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"BIM'HAYES
NOW FLIRTING
WITH LEAGUERS
With Tracy in the Fight Again
Labor Vote Could Make
Him Dangerous
Davison of San Jose Has Some
Strength With Unions of
His District
cnt republican club tonight in Schu
bert's hall at Sixteenth and Mission
streets.
Meeting for Coffey
FHends of Judge James V. Coffey,
who is a candidate for the democratic
! nomination for the first district appel
1 late judgeship, have announced a
•meeting in his behalf to be held to
\u25a0 night in Golden Gate Corrmandery hall'
in Sutter street near Steiner. This
J will be the opening of Judge Coffey's
.active campaign, vhieh will be in
{charge of Thomas J. Walsh. Judge
• Coffey is well known in San Francisco,
having served on the local probate
• bench for 27 yeare. Ills opponents
'for the democratic nomination for the
; appellate bench are Judge George E.
\u25a0 Church of Fresno and Judge Bradley
•V. Sargent of Monterey. Walsh said
Oast night that .Judge Coffey's nominat
ing petitions "would he zeady for circu
lation in" all 10 of the counties compos
. ing the district before the end of the
At a meeting of the executive com
..jnltlee of the independence leigrue at
-the league hoadquartrs last' night it
"was dcided to put a complete locs.!
ticket in the fl>ld. A petition v.-Jll be
-^*ent at once to the registrar of voters
for a place on the ballot. It
•was stated that the question of noml
• Slating candidates for state and district
; offices had not b<*en settled, but would
[ lie taken up at a later date.
! New Republican Club
A meeting of republicans of the. thir
ty-ninth assembly district was held
; last night in Park Richmond hall at 619
' Sixth avenue and resulted in the forma-
I tion of the Thirty-ninth District »epjb
" lican club, an organization distinct
from other clubs already formed in the
district. The meeting v.-as called orig
inally for organizing- in support of the
candidacy of Kdgar Levy for the state
senate from the twenty-s<;cond sena
torial district and J. Frankel for the
assembly from the Thirty-ninth- ansera
. bly district. A contest for the election
•of club officers, however, showed that
the friends of these two candidates
were in the minority.
No Indorsement whs j?iven by the
club to any candidates, but the align
ment last night gave promise of a
future indorsement for E. J. Callan
and J. E. Whit", the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league candidates for the senate and
assembly, respectively. A campaign
committee of 41, with a representative
from each precinct, was authorized, and
the following club officers were elected:
"W. S. Scott, president: V. P. Sessions,
secretary; D. S. Hutching, treasurer.
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
NURSES WIN DIPLOMAS
Justice Alelvin and Father
Gleason Among Speakers
OAKLAXD>May 31. — Members of the
1910 graduating class of Providence
hospital training school for nurses
were honored by exercises given to
night at the St. Francis <3e Sales hall,
Twenty-first and Grove streets, by the
Sifters of Providence and friends of the
institution. About 300 attendedLyi A
banquft which followed was glvn at
Providence hospital, exclusively for the
graduating class.
At the exercises Justice Henry A.
Melvin spoke of the splendid chance
offered by the school for proper train
ing and congratulated the graduating
class on the pood record shown by each
member, concluding his remarks with
the statement that no class of people
deserved more credit and commenda
tion than nurses.
Rev. Father R. J. Gleason, president
of the Santa Clara college, spoke, say
ing in part:
"The nurse is pacred. She is conse
crated to that which is most wretched
ar.d miserable in life, human suffering.
Her office Is not less elevated than the
loftiest and her service is one of self
sacrifice and altruism." ;-r-'
Addresses were also made by Rev. P.
F. Keane of San Francisco and Rev. F.
O'Connell. Musical selections were ren
dered during the evening.
The members of the class, who were
given their diplomas by Justice Melvin,
are:
Miss Amy Antoinette Blanchard,
Stockton: Miss Mary Agnes Maloney,
Pinole; Miss Lorraine Jnez Klpp. San
Francisco: Mrs. Marie Robert Plate,
Santa Rosa: Miss Marguerite R. Per
elra. Fort Jones: Miss Amy' Jane Mc-
Cormiek. Sonora; Miss Mary Ella Don
nelly. Stockton; Miss Mary Elizabeth
Scanlan. Watsonville; Miss Margaret
l^etitia Klernan, Modesto; Miss G. Win
ifred Young, Prince Edward island.
Canada. vi^
WITE POISONER SENTENCED— Hpokanc, .May
31. — Imprlsoument for Ufe In the state peni
tentiary at Wnlla Walla win the sentence
imposed upon <Jeorpe Pepoon this morulpg In
Judtrc Kennan'R <vvjrt at Colrllle. Pepcxm ttes
found sullty of • poisoning his wife, Mrs. Edith
Pcpoot. He trill appeal to the snpreme court.
Probably the easiest kind of easy
mark is a man who labors under the
delusion that he understands women.
The man who marries for money
"should be willing to take the humllla
\u25a0 tlon that goes with It- \u25a0
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At Main Office, Market and Third streets, San Francisco. '
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HETCH HETCHY TRIP
PROVED ITS WORTH
Authorities at Washington Were
on Point of Revoking
Garfield Permit -
Visit of San Francisco Delega*
tion Gives City Ample Time
to Prove '.It's Claims
BERKELEY. May 31.— Mayor Beverly
L. Hodghead of this 'city returned from
the Hetch Hetchy conference in Wash-,
ington t6day, and declared that he was
well pleased with his trip. He had' an
interview with President Taft, In which
the latter said that he rememUered well
the, ' Greek theater. Speaker Cannon,
HoTlghead said, was inclined to favor
San Francisco for the fair. Concerning
the Hetch Hetchy matter, Mayor Hodg
head said: \u0084
I reached Washington on the
morning of the ISth, the time fixed < I
by the secretary of the interior / i
for the hearing of the order to 1 ' '
show cause why the permit granted
by Secretary Garfleld should not be
revoked, so far as it Included any
rights to the use of Hetch Hetchy
valley. -.-\u25a0,, -r.\
The San Francisco representa
tives consisted of Mayor McCarthy,
City Attorney Long, Attorney Lane
and Engineers Manson. Marx and ;
Freeman, who had preceded me.
Commissioner of this city .
was also there. The opposition
was represented by Attorneys E. A.
Whitman of Boston. Gregory of
XewYork, Horace McFarland of .
Harrlsburg, the president of the
American Civic association. En
gineer Harroun and Prof.. W. F.
Bade. Mr. Schussler and Attorney
Britton of Washington represented
the Spring Valley.
I called upon Secretary Balllnger -
and Assistant Attorney General
Lawler. the legal adviser of the ,
department, to present my creden
tials and was informed, that the
hearing had been postponed one
week. The secretary said to me
that he considered the issue of such
importance that he. had concluded
to call In three of the army en
gineers as an advisory board to
sit with him in judgment on the \u0084
case, and they could not be as
sembled at- an earlier date. The
secretary evinced a disposition to
grant all parties a full hearing of
the case. . ;\u25a0
WOULD REVOKE PERMIT ';/'"
The Impression when I reached
Washington was that the adminis
tration was disposed to revoke the
permit. Our purpose was to con
vince the secretary and the presi- i
dent that the information at hand
was not sufficient to justify such
action and that the rights which
the cities now have under the ex
isting grant should not be dis
turbed until it was shown that
they had another source of supply
fully adequate for all their future
needs.
On Thursday morning, the 19th,
we 'met the president by previous
arrangement made through Senator
Flint. The entire situation was
explained to him. We were all
convinced by the president's atti
tude that the cities would be
granted a full and fair hearing
before any action would be taken,
and we were all likewise convinced
that such was the attitude of Sec
retary Ballinger.
The president had some doubt
as to the power of Secretary Gar
fleld to grant the permit, but said
that he wanted a full and com
plete scientific investigation of all
the facts, and if it should be finally
determined that Hetch Hetchy was
to become a necessary part of the
water supply he would want con- •
gress to grant an indefeasible title
and have tlie matter settled.
This present agitation has arisen,
and the minds of the president and
secretary have no doubt been some
what impressed by reason of the tre
. mendous demand which has been
made by the various clubs, organi
zations and Individuals throughout
thf entire country seeking a revo
cation of the permit, as shown by
the files of the Congressional Rec
ord. ,
NARROWS TO EXTE.VSIOX
On May 25 the matter came on for
hearing before Secretary Ballinger
and the advisory board of army en
gineers. Assistant Secretary Pierce
and Assistant Attorney General
Lawler were also, present. Messrs.
Whitman. Gregory. McFarland and
Bade, representing various clubs,
and Mviyor McCarthy, City Attorney
Long and myself participated in the
argument, which finally narrowed to
an application by San Francisco for
an extension of time in which to
make a full showing 1 of .all the facts
bearing upon the adequacy of the
supply, with Hetch Hetchy elimi
nated.
:,-/v<The afternoon was given over to
a consultation among the engineers,
including the representatives of th«
government. On the next morning
the secretary read a short decision
granting the motion of the city and
inviting a full examination and re
port from competent engineers upon
the necessity for the use of Hetch
Hetchy. and continued the further
hearing of the order to May 1. 1911,
with the understanding that in the'
meantime the rights of all parties ""
would be neither extended nor
abridged.
This disposition of the matter ,
seemed to meet the approval of all
parties present at the hearing.''
Believing when we arrived in
Washington that It was the disposi
tion of the department, acting on
tlie recommendation of the director
of the geological survey, to revoke
the Hetch Hetchy permit, and being
now practically assured by the-order
of the secretary that such action will
not be taken unless it first be shown
by a competent and disinterested
board of engineers, after-investiga
tion, that its use is not necessary — /
in which case nobody, wants It — we
feel that our appearance In and
argument of the case \u25a0before . the \u25a0
secretary and the president was not"
in vain. ', • - i
rXJRTHEa HONOR FOR BElTTONr— Boston. May
31. — President Guy Potter Benton of Miami
university, Oxford, 0., was elected . president
of the Boston- nnlversity today.
NAMES PRESCOTT POSTMASTER—Washing
ton, May 31. — The president today nominated
' A. L. Smith as postmaster at Present. Ariz.
THE: Si^KFRA^GISCO WEDNESDAY^ /JUNE 1, 1910.
PHONE RATE BILL
WILL BE AMENDED
Supervisors Return -Proposed
Ordinance to Committee
for Reconsideration
Pacific Company Objects to the
Cheaper Business Service's,
Fearing Competitor
Rates That Company
Wants to Atolish
BUSINESS, SERVICE .
Price I * Service Party
$1.00. ...... .....1 Nickel ....... 4
$3.00............ Nickel ......;. 4 •
J5.00.... I Measured .... 1
WHAT THE COMPANY PRO
POSES
54.50 1 Nickel I 1 ,
$7.50.. I Measured .....1 1
With the Pacific telephone and tele
graph company willing that the _: $2.50
residence telephone should continue in
service, but taking a resolute \u25a0 stand
against the cheaper business , services
on the ground that the latter benefits
its competitor, the Home telephone
company, the discussion over; the- new
rate ordinance has developed features
that indicate a battle for supremacy be
tween the .public service's corporations.
The ordinance was . returned to the' spe
cial committee for_ amendment yester
day afternoon by the board of super
visors. \u25a0 \u25a0";; >:':;
Attorney Sidney V. Van Wyck Jr. ap
peared before" the board; and made a
vigorous attack on the ordinance, de
claring that the reductions in phone
rates applied only to the r large users,
while the services of the 'smaller users
were either, abolished or made more
costly.
TALK -OF RUIXIXG COMPANY'
After the adjournment of the "board
A. B. Bush, representing the Pacific
telephone'and telegraph company, de
clared that to continue '-the operation
of the cheaper business service would
mean to ruin the company's business, as
the public took advantage of the low
rates .to patronize, both telephone com
panies and divide the calls.
Bush stated that with the tremendous
amount of cheap service in the $1.50
resident nickel in the slot phones it
was necessary to make up the average
of income by an increase in. another
direction. According 1 to his statement
there were 18,000 of these cheap* resi
dent telephones in the city, while the
Home telephone company was hot com
pelled to give service at less than $3.
He said: .
'\u25a0-\u25a0We are willing to grant the con
tinuance of .the $2.50 unlimited
residence telephone, for as a mat
ter of fact no one wants this serv-
\u25a0 ice anyway, but we can not stand
a continuatipn of the cheaper busi
ness services in conjunction with
the uniformly sweeping reduction
in our rate' schedule.
WHAT COM PAXY MAXTS
The nickel in the. slot phone, the
$3 four party nickel in the slot
phone and the $5 measured service,
are the- wire's that we want abol
ished. We- have found a growing
tendency of businessmen to take a
?6 phone with 60 switches and In
stall a $5 Home phone with 90
switches, obtaining both services
for less than the . $12.47 phone
which they would otherwise use
and which in many cases they have
dropped.
The foyr party business service is
impracticable and has been dropped
. throughout the eastern cities.-' For
\u25a0 this reason we do not believe that
the elimination of the $1 and $3
business phones will be objected to
very much. As for the $5 busi
ness phone there is only 7 per cent
of our business^ subscribers who
use this phone. We propose -to
furnish them a nickel in the slot
two party line at 54.50 or an In
dividual line nickel in the slot at
The chief complaints center about
the proposal, to do away with the
cheaper insurance rates and the aboil •
tion of the measured service. The
measured service does not require the
use of nickels, and the cheapest that
is now proposed is $7.50.: .^
Supervisor Robert 'Lioughery, chair
man of the committee, said '\u25a0 that .he
would urge that , the $2.50 resident
phone and the $5 business phone should
be included in the new ordinance next
Friday morning at 11 o'clock, ..when: It
comes up before the committee for
amendment. He said: %
There is a mistaken • impression .
that we have overlooked the .or- '.'.
dinary citizen in our revision. This
is not so, as the $1.50 telephones are'
not affected. . I: am anxious .to
please everybody and .favored the- \u25a0
abolishment of ; the $5 business
measured service phone .because I .
was - given to understand that it
was unsatisfactory. : . .
The committee wishes to keep ;
this matter out of the courts. The v .
, water rates and the gas rates . are
now. In court, and we don't want
' the telephone rates/to follow. -We
have made a maximum table and I
am certain that a rate fight will
set a minimum of its own. ;''-v.>-: \u2666*
OBJECTIONS TO C;HA!VGEi
Attorney VarfjiWyck said, in part:
The . new - ordinance abolishes
some services and reduces the price \u25a0
of others. cThe services, that have
been abolished are the cheaper'
ones. Other> services are substi-V
-tuted, it is . true, but they r are of a
different class arid, though admit
tedly better - services, they cost
more money. . .
The businessman's measured serv
ice is done away with and almost
50 per cent. more switches are al- -\u25a0
, lowed him'at an additional cost of
$2.50. AVhat does the man who gets =
along -very well - on- the. former 60
. switches want with a" greater num
ber of calls at a greatei* 1 price? . .
The nickel in;the; slot phones re-,
main, but to. the man who does not &
want to bebothered.with-this.con-' \u25a0-\u25a0'.
- trivance It is a nuisance and: un
satisfactory. The company can not
urge any reason that Ist worthy of
consideration * for; doing away -with -
. the -measured service to vthe- small
businessman. - - • •\u25a0\u25a0*.'
tNotice,<o;Mariners » '
Office of -United States: Lighthouse Inspector,
Twelfth District, San Francisco, May 31. 1910.' i
San Francisco Bajv Entrance, Cal.—Notice ils
hereby^glren that San Francisco light;vessel No;
70 will be replaced <bj':reJicf.ll(fht,vessel: Nor-76
about June. 2, 1910. • The change twill be-tempo
rary. The relief. light*.vessel .will \u25a0 show:*k' light
and sound \u25a0 signals having : the same: characteris
tics :as those of, light vessel; No. 70, \u25a0 now >on • the
station, excepting - that: the; light. will: be. fixed
white without: eclipses, shown from •'three.; lens
lanterns ) encircling •. the - mastheads ..' at. a.* height
of' 46 feet above the water and visible 12 tulles
la clear weather.* . ' , • -;"<+\u25a0\u25a0 ./\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0-*• •
Relief light vessel' N0..; 76 is a - flush"; deck
steam .v essel," has two masts." schooner rigged, : no
bowsprit, a : black % smokestack-" and '•''. a « steam
whistle between the masts," but',dlffers*from;ilght
vessel : No. •70 In r having •• all ."visible * parts i; from
the. bow to the middle of jthe. foremast; and. from
the middle, of> the | mainmast | aft" painted I red ; | all
visible parts between i the 'fore ( and ? main ? masts,'
including the middle 'third '.of • each = lantern! mast,'
white. vTbe -;daymarksi at.i the i mastheads "hate
five - vertical , stripes,'* threes red » and s two i white,'
aiid lon the | sprlngstay, ; midway I between j the two
masts, . there is ; an oval ' daymark t with : one , white
and | two : red ) vertical " stripes: £ The j number j. '-,'"67.
Is In ; wliite ; on each • bow; and * each ; quarter,', and
.in black on - each => side s . of \u25a0: the V. springstay » day
mark. - The L word -ii'Beltef ' [.ji Is 5 painted ;s in :• large
black letters on'tne mlddle'of.each.slde.t.i'-O'-
\u25a0XL. •.!!.: B.'.Llstiof Lights, etc., -j Pacific (Coast,"
1900, page 18,\N0.f17. \u25a0 * .-.* -.:«.,"
~*L. H. B. List- of Bunt*,, etc. Pacific Coast,"
lPO«;rpage 22.- \u25a0-.'\u25a0\u25a0 :..\u25a0;.*•\u25a0\u25a0'' '-\u25a0'\u25a0'.' -'.\u25a0.\u25a0v>.-.-;i
:- By' order Mjf- the; lighthouse ; boarrt. 7 .."\u25a0.>\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
WV>G:?iMUJiKß,.'' Commander, »U.S.N., In
' < epector^ Twelfth^Li^vithouso' District.* ; /• • •
SCHOOL GIRL DIES
OF CAR IN JURIES
Maude Rothrock Third Victim
of Crash on Oakland N
Trolley Line
Two^ Boys, One With Both Legs
Gone, Are in; Critical
i Condition
Continued "from Page 1
the coroner's jurj^ If called, upon to do
so. He declared again that the con
ductor : ofi'the*> westbound carr-^V*. J.
Holdorf, was solely responsible fbr the
accident, ;andsaldr that Christensen r : the
dead md torraan. was notto.be charged
with, disregarding order? and not tak
ing- precautions; The line ' to; Leona
Heights, recently: acquired by tbetrac
tion company; has a railroad f rarichJse,
although .'the cars run into town on the
traction^ company's fracks. The ' only
official'Statement, that the company,con
sented-'to give out. was a report of the
collision signed by ."W. J. Holdorf, the
conductor charged with responsibility.
Admits His Carelessness
The statement follows:
. I was on my regular run, number
two, in charge. of car* 2sl, due to, leave
Twelfth^ and /Broadway at 10:18 a. m.,
due at California railway, at 10:35 -a: in,
due, to meet train 21 .westward end. of
double ;tra.ck' at : California \u25a0 "-. railway
junction. At or near 'Twenty-third
avenue I' met a California. railway car:
I mistook, this .carrforimy regular meet
and as I got: to! the: junction I -went' in
,and registered, my time, , train; number
eastbound, looked : to ; see If there were
any signals carried, but failed : to • note
the time of the last westbound train or
the 'train "number or -the : conductor lin
charge. of. my regular meet. After reg
istering/joff I'-gave my motorraan a
proceed signal and we pulled out on to
the single - track eastbound, thinking
air the time"' that I had my regular
meet-and-that we had a clear track -to
Vernon station. My : car was heavily
loaded .and I had; some difficulty in
boarding^oniaccotint of the congestion
on -the rear.platform.
I had .no ? conversation with my-mo
torman at California railway, junction.
After, we left the junction we ran'along
atran ordinarjr'rate of speed, meeting
car 267 at or near. Bellevue. avenue and
California railway ..headon. The Impact
was quite "severe" and -injured quite a
number of people. I did', all I could
and rendered all the assistance possible
to the , injured, telephoning- for ambu-'
lances and to the traction headquarters
for instructions, secured as many names
as posible and -helped clear up the
wreck as far as I could. :
I knew my regular meet, ; train num
ber, car number and the men in charge;
they are regular men and I know* that
I was due to meet them on the single
track on, East Fourteenth street be
fore I proceeded onto the single track
on California railway, but, owing to
the fact that T metr a car displaying
California -railway "signs at or near
Twenty-third avenue, I mistook this car
for my, regular meet and failed to take
the precaution tot examining the regis
ter, book ! at California railway and de
termining whether my_regular meet had
passed or -not. I realize that the_acci
dent is duetto the fact that 1 did not
observe the company's instructions ' and
consult my.' register book at California
railway junction before proceeding onto
the : single track. I know and realize
now that I made the mistake and do
not consider anyone other than myself
responsible.
Will Be a Witness
There was a report current today that
Holdorf had lef t»: tlVe city, but this "TTas
not true. He is not expected to give
himself lip to the -police by reason of
the statement that he made to his em
ployers. He will, however, bethe prin
cipal witness at the inquests.. ,•:
Mrs. Robert R. James, wife of an elec
, triciahVemployedon an Oakland evening
paper, was one of the passengers on car
No. 267, which crashed into. car No. 251.
The force of the collision threw Mrs."
James, who was sitting in the middle of
the. car, from her seat" to the floor,
.where she lay stunned for several min
utes after the shock^': Her forehead was
severely gashed by flying pieces of
glass from the broken windows, and
her right hip so badly bruised that she
could not walk.
. Fellow passengers discovered her con
dition, and, with the aid of a buggy
offered by one of the residents of the
district, she was taken to the office of
Doctor Holmes at Twenty-third avenue,
where her injuries were dressed,, alter
which she was removed to her home in
Beverly avenue near.Fairbofn street, in
the Mills college district. ' ' v
*-It': was several hours before .James
learned his, wife had been injured.
Knowing that she was to, come, to
Melrose on that cari ; bringing him some
tools to prepare the^ lights in the Mel
rose Baptist church for an entertain
ment, and unable 'to learn anything of
her whereabouts from witnesses of
the accident, James searched-frantical
ly through all the hospitals and' branch
morgues in the bay cities, fearing ; she
had been killed or fatally injured. He
finally learned -that- she was at; home.
Thrown From Auto ,
While hastening; to the scene of the
accident, Earl Thornton, superintendent
of the Key route division of the Oak
land - traction company,- was . severely
injured by being thrown from his auto
mobile at Fifth avenue and East Four
teenth street. In attempting -to avoid
collision \ylth a Fifth- avenue .'car the
chauffeur made too big* a " turn and
the machine crashed into the curbing,'
tearing off the right wheels arid throw-
Ing , the occupants ?to the ; hard pave
ment... ,F. Rushman. , who was with
-Thornton, escaped; injury, beyond a "few
bruises, but Thornton was rendered un
conscious, jc He received several severe
lacerations of the -hands and -face, but
notwithstanding ; his \u25a0 Injuries, insisted
on getting: anotherimachine' and going
to the 'scene of ; the accident to lend
assistance.: r '\u0084';--\u25a0=»
Five Vacant Desks
, BERKELEY, . May 31.— There is r the
deepest "sorrow; among the -' pupils ?of
the Washington^ school of : this city on'
account; of the five vacant : desks of -the
dead and' injured in; the Leona -Iloighits
car accident yesterday^ Harold:- Hull
and Maude Rothrock, both pupils of the
school, are dead,. andiOrville Lewis and
Alvin: Pratt probably fatally ; hurt and
Edwin Swindell injured . as a s result "of
the crash Tof the cars. *'./:• \'}i'-\ :; ' -I* V
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RAILWAYS CHARGED
WITH A CONSPIRACY
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Attorney General Wickersham
Files Suit to Prevent In=
crease in Freight Rates ;
Action Against Western Roads
cTaken by \ Direction of
President Taft
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the defendants and are so made by
agreement. •
The following.'is the method by .which
the petition, alleges rates are. fixed by
the Western trunk : line committee:
: "Each of f the- defendants is a mem
ber of the Western trunk line: commit
tee. . There is a freight committee,
composed of the freight traffic man
agers or general freight agents of each
of thef* defendants,- This . committee
meets once every month. Whenever
any. defendant contemplates a "change,
in rates, \u25a0rures-or;regulations the "officer
or official representing-; such defendant
on such committee suggests such
change -to the chairman of the commit
tee, who then dockets the earae for con
sideration and 'discussion, at the next
meeting of the freights committee. At
thaOmeeting. the matter is brought up
for, consideration. . If all agree the pro^
pbsedichange is made by. all. the roads,
defendants', herein. •\u25a0Unless ' ' there is
unanimous agreement: the suggestion is
rejected "and no road adoptsthe . pro-r
posd ; change of. rates.'.' .
' Part 3; of the petition said that. in
1909 'or pearly in 1910 the defendants
conspired together to make a general
advance-in .commodity rates to prevail
throughout the Western trunk line ter-.
Restraint of Trade
H The petition, charges ,that theNa'd
yanced rates are . the direct outcome
of agreements' ln' suppression .of com
petition and of : an 'unlawful combina
tion in restraint of interstate. trade. /
:^' Further charges are made that .'the,
unreasonable and excessive rates fixed
without competition: apply to a -vast
number of commodities of prime utility
and dally, necessity, and that the-*un
reasonable. advances in freight charges
apply to approximately 60 per cent of
the commodities carried and will in
crease , freight charges in amounts
varying from 10 t0, 20 per cent of the
rate heretofore charged.
Court Upholds Commission
WASHINGTON, May "31.— Following a
conference today between the president
and Attorney General W'ickersharn it
was learned that the decision was
reached .to file an injunction suit
against the proposed increase in freight
rates by the Western traffic association.
President Orders-Suit
WASHINGTON, May 31. — By a de
cision of 4 to 3 the supreme court of the
United States today decided that the
interstate- commerce -commission had
not exceeded its power in ordering the
reduction of freight rates in the so
called ;Mlssouri river rate cases and In
the Denver "rate cases. These orders
were held to be valid.
The Missouri river rate cases were
based on an order of the commission
reducing the. freight rate between the
Mississippi river and the Missouri river
as a" part of the through "rate on
through shipments oroginating in the
seaboard territory. :
The Denver ratecases were based on
an order reducing the rates on through
freight from "Chicago and from : St.
Louis to Denver.
Thecourt affirmed the judgment of
the lower court in favor of the, Atchl
son, Topeka and Santa Fe company,
whose- charter was* being threatened
because it had removed a suit from a
state to a federal court. '
An attempt to have the supreme
court of the United States pass upon
the authority of common carriers en
gaged in interstate commerce to make
"jim'crow" regulations met" with failure
today, when the court dismissed the so
called .Chiles appeal from its docket.
Santa Fe Will Fight
CHICAGO, May 31. — "They've got tho
pins set against us." was the first com
ment'of'E. P." Rlpley v president' of the
Santa Fe system, when informed today
that; the government would seek to en
join' the ; railroads Df the W.estern traffic
association fro inputting into effect the
advance In rates scheduled for tomor
row. 1 *Rlpley's subsequent remarks left
no doubt that the. railroads would fig-lit
the government with full force of their
great resources.
Ruling on Routing
In a comparatively insignificant rep
aration, case the interstate commerce
commission today made an Important
ruling.'- 'It held that a connecting line
receiving a shipment without instruc
tions may demand instructions from Ihe
initial 'carrier, but if instead of pursu
ing that course it assumes . responsi
bility of routing it must accept the
resulting liability for Increased charges
that may follow a mistake in selecting
the wrong-route.
WOMEN DOCTORS TO BE
BABY SHOW JUDGES
Members of. the Votes for Wome.n
club met yesterday to discuss their
plans for the >baby show, which they
wilL hold in June./; The following were
appointed as judges: Dr. Lucy Slocumb,
Dr.- (Harriett Welch, Dr.. Minora Klbbe,
Dr. Mary Mylott. Dr. Natalie Selling
and. Dr. Mary; Woods. : . . , :\u25a0*.<\u25a0\u25a0
: ; The committee ; on • finance which will
meet, on Morrday for final details is as
follows:i .iMrs. Isabel Johnson,. Mrs:
Lehmari Blum, ;Mrs. Calvin Ewlng.Miss
Rachel : Wolf sohn,' Mrs. 1 ; Mary: Pasmore,*
Mrs;:SchuylerH.,-Wilbar, Mrs. Caroline
Noble, Mrs. Hesslinger- and Mrs. Nancy
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i .The -committee' on the white slave.
tramVrepbrted that jno active work had
been j planned i by.; any of the ; orgahiza
tionshaving discussed the matter. -The
committee having -fulfilled -its d,uty. in
reporting '.was ; discharged. '{\u25a0-.
CUMMINS APPROVES
RAILROAD BILL
Declares Measure as- Amended
Will Be Supported by In
surgent Senators
La Follette; Resolution Ordering
\u25a0 Wickersham to. Fight Rate
- Increases Is Blocked
V WASHINGTON, May - 31.— 0n -the eve
of leaving for his homein lowa, for the
purpose -of participating in the cam
paign in that state. Senator Cummins
today Informed the senate -that as
amended the railroad bill would re
ceive his vote, ,as ,It would also the
votes of the progressive republican
senators who have stood with him in
opp6sition to the bill as' It was \ pre
pared, by the attorney, general and in
troduced-by Senator Elkins.
; The statement was' made -during a
brief speech delivered by; Cummins in
suppoTtiof an amendment placing upon
railroad companies .the.-burden of proof
in , hearings on rate .^increases. This
amendment was" accepted by Senator
Elkins and became a part of the bill
by -general consent, this constituting
the only amendment presented by the
lowa senator that has been accepted by
the" senate. ; •
LEFT MUCH 17XDOM2
-; Cummins said that while the bill left
much undone, he considered it a step
forward; in railroad legislation, and
with the exception of the court of com
merce sections in -every way desirable.
He felicitated himself and his associ
ates* especially upon the expurgation of
sections 7 and 12, dealing-. with, traffic
agreements a,nd mergers. The first of
these he characterized as a reproach
and the second as. a curiosity. He closed
with the "following statement:
"Wo have been as free, to commend
what we' thoughts to be right as we
have "been to denounce what we be
lieved to be rong."
Aside from the adoption of- the Cum
mins provision, the action of the day
consisted In the rejection of Senator
Brown's amendment prohibiting the
consolidation of competitive railroads
and the blocking of a resolution offered
by La Follette preceding the debate
calling on the attorney general to Insti
tute suit immediately to enjoin the ad
vancement of railroad rates. He also
sought to. introduce a joint resolution
declaring it to be unlawful to advance
rates without tlie consent of the Inter
state commerce commission.
ORDERS IXJUXCTIOX PROCEEDINGS
The resolution recited that the rair«
roads had announced a general advance
in all class and commodity rates, and,
after presenting several other consider
aatlons by way of preamble, proceeded:
Resolved, that it |fe the sense of
the senate that the attorney gen
' eral should proceed at once to in
stitute actions enjoining such ad
vances'as have been and may be
filed with the interstate commerce
commission, and should also insti-
tute prosecutions of the railroads
filing such rates as being in viola
x tion of the act of congress approved
July 2, IS9O, entitled an act to pro
tect trade and commerce against
unlawfulrestrainta and monopolies.
When, a few moments afterward. La
Follette sought to present a joint reso
lution requiring the action .of both
houses, Elkins met the move .with a re
quest that the railroad bill be taken up.
La Follette declared that the excuse
given that the increases were made be
cause of advanced wages amounted to
"mere pretense, and that the higher
rates would result in annual profits to
the railroads of from $400,000,000 to
$SOO,000,000."
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