Is United Shoe Machinery an illegal trust and monopoly
An inquiry notes that the United Shoe Machinery Company may operate as an illegal trust and monopoly. The opinion from Gaston Snow and Saltonstall suggests that contracts with USMC are illegal and void under the Sherman Act, and that relinquishing machinery would shield clients from action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Company
Messrs. Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
Endicott, Johnson Company
Shoe Manufacturers
Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall
Opinion on United Shoe Machinery leases by Sherman L Whipple
Sherman L Whipple Esq states that the United Shoe Machinery Company leases are invalid and unenforceable. He argues two grounds: the company’s illegal combination in restraint of trade and the leases’ tendency to restrain and monopolize trade in shoe machinery, sustaining an illegal monopoly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Company
United Company
Sherman L. Whipple
Opinion on United Shoe Machinery leases as illegal under Sherman Act
Brandeis Dunbar Nutter counsel state that leases granting licenses under United Shoe Machinery Company patents form part of a prohibited combination in restraint of trade. The opinion holds the leases unlawful, unenforceable against lessees, and not saved by patent rights, with liability for nonperformance denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter
Charles H. Jones
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company
Plant S Patent Machinery Opinions Questioning Monopoly
In a historical Petitions and opinions the debate centers on United Shoe Machinery Company's claimed patent monopoly versus Mr Plant's shoe making machines. Robert P Hains asserts Plant’s patents protect his machines and shield them from infringement while Plant’s designs are said to render United’s patents obsolete. The document notes Plant holds over 600 patents worldwide and is fully protected in his inventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Company
Plant
Robert P. Hains
United States
Emery
United Shoe Machinery Company
New York
Opinion of Livingston Gifford Patent Counsel
The document presents the professional opinion of Livingston Gifford ESQ of Gifford and Bull, patent counsel in New York City, with reference to Thomas G. Plant ESQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Gifford
Gifford & Bull, Patent Counsel
New York City
Thomas G. Plant, Esq
Miss Taft Prefers the Side-Saddle
Beverly July 7 One of the North Shore's finest horsewomen Miss Helen Taft is a familiar figure around the summer capital riding her horse Bucephalus on the side saddle. She also enjoys automobling sailing golf and tennis, but riding remains her chief pleasure among summer recreations.
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Beverly
North Shore
Helen Taft
Bucephalus
Miss Taft
Short
Harris and Ewing
Roosevelt to Campaign for Beveridge at Oyster Bay
Albert G. Beveridge, Indiana senator and progressive Republican, received a pledge from Theodore Roosevelt to campaign for his reelection. Roosevelt plans one speech with no fixed date or place, while Beveridge fights incumbent tariff policy and opposition from John W. Kern. Delegations from New Hampshire New York and Montana visited Sagamore Hill amid broader Roosevelt insularity about specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Albert G. Beveridge
United States
Indiana
Sagamore Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Beveridge
Mr. Roosevelt
John W. Kern
Bryan
Taft
New Hampshire
Winston Churchill
John Bass
Robert R. Bass
New York State
Hamilton Fish
James R. Sheffield
New York City
Montana
John H. Carter
Roosevelt
Bass Brothers
Peterboro
Istalena Wins Bennett Cup Sloop Race at Newport
The Istalena owned by George M. Pynchon won the 63rd Bennett cup race for sloops on the Block Island course under the New York Yacht Club. The Aurora owned by Cornelius Van derbilt placed second and the Winsome second place finisher reportedly protested a foul at the start by Istalena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
George M. Pynchon
Block Island
New York Yacht Club
Aurora
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Winsome
H. F. Lippitt
Taft Withdraws Coal Lands Across Six Jurisdictions
President Taft signed orders withdrawing 35,073,164 acres of coal lands from the public domain in North and South Dakota Washington Utah Colorado and the Arizona territory. New withdrawals total 20,698,469 acres with 14,374,695 acres confirmed or ratified from past four years under the June 25 law.
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Beverly
Taft
North and
South Dakota
Washington
Utah
Colorado
Territory of
Arizona
Roosevelt
North
North Dakota
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
20000 Visitors Meet Elementary Teachers
The Hotel Somerset ballroom hosted a large reception in honor of N E A delegates. About 20 000 visitors met Governor Eben Draper Mrs Fitzgerald Ella Flagg Young and other officials while Boston teachers and ushers provided decor and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Boston Elementary Teachers’ Club
Eben S. Draper
John F. Fitzgerald
Ella Flagg Young
Association
Boston
Knives Drawn in Racial Brawl on Columbus Avenue
Two colored men Edward C Brown and James Dickinson were arrested after a late night brawl with a white man on Columbus Avenue near West Newton Street. Police report jostling a woman preceded the melee in which knives were drawn and the woman’s defender stabbed. The injured man had not been located by night’s end. the two suspects denied the stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Brown
James Dickinson
Cambridge
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
Tragic Oil Stove Blast Claims Mrs Riley Life
Mrs. Annie Riley aged 55 of 98 Partridge Avenue Somerville died at Somerville Hospital at 5 last night from burns after an oil stove explosion at her home. Mrs Walter Arnold and her son Oliver were burned while trying to extinguish flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Riley
Partridge Avenue
Somerville
Walter R. Arnold
Oliver P. Arnold
Mrs. Riley
Arnold
Charles F. Maguire
Somerville Hospital
Boston Herald Now In Receiver's Hands
In a circuit court action the International Paper Company won control of the Boston Herald Company. Receivers John Norris and C F Weed plan to preserve the paper’s organization and traditions while handling debts including $500,000 in general indebtedness and $90,520 to International Paper for newsprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
International Paper Company
News
Tremont Street
Benner & Brown of
New York
Powers & Hall of
Boston
The
Herald
United States Circuit Court
District of Massachusetts
LeBaron B. Colt
Gaid Court
John Norris
C. F. Weed
Boston Herald Company
C. EF. Weed
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Messrs
Endicott, Johnson & Co
Lincoln Street
Mass
Sirs
George J. Carr
Blount Mfg. Co
Yale & Towne Mig. Co
Fed
Robert P. Hains, Esq
United States Patent Office
Frederick L. Emery
Livingstone Gifford
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