Show RATE BILL AT STANDSTILL Conferees I Hold One Omit Oll So-on So c lint bit hil Xo Xu ogre Pi-ogre- Wn Washington J June Jun I IS Thc Time The conference confer confer- 11 ence situation of the tilO He Hepburn rate bill ll this afternoon became more noro hopeless hope hope- less than Ihan heretofore But one uno session of the thc committee was wa hold hele and nl absolutely lutt-Iy lutt lutty no progress wa was made There were several ugly wrangles anti and hll bitter words word were frequently exchanged t. t This Tb i arose ose chiefly fy b because cause th time house conferees COI- COI con forces demanded that all fear rc features of the time bill be le again agIn considered those from rein the senate Insisted that nothing should be tIC ll discussed d but lh HI provisions to tu which objection vit made by the lie senate Senator intimated that lint In hl would woul agree to again place sleeping car companies under the control of or orthe the Interstate commerce commission It If the tile amendment compelling switch connections for branch lines was wn re ri- ri r stored The Tho house conferees f urged that th time the provision requiring five days days' notice notice- to the commission when an In application tion h Is hi made male for tor or an injunction be oHm elim elm elm- No agreement was reached on any point involved In the bill bil A resolution was adopted forbidding time the tw conferees to discuss the measure until unU It had hal been reported Senator Is much worried and anti disheartened by ly the unexpected turn late matters mi-matters have taken He lie feels reels that efforts arc being made to render the bill bi Ineffective nn and to lessen en its 8 usefulness timid and he lie Is po pu r c-r- less to ro ent their les i thel success |