New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-14
COURT FACES 800 CASES
Hiuhest Federal Tribunal Will
Open Term To-day.
EVERY SEAT TO BE FULL
Bathtub Trust Suit and Porter
Charlton's Appeal Among
Matters to Come Up.

Washington, Oct 13.-The Supreme
Court Of the United States will begin its
annual eight-month term tomorrow, being
the first OF the governmental machines to
resume activity this fall. All the mem
bers Of the court are In the city, making
an exception to the general rule OF late
years. when at least one seat on the
bench has been vacant when court con-
vened.
Absence Of President Taft from the city
will result in postponement Of the GUS
tomary visit OF the Justices to the White
House. Ordinarily nothing more than this
visit would occupy the attention OF the
court on the opening day, but 1t Is prob
able that Chief Justice White will take
advantage OF the opportunity to make a
gain on the docket by allowing attorneys
10 file such motions as they may have
prepared.
Twenty less cases are on the docket
than were there a year ago. However.
there are now more than eight hundred
docketed, enough to consume the time OF
the court for two years. II It did nothing
else
Argument OF a number OF important
cases will engage the attention OF the
court after Monday. One OF the first
cases to be taken up will be the so-called
bathtub trust suit. After that the court
will listen to a second argument OF the
intermountain rate cases, involving trans
continental rates TO Spokane and Rocky
Muntain cities
Another case TO como UP at this term II
that OF Porter Charlton, now In New
Jersey prison, who. through his father,
Judge Paul y. Charlton, OF Porto Rico,
will challenge the right OF the American
government to surrender him TO the Ttsl-
ian authorities. by whom he Is wanted for
the murder OF his wife, two years ago.
Under the treaty between the United
States and Italy the latter country repeat.
eddy has declined to grant requests OF the
United States that Italians who commit
ted crimes In this country and escaped TO
Italy be returned here for punishment.
Italy has responded that she would punish
them.
When the italian government requested
the United States to surrender Charlton,
Secretary Knox replied that ms the United
States could not punish him II found
guilty he would go free II not surren-
dered and so he granted the request. To
prevent his removal Charlton's father
brought habeas corpus proceedings before
the New Jersey courts, which held
against Charlton. An appeal was then
taken 20 the Supreme Court OF the United
States.
a series OF especially assigned cases in
the Supreme Court will test the validity
OF contracts by railroads and express
companies limiting the value OF goods IN
trusted 10 them for transportation in in
terstate commerce For the second tim.
the court will hear. late I'm the week or
during the following week. arguments
over the validity OF the indictment OF
James Patten and others on charges OF
conspiracy TO violate the Sherman anti
trust law by running a corner in cotton
on the New York Cotton Exchange.
10 decisions will be announced by the
court. in all probability. until Monday,
October 81. a number OF important cases
have been under advisement during the
summer. Among these are forty-fve state
rate cases. or two-cent fare cases: the
Union Pacific merger suit and the hard
coal case" Because OF the vast amount
OF work involved, a decision in the state
rate cases IS not anticipated until later
I'm the term.