The chronicle=news., 1914-06-22


eins. On the s,oHhd they should re-
ssrt To the EossIamssi b~ssnss oil
had b~sn ioand after Ih. issue Of IN. |
patent To the railroad.
in.saueh ss ali the uans~ohi iis.a- /
isi line. have siailsr isaa. ,Lss
soms into the proceedings, The soas,
De- idsd practically sais On. pois, iaI
favor of the sos.snmsn,'s sonlsn-I
iions-shsi oil lands were niasfai
lands
The recovery Of lands sSe.siihs ih
value x~ssn tis.s all III. gold soh-
iain-d In the uni,-i s,si.s and more
than sii the personal property and
real estate tsxei in i-sa,izisha. Rhode
i.issa. vi'siais. North Carolina .r
NsLrssks. ~ss Involved
The soserhn.hs issa.i . pAl-n, in
1854 ,o the so.ith.fn Pacific in aid
Of It's construction of . lsahs~salih-
Fatal .ins. PA'shl. .-s- issued like
~is~ u the Northern Pacific sns 9th
-r iisss irAssrsias the pisias ami
III. Nsrki-s Ia The coast Zach pat
ssl soaisia-d an execution and res
-ssssioa tesaisK a. fsi'o~s;
"-ESeiuaina and excepting all min
-ssi iasds shoaii Any sash b- ssani
10 the ssAr,s siof-ssid. bot this ~
.iasioa sad ess-ptios. sssosdinx Ia
the terms at the sislus-. shall not i---
construed To issiaa- s.si and isas
issas
gos y-sss . fi-sr- -Sa,sos-s.s has
IRA ~sx~t - Ia the -ff-ss al ih-
discover, al oil.
The railroad. sohi-ni-.i that aii
.ss not = aaisesai sna therefore oil
iAhas ~-s- sos excepted froa the
grant risth~snsfr. th. railroads
rons-na-d that The exception ~as
void under The la. governing s-si's
The s.s~ssssn' ,a".. the p-ssl'i.n
that IL -saia she's al saS 'im-. even
after tho issasn.- st the i.a'-n' that
the ianis uss- oil in nssnf- and 'hns
ps-s-as their remaining in the hands
al the railroads.
Previous In ih- government sni' .
Ihr-e-.ora-fed naius- nj the soa'rsH
s-ssy ~s. emphasized by i'ast~ and
ash-r. taytns eiain To I-.ssi"n ~
the oii lands. under The placer min
ihe lass TheF sani~ni-.i that the
sssih-sn t'asific aud M title 10 the
iasas on much the san,- xs"inas as
tho En,-ram~ss. and asserted afiir-
nsiis- title fos themselves
i The Northern ra.ift. oh'sin@i
leave. b~caus~ at iss iadisrvt ini-s-si
ia the litigation. In pr-.~ai AZ asxu-
meat In tho case. !, eoasraa~d that
o,hes isad.sfsst railroads ~onid s''-
ass~~'--i vitality b, a decision uphold.
ins Rnsk-'s claim.
Il The rsiu. of the property NJ stake
hs. been emphasized by shown.
what Il Is mas~ than the valuation
placed uton both real ani personal
property for taxation In either Louis
lana. Rho.i- Island. Virginia. North
Carolina. or Nebraska. NH n-aTi, a.
ss-as as that In Georgia. Kentucky.
or Oregon. The value IL said tn br
-.von time. as sr~st as all the ks'id
In the United siai~s and about three
times the cembincd public debts "f
the various states.
The supreme court today affirmed
tho decree nf III. New York FEDERAL
court holding organizations al east
-rn states retail iumb-. dealers had
l - -
by circulating among their members
black lists of wholesalers who sold
lumber dircc, to big consumers.
In substance tho court found that
la result Of tho passage of the tobac-
co pooling act the Kentucky state
courts held that the trust law Of the
state was that any combination was
legal that did not enhance or deprcss
Ipric,s abov. or below real value.
The cour, held Il was beyond hut
man ingenuity to determine what
Twas real value Of an article under
Imaginary conditions.
| ON a question Of Jurisdiction sole
". the supreme court today affirmed
the Judgment Of tho Kentucky Court
|of Appeals. which held that the COM
mon wealth had Jurisdiction to pro.
coed against the international Har-
vestcr Company Tor violating its To-
cal antitrust law. although the COM
pany claimed to have no place OF
business In Kentucky.
The supreme court toalay reversed
the commerce court and upheld the
inter mountain rate order OF the in
tcrxtatc commerce commission.
Tho supreme court today upheld
the Philippine line act Of 1906 plac-
ing all interstate oil pipe lines un-