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NOT YET RULED ON BY BLQISOEAttorneys for Defendants Awaiting His Decision; Owns Stock in One Company; Preparing Stipulations to Shorten Number of CasesBtadiwe, \vhoae right to all as Judge in Hire* oh chsm before the I'nil*0 Slat*'# District was question^! on made n*» ruling yen-lerdnv lu thf urn d it. mid it U not known whether It#1 will maki- a HHHUf during Uua se#Hion vX Hi** t^unt her*-. No question of qualification is involved lu the Met 'uu-lmui Horn, nmv toing beard by Mm, it mi he itorefuro may not mnkr an Immediate ruling.The question of Bledsoes cjiiaMftrit-lion arose from ihe fact that ho own *1.1 ftrt Pbures of stock in the NationalPacific Oil Company. Tin* Northern Pacific Oil Company is a defendant in thrift caKfi*. Rtotow* fiavs lie iw-qulni*| llio Mock in a in*ri«\ but did n‘*i krnov until about a mumb »i;;o dim Ur-ovm'il irIn maklnc tto formal t^HtJudge HIplt;I.«lt;v certify in his UfM|ii;i|i-flea Lon. I'eter K. Dunne point *d out 1h»t Under section 20 of the federal judicial rode to was legally disqualified. This section provides that When a Judge ban any direct Interest, vv has relatives who have any direr? in* i^rent iti ra»p» pending before him, he yhnll certify 1h1« fart tlt;i fbi: ^r«-sldln« Judge of the circuit, who shall a**i«n anoilier judge ui the ca.se.National Pacific CompetitorDunne also made the re*iiliat dndije Bledsoe he disqualified fr*mi sluing in any of the three new rose* heforw thp cnurl. among which ix lhr DeviVa Den ConaoHdmpji Company, for which Duntta in aitornuy* hpcauwc of the fact tbnt this company Is a competitor of the National Pacific.He »l»o opposed the right of Jndg« Bledsoe to Bit in fuses becauseto these case* are a series ofcase* founded on tlie «*tto sta*0 of fact*. ,The government's attorneys ha waived Ml objections to Bledsoe, blit the majority of the attorneys for defendant companies and individualsh*v* united In the request that hecertify to his disqualification.Ortfitr Sutru, who is representing the Rt audit rd OH company, sitid yesterday tlml. he \\;Va taking ho part in the'controversy.*1 took ihis up with representativesof ihi* government and told them thesituation, »nd thi-y indicated no disposition l*» vvani any different ncilcm other than has already been done, so the matter la left where it is. said the judge. when the forma! request \vt«» trade for his disqualification,”1 do not lahnr under any ofperson ft l disqualification because of the ownership of slock. But it may be n‘ legal disqualification, and that la a matter for you gentlemen to determine among yourselves. You need notfeel that yon are embarrassing the court by any suggestions lhnt you mlcrht mah.“ t me or I wo niiomoys for defenda.nl rnmjianieK conferred with Judge Bledsoe yesierday morning before court er.jivVned. rc*i?imtlng the question of his cllsqu/iiiillt; Hlion.I Rk'dsiV- declined yesterday to dis-rnss th** ense any further than he dja-it In court «n Monday.The nisea in which the National Pn-I cifi*' ill iV.mpJiiniV i* a ilofpwliint ur® : known as the Midway Norib era. t'on-otldnielt;| Midway and American Oil-jieJiU, 1-tii., lt;-;L5e?».Wednesdaylyon’* Tooth Powder. I'ov sue; Ihcfavorite for r.a.ny 16c* *Houte Thormomeiirf; a«»c value; Know the tcn.perAHuc Vlt*of your home ...... .. ... . J VWeek’* Cold Tabletij 'J?v mze: laxative cold 1breaker....... 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The variety of objects possible to construct with tlicsf Blocks arc loo numerous to mention in fact almost without limit. They are educational and sanitary. Made from white pine arc unpainted and no nails are necessary in theit use. Bttv one now and put it away for Christmas.Price 50cFhooe 87 Mariposa at JThe Stroud PianoIN TONE A XT) ACTIOX A MUSICIAN'S PIANO'Price $325Moriz Rosenthal, concert pianist of world's fame and one of tlic greatest modern masters of technique,Insane Man Willing to Be. Executed If Majority Wants ItJohn Miller in I to will ofthe mao city. Everyone, he- claim*, told him thai h ought to to *bot, H« applied at the aherifffl office yeaterday for * regular esec.utiori if the authorities believed that aucb a course was expedient.Miller has been working on one of thfi Miller A Lux ranches. He cUim.s the fellow Idhorern totik hi* name away from him and autotituied that of ‘•Wreck/’“They top I me 1 wan no good and ought to he shot/* he told Deputy Sheriff Thorwaldwm yemi-rday. “I dort11 know, they may he right. If think ihe world would be belter out me. I am ready/*Miller wa* booked a a inwne.Working ^ut Stipulations• Attorneys foy defendant a in five of 1h»» before the court «nd attor*ticyrt for ihe government were engaged ynererday In working out some atipoint Ions hs to reriain facta. If agree-mentR enn he reached, the flUnff or these etipulations will greatly shorten tho hearing*, i tn tin* Midway Northern caae. It waaslated that an agreement an to stlpn-lations had prautJcaUv been reached, and it expected that, hefnrn noon tod,iv the DoiiKn!|ilAtelt;i MidwHy» Amer-icun Oilfields Company. Ltd., and Midland OH Held* Company, Ltd., case* will Join with ihc* Midway NfrDbern In ttoae allpulations. They will nrob* hly he filer! some lime during th^ morning neaslon.lu ihe?e caaefi, tb* drfendoni* propose tn aiipulatp facia an lc Imailonn. the Hnio work sta-ried. the time all was (iiicaverert, ole., renen’ing for evidence the question of good faith and the amount of oil aeeurrd.In the McCntchen case, the attorney* for iho government offrretj to stlpu-Imc on all the record* of the laud of-Her. fircured as the basin for an application for [«ttent. Attorney* for the defendant cnmuanh'K agreed to accept ihc oftr and in waive any objectIhjik in records that might to Immaterial. etlt;\ The govern mom attorney* took exception t« ibis l»*i propusition. however. and conference* now under wrv io reach «n agree.mcnt. It Is pos-slbio that »t | pul ail on* in this ceae may *U^o he filed today.While the question of the qualification of Judxe Bledao* and ihoe« matters proposed for Mipulatiou were being djsciuwed an*ido and outside the courtroom yesterday, 4ho taking of tes-timnny m the McCulchcn case was ccntiotied.Thr*# WitnM9« ExaminidWitnesBes examine,! for tha government were tleorge Hayworth, general field chief of. the land office for the northern district of California, who iestifted as to loratJons; S. L. Glllan. nn expert geologist and ojl mliwrall.sl. whu tos«tided regarding the discovery of gas. and Benjamin X. Howe, n well driller on tho Jlaricopa Flat, who told of work done.Gltlan F-aid ga* Biiffictent to opernte boilers could be considered “ga* in commercial quantities. The defence claims that gas in commercial quantD ties wan discovered prior to the with-drawal order of 1^09. and l,|at the dii»-covery of this go* was sufficient to e*» tabliah a location.The following are the oil cases before Judge Bledsoe at this time:i7—Civil—United Siatea of America vs. Midway Northern Oil Company, et ftl. Final hearing in equity. Other defendant* in this caee ore the Sesame OU Company, Title Insurance * Trust Company. Standard Oil Company. M. P. and A me a M. Waite, Consolidated Midway Oil Company, General Petroleum Company, 1-. W. Lowell, et al., A- McKittrlek, Edith F. Coona.A-2 — Equity — United America vt*. ConBolidated Company, et ai. Flqal equity. Other defendants ate the Maricopa Oil Company, Title ■ Insurance Trust Company, Sesame | Oil Company, General Petroleum i Company. Mnry F. Francl*. Midnight j Oil Company, Edith F. Coon*, Nat-, ional Pacific Oil Company, Juliu*j Fried, Standard Oit Company. jA-3 — Equity — United States of: America vs. American Oilfields Company Ltd.. et al. Flihal hearing in J equitv. Other defendants in this caw; are the Union OU Company, Title In- ; tfuranoc Trust Company. Sesame:; Oil Company. Mary F. Frauds, M. S.: Plau. Miocene Oil Company, Imle* j pendent Oil Producers' Agency, Layne Bowler Company. Edith F. Coons.! Standard Oil Company. jA-12 — Equity — U nited States of .-America vs. G. W. McCutcheon. et aU ‘IftlPhaobdirPStates of Midway pilhearing in in this caaeHainm5. fr I ofbiiiM• sa \ erFinal hearing in equity. Oilier de- , fendant* in this ch*« are the Bean-1 tJlt; Spray Pump Company. Sprockets Oil j fcOil;Company. John D. Spreckels. General; p-*jnl#iirn Company, Davis P. Bitch-maii. Pacific Midway Oil Company. Monroe. D. ¥.. and Mary y. Fr*n«l*., Obispo Oil Company. Independent Oil: Producers’ Agency. Pacific Midway. Oil Company. Pacific States Refiner*. Company, American Oriental Com- ] pany. Union OU Company. Maricopa: Siar Oit Company, .Producers* Transportation Company, Maricopa Ull Company, Edith F. Coons.A -13 — Equity — Untied Stales of j America, vs. David Kinsey, et *L Final j hearing In eqnHy. The other defend-, ant Ip ih* Union OH Company. This j case has been transferred to Lok An- igele* for trial. October 24. tA-30 — Equity — United States of;America vs. M idland OU fields mm- ! pjtny Ltd., el i»U Final hearing in j equity. Other defendanip arc the | Union Oil Company and the Indapend- j ent Oil Producere' Agency fA-37 — Equity — United Stales of J.America vs. Devil’s Den Cnosulidatcd i Oil Company, et al- Motion for m-i junction and receiver.Rome ’of the foremost attorneys of |* alifomia have been retained by the . defendanis in those cases. The follow- ! lag I* a li*t of the attorneys, the; majority of whom were in court yes- ; ierday: Alfred Furhman. Lee C. Gatrs. W.. C. Allrn, Pillsbury. Xfadlson Rutro. A. L. Well.- Frank H. Short, lt;ieorg« E. Whitaker. George B. Bileh, Hans * ' Dunnigan* Rowap Im*m. JAtne* P. Sweeney. M. S. Pl*i*, E. L, Foster, F. F. Dunlap. Andrew*, Toland ir Andrew*, Georgr W. Lane. Henry K. Norton. Beaeley A Frv. SamtieT Phortrldge, J. VC. Wiley. Harding Colby. Curtis H, Lindley, G. M. Spicer. J. S. MffKnight. Hnneackcr* Rritt, A. T. .Tergins, Morris. Dunn a Rrotock, Joseph IX Redding. IX E. Perkins.fT
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Fresno Bee
Fresno, California, US
Wed, Oct 20, 1915
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