THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 14, 1915.
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CASH REGISTER MEN
OBTAIN
NEW TRIALS
Court Finds No Conspiracy
Within Statute of Limita
tions Was Proved.
SCIENTIST WHO HAS . REVOLUTIONIZED PRODUCTION OF
GASOLINE, AND MAKING OF DYES AND EXPLOSIVES.
'ROGESS IS RAILED
TRIBUTE PAID COMPANY
Decision Saj It Is Only Fair to
'ote That Concern Was Pioneer
In Its Field and Probable
Victim of Pirates.
CIXCIXNATr. March 13. Holding
that the evidence on one count was In.
sufficient and that neither of the oth
er two counts should have been consld
red by the District Court which tried
the cases, the United States Court on
Appeals for the Sixth circuit overruled
today the decision of the lower court
which convicted John H. Patterson and
IS other officials or former officials
of the National Cash Register Com
pany or Dayton. O.. of violating the
criminal section or the Sherman anti
trust act and remanded the case back
to the lower court for a new trial.
The first count charged conspiracy
to monopolize the cash register trade
or this country, while the other two
counts charged the monopoly of the
trade. The upper court held that, while
the first count was In proper form to
present to the jury, evidence had been
introduced concerning the National
Cash Register competitors who had not
been In existence during the three
year limit of law previous to the find
log of the indictment.
Later Coasplrarlea 'ot Proved.
This evidence, the court said, should
not have been allowed. The court con'
tinued:
"We think that there was con
splracy against competitors during the
years that the .National Cash Register
Company was making its first fight, but
tne evidence showing that a conspiracy
did exist only brings us to the doot
of the three-year period and it was
for us to decide whether It had entered
In the decree the court naM . trlhnt. certain general propositions as to what
to the National Cash Register Com- 1 11 was ntl uniawiui ior me aeienaams
pany. It said: I to do in their separate capacities as
In Justice to the National Company officers and scents of the National,
ana inn aeienaams it snouia De noted I o wit
ln" " " lno Pioneer in me casn "First, to require the agents of their
l"" OM,c P"! an1 mu" "ve sons who had nurchased cash registers
acquired in a proper manner a great nmn.Hmr. nr t ururt amnlM
of the machines from time to time put
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New Method of Obtaining Gas
oline Boon to Nation.
DISCOVERER STILL YOUNG
DR. WALTER F. HITTMASf.
Motor Fuel Now Derived From Res
idue as Well as From Kerosene.
Preparations BCade to In
stall Manufactories.
WASHINGTON. March 7. It is an
nounced officially that two large com
nnl havn arranged to take advantage
of the discoveries recently muuuui.cu
by Secretary Lane that revolutionize
the manufacture of gasoline and make
the United States independent or Ger
many in the manufacture of tuluoland
benzol, used in making explosives and
These discoveries are me result 01
th work of a young liovernment
scientist, who intends to give them to
the public He is Dr. waiter v. .itt
man. onlv 32 years old. and already
acclaimed as having made three of the
most important chemical discoveries
of the decade. This is his explanation
of the new method of increasing the
production of gasoline.
The oil is passed in tne lorni 01
vaDor into a tuhe wmcn is unaer
pressure varying from 90 to 600 pounds
a sauare inch, and is at a temperature
of about 450 degrees centigrade. This
hreaks' the kerosene molecules into
small gasoline molecules. The old way
was to distill the gasoline from the
liauld . and when that was done, no
more gasoline could be obtained. By
mv nrocesa we break up the residue
the big molecules that were not used
heretofore to get gasoline. It virtu
ally begins where the old process leaves
off. Double the amout of gasoline can
be obtained. The residue solids, which
sell for about three cents a gallon, are
converted into gasoline which sells for
about 12 cents a gallon.
Dr. Ritmman attributes his success to
strong body acquired in football bat
ties and other college athletics. His
For Easter-
You'll want to look your best on this day and days
to come. We've prepared a great assemblage of
fine models and patterns in
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothes for Your Inspection
You're going to see a lot of plaids among the new
fabrics this season; overchecks, Tarlton stripes,
pin stripes and mixtures are also strong features,
and back of all this the style, the fit and work
manship. Before making your purchase, come in and try on
a few of these garments; see yourself in them;
that's our convincing point.
Moderately Priced $18 to $35
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Men's Shop for Northwest Corner
Quality and Service Third and Morrison
Coprrutht Hart
OLD PRINCIPLES lii WILL
CHILDREN LEAVING HOME BEFORE
21 CUT OFF BY CLACKAMAS MAN,
After Reaching Majority Each Sen Al
lowed $75 and Daughter $31.50
Yearly Until Division Made.
giving of three instructions embodying
number of Improvement patents.
Capacity Accounts for Success.
"In addition to this it had the ad
vantage of a great capacity in the
management of its affairs. These two
considerations together, without ref
on the market by competitors.
"Second, to sell or to offer or to try
to sell National cash registers to per
sons who had bought and owned com
peting registers in exchange at such
erence to any unfair treatment of its! prices as were satisfactory to the par-
competitors. In themselves are suffi- ties.
dent to account in a large measure "Third, to compare by comparative
for the success it has attained. And demonstrations or otherwise competl-
It Is not unlikely that its trade was tive cash registers with National cash
pirated by other competitors besides registers for the purpose of demon-
the American of Philadelphia, and the strating the superiority of National
Boston, against whom it obtained de
crees of infringement, and that these
as well as others in competition with
it resorted to some of the tactics com
plained of here."
In another part of the decree the
pper court said:
The defendants ls"0 requested the
cash registers and thereby induce the
prospective purchaser to purchase the
National cash register. '
"No objections can be made to the
latest proposition, but the other two
were too broad. They need qualifica
tion. It is unlawful for a defendant
to do as stated In the second propo-
sition, if the doing thereof Involves the
purchaser and owner of the competing
cash register breaking his contract
with the competitor in any particular
or was done for the purpose of driving
the competitor out of the cash register
field."
DEPART51EXT IS DISAPPOINTED
Attorney-General May Take Case to
Highest Court.
OREGON CITY, Or., Mar. 13. (Spe
f-lal Th niri-fashloned theory that
discoveries in toluol and benzol make chndren BnouUl stay at home and WOrk
pendent of Germany so far as toluol f"- thelr Parents until they are 21 is
and benzol are concerned. These chem- the principle upon wmcn tne win or
icals, necessary in the production of I Daniel Erb, probated in tne county
hierh exDlosives and dvestuffs. have Court today, was based. Mr. Erb was
come exclusively from Germany.
BEND DEBATERS VICTORS
High School Orators Defeat Team
Representing Redmond School.
BEND, Or., March 13. (Special.)
WAsmvr.mw. March 13 OfTiniala The Bend High School debating team ured out to
of the Department of Justice declined I defeated the Redmond school team here I months and days up to the time the
prosperous farmer living in the
Elliott Prairie district who died Feb
ruary 14.
Each son. Mr. Erb directs, snan re
ceive $75 a year for the time spent on
the farm after his 21st year, and to
every daughter. $31.50 a year for the
same period. Mr. Erb directs that one
son, Levi, who left home when ho was
20 years old, shall pay the estate io.
The amounts due each child are ng-
the number of years,
to comment today on the decision in Wednesday night. The question was
the National Cash Register case, in the I the bill offered In the United States
absence of the entire opinion. Attorney- Senate by Senator Hitchcock proposing
General Gregory will decide what line I to forbid the exportation of munitions
of action to follow later and it is pos- I of war to any belligerent.
sible he will ask the Supreme Court I Ruth Caldwell and Winford Otteson
for a writ of certiorari, which would
bring the case up to the highest court.
It was evident, however, that some
department officials were disappointed
with the decision and felt that the case
was a strong one from the Government
point of view. Ex-Attorney-General
Wickersham, who began the prosecu
tion, is known to have looked upon it
as the most important of the Taft Administration.
represented Bend, taking the 'negative
side of the question. The Redmond
debaters were Douglas Malarkey and
Richard Wilcox.
The judges were W. D. Barnes, of
Laldlaw: Max Cunniey, of Redmond,
and E. M. Thompson, of Bend. Preced
ing the debate a. selection was sung
by Bend pupils. Principal Shouse, of
Bend, presided and Professor Nash, of
Redmond, kept time.
will was made In 1908. The children
will receive pay for their work since
majority, as follows: Jacob, $1290.83;
Albert, $765.83; Amanda, $424.34. and
Susie $136.38. Time away from the
farm is deducted from the amount al
lowed. One son. John, supposed to be
dead, is bequeathed $1.
The personal property on the farm
will be divided among the children who
stayed on the farm after their 21st
year, and each one shall receive a
horse. The widow is given a life lease
on the farm valued at $25,000, and upon
her death, the property is to be divided
evenly among the children.
If any of the children marry a skep-
tlo, an infidel or any person who does
not respect the Bible and the law, that
child shall forfeit all claim and interest
in the estate, it is provided.
The farm left by Mr. Erb is situated
near Hubbard and is considered one of
the best in the southern part of the
county. He was a pioneer resident of
the Valley.
CENTRALIA CLUB DINES
Farm Talk Campaign Discussed by
Centralia Commercial Club.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 13
(Special.) The dinner tendered the
new members of the Centralia Com
mercial Club Thursday night by the old
was a complete success. Numerous Ta-
coma railroad men were among the
100 guests. It was the first dinner ever
held in the clubrooms, which were
opened a year ago. The Centralia
band furnished the music. J. R. Bux
ton acted as toastmaster.
Following the dinner, the regular
monthly meeting of the club was held.
at which the clean-up day, on Maxch
24, and the opening of the O.-W. R. &
N. educational campaign among the
farmers of Southwest Washington here
on the night of March 18 were the
principal topics. It was proposed to
close the local stores on March 24. The
city has been divided into districts and
the clean-up will be a thorough one, a
holiday being also declared in the
schools.
Few AVago Law Violations Reported.
OLYMPIA. Wash. March 13. (Spe
cial.) There is a tendency on the part
of the employers of tho state to co
operate with the Commission In tho
enforcement and observance of the in
dustrial welfare and minimum wage
laws, according to the statement of
Mrs. Frances King Headlee, iccretary
of the Industrial Welfare Commtusion,
who returned yesterday from an ex
tended trip to Eastern W;nhlngton.
She visited Spokane and North Yaki
ma, and says that although there were
numerous cases where the minimum
wage law wag not being observed
closely as It should be, there were
no Intentional violations.
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruff
The only sure way to get rid of
dandruff Is to dissolve It. then you de
stroy It entirely. To do this, gt about
four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon:
apply It at night when retiring; une
enough to moisten the scalp and rub II
In gently with the finger tips.
Do this tonight and by morning most.
If not all. of your dandruff will be gone,
and three or four mora application
will completely dtusolve and entirely
detroy every single alun and trare of
It, no matter how much dandruff yon
may have.
You will find, loo, that all itching
and digging of the acalp will Ftop at
once and your hair will be fluffy, lus
trous, glossy, silky and aoft and look
and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. It is Inexpensive and never falls
to do the work. Adv.
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