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Show RAILROAD COMPANIES UNDER INDICTMENT OMAHA, Nov. 1. Indictments against four railroad companies charging charg-ing them with violations of the laws in concessions granted in shipments of alfalfa al-falfa seed from Omaha to points in nearby states were returned by a grand jury in the federal court here today. The Missouri Pacific, railway, the Chicago, Chi-cago, T?ock Island & Pacific, the Chicago, Chi-cago, Burlington & Ouincj' and the "Wabash "Wa-bash arc alleged to have cut quoted rates on J00 pounds of alfalfa -l and ij cents. In connection witli the- indictments was an announcement of the district attorney's office here saying other prosecutions were likely to follow because be-cause ot' the intention of the government govern-ment to force carriers to maintain established es-tablished in order to prcvont discrimination. |