20. 21. 22. 23. Demurrer was overruled November 9, 1911. Nolle prosequi entered June 3, 1913. United States v. General Electric Company et al. Petition filed March 3, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Northern District of Ohio, charging defendants with combining to restrain and monopolize the business of manufacturing incandescent electric lamps. A decree was agreed upon between counsel, and was entered by the court on October 12, 1911. United States v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft and others. Petition filed January 4, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, to dissolve a combination of steamship lines regulating steerage traffic on the Atlantic Ocean. Demurrers were overruled December 20, 1911. A decision adverse to the Government was handed down by the lower court on October 13, 1914. On appeal, the Supreme Court, while reversing the decree below, refused to decide the questions in issue on the ground that the European war had rendered them moot. United States v. William C. Geer, president Albia Box and Paper Company et al. Indictment returned April 28, 1911, in the Southern District of New York, alleging a combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate commerce in paper board. Demurrer overruled May 9, 1913. On February 5, 1915, nolle prosequi entered as to Geer and 10 other defendants, and remaining defendants withdrew their former pleas of not guilty and offered pleas of nolo contendere. The court accepted these pleas and imposed fines aggregating $16,000. United States v. Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers Association et al. Petition filed May 19, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, charging defendants with conspiring to restrain trade through the instrumentality of black lists and trade 24. 25. agreements. Decided by lower court in favor of Gov- United States v. Isaac Whiting et al. Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a combination to restrain trade in milk throughout the New England States. See note to case No. 25, infra. United States v. Isaac Whiting et al. Indictment returned May 26, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a conspiracy to restrain and monopolize trade in milk throughout the New England States. NOTE.-Cases Nos. 24 and 25 were argued on demurrers in November, 1912, and on March 23, 1914, an opinion was handed down overruling demurrers as to counts charging combination and sustaining demurrers as to counts charging a conspiracy and monopoly. Certain of the defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere and the case was continued as to them pending disposition of the case against the remaining defendants. On October 22, 1923, defendant Whiting paid a fine of $500 in lieu of costs, and the cases were filed as to the remaining defendants. 26. 27. United States v. Holmes et al. Indictment returned June 23, 1911, in the Northern District of Illinois, charging the secretaries of 14 retail lumbermen's associations with conspiring by means of a central bureau to control the marketing of lumber. Demurrer filed. Nolle prosequi entered June 6, 1913. United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 25 others, constituting the Bare Copper Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27a. United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 33 others, constiing the Weatherproof & Magnet Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27b. United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 38 others, constituting the Rubber Covered Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27c. United States v. F. W. Roebling and 17 others, constituting the Fine Magnet Wire Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27d. United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 15 others, constituting Horse Shoe Manufacturers' Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27e. United States v. Philip H. W. Smith and 14 others, constituting the Underground Power Cable Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27f. United States v. Frank N. Phillips and 10 others, constituting the Telephone Cable Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27g. United States v. Wm. P. Palmer and 17 others, constituting the Lead Encased Rubber Insulated Cable Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. See note to No. 27h. 27h. United States v. E. E. Jackson, jr., and 17 others, constituting the Wire Rope Association. Indictment returned June 29, 1911, in the Southern District of New York. NOTE.-In cases Nos. 27 to 27h the various defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere, and fines aggregating approximately $128,700 were assessed. 28. United States v. Periodical Clearing House et al. Petition filed in June, 1911, in the Southern District of New 29. 30. York, against the members of the so-called Magazine Trust. The trial resulted in an equally divided court, and an order of dismissal was entered May 29, 1913. United States v. Jay B. Pearce et al. Indictment returned July 19, 1911, in the Northern District of Ohio, against certain manufacturers and jobbers for combining and conspiring to restrain the manufacture and sale of wall paper. Demurrer overruled May 13, 1912. Trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty on May 24, 1912. United States v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. et al. Petition filed August 4, 1911, in the Southern District of Ohio, charging defendants with entering into a combination to monopolize the production and transportation of bituminous coal in and from the Ohio fields and, to a certain extent, the West Virginia fields. A decision favorable to the Government was handed down on December 28, 1912. On March 14, 1914, a decree was entered dissolving the combination generally in accord with the contentions of the Government. 31. United States v. Edward E. Hartwick et al. Petition filed August 31, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Michigan, against the members of the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, The Scout Publishing Co., and the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau of Information for alleged restraint of trade in lumber. In view of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Eastern States case (supra, No. 23) this case was not contested, and a decree granting the relief sought by the Government was entered in December, 1917. 32. United States v. Standard Wood Company et al. Petition filed in September, 1911, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, against the members of the socalled Kindling Wood Trust. On default of answer, a decree was entered against defendants March 11, 1912. 33. 34. 35. 36. United States v. Hunter Milling Company, Blackwell Milling and Elevator Company, and Frank Foltz. Indictment returned September 10, 1911, in the Western District of Oklahoma, charging defendants with conspiring to restrain trade in flour. Demurrer overruled December 16, 1912. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and fines aggregating $2,000 were imposed. United States v. S. W. Winslow et al. Two indictments (113 and 114) returned September 19, 1911, in the District of Massachusetts, charging a combination, conspiracy, and monopoly in trade in shoe machinery. Demurrer to indictment 113 was sustained, and demurrer to indictment 114 was overruled as to first count and sustained as to second count. An appeal was taken by the United States from decision in No. 113, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court. In October, 1918, a nolle prosequi was entered in No. 114. On November 20, 1918, the Court denied a motion to strike the nolle prosequi from the record. United States v. The Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Dealers' Association and The Lumber Secretaries' Bu reau of Information. Petition filed September 25, 1911, in the Circuit Court, District of Colorado, seeking an injunction against defendants for conspiring to restrain trade in lumber and its products. In view of the decision of the Supreme Court in the Eastern States case (supra, No. 23) this case was not contested, and a decree granting the relief sought by the Government was entered in December, 1917. Petition filed United States v. Willard G. Hollis et al. October, 1911, in the Circuit Court, District of Minnesota against the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau of Information, The Lumberman Publishing Company, and certain individuals in the lumber trade. This case was |