The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 475, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1907 Page: 1 of 16
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Whole Number 475
GUTHRIE, OKLA., FRIDAY, MAY 31, M)7
TERMS: HO Cts.
COURT THE
CONTEMPT
OF THE COURTS
Shah of Persia.
Austin, Texas, May 24.—For a while
today it appeared as if the state was
on the verge of- asking the court to
.strike out the pleadings of the defense
and ask a judgment by default ngainst
the WatersrPieree Oil company in the
anti-trust ouster and penalty suit
on trial before Judge Brooks in the
district court. It did not do ao, how-
ever, but was still offering evidence In
support of its allegations when the
court adjourned.
Swell a course as threatened would
it is believed, put to test of its consti-
tutionality the law passed by the legis-
lature, providing for the inspection of
books, documents and papers, and
taking copies thereof for the use
the courts of this stat . This '.aw pro
vides that any court upon application
in writing of either party, may order
either party to give to the other party
to such suit permission to take a copy
of the entries of accounts in any book
or of any document or i>aper in his
possession containing evidence relat-
ing to such action. If compliance with
the order be refused, the court may
exclude the entries on rhe books or
papers from being given in evidence,
and may direct the Jury to presume
sucb as they are alleged to be. The
court may also punish the party re-
fusing to obey such order for con-
tempt.
State Demands Books.
Actinir under this new law the state
obtained an order directilng the
Waters-Pierce oil company to produce
certain papers, vouchers and books.
They have not been produced i.nd the
state made a demand today upon the
defense to bring them into co:irt, and
asked the court to order a writ for
them. The defense asked the court to
vacate its order, and, upon the court
overruling this motion, offered to
read its return upon 'he service.
This the court declined to hear, stat-
ing that ther was nothing before the
court unless the state entered a mo-
tion to have the court strike out the
pleading of the defense and ask for
a judgment by defanult. The state de-
clined to ask for judgment by default,
stating that it was desired to know if
the defense declined to obey the order
of the court, and after learning that,
would decide iii.ponj its future action.
After some legal fencing the defense
said it would decline to obey the or-
decline to obey the order. The trial
then proceeded.
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Icai agitations
WILL FIGHT LABOR UNIONS
New York, May 23.—The convention
of the National Association of Manu-
factures closed last night, with a din-
ner in the grand ball room of the
Waldorf of which Secretary Oscar S.
Straus of the department of commerce
and labor sat down with about five
hundred manufacturers from all parts
of the country. The principal speak-
ers of the evening devoted their time
to the explanation of the new move-
ment which the association means to
carry out in the bringing of industrial
peace.
"he association accomplished two
things in the concluding session ■>'
the convention, which can be charac-
terized as epoch making. One of
them is entering into a cencentrated
flight, against the unions of America.
Plans were entered whereby the of-
ficers were authorized to establish and
finance councils to arouse the various
national and state Organizations of
citizens, merchants rand employers in-
to a campaign against the illegal and
coercive methods of labor unions.
President Van Cleave's project of
raising $ 1,500,■COO in three years, to
educate public opinion and prejudice
against boycotting, blacklisting, slug-
ging and other methods, was heartily
endorsed. '*•
Another important matter intro-
duced was that of declaring over-
u with a series of polit
whelming for the revision of tariff
and the establishment of a permanent
semi-judicial commission, to recom-
mend, after investigation, the changes
in tariff to congress. The method if
similar to that of the interstate com-
merce commission. President Van
Cleave in his address before the as-
sociation said:
"We do not object to labor unions
as long as they keep within a certain
limitation. We do object to the often
illegal and very often wrong and im
proper methods they employ when
they infringe anpon the rights of
others. To say that murder and as
saults are not crimes when commit-
ted for the cause of union labor is ex
tending the matter too far. We must
oppose these methods to the utmost
The interference of business men in
the conduct of their business I also re
giard as unjustifiable and I mean tc
fight against all such Infringements."
KATY ENTERS SUT FOR
SIXTY-ONE MILLIONS
Washington, May 23.—The most im-
portant suit ever tiled in the supreme
court was brought today when the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ralltf
company brought act ron against.
United States government for the re-
covery of $01,000,000. This stupen-
dous sum of money is claimed by the
railroad company in payment of lands
claimed by the railroad. There has
been one other suit, Hied in the his-
tory of the government which in
volved more land or actual casn value.
The development of the lands claimed
by the railway places it above any
other suit in wiiich the court of claims
was ever involved.
The filing of the suit is the contin-
uing of an effort on the part of the
railway to recover from the govern-
ment the value of the Indians Ian Is
of the five civilized tribes which h".s
long been claimed by the railroad
managers. The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas company made an effort a year
ago to recover the title and sum by
bringing suit under the name of the
state of Kansas. This effort was held
illegai> after going to trie United
States supreme court. After a lengthy
consultation among the attorneys of
the road it was decided to at tern
to force the government to p
through an independent suit.
Joseph 11. Ohoate of New York lias
been retained as an attorney for the
plaintiff and it is anticipated that
there will be a protracted an.1 hard
fight to the highest courts tjf the go\
eminent.
It is contended that the government
ignored the right of the railroad and
despite the repeated protests of that
company the authorities went ahead
and allotted alternate and other sec-
tions of lands to Indians or else sold
them as townsites. The road claims
that it. has contended and protected
its rights at every stage of the game
but without avail. Now it wants its
rights established in the courts for
every alternate section of land. This
is the continuance of the famous
"Katy" suit from which such big po-
litical issues were made in I lie last
campaign in Kansas and involves sev-
eral thousands of acres of land in Ok-
lahoma and Indian Territory which i«
now held by Indians.
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TRUST CONFERENCE DELAYED.
Chicago, Ill.t May 2S. -At the urgent
request of a number of governors and
others who desired to participate, the
national conference orr* trusts ami
combinations that was to have as
sembled in Chicago today lias been
postponed by the National Civic Fed-
'eration until September. At tnar
time it is expected the governors of
nearly half the states of the Union
will be able to attend Hie conference
Among those who have already ac-
cepted the invitation are Governors
Hughes of New York, Warner of Mich-
igan, Davidson of Wisconsin, Cum-
mins of Iowa. Cutler of Utah and
Folk of Missouri.
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