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Medford Mail Tribune
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
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Forty-fourth Year.
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MEDITOItD, OKKOOy, MONDAY, .7ANITAIIY 'I, 1915
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NO. 214
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FRENCH CAPTURE
STEINBACH Hi
HARD STRUGGLE
POSTAL RECEIPTS FUR
MEDFORD POST OFFICE
Germans Admit That Small Alsatian
Town Near Thaim Is Taken by
Enemy After Overwhelmed Bom
hartlmcnt Little Activity Alonn,
Western Fl)litlii Line.
LONDON', .Inn. !. The ciiptmc hy
tlui Flench of Slcinhnch, n miiiiII Al
eutian town nrnr Tllllllll, in mllllilti'il
In today's statement I'iiiiii llio lloiliu
wiir olHce. Tho iiilviinrit of tlio
Fiench wus preceded hy mi artillery
liniiiliiiiiliiit'iit which tint German
hlutcuicnls describe as "overwhelm
ing," mill which enabled lliu French
to occupy tieiiehes uenr Sennhclui, an
well iih tint town of Nlcinbnith. Thec
benches Inter went iccnptuiod, the
German statement says,
Except for this fighting along the
eastern I'liil of liu battle front there
is littli) ni'livity, I ho German eounlcr
attacks apparently Inning hutted cf
fcctuully tint fnrwnrd innxcuiciit
which lu nllios attempted IiinI niotilh.
A few iiiiiiiipoitiiul gains aru chrnii'
ic'lcil in tint French offii'iiil state
ini'iil, which mIho nays Hint nil nt
tempt to capture u village in the
.Mitiim (miiitry failed,
ItuHilmit Itcpoit llnlllo
Tliu Ocriumi htnteincnt imihi'x no
mention of the severe lighting in tin
ciiht reported liy tln Huhhiiiii military
millionth'. It ciiVM metoly that tint
siliuitinii it. unchanged ami that dol
man nllni'U continue.
Fighting is in pro(;roH atom.' the
eastern buttle front, leading ut pmnth
to desperate huiid-tit-hund encoun
ters. An official Russian statement
show thai, lifter rapturing Holitnow,
tint (icrmaiw iitlemplcd to push on to
tlir northeast in the diiecliou of War
saw, nliotit thirty mile uwnv. This
movement marked tin renewal of the
(Icniian offensive toward tint Polish
eapital niter n period of 'oinpnratio
inaetivity, hut I heir advance in thin
iliieetion in Mihl to have hcen hjuiIhI
with I a rye hmcs. A rCiunrkiiblo
night hatlle on the hunk of the lUina
liver is ileHeriheil in the Russian emu
iniinleation which iuivs thilt (lernian
forces went Hnnitteil to cm (he
liver unmolested anil then were at
tacked with bayonets, without the
limit; of ii flint. It U ussciL-d that
several hiiiulreil Oct mans were killed
mid the remainder suriciiilerrd.
Coiifllitlug ItepoitN
In the oilier eninpnigiis on Europe's
hatlle field no esscntinl changes nre
reported. In the trniis-Cnueiisinn ie.
ginu the Turks and Russians are en
guged in fierce struggles, hut reports
froiii Pclrognul and Constantinople
enticciuiug the oiileouui ant at com
plete variance. In Franco and Hcl
I'iiim tint al lacks of tint allien have
failed In develon into another great
haltle and it Is helieved in London
that the attempt to exiicl the (Iciiuutis
from thi'ii conquered territory may
he dcfcrieil several inniilhs.
I'ohIiiI receipts for tint Med ford
poxtnrfko for llm year iiinlltiK IX
citniher .'It wero 'Jl,2l!0,7, n tlneit
per rent kIii ovor lUI.'t. Tim lotnl
iccelplii for CM.'I wero 2H,tor,,03.
TIiIh total Included retuniN from
ntauipH, lealHteied letterfi. liioauy
orilnrH, and all other noiireen,
Tliu recelinn for tint Mnrcli, l!lt.
ipiartcr wero S7llfi.."7; ta IIM.t,
iC'i-A"; June. 1 ! 1 1 , ipinrlor. ITI'.'I.
T.'t; 11113, Jor.'J.ViM: Heptemhcr.
tin i. icntt.i:.; in ttua, c:ir.o.i i.
ami In December uuaitor, 11)11,
IHOC'.UII, ami In Deeemlier, 1UI.1,
IHiilii.ail. In every quarter hut the
Iniit the rerelptH went IiIkIht tlmu
I ill 3. Alter the heKlmiliiK of the
IMropean war, ami tint umiill fruit
erop, theio wiih a hIIkIH dccreiinu In
recelptH.
Taltini tin a haromcler of IjihiIiiooi
conillllouH tliu recelptH hIiow a nor
mill hiinlnciiH condition. In iiiont of
the mtot((ei of Oregon, a hiiiuII
dicreiimt h noted.
HP
PUB
BILL S OPPOSED
YWCANS
Administration Measure Temporarily
Laid Aside (or Appropriation Bills
Foreign Complications Urged
Ic-alnst Measure, Which Is Also
Opposed.
RUSSIANS FIGHT NG
TURKS
CONTESTED BATTLE
PirntOClt.M), Jan. 4 An offlclnl
communication from the ItiiNAlan K'n
oral ntnff In tint Cmicnnuii Riven de
tnllit of tliu fliilitlut; In tho vicinity or
Kurt Kauiynli In Trnns-Caucniiln. The
ntutoment follewn:
"In tho roKlon of Knrl K:imynh
.luuunrynl, tliu great Imtllu continued
olivloimly to our ndvnntnKc. Tlio
enemy, how over, continued to offer
tin obxtlmito rciUtnnce.
"Wo captured tho COlh rKlmcnt
of Infnutry ilinont complete, Incluil-
Iuk tho commander and .'0 offlcorn.
Tim total of TurklNh prlHoneri
amountH to fiOOO KOldUtm, 0 offlcerx
and Mtverat MtirKcoim, 'o nlxo rap
tured nix piece of mountain nrtll
lory, 1 1 iiiachlno kuiim and ammuni
tion. "Tho next day tho flnntlng here
wan Htlll koIiik on. Our troops re
captureturncd Home poHltloiiH which
tint TiirkM hnd occupied and took
threo marhlntt kuiin and inoru than
700 prlHonerii. ,
"At one point a company of a Cau
casian reKlinent wan dlnpeysed hy
hayonut charKiiN, while two TurKlnh
eompanloH wero cut to plecoH hy an
tlllery fire.
"Our troopn are operntliiK under
eondltloiiH exreptlonaly painful on ac
count of the cold and Know- In a IiIkIi
altitude. Tliu moralo of our Hold
lent in Reed and limy flKht with ardor."
PRESIDENT PLANS
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RECORDS
POR
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AND
CHANGE
I'OHTI.ANI), Oro Jan, 4 - Tort
land'ti nraln exchaiiKo, whoro now
price rucorda havo heon an almoHt
dally occurreuco for tho lam month,
aaw oi!o of tho moHt proununcud ad
vaiicuu today ulnco tho ookIiuiIiik of
tho lOuropoan War. Now northwoHt
iiiii rccordii woro nut, not only for
wheat hut for oata and harloy. All
vailutliiH of wheat Hold front -14 to
:i',i centH hlKhur than tho top UIiIh
of litHt Saturday,
Ton thnuHiiud husliola of Tohruary
flrty fold and an eqiial amount of npol
cluh Hold at f l.Uti and ft. 33 per
IiiihIioI icHpectlvely, eacli roprenont
Iiik a gain of thtoo contu ovpr Satur
day'H IiIiIh. Twonty tliouaud htiBholH
of Kohruary cluh changed hands at
J 1,3 1, u gain of two coiiIh, Spot red
IliiHHlim made tho latKOHt Kaln of
','i coiiIh, 5000 hiiHhols koIdk at
4 l.Cl. In all 00,00 hiiBliels ot wheat
chanced luuidn.
Ono hundrod toim of spfft oata sold
at $31 pur ton, u Kaln of 2fi contu
while 100 Ioiih or feed harloy hroiiKht
31), u ualn of 7C cuntH.
WASIII.VdTO.N', Jan. 4.l'reHldent
W'IIhou lieKnu today planning tho
HpeechuH ho expocta to make on hla
return f rip from tho San KrancUco
expoBlllon thlH HprlnK. Ho told cal
lerH ho wanted to accept no mo ot tho
Invitations and hooh would map out
a doflntlo Itluurary,
Senator Tluimau and ltoprcsonta
liven KentliiK nnd Taylor of Colorado
linked him to mieak at Denver. Son
ator Fletcher and Senator Opro auked
111 in to Kpeuk at a mcotltiK ot tho
Soulherii Commercial CoiiRrona at
.MimkoReo, Okla., In April; Senator
Shoppnid Invited him to npeak In Dal
Iiih. Invitations already havo boon
extended to him to stop lit Chicago,
Omaha, St. I.ouIh, Kaunas City, Salt
l.alo City, 1.08 AimoluH, Mllwaukeo,
mid lndlmuipolls,
W'ASIIINOTON, Jan. 4. -The ml
mlnUtrntlon (thli purchimo bill whh
modi! tin iinflnlNlied h iih I lien of tho
neniite today hut wan tomporurlly
laid anldi! to mako way for appropria
tion IjIIIh. Senator Loilge demnndod
a record voto, which allowed 40 for
nnd 2!) agaliiHt taktuR up tho bill.
Senator Vardaman waa -tho only
democrat to voto acalnat tho motion
"ThU uhlppliiR hill In openliiR up
Rrent now propoaltlona to tho Ameri
can people nnd tho country ought to
have time for reflection," ho said,
adilliiR that democratic leader had
declared (hoy had tho votes to paaa
It.
"Yea. wo havo the votca," ro
Joined Senator Stone, "and wo will
put It through If tliu wnatora on tho
other aide will not reaort to unusual
ly obstructive tactic.
.Minority Iteport filed
Opposition to tho ahlp purchase
hill, chiefly on tho ground that it
might preclpltato foreign ocmpllca
tloiiH and as a tendency toward gov
ernment ownership, was act forth In
a minority report of tho commorco
comiulsslnn filed by Scnatora Dur
ton, Nulson, Perkins, Smith of Mich
igan, and Oliver. That overy ahlp
under tho proposed plan "would add
one more risk of our being drawn
Into tho present war," was the dec
laration If tho minority. Tho report
ay a:
Undoubtedly It waa one of tlio In
spiring mntlvcH for thoso wro framed
tho bill, to release, boats which havo
been Intered aa a result of tho war.
Tho president has gonn to tho almost
unpiecedent llmlta of using IiIh ut
most endeavor to dlscourago private
Hans to belligerents. Islt conlund
Inntm to belligerents, in t consist
ent with so strict nn application ot
tliu neutrality policy to mako al least
Indirectly, available to ono of tho bol
llgerontn many millions of dollars
which hud been uindo unavallablo by
tho Incidents of war?"
Su)i ll'h KH'rliuent
Concerning tho glvernmcnt owner-
ship feature of tho bill, tlio report do-
claica It to bo an experiment that
can not bo Justified by any of tho ar
guments which apply to tho taking
over, of n naturally monopolist!! pub-
He enterprise, " because tho whipping
field Is farm from unturally monopo
listic."
Tho report also asserts that tho
plan would bo futile In reducing ocean
rates.
Senator Hoot, In debate, declared
no measure of equal consequence had
bocn brought before congress In ninny
yeaia. It was proposed, ho said, to
put tlio government into foreign trade
at a tlmo of extreme danger. Tho
result must bo, ho Insisted to placo In
question tho good faith ot tho United
Statci Knelt In carrying goods to bel
ligerents. Sonator Hoot protested against any
ofort toOImlt debate.
Senator Fletcher replied It waa not
tho purposi) ot tho majority to limit
discussion.
Senator I.ode served notice on the
demnernU that Mie would resort to
any pailiameutiiry procedure to delay
action on the shipping hill if mi at
tempt were made to "jam it through."
lie uhurnctcmed the hill as "thor
oughly vicious, economically ami in
torniitionii!y" ami tho "grossest kind
of n hiihslilv."
MRS. MAY DE SOUSA HAINES WINS
DIVORCE DECREE ON CRUELTY CHARGE
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TO STOP EXPORT
WAR MUNITIONS
Mra. May Do Sousn Ilnye becatne Mix May De Sousn by a decree entcrrrt
by Judge Sullivan hi a Chicago court after the Chicago prima donna bad tes
tified that she bad spent $U.,000 on her husband, I'nton Arthur llaluos, and
bad suffcrinl numerous beating at his hands.
"During my Udulon engagements my husband bent me continually, but he
was careful not In strlLe me In tho face." testified Miss I)e Sousx
"Ho didn't want to bruise my face, because the Injuries then could be seen,
m It would alt ou my elicit and strike me about the body."
TURKISH
TROOPS
RAVAGE PERSIA
l'KTItOOUAI) Jan. 4, (via London,
7:2.1 p. in.) Austrlnn aeroplanes nro
dally bombarding Kellcc, In Uusslan
Poland, 04 miles northeast of Cra
cow, Ton bombs were dropped on
tho Uusslan railroad stations and
freight January 2. I.Ittlo damage
waa dono.
RUSSIA PAROLES
IM-rrUOaitAD Jan. 4. (via London,
7:35 p. m.) Turkish troops whoso
defeat by Russian forces was an
nounced Oeccmttor 12, when thoy at
tempted to Invado Itussla from Per
sian territory, nro now reported to Ik
ravaging tho region south of J.ako
Urmlah, in western Persia. Hastily
assembled lovles of Persian troops
sent against tho Turkers were de
feated. A protest was uindo soma time ago
to Turkey by tho Persian government.
It Is said no reply has been received.
PRISONERS IN SIBERIA
J SELLS
$1.35 M
INCREASE RATES' ON
WASHINGTON, Jan. .(.Itntlng of
poultry in carload liy westorfi rail
roads as third instead of fourtli-olasK
freight, IIiiih inereuHinp; tho ohaiges,
was held lodny hv tho iulerslalo uoin
mi'ieo coiititiUaioii to bo jiibtifivtl.
FRENCH CLAIMING :
FURTHER IPR06RESS
l'AHKS, Jan. 4. Tho offieiul
sluteinent given out hi Talis this af
ternoon shows thai tho artillerv
fighting iilong tlio front is proceed
ing iutcnilittenUy mid at some points
with piutii'iilar viplenco. There beems
to havo been few infantry nttnes ro
eently, Tho French admit failur6 in
mi effort to occupy u Qennmi nasi
tiou in (ho Mouse country. Thoy
ehiiiu, however, fuilher progress In
Steinluu'li.
Clllt'AGO, Jan. I. -llighct price-
ri'iieheil in years were scored today in
the wheat pit here, Tho reason was
the virtual certainty that ut lenxt for
the present Argentine shipments to
Kuropo would he much smaller than
the generous size of tho crop there
had recently seemed to warrant.
Scarcity of ocean tonnage ut Ar
gentine ports nnd the nhuoM prohib
itive vessel rates from there to Kur
ope were largely lcsponsible.
In tho last hour of the session re
ports of immense cash sales for
ocean shipment gave prices u further
big lift. Just before tlio final gong
brought business to u halt, wheat tot
ality delivery, the chief speculative
option, was snapped up in some cases
us high as $l.:iln.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 To re
lievo Gorman and Austrian prisoners
of war. n committee of missionaries,
principally Americans, will start to
morrow from Peking for tho Inter
ior or Siberia, bearing medical sup
plies and clothing furnished by tho
American Itcd Cross and to plan an
extension of their work of mercy.
Tho prisoners nro not confined, but
generally havo been paroled under
pledge not to leave tho neighborhood.
Their only wants aro food, clothing
and medicine.
In explanation of tho parolo of
prisoners, It said that with Its abso
lute control of tho Siberian rnllway,
which In winter nffords tho only pos
sible ngrcss from Siberia, tho Rus
sian government feels there Is llttlo
possibility of escape.
Delegations From German-American
Alliance and Ancient Order of Hi
bernians Declare It Is Outrage to
Permit Allies to Secure Supplies
Prevent Germans From Leavir-j.
JAP ADMIRAL Al
REJECTED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON', Jan. 4. An ml
verso report on tho nomination of
Jiulgo Kwing Itlnnil of iiKnsns City
to ho United States marshal of the
western district of Missouri was
Voted Info today hy the judiciary
TOKIO, Jan. -I. The Japanese
cabinet has designated Admiral Bar
on Shigeto Down us a special envoy
to the l'nnuma-Paeifie expo-it ion,
Kenr Admiral Dewn N one of Jap
an's distinguished naval officers. In
the Kusso-Japiincse war ho was with
Admiral Togo all through tho Port
Arthur hlocknde and later eonunnnd-
ed n squadron during the naval battle
with tho Russians in the sea of Ja
pan. Karly last year he was ap
pointed as head of the naval comiuis
sion which inquired into tho Japan
ese naval scandal in which bribery
was charged in connection with the
allotment of const ructiou contracts.
TWELVE INJURED
WASHINGTON, Jan. -".--"(-'urliM
exportation of all munitions of war
that are contraband and you will re
move the excuse for the ItritNi con
duct which called forth the note of
protct recently sent to London," said
Theodore Sutni of New York, ad
dressing the houe foreign relations
committee lodav in favor of pending
congrc-sionnl resolutions to stop ex
ports of war materia!-, to Kuropean
hclligcrcnts.
Delegations from New York. Phila
delphia, Chicago and Baltimore,
among them representative of the
Geniiaib-Ameriean alliance mid the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, appear,
cd in favor of the resolutions.
C. J. Detainer of Philadelphia,
president of the Gcnnan-Ainericnn
Alliance, presented memorials adopt
ed by that organization in many
states urging the adoption of one
of the resolutions.
Insult to German
These memorials included a letter
written hy Mr. Hexntncr to President
Wilson, dated December I), ''in the
interest of neutrality," Miying that
one of the nations engaged in the war
"could get munitions from tlu's coun
try.'' "Our failure in keeping strict neu
trality becomes thereby," the letter
continued, "nn unfriendly if. not in
imical net against one particular na
tion.
"You cannot imagine, Mr. Presi
dent," he wrote, "with what chagrin
ami hilterne-s.s it fills the Americans
of German descent to see the rc
the resources of this great countrv
which they have helped to build up
placed at tho disposal of enemies,
who with their overwhelming forces
have proclaimed it their avowed pur
pose to crush our ancestral home.
Matter of Form Only
"Since the attitude of our govern
ment enables Kughtml to cut off,
ngainst our own interest, even the
.most neee-siirv supplies from the
civil population of certain countries,
do you think, Mr. President, that
thereby the assertions that the neu
trality of the United States is only u
matter of form and does not exist,
arc justified?"
1 IMP LAWS
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FIRS! WEEK OF
BEET CAMPAIGN
Farmers Beginning to Realize Value
of Beet Sugar Plant to Valley and
Signing Up More Freely List of
Those Agreeing to Raise Beets
Given Farm to Farm Campaign.
A Jununry thaw has sot in upon (lie
frigidity that shrouded the campaign
for the establishment of n $(100,000
beet sugar factory in the Koguo Itivcr
valley, nnd there was a revival of in
terest, mid n general casting off of
the insidious thrall of mosslmukism
Saturday. To date over 1000 ncrrs
have been signed up. and much more
is in prospect. Citizens nnd land
owners Imvc plnnncii a fnrm-to-fnnii
campaign to secure tho necessary
nereagv.
The following farmers nnd fruit
growers throughout the valley havo
signed ferncrcnge:
Kaglc Point Nnrrcgan & Sou,
Frank Lewis, Fred Pelouze, Joe Ifa,s
kinsj Wallace Bergman, C. A. Knight, -I.em
Charley, I. L. Brnilshnw, C. E.
Terrill, G. B. Brown, It. H. Toft, A.
7. Hazelton, W. X. Stnuh, J. X. Bilev,
l B. Warner, Sr W. W. Fristoc, II.
L. Dodge, Ernest Adams and F. I.
Madden.
Scattering acreage, not classified
as to di-triet, are: A. Conro Fiero,
Stevens & Brown, F. S. Carpenter, C.
II. Pierce, E. J. Brown, Lnttu &. Hop
kins, John H. Cnrkins, Crystal
Springs Orchards-, II. D. Schiller, E.
J. Parton, J. A. Perry, F. L. Ton
Vclle, George B. Carpenter, D. II. Mc
Curdy, J. Walter.
Willow Springs D. W. Stone, Geo.
P. Mims, Eldon Bros., Mrs. I). X. Me.
XaJjser, Itpy KrxSmitlirJ. W. Burk
holt, Mrs. Frank McKee, John Sisty,
A. C. Carlson, It. II. Davidson, Sam
Anderson, Fred Strnube, Elmer Hig
inbotham, G. X. Davis and F. M. Pal
mer. Table Hock S. C. Coljins, Leo Yin
cent niul E. W. Carlcton.
Talent Wellborn Becson, (fnint
Davis, A. Widener, L. G. Edwards, II,
It. Iteachert. Merrick & Holmes, Geo.
W. Hoss, Lilly L. Jeffries, Walter
Jeffrey, James Lennox, II. S. Glenn,
E. C. Gardner and Willard V. B.
Campbell, George C. Carter, Mr. Fox
hall, It. E. Robinson, John Kent, Geo.
.Morse, I. C. Williams, L. II. Houbtm
and C. 11. Thomns.
Saturduy afternoon members of
the committee in charge of tho cam
paign for securing ncreago visited
the Ilogue Itivcr and Evans creek dis
trict ami found u healthv sentiment
there for planting beets, and in tho
neighborhood of 1000 additional acres
aro expected to bo signed up front
these sections.
PROSPEC
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WRECK
1 commit Uo of the scimto.
ALBERT LEA, Minn.. Jan. 4.
Twelve persons wero injured serious
ly, three of I hem futility, early today
when tho fust Des Moines south
bound passenger train on the Minne
apolis ci St. Louis railroad was
wrecked at Emmons, .Minn., hy a de
fective switch. Tlio chair car mid
smoker wero demolished. A relief
train arrived hero with twelve in
jured. Thomas Mayer of Humboldt,
WASHINGTON, Jan. -I. In mi un
official hut convincing way, the state
department has learned that there is
no intention ou the part of tho lead
ers in control of the California legis
lature to bring forward any new anti-
Japanese legislation during the pres
ent session, which began today. It
has been made plain that the leaders
cannot prevent members from
broaching measures of their own, hut
it is understood that such measures
will not receive support of the domi
nant party.
A disposition not to do nnyihing
that might jeopardize the success of
tho Paiiama-Pacific exposition liy
curtailing Oriental exhibits, is under
stood here to have been a potent fac
tor in bringing about the delermiua
tion to avoid further agitation of the
Japanese question.
Develop
to ston
WASHINGTON Jan. 4.
meats in tho negotiations
British interruptions of copper ship
ments havo reached a point, it was
understood here today, where Great
lu,; Matt Ersher of Luverne, Minn., Britain will not interfere with ship
and Conductor Keating of Minnenp- incuts lo well-known Italian firms if
olis wero believed to liu fatally hurt.' thoy tire mmlo in Ituliiin ships.
RURAL CREDIT BILL
MAY BE TAKEN UP
WASHINGTON, Jan. -J. President
Wilson has received pressing requests
from different parts of tho country
that rural credits legislation be taken
up during the present congress, niul
he is considering (ho advisability-of
changing his plan to put the subject
over to next December.
Chairman Glass of the house bank
ing committee told the piesident to
day it would not bo advisable to lake
up the subject until timu had been al
lowed for tho working out of tint
farm loan features of tho federal
bank law.
HALL'S APPOINTMENT
HELD UP IN SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. -I. The vc
iiomiuution of Henry Clay Hall of
Colorado Springs, Colo., to tho in
terstate commerce commission was
held up today by tho senate inter
state commerce committee at tliu re
quest of republican soiiators. Sena
tor Cummins fenid several iticmhetH
wanted to know more about why the
commission recently reversed l(f
ami granted freight rate .increases to
eastern railroads.
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