Show UNION PACIFIC CASE Hearing in KeeneKarrimaii Contest 1 Begun at Nashville Nashville Tenn April IThe case tof Talbot T Taylor Co against the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific J railway companies came up before United States Judge II JI Lurton this O morning Judges Wilson and Barton of the Circuit Court of Appeals sitting with Judge Lurton by invitation Affidavits in support of the bill In injunction In-junction as well as the Union Pacific answers together with affidavits were filed during the dny Mr Harrlmans affidavit was read when the hearing began at oclock rind upon Its conclusion con-clusion 1 Lan teihaeh representing the Keene interests presented his I argument ar-gument He was followed by Judge Humphrey for the Harriman Interest Judge Humphrey had not completed his argument at G oclock when an adjournment ad-journment was taken to 930 oclock in the morning The hearing is based on the application appli-cation of the minority stockholders for a permanent injunction to restrain the Union Pacific railroad or persons Interested In-terested in It from voting the shares owned and controlled by It In the annual an-nual election by l the stockholders of the Southern Pacific company at Bccchmont a suburb 01 Louisville April Sth The restraining order Is asked for on the ground that the Union Pacific Is using its stock to control the South urn Pacific property in such a way as to prejudice the Interests of the minority minor-ity stockholders who have no Interest In the Union Pacific J P Keene who 16 represented by Taylor Co has alleged al-leged that the Union Pacific has elected I T board of directors In the Southern I Pacific company which has diverted the earnings of the road HO that the Union Pacific will be the main beneficiary No matter which way the injunction suit goes here the final struggle will I take place at Louisville Keene is eXpected eX-pected to be able under the ctimulu Ive voting system permitted In Kentucky Ken-tucky to elect several directors of the Southern Pacific company and In New York the feeling is that he has secured enough proxies to make him a dangerous danger-ous factor insofar as the future control of the road Is concerned |