FREIGHT RATE INCREASE
IS DELAYED ONE MONTH
New Tariffs Subject to Revision and
Change Before Being Put Into
Effect.
Washington, April 27. The inter
state Commerce commission has pre
scribed the method of procedui in the
15 per cent rate advance cases by
permitting the railroads to file supple
mental tariffs covering the increase.
The new tariff's will be subject to
portest, suspension, complaint, investi
gation and correction, the commission
announced, and their filing is only
preliminary to detailed consideration
of the application and does not dis
pose of the cases.
Indications are that the commission
will soon set dates for hearings at
which the merits of the increases will
be considered and shippers and other
Interested parties will be given an op
portunity to state their views fully.
The effective date of the order,
should it be finally approved, is
changed from June 1 to July 1.
RESTRICTS SALE OF LIQUOR
Sweden Bans Intoxicants From April
24 to May 12.
Stockholm, April 25.Sale by retail
of all distilled liquors is forbidden
throughout Sweden from April 24 to
May 12.
There is reason to believe the order
has a connection with the great May
day demonstration planned by labor
unions.
The official explanation of the ban
on liquor is that the excise authorities
desire to make an inventory of the
available spirits in the kingdom.
WAR LID ON IN MINNEAPOLIS
Saloons in River District Must Close,
Safety Board Rules.
Minneapolis, April 26.Every saloon
In the river district of Minneapolis has
been ordered closed by the state pub
lic safety commission, as a military ne
cessity.
