The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 8, 1927, Page 12

a a INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION |AUDITION FINAL WANTS MORE POWER T0 CONTROL A. DIRECT RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION Series of Changes Changes and Addi- tions to Present Laws Gov- erning Railroad Mergers Recommended — Changes Would Prevent Mergers by Roundabout Methods Washington, Dec. to control and dir solidation policies was sought from America’s Greatest Young Amateur Singers to Broad- cast From Chain Stations them up. They are much more v lant than a man could possibly be.” Experiments lookjng to an_ in- crease in the number of walnut trees in the state also are under way here. They are found in many; Stars of opera and internationally places throughout the state, Cobb’ known artists who have filled the said, particularly in the valleys, and, programs of the Atwater Kent ra- some reach large proportions. | dio hour each Sunday evening for Walnut trees which have been | more than two years, will stand taper here will be watched close-; aside for Am ’s greatest young ly to determine conditions which a i s when the Atwater Tel most harmful to them and those un-| Kent hour is broadcast over the reg- der which they thrive best. puta red_ network, inday evening, congress today by the interstate com- > Merce commission. In its annual report, the commis- sion formally recommended a whole series of changes and additions to present laws governing railroad con- solidation, nearly all of which would | tend to give the federal government a firmer and more complete grip up- on carrier organizations. The commission asked that con- unlawful “any consoli: acquisition of the control rrier by another in any manner whatsoever, except with our specific approval and authorization.” This proposal was designed to | prevent railroad mergers being ef- fectuated by round-about methods, in which the commission has been unable to intervene. It also approve or disa) dations, acquisiti mergers or unifica propriate manner. of Dower would insure the commis- sion’s authority to modify or allow in part proposals submitted to it. Wants Power to Disapprove Finally, the commissior suggest- ed that it be allowed to disapprove consolidation projeects when these did not provide for the b oeelae of all the railroads which it considered or ag Is let ina ed grouping. previous suggestion that congress repeal the law which requires it to promulgate a gencral plan for consolidating all the major rai of the country into a lim- ited number of great railroad sys- tems was included. Reporting upon its regular work for the fiscal year 1927, the com- mission said it had approved the is- use by’ railroads of securities fhg 2 total par value of $1,157,36: 000.’ Its work on valuation of rail- was also brought nearer a -elose and the report predicted that June, 1928, the valuation work nth 1907, would be practically complete. Railroads More Efficient <A Discussing railroad operations, mmission pointed. out that in- operating efficiency and safety for human life and *\notable in the common car- os" \at the present time. _—Ur the freight business -cafiadian ot in 1926 than in 1920,” Mont: eal ar Said, “there was a reduc- } the sudden’¢T @ quarter of a million of Canadg‘ 8nd nearly a billion hours fanciful gvorked between the two per- ‘or the fiscal year ended OS Bag , 1927, railways reported an Vetage of 1,798,495 © aployes, re- ceiving a total compensation which wasabout double theaggregate com- 1 Pensation of 1916, compensation per / employe a annum having in- creased al bout 80 per cent in the decade. “The statistics of railway accidents show a decided tendency in the direction of greater safety. So recently as 1917 the number of railroad fatalities was over 10,000, In 1926 the corresponding number was about 7,000. Grade crossing fa- talities, on the other hand, were about 50 per cent greater than the number ten years ago.” Lack of Oak Trees Is Due to Rabbits Bottineau, N. D., Dec. 8.—(P)— Rabbits are largely responsible for the fact that only a small number of oak trees are to be found grow- ing in North Dakota, according to F. E. Cobb, state forester and head of the state forestry school here. “We would have more oak trees §f % weren’t for the fact that the rabbits eat all of the acorns,” Cobb Bai numbers of oak trees the mountains near here ing some ie ments here but our main troub! corns, As soon as they fall from the trees the rabbits snap —— HANDKERCHIEFS 3c SUIT CASES Sc | Atew ol our less than cost prices listed here OVERCOATS $25.00 VALUES SUITS 100°. WOOL le $25.00 VALUES DRESS SHIRTS FAST COLORS $1.50 VALUES DRESS SOX BLACK AND BROWN Cc WILL BE SUNDAY}: SWEATERS ALL WOOL / $6.00 VALUES THE BISMARCE TRIBUNE December 11, at fi rember, ihe at Sip | ea iy. sate 4, bizh-colore- | Ben in turn won local aa ie ber judged the best Vocaliste q iets ane, aa = ele Dertone, aw West Gactean Pa. divided, will vee the hour with their | of selections, .in the fina! contest of fiance the series spon.ored by The Atwater | Flint, M! Kent Foi ion in its national ra- dio regs ikon Fil nd bs Su ion ever a suc. pine, 7 ful conclusion. One youth bone one young lady have ‘een to represent each of the five dis- tricts. n tat aba Ieee ng fi tor si baa iss ie Agia tevin a fame and fortune are in balance ae : ott city and the atates amd dustolcte thar oat | carer este First ‘i istrict New sfbaiag fond on Eastern Seaboard SI iss Ma- Sovestald lyric soprano of Sout EXTRA! . Francisco, ep of Mid-| ers pg ben 10 followed hy tus! ers eres the count x's. fg te iss Emilia Da Prato, Beata |Eagard 5 Calif., 4 22-yexr-old tenor of these yo Ted A> Corvallis, le t | $250. the National Federation WE ets | EXTRA! second been eee) two third .awards, Clubs; Madame Louise Homers Mrs.| sponsorship in the future by the Otto H. of New ‘York’ City: Foundation, and may beeome At- and Edward W. Bok, widely known | water Kent artists, sing-| editor — publicist. boar. of ees will gtd Madame Louise Reinald Wer- renrath, abet Spalding, Gateman Griffith, George mir foe T. Ter- tius Noble, Viadimir aR Ww. G. Hey, Chicago, and Lawrence Gil- man, music critic: The awards for which the five young men- and five young women a — are: Two. fi conservatory tuition; awards, peen0 and one years r’s tuition; two fourth and two fifth awsrds, in addition to. these gifts, successful contestants may receive EXTRA! 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