Show TRYING TO ESCAPE PENALTY Great Northern Trying to Beat the Fine In Rebate Case Washington Attorney A B Browne of this city on Monday presented a petition pe-tition to tho supreme court of the United States for a writ of certiorari bringing to that court for review the case of tho Great Northern Railway company vs tho United States This case Is a prosecution against the railroad rail-road company on tho charge of granting grant-Ing rebates on which charge It was found guilty In the federal court of Minnesota and tho verdict was approved ap-proved by tho United States circuit court of appeals The case presents many Interesting phases the most Important of which Is the companys assertion that the Elklns law under which a fine was Imposed was repealed by the Hepburn railroad rate law which imposed a penalty of Imprisonment for tho of fenso If the court grants tho motion to bring tho case before it for consideration consid-eration this question will be developed devel-oped at length |