Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-11
HARTMAN ROADS
Placed On GRILL
GOVERNMENT BEGINS lNvEsTl.
CATION TO LEARN IF CoMPE-
Triton is CHECKED.
HEAD OF SYSTEM is
TOO ILL TO TESTIFY

HEAD OF SYSTEM is
TOO ILL TO TESTIFY
Officials of Various Limos Will Be
Asked to Testify Regarding Agree
rnsnts with Union Pacific or South.
ern Pacific.
New York, Jan. 5.-The interstate
commerce commission Friday began
an inquiry here into the affairs of the
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
railway systems to discover whether
or not the two railway lines are nat
ural competitors or whether there Is
an agreement between them in re-
straint of trade The inquiry will last
many weeks and be continued in the
west
Hartman Too Ill to Appear.
Counsel for the Union Pacific COM
pany announced that President E. H.
Hartman would be unable to appear
before the commission on account of
Ill health following an operation. He
said Mr.. Hartman could testify at
his own house if the commission de-
sired 1t will be ten days or more
before he can appear.
All the Hartman lines" in the west
and northwest will be inquired into.
relative to any connection they may
have with the Union and Southern
Pacific.
Officers of the Hartman compa,
MES" will be called upon to testify
as to the composition of the different
systems. In addition to the Unior
Pacific and the Southern Pacific the
companies which will figure mos
prominently in the inquiry will be the
Oregon Short line, the Oregon Rail
way and Navigation company and the
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
company.
Harahan May Be Called.
1t is reported the commission ma.
call as a witness j. T. Harahan
newly-elected president of the Illinois
Central railroad.
Among the witnesses are A. L
Mohler, vice president and genera
manager of the Union Pacific system
]. c. Stubs, traffic director; William
Mahl, comptroller; Alexander Millar
secretary; W. " S. Thorne, director O
purchases, and julius Kruttscnitt, di
rector of maintenance and operation
all of the same system. Frank B
Kellogg represents the government il
the hearing.
1t is the general understanding tina
after sitting in this city the commits
sioners will proceed to Chicago tt
take further testimony.
Roads Under One Control.
The first witness sworn was Secre
tary Millar, of the Union Pacific. HI
said, in response to questions by MI
Kellogg, that he also is secretary o
me Southern Pacific railway and O
the Oregon Short line and assistan
secretary of the Oregon Railway {
Navigation company.
"Is it not fact that all of thes
companies are under the same control
haven't they all the same president
E. H. Hartman, and the same vic
president, Mr.. Cornish?"
yes, sir"
Mr.. Millar was asked whether tn
Union Pacific owned stock in tn
Occidental & Oriental Steamshi
company, and said it did.
The Southern Pacific, he said, owne
the Morgan steamship line.
Counsel for the commission the
offered in evidence the lists OF diret
tors and of the executive committe
and of the Union Pacific and Souther
Pacific railways. There also wa
offered in evidence statement show
ing that the Oregon Short line vote
a majority of the stock at each NEE
April 8, 1908.
Secretary Millar would not adm
the statement was correct, saying b
did not keep the books. The stat
ment went on, however, under slip
lation Of counsel.
The bylaws Of the Union Pacifi
Southern Pacific. Oregon Short lin
and the Oregon Railway & Navig
ton company were next offered
evidence. These four companies wei
generally referred to during the pro-
ress Of the hearing as 1.-THE fou
Pacifics."
Kaiser to Have Biggest Warship.
London, Jan. 5-The Berlin corr,
spondent of the Daily Mail says tn
kaiser has decided to eclipse tn
world SO far as armored cruisers al
concerned. After the elections tn
government will ask for authorit
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