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...Attorney General Mitchell brought suit last week to restrain the Elgin, Joliet, & Eastern ("Chicago Outer Belt Line") from transporting products of the U. S. Steel Corp. The commodities clause of the Interstate Commerce Act forbids a railroad to haul commodities manufactured by it or by its subsidiaries. Whether the reverse also holds?that a manufacturer may not own a railroad that hauls his freight? is the question, to determine which the Attorney General is bringing his suit. Should he win, U. S. Steel will be mightily embarrassed, for it will have to give up its control not only...
...infant likes to express itself by making a noise. At an early age, a rattle is sufficient. Later on, much more ingenious methods as the tin horn or drum are resorted to, until wise parents are forced to restrain its wanton lust for noise, or it will become a public nuisance to everyone...
...last week accomplished that soul satisfying thing- a church convention (at New Orleans) without bitter bickering. A subject of mild controversy was revision of the church constitution. Revision was passed over to next year's convention, at Birmingham, Ala. Happily exalted, many of the departing Baptists could not restrain themselves from impromptu prayer meetings in the railroad stations. As they traveled to their homes they carried with them two vigorous inspirations-on Prohibition, on Evangelism. Dr. Arthur James Barton of Atlanta had told them: "There is no neutral ground in this [ Prohibition...
...break the will of her late son, Stephen Jr., in Washington. Mrs. Elkins claimed that the deceased was under the influence of a Mrs. Evelyn I. Martin, to whom he left the contents of his Manhattan apartment and a Virginia fishing camp. Last month Mrs. Martin sought to restrain Mr. Elkins' brother from removing liquor from the apartment...
Crane operators of both types man-oeuvered their hooks with equal calm and skill, feeling that as long as they were working for different concerns on different jobs they could restrain any evil feelings that might otherwise have arisen. The break came when some of Zimble's non-union men did a job for Shaughnessy. At once there was friction in the air. Labor unions representing all the workers employed at the plant investigated the state of affairs, and incidentally ordered a strike. For the past week no work has gone on in consequence, and with the continuance...