The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-11
CONTINUED FOR THREE HOURS
Participated i'm by President. Men,
bers of Cabinet and Other Officials
All Declared TO Tell What Trans
pired at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO Issue
Statement on Subject.

All Declared to Tell What Trans
pired at Meeting-Cortelyou TO Issue
Statement on Subject.
Washington, June IA notable con
| ference on the subject of trust prose
cutions was held at the White hous
tonight.
Those who participated were Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Of State
Root, Secretary of the Treasurer Cor
telyou, Secretary Of the Interior Gar
field, Secretary of War Taft, Attorney
General Bonaparte, Interstate Com
mfssioners Knapp and Lane and Frank
B. kellogg, special counsel for the
government.
The conference continued from 8 p.
n. until a few minutes before mid
night.
Secretary Taft, on leaving, an
nounced that Secretary Loeb would
issue a statement on tle subject. Spe-
cial Counsel Kellogg. who walked
from the White house to his hotel,
declined to state what had transpir-
ed at the meeting and referred his
qu%estioners to the statement which
Mr.. Loeb was to p~romulgate.
Secretary Loeb at midnight issued
this statement:
s"Hhn nNnfnrNn00 U-0c hold fnr ~
purpose of affording ample discus
sion concerning the matters which
have been under investigation by the
interstate commerce commission. The
interstate commerce commission has
not yet formulated its report and all
liminary kind. After a report has
been made the attorney general will
of course consider it."
The discussion took a very wide
range. Much of the time was given
up to the Hartman Alton deal. Every
phase of that transaction was thor
oughly gone over and discussion was
participated in more especially by the
president, Mr.. Kellogg, Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte, Commissioners Knapp
and Lane.
The conclusion was promptly reach
ed that however damaging the eyi-
dence might be against Mr.. Hartman
the testimony he had given in the in
terstate commerce investigation had
given complete immunity from Grim
inal prosecution.
After leaving the White house, At
torney Sims vas in conference with
Attorney General Bonaparte at the
department of justice for more than
an hour. He refused to discuss this
conference and the only comment NY. !
Bonaparte would make a ,
"The conference related to matters
pending in MI. Sims Office in Chica- |
CO." ,
That E.. n. Hartman the railroad !
magnate, Is immune from criminal |
prosecution as the result of his testi-
before the interstate
commission in New York recently:
that h question of prosecution of BIZ
luminous coal carrying railroads
should be left in the hands of the at
torney general and that prosecution of
the anthracite coal roads will begin
in Philadelphia, PROBABLY next week,
were conclusions reached at the con-
ference at the White house tonight.
The Hartman case and the cases of
the coal carrying roads were discuss
ed for three hours by P1 esident Roose-
welt, five members of his cabinet, two
members of the interstate commerce
commission, and special counsel for
the government.
Following the general conference, |
Attorney General Bonaparte remained
with the president to discuss the So
called Harvester trust. 1t is thought
not unlikely that the question of pros
ecution Of that organization will be
left in the attorney generals hands.
The roads involved include the Del |
aware, ~Susquehanna and SchuylkiIl,
the Philadelphia and Reading the Lee
high Valley, the Delaware and Hud-
son, the New York, ~Susquehanna and
Western, the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western. the Central Railroad o.
New Jersey and the Erie.
The Pennsylvania and one or two
other roads may become involved AS
the suit progresses. but at his time
no formal complaint will be filed
against them.
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