Supreme Court Backs Railroad Oil Land Case in Landmark Ruling
The Supreme Court upheld the rights of a railroad against private oil land claimants in a major decision. Justice Van Devanter noted that the government’s ability to challenge the railroad’s title for fraud or error may have expired around 1900, though the government plans to continue pursuing the dispute against Southern Pacific. The term saw 581 decisions, with many cases left undecided as adjournment neared.
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U.S
Read
Case
Supreme Court
Intermountain Tate
California
Oklahoma
Annapo
Midwest
Taft
Edmund Burke
Seacers Pacific Railroad Company
U. S
Justlee van Devantes
Curt
Sothern Pacific
Dreiaion
Sovernment
Land Office
Land Office Officiala
Congress
Orerinan Devanter
Supreme Court declines sugar differential injunction
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to issue an injunction blocking the Treasury Department from granting a 2 percent sugar differential under the tariff act as applied to Cuban imports. The Louisiana case remains unsettled with court action not decided, while the court held Treasury discretion in setting differential rates is not a ministerial duty.
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Supreme Court
Treasury Department
Louisiana
Underwood Li
Entra Mereynolds
Sacratory Me Tdoo
Tyr Cahan
AUUL
Secretary of the Treasury
Reverses $750 damage case in Supreme Court
Rosa Brown of this city failed to recover the damages she sought from Western Union Telegraph and related parties after a jury verdict in South Carolina held interference with interstate commerce. The Supreme Court reversed, ruling the decision violated interstate commerce. A separate safety ruling in the same term upheld standard height draw bars for engines and rail cars after TD E. Wrockatt, a Southern Railway switchman, was injured in Knoxville. He was awarded $3,000.
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Rosa Brown
Supreme Court
Wastern Union Telegraph Company
Krom Wl Mental Anguleh
Sunsumerville, & C
Columbia
Linton
Misch
South Carolina Court
Supreme Court of
Western Union
Eo Wrockatt
Southern Railway Company
Knoxville
Tenn
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Kentucky Supreme Court nullifies tobacco pooling law
The Kentucky pooling statute enabling farmers to join Burley Tobacco Society was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The decision voids Patrick Collins of Mason County for selling tobacco outside a pooling agreement and questions state trust law defining real value under hypothetical conditions.
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Kentucky
Supreme Court
Patrick Collins
Mason County
Burley Tobacco Society
Collins
Supreme Court Rules Blacklists For Lumber Dealers Violate Sherman Act
The Supreme Court ruled that a lumber dealers' blacklist scheme violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. The unanimous decision held that spreading a blacklist to stop wholesalers from selling to retailers restrained interstate commerce and was illegal. The ruling comes amid federal debate over legality of boycotts in Congress.
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Lumber Dealers’ Trust
Supreme Court
United States
Justice Day
Consrese
Supreme Court Sustains Poverty Vow Ruling Overruling Lower Court
The Supreme Court reversed the Eighth Circuit, which voided a vow of poverty by Augustine Wirth of the Benedictine Order. Wirth, priest at the German Catholic Church in Springfield Minnesota, left over $500 from copyrighted books to his order after death. His heirs argued the vow invalidated the property, but the court distinguished ethical from civil withdrawal and preserved the vow's civil effect.
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Supreme Court
Eighth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Augustin Wirth
Order of St. Benedict
Springfield
Minn
Wirth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hughes
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee slave inheritance ruling
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Tennessee law denying former slaves collateral inheritance. John Jones died in Shelby County with 77 acres, leaving a widow Marguerite Jones and siblings who had quitclaim deeds to Will Jones. The court held Tennessee could determine heirs, and the land goes to Marguerite Jones.
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Tennessee Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
John Jones
Tennessee
Shelby County
Tenn
Tennessee Court
Marguerite Jones
State of
Will Jones
Jones
May Call Culebra "Gaillard" Cut Proposal
Representative Finlay of South Carolina urged the President to rename Culebra Cut as Gaillard Cut in honor of late Col. David Gaillard, army engineer who chained the foot of the mountain and died from a disease contracted in duty. The President reportedly approved the proposal.
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Gaillard
David Cup
Yanterday
Representative Finlay
South Carolina
Finley
Rate Orders Valid at Theaters Parish The Western Freight Tariff
The Supreme Court sustained Interstate Commerce Commission Intermountain rate orders and the long and short haul clause, upholding blanket zone authority. The decision may affect Eastern rate cases and allows increases up to 7 percent in some zones while excluding others. The ruling clarifies ICC power to fix zone based rates and expands regulatory reach over rail freight amid water competition.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Eastern
Rocky Mountains
Reno
Spokane
Phoenix
Cape Horn
Panama Canal
St. Paul
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
White
Congress
Justice White
Supreme Court Upholds Pipeline Act Regulating Interstate Oil Needs
The Supreme Court upholds the Pipeline Act of 1996 applying Interstate Commerce Commission regulation to interstate oil pipelines. Uncle Sam Company is exempt for shipping oil across a single state line for its own use. Other pipelines are treated as common carriers, with dissents by Chief Justice White and Justice McKenna challenging the ruling.
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Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Company
Ona
White
McKenna
Congress
Supreme Court rules railroad passes carry no liability claims
The Supreme Court ruled that railroad passes are not part of employee compensation. Passengers riding on passes bear risks and the railroads may impose conditions, making injuries from such travel non compensable by the railroad.
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Supreme Court
Delta Tau Delta Hosts Summer Frolic at Chevy Chase
The Gamma Eta Chapter and local alumni of Delta Tau Delta held a Saturday afternoon and evening event at Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Bielaski home in Chevy Chase. A baseball game earlier saw the single Deltas beat the married group 2 to 1, followed by lawn dinner and dancing with numerous attendees including R. L. Mathews, C. W. Owen, Beulah Fitzpatrick, Mabel Reaves, Jeannette Buckman, Anna Marr, and other fraternity members and families.
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Gamma Eta Chapter
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Alumnus
A. Bruce Bielaski
Chevy Chase
Deltas
R. L. Mathews
C. W. Owen
Beulah Fitzpatrick
Mabel M. Reaves
Jeannette Buckman
Anna Marr
W. P. McCoy
N. Hillard
Baillie Smith
Arne Dhfour
Rheagy M. Norris
Howard Norris
E. G. Graham
W. A. Sommers
H. W. Cornell
Government to run 19 job agencies to aid unemployed
The plan, supervised by the Bureau of Immigration, would open 19 government employment offices in major cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans with Baltimore possibly joining. Employers would notify nearest agency of labor needs, enabling centralized reporting to Washington to guide policy.
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Department of Labor
Wilson
Caminetti
Bureau of Immigration
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
New Orleans
Baltimore
Washington
Population boom in Buenos Aires census figures
Buenos Aires population figures from the latest city census show inhabitants at 41,080,163, a near doubling since 1900. The report notes amusement districts thriving with strong attendance and mentions Gen. Velez resigning as war minister amid a lively Monday night scene at local entertainments.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Velez
Seed Tradesmen Gather at Raleigh for Three Day Convention
Between 200 and 300 delegates from Canada and the United States attend the American seed trade convention opening at the Raleigh Hotel. President C. C. Massey presides with William F. Gude delivering the welcome. Dr W W Tracy of the Agriculture Department speaks on the government seed department. Delegates tour the city this afternoon, visit Mount Vernon tomorrow, and Arlington sites the following day, with an annual banquet scheduled for Wednesday night.
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United States
Raleigh Hotel
C. C. Massey
Milwaukee
William F. Gude
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Tracy
Department, of Agriculture
Mount Vernon
Department of Agriculture
Marshall to Speak Convention Delegates Welcomed in Alexandria
Delegates to the Virginia Press Association's twenty sixth annual convention will meet at the Elks Home auditorium at 10:50 this morning with Mayor Fisher welcoming them. Vice President Marshall is to be the principal speaker at the banquet tomorrow night. Portner Brewery hosts luncheon at 1 pm and a river trip to Indian Head follows. A long list of attending editors and their companions from various towns is noted, along with a dog license warning and police court summons for poker room arrests.
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Portner Brewery
Indian Head
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Marshall
Elks Home
Charles B. Cooke
Richmond Journal
Pfetschmann
Thomas A. Fisher
C. C. Carlin
Robert Portner Brewery
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Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Company
W. A. Anderson
Marion
H.F. Sausell
Lebanon
E. W. Bissell
Staunton
H.C. Bradshaw
Crewe
H.’§. Byrd
Winchester
L. R. Driver
Hanover
GC. J. Campbell
H. R. Milly
Amherst
W. E. Carson
Riverton
A. Hl. Clements
Appomattox
C. B. Cooke
Richmond
Copeland
Newport News
Davis
Chatham
J. W.hverette
Richipond
O. W. Evans
Newcastle
Ours HS
Flynn
Victoria
George O. Green
Clifton Forge
Joel C. Harris
Leeburg
Alta Vista
Dorothy Jenking
Roanoke
Johnson
Clarksvitlee
Willon C Jones
Farmville
WR Kennedy
Lewinstons
Land
Hackstone
James C. Latimer
W. C. Lauck
Luray
Val
M. M. Layne
Farm
Tazewell
J. K. Ord
W. Ownsby
Grundy
A. Robbing
Rocky Mount
Bertha G Robinson
Orange
A. P. Rowe
Fredericksburg
R. B. Smythe
Harrisonburg
I.E. Spady
Lawrenceville
Point
W. A. Trillinghom
South Hill
DB. N. Walker
Louisa
J. A. Whitman
Wythevile
BF Wilson
Lebanant
J. E. Wood
South Boston
Dental Internes Sought for Government Hospital for the Insane
The Government Hospital for the Insane seeks dental internes paying 3600 a year offering study and research in laboratories. An exam earlier this month failed eligibility, with a new civil service test on July 22. Also on July 22 a map colonist and a forestry transitman exam, and July 27 an agricultural education assistant and a plant nutrition assistant exam, plus an instrument maker at the National Observatory.
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Civil Service
Forestry Service
Department of Agriculture
National Observatory
Dean Lewis Urges Federal Board to Authorize Unfair Strike Boycott
Philadelphia June 2 William Draper Lewis former dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School proposes to the US Commission on Industrial Relations hearings the creation of an administrative body to decide which side is unfair in labor disputes and permit a secondary boycott against the offending side with court appeal. The body would also declare strikes illegal in some cases, and classify employers who refuse arbitration as antisocial.
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Philadelphia
William Draper Lewis
University of Pennsylvania Law School
United States
Commission On Industrial ‘Relations
New Haven Suit Tied to Massachusetts Action Over Rail Stock
President and Attorney General Mc Reynolds push for a Sherman act suit if Massachusetts legislature fails to empower the holding company to sell Boston and Maine stock. Gov. Walsh and officials press for timely action, while New Haven officials face potential dissolution litigation and a push for separation legislation urged by state leaders and railroads.
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New Haven Railway
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Boston
Maine
Inquirers
Gov. Walsh
Department of Justice
Eluatt
New Haven
General McReynolds
Waleh
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Atatehouse
Committee On Rules
Committee On Railroads
Senate
House
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
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William J. Carroll
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Uncle Sam Oil Company
Delta Tau Delta
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