Railroads Launch a Publicity Drive for Public Favor Urge Adoption of Liberal Pol icy Toward Carriers in Or der to Enable Thera to Aid Industrial Development. R.v GKORGK K. At TIUKR. Washington r»rn*pond*Dt Omahn Be*. Washington, Jan. ' IS.—(Special.>— The railroads of the country today in augurated a publicity program aim ing to secure more liberal treatment from the government and from the public. The first move is contained in a preliminary report submitted by the N carriers to the United States coal commission in which the plea is made for tlie adoption by legislative and regulatory bodies of a liberal policy towards the carriers in order that rail road credit can be strengthened, thus enabling them to Increase their fa cilities to keep pace with the indus trial development of the nation.” This suggestion comes when it Is acknowledged there Is no chance to secure passage of any amendments of the Ksch-Cummins transportation act in this session of congress, with even less likelihood of anything con structive being done by the next con gress. ( unimins Pessimistic. "Any attempt to secure any rail road legislation at this time would he futile," is Senator Cummins’ view, although he acknowledges he may sub his proposed amendments sonie time before the close of the session. This will be for the purpose of cen tering public attention upon the trans portation problem. As Senator Cum mins views It. the question is develop ment of the present law or govern ment ownership, while Senator Cou zens of Michigan points out that the government ownership idea is grow ing and that some way must be found » to finance future railroad extensions. J Recognizing the difficulty of petting I unified action In congress, cither now or in the next congress, all sides to the railroad controversy are prepar ing for the eventuality of seeing the problem a major issue In the next presidential campaign. Prepare Program. Administration forces are preparing to formulate a program and It may take the guise of a transportation | congress in Washington. This is be I ing urged by the proponents of the Orent Lakes-St. Lawrence waterways project and Is becoming more and more popular. Its purpose would be to focus attention on the problem and in this way seek a solution. The recommendations made by the roads for more liberal treatment arc summarized In the following para graphs: ‘JCjrst—Such an attitude towards the railroads as will convince the public that money Invested ill rail roads will receive a fair return, there by strengthening railroad credit and making it possible to increase rail road facilities go as to care for the growing transportation needs of the country. Plea for Peace. "Second—Peace tn coal industry and in the railroad industry, with such relations between employers and employes as will prevent strikes, the fruitful cause of interrupted pro duction and restricted transporta tion.” The report concludes with this ap peal: "It is certain that the commerce of the country will increase with result ing Increase of traffic, and that peri ods will continue to recur when the railroads will be unable as heretofore, from time ti time, to transport traffic as offered. If the public desires serv ice. It Is obvious that the facilities of the carriers will have to be increased substantially. In order to enable them to meet the public demand, which increase will be possible only in the event that railroad credit is strength ened and a more liberal treatment ex tend 1 them than has heretofore pre vailed ’ Gradual Decline. The gradual decline in railroad fa cilities is acknowledged in an address made in New York December 18 by Donald D. Conn, manager of the pub lic relations section of the American Railway association. “On October 1, 1922,” Mr. Conn says, “the railroads owned 2,392,918 freight cars. contVasted with 2 ""R U60 cars on October 1, 1920. Of this number, the serviceable cars in opi t ation on October 1, 1922, were 2,011, 2C4, contrasted with 2,187,095 cars on October 1, 1920. Locomotives owned October 1. 1922, were 64,361; October 1, 1929, 61,772. Serviceable on that date this year were 44,634, contrast ed with 47,430 on the same day, 1920.” According to well informed sena tors, the roads are planning to resist payment of the amount earned over 6 per cent, to the government, claim ing this as confiscation. This atti tude is prompting several of the stronger lines to endorse the proposed repeal of section 15 a, the socalled guarantee clause, which also In cludes the provision relative to the sharing of earnings over 6 per cent with the government. Repeal of the section, it is believed, would prevent the necessity of appealing to the courts. Little Chance of Passage. The bill pending in the interstate commerce committee, known as the railroad series, one of which calls for the repeal of section 16-n, have as little chance of passage as any ad ministration proposals. The fact is, the decision has been leached for the present to let the Ksch-Cummins hill ride in the hope that under it the roads will recover. Mussolini Slightly III. Rome, Jan. IS.—Premier Mussolini Is slightly ill with influenza and con fined to bed, but continues his work, receiving visitors, dictating letters and telegrams and keeping In touch particularly with the the international situation. Gambling and public lotteries are prohibited in Switzerland. Fjf rrin Riot Case in Hands of Jury 0 “It Is Murder or Nothing.” Says Judge, Instructing Jurors. Marion, III., Jan. 18.—(Hy A. I’.)— Alter more than three hours* delib eration the jury in the llerrin riots trial up to 2:35 p. m. had given no indieation that any derision was in prospect. A rumor spread that the jury was deadlocked. Marion. III., Jan. 18.—(By A. IM— The fate of the live men charged with murder of Howard Hoffman, one of the victims killed during the Herrin riots, was given to the jury today; after lengthy instructions had been read by Judge I). T. Hartwell. In his instructions to the Jury, Judge Hartwell said: “It is not against the law to mine coal without being a member of the United Mine Workers of America. If assaulted or killed for no other rea son It cannot be Justified because they were not members of that or ganization.” "If one of the accused men com niltted the crime charged in this In dtetment and if the other defendants stood by, aided, or encouraged the crime, it is your duty to Hnd all of the defendants guilty," the court de clared. After the jury retired. Judge Hart well said: "It is murder or nothing." Brookhart Cuts Short Sinclair Statement on Oil Washington, Jan. IS.—An attempt hy Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the hoard of the Consolidated Oil corpora tion, in testifying today at the senate oil investigation to go Into the broad features of the Tea Pot Dome con troversy was cut short by announce ment by Senator Brookhart, repub lican, Iowa, a committee member, that "the committee had decided not to go into that subject.” The announcement by Senator Brookhart, made with the consent of Chairman LaFollette, who has been one of the leading critics of the ad ministration's action in granting a lease to Sinclair interests to develop the Tea Pot Dome naval oil reserve, came when Mr. Sinclair endeavored to present the obligations assumed by him under the lease. Mr. Sinclair before being interrupt ed, however, did get into the record estimates that his obligations under the contract amounted to 60 or 70 millions of dollars and that his hold ings in the Mammoth Oil company, the Tea Pot Dome operating concern, probably had a curb market value of about $100,000,000, although he env phasized "it is very doubtful whether that much could be Realized on thl stock.” Bee Want Ads bring results. — " —■ ... . ■ — ■ ... — o#*-*'**1 ^ I An old time process applied to tobacco which takes out all rawness, all harshness. You’ll notice the difference in your pipe or in a hand-made cigarette. —aged in wood I^SMRrr A Mykra Tobacco Co. - - -_____ _ .. , .. — I Go to any grocery store and buy a can of M*J*B Coffee^ Take it home and try it.\ Your grocer will refund the full price you paid for it if it does not please your taste, no matter how much you have used out of the can. 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