre "arbitrated-."
Three Questions Involved.
The questions involve wages, which
both sides have agreed upon as arbitra
ble, the two other technical points. In
volving promotion and representation
in the union, which, the brotherhood
contends, are arbitrable, but which
railroads- say are not.
"If the mediation falls through the
strike will go right on as planned,"
said Mr. Carter.
The accepance of mediation was con
tained in the following telegram sent
by the brotherhod to Messrs. Neill and
Knapp:
Strike Order Withheld.
"Matters in controversy involve con
ditions of employment and increase in
wages. Committee preparing to leave
city, but if assurance is given that
mediation will begin immediately and
in the City of Chicago, authority for
the men to leave the service of the
companies will be temporarily with
held. The fact that we have proposed
arbitration on all matters in con
troversy and the fact that the man
agers' committee has rejected our
proposition does not lead our men to
expect a settlement from mediation, but
as evidence of our fairness, will accept
your friendly offices under the con
ditions named herein. Please answer
promptly.
"W. S. CARTER."
The committee sent the following let
ter to the general managers:
Mediators Offer Aid.
"W. C. Nixon, chairman of managers'
committee: Dear Sir Your letter of
March 15 has been received, in which you
communicate the information that the
managers have invoked the aid of the
Erdman act and the Honorable Chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Honorable Commissioner of Labor
had been requested by the managers to
tender their good offices. This is to
advise the managers' committee that the
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Commissioner of
Iabor have tendered by wire their good
offices in an endeavor to settle through
mediation the pending controversy.
Mediation. Plan Accepted.
The proposition of our committee that
matters in controversy be submitted" to
arbitration is the evidence of the. regard
that we have for the interests o the
public, and after giving the matter fur
ther consideration. our committee in
structs me to notify the managers that
It has accepted tlie good offices of the
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Commissioner of
Labor in an effort to arrive at an' amic
able adjustment of the matters in dis
pute provided that such mediation shall
be conducted in the City of Chicago; and
without delay.
"Our committee again insists that aside
from the interests of the public there are
no other parties concerned In this dis
pute except the railroads represented by
the managers committee j and the em
ployes represented by on I cominitee."
"No Strike," Say lanagers.
In a statement given ut tonight the
general managers satd:
"All prospects of strike are over. There
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CHORUS GIRL SLAPS
HER FIANCE'S FACE
RESENTS SHOW OK JEALOUSY
OX BUSY STREET.
Young Man Angry Because Girl
Tells of Marriage Plans, but
Quarrel Is Patched Up.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. (Spe
cial.) Following a Quarrel with his
fiancee. Miss Emily Wilson, a member
of the chorus of Kolb & Dill's show,
playing at the Princess Theater, Charles
Loring Roberts, son of the Humboldt
County Treasurer, was last evening given
a sound and vigorous face-slapping by
his bride-to-be before a large crowd of
pedestrians in Fillmore street, near
Sutter.
Roberts, who only secured a lie en we in
the afternoon to wed Miss Wilson, quar
reled, with her because she told several
members of the company of the contem
plated wedding, which he was endeavor
ing to keep secret. After the row she
was walking up Fillmore street with one
of the chorus girls and. a gentleman
friend, when Roberts spied her and
grabbed her by the arm, endeavoring to
make her return to him.
She resented this show of Jealousy by
slapping him vigorously. Later the quar
rel was patched up and the couple expect
to be married this week.
Roberts is a graduate of Stanford Uni
versity, and was an honor man. His
parents live in Eureka and know nothing
of the present stage of his imminent
matrimonial affairs.
PENCILS CAUSE TROUBLE
Vancouver Officials May Have to
Pay $151 Bill From Own Pockets.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 15. (Spe
cial.) A clever German salesman recent
ly induced officials in the County Court
house to buy several dozen gross of pen
cils, amounting in all to $151.56. With
each three gross he gave a pencil-sharpener
worth about $10 retail, and the
County Assessor. Treasurer, School Su
perintendent. Auditor and Clerk of the
Court bought enough pencils to last
some time.
In due time the pencils arrived and all
but the County Clerk opened the pack
ages and began to use them. Today the
bill for the goods was received by the
County Commissioners. who at once
pigeon-holed it. saying that the county
officials had no right to go Into the pur
chasing business without first notifying
the Commissioners. The Clerk of the
Court did not open his pencils, so when the
Commissioners refused to approve the bill
he shipped them back. It was the fancy
pencil-sharpener that caught the offi
cials. CORPORATIONS WIPED OUT
Delinquents of License Payments
Rapidly Passing Away.
OLYMPIA. Wash March 15. (Spe
cial.) Hundreds of Washington corpor
ations were wiped out of existence today
and have been daily passing away for
some weeks past and still only those
whose names begin with lettters from A
to K have been reached. Under the new
state law, the Secretary of State is au
thorized to cancel records in his office
and thereby prohibit from doing busi
ness all corporations which are three
years or more in arrears in payments of
the annual state license.
For weeks past, the office force of the
Secretary has been checking up license
payments and for some days Just past
has been going through the Index and
stamping the notice of dissolution of the
corporation opposite the names of the de
linquents. It is estimated that one-tenth or more
of the corporations organized under the
state laws will be wiped off the rolls In
this manner.
NATIONS TO MAKE TRADE
Mexico and United States Negotiate
for Boundary Deals.
WASHINGTON. Maroh 15. Regard
ing the published statement that the
Department of State was considering a
proposition to cede San Ellzario Island,
in the Rio Grande River, to Mexico in
consideration of the relinquishment of
Mexico's claims to the Chamozal zone,
it was stated at the department today
that a number of propositions had been
made by Mexico looking to the settle
ment of the Chamozal zone contro
versy, but none of them had received
consideration.
The department officials, however,
will have a conference tomorrow with
the Mayor of El Paso and other citi
zens representing the interests- in
volved, but no conclusion is likely to
be reached soon. It is probable that
the acceptance of Mexico's proposition
would Involve Congressional action.
NAVY SCANDAL RECALLED
Dr. E. S. Cowles Arrested; Alleged
Practitioner Without License.
BOSTON, March 15. To his own
testimony given at the recent court
martial of Paymaster: George P. Auld,
United States Navy, and Assistant Sur
geon A. H. Robnett, U. S. N., at the
Charlestown Navy yard. Dr. Edward S.
Cowles owes his arrest to'day on an
indictment warrant charging him with
practicing medicine without being:
registered.
He surrendered to an officer today
and when taken before the Superior
Court pleaded not guilty and was held
in $500 bond for trial.
NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER
Kobbery of Woman Storekeeper Was
Intent of Slayer.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 15. Man
uel Taylor, a negro, today confessed that
he killed Mrs. Mary Albert, proprietor
of a grocery store in Kansas City, Kan.,
yesterday.
Taylor lived near Mrs. Albert's store
and he said he had learned that she re
fused to put her money in a bank and
carried a large amount in her pocket.
To, get this money, he said, he killed
her, .
PORTLAND ARTIST
STEALS PAINTING
Young German Con
fesses $1 0,000 Theft.
FAMOUS MILLET RECOVERED
William Kunze Now in Toils in
San Francisco.
WANTED TO MAKE ART COPY
Love for Beautiful Possesses Youth
ful Painter, He Explains, and
He Becomes Thief Source
of Clew Real Mystery.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. De
claring that he took the picture mere
ly to make a copy of It, William Kunze,
a young German artist, recently from
Portland, Or., was arrested this after
noon in possession of the $10,000 Mil
let painting "The Shepherd and His
Flock," which was stolen last Sunday
from the Golden Gate Park Museum.
Kunze was arrested In his studio
after a search of the city which has
been prosecuted with the utmost vigor
ever since the valuable painting was
cut from its . frame by an unknown
thief last Sunday.
Detectrre Sergeant i-award Wren re
fused to divulge the clew which led
to the arrest. Immediately after book
ing the prisoner on a charge of grand
larceny he left the city prison ac
companied by several detectives and it
is believed that they went in search of
possible accomplices.
To the questions of Sergeant Wren
the arrested man answered that he was
led to take the picture by his love of
the beautiful and a desire to make a
copy of it.
The painting which was lent to the
Museum by Miss Sarah Spooner, of this
city, was the work of Jean Franoois
Millet in 1832. It was found in the
room used as a studio by Kunze and
it is now In the custody of the property
clerk of the police department.
The theft occurred last Sunday morn
ing shortly after the Museum was
thrown open to visitors. While the
curator -was absent for--tt short time
the oanvas was cut from the frame and
carried from the building without the
slightest clew being left behind.
Detective Sergeant Wren, assisted by
two detectives, was assigned to work
exclusively on the case with the ar
rest of Kunze late this afternoon as
the result.
Kunze came here from Portland six
months ago.
KCXZE CASUALLY KXOWIf HERE
Art Store Proprietor Held German
Artist In Distrust.
A painter answering the description of
William Kunze, arrested in San Fran
cisco for the theft of Millet's "The Shep-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Foreign.
Roosevelt rides camel to scene of historic
battle. Page 1.
National.
Standard OH Company scored by Govern
ment attorney as danger to business
world. Page 3.
President in special message urges measure
to protect Alaska seals. Page 5.
Senator Cummins opens tight on simin 1st ra
tion railroad bill. Page 1.
Supreme- Court curbs authority of forest
service. Page 3.
Oomestic
Portland artist confesses to theft of famous
$10,000 Millet painting in San Francisco.
Page 1.
Spokane man Identifies members of May bray
gang by handwriting. Page 2.
Chorus girl slaps her fiancee's face on
crowded San Francisco street. Page 1.
Sport.
Mxe. Oorg Kadderly wins swimming race
in M. A. A- C. tank, page 8.
Portland plays Chicago White Sox to stand
still, neither team scoring in nine in
nings. Page &.
DorancJo of Marathon fame may run here
March 27. Page 9.
Pacific Northwest.
Idaho State Grange angered at University
faculty: will demand segregation of agri
cultural departneent. Page 0.
Portland loses appeal to Supreme Court in
franchise case of Portland Railway, Light
& Power Co. Page 8.
Fourteen O. A. C- students arrested for al
leged violation of "move on" ordinance.
Page S. .
Hill engineers running line from Hammond
to Seaside; scenic beach line thought
probable. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
British parliament declines to aid Eng
lish hopgrowers. Page 21.
Hogs sell at $ 1 1. 15 in Portland market.
Page 21.
Wheat stumps at Chicago on report of rain
in Kansas. Page 21.
Strike order has had effect on stock mar
ket. Page 21.
Ship Arctic Stream arrives at Astoria, 1 37
days out, after hard passage. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Government sues Oregon Lumber Company
for timber alleged to have been illegally
cut. Page 13.
Sullivan & Considine to replace Grand Thea
ter with bigger house; also to improve
Orpheum. Page 12.
Sale of shamrocks for Oswego Orphanage to
begin at 6 A. M. tomorrow. Page 1-t.
Empaneling of jury to try W. H. Moore
begins. Page 12.
Slide last Saturday at Wellington in Cas
cades causes travelers' strike. Page 12.
Louis Blanch ette found not guilty of mur
dering countryman. Page 11.
Warehouse to be built on Bast Stark street
at East First. Page 14.
Harrim an lines to expend J 4, 630,000 for new
equipment in Northwest. Page 0.
DENMARK DOUBTS PEARY
Surprise Expressed at Refusal to
Show Proofs.
COPENHAGEN', March 15. (Special.)
Commander Peary's refusal to place
proofs of his North Pole achievements
before Congress has caused surprise here.
The explorer's declaration that a con
tract with his publisher prevents him
from making the data public at this time
is not taken seriously.
It is pointed out by local explc.ers
that scientific and astronomic observa
tions, such as were demanded by Con
gress, could be of no interest to any
publisher.
Experts say that Peary has more right
to seek an acknowledgment that he is
the discoverer of the North Pole before
submitting his proofs than had Dr. Cook.
The circumstance has made many peo
ple here skeptical and Commander Peary
will get no Invitation to lecture before
the Royal Danish Geographical Society.
Austrians Form Fruit Colony.
OREGON CITY. Or., March 15. (Spe
cial.) It is probable that 60 Austrian
families from this city will form a colony
near "Wilhoit Springs and engage in fruit
growing. Frank Mahkovc has Just pur
chased an 80-acre tract from Mrs. Miller
and five Austrian families have already
settled there. It is the intention of the
Austrlans to purchase additional land in
that secion. which is three miles north
of Wilhoit Springs.
ROOSEVELT TAKES
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Soudanese Cavalry Is
His Escort.
SCENE OF CARNAGE VISITED
Knowledge of Tactics Amazes
Inspector-General.
DINNER GIVEN AT PALACE
Coming: Wedding of Son Will Pre
vent Return by Way of San Fran
ciscoAssouan and Luxor
Will Be Visited. '
KHARTOUM, March 15. Colonel Roose
velt's second day Khartoum was given
up largely to sight seeing. The most in
teresting place of all to the ex-President
was the battlefield of Kerrerl, which lies
seven miles north of Omdurman. It was
here that the advance of the Anglo
Egyptian army under Sir Herbert Kitch
ener was contested by the Khalifa and
40,000 men and it was here that the bodies
of 11,000 dead Dervishes were counted the
following day.
Colonel Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and Kermit, Slatin
Pasha, inspector-general of Egypt; Major
Wilson, Governor of Khartoum;" Prince
Auerspert. Mrs. Asser, an intimate friend
of Mrs. Roosevelt, and others went to
Omdurman on the Sirdar's yacht. Elfin,
and from there on camels to the scene of
the great battle of September 2, 1S9S.
Camel Ride Is Novelty.
An escort of Soudanese cavalry was
waiting when the yacht came to her
dock and Colonel Roosevelt Immediately
became interested in the horsemen, who
were picturesquely attired. He Inspected
the squad and then the party mounted
camels preparatory to the seven-mile trip
over durty roads. Innumerable cameras
were focused on the Americans, who
seemed to enjoy their unusual experience
no less than did the crowds who had
gathered and who cheered the ex-President
as he mounted a "ship of the
desert."
The cavalcade started with the escort
In front and In the rear. The first halt
was made at the monument erected to
the Twenty-first Lancers, who here re
ceived their baptism of fire. In this bat
tle the lancers made a desperate charge,
but fell into an ambush at . one of the
dry watercourses seaming the plain and
many were speared by the Dervishes.
Scene of Rout Visited.
The guides took the party to the Donga,
where the spearmen were concentrated,
and described the annihilation of the
lancers.
Thence they went to a hill over
looking the battlefield. Slatin Pasha
explained the positions and plan of
attack: and graphically described the
operations'. Colonel Roosevelt aston
ished the inspector-general with his
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JQURNEYQN GAME
CHICAGO DRYS GAIN
IN REGISTRATION
HEVTEST VOTE IX CITY'S HIS
TORY IS INDICATED.
Opponents of Temperance Sow Ad
mit There Is Possibility They
Will Be Defeated.
CHICAGO, March 15. (Special.) That
Chicago is stirred from center to cir
cumference by the possibility of becom
ing "dry" was1 shown today when regis
tration for the April elections was in ex
cess of 100,000. This is three times the
normal registration for similar occasions
and indicates, clearly that practically
every voter has been hunted, down and
certified.
It also indicates that the. largest vote
in the history of Chicago probably will
be polled in April, not excepting the hot
test Presidential campaigns. The real
significance of the enormous registration
lies in the fact that only those who have
moved since the last election were re
quired to register today.
Both sides appear confident tonight,
but it is admitted that the heaviest gains
are shown In the better wards, where
church and temperance societies, have
been putting in strenuous work to get
registered hundreds of men who never
go to the polls.
The "drys" admit that there had been
a movement on foot to colonize 30,000 ho
bos in the river wards and these were
closely watched today for evidence of
frauds. Although increased registration
was unusually heavy in the "wet" dis
tricts, it did not compare with the tre
mendous gains in the "dry" districts. To
night for the first time opponents of
temperance admitted that there was a
possibility the city would gq "dry," and
they came out with broadsides of figures
calculated to show that the city would
be bankrupt and that 32,000 persons would
lose employment if the city voted out
the saloons or restricted them to strictly
"wet" wards.
HYMEN NOT FOR WQLGAST
"XIx on the Wedding Bills," Says
Anti-Matrimony Pugilist.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 15. (Spe
cial.) "No wedding bells for me" is the
song that Ad Wolgast sang in an inter
view with a local newspaper woman,
which was not to be printed until he had
left town for his vaudeville tour in the
West. Incidentaly he denied there was
any prospect of his marrying a certain
California girl who has been mentioned
in the Coast newspapers as having won
the heart of the lightweight champion.
"Me get married?" he said. "Say, put
out your pipe. I'm too busy putting
away money for the old folks to fool
around with skirts. I am tired of this
girl business. They all want to shake
your hand, and the minute you get beaten
there .wouldn't be a skirt within a mile.
Nix on the wedding bells."
BOTTLES ROUT ROBBER
Highwayman Flees When Victims
Turn and Leaves Hat as Clew.
MEDPORD, Or., March 15. (Special.)
An attempt was made to hold, up the
Moore Hotel bar at 1 o'clock last night.
Three men were in the barroom when
a masked man entered, ordering them
to hold up their hands.
Jack McGynn did as he was told, but
he held in one hand a bottle which
he threw at the robber. The men in tho
room, gaining courage, grabbed other
bottles and soon had the robber run
ning from the flying missiles.
He escaped, leaving his hat behind,
and the police believe that they will
land their man.
POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED
SU Louis Official Charged With Re
vealing Inquiry Secrets.
ST. LOUIS." March 13. Chief of Police
Edmond P. Creecy was suspended by the
Board of Police Commissioners today on
charges of divulging secrets of the in
vestigation into an alleged shortage in
the police relief fund to John M. HeoJy.
who was indicted last week on the
arge of embezzlement.
Lieutenant Thomas J. McCormack,
president of the Relief Association, was
also suspended. The charges against
him were not announced. Chief Creecy
is ill at his home. The full list of
charges against him was1 not made pub
lic. CABLE FOULED ON WRECK?
Whaler Believes Obstruction Was
Lost Sloop-of-War Condor.
VICTORIA, H. C, March 15. A report
has been made to the Marine Depart
ment by Captain Heater, of the whaling
steamer Orion, that the steamer fouled
her cable when taking a whale six miles
south of Uclulet on what some assert
to be a submerged rock.
Captain Heater is of the opinion it
may prove to be the British sloop of
war Condor, which foundered in Decem
ber, 1901, with 104 officers and men.
The supposed wreck is in 50 fathoms
of water.
Merry Party Goes to Jail.
VANCOUVER. Wash., March 15. (Spe
cial.) Luther Reynolds, J. Van Duyn,
Edith Campbell and Emma Niles, arrived
from Portland yesterday and took rooms
in the Ferry Rooming-house. The place
was raided by the police last night and
the quartet was arrested. The men were
fined $25 each and the women $15 each.
The women said they live in Eugene,
but had been living in Portland recently.
Being unable to raise the money to pay
the fine, the party was committed to
Jail.
FIGHT IS OPENED
ON RAILROAD BILL
Cummins Resents In
terference of Taft.
PRECEDENT FULL OF DANGER
Conferences at White House
Regarded With Suspicion.
SENATE IS KEPT IN DARK
Iowan Declares He Will Oppose
Measure at Risk of Incurring
Presidential Displeasure.
Long Debate Promised.
WASHINGTON; March 13. That he
would oppose the Administration rail
road bill even though it might result
in an effort to read him out of the
party. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, in ef
fect, declared In the Senate today, in
the initial speech on the railroad bill.
He commented especially upon the
history of the measure, which, he said,
had originated in the executive branch
of the Government rather than in Con
gress. After occupying its place on the Hen
ate calendar for 18 days, the bill was
taken up at 2 o'clock, and thus was
laujiched the discussion of what the
members of the Senate resrard as the
most important legislation before Con
gress. The Iowa Senator had spoken
about two hours when he asked leave
to suspend until tomorrow.
Bailey Predicts Delay.
The leave was granted, but Senator
Hale, chairman of the Republican
caucus, gave notice that hereafter the
bill would be kept constantly before
the Senate. In language just as posi
tive Mr. Bailey declared that the bill
could not be rushed and declared that
Congress was liable still to be consider
ing it when the "dog days" arrived.
In the main Mr. Cummins' speech
was devoted to a, general recital ot
the proposed legislation, in which he
criticised the course of the President
and declares his intention of opposing
the bill in its present shape at the
cost of the displeasure ef the Chief
Executive.
"I recognize the President is quite
within his privilege and duties in ex
pressing his views upon such subjects
as often as he likes and as emphatic
ally as he pleases," said Mr. Cummins.
Taft Is Criticised.
"Whether he is within his privilege
or his duty when he undertakes to pre
scribe the precise form that legislation
shall assume may well be doubted. His
great predecessor thought that execu
tive propriety did not permit it, for
when ho was dealing with the same
subject in his message at the begin
ning of the first session of the .Fifty
ninth Congress In 1905, he said, 'It is
not my province to indicate the exact
terms of the law which should be on
acted, but I call the attention of Con
gress to certain existing conditions
with which it is desirable to deal.'
"I would not, however, be inclined
to attachi much importance to the prac.
tice which now seems to be very gen
eral, were it not that such a course
in the very nature of things must
be disastrous. Although a Senator may
be in full sympathy with the broad
purposes which the Executive proposes
to accomplish, the moment he asserts
his Independent view of the best way
to accomplish the. purpose he finds
himself in direct conflict with the
President and he must choose between
losing the Presidential favor and doing
a thing in a way his conscience tells
him it ought not to be.
Congress' Power in Danger.
"I fear that in a slight instance or
during one Administration the independ
ent will of the member? in Congress can
be overcome, but if upon subjects like
the one before us the practice of having
a bill prepared In the executive offices
and presented to Congress for passage,
accompanied with an Implied message
that punishment follows disobedience, is
continued from year to year, in the end
Congress will become a mere form In
organized society.
"With the- utmost respect for the
exalted office of President of the United
States and for him who occupies it at
the present -time. I record my protest,
here and now, against a practice which I
believe to be full of dangers and disas
ters." Declaring to be extraordinary the cir
cumstances surrounding the origin of the
bill, the Iowa Senator detailed the meet
ing, hist August, of Attorney-General
Wickensham in New York, with others
who, he said, had undertaken to put into
ehape for enactment the various recom
mendations of the President on railroad
legislation. The report as made to the
Chief Executive was supposedly confiden
tial, he said, but as a matter of fact,
long before it reached the President it
had fallen into the hai,ds of the railroad
men.
Kailroad Influence Seen.
Discufwlng the progress? of the bill after
it readied the President, Mr. Cummins
declared that it had been vastly changed.
Indeed, he declared, but for the birth
mark of commerce court, no one would
recognize ' the measure born In the "dog
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