The Washington herald., 1919-06-03
SUPREME COURT
0.K.'S NEWBERRY
CAMPAIGN PROBE
Rules New York Judiciary
Has Right to Investigate
Expenditures.
RUMELY LOSES FIGHT
d. c. Trial on Charge of
Violating Enemy Trading
Act Approved.

The Supreme Court yesterday de-
cided the New York Federal Courts
have the legal right to inquire into
the expenditures of Truman New
berry in his primary campaign against
Henry Ford for the Republican nomi-
nation for Senator from Michigan.
The case came up on appeals by
Frank w. Blair, Alan A. Templeton
and Thomas D. Phillips, officials of
the Newberry campaign. who were
sent to Ludlow street Jail in New
York for refusal to answer questions
before New York grand jury which
was investigating the Newberry case
under the Federal corrupt practices
act.
They claimed that the New York
courts lacked Jurisdiction to inquire
into a Michigan campaign.
RumeIey Loses Fight.
Edward A. Rumely. former pub
Usher of the New York Mail, lost
his night to prevent his removal to
Washington for trial on charges
Of violating the trading with the
enemy act.
Rumely. who the government al
legged. purchased the Mail with
German money, was indicted in both
New York and Washington.
chief Justice White dissented.
Rate Decision for U. s.
Cases involving the right of Di-
rector of Railroads Hines and Post
master General Burleson to set in
tra-state railroad and phone rates
were decided in favor of the gov
ernment by the Supreme Court.
The wire case also was decided on
the basis of the Federal governments
war powers.
The attack on Hines power came
from North Dakota, where the Rail-
road Commission tried to force the
roads to submit to State authority.
despite the orders of the Railroad
Administration.
kota, Kansas, Illinois and Massachu-
setts+were decided in upholding Bur-
fesonAs power, attacked as a result OF
increased long-distance toll rates.
Chief Justice White read both de-
ctsiona
Justice Brandeis dissented in the
phone cases, but concurred in the rail-
road case.
Chaloner Judgment Reversed.
The Supreme Court reversed the
Judgment OF the lower court by which
John Armstrong Chaloner was
granted 10000 damages from the
Washington Post in libel suit. The
court deciGed that an article pub
lished by the Post. in which It was
said Chaloner "shot and killed"
man while trying to protect the mans
wife. was not libelous.
City Wins Gas Fight.
The city of Lincoln. Nebr., won its
twelve-year fight to lower gas rates
from 10 to 81 per 1000 feet, when the
Supreme Court affirmed rulings OF
lower courts in favor OF the city.
Supreme Court. however. affirmed
the decision Of lower courts that an
occupation tax imposed by the city
upon the company was illegal.
The suit of the Mineral Separation,
Ltd, and other corporations against
the Butte & Superior Copper Com
pany. involving ss4.OO0.OoO. for alleged
infringement of a patent process of
separating minerals by oil fiotation,
was decided mainly in favor of the
plaintiff by the Supreme Court
The Butte company won one point
however. when the court upheld the
decision of lower courts that the use
Of petroleum and pine oil products
in excess of l per cent on the ore"
was not an infringement.
Colgate Declslon Affirmed.
The Supreme Court affirmed lower
courts which knocked out a govern
ment suit against Colgate & Co., un-
der the Sherman antitrust law The
government charged that the COM
pany. by selling its products only to
dealers who would agree to resell at
prices fixed by the company, had en-
tered into a combination in restraint
of trade.
Ohio and Pennsylvania were
granted temporary injunctions to
restrain West Virginia from halt
ing expectation of natural gas from
the State.
The injunctions hold good pend
ing decision in suits by the two
States to stop permanently West
Virginia's non-exportation from be-
coming effective.
Supreme Court decided that the
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, will
have to comply with city's orders
to remove its tracks from the street
intersection in front of the Denver
1nion depot