Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-28
THE SUPREME COURT
After Short Session Adjournment
is Taken.
DECISION ADVERSE TO NORDSFROM
Petition of OIeomargarine Men
Denied.
RIGHT TO TWO SALARIES

After a session of three minutes today
the United States Supreme Court adjourned
until the second Monday in October. The
brief session was devoted to the formal
disposition of motions. The two remaining
insular cases. one of them that of the
fourteen diamond rings. dealing with i'm
portations from the Philippines and the
other known as the second Dooley case,
Involving the question of expectations from
the United States to Porto Rico failed to
receive attention today. and they go over
until the next term
The court affirmed the judgment of the
supreme court of the state of Washington
In the case of Charles n. NOrdstrom, un-
der sentence of death on the charge of
murder committed in that state and d-
sncted that the mandate be issued at once.
The immediate issue of the mandate in the
NordstrOm case coming from the federal
court of Washington also was ordered.
These orders dispose of all the Nordstrom
Ncases before the court. and far as this
tribunal is concerned leave him to his fate
The case has become famous by reason of
the fact that NordstrOms death sentence
has been postponed for nine years by rea-
son of legal complications.
OIeomnrgnrine Convictions stand.
of certiorari in the cases of Dougherty,
Farraher and Loving. convicted of violating
the Oleomargarine law in Philadelphia.
Their cases individually were heard by the
circuit court of appeals for the third cir
cult and were decided adversely to their
claims They sought to have that decision
reviewed by the Supreme Court but that
: petition was denied by today's action.
which renders final the decision of the
court below.
Relating to PiiOtage.
The court. in passing upon the case of the
Homer Ramsden Company VS.. La Cam
ISSnie Generate Transatlantique, coming to
the court on certificate from the circuit
court of appeals for the second circuit re-
Piled specifically to two questions relating
to pnotage- The case had it's origin in al
legged damages done to the Ran.;dell COM
pany pier by the steamer Bretagne, be-
longing to the defendant company a
French corporation. The first Of these
questions was whether the laws of New
\ ork impose compulsory pilOtage On for
oisn vessels inward and outward bound to
and from the port of New York b. way of
Sandy Hook. in View of the decisions of the
New York court of appeals" This question
was answered in the affirmative. The sec
Ond question was whether, in an action at
common law, the ship owner is liable for
injuries inflicted exclusively by negligence
o. pilot accepted by a vessel conpul-
SoIII 10 thlS query a negative reply was
made.
Had Right to Both Salaries
The Supreme Court has decided that John
Gldvey earned two government salaries
while acting as steamboat Inspector at New
orleans three years after his appointment
In 1871 He was occupying the position Of
school Inspector. with salary of 50 200 at
that time, when the office of inspector of
foreign vessels was created by law with
pay amounting to $1,000 a year. Glayey
was appointed to the latter place with the
Specified provision that his services should
not be compensated, because of his occ:-
pancy of the other office. He accordingly
received no salary for the 1900 position
during the three years he held the two
places He brought an action for 81 900 in
the Court of Claims. alleging that a cOndi-
tlon made by an executive official could not
fnyalidate statute. The Court of Claims
refused to allow the claim, but the Supreme
Court reversed that decision, thus holding
the claim TO be valid.
Government Given n Rehearinr
In the case of Frank NJ Fairbanks
against the United States, the court has
granted leave to the Attorney General to
flc petition for rehearing. The case in
wolves the question of the validity of the
tax on foreign bills of lading under the
war revenue act, which recently were de-
cldtd by this court to be unconstitutional