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Show oo HOUSE OPENS NEW INQUIRY Shipping Trust Methods Under Fire in Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. Today i Washington. Jan. 7. Charges of n war against I'nlted States commerce in South America, combinations of , European -owned steamship lines to divert American business to European ports and ol the operation of the alleged al-leged "shipping trust" to drive out independent steamship lines, were laid ! hefore the house merchant marine committee Investigating the so-oalled .shipping combine today, hy Sidney Storey of New Orleans one of the organisers of the Pan-American mail line Mr. Store testified that when European Eur-opean Hues idying to south America heanl of large orders for cement going go-ing to the I'nlted States the cut the rate to divert the business to Europe; that the pjid rebates to shippers w ho I ! used their ships eclusiel and that the ships of the Pan-American mail were a failure because they were 1 foree, to sail back to New Orleans from South America without cargoes, j Washington, Jan. 7 For the opening open-ing of the house merchant marine, committee's investigations of Brazil-Ian Brazil-Ian ship linos said io be part of the so railed shipping M ust. scheduled for today, the following witnesses have been subpoenned; Paul Gottheil Lorenzo Daniels, Paul F Gerhard John C Seager Allerton D Hitch, William ii Douglas, fosepb Pureell and J J SlechtS ol N (W York and Sydney Store and illiam Lowery of New Orleans. The committee i8 workinp under a house resolution authorizing I n s r i -gat ion of the alleged existence of a general shipping combine |