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Show COMMISSION DENIES RULE OF RAILROADS WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The interstate in-terstate commerce commission, in a decision de-cision to-lcv ajTfori'iij a reat volume 01 paerL'er tra:hc, particularlv in the ea-u aud nurtn central states" to the south, abrogated the proposed mle? of ni'Jroa'i? whi.-h would hnve prohibited the thro'ih checking of bapije and sale of thruLih parlor and sioepin rar ti.'l-vets on comt'iuat'ion tickets used in connection with joint fares from Junction Junc-tion points. Ketail merchant?, chambers of commerce com-merce and traveler? in the south nnd east prote.-ted against the inconvenience incon-venience of detraiL.nif at Washington and other southern jTateway? to recheck batat'e and obtain Pullman accommodations accommo-dations for the remainder of their jourcev. Commissioner Harlan dissented from this opinion. Faying the majority action permits evasions of the through fare. |