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Show COURT DISMISSES I THREE TRUE BILLS Alaska Transportation and Coal Companies Half Way Out of Trouble. JUNEAU, Alaska, April 20. United States District, Judge Thomas B. Lyons today dismissed three of tho s'v- indictments indict-ments returned February 15, chargjing several transportation and coal eorn-panics eorn-panics and their operalies with eon spiracy in restraint, of trade in violation viola-tion of the Sherman antitrust lav.-. One indictment ns uphold and the other two were Bustained in part. The indictments dismissed were o.-TP. o.-TP. I. r:;.'". and 840. The ilrsi charged the defendant companies, the Canadian Pacific Railway company, the North Pacific Wharves Trading company, the Pacific A Arctic Bailway i Navi-gatibo Navi-gatibo company, winch control the White Pass and Sukon river pass, the Pacific ('cast Steamship company, the Pacific Coast I oal company and tho Masks Steamship company, with bav in"; conspired and combined to monopo-lio monopo-lio the coal business at Skajiway, Alaska. Fndictment 71" charged a conspiracy to monopolize tbe transportation between be-tween Skagway, Alaska, nd White Horse. X. T. Judge Lyoni held tbat the prosecution prosecu-tion under this indictment was barred by Ibe statute of limitation. Indictment, so charged the companies compan-ies with having exacted unreasonable toll? at the Moore? wharf at Skagway. IndictmentB Nos. 7.'.8 and 841 were sustained in part and inSictment 8G6 ent i rely. |