The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-03
For the First Time In Its
History Court Is Pre-
sided Over By Former
President
CASES MAINLY OF
RESTRICTED NATURE
Decisions Affecting Labor, the
State Boundaries Prohibi-
ton Enforcement Up.


tration Of the judicial oath to Will
liam Howard Taft, the new chief
justice of the United States. marked
the re-convening today of the supreme
court for the regular fall term.
The oath was administered to Mr..
Taft, who thereby became the first
chief justice to have previously oc-
cupied the highest executive office
in the nation by the senior associate
justice, Joseph McKenna. The oath
taken today by Mr.. Taft supplemented
the constitutional oath administered
July II soon after, the appointment
of the former president by President
Harding. The administration of the
judicial oath the final step in the
induction of a new chief justice, was
attended by all the old ceremony at
bunal. The oath binds the chief
Justice, Ito administer justice with
out respect TO persons and do equal
right to the poor and the rich"
For the first time in It's history,
however. the court was presided over
by n chief justice who formerly was
president OF the United States-Wn-
liam Howard Taft. chosen TO fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Ed
ward Douglass White.
Boundary Cases Pending
In addition TO the half dozen anti
trust cases awaiting decision there
are pending several boundary and
irrigation disputes between states as
well as cases between states alleging
trade determinations, numerous ques-
tions arising out OF government opera.
ton OF railroads during the war. a
railroad merger case. several cases
testing the rights OF organized labor
during strikes, as well as its respon-
sibility for losses resulting from acts
OF violence during strikes, large
number OF cases m which railroads
and other common carriers seek to
have determined their liability for in.
juries suffered by employees. several
challenges by states OF the power OF
the interstate commerce commission
in rate-making and railroad control,
the constitutionality Of the prohibitory
tax imposed by the federal govern.
ment upon child labor, numerous Is
sues arising out of the enforcement OF
national prohibition and many land,
patent, admiralty. bankruptcy, immi'
grafton. Chinese exclusion and miscel'
laneous cases.
Opinion in Southern Pacific
The court has under adviscment and
may givc its opinion at any time
snxfAl vim
control of the Central Pacific. the
Coronado case, brought by the United
Mine Workers, arising. out OF violence
during strike in Arkansas and In
yolving the liability OF organized labor
for losses caused b. acts OF violence;
the Wisconsin case, in which VI
other states joined To test the rights
of the interstate commerce commission
10 authorize Interstate railroads to
raise their rates within a state. and
;he Western Union case. In which the
government sought to prevent the
landing OF a cable at Miami.
Other Important Cases
Some important eases are To be
reargued before full bench. These
include the United Shoe Machinery
ease brought under the Clayton act IA
test a contract prohibiting lessee8 from
using other machines IN the manufac'
uire of shoes; the American Column
e Lumber Co., case "A proceeding ~
which the government contends mo
ropoly and restraint OF trade Is ob
aimed by agreements under Il so-calle,
open competition" plan; the Anterior
Mills case. from North Carolina. test
ing the act imposing prohibitory ta'
ON the products OF mills using chile
labor. the American steel Foundriei
and the Truax cases, the former from
Illinois and the latter from Arizona
m which the right of labor to pickle
during strike Is involved; Wyomini
effort to prevent the diversion b!
colorado of water from the Larami,
RIVER; the Standard Fashion case, In
volving the question whether th'
dealer can by contract be required b.
producers to exclusively handle thci
PRODUCTS. and the Dahnke.Walke
Milling Co, case in which state law
recurring persons and corporation
engaged In business TO register ar
being contested as restrictions to In
terstate commerce.
At the head of the cases assignee
by the court for argument TO begii
on October 10 Is one OF the numerou
New York gas cases based on incrca'
ed rates. The next case TO be hear
by the court. according TO schedule
relates to prohibition regulations u
1 which Charles Cornell and George
II Chic seek to remove to their home
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