Show ARR MAN REfUSED TO ANSWER CERTAIN I Washington Sept Figuring t prominently In litigation that led uP to the lie supreme court in cn r debate and action In interstate com coni commerce merce and in administrative details of I the treasury department the th Inter or of Harriman conspicuous i the government do at I Iton Iton I ton The has Iia ra a asuit suit against the Harriman h the dissolution f ta a among them In various arlous parts o of cOlinI tr try i being taken Mr H claim o bt t ton on account of he Ol ci nore which he several ye o or In r lf g Sa which J eo Sp great vigor by br President Roosevelt I and Which was the subject of numer namer Oua OU reports and much de debate ate excited I groot groat Interest all over oer the country Mr Harriman and his counsel con contended contended tended that the Southern Pacific rail railroad railroad road In rebuilding the lam dam was do doIn doing In ing the work that should have havo been done dono b by the United States and for this reason Insisted upon rd t Congress on gress however never acted favor favorably ably upon the tho claim Perhaps the most notable of recent cases ln which Mr 11 HarrIman has fig figured I tired was the litigation that lint grew gre O ont Ut of an proceeding in I which Mr lr HarrIman declined to In InI n aln questions s The Tho supreme court coutt decided the case casc In favor of Hal Har Hallm I lm ithan n tJ Ownership of Stock which Mr h Harriman to answer er bore on the owner ownership ship of stock and related according t td the tho supreme court decisionS decision to the private business or of Loob Loeb Co and not to the tho Union Pacific The rc ic nations between the tho Union Pacific and oth reads were under Investigation J g other things the Union Pa PacIfic shares of oC the preferred stock of the Chicago and Alton road shares had been boen with Kuhn Loob Co b by theIr own owners ers era and on an agreement authorizing the bankers to sell thom them to an chaser chasel at such price and on such uch terms as should he be approved by and two others Stewart and I Mitchell Mr Ir Harriman was asked whether he owned any of the stock so owned and how much if any B By advice of lIC counsel lie he to an answer saor AgaIn ho was asked its is to the tho Santa Fe stock which had ben been bought hought b by the Oregon Short Lne Lipe He was asked if that va part o th that hail had been heen acquired pr previously lou l by r him hini and by two others R Refuses fuses to to Answer Answerl l I not lie he t fl q Counsel stopped him and refused to all It was In 1907 that Mr HarrIm n fi figured In Iii a poll al controversy in the nanie of Roose Roos Roosvelt velt elt Through a disgruntled raphier there was brought to light a aletter letter written b by to Sydney Sydne W a law lawyer e In which Mr Ir Har Harriman riman complained that the Roosevelt administration had not treated him fairl fairly after r lie he hud had h been en Instrumental In raisin for the campaign The letter closed In the now famous question Where do I stand Mr Mi Roosevelt was greatly Incensed amI came caine forth with his letter no now I full fulls famous which the ex cx expressIon Undesirable citizen Letter From Roosevelt To hits his case Mr r Harrl Hani Haniman man then produced a letter sIgned Theodore Roosevelt and 1101 hated dated Oc OcI I H 14 l O two weeks s before core M 11 election to the presidency In that year The letter leller with the word Personal inscribed at the top suggested that if iC Mr 11 Harriman Hardman thought It unwise to visit the e eHouse House at that time lime lie he hits to a few ew hence l I get you ou to conic come down to dOI t matters not c nn with the campaign It w wa not long after afLer that the federal Investigation of the lines Jines un under I der his control was begun |