Show INFORMATION FURNISHED BY NEW YORK NEWSPAPER Department of Justice Investigating Trunk Lines of Railroads for Paying Rebates to the American Sugar Re Refining Refining fining Company Washington March being shown the publication in the New York American of today regarding the al alleged alleged granting of rebates on the trans transportation of sugar Attorney General Moody said Some weeks ago a representative of that paper called on me and said that information was in the possessIon of that paper tending to show that large rebates on the transportation of sugar had been given to the American Sugar Refining by the trunk lines of railroads running out Of New York City and asking me if the department of justice desired to use the information Information tion in legal proceedings An examination examination of the matter showed clearly that it was highly and tend tended tended ed to show the giving and receiving of large money rebates The subject 13 Mr Stimson who ha had been selected by bythe bythe the president as district attorney for forthe forthe the southern district of New York Following this on the first day of February which was the date of Mr taki office a conference was held in NewYork between the at attorney attorney torney general the assistant to the attorney genera Mr Purdy and Mr Stimson when the evidence was gone over with great dare iare It is the purpose of the department to proceed carefully with all possible expediency It ought to be said that until this Information was furnished the depart ment by the r of the AmerIcan the department had no knowledge or suspicion of the facts and that the representative of that pa paper paper per has aided the officials of the de department department in all ways within their power |