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...Canal has put a new twist in it. The essence of the problem is that under certain conditions it pays the railroads to give cheaper rates on long haul than on short haul freight. The case in question has to do with shipments to the East from the Pacific Coast. In this case the railroads have to compete with cheap water freight rates for shipment through the Panama Canal. To get traffic on many classes of goods, the railroads must cut their rates for the long haul. In general and in theory, rates are fixed on such a basis...
...Harvard Stadium will be the scene of some of the most spirited track races of the year tomorrow afternoon when over 400 star athletes from the leading college track teams of the East and of the Pacific Coast meet in the preliminary races at the 48th annual field meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America...
...these 31 colleges, those that will put up the strongest fight for first honors are Penn, Yale, Princeton, Boston College, and the three Pacific Coast teams--Leland Stanford, University of California, and California which last has captured the Intercollegiate title for three successive years...
...conferees agreed. They reported the bill in this form. The House took it up. The Administration Republicans stood behind it. But the Democrats and west-coast Republicans were unalterably opposed. Republican Leader Longworth turned to the California delegation: "You have won your long fight for Japanese exclusion. Why imperil your victory by rejecting this report or sending it back for conference? The people of the U. S. are in favor of restricting immigration. A vote against this report is a vote against restrictive immigration as proposed...
While Major Martin and his companion were searching for civilization, the U. S. Government was pursuing an intensive search for them. The President said: "Every effort the Government can make is being made to find these gallant men." Two U. S. Coast Guard cutters ploughed the gale-lashed waters of the North Pacific day and night. At every bay and inlet a small boat was put off and a search was made of the adjoining land. At night the two ships' glaring searchlights swept the desolate coast...