Show FREE TOLL IS PROPOSED Senate Approves Administration Measure Measure Meas Mean ure Providing Free Passage Through Panama Canal to American Ships Washington The The Panama canal administration administration ad ad- I ministration bill bUl providing free passage passage pas paz sage to American ships prohibiting railroad owned vessels from using the I waterway and authorizing the establishment establishment of a one man government when the canal canar is completed was passed by the senate Friday night by bya a vote of seven forty-seven to fifteen The provision for free tolls which was fought out in the senate Wednesday was endorsed again gain just before the passage of the measure Attached to the bill as it passed the senate were two Imp important amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments directed at mit t trust or or railroad control of steamship lines The first by Senator Reed would prohibit ships owned by an illegal industrial combination combi nation from us using ng the canal and the second by Senator Bourne would force railroads to give up water lines that might otherwise be their competitors I tors if it were proved that they w were re reI I stifling competition |