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Show K 818 FIGHT BEGiNS FOR m NORTHERN PACIFIC Ifl CONTROL. fi' ; Harriman Sus for Return of Shares Exchanged for H Northern Securities IE I Renewal of StruQG,a That Cul- i ' fo mlnated In Panic on New . York Stock Exchange. I ' Pn-pors in Coso Piled in Federal Court SV t J at St. Paul Late at Ij r r Night. O T- ULf, April 2. E. IT. Harriman, L' HP trustee for the Oregon Short b HL Line, today filed a petition In the Federal Circuit court asking to ? V1 ibo allowed to Intervene In the case of L mi '10 n'tC States against the Northern WmWLw, Securities company with the object of ' compelling tho Northern Securities A Wt company to turn over to him the North- A flfc crn Pacific railway stock originally cx- Wk Wto changed for Northern Securities stock. This action Is taken as the beginning K' i Df tno contcst for tnc control of the 1 iNorthern Pacific railway between tho Bu JIUl-Morgan faction of the Northern flK'I Securities company and 12. H. Harrl- PP' man. This suit, It Is sold, Is to com- kJ 1 pel Uio Securities company to return W (I .to the original holders the Northern H) fl Pacific shares exchanged for Northeni JU dm Securities stock, instead of the pro- mPlm 1'osed division of Northern Paclllc and LyV, Great Northern stock. i Recalls Panic of May 9th. - The Harriman Interests, prior to the fll formation of the Securities company, K held a controlling Interest In the North- Hf fl cm Pacific stock, the struggle for which K mM culminated in the panic of May 9th on WU mWi the New York Stock exchange. mM Hi E. H. Ilnrrlman and Wlnslow S. MS HI y Pierce, acting as trustees for the Ore- JmvimU BOn Short Line, signed the petition, X A iV.:hleh was lllcd in the United States f; cowl today, asking the. court to direct 1 n, Trlhern Securities company to ro- ! t turn to the original shareholders the i J, Northern Pacific stock exchanged for JkjL-t1 ,j Northern Securities stock at. the time 'fftn of the formation of the Northern So- I frill curltlcs company. ' f ft'' T,'e Petition was filed by John G. tffj.S Dillon and William Guthrie, as attor- i'fiL j neys for Harriman and Pierce, and no- if; j tice of the action was served on M. D. f,fj Grover, C. W. Bunn and George B. IWj Young, attorneys for the Securities r V I comnany. The petition Is returnable on V l, April 12th. y I t Ask Court to Intervene. la' '3 Thfc petitioners ask the court to ln- gfl"Yl .tervenc In the suit of the United States ml 'M . onalnst the Northern Securities com- j ' The purpoFe of the Intervention is t I J to have the decree of the court modified ; 1 and tOjihaTie tho court direct that the i I Northern Securities company shall .le-I .le-I I , liver In exchange for Its shares the Ml I fitoclt of the Northern Pacific that It Hi l acquired, itfid to prevent a rateable dis-r. dis-r. 1 ! inbutlon of the Great Northern and the Wj'f :l uSTorthern Pacific stocks among aharo-Wjlj' aharo-Wjlj' holders, as planned by the directors of Wm ,t'10 Northern Securities company. I' 15' Tnc PaPers In the case were drawn I ill late this afternoon, and the filing did I U? not transpire until late tonight. . |