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Thursday, Jan. 8, 1931 Report from Washington Says Several Roads to Adopt Two-Cent Fares REDUCE PASSENGER RATES B RAIL PLAN The nution's railroads are on the verge of declaring a rate war on the motorbus and airplane, their more modern competitors which in the last decade hate annexed 42 per cent of passenger rail business, says a United Press report from Washington. The campaign, finally decided up- on by the railroads after years of patiently watching invasion of the transportation field, in the end prob- al/y will benefit no one but the pub- lie. This is the opinion of one old railroad man here, who claims to have witnessed innumerable rate slashing fights. With passenger fares being cut drastically. in some cases becoming the lowest in a quarter-century, a great opportunity will be afforded persons of moderate means to see the country cheaply. Western Lilies Start The first move in the forthcoming general passenger rate slashing Was made by the St. Louis-San Francisco which reduced its rates to a two- cent permile basis. Other western carries will follow suit, according to C. J, McGuire, director of the west- ern passenger association. the gen- oral passenger agent for lines west of the Mississippi river. This is ex- pected to be followed by reductions an eastern and southern lines. . Deny Rate War Railroad men in Washington vigor- ously denied that fare reductions were a "rate war." Rather, they said, it constitutes an attempt on the mil- road’s part to regain the tremendous volume of passenger traffie lost to the buses and airplanes in the past 10 years. A "The new reduced rates will be placed in effect in an effort to bring back to the railroads the huge amount of passenger business lust to them through bus, airplane and private au- tomobile competition," said one prom- inent railroad man here who request- ed his name he withheld. , Airplanes Cut in "Railroad passenger' traffie has de- clined steadily since 1920, the peak year. In 10 years the carriers have lost 42 per cent of their passenger business. They have now apparently decided to go out and make a deter- 'mined effort to regain that business by cutting passenger fares." M. Paul Co. Acts The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Paeifie railroad announced today a reduction of passenger rates to two cents a mile on four minor divisions, says a United Press dispatch from Chicago. _ The new rate is an experiment to compete against motor bus lines and if successful may be extended to the main lines, H. E. Pierpont, vice presi- dent in charge of traffic announces today. The four sections on which the re- duced fares will be effective are the Wiser-min Valley, Racine, Southern Minnesota and Des Moines divisions. Passengers will he, carried on day coaches only for the new fare. The former rate was 3.6 canes I mile. are on the a war on the their more h in the last per cent of Principia College of St. Louis Buys Large Tract in Jersey County With 43 universities, colleges and normal schools, the State of Illinois is to have yet another institution of higher education with the establish- ment near Elsah in Jersey county of the senior Colfege of the Principia, St. Louis Christian Science educa- tional institution, says an Associated Press report. The high school and elementary departments of the in- stitution are to remain in St. Louis. The Principia has announced the purchase of a 1.300-ncre tract of land on the Mississippi river-bluffs between Elsah and Pittsa Chautau- qua. It plans to start the construe- tion of a $3,500,000 plant on the site next spring. Contrary to general belief, rhinoe. eros horn is not I bony substance. but an epidermal formation composed of a solid mass of agglutinated hairs or bristles. The land purchased by the Prin- cipia is located in an area rich in scenic beauty and tradition. Stand- ing on the blues overlooking the Father of Waters, the eoMuenee of the Illinois and the Mississippi at Grafton, far to the north, can be soon. The muddy Missouri, to the west and south, can," on I clear day, be seen churning its way to its con- fiuettee with the Mississippi to the south. The Palisaides line the river to the north and south of the Principia's new campus. The poet Sylvester al- luded to the beauties of the neigh- borhood in many of his written works and used scenes in the neighborhood in a number of his paintings. But a short distance to the north is Piasa Chautauqua, in its early days a Methodist camp meeting grounds. Today it is a summer re- sort. In the valley wherein is now located the Chautauqua, once dwelt the prehistoric tribe which painted the Pinsa bird, noted by Pere Mar- quette in his journal. Carired Rhinoceros Horn Is Exhibited in Field Museum, ls Unique Item A' unique carved rhinoceros-horn from China has been added to the collections in the department of an- thropology at Field Museum of Na. tural histary as the result of a gift from the American Friends of China, Chicago. According to Dr. Berthold Loafer. curator of anthropology, the carving is a product of the Ming dvnasty, fdteenth century. when many live specimens of rhinoceroses, giraf- tes and other exotic animals were be- ine imported to Chine from East Africa. The carving on the horn, which is a large one, portrays 17 such animals in high relief, artistic- ally portrayed. "The Chinese in ancient times at- tributed magical and medicinal qual- ities to rhinoceros horn," says Dr. Laufer. 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