THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING." JANUARY 8, 1911.
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T
RUSTS
ON TRIAL
IN CRUCIAL CASE
-'IN
(Continued from. Page On.),
tiolds commanded the forces of the gov-
ernment, "(.,'. . :'; r,. '- : ; V '-T'-;' '; ' '
' Attorneys John C. Johnson and Wil
liam B. Hornblower represented the to
bacco company.; To Johnson, as chief
counsel for the appellant fell the duty
;, of making- the opening argument, and
, his legal defense of the accused corpora
tion coneumed by far the greater part of
- theday. - . .
Three Says f or Arguments. .
HIGHEST
S As wan the case last year, when the
arfnnt ma hrif lwfn tho rrmrt
has decided, to permit the attorneys
three whole days in which to present
their arguments. Usually the court lim
its the hearing of a case to two hours,
divided equally between opposing coun
sel, but In view of the magnitude of the
case, an unusual length of time was
granted in. the tobacco case.
Piled oh the bench In front of the
Justices wm a formidable array of docu
ments, mute evidence of the complexity
of the case. The record alone fills two
fat volumes of 809 pages each.- The
government's brief Is spread over 820
closely printed pages. The two briefs of
the attorneys for the trust are com
pressed into two volumes, of 200 pages
each. A copy of each of these docu
ments was before each Justice.
The justices paid the closest attention
to the arguments,' making copious notes
as the attorneys proceeded. Occasional
ly a question from the bench interrupt
ed the speaker and some special point
was elucidated.
HISTORY OF TOBACCO
TRUST ANb THE SUIT
FOR ITS DISSOLUTION
Washington, Jan. I. The Tobaooo
trust suit was brought by the govern
ment against the American Tobacco
company, Its officers, directors, and af
filiated corporationsfor the purpose of
seeking to prevent and restrain monopo
lies tn tobaooo and related commodities,
alleged to be conducted In violation of
of the Sherman anti-trust law and cer
tain provisions of the Wilson tariff act.
Originally the suit was filed by the
government in the United States circuit
court for the southern district of New
York, July 10, 1907. In May, lB08. lt
was argued before Circuit' Judges La
combe, Cox, Noyes and Ward. Novem
ber 7, 1908, the court handed down Its
decision, three Judges concurring and
one dissenting. The decision dismissed
the petition as to the Individual defend
ants, the United Cigar Stores company,
the Imperial Tobacco company and the
B'ritiah-American Tobacco company and
Its subsidiaries, but adjudged the other
defendants parties to combination In re
straint of trade and enjoined them; ad?
. judged the American Cigar company, the
American Stogie company and McAn
drews & Forbes unlawful combinations,
and enjoined them from Interstate com
merce. Shareholding Companies Enjoined.
--It alne adjudged the American To
bacco company, the American Snuff
company, the American Cigar company,
the P. Lorillard Co., the R. J. Reynolds
iooacco company, Blackwelrs Durham
Tobacco company and the Conley Poll
company as noming shares In corpora
tions of the alleged trust, and enjoined
them from acquiring tobacco plants or
business or voting shares of and exer
cislng control over the issuing com
panies. It further enjofned the issuing
companies from permitting control, one
of another, through ownership of stocks.
Cross appeals were filed by the gov
ernment and the defendants, and the
case was sent lo the supreme court of
the United States, where it was dockt
eted December 13, 1505.
Xelther Party Satisfied.
As the Tobacco trust case went to
the United States supreme court. It
consisted of two cases. One was that
of the government, appellant, vs. the
-American Tobacco company and others,
and the other that of the American To
bacco company and others, appellant,
vs. the government. Neither the gov
ernment nor the Amerlcn Tobacco com
pany was satisfied with the decision of
the circuit court for the Southern dis
trict of New York, though the decision
on the whole was a decided victory for
the government
Attorney General Wtckersham, review
ing the findings of the New York court.
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made objections to portions, of the de
cision. It was his contention that the
petition filed by the government should
not have been dismissed by the court as
concerning the Individuals, and that the
court wrongfully dismissed . the ' peti
tion aa to the Imperial ' Tobacco com
pany and the British-American To
bacco company and domestic corpora
tions "controlled by the latter, on the
ground that every act done In pursu
ance of the, contracts effected between
English and American companies In Sep
tember, 1902, within the United States,
should have been declared unlawful.
Further it was contended by Mr. Wick
ersham that the government's petition
as to the alleged participation of the
United Cigar Stores company should not
have been, dismissed by the lower court
And finally, he declared the decree of
the court was ' incomplete in that the
defendants were not adjudged parties to
unlawful contracts and conspiracies.
JBnooui JCapltfl Involved,
That the case is one of the largest
with which the . department of Justice
has had to deal within the past , tew
years can be , gathered from the stand
point of the capital of the companies
involved,- There are 65 corporations," de
fendants, the largest eight of which
have a capital of more than $800,000,000.
)foat of. the companies were Incorporat
ed In New Jersey; two are In Oreat
Britain. ' The corporations, with their
capital, are: The American. Tobacco
compony, $118,981,(00; Imperial Tobacco
cor'sjpy of Great Britain, 890,000,000;
Hawf.ia Tobacco company, $38,000,000;
the American Snuff company, $28,000,
000; Amertcany Cigar company, tiOf
000,000; American Stogie company, $11,
868,000; MacAndrews A Forbes Co.,
$7,000,000, and the United Cigar Stores
company, $1,060,000. All of these are
charged by the government with being
parties to contracts, agreements, com
binations and conspiracies in restraint
of interstate and, foreign commerce in
tobacco and In Its products.
How the Trust Jrw and Thrived.
The magnitude of the , American to
bacco business may be Judged from the
fact that in this country 800,000,000
pounds of the weed are grown annually.
The manufacture of this, In addition to
the importations of tobacco, Its manu
facture Into. various forms and the sale
of its products, constitutes an enormous
business.
It was James B. Duke and several
other tobacco princes who in 1890 or
ganised the original American Tobacco
company. . The story of how that com
pany has fought Its way into, the con
trol of the greater share of the tobacco
business of the country In less than two
YOUR STRENGTH
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Union Laundry Co.
decades, beating down Its rivals, Is one
of the, romances of American industrial
history. It was done, in the language
of Attorney General Wlckersham, by
"duress and wicked and unfair meth
ods." "r --;;' 'v ' ,
"Combination but Ho Xonopoty."
To' this chargehowever, the American
Tobacco company took exception, as well
as to other charges against it In re
straint of trade and monopoly. It ad
mitted the organization of various com
panies, the purchase by them of plants
and businesses, . and the general unifi
cation of tobacco interests through con
solidations and acquisitions of stock.
Strong denial,, however, was made 'Of
any Intent on the part of the American
Tobacco . company to destroy.; competi
tion! or to acquire a. monopoly of the
tobacco business of the United States or
Great Britain, It was declared that no
purchase was made to remove the com
petition ' of another: brand of tobacco
other, than 'the American Tobacco com
pany was selling, but that factories and
businesses were bought for Investment,
with a view of their present and ulti
mate , profitableness, all, it was stated,
being permitted by state charters where
the various corporations known as the
American Tobacco company were incor
porated. It was further, declared In court that
the various companies, a majority of
whose stock is held by some other com
pany are either conducted as branches
of the owner, the separate organiza
tion being preserved for trade purposes,
or that they are managed by minority
stockholders and are controlled by .and
In active competition with the. owning
companies and with each other, and
that Interstate and foreign commerce
consequently has not been restrained or
monopolised. "
. . VaooesstoB, of Postponements.
On February 1, 1909, a motion was
made by the government' (n the United
States supreme court to advance the
case for hearing. Argument was set
for October 11, 1909, and on that date
the case was reassigned for hearing
December 13, 1909. Owing to the large
number of cases before the court, the
case was again assigned for January
3, 1910, when It was laid before the
court. In the following April the court
of Its own motion restored the case to
the docket to be reargued. The cases
then went over until the fall of 1910.
The deaths of Justice Brewer and
Chief Justice Fuller and the resignation
of Justice Moody caused another post
ponement of the case until the presi
dent could fill the vacancies. Justice
Harlan, acting as chief Justice, .an
nounced that the supreme court would
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way from the
hear the arguments in the case on Janu
ary i, 1911.'
ft is doubtful if there has been a case
before the court since the Northern Se
curities cape in which more intense in
terest has been manifested in business
and financial circles. On the decision
in this case, and that of the Standard
Oil case, depends to a great extent the
course of the federal government with
respect to prosecutions of alleged Illegal
corporations, and the oourae f congress
with respect to legislation for the con
trol of all corporations. . . i ; ?
ROBIN. LEADER OF
: WEEK-END REVELS
OF EXTREME TYPE
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house cost more than $300,009. Robin
entertained , week end parties there In
splendid and elaborate manner.' Charles
Janlchen, former manager of the estate,
said . today that Robin frequently
brought automobile parties out on ' Sat
urdays, these guests remaining until the
following Monday.,
Revels in Snow and Surf.
' "The usual Saturday night crowd con
sisted of ,10 persons," said Janlchen.
"The women were usually chorus girls.
After' dinner there was generally danc
ing that ended some time Sunday. Usu
ally when the dancing was over the
women were standing on the tables and
trying to kick the chandeliers.
"In; the winter snow dances were a
feature of the parties. A big phono
graph was placed on the porch and to its
music the revelers, ' each with a , glass
of wine, tried to dance in the snow."
In the summer, Janlchen said, there
were water dances In the surf, at which
the "costumes usually were negative."
Janlchen and Frank Santos, present
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manager of the estate, say that Charles
F. Murphy, Tammany leader, was one
of a number of prominent politicians
who visited the Manor.
Shortly before the November elec
tions ' Santos said. Murphy was there
and would not leave the revels and re
turn to New York until his presence In
the city was Imperative.!- :
, Driftwood -Manor Described.
Driftwood Manor is a house contain
ing it, rooms.. There are nine , bed
rooms, each provided with a bath. The
floor is like a club, with an enormous
hall, opening on the dining room,- where
mere is an Immense open fireplace. In
the basement are a billiard room, bowl
ing alleys and three wine cellars, each
with a capacity of 10,000 quarts. The
cellars were always kept filled.
The house is half a mile from the
road. Artificial mounds, tha work of
a landscape gardener, hide the house
from view from the road. The manager
of the estate was ordered to use a shot
gun to keep .away trespassers.
.There. was a , pathetic scene in the dis
trict attorney's office yesterday when
Robing repudiated relationship with
Herman Roblnovttch and his aged wife,
who claimed the ex-banker as their son.
JdRobln turned a deaf ear to endearing
terms lavisneu on mm oy me gray
haired foreigners. Dr. Louise Roblno
vttch, the accused main's sister, declared
her parents were in Russia.
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Clatskante, Or.. Jan. .With this
Issue the Clatskanle Chief has added a
city editor to its editorial staff, Mrs.
Phyllis M. Van Ness, who has assisted
In this work for some time, being ohosen
to fill the position.
The rapid growth of the paper dur
ing the past three months made this
addition necessary to give the editor
more time for developing the different
departments of the Chief.
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Roseburg, Or., Jan. 6. The ..second
accident to happen In this city within
ajnonth, wherein a boy was shot while
playing with a gun,r'occurred In this
city Wednesday evening, when Clyde
Wallace, a 13-year-old boy, was shot
through the right breast by a -22-cal-ibre
rifle. The boy injured in the first
accident - died three , days later, but
young Wallace has an even chance for
recdvery. , -
The Injured boy, hie older brother,
and another - boy were attempting to
load the rifle, which .was old and did
not operate easily. Clyde was standing
In a -stooping position directly over the
muszle of the rifle, as the other two
boys were inserting a cartridge in the
breech. As the lever of the weapon
was thrown ftito place It brought down
the hammer and discharged the car
tridge. The bullet struck him In the
breast and ploughed straight through,
lodging under the shoulder blade.
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Cent rail a. Wash., Jan. 6. It has re
mained for a well known' Lewis county
farmer to win the prise of an easturn
firm for the largest crop raised on the
smallest site of land. The prize is 60
acres of farm land tn Wisconsin, and
the winner Is Theodore Harms of Sal
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property on " his furnishing proof if
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prise and claims it will take a much
larger prise than 80 acres to 'lure htm
away from the state of Washington,
Want Freight Rate Readjusted. ,
Plttsbu rg. Pa., Jan, . Represen tn
tlves of the vast coal, coke and Iron in
terests of Ohio, W. Va, western Penn
sylvania and several of the neighboring
states are gathenng in Pittsburg In
readiness for the meeting tomorrow to
Inaugurate a campaign for the adjust
ment of freight rates in the Pittsburg
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