The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-27
Grand Jury Returns
Thirteen Indictments
for Relating.
DAN R. HANNAONE
OF TIL e ACCUSED
-Four Railroads and Three In.
dividuals Alleged to Have En-
tered Conspiracy to Violate
Elkins Law-If Government
Proves Case It May
Collect Millions.

Cleveland. O.. April 2s.-Thirteen in
dictments on a total OF 10 counts.
charging four iron ore-carrying rail
roads entering Cleveland with rcbat-
Ing. and alleging that two of the rail-
roads and three individuals were
guilty OF conspiracy TO violate the
Flkins law, were returned by the Fed
eral grand Jury here late tonight.
The Indictments returned were:
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Company and the Angelina
Dock Company. OF Ashtabula. O.. con-
spiracy to violate the Elkins act. ono
count; same road. and the Mahoning
and ShenanEo Dock Company, of ASH
tab,,la. same charge. one count; same
road and the Union Dock Company.
hshtabula. same charge. one count:
same road and the Ashtabuln Dock
Company. same charge, one count:
some road and Pittsburg and Conneant
Dock Company. same charge. one
count.
The BosHemer and Lake Erie Rail-
road Company and the pittsburg and
C%onneaut Dock Company, same charge.
one count.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
charged with rcbating, thirty-hve
counts.
The AXE Shore and Michigan South
ern Railroad Company. charged with
rebating. thirty-two counts.
The Beesemer and Lake Erie Rail
road Company, charged with Relating,
twcnty-eight counts.
The Ncw York, Chicago and st. Louis
Railroad Company, charged with re-
hating. six counts.
Dnn Hanna Indicted.
Dan a. Hanna. president. and r. L.
Ireland. second vice-presidcnt OF the
NJ. A.. Hanna Company, and D.. T. Nc
Cabc, OF P%ittsburg. fourth yice-presi-
dent OF the Pennsylvania Company.
were zach indicted on one count
which charges that the pennsylvania
company has an alleged contract with
sthe Hanna Company, whereby the
anna Company is snid TO have re
ID to shippers PROFITS of the Ohio
i western Pennsylvania Dock Com
rnrQ1 ]. n subsidiary concern OF tho
e%iHainna Company. The dock company.
which is included In the Indictment.
leases and operates docks owned by the
pennsylvania company at several Lake
Erie ports.
The NJ. A. Hanna Company is one
OF the largest iron ore. pig-iron. coal
and coke concerns In the country.
One OF the exhibits before the grand
Jury shows the alleged payment to the
Carnegie Steel Company OF s6o.11l.sa
as a part OF the earnings OF the dock
company.
District Attorney w. L.. Day an
nounced Immediately following Il
nling OF the report with United states
Judge Killetts, of Toledo. that large
and important suits" would be begun
Immediately.
commission cases, brought 10 insure
fho - nvhlfahed Ora ahinninp rateS . a ra
effective. The government Will seek
TO show that the indicted railroads
owned docking facilities in Ashtabula.
o., and Conneat, o., harbors: that these
were operated by companies which
were In effect hired" by the rail-
roads: that the railroads paid excessive
rates to the docking companies for
loading and unloading iron ore; that
the docking companies paid over a
portion OF the money thus received TO
the shippers and that the whole CON
Btitutes a conspiracy in violation Of the
Elkins law.
May Collect Mniions.
The penalty for rebating is a fine OF
not less than $1,000 nor more thar
$4,000, with Imprisonment not to X
coed two years. The penalty for con-
spiracy is not to exceed a fine of
$4,000 and imprisonment not to exceed
two years. In addition. under the Ell
kins law. the government has the right
to bring civil suits for three times the
amount of money related. 1t would, be
possible. in case of conviction for the
government, to collect many millions
of dollars.
The investigation leading up to to-
days action of the grand jury was
started several months ago. The mat
ter was brought TO the Federal grand
1ury's attention three weeks ago.
District Attorney w. u. Day and his
assistants, Attorney Joseph G. Fogg
and j. s.. Bachman; Attorney John II.
Marble, for the Interstate Commerce
Commission. and Attorney n. G.. Mar
shall. for tho Department of Justice,
conducted the case. About forty wit
nesses were examined before tho grand
fury. including officials representing the
railroads and orc companies from the
Lakes to Kentucky.
The governments next step will he
the issuance of warrants for the par