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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
l IS
Trem end Q US Legal
Struggle of Years
Finally Is Ended.
EPOGH-M AK}NG
IN IT'S IMPORT
Sherman Antitrust Law Up
held, but It's Application is
Limited to Acts of Undue
Restraint and Thus Pray
ers Of Business World
Are Answered.
What Court Holds
in Standard Case
I'hc Supreme Court holds,

The Supreme Court hoidsi
That the Standard OH Company is
monopoly In restraint of trndc.
1hnt this giant corporation must
be iissoircd within six months.
Corporations whose contracts arc
mot unrcnsonnbly restrictive Of
competition" nrc not affected.
Other great corporations whose
nets rnny he cnIlcd into question will
he dealt with nccordtn% to the mer-
itr of their particular cases. M
The court wns unanimous ns to the
ninin features of the decision. Jus
tice linrlnn dfascntinE only MS to a
Limitation ut the application of the
sherman nnti-trurt law.
President Tnft mud his Cabinet
Will consider Immediately the en-
tire trust situation and the ndyIsa-
bility of pressing for a. Federal in
corporation net.
4 decision In the Tobncco Trust
case, which wnr expected sin,uItane-
ousiy, WAS not announced to-day
md mny he handed down on May 20.
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MRS. TAFT BETTER
She VIII he Able to Return - x,.
-------- -l inEtOn Thur.dax \, -

She VIII ne Able to Return to wash
inEton Thursday.
rent asnington. May 15.-President TAFT
,ieeeiven assurances from New York
late this afternoon that the condition
or or MRS, TAFT had improved so m,ich
I ,Hae she would he able to return 4 to e,
fW XXI, y. Thursday. Tho President
ne went to q local theatre to-ni..ht
announcement was made at the IvfSita
Mpa ra afat the the social program which
10 To the Fur Seal Commissioner / on
Inursday night and the garden party.
w VIM IS on the program for Friday.
act as mistress Of the White Honao
on both occasions. ~. -. N =
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Washington, D. c., May 16.--samueI
Morrison, president, vice-pr es'dent and
secretary OF the American Federation
OF Labor, respectively, stepped from
without the shadow OF the jniI to-day
when the Supreme Court of the United
States set aside their sentences OF linz
prisonment for contempt growing out
of the litigation between the Bucks
stove and Range Company and the
federation.
The highest tribunal in the land has
rish3 to reopen the contempt proceed
ings. This grant of power probably
will not be accepted md the case prnc-
tfcaIIy is ended with to-dny's decision.
The basis of the courts decision was
that the proceedings brought against
the labor officers were for civil con
tempt, which could be punished only by
the imposition of a fine. The sentence
of the lower court to Imprisonment
was the penalty for the criminal con-
tempt. and In the premises it was.
therefore. not u legal punishment.
4Tne case, which grew out OF the So
called boycott Of the stove corporation
by the American Federation of Labor,
three years ago, Is one of the greatest
Importance alike to union labor and to
Z the employers Of union labor
No Individual Rights.
The Supreme Court holds that the
published or spoken utterances Of or
ganized labor can be enjoined or at
tackled legally because organized labor
Is combination. and as such. relin-
quishes the rights OF individuals. 1t
also establishes; tho fact that legal
prosecution can be levelled not only
at the union Itself. but Mt it's officers
as well.
Il In handing down It's unanimous
opinion. read by Justice Lamar, the
court reviewed the case brought by the
Bucks Sove and Range Company
against Gompers. Mitchell and Morri-
son, seeking to enjoin Thorn from plac-
ing the company on It's unfair" and
I'VE don't patronize" lists published reg
ularly in the American Federationist
the official publication of the fedora
g7HFI {Continuad on Third Page.) a
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court SETS THEIR
SENTENCE ASIDE
------------ 1870 ----- ----
Gonpcrs, Mitchell and Morrison
Win Victory in Contempt
Litigation.
CASE HELD CIVIL ONE
Decision Of Justices, Handed
Down by Lamar, Is
Unanimous.
No Further Action;
Case Now Is Closed

st. Louie, Mo-, May 15.--Thc Bucks
Stove and Range Company will not
Institute civil action aEHinst Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, according to r. ID. Gardner,
chairman of the board, to-day. He
said the company and the American
Federation of Labor are on friendly
terms. The cnse decided by the SUI
preme Court Of the United statea
wns proseeuted by the American An
tf-Boycott Association, OF which the
Bucks stove and Range Company Is
no longer a member.
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construed to mean that the tobacco
case. like every other caee in which re-
straints of trade are alleged, must be
subjected to the new tost OF rcasona-
bleness OF the restraint. as laid down
In the Standard Oil decision
BY far the greater portion OF the
opinion Of tho Chief Justice was de-
voted to the Justification of the court
IN requiring that the rule of reason.
be applied to restraints in trade before
they were held to be violations OF the
Sherman anti,trust law. The court
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

Washington, D. C., May 15.-Thc
STANDARD OIL Company of New Jersey
und It's nineteen subs,dinry corporations
were declared to-day by the Supreme
Court of the United States TO be con-
spirncy md combination tn rextrnlnt OF
frndc. II ALSO wna held to be monopo.
LIKING Interstate mcrce, In vioIntfor
dissolution OF the combination waA or
dcrcd to take place within six mouths.
Thus ended the tremendous struggle
of years on the part of the government
TO put down by authority of law a com
bination which 1t claimed was men
ace to the industrial and economic ad-
yancement OF the entire country. Al
the Same time the court Interpreted the
Sherman antitrust law so as ito limit
Its application to acts of undue re-
stratnt of trade. 1t was on this point
that the only discordant note was hea I'd
in the court. Justice Harlan dissented
claiming that cases already decided by
the court had determined once for all
that the word undue or .'unreason
able" or similar words were not In the
statute. He declared that the reason.
ing of the court in arriving at its find
ing was in effect legislation which be.
longed In every instance TO Congress
and not to the courts
"Business Nyorldo Pleased.
Ever since the decree in this case in
the lower court, the United States Cir
cult Court for the Eastern District OF
Missouri. was announced. hope had been
expressed by the business world" that
the law would be modified so as not to
interfere with what was designated as
honest business. Tonight that section
the rule of reason" in applying the
law is regarded in many quarters as
an answer to the prayers of the "bus-
Iness world"
The opinion Of the court was an.
nounced by Chief Justice White. In
printed FORM 1t contained moro than
10000 words For nearly an hour the
CHIEF Justice discussed the case from
the bench. going over most of thu
points in the printed opinion, but moi
once referring to 1t In order to refre sll
his memory. Before him sat distin.
guished audience OF the most famou.
men of the country. Senators and Rep.
resentativts left their respective cham.
bers In the Capitol to listen to the
epoch making decision of the court
Most eager TO hear wore Attorney Gen.
cral Wickersham and Frank B. Kellogg
special counsel OF the government. who
had conducted the great fight against
the Standard Oil. None Of the brillian,
array of counsel for the corporations or
individual defendants was present In
the court during the reading OF the
opinion. l#
To-day, as on previous decision days
for months past, rival brokers, agents
with messengers In line to the various
telephone and telegraph Instruments
throughout the Capitol. were on hand
but to their disnay the announcement
l
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TAFT is CENsURED
ministers Regret His "Desecrntfonv OF
sI.i. ias a1fl itlH SHhbafb -

Ministers Regret His nDesecratfon,, ~
Sabbath Day. l@-
HarrtsburE. Pa, May 15.-Resolu
lions o. expressing regret that President
address the big Sunday ! meeting Of
railroad trainmen were adopted today
~ the Methodist Ministerial Associa-
lion OF harrisburg and vicinity.
Ing sorrow ut the occurrence, expressed
the hope ithat there may be no repeti-
tlon of whnt Is termed "desecration"
OF tho day. ilil.lit = n -
Tho Governor Of Pennsylvania. t,e
Mayor and the former Mayor Of the
city and the olergymen who partici-
pa ted In the exercises yesterday are
also mentioned In tho resolutions.
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Uncle Sam and Farmers

In an article prepared for next
Sundays Timea- Dispatch by Frnnk
G. Carpenter, thnt wcll-knoyn
writer discusses some new schemes
of the Agricultural Department., an
outlined by Secretary WiIHon. In
terestinE stories of little corn rails
ers nre related, and he discuases
farming with Eonts md cnives, de-
clnring this to he II movement which
will revoIutionfxe the South. .s:in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
PEACE PARLEYS
MAY BRING END
\. n OF H0ST|L|T|ES
Madero Believes War
Will Be over in /.
Short lime.
CONFERs WITH
ENVOY UF DIAZ
Federal Government Inclined to
Accept Latest Propositions
Submitted by Rebels-Chi-
huahua in Fear of Attack,
and Desperate Condition
Prevails in That City.
/ F /

Juarez, Mexico, aIny 1B.-Prori.ionnI
President Francisco 1. Mndcru, Jr., N,
the conclusion of conference ,,itb
Judge Carbujal, the Federal peace en-
Eoy, Tonight announced thnt there wun
| IA strong probability that peace would
be restored In Mexico within - shorr
time.
Judge Carbajal brought some pro-
positions" said senior Madcro TO an As
ISOLATED Press reporter and made
some notifications in our original pro-
positions. In fact, these concessions,
slight though they may be, we're made
TO show our willingness To meet tina
government half way; and after our
military triumphs. II more than inui-
Gates our good disposition TO treat for
peace"
Senior Madero said that the next
move on the peace chcckerboard should
be made by the Diaz government, hut
he talked as ii Tomorrow there would
be a favorable reply from the govern
inent This Immediately would end the
revolution.
There was evident. on the other hand.
a determination 10 prosecute the war
should the government refuse to ac-
cede. He gave the impression that the
affair had reached the point of an ulu-
ma tum, and that the die would be east
to- morrow ,F
day, preparations for a vigorous
pushing Of the revolution. at a stand
still for The time being. because OF the
victory of Juarez. and the first serious
efforts to. make the provisional govern
ment OF Mexico something more than
name, We're grimly evident
The war situation may be epitomIzed
as follows: On to Chihuahua and then
Mexico City This plan is not admit
! ted or even discussed in public by the
lreroiutiorists. bit II is IN the air.
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Pence Scen,. Nenr

Mexico City. May l5.-Peace agair
loomed big on the horizon OF Mexico.
internal AFFAIRS to-day, and led Foreign
Minister de la Barra TO remark:
we believe that we are making
great progress towards peace
Negotiations Resumed.
Il The end of the revolution in Mexico
seems near Judge Carbajal, Federal
peac. commissioner, this morning re-
eeivcd tclegraphic instructions from
Mexico City TO proceed with peace ne
gotiations along the line proposed by
Rafacl Hernandez yesterday. carried in
last nights Associated Press dispatch
es, and based upon Madero's demands
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of the decision was not begun until an
hour after the closing of the stock
markets. it
Tobncco Case Next.
Many expected that the decision of
the court in the dissolution suit against
the tobacco corporation would be hand :.
cd down Immediately after the decision
IN the Standard Oil case This was not
done, however. hut the decision is ex :
pected on May. 90. the last decision dny
of the court until next October
The opinion of the court to- day was
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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-12

however, won him his iloer -
years later the Chicago youth keeded 4
l.arse nhonsterins expedition against
IL was nipped IN the bud BY the
prompt action OF Commander william
=. Benson. commanding the cruiser Al
oany, who threatened 70 sink the ves-
sci In which the niibusterers proposed
70 iand on Salvadorean territory
startled World by Flight
Last summer Moisant, practically in
experienced and totally unknown went
10 France. He had learned 10 nv only
e month before and was ridicuied A.,
the Paris press when he announced HIS
determination 20 attempt a flfght
across the Channel with a passenger
moisant, however, was undaunted. With
the aid OF his brother. a South Ameri-
can banker. he bought an aeroplane
am going to fly from Paris TO
loncon, he announced He made the
start and, after several mishaps reach
eo LONDON successfully.
Ahter this Motsant came to America
His name by this time was on everv
f8o H1g; and large crowds Hooked to
BeiInont Park, n. Y, during the recent
aviation meet there 10 see him
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-12
DEFICIT is NOT
AUDITORS FAULT
Frankly Told Senate Finance
Committee What the Situation
Really Was-Facts Now Be-
come Public Property-Au-
ditOr's Skirts Clear.
RICHMOND. VA. -spec,a,

X & ~ NJ 9 N d, V A., Special
Whatever may be the present hnan-
ciai embarrassments Of the State or
the shortages caused by liberal ap-
preparations OF Legislatures from 1906
TO 1910. the office OF the Auditor OF
Public Accounts does not feel that il
- IN any way responsible FOR existing,
conditions.
In other words. Colonel Morton
Marye warned the solons in advance
OF the last session OF the Assembly.
Just what was the condition of tn.
state Treasury, While il is true that
ne let. his figures do all the talking
they showed that the excheQuer need
Su caretuI nursing. and that liberality-
in no line would be justified.
II will be remembered that "a few.
weeks prior to the meeting OF the last
General Assembly. the Finance Conn
mittee OF the Senate held an extend
ed session here in order that IL might
study the needs Of the Common wealth
ana map out entatively the demands
Iilal would be made on the treasury
as well as the possible source OF reye-
nue..
To this body Auditor Marye submit
ted carefully prepared tabulated es-
innate OF probable disbursements
also OF moneys that could be count.J
upon as certain revenue.
1Ilat statement of Colonel Marve-
naue a little over year ago, revealed
INC tact that the Commemorative ex-
penSes Tor the following year NouId
De $S,92O,3O0, while the revenues. a.
cordtng To the laws then I'm force
would amount to only 1884,. $751;
IN other words, the Auditor forcfold
n deficit OF $685., 455.O1.
In fairness TO all concerned. II
should be explained. however. that the
AUDITORS estimates included two ex-
traordinary expenses. His figures al
lowed $4,000 for the expenses OF the
1910 assessment Of realty and $40
eco for tho expenses OF the 1910 Leg
isiature.
But even allowing for these two
things, deficit of 3392,455 still con
fronted the solons.
With tho knowledge of the States
nnanclal embarrassment before IT the
General Assembly OF 1910 did what If
could To Increase the public revenues bv
new laws. II raised the LIQUOR tax and
the assessment OF the physical prom
critics OF railroads, while IL also in
creased tho taxes on automobiles and
express companies.
While all these measures were rood
IN their way and Will help, they do nor
oy any means suffice to relieve the sit
uatioH- Nor do the prospective reve-
nueS' from the increased assessment OF
land values, though these il must be
CONFESSED come at q time when there
Is q crying need for them
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MOISANT FLEW
OVER RICHMOND
RICHMoND. VA special.-

RIG HNOND. Va Special
John y. Moisant. who was killed In
fan with his Bleriot monoplane at
New Orleans, La, Is well
remembered here. where he made a
number OF daring flights during the
aviation meet Thanksgiving week.
Mr.: Aoisant arrived in Richmond
on thanksgiving morning from Ha-
vana, Cuba, where he made a num-
Der OF flights.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Moisant
new over the city and over the State
penitentlary giving the convicts a
treat. Simon. Garros and Barrier also
made air trips over Richmond at the
same time.
ON Saturday afternoon a strong
Wlno was blowing and spectators be-
gan TO believe that there would be
no flights.
However. there was some commo-
ton about the hangar when the big
oirdike monoplane OF Mofsant's was
hauied across the race track to the
Held. The daredevil OF the air stem
ped In, the motor buzzed and up he
went.
1t was Thanksgiving Day, and there
was celebration on at the State
Penitentiary. Moisant few around the
grim walls Of the State Institution. and
then over 1t. giving a rare treat to
the hundreds of men and women in
carcerated there.
Moisant was the first aviator to fiv
from Paris to London with a passen-
ger
He was from Chicago and was not
known In the aviation world until his
famous flight In England. He then
came to America. where, with his mill
honaire brother. Alfred ]. Moisant.
organized the international Aviators.
Inc, and began a tour Of the country,
giving exhibition flights. The first stop
was Richmond, and the thrills the
bird-men gave RichInar.d ca. r,tiii ssit
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-01-12
j. Cummings Mckenzie.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.--Spe-
j. Cummings Mckenzie, one of the
best-known residents OF Charlottes-
vile, died at 1880 o'clock yesterday
morning, in the sixty-second year OF
his age. Mr.. Mckenzie was the son
OF the late DR.. Marcellus Mckenzie.
OF this city, and his mother was Miss
Mary Cummings. OF Rockbridge coun-
~. Two sisters survive him-Miss
Annie Mckenzie, of the Treasury De
partment, at Washington, and Mrs.
Hettie Drane, also Of that city. His
wife was Miss Jennie BainbridSs. OF
BROOKLYN, who died seven years ago.
He leaves seven children-C. Balm
bridge Mckenzie, of this city. an en-
gineer on the Washington Division OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway:
Robert Mckenzie, Of Toledo, o.. and
Misses Bessie, Maud, Marie, YsobeI
and Jane Mckenzie. Miss Maud Nc
kennie, trained nurse, is now in
the Philippine Islands.
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th$ attorney who prosecuted The ca,
olc rot unite In the petition. It We
SHOWN that the dispute which led ur
20 tne Killing was a trivial affair
mat hirsch had tried to avoid Isaac
ana backed away from him When
lsaacs continued 70 advance. however
, ne seized piece OF wood and cractl
4 ca him over the head. the skull be-
l1s fractured. The physicians de-
cared that the mans skull was very
tnln-much thinner than that Of the
average man-and what would have
oeen an Insignificant injury otherwise
proved 10 be deadly in this instance
IN passing on the case Governor
Mann refers TO the fact that Hirsch
rs one OF two Jews in the prison, de-
tribute TO the people OF that denon-
nation. In his reasons for Issuing
the pardon, which goes out today and
which allows Hirsch to return to his
nome In time for the New Year. Gov
ernor Mann says:
The petitions which have been
presented TO me in the case OF Maxf-
milan Hirsch. accompanied as tbev
are Dy the letters OF many thought
1ul and conservative men. must he
1ahSh not only TO represent the
wishes OF the community in references
10 the exercise Of executive clemency.
put also the opinion Of the people of
Harrisonburg and Rockingham coun-
y as 70 the extent Of the punishment
While the judge and attorney for
the commonwealth do not favor ex-
ecutiVe clemency, IL is asked for by
every member OF the jury which tried
the case; by the Senator who has inst
resigned the member OF the House
OF delegates; by most OF the officers
OF Harrisonburg and Rockingham
county, three eX-members of the
House OF Delegates, seven ministers
OF the gospel, thirty-two bank Off
Gals. seventeen physicians. twenty at
torneys at law, six dentists four pub
fishers, three veterinary surgeons.
twelve railway officials, three express
agents, one hundred and seventeen
merchants. nineteen builders and con-
tractors, fourteen dealers in live
STOCK, twenty-five agents and man
ayers, seven postal employees, six hotel
proprietors, three civil engineers. eight
hNerymen and the names Of lOSe
other citizens. whose occupations are
not given, aggregating 1890.
With this petition before me have
carefully examined into the case and
determined to grant a conditional par
don, as requested by so many Of the
representative men OF the section in
which the offense was committed.
i desire 20 say. in conclusion, that
in the investigation of this case 1 as
certained that there are only two
Jews in the penitentiary. which is a
tribute TO this large class OF our peo-
pie as law-abiding and useful citi-
Gems"
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JOSEF
TO ADVOCATE
Aged Monarch to Step Down in
Favor of Archduke Ferdi-
nand. His Heir

VIENNA. report that
Emperor Franz Josef OF the Austro-
Hungarian empire is planning to alb
diSate In favor OF Archduke Ferdi-
nand was revived today by news OF
the serious illness of the Emperor and
the consequent cancellation OF all off
cial engagements. While Il was an
nounced this morning that the En-
peror is suffering only from a severe
cold, II is known that he is unable 10
leave his bed, and a court physician is
constantly in attendance. Owing to
the monarch's advanced years grave
fears are entertained, and il is be-
ieved that at the best ne will never
be able to bear the burdens of the
crown again.
Recently. during the concIave of
the Austro-Hungarian delegates ut
budapest, Archduke Ferdinand was
delegated to receive them. This was
the first time in the reign of Franz
JOSEF that the monarch did not well
come the delegates in person, and was
the source Of the original rumor that
FRANZ Josef is quietly preparing to
step down and give the reigns OF gov
eminent into the hands Of his heir.
The state reception, which was TO
nave been held today, is indefinitely
postponed.