Morris tribune., 1906-03-31

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NJ. Van Buren,, a sOn-in-laW of John
D. ArchboId Of the Standard Oil COM
pany, held more than a majority Of
the shares. Secretary Mckee OF the
Republic Oil company said he had new
err attended a meeting of the stock
holders and did not own any stock.
At this point Counsel Eddy of the
Standard admitted that the stock of
the Republic was held for the use of
| the Standard Oil company. 1t was
also admitted that there is trade
| territory division between the Wa
| ters-Pierce company and the Standard
so that reports of the former are made
to 26 Broadway, New York
Beef Packers Get immunity.
In the argument against the beef
packers immunity plea before Judge
Humphrey at Chicago Attorney Gen
eral Moody used the weapon of ridi-
cule If the claim were valid he said
Washington would become the Altruria
of captains of industry where they
could get their otfenses pardoned. He
said he could fancy Mr., Swift and Mr..
Armour meeting their friends there
and could hear them say: "Good morn
| ing, Mr. Rockefeller. Have you had
your immunity bath this morning?''
Seriously, he contended that witness
must claim immunity under oath,
which none Of the packers had done.
Earlier he described the trusts as
"nerveiess, soulless creations of the
law" and he cited the recent decision
of the supreme court holding that a
corporation is not entitled to immunity.
where individuals are.
/ In spite Of this argument Judge Hum
phrey ruled that individual packers in
| dicted for violation of the Sherman
antitrust laws were entitled to i'm
munity from prosecution by virtue Of
provision in the law creating the de-
partment Of commerce and labor. The
defendants were at once discharged.
The corporations, however, must stand
trial and can be fined if found guilty.
| The corporation defendants are the
| Armour, Morris, Cudahy Fairbanks,
Swift and Humphrey Packing COM
panies.
Marconi Beats DeForest.
/! The United States supreme court
| has enjoined the DeForest Wireless
! Telegraphy company from the manu-
| facture, sale or operation of any sys-
| TEN of wireless biography. This was
| in response to the application of the
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy company,
j M, oI4 ,-,41I
| Of the wireless teiegraphy system
| Chief Justice Fuller ordered the arrest
of Abraham White. president of the
DeFOrest company for contempt in
having failed to respond to a sub
poena. The headquarters of the De-
Forest company are at st. Louis. and
large bloaks of stock have been sold
to many capitalists. The government
itself has been using the DeForest sys-
tenn in the navy.
Mob Defies Supreme Court.
After the United States supreme
court had granted the appeal OF the ne
gro Ed Johnson for a respite from exc
cution pending a rehearing of his case
a mob of citizens at Chattanooga
Tenn. lynched the accused man. 1t
was expected that the court would
hold the county officials in contempt
The negro had been convicted of as
saulting white girl. The mob took
him from the county Jail and hung him
to pier of the county bridge.
Tired Operator Caused Wreck.
d. L. Lively, night telegraph operator
at Swallows, on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad. has confessed that he
was asleep at his post when the train
passed to which he should have deliy- |
cred an order and that therefore he
was wholly responsible for the fright /
ful wreck at Adobe in which between