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Show A f r" ,4, &- -. A-- THE DESERET i - '"JJCJF vr v NEWS . . SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER 1923 NOMINATION OF BUTLER TO U.S. Separation ot Central Pacific irom Southern Pacific BENCH OPPOSED Party Make Move Strongest Protest Started to Block Confirmation by Senate. Farmer-Labo- r BXIIT ( XXKiBfTX. J B ( If Desirable in 1913, Why Disastrous in 1922? JV N Int.rr.dU.Ta S'H rucp 4 o 'AHIMlTrN 2T of Hi Pom td court tda' Southern Pacific Officials Favored Plan in 1913, Declaring It Feasible and Beneficial to Publics Interests, Territory Served and Roads Themselves- .- pro A rr ialon 'or Ur rmtod bates from f.iii er labrr f 'bo tj pointnif n M I'r'es dont f Tie-- t o Bi tlrr M Tats1 M poritmT aid rallr'Md Harding rn aa . s a.o-cim- i ronn,'Tic(t to of Uion'tr iendior LhoIctJe ther tfw insurgent procreasite on the gT'jwp in the Mnn3 started warpath to block hi confirmation imt of the a'ronget frotaa -4P 1 Maiiubte iart ofAUn. io-in- n th which hrtirH of Henrik Shlptead Jn place cf -- hcnatur R.e.lugg ot that Plate, ami whojv lenders m a signed statement 'reaction Hu Ucr iif Itei&f arr and in ampath with the rail-ro.ring of hr northwept !& 1913 the Southern Pacific made a voluntary appliINcation to the Railroad Commission of California to a Wnrcvnfed HttHcr thnone hi sell that fn teoe eelof endorsed appointment like Kelingg who was repudiated by the olcr f Minnesota Officers of the railroad brniheg-hood and other organization of ral-w- a wtrkere were aJeo reported to he lining up in oj position to Butler be rausn of hi having acted a chief counsel or the railroad interests comhefnre the interstate merce coi lmituiion before it fixed the of the country's system total valuation at 18,900,000 000 On the other hand. Butler was warmly praised bv Senator Cummins (Republican) of Iowa, chairman of hi Advocates of Southern cific retention of Central PaPa- cific control profess extreme anxiety and utter loud warn- ings as to the disastrous re- sults that would follow separation of those properties in compliance with the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, May 29, 922. The numerous perils of disruption are Childer Execution Place Not Revealed 1 By Irish Officers pathetically pointed out, in support of the appeal to the people of Utah and of the in- i (Bjf Associated Press ) T.ONDON. Nov. 25. The piece end manner of the execution of Ersklne Childers had not been officially an nouneed this mornmr. Some reports say that It occurred at Beggars Bush bararcks. others at Port Bello barracks. The Dublin Express states positively that Childers was shot bv a firing squad In Kllmainham jail. The newspaper quotes a statement by the Republican publicity department that after Childers had been told the execution would take placehe requested to see a Protestant clergyman whom he had known as a boy. The minister was with him, the statement said, when he walked to his execution I Insurance Given To Administrator , (By Associated Press ) BOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 A jury in the superior court awarded $17,100 to Hum Averv, administrator of the es tate of the 'late Jacob Charles Ben-tomining operator, after hearing his suit against the Employees .Liability n. termountain country to array themselves on the side of the Southern Pacific in opposition to the Supreme Courts order. This brings into view a change of heart on the part of the Msrder Victims Southern Pacific so complete and sudden as to claim more than passing notice. A bit of not remote history ' will prove illuminative on the ect. , -- . . sub-- j - a Clemenceau Goes What the Union Pacific hsir done It will continue to do French premier l, was ro itc this moaning to New Haven control to attend the Harvard-Tal- e football The Tigers train left the 111100 at 8 30 a m. and Is due In New Haeri shortly after noon. ( emonoeau had planned to remain xiin Boston over Saturday but so nmr n pressure was brought to bear upon him and those in charge of his tr.p that the schedule was altered to ainw him to be present at tne annual football classic Tin principal argument offered In fwvor of Olemenceaus going to Nbw Haven was that Koch and. Joffre had game sn be the first time Out of Their Own Mouth Testimony of Sproule and Chief President-Willia- Counsel William F, Herrin of the Southern Pacific, and of President Wheeler of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, before the California Commission at the time this sale was under discussion was to the effect that the proposed transfer could be made without detriment to the public interest and with vast benefit to the Southern Pacific and the territory serxed by it. Presiis surely qualified to speak authorita-tivel- y dent SprouIe,-whon this subject, was especially emphatic in aso serting that the change in ownership of the Central Pacific would not affect adversely either passenger or freight traffic, would not gixe the Union Pacific a dominant position, would mean active competition with a favorable effect on rates and service and would be highly beneficial to the Southern Pacific in relieving it of the obligation of furnishing tens of millions of dollars for betterments and improvements of the Central Pacific, besides enormously heavy fixed charges, bonded indebtedness, etc. Chief Counsel Herrin was no less emphatic in declaring as his opinion that the proposed sale would be to the benefit, the very large benefit, of the Southern Pacific Company and the benefit of the territory xye serve. Yet today, when the Supreme Court by its decision of last May orders the very thing to be done which the Southern Pacific officials were desirious of doing in 1913, those same officials, and Southern Pacific propagandists and advocates generally, arise in furious resistance and claim that the proposed separation of the two roads would be little less than a national calamity, and would be attended by the most disastrous consequences to the roads themselves and the territory they serve. No new perils or menaces have arisen in this situation since 1913. If perils did not exist then and the Southern Pacific stoutly maintained that they did not they do not exist now. Court Decision Guarantees Ample Protection fear today by..SoutherruEacjfic spokesmen that compliance with the Supreme Courts dismemberment decision would wTeck and ruin various parts of that system in California by leaving them without connections in the air so to speak. This fear is pictorially presented in one of the maps circulated in connection with Southern Pacific recent publicity. But it had just as much foundatfon in 1913 as it has in 1922. In fact it had more foundation then than now; for whereas the negotiations for the sale of the Central Pacific to the Union Pacific at that time came to naught because of the California Commissions insistence on certain joint use requirements which both the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific w'ere disinclined to approve, the Supreme Court of. the .United States in its decision' of May 29, 1922, 'affords protection of the most' ample and explicit kind to the Southern Pacific.after it shall have divested itself of the Central Pacific. On this point, the language of thg decision leaves nothing to be desired by way of defining the scope and clearness of the courts intention. Says the court : leadThe several terminal line and ing to San Francisco Bay which have been constructed or acquired during the unified control of the two systems for the purpose of affording direct or convenient access to the Bay and ta the principal terminal facilities about the Bay, should be Pacific cut-of- fs Thus tumbles, like a house of cards, the Southern PaP. cific contention that the unmerger of the S. P.-would mean the mortal injury, the practical evisceration, of the former property. C. As a matter of fact, joint trackage arrangements are by no means unusual in railroad operation. Many instances might be cited where carriers use the rails of other roads and where they permit other roads to use theirs- - But Such cases are too familiar to shippers to require enumeration here. They illustrate the recognition of one of the simplest agencies for effecting econ- omies in operation. Other Fears Equally Groundless The allegation or fear that an increase of passenger and freight rates would be made necessary by also received attention when the proposed sale wras under consideration in 1913. It was refuted by President Sproule then, and It has no basis or warrant now. Through passenger, and freight service would not be disrupted or affected in any injurious way by the separation which the Supreme Court has now ordered, nor would rates be increased by carrying its decision into effect. dismen-berme- nt Opponents of dismemberment have sought to throw a doleful light on their picture by delineating the g and discomfort to passengers through compelled to chaogecars (perhaps in the middle of the night) : checking baggage two or three times between California, Ogden and Oregon; delays at terminals xvhjle waiting to be switched to other lines; dismantling of shops and altering pf freight and passenger runs fo as to necessitate change of residence by employees; and the innumerable other adverse conditions and readjustments which an active or playful imagination can conjure up. To all such apprehensions, the testimony of President Sproule of the Southern Pacific in 1913 administers an effectual quietus. He at that time declared that the change of ownership of the Central Pacific would not affect the passenger in any not be brought way; that the Southern Pacific-woul- d by any means in the lions maw of the Union Pacific; that the separation then Droposed would improve both the service of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific bv creatingxomoetition which always improves service; that it would result in an increase in rail facilities in the Sate of California; that the business of all the roads affected would be benefited, the great new expenditures necessarv for the Central Pacific shifted to new should" , the Southern Pacifics treasury thereby enriched all of which reasons warranted him in affirming that the Southern Pacific would gain by the separation. be-in- e-- This brings the discussion back to the original proposition: If separation was not only feasible but desirable in 1913 when it was voluntarily proposed and negotiated by the two roads most vitally concerned, it cannot consistently be opposed as impracticable and disastrous in 1922 by one of those same roads, especially when the Supreme Court of the United States has decided and ordered that it be done. We Shall Furnish Additional Information From Time to Time DM :fMSK C4nenceau a modern American football game. The former premier is deeply touched by the reception he received In Boston He believes he could not have hoeen a better for re pir directed ijvoodmg to the attacks film at tfgant Washington. ,He will eomlpue to answer any further chargee if they seem to be important enough for notice notwithstanding his first decision to kcep clear of all in America of the Union which has not been Improved in facilities and service to the dor e so tr will as-- , sist the communities along its lines to grow and prosper. It is a matter of record that no line has ever come under the Football Clash formr e drawn up and agreed to, but the project fell through because the California Commission disapproved of the exclusion of other roads from the use of the line The from Sacramento to Oakland, the Benicia to -either not surrender of this facility was satisfactory an was Pacific and Southern the Union Pacific or the important reason why the deal fell through. -- Insurance company of London. Limited, to recover the amount for which Bentona8 life was insured, with inter-Th- e sum awarded covered both, Mrs. Louise 1 Peete is serving a Ufe sentence in San Quentin penitentiary for the murder of Denton more than two years ago. The insurance company contended it had proved tht the body found in the cellar of the Benton a JW residence here was that of the mining promoter. rv Thepapers--wer- Cut-of- f. interstate commerce comand mittee other administration spokesmen" a a man of a "high order A flood of recommendaof ability tion from judge and other influential men were declared to far outnumber the proeests against him. Cummins was appointed one of a of three of the senate judiciary committee to consider Butler's appointment. BY II VRRY U ROGERS. U X S Staff Cnrr spondent BOSTON N 25 Georges Clem-rp'oi'i- the Central Pacific to the Union Pacific. dealt with, either by way of apportionment or by provisions for joint or common use, in such man ner a s w ill secure To both companies such Tull, con?" venient and ready access to the Bay and to terminal facilities thereon that each company will be able freely to compete with the other, to serve the public efficiently, and to accomplish the purpose of the legislation under which is was constructed. And alike course should be pursued in dealing with the lines extending from San Francisco Bay to Sacramento and to Portland, Oregon. SALT 111 LAKE CITY , TZ 1 i r- - A j,Trt jR-s- k n, 2 R..1 .1 . i- - 3.. s., v.j 4JL ,.s 4 .. |