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Show BEGAN HEARINGS TODAY ON THE OWEN BILL Washington, Feb. 4. With representatives repre-sentatives of tho Now York stock exchange ex-change appearing In opposition to tho measure and"a largo if mber of" witnesses ready to urge Its enactment enact-ment tho senate commltteo on banking bank-ing and currency today began hearings hear-ings on tho Owen bill deslgnod to pro-hlblt pro-hlblt tho use of tho malls, telegraph and telcphono lines for the furtherance further-ance of unlawful or harmful stock o-chnngo o-chnngo transactions. Samuel Untermoor of Now York was tho chief witness In advocacy of tho bill.'" |