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Show THRU Or mil SHIPPERS TO ENGAGE ATTORNEYS Interstate Commerce Commission Finds Evidence of Under-Bllllne, and Will Turn the Cases Over to the Grand Jury. Washington. As n result of tho Investigation In-vestigation In Now York by tho Interstate Inter-state commcrco commission of alleged al-leged underhlillng and misdescription of goods by various shippers, It Is stated at tho offices of tho commission that tho present Intention Is to certify tho caBcs lo tho department of Jus-tlco Jus-tlco for criminal proceedings, with tho vlow to bringing nbout Indictments. This notion, however, will bo deferred until nftor the commission has conducted con-ducted further hearings In other cities whero It Ib alleged similar unlawful acts havo been committed. At present It Is contemplated by the commission to examlno certain witnesses In Buffnlo and Philadelphia, where, It Is said, frauds of equal It not greater magnitude than thoso alleged al-leged to hnvo been committed In Now York and vicinity havo been perpetrated. perpe-trated. Thcso latter hearings will bo conducted somo tlmo during tho month of April. A member of tho commission com-mission Bald that It was tho determination determi-nation of tho commission, so far as possible, to break lip tho practice, and that It was their belief that this could bo done only through drastlo action In tho courts. |