Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-10
SUPREME COURT
With FULL BENCH
NOW IN SESSION
Century Old Precedent Is
Observed by Tribunal in
the Reception of New AS
sociate Justice.

washington, Oct. 1O.-ReceptloH VI
new associate Justice, John II. Clarke,
of Cleveland, o., added unusual cere-
mony, observing century-ol precedent.
in the opening yesterday OF the lslo-li
term of the supreme court.
A full bench for the first time in
almost a year will sit to hear an array
of cases of national and international
Importance, Justice Clarke was ap-
pointed last summer to succeed for
mer Justice Hughes. The new asso-
ciate Justice, the third appointment by
President Wilson, was formerly federal
district Judge in Ohio ind took his
oath of office today. He will be seat
ed at the extreme left of Chief Justice
White.
No opinions were given yesterday by
the court. The first decisions are ex-
pected next Monday. In the absence of
President Wilson from Washington,
the justices did not make their usual
visit to the White House to notify the
chief executive that the court had re-
assembled. Motions. however. were
received and arguments will begin to-
morrow on many cases specially as
signed for immediate hearing.
CALENDAR is HEAVY.
More than ZOO cases await DISPOSE
ton. About 200 have been filed since
the court adjourned last June. Many
government anti trust dissolution suits
under the Sherman law, entailing prob
able new interpretations of that act.
are to be argued during the coming
term. Of first importance among them
are the governments suits against the
so-cailed Harvester. Steel. Coal, Nov
ing Picture, Kodak. Bill Posters. Shoe
Machinery and Great Lakes Towboats
trusts"
Argument is expected during the
week on the first of these-the federal
attack against the alleged anthracite
monopoly of the Reading, Lehigh Val
ley, Central of New Jersey and other
railroads. The government lost the
cases in the lower courts, as it did
the dissolution suit against the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, which will
be reviewed later.
The antitrust suit against the In
ternational Harvester company, Is to
be reargued. other important cases
set for reargument are to test consti-
tutionality of the Webb Kenyon liq-
uor law, the migratory bird act; the
Underwood tariff acts clause giving
s per cent discount on merchandise
the most favored nation" treaty pro-
visions, involving refund claims of S26,
100000; Oregon laws providing for a
minimum wage for women and 10-hour
day for men: a Louisville, Ky, ordi-
nance segregating blacks and whites
and the Mann white slave act as tc
It's application 20 cases having no ele-
ment of commercialized vice. This lat
ter question is raised in the celebrat-
ed Diggs -Caminetti case,
CASES RESULT OF WAR.
Europe's war also has brought new
questions tefore the court. The first
Is over the possession ofAthe British
liner Appam brought into~Norfolk by
q German prize crew and ordered by
Federal Judge Waddill returned to the
British owners.
Other important questions to h
passed upon are suits from West Nir'
ginia and Utah challenging legality o
the United Min Workers organiza
ton Blue Sky laws of Ohio, Michigan
and South Dakota designed to protec
Investigators from sd cat securi
ties; interpretations of the income tai
law; validity of the North Caroline
liquor and Alabama domestic corpora
ton tax laws; prosecution of the Unit
ed States District Attorney II. Snow
den Marshall of New York for ALLEGED
contempt of a congressional investiga
ting committee; federal water powe
rights on public lands; railroad lan'
grants in Oregon and California, an,
numerous railroad cases entailing fur
Their application of the Hepburn, com
modities clause, employers liability an
other acts affecting common carrier
as we'll as intrastate and interstate rat
regulation.
A case of special interest to rail
roads, to be -eargued, is over the so
called "railWay mail paw advisor" suits