Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-12
.ADAMsON CASE HEARING
is SET FOR JANUARY s
Chief Justice White Announces SUI
rrcme Courts Action ON Mo-
ton to Advance.
BOTH INTERESTS PROTECTED
l. {. {. Without Authority to Com
pei Roads to Furnish Oil Tank
Cars to Shippers-Other Decisions
Handed Down During Day.

W y : II TON. December H.
Arguments on coustitutionality of the
Ademson cight-hour law were to-day
set by the Supreme Court for Jam
vary S.
Chief Justice White announce ed the
courts action on the motion. presented
last Monday by Solicitor Cieucral
Davis. 10 advance the Missouri. Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad test for carly
hearing.
The ease was ordered heard before
a dozen other important cases pre-
viously assigned for January S
Fhe iaw becomes effective January /.
Although the court set the arguments
Tor week after the Law goes into
chect the interests of both employees
and the railroads are deemed amply
protected under the stipulation signed
oE railroad and government attorneys.
This stipulation. II part of the Of
fetal record. requires the railroads to
keep special accounts oi wages du.
under the Adamson act. for prompt
payment if the court sustuins the Law
The stipulation also suspcnds all liti-
cation over the law pending the courts
decision.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, the Supreme Court decided to-
day. is without authority to compel
railroads TO furnish oil tank ears TO
shippers. .\n injunction secured by
the Pennsylvania Railroad against en-
forcement of an Interstate Commerce
Commission order requiring the carrier
to provide cars of such special tyne
was upheld.
The Supreme Court to-day announced
That a decision in the case of w 4
Cissna. Of Chicago. over title to Mis-
siSsippi River land. which cissna co'&
tends is in Arkansas. would bc with
held until after settlement uf tn.
Arkanse s-Tennessee boundary suit
Appeals from New York Federal
Court rulings granting immunity to
John l.. Billiard, William Skinner and
James $. Elton in the New Haven Rail
road prosecution were dismissed to-
day in the Supreme Court by the be
partmcnt of Justice
The government contcnded they were
not entitled To immunity by having
testified in the Interstate Commerce
commission investigation.
Ruling Of New Yorl. courts annul-
Inns state franchise given To the
Long Sault Development Company for
an immense power project in the St
Lawrence River, was put into force
and operation to-day by the Supreme
Court. which dismissed the corpora
lions appeal.
Lack OF Federal Jurisdiction or
presentation Of Federal questions wer.
tho grounds given
tRGI NEWT BEGINS ~
SN0WDEN miRSHALI. CASE
IN imposing array Of counsel an
neared before the Supreme Court to-
DAY 10 argue the question OF the power
OF the House Of Representatives to
PUNISH Tor contempt OF its privileges
ana powers. Argument was begun i'm
ihe case Of II. Snowdcn Marshall. dis
,rltt attorney for the Southern Dis
trict of New York. against the House
Marshall sought to escape Il warra::,
issued hT Speaker Clark, charging him
with contempt. by suing for "a writ Of
haneAs corpus IN the Federal courts
me lower courts refused the writ
uphoidins the authority OF the House
to arrest Marshall and take him be-
Tore the bar OF the House
Argument was begun to-day hv
Charles y. SDooner who. with Jesse
Adkins, former Assistant Attorney
General OF the United states. repre-
SCENTS Marshall. The House was rem
resented by d. Cady Hcrrick and
Martin Littlcton. The aryumeu, will
be concluded Tomorrow.
The House complaint against Mar
shall grew out of letters written by
the district attorney. criticiziny n
House subcommittee which went to
New York to investigate impea CHI :
memt charges against him
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