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Show GEO. ITER LOSES CASE Oregon Short Line Wins . Before Interstate Com-j Com-j mcrcc Commission ! , Washington, Nov. '2. Validation problems growing out of tho sale of limited excursion tickets tlgure In two ileclsleus announced by the Interstate Commerce commission. Ln the case of George W. Rlf r against the Oregon Short Line and other roads, the complaint com-plaint th.it the railroad's exaction of a 50-cent validating: Charge operates as a fraud njtn-ilM, edblie, is disposed of with the conclusion that It is not a i violation of the law to mnct a part cf the tariff rate at the selling ticket or-lice or-lice and the valance at the validating agency. At the same time the commission says there Is great force In the complaint com-plaint that good faith to the public would require railroads to state lu ad-vcrtlomenls ad-vcrtlomenls of their excursions the i total amount which would bo charged, i Incluging the validation. In another case, the commission sustains and comniends to carriers generally the regulations of the las Vegas & Tonopah and three other western lines making provisions for refund of excess amounts collected on account of passengers' validated round trip excursion tickets. This decision dismisses a complaint of a woman who had sought reparation repara-tion for the refusal of the Las Vegas Ac Tonopah road to acce pt the return jH.rtion of a ticket she had neglected to validate at Omaha. |