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Show omr'h'liNG THUbTS SUITS THROWN OUT OF COURT Judge Lacombe Says War Has Dissolved Dis-solved Combinations Complained of Now York, Fob. 3. Tho govorn-meiit's govorn-meiit's antitrust suits against tho Prince line, tho Hamburg American lino, tho Lamport and Holt lino and othors, charging rostralnt of irado In connection with freight nnd passenger pas-senger steamship business between American ports and Brazil nnd against tho Amorlcau Asiatic Steamship Steam-ship company and othors, n'hoso steamships ply between Now Yoik and Asiatic ports, were dismissed today. to-day. In each enso tho government jharg-cd jharg-cd that for somo years tho dofond-ants dofond-ants had ongagod In an unlawful loiiBpliaoy to restrnln trarto and destroy de-stroy competition In ocean carrlago between ports In tho United Statos and specified forolgn ports and to monopolize, such trndo. In dismissing tho petitions Judgo Lauombo assorted that tho r.umOln-ntlons r.umOln-ntlons complained of had beon practically prac-tically dissolved as a rosult of the European war. |