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United States v. American Ice Company et al. Indictment returned July 12, 1906, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, charging an unlawful agreement to control prices and restrict competition in the sale of ice. Nolle prosequi entered August 26, 1912.

United States v. Chandler Ice and Cold Storage Plant et al. Indictment returned September 19, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Oklahoma, charging a combination to apportion territory in the sale of ice. Demurrer overruled in May, 1907. Case ordered dismissed on April 10, 1911.

United States v. Alfred M. Gloyd et al. Indictment returned September 21, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Oklahoma, charging a combination to maintain prices and restrict competition in the sale of lumber. Dismissed.

United States v. People's Ice and Fuel Company and W. B. Lount. Indictment returned October 23, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Arizona, charging a combination to control prices and restrict competition in the sale of ice. The trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty as to People's Ice & Fuel Co. The case as to W. B. Lount was continued over the term, and a plea in bar filed on October 16, 1907, was sustained the following day.

United States v. Demund Lumber Company et al. Indictment returned October 23, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Arizona, charging a combination to control prices and restrict competition in the sale of lumber. The trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty as to Demund Lumber Co., and on May 9, 1907, a verdict of acquittal was directed as to the remaining defendants.

United States v. Phoenix Wholesale Meat and Produce Company et al. Indictment returned October 23, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Arizona, charging a

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combination to control prices and restrict competition in the sale of meats. Verdict of not guilty as to Phoenix Wholesale Meat & Product Co. and indictment against Hurley dismissed on January 7, 1907. Verdict of guilty as to defendant S. J. Tribolet, and fine of $1,000 imposed. On appeal this verdict was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the Territory.

United States v. Standard Oil Company of N. J. et al. Petition filed November 15, 1906, in the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Missouri, alleging that defendants were maintaining a combination in restraint of trade in the production and sale of petroleum. Decided in favor of Government on November 20, 1909. On appeal to the Supreme Court, this judgment was affirmed on May 15, 1911. In conformity with the opinion of the Supreme Court a decree ordering the dissolution of the combination was entered on July 29, 1911.

United States v. T. B. Hogg et al. Indictment returned December 8, 1906, in the District Court, Territory of Oklahoma, charging a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce in the sale of lumber. Dismissed upon admission of Oklahoma to statehood.

United States v. Atlantic Investment Company et al. Indictment returned February 11, 1907, in the District Court, Southern District of Georgia, charging a combination in restraint of trade and commerce in the manufacture and sale of turpentine. On February 18, 1907, four corporations and two individuals entered pleas of guilty, and the court imposed fines aggregating $30,000.

United States v. American Seating Company et al. Indictment returned March 12, 1907, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging a combination in restraint of trade in the manufacture and sale of school and church furniture. On April 1, 1907, the defendant corporations entered pleas of guilty, with one exception,

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and on May 20, 1907, fines aggregating $43,000 were imposed and collected. Defendant E. H. Stafford Manufacturing Co. filed a demurrer on April 3, 1907, which was overruled. A plea of not guilty was entered on May 31, 1907. Dismissed January 27, 1913.

United States v. American Seating Company et al. Petition filed March 12, 1907, in the Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois, alleging a combination in restraint of trade in the manufacture and sale of school and church furniture. The case was not contested, and on August 15, 1907, a decree was entered granting the relief sought against all defendants except E. H. Stafford Manufacturing Co., E. H. Stafford, E. M. Stafford, and E. G. Bentley. As to these defendants, the case was dismissed on January 27, 1913.

United States v. Santa Rita Mining Company and Santa Rita Store Company. Indictment returned April 4, 1907, in the District of New Mexico, charging defendants with conspiring to coerce and compel employees to purchase supplies exclusively from the store operated by the mining company. Demurrer was filed and overruled. Fine of $1,000 imposed on each defendant. On appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico, the judgment of the lower court was reversed, and the case was subsequently dismissed.

United States v. The Reading Company et al. Petition filed June 12, 1907, in the Circuit Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to dissolve a combination among the anthracite coal carrying roads and others. On December 8, 1910, a decision was handed down by the Circuit Court adjudging that defendants were joined in a combination in restraint of trade through the instrumentality of the Temple Iron Co., but dismissing the charge of the petition as to the so-called 65 per cent contracts whereby it was alleged the independent output was controlled and also the charges as to certain socalled minor combinations. Cross appeals were taken to the Supreme Court, where the decree of the lower

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court, in so far as it adjudged the defendants parties to a combination in restraint of trade through the instrumentality of the Temple Iron Co., was affirmed, but was reversed as to the so-called 65 per cent contracts with instructions to cancel them, and was further modified by dismissing the petition in other respects without prejudice instead of absolutely.

United States v. National Umbrella Frame Company et al. Indictment returned July 1, 1907, in the District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, charging a conspiracy to restrain interstate trade and commerce in the manufacture and sale of umbrella material. Pleas of guilty were entered and fines aggregating $3,000 were imposed and collected.

United States v. American Tobacco Company et al. Petition filed July 10, 1907, in the Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, in which it was alleged that defendants were maintaining a combination in restraint of trade and commerce in the manufacture and sale of tobacco. On November 7, 1908, a dicision was rendered in favor of the Government, except as to individual defendants and certain foreign and other corporations. Cross appeals were taken to the Supreme Court and on May 29, 1911, a decision was rendered sustaining the Government on every point and remanding the case to the Circuit Court, where a decree dissolving the combination in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court was entered on November 16, 1911.

United States v. E. H. Stafford Manufacturing Company et al. Indictment returned July 10, 1907, in the District Court, Northern District of Illinois, charging a combination in restraint of trade in the manufacture and sale of school and church furniture. Dismissed January 27, 1913.

United States v. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. et al. Petition filed July 30, 1907, in the Circuit Court, District of Delaware, alleging that defendants were maintaining a combination in restraint of trade in the manu

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facture and sale of gunpowder and other explosives. On June 21, 1911, a decision and interlocutory decree was rendered ordering the dissolution of the combination. A final decree dissolving the combination was approved by the court on June 13, 1912.

United States v. One Hundred and Seventy-five Cases of Cigarettes. Information filed October 28, 1907, in the District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, covering the seizure of 175 cases of cigarettes under section 6 of the Federal antitrust act. Cigarettes subsequently released under bond. Decree of dismissal entered January 31, 1913.

United States v. H. D. Corbett Stationery Company et al. Indictment returned November 1, 1907, in the District Court for the District of Arizona, charging a combination in restraint of trade. November 14, 1907, demurrers sustained and defendants bound over to next grand jury. The defendants were reindicted in October, 1908, and the trial resulted in a verdict of not guilty on November 6, 1908.

United States v. Union Pacific Coal Company et al. Indictment returned November 20, 1907, in the District Court for the District of Utah, charging a conspiracy to maintain a monopoly in the sale of coal. On March 2, 1908, a demurrer was sustained as to first count and overruled as to second count. On December 3, 1908, a verdict of guilty was returned, and on March 29, 1909, fines aggregating $13,000 were imposed. This judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 1909, and the suit was dismissed on March 21, 1910.

United States v. Chas. L. Simmons et al. Indictment returned January 20, 1908, in the District Court, Southern District of Alabama, charging a combination in restraint of trade, and commerce in the manufacture and sale of plumbers' supplies. Pleas of guilty were entered on December 1, 1910, and fines aggregating $265 were imposed.