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Show WUSTEQUIP ALL CARS Even Locomotives Rc- quired to Hare Automatic Auto-matic Couplers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. In- a decision handed down by Chief Justice Fuller In the case of Johnson vs. the Southern Pacific Pa-cific Railway company the Supreme court of the United States today practicaly held that all cars. Including locomotives, should be equipped With uniform automatic couplers. cou-plers. The court also held that dining cars cannot be exempt from the requirements cf the safety appliance law when In use, even though empty. |