The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-25
T0PUT HARTMAN
ON GRILL TODAY
MANY MONEY KINGS CALLED TO
TELL ABOUT HIS BIG
COMBINE.
TO PROBE ALTON DEAL
And DeIve Into Secrets of Alleged
Milking" Of Rock Island Men
Commerce Commission to
Reopen Inquiry.

New York, Feb. 24.-Several mil
lionaires are expected to make then
debut as witnesses at the interstate
commerce commission's inquiry inc
the Hartman roads, which will be re
sumed in this city on Monday.
| Edward n. Hartman will, of course
be the star witness, and his ordeal
will be the most severe but subpoena
servers of the government have been
busy, and many big Wall street men
have received compulsory tickets of
admission to the court room. Many
notable financiers and railroad men
have been spbpoenaed and are expect
ed to appear for examination.
1t is planned to call Harrican TO the
witness stand Immediately upon the
opening of the hearing and II is be-
lieved that fully two days will be
consumed in taking his testimony.
Among the other men who are ex
pected to appear are William G.
Rockefeller; Jacob H. Schiff head of
the great banking house of Kuhn
Loeb and Company. which has
financed many Of the Herman deals;
Otto H. Kahn, also member of the
banking firm; c. W. Hilliard, comp.
troller of the Chicago and Alton; vii.
liam Mahl, comptroller of the Union
Pacific. and Alexander Miller, secre-
tary of the Union Pacific and others,
Numerous subpcenaes arc known to
be out and as the inquiry progresses
others may be called.
To Probe Alton Deal.
Just what relations Hartman has
had with the Chicago and Alton road
Is expected to made public among
other things This Is something that
the financial district has been guess
ing about for long time The Rock
Island group of financiers bought
largely into the Alton and took joint
control with Hartman of the prop
erty.
z There have been rumors that the
Rock Island men have discovered that
they were "milked" and that they
have been looking over the Alton
books and have found some very
queer things. In connection with M. |
control of the Chicago and
Alton it has been charged that he
and Kuhn Loeb and Company. form |
ed a syndicate in 1898 which made |
nearly $70OO,000 at the Atoms ex.
pense by buying the roads bonds at
65 and selling them 10 the New York !
Life Insurance Company at about SO. |
This charge Mr., Hartman may now
be asked TO disprove.
To Bare Other Secrets.
The investigation is expected to |
bring out many other facts that Wall |
street would like to know. In a tech |
nical sense the point of the inquiry |
Is to discover whether the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific roads, both |
controlled by Hartman, are parallel /
aud competing lines, and have been
unlawfully in restraint of
rade But the scope of inquiry is not
limited and It can be extended in any
direction. The aHrriman interests
have been quiet about discussing the
in advance, but their att
Ude is known to be that of innocence
Of all wrongdoing.
f. A. Kellogg and c. 4. Severance OF
st. Paul are the attorneys for the in
erstate commerce commission. while
he Hartman interests will have an
array of corporation lawyers to help
hem. The sessions of the committee
ire expected to last several weeks.