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Show Ii i S & A A & A c& ! PRESIDENT LIKELY : I TO PUT SIGNATURE I omsttii. .m Bill Returned to White House ' By Director General Hines ' , With Opinion V APPROVAL GIVEN BY H RAILWAY EXECUTIVES ; ,,; Eeatimated That Roads Are 1 v Five Years Behind in !'"!iB Operating Equipment ' ".'HB I , L, iM WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. ' v'f H President Wilson had the railroad bill before him today : 1 and was expected to sign it ' i 1 jH 1 during1 the afternoon. Tb- l,"! I measure was returned to the M' White House last night by Di- 1 1 'M rector General Hines to whom j it had been referred yester- ? jH day for an opinion. 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Approval ot ' 'M the railroad bill now awaiting action I jjH r by the president was expressed at a jl i meeting here today of executives rep.- l .resenting approximately 90 per cent of 'H the country's railways, who discussed tho provisions of the bill in connection. jj jv.'ith the resumption of private owner- l'iH 'ship on March 1. - Jn a statement is- ' . F jsued at the close of the -meeting the !HilH ' execlitives'ijrpdicted that the proposed H (legislation would be successful if "the 1 IH I ci edit of the carriers is mado suffi- ijH dent to enable them to perform their j 'IH public duties." "!H According to the executives. th i' 'iH railways are approximately five years jj j'H behind in operating equipment as a . j rlH whole, and sufficient credit must first j iH be established before the carriers, jH could begin the task of overcoming ! i'IH that deficit. It was estimated that !, JH the roads are Ihree yeaj4S behind in iH passenger cars, two years behind in lo- ijH Icomotives, one year behind in freight , f JH cars and two years behind in Pullman " 1 ' H cars. :' ijH With the resumption of private con- J iH trol and under the provisions of the i"ljH bill every agency connected with the ' jH 'operation of railways Is upon trial, the 'I , jH statement said. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. Barry Ho- V garty. an American citizen who was 1 IH reported kidnaped by bandits on Feb- JH ruary 23, returned to his home safe i) H and well on February 2-1, the state de- jH Jpartment was advised today by the , 1,!H American consul at Torreon. lie is h 'IH i.uperintendent of the American Metal ' 'H icoinpan at Mapimi. ; llH oo |