Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-13
CALLING THE DOCKET TO SPLIT THE SOUTH
Announcement of Licorice Mr. Kohsaat Presents His
Trust to Supreme Court. Plan to the President.
RAIL WAY CASES PENDING APPEAL TO STATE PRIDE
Oustnp of President From
pany From Texas. Beyond the Potomac.
OKAH0MAS GUARANTEE REGARDS IT AS WINNING MOVE
N.oro Observation-Disclosures Of Is in
Citizenship n Hawaii Voting at Oyster Bay
Announcement of Licorice
Trust to Supreme Court.
RAILWAY CASES PENDING
Ousting of Waters-Pierce Oil Com.
pany From Texas.
OKLAHOMA'S BANK GUARANTEE
Contention of One of the Discharged
Negro Observation-Disclosures OF
Citizenship in Hawaii.

The licorice trust has given up its fight
against paying the S1s,up fine imposed
upon it d couple of years ago for viola
ion of the Sherman antitrust law. When
tho Supreme Court OF the United States
met today for the second session of the
fall term, attorneys for the trust an
nounced withdrawal of the appeal
from the decision of the New York court
which imposed the fine. which has been
pending for some time before the higher
tribunal The trust will take it's medi-
cine and pay the fine. The conviction was
had against the Iicorice trust for con-
spiracy in restraint of trade in favoring
the tobacco trust in prices and deliveries
OF licorice for use in the manufacture of
plug tobacco.
The first case called up for argument
before the Supreme Court today was that
of the appeal of William Gordon Craw-
ford, formerly agent in Washington LOT
the Postal Device and Lock Company,
who. with Machen, LorenZ and others
was convicted and sent to prison from
the District courts on charges growing
out Of the postal service scandals Craw-
ford claims he did not have fair trial
A. S. Worthington, attorney for Crawford
in his trial before the local courts, ap-
peared for him today. Assistant Attor-
ney General Hoyt represented the gov
eminent.
The Supreme Court chamber was crowd
cd to the doors when the tribunal met at
noon. Some twenty-five or thirty attor-
neys were admitted to practice and a
flood Of motions was presented. NO de-
c:sions were handed down.
Calling the Docket.
The call of the docket in the Supreme
Court was begun at II O'Clock today.
4f int ma
important railroad questions will receive
the courts attention. and Of these the
appeal from the decision Of the United
States circuit court for the eastern dis
trict Of Pennsylvania on the 'cornmodi-
law, as affecting the anthracite coal roads
will probably occupy the first place In
Importance with the public.
An important case near the head OF the
call Is that of the Waters-Pierce OIL Com
pany of st. Louis. This Is an appeal by
the company from decisions of the Texas
state courts ousting the company from
business in that state and imposing
fine Of over 81 100000 against it on the
charge of violating the antitrust laws OF
Company is identified with the Standard
Oil Company. and on that account. as we'll
as on account of the fact that Senator
Bailey has been charged with giving as
versy, the suit has attracted much atten-
ton.
Bank Guarantee Law.
A case recently docketed will test The
validity of the Haskell bank guarantee
law of Oklahoma. and another instituted
by one of the negro soldiers discharged
on account of the Brownsville riot. will
deal with the right of the President to
summarily dismiss an enlisted man before
the expiration Of his term Still another
case deals with New York city's SO-cent
gas law. the constitutionality of which is
attacked. and another is intended to test
the applicability of the New York game
laws to game shipped from abroad
There are several cases dealing with al
legged violations in Colorado of the public
land laws. in connection with which a
number of men of prominence are being
criminally prosecuted These cases were
dismissed by Judge Lewis OF the federal
court in Colorado. but the government ap-
pealed. and is preparing for a thorough
presentation of them
Rights Of Porto Rico.
Two other important cases which the
court will hear early in the term deal,
one with the right of the governor of
Porto Rico TO make requisition as ter
ritory on the governor of state for the
return of a fugitive from justice, and
the other. with the regularity of the pro-
Albert I. Patrick. the lawyer now serving
u life sentence on the charge of murder
ing Millionaire Rice.
\ number of cases affecting irrigation
and dealing with the right of corpora
tons to divert water in the face of pro-
tests from riparian owners also hold
places on the docket.