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Show IVOTE 10 CREATE jCOBEME COURT House Committee Decides Favor-I Favor-I ably on Important Feature of Townscnd Bill. Washington, Feb. 28. By a majority major-ity of two, the noise committee on Interstate commerce today, voted to create the lntersta.it commerce court, ono of the principal features of the Townscnd administration railroad bill. This provision the president and the attorney general baio been fighting to have put" In the to II. The vote In iho committee was 10 to 8. Chairman Chair-man Maun and Rvrescntat e Stevenson Stev-enson of Minnesota, Republicans, and Rppr'seniatlvea Adsmsnn of Georgia, Richardson of Alalstma, D.irilnt of Oeorgla, RuffcII ol Texas. Sims of Tenn , and Peters of Masaach jsetts voted against the neasure. Those voting fo" the court were Representatives Winger of Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Esch of Wlstonsln; Townscnd, Michigan; Kennody. Ohio; Knovland, California; Hubbarl. West Virginia; Miller, Kansas; Sufford, Wisconsin; Colder. New York; and Washburn of Massarh usetts. The committee nlopted with minor amendments the first six sections of the Townscnd bill, all of which i elate to the court and hid Just reached the seventh section rcailng to the tariff agTcemeuta, when it adjourned. It j will consider the rest of the bill sec-j sec-j tlon by section ani probably will be . able to order a ftvcrable report on the bill by the ent of this week. An Important amendment adopted by the committee was a section of Hie Mann bill refurlng to classifications. |