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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
HARTMAN CASE
AGAIN TAKEN UP
Argument Before Interstate
Commerce Commission Be-
gins in Washington.
PACIFIC ROADS INVOLVED
SIDE OF THE DEFENDANT BEING
PRESENTED.

Washington. April 4-ArEuments I'm the
famous Hartman case. which was heard
by the interstate commerce commission a
few weeks ago i'm New York, were begun
before the commission today. The pro
ceedfngs are not in the nature OF hear
ing but merely an argument involving the
question whether the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads are competing
lines. In his testimony before the com
mission IN New York Mr.. Hartman in
sisted that the two lines We're not com
peting lines. In the arguments today
Mr.. Herriman's side of the case was pre-
scented by John q. MilbuTn and r )
Lovett, so FAR as the Southern Pacific
is concerned. and by Paul d. Cravath.
The Interstate commerce commission
was represented by its special attorneys
F. B. Kellogg and Q. A. Severance.
On the results of the arguments may
depend whether Mr.. Hartman and his
associates are TO be prosecuted as a com
bination in restraint of trade under the
provisions OF the Sherman antitrust law
Hartman Refused to Answer.
When upon the stand in New York Mr.
Hartman declined by advice of counsel
10 answer inquiries put TO him by the
commission concerning the transfer of
certain Union Pacific stock tt has not
been determined vet whether the commits
sion VIII endedVOr to force Mr.. Hartman
through proceedings in the United States
.
In fact, 1t was stated positively by mem
bers OF the commission that the question
not only he'd not been decided. but IL had
not even been considered to any COnsid-
cradle extent II is not likely that any
decision In this matter viii be reached
for some time certainly not until the
commission has obtained through the ar
guments begun today and from other
sources all the light that may be thrown
upon the matter.
No Right to Information.
Mr.. HarTimau's contention was that the
transactions about which he was ques-
toned had no relation TO interstate com
merCe and that the commission therefore
had no right to the information which il
asked. II Is probable that the commits
sion, after Il has gone thoroughly into
the matter. will announce what action, if
any, it proposes to take affecting Mr..
Harriman's refusal to answer its ques-
lions.
Commissioners Clements. Lane. Harlan
and Clark were upon the bench 20 hear
the arguments. Judge Lovett. represent
ing the Hartman interests, presented a
few papers and directed attention To Ger
tain portions OF the hearing held in
New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05

Salt Lake. March p. 1907.
The firm of Hop Wo & Co. No @
Third South. has changed hands and
VIII be run by Louis Him. All persons
having claims against said firm must
present them before April IL
HIM. LOUIE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
No Right to information.
CraVath's Argument.

Paul D. Cravath. representing the Har-
riman interests. stated that a miSappre-
hension had been created in the public
mind as TO the Alton transactions and as
TO the purposes Of the capitalization of
the line.
Mr.. Cravath said that the time had come
for much stricter regulation of the issue
of stocks and bonds of semi-pubGc cor
pOratiOns.
The liberal laws that have existed in
this regard said he have materially
aided in the development and growth of
the country. The watering Of stock. in
my opinion has been helpful i'm the past
The time has come. however. in the de-
velopment of the country. I'm the baIanc-
ing of advantages and evils for a much
strieter regulation of the issuance of
stocks and bonds"
Mr.. Cravath asserted that in the Chi
cagO & Alton deal the officials were pur-
suing well recognized method Of dis
tributing money to the stockholders and
that all these transactions were well IN
derstOOd by the financial interests of the
country. lie asserted that no secret was
made Of these transactions and that they
were presented fairly to the public by ali
the financial agencies. No interest and
no investor so Tar as he knew could have
been misinformed concerning them.
Mr.. Cravath said that t. was evident
the time had come when the par value of
securities should obtain a definite rela-
ton TO the actual value Of these seCuri-
ties and that there uas no reason for the
been conducted in that view.
Judge Lovett on the Alton Deal.
In the afternoon session Judge Iovett
contended tslst in So far as the recapitaI-
ization OF the Alton affected the public
IL had resulted i'm a saving of Sl65 900 per
Rnnum as compared with the pXDendi-
lures of interest and dividends made prior
10 the change.
He argued that all the criticism Of the
readiustment of the Chicago & Atoms
finances had been due to the unusual
methods pursued and said that If the or
binary methods had been followed no at
tention would have been attracted to the
transaction.
Taking up the relations of the Southern
and Union Pacific he cOntended that this
was not another Northern Securities Ga So
for whereas the Northern Pacific and The.
Great Northern were contiguous as well
as parallel, the distance from the Union
Pacific lines TO the Southern Pacific lines
IS fully 1000 miles. where there are many
other lines in the intervening territory
He also entered on an argument to show
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
ASSASSIN A YOUTH.

Sarapul, Russia April "A police in
spectOr named FiCloff was killed here to
day by a 16-year-oid school boy named
RuznetsOff. who was captured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
All Railroads Involved.

Attorney John c. Mnburn expressed tn.
opinion that IL the Southern Pacific
Union Pacific system is Illegal ever
railroad system in the United States is H.
legal He considered the questions in
volved the most important that possibly
could be raised in connection with ths
railroads He said he was sure other svs-
TENS would have more difficulty than he
and ms Fellow counsel in sustaining their
contentious. Purchase Of the Southern
Pacific, he declared was legal under thu
antitrust law. IF you nal Ike illegal ey-
cry purchase Of competing property Won
stop the business of the world " he es-
serted. and then declared the wheels
could not revolve under such restriction
In support Of the assertion that the
Creat mass of business I'm the acquisition
u property inteTferes with Competition =
he referred To the general tendency to
ward consolidation of business interests
All these combinations rest upon right of
purchase. he said, and ne cOntended thai
Sucn a rl2ht Is recognized regardless of
its effeC, uDon competition
Mr. Mlburn viii continue tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05

Closed coaches. enclosed pavilion at
Saitair. Weather no object. Train 5
p. m. Join US.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
One Man Could Own All.

Commissioner Clarke said such line of
reasoning would lead TO the conclusion
that one man with sufficient money might
control all the railroads of the country
and Mr. L0vett said he did not believe
that the constitution would interfere with
such right by any man.
Mr. Lovett coutended that the anti
trust law does not deal with the question
OF the acquisition Of the stock Of ore
company by another. but that its sole
purpose IS to prevent the suppression of
competition IN restraint NJ trade. No such
result. he declared. had followed iha
mon Pacific purchase of the Southern
Pacific securities. Speaking Of Senator
" A. Clark line from Salt Lake 10 LIS
Angeles, which the senator had built ia
conjunction with the Union Pacific stock
holders M LOVett cOntended fer their
right To enter unon this enterprise While
he was willing to admit the law might
prohibit the acquisition by one COMPANY
OF A parallel road. he argued that this
prohibition Goes not extend TO the con
struction of a parallel line. In reply 70
Mr. Lane he said there had been no
change in tn ownership of the Clark r13i
since the beginning of the hearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
Conference Tickets

Via Salt Lake Route will DE on sale
April 3rd 1T points Nephi ana South.
All other points April T. sale contin-
ues daily to April gih. Use he road
whose trains always run on time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05

Music Festival, Tabernacle, and 9.
Seat sale clayton Music Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05

Closed coaches. enclosed pavilion Al
Saltair. Weather no object. Train S
p. M. Join US.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
Compelled to Purchase.

As matter + fact. the Union Pacific
was in no position to control trausconti-
rental business. and the men in charg
OF II had found themselves compelled 20
buy the Southern Pacific to protect then
own interests. They knew they must get
an outlet TO the Pacific coast. which they
must do by securing control Of the Cen
tral Pacific. then owned by the Southern
Pacific, or build a line 10 the ocean Nat
uTaliy they had chosen the former course
The Union Pacific must either secure the
central Pacific or see fl absorbed by {.
rival, which II could not consent to. ever.
though the Southern Pacific company
owned the Southern Pacific Sunset line
as well as the Central Pacific. Hence he
argued, the transaction should be re
garded as the purchase Of a connecting
rather than a competing line
Replying to Mir. Clements Mr. Lovett
said the Union Pacific had bought into
the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe as an
investment He COntended for the Legal
ltN OF this transaction, and. when remind
cd that his Tositicn was at variance with
that of AR Hartman, said one might cas-
lily differ from that gentleman on q Ie-
gal question
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
AII Parties Of Interest Present.
Findings of Fact.

After careful examination of the de-
PENDANT personally and all Of the evil
deHCe. We find the following facts:
In the frequent and in some cases
daily. during the several months last
past. intel course had by the defendant
with the Tombs physicians. chaplains,
keepers. other attendants and the proba-
ton officer these persons failed to dis
cover anything irrational in his conduct
or speech.
the defendant has taken an active part
Ia the conduct OF the trial: has made
numerous suggestions orally in court and
by letter as to the selection of jurors
and eNa mIuaLI ION nj NItnessns-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05
Competition Only Incidental.

And YOU would regard the suspension
of competition as merely incidental Mr
Clarke asked
II am inclined to that opinion an
eWeTed Mr. LOyett. He cOntended. how
ever. that in the Southern Pacific-DniOn
Pacific transaction the suppression 1i
competition rad been so remote as to re-
move that feature as a motive for the
transaction
He also attempted TO show it was the
design of congress that the Pacific roads
should be operated as one line, regardless
OF the diversity of ownership. and referred
10 the earlier purchase of the Central Pa
cIfIc by the Southern Pacific as preca-
dent for Mr.. Harrimans acquisition of the
Southern Pacific
EeNertlus TO the question Of the sup
preston of competition. he outlined TN
situation with reference 10 the Union Pa
cfiC. which had just emerged from re-
ownership. and asked. Does any sane
man suppose it would enter upon this
transaction for the mere purpose of sup
pressing competition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-05

spiracy as was the case in the Mortimer
Securities case In the matter OF the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific there
was purchase. in the other a conspiracy
Not a Violation of Law.
That no court had ever held that a
bona ffde purchase by one company OF the
stock Of another is in violation Of the an
thrust act MI Lovett asserted with en-
phasis
lie admitted that there had been some
com binstfo1s between the Union PACING
and the Southern Pacific, but declared
if the volume Of business had been much
larger il would have no bearing upon
the purchase Of one road by the owners
Of the other. as that purchase was in 1t
self a legitimate business transaction OF
such character that the court will not IN
tcrfere with it. There could be no cur
tailmeut Of the right 10 buy property VI
der the antitrust act.
Suppose the motive Of the purchase
was 10 get rid Of competition asked
Commissioner Clements.
Il believe the purchaser would stu
have the right to buy"
DO You apply that doctrine 10 pubic
utility corporations? asked Commissioner
Clarke
Assuming that they have the power
under their charters. l should say yes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
gi.ns- 7sep,.hIrat marstalltnuut guaua au'a 1907

and upon leaving the white house SAID:
II am very much relieved to learn that
the president will not mix up IN the
campaign. Ills assurance in connec'
ton with that we have from the gov
ernor and from the mayor OF Chicago.
ought to give us good fair fight, with
the best man on top at the finish.
IL do not get majority OF two
thirds OF the counties In the primaries,
I'll agree not to be a candidate. am
confident that / can defeat Mr.. HOP
kns. am in the race to win and VIII
win.
The tailors' convention held In Chi
cago last week was a conspiracy
against me. have discovered the VIC
ious plot Matched by Fairbanks men.
The convention formally declared that
suspenders should not form part OF
masculine attire this summer. Fair
banks thinks he Is going to get Taft
with the same shot. Now ] want to
know what sort of running men the
shape of Taft and me would be able to
do If we had 10 depend on belts"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
A MILLION A Month.
New Director of Land Reclama-
ton to Expend a Large Sum
Every Thirty Days
WILL RECLAIM THE DESERTS

r. II. Newell at Head Of Twenty-Five
Vast Irrigation Projects Undertaken
by the Recommendations Important
Work of the Time.
Frederick Haynes Newell, the Penn
sylvanla man recently appointed d.
rector Of the reclamation service Of the
Interior department, will have $4,000
600 to spend in the next two years, APP
proximately 100000 month.
The magnitude Of the work OF the
reclamation service can be gathered
from few figures. Reclamation work
ia now going en- in thirteen states and
three territories. The projects num-
Der twenty-five and involve the e1-
pentIiture OF $40OO0,000 and the ulti-
mate reclamation Of 100000 acres of
desert land. In less than five years the
service has completed four projects and
will supply water this year to 2S2,Ooo
acres OF arid land, says the Columbus
Dispatch.
It has dug !, 267 miles Of canals, sew
eral OF which carry entire rivers Its
tunnels are more than nine miles long,
and the excavations OF earth and rock
amount to 33,OOOO00 cubic yards. or
about one-fourth the estimated yard
age OF the isthmian canal. 1t has con-
structed ninety-four large structures,
including two great dams In Idaho
and Nevada. 1t has built 376 miles OF
road in mountainous country 1t has
erected 1873 miles OF telephone lines.
It Is operating twenty-three miles OF
railway. 1t gives employment to To-
COO people. AS a result Of Its opera
tons eight new towns have been es.
tabllshed. 100 miles of branch rail-
ways have been constructed. and thou
sands OF people have taken up their
residences In what was once the des-
ert. Every line OF industry IN the
west has felt the benefits Of this mar
velous work.
Severe weather conditions this win
ter have retarded the work In many In
stances. The work on the Roosevelt
dam on the Salt river above Phenix,
Ariz., has been delayed by floods which
eleven times this year have washed
away the railroad tracks
Mr.. Newell. who is at the head OF all
these tremendous undertakings, Is for
ty-five years old. He was born in
Bradford, Pa. He took ali engineering
course In the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology in 1885 and later a post
graduate course in hydraulic work.
Then he began his professional work
In Colorado His goal has been the ma
tional reclamation Of the Great Ameri-
can desert. and for eighteen years he
has studied that wonderful problem.
He is said to have first hand knowl-
edge Of every important stream In the
west. While working in the Nevada
desert, which for forty miles Is Gov
cred with the bones Of animals and
men, lie found water within fifteen
feet OF the surface. This land, he says,
Is possible Of cultivation and In q few
years will be q land Of farms.
The $4O,OOO,O0O now under his con-
troll is looked upon as an Investment
by the government. Larger appropria-
lions will follow. The reclaimed lands
are given to settlers with the proyiso
that they must pay for the water. In
Idaho, for instance, the stipulated
price Is $40 pei acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
A Sure siqn.

A Sure Sign.
Jones must be getting ready to run
for office"
'Why?"
He admits that he's one Of the COM
mon people, .---4A.-4---..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
Women on Police Force.

tits stated that the chief Of police in
Client, Belgium. has determined to ap-
point number OF women on the police
force The female policemen will pa
troll the streets. It is supposed that
they will be able to preserve order in
ways which the male policemen might
overlook. Client was the first city in
the world to detail dogs as thief catch
ers. With men, women and dogs on
its police force, the city now promises
to be the best policed place on earth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
MASON WANTS ToGA
Says Roosevelt. Dsneen and 8usse
Have Agreed to Keep Hands OFF.

Washington, June 4.-"The presi-
dent, Governor Deneen and Mayor
Busse have given me assurances that
federal, state and municipal employees
will not be permitted to become Of
fensively active in the senatorial con-
test in Illinois, and I therefore declare
MYSELF in the race" said former SEN.
ator William E. Mason.
Mr.. Mason came to Washington on
other business, but he explained his
political aspirations to the president,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
Ro6he,J Sister Of Fortune K

Cincinnati, O.-Frede w. Hoehn,
who decamped from Indianapolis with
$4,000 of securities belonging to his
sister, and later disposed Of consid-
cradle amount Of them thru Broker
Claude Ashbrook, of this city, was dis
missed in police court on application
of Attorney Balland. 1t was shown
that all the missing securities had been
recovered and that Mr.. Ashbrook has
received back all the money he laid
out on their purchase. Immediately
afterward, on receipt Of telegram
from the Indianapolis police, Hoehn
was again arrested.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
Peanuts From Africa.

i Ii is reported that Thomas f. Ryan's
10000 acres in the Kongo are to be
used for raising peanuts. Those who
fear that the market will be broken
by the unloading Of this African crop,
says the New York Evening Post,
should note that we are already eating
The product Of more than seven times
hat, acrenre o+tbon,e.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-05
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications. as they cannot
reach the disease dportion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inf1amed con 1ition Of the mucous lin
ing Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is eatirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed con-
dition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) thai cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1907-09-06

tow So teraz zmodernizowani). Oto
pozwoli}, by redaktor "Oape
Times'a" uczyni} u niego wywiad.
Ma pytanie, dlaczego sic ME pod
da}, zamiast bra6 ma siebie wszy-
stkie biedy narazac sic, na niebez-
pieczenstwa, Morenga W odpowie-
dzi podni6s} dumnie glove. Zacis-
nawszy pieSci, wykrzyknal on:
"Gdyby kraj nasz chcieli wziac
Anglicy, w6wczas ME sprzeciwia-
ibySmy sic tax zawziecie, ale tym
psom niemieckim ME poddamy
sic nigdy, bedziemy walczyi do
SmierciP'
Ostatnie wiadomosci donosza,
re dzielny ten w6dz wkroczyl juz
do posiadfosci niemieckich ma cze-
le 400 ludzi, majacych $50 sztuk
broni najnowszego systemu. RIA
dove ko1a niemieckie przyjely to
z wielkiem przerazeniem obawia-
ia sic, ze Niemcy ma nowo znaida
sic W tenn samem polozeniu, co
diva, lata temu pr7- wybuchu po-
wstania murzynskiego. Jeden us
MECH szczescia, jeden udany ma
pad, a rai caly wnet ogarnie pfo-
mien wojny.
W1adze niemieckie natychmiast
wstrzymaIy dalsze przetransporto-
wanie woisk z powrotem do Euro
py. Lada dzien oczekiwane So via
domosci o nowych potyczkach,
gdyz Morenga napewno pierwszy
bedzie napadaI ma mniejsze Cd
dzialki niemieckie, ably zdobyc po-
trzebna bron.
Poiudniowy wsch6d kolonij ME
mieckich, kt6ry bedzie terenem
walki, jest najmniej w}aSnie do
stepna najuciazliwsza dla Euro
pejczyk6w czeScia kraju.
Move vice trudnoSci czekajq
pruskich 'kulturtraeger6w'' W A
fryce poiudniowej.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1907-09-06
Rome nofatki teIegraticzna.

Z prowincyi Santiago, ma kubie,
donosza, re W ubiegia niedziele daiy
sic tam uczue dose slime wstrzasnienia
podziemmne, kt6re jednak szk6d nie
wyrzadziiy.
- w miejscowosciach Juncal, ma
granicy Chill Argentyny, spadfa ma
stacye ciowa lawina sniezna, ktora
zywcem pogrzebaia so osob. Junical
ley wysoko g6rach Andach.
- w HambureU w dzielnicy ska
dow towarowych wybuchi onegdaj Oh
brzymi pozar sp,oneiy zapasy kawy'
herbaty, korzeni etc., "a przeszio POI
miliona marek.
- Depesze Shanghai donosza, ze
Stany Zjednoczone wydzierzawiiy ma
lat 5 zatoke Nowik ma poludnie oo
Waadywostoku, oraz plywajace doki W
zatoce tel urzadzone.
z rozporzadzenia PREF. Roosevet'
ia ma prosbe burmistrza W san
Francisco, zwalczaniem dzumy W tenn
miescie zajmie sic Public Health ana
Marine Hospital Service.
w Boise, Idaho, rozpocznle sig
% bm. process senatora Zwiazkowego
Borah oskarzonego sprzysiezenie ce.
lem wyzyskania rzadG.
Z Go6fieId, Ne6., donosza, ze
unii gorniczej no. 22O prezydenten
obrany zostal John Roach, przywoaz-
ca konserwatywnej partyi, odniosiszv
zwyciestwo mad c. H. Kinnonem.zda
ie sic. re rychlo teraz przyjdzie 90
zakonczenia nieporozumieh z pracoda-
wcami.
- Department marynarki ameryk'
postanowii nadac nowo wybldowane-
mu okretowi wojennemu no. 20 nazwe
New York. Krazownik pancerny no
STACY te nazwe otrzyma nazwe sara
toga.
- Ryly konsuI stan6w zjednoczo.
nych W Nasasaki W Japonii, VIM. n.
Abercrombe LEGACY lat 65, przyste-
ME melancholii odebraf sobie zycle
przez uduszennie gazem mleszAaniu
SVEN W Waszyngtonie.