The Washington herald., 1907-01-08

! Justice Day, Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, gave Congress a slap
yesterday for its heartless immigration
/ laws
/ BY reason OF the law. he said the
/ Supreme Court of the United States was
/ forced to deny admission 10 this country
Of the sixteen-year-old daughter Of
Charles Zartarian, a Turk, Of Chicago.
and a naturalzed citizen OF the United
States The daughter came 10 America
/ IN 1904, landing at Boston, but was denied
admission 20 this country on account of
being a sufferer Of trachoma. Zartarian
/ took an appeal 10 the Supreme Court Of
/ the United States.
! The Department Of Justice requested
/ the Supreme Court to pass temporarily
/ the case Of GaIlban & Co. VS.. The United
/ States in which the court will be called
upon 10 determine the status Of Cuba in
regard TO commercial relations during the
American military regime there. The case
was to be argued this month.
Moody Renders First Opinion.
Justice Moody rendered his first opinion
] yesterday. II was on "a question arising
| In bankruptcy proceedings in the case Of
! Shropshire WOodlin Company VS. Buck
ct al, trustees, tn the Sixth circuit.
/ In his opinion Justice Moody held that
/ an assignee of a claim for wages earned
/ within three months before the com
mencement Of proceedings IN bankruptcy
against a bankrupt, debtor is entitled TO
priority OF payment
/ The court decided the famous Colorado
I Election Cases" declining 20 assume
/ Jurisdiction In the matter. The decision
\ OF the Supreme Court Of Colorado there
/ fore stands it was IN favor Of the Re
publlcans. giving them the title 20 the
/ city Offices Of Denver in question The
court held no Federal question was in
/ volved. as argued by the attorneys for
the Democrats.
silver Trust Wins Victory.
/ The silver trust won a victory by an
] opinion which held that ID was not re-
/ quired 10 pay the annual State corpora
/ ton license tax The state OF Colorado
had brought suit 10 have the trusts fran
/ chise-that of the American Smelling and
/ Refining Company forfeited until the tax
was paid The court held the company
was exempted from paying this tax, and
J therefore reversed the decision Of the
/ lower court against the company. Chief
/ Justice Fuller, Justices Harlan, Holmes.
/ and Moody disseuted.
/ The writ Of error Of the indicted bank
1 officials OF the insoivent Canton fOhiO)
/ State Bank. claiming the free banking
1 law Of Ohio. under which they were in
/ dicted. is unconstitutional. was yesterday
I dismissed. Justice Brewer announced this
/ decision. The officials must now stand
trial for the alleged wrecking Of the
/ bank
In an opinion announced by Justice Nc
/ Keuna, the Supreme Court decided that
/ the duty on leaf tobacco brought into the
{ United States must be levied on the
/ weight at the time OF entry and not at
/ the time of withdrawal from the ware
+ house. This opinion was rendered IN the
/ case OF the United States VS. G. Falk &
/ Brother The judgment of the lower
f. court was reversed.
The famous isle Of Pines case" will
. be- argued on March 4 The case was
. passed IN October. and Assistant Attorney
/ General Cooley appeared yesterday to
state that the attorneys IN the case were
. unable 10 decide on a date for argument.
/ The case involves the question Of whether
the United States, or Cuba owns the Isle
Of Pines
The court held that the United States
has dominion and control over the
/ Panama Canal Zone and that Congress
Is authorized TO build the canal there.
/ This opinion was announced in the case
of Warren b. Wilson. Of Illinois, who
sought to enjOin the Secretary Of the
/ Treasury from paying the new canal COM
company. Of France. S50.ol0.001. for the
. canal rights
/ Shareholders on the day on which a
I dividend is declared are entitled TO It,
/ rather than the shareholders on the aay
/ of payment. according 10 an opinion OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States.
! announced by Chief Justice Fuller yester-
day. A question Of this nature was in
/ volyed in the settlement Of the affairs
Of the Second National Bank, Of Hart
ford. Conn.
The court yesterday held in the case Of
Hatch against the New York officials that
the statute of New York, requiring a .
cent stamp tax on each 500 involved in q
transfer of stock is constitutional