Show I II CLARK AY Y TELL SAN PEDRO DEAL I Sensational Exposition of Harriman's High Finance Methods Foreshadowed STATEMENT TO BE ISSUED Attorney General Consults With the President Regarding Prosecution of Case Washington Jan 20 W TI An extremely sensational exposition of or tho the methods of or high finance Is 18 foreshadowed b by the thi I announcement by Attorney General Genera Bonaparte that his department will wll very cry soon sUon Issue a statement about Its plans for prosecuting E E. IL Harriman Harri- Harri man and the HarrIman railroad ss tern for violation of or the thc Sherman lawIt law law- w. w It is Intimated on high authority that when the case comes to trial William A. A Clark of Montana former senator and ono one of DC tho the richest m men n In tho the r world will be tho the Io star witness 88 and that ho lie will wUI toll tell in detail the Iho story of ot th method by y wc which wrt wr om him control bl of i the t S li a-li I J I Pea r ln C ow n fi n PiLl il f yi AI 1 1 t yi ad 1 W gh qt GJ kud lmH an as anund ji hOt n rho YO I ll U h und ind nd Clark surrendered Attorney General Bonaparte WitH wan at atthe 1 the Hit V White House this morning for tor a l brief on Uon with wilh President t Roosevelt It was vas Isis his call coll hail to to- torto torio rio with the of or the the- statement ment which will Avill be bo prepared at the department l of oC ju Justice about the Harriman The attorney general said raid on leaving that the tho statement state state- mont ment would be given to the thO public soon noon The rue of justice Is 18 Inclined to believe that the tho governments government's case 1 Is lie on the contract between Harriman Har- Har riman and an Clark for rOt interests Interest of the tho Southern Pacific and San Pedro roads rond and suppressing competition ItIs It ItIs Itis Is stated the former Cormer senator was wa dragooned dragoon Into the tho agreement with tho the Southern Pacific by threats of or running his road anti and Its Us business and that 1 It was not until h ho had been made matJe to feel fee the power of or harriman who made it St apparent arent that he could not afford to carry carryon on such a warfare that ho he consented consented con con- seated to the terms which destroyed the Independence of ot his road rondo Senator Cl Clark irk owns immense copper copper copper cop cop- per mines In tn the southwest Ho He be believed believed be- be he was wag being robbed In the transportation rates by tho the Southern I l Pacific end and when he could not other other- wise wine get redress he built the San Pedro Ppdro I line Une from Salt Lake to Los Angeles Tho The rO road d which Is la over miles long built by bv Clark Clarl out of his Income from tram month to month HarrIman got il on f t d v CLARK MAY TELL II I ISAN SAN PEDRO DEAL Continued from III line Unc possession of or a n mountain p pass i s h b b M a acl t cl clever ver legal trick when it o-a o KI- KI a ai t- t lately n noce necessary sar for Cor Clark to gt K Il i rothe ro- ro t the mountains This trick was TS IS turned a after cr Clark had spent many mam million l and tone done much mitch of th the tho won work worl of nf hll building n his hl's LIne lino Without the right to us U Ut thi th would hn ha hav pass th the tho entire Investment In been an absolute loss lon Clark Clarl then HilI rendered in order to get the thC pil had already e ln Invested Invested- ted of or saving 1 what lie ito d By dy th the whole story tor in lit detail Senator SM Clark it 1 I im explained u wIll 1 pit gt I immunity for his own part In the OIl transaction transaction trans trans- action and at the same l' time timo will t take iko revenge IP his cn enemy my Nobody at tile the department of justice is ready roady to admit that this will be bu the tho basis of ot the tho prosecution of ot harriman but people familiar with the tho work worl which th the Interstate t Commerce commission I did id 1 In this Investigation N believe this b be b. 5 the tho plan of the tho prosecutions |