Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-15

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Direct issue sf serssity.
Chicago. Feh. is.-The suit % the In.
ter Ocean Publishing somgany agains;
The Associated Press to restrain the lat.
tor from stopping the telegraph news
seryice furnished b. the ccmplslnan,
newsrsp"r came up for hearing yes
terday before Judge Waterman. The
latter heard arguments Ia support q q
motion far al injunction against the
news assoclatiou The Associated Press
was represented BY John y. wuson and
ex-Judgn Thomas Moran. For th. CON-
plairant there were In court Esbert
Jameson. n. J. Baker tex-Justlce %
'he supreme court u this sta,e). and
ex-Ju'ige Richard Prendergast. wnspa
opened the proceedings. reading 10 the
court several afiidavlts In opposition
to the contention Of the complainant
that u Is threatened with unlawful de-
rtivatlon % it, news service and Is en-
ttled u rtlia by INJUNCTION.
An,ds,lt. tor IN. Defendant.
There was the afi,davit 20 John Nor
ria, 20 the New York Publishing com.
pany. alleging that on Jan. 10 he had a
convcrsa'ion with William Penn Nixon.
Norris stated that NIXON stated to him
In this conversation that the Inter
Ocean had been fsrCed to go 20 the New
Notk sun Zoe telegraph news. and that
other papers In this city had IN. benefit
20 the news ~ the New York papers.
The aiiiant told NNon such Was not
the case at the present time. and that
" he wanted n New York service h.
could got u from Th@ World. There
was also thr artiavit 20 S :. Rogers.
and Harrison !. Bach. city editor %
the Associated rruss. The latter de-
fosrd that h. and other representatives
20 the assprntiCn have been depp.ved OF
the use ~ the prouf sheets and local
news of tn. Inter Rcan.
Ar. s.m. tsr the risi.s,m.
EN.Judge Jamieson Rad affhlavits In
reply ~ th".e ~ Wilson. the nrst one
being that - " nllaui reur nixon. Tn
latter said that In the conversation with
Norris referred te he spoke % special
cahie iispatrhcs which IN. later Occan
had been uuahla o. procure sx.spt
through the New York sun. white The
other New Nork papers we're furnishing
dispatches t. Chicar" pagers other than
The Inter OCEAN Nixon dsnisd
thai The later Ocean had fur
nished news e. either ths
New York sun or the Lafsn news
bureau There we're aiso affdavits %
editors 10 The later Oycan. alleging
that IN. Associated Press has not bsen
denied access h. the heal news ~ Tn
later Orear
Js.i--..'- Nl.w sf the Ns~.stss~d rrs<..
hdsr timiessn then began the arru-
raent t'r the complainant Ife said the
defendant ussnciathou ~ bsint stoyk
company ors iuizrd far pncuniary gain
nnd is not a vuiUrtary association Tor
tho mutual t.ncnt 20 bs members
Anvthins IN IT, bylaws or rules con
trary b. ruhtr noiicy h. saii. ls void
Hri cannot b. enforcrd Jusies Jamie-
tuns argument wa that the Defendant
te'nr q public csrpnratior. with dutiss
~ rcrfo'm Affecting the pubic. u must
treat all IN" puhiic aike The arsu-
ri,'t orrnrird an ~ Yesterday AMI T.
proceeding tsif,v The Associated Press
charges The later Orcan with violation
~ contract ard subleyt to the penalty
Imposed IN the contr1rt - forfeiture %
thr Associated Press neWs sctvtc,.