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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-23
TO PROBE ALASKA
] FRAUDS
(By United Press leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire
Z SPOKANE, Sept. 23.--It is be-
;ieved the administration is get
ting ready to prosecute land fraud
cases from Alaska. Clyde Walker.
former special agent and now reg
lister of the aand office at Juneau,
is here and 1t is said two other
land office men are working up
cases out of the Seattle offiee. It
is limited that the administration
will begin prosecutions ami 60
after them hard to cry to clear the
administration and Secretary Bah
Iinger OF the changes of standing
ID With land grabberA
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TRY TO PLACE
Blame FOR
WRECK
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 23.
persons responsible for
the horrible wreck must go to pris-
on; leave no stone unturned until
the blame is placed"
This was Gov. Marshall's en-
phatic declaration today when he
discussed the wreck ON the Wab-
ash valley interurban line in which
40 persons lost their hives.
Marshall today recommended a
meeting of the Indiana railroad
commission and suggested that
the officials of the Wabash Valley
road and the employees on duty all
along the lime at the time of the
wreck be examined.
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GOING TO TRIAL
FOR GOLD ROBBERY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.--Although
both protest their Innocence, John
Tyberg and Marius Johansen, min
ers recently arrived here from
Nome. will start back for that
camp today in custody of Special
Federal Agent j. F. Warren to
stand triad for the alleged theft of
about $4,000 in gold The men
were formerly employed by the
Pioneer Cold Mining company and
are charged with stealing the gold
from sluice boxes in which they
were working.
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Killed by
Black Hand

(By United Press Leased Wire
SPOKANE, Sept. ga we'll
dressed italian about 80 years old
MAS found murdered IN the rear Of
a residence on East Fourteenth
avenue at s:35 O'Clock this morn
ing BY a boy who heard the three
shots that killed the man. There
Is no clew to the man s identity.
1t is taken tor granted BY the
police that he was slain BY "Bleek
Hands as s4 la silver was found
In his pockets
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II Stunned
when Gun
ExpI odes

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
ABOARD BATTLIISHIP
GEORGIA. via wireless to
Portsmouth, Va, Sept. 23.-
Fourteen men of the battle-
ship Georgia today narrowly
escaped death when the muz-
zle of the 12-inch gun being
fired in battle practice. burst.
The men were stunned and
thrown to the floor of the
turret by the concussion but
were saved from the flying
metal of the barrel bv the
shield of the turret itself.
The 12-inch guns of the
Georgia, it is reported, are
old.
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Won't Delay
Lorimer Case

CHICAGO, Sept. 23-The senator
ial investigation committee today
ovefruled Senator Lorimer's reqiiesf
that the investigation into. alleged
bribery in connection with his elee-
tion be postponed until after the
fall elections
TIE inquiry will begin at once
The committee also decided to al
low the Chicago Tribune to be rep
resented at the hearing.
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That the interest ON city hall
bonds, cost and maintenance and
repairs, is more than the annual
rental on the same amount of
office room would amount to?
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GAYNOR NOT WORSE

ST. JAMES, u. l.. Sept. pa
Al the home OF Mayor Gaynor t6-
day II was denied that specialists
were preparing to remove the bull
let from his skull It is also de-
nied that Mayor Gaynor has suf-l
fered q serious relapse.
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Awards Street
Contracts

Commissioner Woods yesterday
lfternoon awarded contracts for
street improvements amounting to
s1G,S14.
Wright & Sweeney got two jobs
Ito build concrete sidewalks on
North Thdrty-fifth street for ST.
$50 and ON South Fifty-third,
Filthy fourth and Fifty-fffth
streets for $3.50. The Lister
Construction company got the job
for grading and laying sidewalks
on North Sixth and Seventh and
N streets for $3.50.
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BuNd~

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 2S.
Charles Brayton, known
as the blind dictator of Rhode
Island, veteran of the Civil war
and prominent for thirty years in
Rhode Island politics, died to-day
from heart disease.
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 23.
The population of Baltimore is
COS, ,4S5, making Cleveland the
sixth and Baltimore the seventh
largest cities in the United States.
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That over 100000 brick will go
into the cornice around the new
Northern Pacific? and
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: DIR. VIM. Edgar Cell, American
traveller, says military drill is be-
ing taught all over China, and
that an immense army is to be
formed.
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That the totem pole at the cor
ner of Tenth and A streets is the
largest ever brought from Alaska? /?
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18 KILLED IN WRECK

NORTON Kas, Sept ighteen persons believed Ia
have been killed of Rock
train Clayton
under the
washed out bridge the result of cloudburst
wreck The engine
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Pop Anson wants to break into
the national game again-as
manager. Why not? Look at
some of the lemons now working
at it.
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The French government may
make the sale of revolvers gov
ernment monopoly to keep them
out of the hands of criminals.
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DOYOU KNOW

That tomorrow is the first day
II autumn?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-23

That you can walk mile under
the trainsheds?
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OLYMPIA Sept. 23-John Han
son of Everett was yesterday re-
appointed by Governor Hay on the
board OF managers for the state
reformatory.
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Ready for Taft

WASHINGTON Sept. 2s.--Ths
White House has been put IN ofdez
and everything Is in readiness for
the meeting Of President Taft with
bers OF the cabinet. with the nx~
ccption Of Se~retajsx Of WAR Gfek@
inson. Will arrive Eunday President
TAFT also Will arrive sulItie$.
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Rev. e. O. Wheeler, special dele
gate from the Ministerial Alliance
TO the Central Labor Council. took
his seat in the council last night.
He viii attend all meetings of the
labor council in the future.
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WEATHER. FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Saturday.
'iEht noFeheray wandA
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WASHINGTON Sept. 11.~~z5uhn IA {
RYAN eufz Or Thomas Ryan Men
navy departments for moral 44o<
port In recruiting u reserve " 3.<
COO airships to be called into <<r<It<
In case OF war, Ho got {h8 m1tnI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-23

New York city transportation
companies carried 562, ,7SS, 800
passengers last year.
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BELLINGHAM, Sept. 23.-John
Carse, l.. l.. Collier, e. w. Stone,
Jed Parish and Ben Holley were
arrested by Deputy State Fire
Warden A. w. Frost yesterday for
starting brush fires which spread
and destroyed $3.50, 900 worth of
property.
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Tell IL to the Times. The Times stands for
for them.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-03-14
The Kansas City stock Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 14.-Cat-
tie receipts, 5000. including 500 south
srns. Market strong to ten higher.
Native steers, 6.0069.o0; southern
steers. 5.50G7.50: southern cows, g.
S0616.U0; native COWS and aeifers. g.
25d ZOO; stockers and feeders. 4.25
16.25: bulls. 4.40M $50: calves, 4-50
n 500; western steers, 5.5OG7.55;
western COWS, 3.50T6.25.
Hog receipts. 1000. Market stea-
dy. Bulk of sales. l0.20G 1880; hea-
w, 10.45 R10.60; packers and butch
ers. IO.30M10.45: light. 1O.10I10.45; F;
pigs, s.E019.25.
sheep receipts, $4,000. Market stee
dy. Muttons, 6.5OG7.75; lambs. s.25
Z; 1920; fed western wethers and year
lings, 7.00IS.S5; fed western ewes
6.50@ 7.5O.
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BATTERY A. TO BE IN
SPECIFIED BY u. S. OFFICER.

Santa Fe. n. NJ. March 11.-Adju-
tant General a. s. Brookes announced
today the annual inspection by a Un-
tied states army officer as follows:
Santa Fe Company F, March 81, at
8 p. m.
Santa Fe Company E. April. 1. at
500 p. N.
Santa Fe Regimental band April 2,
at $50 p. m.
Las Vegas. Company H. April 2. at
500 D. m.
Tuc'rncari. Company L. April 4. at
500 p. m.
Clovis Company X. April 6. at 500
p. IN
Artesis, Company C. April Z. at 500
p. m
Carlsbad, Company B. April s. at
e:i5 q. m.
Roswell Battery A, April 9. 200 y.
m.
Roswell Signal Corps. April 9. at
$40 p. m.
Alamogordo. Company. I. April 10
at $3.50 p. m.
Las Cruces. Company A, April IL.
at s.: 40 p. m
Silver City. Company ID, April 13'
at p. m.
Albuquerque, Company G, April 16,
at 500 p. h.
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ment. Recently however. it has been
indicated that a New Mexico man
might be preferred, and Mr.. Abbott
has been strongly recommended. His
friends are confident that he will land
the position.
Judge John r. EcFie is also very
likely to be reappointed in spite OF
the fight which has been made against
him chiefly by parties in Santa Fe.
Judge McFie's friends have been ac-
tive in his benalf and it is now said
that the charges made against aim
have received no more than routine
consideration from the department of
Justice and that he will be returned
to office for another four years.
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BIG FIRE AT Clovis;
"CLOVIS NEWS" sURNED.

Clovis, n. NJ. March IA fire
which started jlst as the whistle blew
for noon in Clovis today. in a small
frame building used as a Photograph
gallery on West Grand Avenue de-
stroyed this building and three ad-
Joining frame structures, one of which
was owned and occupied by the Clo-
vis News, one of the leading weeklies
Of eastern New Mexico. The newspa-
per plant was practically Quilted, such
stuff as was rescued was almost ruin
ID by water and trampled by the
'owd. The two other buildings were
'cupied by a shoe and tailor shop.
ae total loss will be about ten thou
and dollars vita small insurance.
he fire started from a leaky gasoline
;. owe. Two new two story brick
b ildings will be erected on the site
of the burned ones.
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BIG STRIKE
LOSING OUT

Philadelphia, March 1.-THE In.
terest in the general strike today
centered In the ability of the labor
unions to hold the striking workmeu
together and prevent a break. AS pre-
dicted by the employers and the city
officials the morning reports showed
hat while some of the men did re-
irn to work after a weeks idleness,
.l.sre is no indication of a general
re ak. bat on the other hand some of
ne unions that had hesitated about
j,ining the strike, cast in their lot
ith the strikers today
A strike declared against banks Is
a uew wrinkle in labor warfare. A
me- move of the labor leaders is in
calling upon all working men and
women, not only in this city, but thru
out the country, to withdraw their
deposits from all banking institu-
tions and thus deprive the capitalists.
they say, of one weapon with which to
light organized labor. This Is being
watched with great interest.
The bankers admitted today that
the move is dangerous one If unan-
i7nGusly carried ont, but they do not
'elieve the unions will be successful
in causing a very general withdrawal
deposits.
The Rapid Transit Company operat-
ed almost its regular number of cars
today. the cars being generally
pnized.
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RESULTS OF SATURDAY
SHOOT OF THE GUN CLUB.

f. F. Forsgard, travelling represen-
tative of the Winchester Arms Co..
made the best score at the Saturday
shoot of the Roswell gun club, hitting
~ oft of his first 100 blue rocks in
singles and hitting IL out of "a on
doubles. or wAen two blue rocks are
thrown into the air at once. His tot
al score. both singles and doubles was
l52 out CT IA. Woodlan saunders hit
fourteen out of fifteen on doubles,
his total score being 52 out of 10. The
official scores of the afternoon were
a. follows
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AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
MOTHER FINDS LOST BOY

FL Paso. Tex, March 11.-After a
world wide search for twenty-five
years for long-lost son, Mrs. Annie
Lowe of Butte. Mont, has found her
boy In the FL Paso County Hospital.
The son, William Vaughn, ran away
from his home ii ST. Louis with a
tramp in 1885, when he was 10 years
old. Since that time his mother. has
hunted for him all over the world
She wrote to American Consuls In
foreign lands, and every year adver-
tised extensively. BY accident she
heard of a man OF that name here
and investigation led to the discovery
that the invalid is the son she has Sc
long sought.
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AN $8OO.OOO
LOSS BY FIRE

jamestown. n. Y. March i4.-Be-
ginning Saturday nigat and ending
this morning, jamestown was visited
by a series of the most costly fires
it has ever had, resulting in a total
loss OF $500, 900 and the death of one
man and the serious injury of three
otlcrs.
Captain John Hanson, of the Are
police. was crushed to death by fall
ing walls.
The buildings destroyed include the
Gokey factory building, the Gokey
business block, the new Sherman
house, the Erie Hall block and the J.
r. Briggs block.
The guests of the Sherman house
had time to leave the building but no
time for saving property.
The burned district includes a large
portion of two squares in tle center
of the city.
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ROBRER TOOK HIS BOOTY
TO BOTTOM OF SALToN SEA

Los Angeles, March 12.-Passeng-
ers arriving here today from Yuma on
Southern Pacific train are minus
their watches and other valuable.
which are believed to be at the bot
tom of the Salton Sea, together with
the body of the robber who drowned
himself rather than to submit TO ar
rest
William Derrickson, a mining man
of Arizona, who surprised the robber
while he was rifiing the clothing of
the sleeping passengers. told the
story.
The man was subdued, but while
the train was passing over the Sal
ton trestle the prisoner smashed a
window and leaped into the water.
The train was backed to the spot, but
no trace of the man could be found.
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west. crossing Toyah Creek six miles

west. crossing Toyah Greek six miles
further up stream near Bamorlea.
The enterprising citizens of Sara
gosa did not recoil when told this
was necessary. but at once secured a
section of land for a new town. and
are now moving onto it as above stat
ed
The smaller buildings were hand
led without difficulty. but it was nee
essary to cut the large hotel building
into sections before it could be got
ten over the creek.
Thus Is passing another of the his
toric spots in the lower Pecos Val
ley, indellibly stamped in the men,
ories of hundreds of cownen, be-
cause of the famous "bailles" for
which the section was noted and fo,'
the free-hearted and open handed
hospitality of such pioneers as Stump
Robbins and Horn Carpenter.
While there will continue Sara
gosa" it will be busy, hustling town
on the railroad. and not the FORMER
quiet little settlement of adobe hous-
es surrounding the dance hall under
the cottonwoods.
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BIG IRRIGATION DAM
BREAKS AND WATER LOST.

Julesburg, Colo, March i1--The
Big Jumbo reservoir belonging to the
Julesburg Irrigation district went out
suddenly this morning washed out
two miles of Union Pacific tracks and
did about s150.000 damage.
A Union Pacific limited train en-
route from Chicago to Denver stop
ped close to the waters the engineer
seeing the water spread out for miles
ahead of him.
So far as known no lives were lost
through the disaster which is con-
sidered remarkable in view of the
millions of gallons of water turned
loose. One report has it that only
the block signal which was recently
established saved the limited train
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TWO OF THE SPORTING
GRAFTERS GO FREE.

Council Bluffs, Iowa, March H.
Two of die defendants In the federal
prosecution of J. c. Maybray and his
alleged associates on the charges OF
conspiracy, Fred s. Null and James
r. Morrison, both of Superior, Wis.
we're released today. when, on mo
lion of district attorney Temple, the
cases against them were dismissed.
The governments counsel explained
that the witnesses in these cases were
IN Canada and declined to come to
this city. Twenty-Five hundred letters
found In Maybray's trunk were ad-
nitted in evidence today, after the
defense mad tried to have them ex
clu6ed.
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CROWD GOES TO PoRTALEs
TODAY TO ATTEND COURT

A good sized delegation left this
morning for Portales to attend court.
some coming from Carlsbad and Ar
tesla and others going from Roswell.
Among those going from here were
W. W. Gatewood and his partner. j.
W. Armstrong. of Carlsbad. who has
been here a few days; A. J. Nisbet.
r. c. Reid, and Frank Divers; and
those from down the road were: C.
r. Brice and his stenographer, Miss
Julia Ferguson. J. D. Merchant, w. p
Lncas and Buck Gholson, OF Carlsbad
and ]. G. Osburn, of Artesia.
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INDUSTRIAL PEACE OR A
NATIONWIDE STRlKE7

Cincinnati. Ohio. March 14.-Indus
trial peace or a nationwide strike
will be the outcome of the conference
and committee meetings preceding
and during the international conven-
tion of United Mine Workers here
this week
Recognizing the importance of the
gathering the workmen and mine own
ers are arriving here today and
sought the members of the sub-scale
committee of the central competitive
field with arguments as to whether
increased wages should or should not
be granted. The subcommittee had
its first meeting today.
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SHERIFF BALLARD MAY BE
"PEN" SUPERlNTENDENT

Santa Fe. n. NJ, March 12.-Gover-
nor Mills is giving serious and care
ful consideration to the matter of ap-
pointing a superintendent of the ter
ritorial penitentiary. He is very soil
citous that the institution be given a
business administration. 1t is very
likely that he will fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Superinten-
dent Raynolds in the near future.
Among the men mentioned on the
street for the place are Thomas S.
Hubbell and w. F. Brogan of Albu-
querque; Charles l. Ballard of Ros-
we'll; John S. Clark and Cleofes Ro-
nero of Las Vegas; r. c. Garrett, and
Charles Closson and Thomas P. Gable
Of Santa Fe.
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ROOSEVELT
ATkHARTOUM

Khartoufn, Egypt, March 14.-Col-
onel Roosevelt and party arrived here
at five O'Clock this afternoon. The for
mer president received a most fiat
tering reception.
Roosevelt was dressed in a Khaki
hunting suit and wore a white nell
net. Surrounding him were members
of the Sirdar's staff. The recognition
OF the American was the signal for an
outburst of cheering that continued
as the vessel slowly found her pier.
Colonel Roosevelt raised his hat re-
peatedly and was smiling Upon the
pier Colonel Roosevelt was pressed
by an enormous crowd, all anxious for
the nearest possible view, but his es-
cort saved him from amy possible dis
comfort.
He was at once escorted to the pal
ace of the Sirdar. At the steps he was
received by the high officials of the
Soudan. Within the palace Colonel
Roosevelt received all the higher of
ficials of the government.
He then hurried to the railway sta
tion to meet Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Roosevelt, who arrived on a train
shortly after FIVE O'Clock. The offic
ials of the city had SO arranged af
fairs that this family reunion, aftel
months of separation, was in strict
privacy.
This evening no one was permit
ted to disturb the privacy OF tbs
Roosevelts. Tomorrow a round of en-
tertain-nents and sightseeing begins
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SANTA FE DOPE ON DIS
TRICT JUDGE MATTERS

Santa Fe, n NJ. March 10.-The
first reliable advices that can be had
here indicate that District Attorney
f. c. Abbott OF Santa Fe, who is now
on his way to Washington, will tie ap-
pointed Judge in the fourth judicial
district where a vacancy now exists.
because of the retirement of Judge
Mills to become governor of the ter
ritory.
Up to a few days ago it was believ-
cd that an outside man would he ap-
pointed TO this position. it being the
understanding that President Taft
to make a personal appoint
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THE TRUSTS
LOSE OUT

Washington, March 14.-Found by
the lower federal courts to be q COM
bination in restraint of trade the
Standard OH Company appeared to-
day at the bar of the Supreme Court
of tine Ulited States to make the fin
al argument against it's dissolving TN
der the Sherman antitrust law.
The government was present to in
sist on a decree of enforcement OF
the dissolution. The proceeding is
the outgrowba of years of i1vestiga-
ton of the Standard Oil on the part
OF the government
The defense is represented by John
G. Johnson. joan G. Milburn and d.
r. Watson. On the government side
were Attorney General Wicrsersham
and Frank B. Kellogg, who has fought
the case from the first
Paper Company Loses Case.
Washington, March, 14-Justice
Wright today dismissed the action
brought by the Valley Paper Company
of Holyoke. Mass. against the Joint
Printing ComDittee of Congress, on
the grounds that the paper company's s
bid was illegal In form and did not
comply with the regulations as set
forth by the committee.
The case at one time threatened
to develop into a contest of the auth
ority of the judicial branch of the
government over tle Legislative.
Cannot Claim Immunity.
Washington, March 1.-THE Su-
preane Court of the United States to-
day declined to vacate the writ of err
ror issued by Justice Lurton in the
case of Charles r. Heike, of New
York, an official of the American Sug
ar Refining Company, who was de-
MED immunity by the lower federal
courts from prosecution on an indict
ment of conspiracy to defraud the
government in connection wita the
sugar weighing frauds.
Heike claimed immunity on the
ground that he had testified before
the grand jury.
North Dakota Rate Law Legal.
Washington, March 1.-THE North
Dakota rate law of 1907 was today
held to be constitutional for the
present by the Supreme Court of the
United States. despite the claim of
the railroads that the law requires
the transportation of coal at below
the cost of the service.