Court Backs Outrageous Fine on Standard Oil Indiana
Federal appeals court voids a 9.24 million dollar fine against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for rebates to railroads, orders a new trial, and sharply rebukes Judge Landis for arbitrariness. The ruling stresses the punished entity and questions the punishment’s basis while noting potential broader implications beyond interstate commerce law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey Corporation, & Corporation
Oil Decision Sparks Brief Political Commentary
W H Taft and John D Rockefeller comment on overruling Judge Landis in the abstain case. Bryan says he will not discuss the case and declines to reveal supporting grounds. The remarks show cautious reactions from major figures amid the decision.
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John D. Rockefeller
Who Loam Pleases at the Result
Standard Oil lawyer M. F. Elliott states he cannot comment on the decision until he has had time to examine it carefully. He emphasizes the need for a thorough review before making any statements.
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M. F. Elliott
Standard Oil
Unclear DOJ Path After Appeals Court Decision
Acting Attorney General Hoyt says the Department of Justice has not yet decided whether to seek Supreme Court review of the appeals court ruling or to pursue a new trial. The choice will be made promptly after the appellate court's opinion is received and studied.
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Hoyt
Department of Justice
Circuit Court of
Supreme Court appeal urged in government criminal cases
Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte argues that a vital criminal case should go to the Supreme Court for final decision, but a divided Court of Appeals blocks it. He notes no sufficient public policy to deny the government an appeal and urges Congress to enact a broader law, criticizing current limitations as favoring wealthy defendants and calling for remedy in the next session.
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Charles J. Bonaparte
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals
United States
Congress
Congr
History of the Standard Oil Case at Landis Trial
Indictments against Standard Oil in 1906 led to a jury verdict of guilty on 1 462 counts in the Chicago & Alton case. Judge Landis imposed $20,000 on each count totaling $29 240 000, the largest fine in court history, with Rockefellers testifying on ownership. Legal teams included D A Edwin W Sims and James H Wilkerson for the state and Chauncey W Martyn for the defense.
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New Jersey Corporation
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Chicago & Alton
Landis
John D. Rockefeller
New Jersey
Indiana Company
Indiana Oil Company
New York
Standard Oil Company
Edwin W. Sims
James H. Wilkerson
John S. Miller
Morita Rosenthal
Chicago
John Virgil P Kline
Cleveland
Chauncey W. Martyn
Alfred D. Eddy
Western
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Rail line flouts two cent fare law in Minnesota
The Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba Railroad Company notified the state railroad and warehouse commission it will charge three cents per mile starting August 1, defying the two cent fare cap. The move is seen as a forerunner to similar actions by smaller state lines. In a separate item, San Francisco reports a July 23 invitation from five Japanese city chambers Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Yokohama and Kobe asking for U S representatives to visit.
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St. Paul, Minn
Minneapolis, Red Lake & Manitoba Railroad Company
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Japan
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Tokyo
Kyoto
Osaka
Yokohama
Kobe
Fire Fatal to Two in South Second Street Boarding House
A Wednesday blaze on South Second Street trapping residents in a boarding house left four men and a boy injured, two likely fatally. Two of the injured jumped from second story windows to escape the flames.
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St. Louis
South Second Street
Beier Daughter of Freiberg Mayor Severely Harmed
Freiberg Saxony July 23 Grete Beier an 18 year old daughter of the mayor was severely harmed between night and dawn in what authorities term a serious case involving those who were to marry her authorities report.
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Freiberg
Saxony
Grete Beier
New Orleans
Tangipahoa Parish
Athletes win and set new marks in track events
American athletes post strong showings with new records in multiple track contests. The narrative highlights a Yankee taking second place while rivals set personal and event marks, underscoring a competitive meet where dominance and near-misses colored the results.
Yankee Victories in Track and Wrestling Events
Broad Jump winner F C Irons of Chicago with D J Kelly of New York second set a New Olympic record at 24 feet 6 14 inches. 400 Meter Hurdles C J Bacon of New York won with H S Hillman of New York second in 25 5. Wrestling saw G Dole of Yale victorious.
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F. C. Irons
Chicago
D. J. Kelly
New York
C. J. Bacon
H. S.hillman
G.§. Dole
Yale
Olympic games running broad jump records fall in London
London July 223 America won three finals at the Olympic games. F C Irons of Chicago A A gave 24 ft 6 1 2 in a new Olympic broad jump record and won the event. Daniel J Kelly of Irish American A G and Bricker of Canada placed second and third with marks around 23 ft 3 in. Certificates of merit went to E T Cooke of Cornell and John J Brennan of Marquette for jumps near 22 ft 10 in. Sherman of Dartmouth missed his heat due to late arrival.
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London
America
F. C. Irons
Chicago
A. A
Trons
Daniel J. Kelly
A. G
Bricker
Canada
E. T. Cooke
Cornell
John J. Brennan
Marquette
D. R. Sherman
Dartmouth
Sherman
J. Bacon
A. C
Harry L. Hillman
New York
Treemer
United Kingdom
Bacon
Hillman
Burton
Dole
Yale University
Slim
England
McKie
Yankee
R. J. Walker
South Africa
Rector
University of Virginia
Kerr
Cartmell
University of Pennsylvania
Walker
Bishop Potter Dies at 74 in Cooperstown NY
Cooperstown reports the death of Bishop Henry Codman Potter of New York at his summer home Pernleigh after weeks of illness. He aged 74 and led the New York diocese since 1887, with funeral plans pending possibly in Cooperstown or Grace Church in New York. He promoted factory relations and municipal governance reforms during his tenure.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter
New York
Horatio Potter
United States
New York City
Prince of Wales arrives in Quebec amid grand ceremony
The prince of Wales arrives in Quebec aboard the Indomitable to a 21 gun salute as British, French, and American fleets mark the visit. Vice-President Fairbanks, Gen. Arthur Murray, and Maj. T. Bentley Mott greet the royal party. Sir Wilfrid Laurier welcomes the heir to the throne at the citadel.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
Canada
England
Fairbanks
Arthur Murray
T. Bentley Mott
Lewis
Wilfrid Laurier
Citadel
Veteran Publisher Charlee Holt Dies at 91 in Kankakee
Charlee Holt longtime editor and part owner of the Kankakee Gazette died at his home in Kankakee Illinois at age ninety one after a brief illness. Born in Herkimer New York on March fifth eighteen twenty seven he remained a daily visitor to the Gazette office until shortly before his illness. The obituary notes his long career and local influence in the newspaper.
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Kankakee
Charlee Holt
Kankakee Gazette
Mr. Holt
Herkimer
N. Y
Drowns in River After Fight Between Boatmen
In Peoria Illinois on July 23 Bert Batman, an avid motor boatman, battled with Jack Richer, a boat yard owner. Richer struck Batman with an oar, knocking him into the river where Batman disappeared and his body remains unaccounted for.
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Peorla
Bert Batman
Jack Richer
Batman
Fox
Roosevelt Pushes Need for Offensive Navy in Talk to Officers
President Roosevelt addressed naval officers at the Naval War College after the Mayflower collision rescue. He urged a first class fighting navy, warning a purely defensive force is useless and stressing the Monroe Doctrine as a guiding policy. He said war is justifiable only if the navy can hammer an enemy to quit and must be ready to defend coasts with fortifications. The collision with the Menawa caused no injuries. the president’s party remained unaware until morning.
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Newport
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Naval War College
United States
South America
C. G. Pendleton
Islesporo
New London
New Haven
William Loeb, Jr
N. Y
J. L. M'Grew
Bryan tribute at state Democratic convention opener
At the Milwaukee convention the state chairman called the gathering to order and Melvin A. Hoyt was named temporary chair. Hoyt delivered a lengthy speech attacking opposing parties and paid warm tribute to William J. Bryan as the Democratic presidential candidate. In St. Paul a depot arch collapsed injuring one cabman and threatening twenty people.
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Milwaukee
Alhambra Theater
K. N. Manson
Melvin A. Hoyt
Hoyt
William J. Bryan
Archway
St. Paul
Minn
St. Paul Union Depot
A. Kergan
Hitchcock Leaves Colorado for Denver After Western Conference
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican national committee, concluded a two days conference with leaders from 17 western states at the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs and departed late Wednesday for Denver.
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Hitchcock
Denver
Colorado Springs
Col
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Antlers Hotel
Telegraphic Brevities From The Nation
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson was seriously injured when her son Lloyd Osbourne’s car wrecked near her California ranch. Sir William Randall Cremer, founder of interparliamentary conferences and long secretary of the International Arbitration League, dies in London at 70. A Cincinnati injunction blocks enforcement of new IRS marking rules at Clifton Springs Digilling Co. The Ancient Order of Hibernians ban is lifted by Bishop Chatard at Indianapolis. New York Corporation Counsel Pendleton receives Betsey Head’s $187,746 legacy for recreation grounds. Mrs Head, housekeeper to George C. Taylor of Great River, disinherits her daughter who eloped with a coachman.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Order of Hibernians
Indianapolis
Chatard
Pendleton
New York
Betsey Head
Convention denounces Denver action at Harrisburg meeting
Democratic state committee re elected George M. Dimeling without opposition. Resolutions denounce the Denver convention and protest Philadelphia delegates action. Speeches critique national convention and attempt to amend resolutions to consult the National Committeeman, but that move was ruled out of order.
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Harrisburg
Democratic State Committee
George M. Dimeling
Clearfield
Bryan
Kern
Denver
Philadelphia del Gates
Star
Nationa
James Kerr
National Convention
Pennsylvania
Repudiates I W W by Western Federation of Miners
Denver July 23 The Western Federation of Miners officially repudiated the Industrial Workers of the World by amending its constitution to strike out mining department of the Industrial Workers of the World and inserting Western Federation of Miners in its place.
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Denver, Co
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
Mining Department of the
Western Federation
Dutch Minister Expelled by Venezuelan Government
Caracas reports that J. H. de Reus, Dutch minister resident in Venezuela, has been expelled. Castro Oosts ordered his departure and sent the minister's passports to him through Senor Pao, the Venezuelan foreign affairs minister, as the notice of action circulated.
Grain and Market Report From Chicago
Commodity prices across grains and animal products shown with bids for wheat corn oats and rye flour butter eggs and live poultry. Includes price ranges for hard and soft wheats rye oats and potato figures plus cattle and turkey notes and regional market shifts in New York and Chicago during July.
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Playvisions
Chicago
TLOUR
Minnesota
Strang
Live Stock and Hogs and Sheep Prices Chicago and Omaha July
Chicago live stock listings show cattle ranges from good to prime steers at 4.00 to 8.18 per cwt with various grades, hogs priced from heavy packers at 6.35 to 6.60, and sows and boars down to 3.00 to 5.00. Omaha market reports echo higher cattle, strong hogs, and slower sheep with prices across standard categories and stockers.
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Chicago
Fa Sons
Wil
Prima
Omaha
Nob
Wethers
Lambs
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