The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-03
TAFT TAKES OATH
OF OFFICE TO-DAY.
Features Opening of Su-
preme Court for Fall
Term

gAn Inc +1aAA~AN+
william Howard Taft, the new
chief Justice of the U. S.. marked
the reconvening today OF the su-
preme court for the regular fall
term. The oath was administered
to Mr.. Taft who thereby became
the first chief justice to have pre-
viously occupied the highest ex.
ecutiVe office IN the nation by the
senior associates Justice mckenna.
The oath taken today supplemented
the constitutional oath administer
ed July IL soon after the appoint
ment 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 attend
ed by all OF the age4old ceremony
attached to the nations highest tri.
bunaI. The oath binds the chief
justice TO administer justice with.
ont respect to persons and do equal
right to the poor and the rich.
No cases OF national importance
were placed upon the docket during
the summer recess.
In addition to the half dozen
antitrust cases awaiting decision
there are pending several boundary
and Irrigation disputes between
states as well as cases between
states alleging trade discrimina.
ton, numerous questions arising
out Of government operation Of rail-.
roads during the war railroad
merger case. several cases testing
the rights OF organized labor dur.
ing strikes, as we'll as It's responsi-
bility for losses resulting from acts
of violence during strikes, a large
number OF cases in which railroads
! and other common carriers seek to
have determined their liability for
injuries suffered by employees, sew
eral challenges by states OF the
powers OF the Interstate Commerce
commission in rate-making and rail.
road control, the constitutlonality
of the prohibition tax imposed by
the Federal government upon child
labor, numerous issues arising out
of the enforcement Of national pro-
hibition and many land. patent, ad.
miralty, bankruptcy. immigration,
Chinese exclusion, and ,miscellane-
Gus cases.
The court hassunder adTisement
tand may give Sc opinion At any
time, IN the Southern Pacific cafe,
, involving control Of the Central
Pacific: the Coronado case brought
/ by the United. Mine Workers. aris-
ing out of violence during n strike
in Arkansas. and involving the LA
bility OF organized labor for losses
caused by acts Of violence; the
Wisconsin case, in which Al other
states Joined to test the right Of
tke Interstate Commerce Commits
sion TO authorize Interstate rail-
, roads to raise their fares within a
state, and the Western Union case,
in which the government sought to
prevent tho landing Of cable at
Miami.
Some important cases are to be
reargued before full bench, These
include the United Shoe Machin-
cry case brought under the Clayton
act to test a contract prohibiting
leases from using other machines
in the manufacture Of shoes: the
American Column & Lumber Co.
case, a proceeding in which tho
government contends monopoly and
restraint OF trade Is obtained by
agreements under so-called
"Open Competition Plan; the
Athertou Mills case, from North
Carolina, testing the act tmpctNAS
prohibitory tax on the products
OF mills using child labor; the
American Steel Foundries and the
Truax cases, the former from ILL
noise and the latter from Arizona,
In which the right of labor TO
picket during strike is involved;
Yyomings effort TO prevent the
diversion by Colorado Of water
from the Laramie river; tle STAN
dard Fashion case, involving the
question whether a realer can by
contract be required by producers
to exclusively handle their products
and the Dahnke-W e-Walker Milling Co.
case. In which state laws reqiir-
ing persons and corporations en-
gagged in busines to register are
being contested as restrictions to
interstate commerce.
At the head of the cases assign
ed by the court for argument 70
begin on october 10 is one Of the
numerous New York gas cases oas-
ed ON increased rates The next
case to be heard by the court, ac-
cording to schedule, relates TO pro-
Ihibition regulations, In which Char
les Cornell and George ] Chic
seek to remove to their homes GER
tain distilled spirits which they
have had in bonded warehouses
since before the constitutional
amendment was adopted. The b.
I. Dupont de Nemours Powder
company case Is the third among
the assigned cases presenting the
question whether a dealer can by
{, newly created compony for dis
tribution among stocBh olders of the
parent company. Is subject to The
Federal income tax. 1T will be, fol.
lowed by the reaFgunent OF tho
American. Column g Lumber case 4
COUNTING VOTES
u CHICAGO. Oct 3-RepraseutAs