Show 3 J Jl m 7 Rail fail it and Coal Combine i To Advance Fuel Cost CostI I Found IT F by US U.S. W T C Attorney By Bl Inte Km Nerl Boric to The Tho V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec 8 District District Attorney Geo V. W. Anderson of Boston the governments government's high cost of of living investigator will confer with President Wilson Vilson late today or tomorrow and lay lax before I him evidence of a combine of minor railroad and coal company officials to so manipulate shipments as to cause car shortages He HeI I believes this is a major feature of the alleged conspiracy to boost boast I the cost of fuel I As a result of this evidence District Attorney Anderson fol following following fol- fol lowing a conference with Assistant Attorney General Todd today fOl 1 decided on onan an immediate trip through the middle West Vest to secure first hand information of the apparent conspiracy His trip wilt will willI include Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minneapolis Kansas City and Indianapolis lis Officials of the department of justice as a result of today's d developments are preparing to make make- desperate efforts to secure a I better legal weapon for the prevention and punishment of offenders in the car tear shark class than is furnished by the Sherman antitrust antitrust antitrust anti anti- trust law and the conspiracy laws The information in the hands of the department is known to show conclusively that the ring of car Itch sharks is in control of much of the shipping territory All data touching on the high prices of f commodities is now in the hands of the president The rhe president is studying this information it was learned and andis f is Ls 5 eXp d to ci add s u at the present s session It is known that he lie has determined bo urge legisla legislation ion designed to to lower tower prices prices Continued on pate page 2 I RAIL AND COAL Continued from page 1 From sources close to Wilson Vilson it was learned that he is still strongly opposed opposed opposed op op- op- op posed to any sort of embargo legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion however From the data now before before before be be- fore him kiln the president feels that less radical action by y congress will suffice to reduce prices to a level nearer norm nor nor- m mal Investigation by the department of justice into the alleged conspiracy to inflate commodity prices today disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed the first tangible evidences of crime On the information In the hands of the department It was declared tobe to tobe tobe be clearly Indicated that car sharks an au inside ring 01 of ot chippers working In n combination with minor railroad of officials of- of havo o ha manipulated car movements movements move move- ments so as to hold and coal shipments shipments ship ship- ments un until top shipments were obtainable obtainable obtain obtain- able By International Ne Service to 10 Tel Telegram team WASHINGTON D. D h C C. C Dec S. S Chances for Por early eaily congressional action on embargo legislation designed to relieve relieve re- re lieve leve the high cost of living went glimmering glimmerIng glimmering glim glim- mering today when the house interstate interstate inter inter- state stat and foreign commerce committee decided to postpone until after the Christmas holidays consideration of all an legislation except th the Stevens bill bill to allow manufacturers to o Ox ix the resale price of their heir products bhe T he committee leas las before it a score o of or i e embargo bills and resolutions which will be sidetracked sidetracked sidetracked side side- tracked by the decision By International News Ness Service to The Tele am CHICAGO Dec S. S The federal grand Jury investigating the high price of f food today summoned before it thirteen officials of seven big independent independent independent dent packing houses in addition n to retail dealers Nelson R. R Lampert president of the Fort Dearborn National bank was also summoned The grand jury wants to tolean tolean lean learn details of the arrangement by which warehouse receipts are era being used as securities for obtaining thousands thousands thou thousands sands of dollars with which to pur purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase more food supplies for storage The grand jury had been told th that t pyramiding by means of which worth of supplies could be bought for foran foran foran an original had been general among food speculators All of the railroads of the East with the exception li of the Michigan Central put the embargo into effect today The Michigan Central was expected to take similar action soon Vest Western ern railroads were placing the same same ban ban bail on shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments over their theft lines for the East as otherwise they would have to provide storage for them in Chicago where the warehouses already a y are full By ley B International Neni s Service to 10 Tho Telegram KANSAS CITY Mo Dec 8 Plans Plaits Plans for far the egg boycott which is to begin Sunday were pushed rapidly today bythe by bythe bythe the Restaurant Mens Men's s association and organizations interested in fn reducing food prices The boycott Is to last a month Placards calling upon the pubic pub pub- tic lic ic to aid in the tho boycott were placed laced ill m all public eating houses Rouses boardinghouses boarding boardinghouses boardinghouses houses stores stares and store windows Fifty thousand stickers with the warning to refrain from using eggs will be distributed today to be attached attached attached at at- to bills of fare A publicity campaign against the use of oP eggs will begin at once Motion Mo blo tion picture houses automobiles and public organizations will be pressed into nto service in the appeal to the pub pub- public I lic Iio not to use e eggs gs j |