Morris tribune., 1908-03-07
LEGAL CRIMINAL
Former u. S. Official Convicted.

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Former u. S. Official Convicted.
Ex-United States District Attorney !,
John I'll. Hall has been convicted at
Portland, Ore, of conspiracy with
land and lumber company to vlolate
the land claws Three men indicted
with him, one of them state senator,
pleaded guilty and testified for the
government.
Anti rebate Act Upheld.
The United States supreme court has
decided In the first Of series of eases
attacking the Elkins anti-rebate law as
It is reincorporated in the more recent
Hepburn rate law that the Great
Northern railways conviction and $15,-
600 fine for making concession OF 70
cents a hundred on fifteen shipments
Of oats from Minneapolis to Seattle were
valid notwithstanding that the acts
were committed In 1905 before the
Hepburn bill had become law. The
indictments, though returned aIter tne
passage of the Hepburn bill, We're Dased
upon the Elkins law. This decision is
expected to have a wide effect on
large number of cases Of appeal from
lower courts, and it destroys one or the
principal defenses which the Standard
Oil company was preparing to advance
against the payment of the S29,OOO,OOO
fine imposed last year for accepting
Alton rebates. The courts decision is
unanimous and holds that the repeal OF
any statute should not have the effect
of releasing any one from any penalty
incurred under it unless the repeating
act expressly so provided. ia-
Musical Devices Not Protected.
That the present copyright law does
not protect the composer Of music
against its use by mechanical devices
Is the decision Of the United States SUI
preme court as rendered in the test
cases brought by the White-Smith Pub
fishing company of New York to re-
strain the Apollo company from adapt
ing two copyrighted pieces to use in
mechanical~ pianos. &% d
Priest Murdered at Altar. ,'-.
"A most unusual and most shocking
crime was committed at Denver Feb.
% when an Italian anarchist or lunatfc
named Giuseppe Alto shot and killed
Father Leo Heinrichs Of st. Eliza
beth's Catholic church while the priest
was in the act Of administering the
sacrament to a number Of worshipers,
Aho among them. The man was
caught at the church door and after
being dubbed into submission was
hurried to prison at Colorado Springs
to avoid lynching. In statement he
admitted that he did the deed deliber-
ately to free his mind of stored up ha-
tired of all churchmen. He said that
he had been out Of work since Dec. Is.
Franciscan order.
insurance Law Indictments.
Edward r. Thomas, the young mil
IIona1re banker, Spectator and race
horse owner Of New York, and Orlando
r. Thomas, associated in business, al
though not connected by kinship, have
been indicted by the grand jury Of New
York county for violation Of the tnsur-
ancee law Of the state, the specific
charge being the use Of the funds of
the Proyident Life Savings Assurance
society contrary to the provisions of
the statute. q. r.. Thomas was former
" president Of the Assurance society.
Both men pleaded not guilty and were
released on ball. aG ;vroG asra
Aged Pilot In Prison. - reafs@
Protesting that he was scapegoat
for the sins of the steamboat company,
edaciais and of the federal inspection
service. aged Captain William FL. Van
Sehaick, who was master Of the steam.
boat General Slocum when 1t was burn
Cd In 1904, with the loss Of !, os6 lives.
surrendered himself to the United
States marshal and was taken to Sing
Sing to begin serving his term Of ten
years at hard labor. Van Schaick says
thai. he risked his own life In an effort
30 save the boat and passengers and
instead OF being condemned as GRIM