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Show Situation at Denver. DENVER, FeU IT.. An embargo on carload shipments of all but perishable goods and coal to the east was announced at the Denver offices of the Atchison, To-peka To-peka & Santa Fe and Chicago, Burlington Burling-ton & Quincy railroads today. The embargo, em-bargo, tt was stated, extends to all points east of Illinois and north of the Ohio river. The only exception to the embargo, it was said, is in the case of shipments which can show boat bookings at the Atlantic feaboard when offered for shipment. ship-ment. Refusal of eastern roads to accept ac-cept shipment was given as the reason. The result of the embargo lias been to tie up frel-rht shipments to some extent. Railroad officials said they expected no congestion of freight here. |