Show I RAILROAD CONFESSES CONFESSES IM r Lg L W c B az ENTERS PLEA Of T ON TWO NO COUNTS Washington May Ia 5 Time The The Department of Justice has just Juat been beon a advised b by telegram ram from tIme the United States attorney attorney at at- at- at torney lorna for tOl the western district U of Mis Mis- sour soon that the Missouri Kon Kansas IlK Texas Texus Railway company has entered a plea pica ol or guilty guilt on two counts of or fin arm Indictment lmont tendered rendered a against It ItIn Itin itin In May 1 a 1908 for fOl violation ot or tho time Kl- Kl I net act t which prohibits departures departure bv lIy common carriers the time 10 lawfully established rates Tho The court has Im Imposed Impo lam lam- po posed a D. line lino of 1000 and costs on each count The Tho Indictment tin avs U H the tho Depart Depart- pt Justice was found und upon ito lo- tb U t i 1 1 U t lI m tl iDd rr d'- d' u l I IIIi IIi IIi- ug to lu g Q I n r. r y tl th the oJ t ti tc the local rate points of origin orl-Jn Crowd l I I. I T T. an intermediate point and the lie local rate from Crowder t tt Ic Kansas Cit It This Thimi combination of the hit two local rates ratos made a rate rute less than the published through h rate rat the latter JaUN being the time lawful rate r In n view of oC the time fact Ilet that tho the evidence evi dence did dill not h that this do- do departure de de- Com tho time lawful rate was re resorted re- re sorted to by the railroad as a device for Cor favoring certain shippers at thin the the tho railroad expense c of oC other others for foi quoted the tho combination rate to shippers generally time the amount of oC the time tine Imposed Im Im- posed hosed Is la deemed adequate by tho tim depart department de de- IC- IC part |