The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-23
COURT.
PAssES0NCAsEsS
LUMBER. AND OIL SUITS DIS.
POSED OF BEFORE AID.
JOURNMENy
AMOUNT is LARGE
The Decree of the Court. Was One
Step IN Fixing Title to
Oil Lands
AMOUNT IS LARGE

Washington, June s22.-The Sill
prcmc court today adjourned until
October after deciding the Intermoun
tain rate case. the California OIL Land
grant case. the eastern States retail
Lumber dealers suit. and several other
important cases pending fbr many
nC nt!s {i!. b.
Just fourteen cases in which argu-
ments had bcen made were left unde-
cfded. Ti.cse- include cases involving
the constitutionality OF the Grand
father clauses" limiting the right of
negroes to vote in Oklahoma and An
napolis. Maryland: the mid Washing
ton land case involving tile validity of
President Taft's wiA1drawcl of Gil
lands from entry: the Nashville Grain
reshipping case; and the Henry case
involving the right Of congress to
compel individuals to Testify before
investigating committees.
The court during the term dispo:ed
Of more cases than in,any year since
1870. Five hundred and ninety one
decisions were hsnded.down.
The court affirmed the, decree OF the
New York federal court holding or
ganizations of eastern states retail
lumber dealers had : violated the
Sherman anti trust law by circulating
among their. members lists of whole
salers who sold Lumbar direct to con.
sumers. The Pipe Line act of 1906.
placing all Interstate oil pipe lines un-
der interstate commefcc commission
regulations was upheld By the su-
preme court. The court held. how
ever. that the actsis! pet applicable 10
fha T1nC1a ni1tfHr
Transcontlnen Ifys nv van az,
figlit:for title to sesen fsindred NIL
lion dollars worth tbf California oil
lands when the supreme court today
heid void the clause In the patcnts
making the land revert to the govern
!neiit IL later found 10 contain miner
ais.
The supreme court recessed until
october without announcing decision
n the tariff withdrawal oil land case.
The Grandfather clause. the Nash
vile reshipping case and several 9TH
ers.
Lumber Trust Case.
Charges Of hlackl.sting and unfair
methods figured largely In the socall-
cd Lumber Trust. suit which the gov
ernment brought against ten retail
dealers associations and 1877 of their
officers.
The defendants were: The New
York Lumber Trade Association. in
Hudson County, N. j., .contributory
of Westchester County, n. Y; the Of
.ficers. directors and representatives
OF the New Jersey Lumbermen's Pro-
tecttve Association an unincorporated
body composed of retail lumber deal
ers In New Jersey: the officers, d.
rcctors and representatives of eli Re-
.ril Lumbermen's Association of
Philadelphia, an mnincorporated BODY.
composed of retailers In Phfladelphia
and vicinity; tho Massachusetts Re-
tall Lumber. Dealers Association: the
Lumber Dealers Association of Con-
necticutt 81 the Lumber Dealers Asso-
ciation OF the State of Rhode Island:
the Fetal Lumbernen's Association
OF Baltimore; the officers and repre-
OF the Lumber Exchange of
the District Of Columbia; and the
Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers
Association, a membership corpora
ton OF New York. composed of three
representatives of each Of the other
named.
Charged continuation
The government charged that the
retailers had combined to prevent
wholesalers from selling directly to
consumers ty blacklisting them and
refusing to buy from them IL they did.
and by other, specified means. The
government showed that there had
long been friction between wholesal-
ers and retailers growing out of the
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