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business conditions, the Government has on several occasions consented to an extension of time in which to comply with the decree. June 4, 1923, order entered vacating decree in so far as it required the disposition of the New Haven Co.'s interest in the Boston & Maine Railroad Co.

United States v. Western Cantaloupe Exchange et al. Indictment returned August 7, 1914, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging defendants with having entered into a combination to restrain and monopolize interstate trade in cantaloupes. The indictment was dismissed and the desired relief sought by means of a bill in equity. See No. 64, infra.

United States v. Collins et al. Indictment returned September 4, 1914, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, against 31 commission merchants, charging them with engaging in a combination to fix arbitrarily and without competition the prices at which country produce is dealt in in the District of Columbia. Argued on demurrer during December, 1914. Defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere in December, 1915, and fines aggregating $650 were imposed.

United States v. McCoach et al. Indictment returned October 5, 1914, in the District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, against 33 individuals, each a master plumber and retail dealer in plumbing supplies, charging them with entering into a combination to secure a monopoly of the business of selling and installing plumbing supplies. On pleas of nolo contendere of 32 defendants the court assessed fines and costs aggregating $5,265. Anolle prosequi was entered as to one defendant.

22. United States v. Irving et al. Indictment returned October 31, 1914, in the District Court, District of Utah, against 14 individuals, each a master plumber and retail dealer in plumbing supplies, charging them with entering into a combination to secure a monopoly of the business of selling and installing plumbing supplies. Argued on demurrer in January, 1915. Demurrer overruled and

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motion to quash denied January 25, 1915. A nolle prosequi was entered as to 2 of the defendants. The trial of the remaining defendants resulted in the imposition of fines aggregating $7,250.

United States v. William Rockefeller et al. Indictment returned November 2, 1914, in the District Court, Southern District of New York, against 21 individuals, each at some time a director or officer, or both, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., charging them with conspiring to monopolize the transportation facilities of New England.

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Superseding indictment returned February 26, 1915. After disposing of numerous demurrers, pleas in abatement, and other dilatory defenses, the trial of 11 of the principal defendants was begun in October, 1915. On January 9, 1916, the jury acquitted 6 of the defendants and reported a disagreement as to the other 5. Four defendants, including one of those as to whom there was a disagreement, interposed pleas of immunity because of compulsory production of evidence which were sustained. Nolle prosequi entered on October 10, 1923, as to all remaining defendants.

United States v. Isaac E. Chapman, William L. Chapman, and Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Indictment returned January 27, 1915, in the District Court, Southern District of New York, charging a combination and conspiracy to monopolize interstate trade and commerce in the derrick, lighterage and wrecking business in New York Harbor and its environs and along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Demurrer sustained April 13, 1915.

United States v. Carl C. King et al. Indictment returned March 4, 1915, in the District Court, District of Massachusetts, charging defendants (Aroostook Potato Shippers Association) with entering into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in potatoes. Superseding indictment returned December 15, 1915. Demurrer overruled. In June, 1917, a verdict of guilty was returned and fines aggregating $3,500 imposed.

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United States v. Michael Artery et al. Eight indictments returned in January and April, 1915, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, against certain so-called business agents of Chicago labor unions, charging them with combining and conspiring to prevent the unloading in Chicago of goods shipped from other States. Demurrers to the indictments have been overruled. The trial of three of the defendants under one of the indictments resulted in a verdict of guilty. A motion in arrest of judgment was overruled and fines aggregating $2,500 imposed. The defendants under the other indictments plead guilty and fines aggregating $2,000 were imposed. As to the remaining indictment a nolle prosequi was entered.

United States v. Michael Boyle et al. Two indictments (one against Boyle et al. and one against Feeney) returned April 27, 1915, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging a conspiracy amongst labor unions and certain manufacturers in Chicago to prevent the installation in Chicago of electrical appliances and lighting fixtures manufactured elsewhere, the purpose being to eliminate competition from that source. Demurrers to the indictments were overruled. The trial of the case against Boyle and others resulted in a verdict of guilty. Sentences of 60 days and 1 year in jail were imposed upon 2 defendants, and these and 11 of the remaining defendants were fined amounts aggregating $15,500. All defendants appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the judgment of the District Court in April, 1919. The defendants made application for a rehearing, which was denied. The fines were thereupon paid and the sentences served, Boyle's having been commuted to 4 months. As to 8 defendants a nolle prosequi or dismissal was entered.

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the principal corporate defendants entered pleas of guilty and were fined amounts aggregating $6,000, and the case was dismissed as to the remaining defendants.

United States v. S. F. Bowser Company, Inc., et al. . Petition filed June 10, 1915, in the District Court, District of Indiana, charging the defendants with combining to restrain and attempting to monopolize interstate trade and commerce in pumps, tanks, and outfits for the stor age and handling of gasoline and other inflammable liquids. A decree granting the relief sought by the Government was entered on June 10, 1915.

United States v. United Shoe Machinery Company et al. Petition filed October 18, 1915, in the District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, charging that the so-called tying clauses in the series of leases used by the defendants in the conduct of their business are violative of section 3 of the Clayton Act. On November 12, 1915, a preliminary injunction was granted prohibiting the enforcement of the tying clauses pending the final determination of the case. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the petition. This motion was argued in April, 1916, and was overruled June 7, 1916. The case was subsequently tried in the District Court in January, 1919, and a decision favorable to the Government rendered March 31, 1920, in pursuance of which a final decree was entered May 12, 1920, making permanent the prohibition contained in the preliminary injunction. From this decree both parties appealed to the Supreme Court, where the case was argued at the October term, 1920, restored to the docket, and reargued at the 1921 term. In its decision rendered on April 17, 1922, the Supreme Court affirmed the decree. On October 3, 1922, defendants made a motion to interpret the court's opinion. October 9, 1922, the court instructed the clerk to inform counsel that it could not consider the motion, and mandate issued to the District Court on October 9, 1922.

United States v. Rintelen, Buchanan, and others. Indictment returned December 28, 1915, in the District Court,

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the indictment was dismissed. A verdict of guilty was returned as to Rintelen, Lamar, and Martin, and they were sentenced to prison for one year. The jury disagreed as to Buchanan and the other defendants. An appeal by Martin and Lamar to the Circuit Court of Appeals resulted in an affirmance of the judgment of the District Court. On May 3, 1920, a nolle prosequi was entered as to Fowler. In June, 1919, a writ of error was allowed as to Martin and Lamar. The Supreme Court, however, refused to review the case.

United States v. Franz Bopp et al. Indictment returned February 11, 1916, in the District Court, Northern District of California, against Bopp and six others, charging them with conspiring to restrain, injure, and destroy the interstate and foreign commerce of the United States in munitions of war, etc. Demurrers and motions to quash were overruled on March 30, 1916. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as to all the defendants. Four of the defendants were sentencedto one year in prison and to pay a fine of $5,000; one defendant was sentenced to one year in prison without a fine.

United States v. Cowell et al. Indictment returned October 27, 1916, in the District Court, District of Oregon, charging certain officers and agents of nine cement manufacturing companies with engaging in a combination to restrain and with monopolizing interstate trade and commerce in cement on the Pacific coast. Among other things the indictment alleged that the defendants apportioned territory and maintained uniform prices. On April 30 and December 10, 1917, a majority of the defendants entered pleas of guilty and were fined amounts aggregating $17,500. As to the remaining