SUMMARY OF CASES
COURTS BETWEEN
INCLUSIVE.

CONCLUDED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT NOVEMBER 1, 1917, AND OCTOBER 31, 1918,

United States v. Fred L. Aarons, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging conspiracy to violate section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917,. plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., District Court, Northern Alabama, indictment charging accepting and receiving concessions. September 18, 1918, verdict of not guilty.

United States v. Mary E. Albright and William A. Johnson, District Court, Indiana, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. June 6, 1918, plea of guilty entered by William A. Johnson and fine of $200 imposed; nolle prosequi entered as to Mary E. Albright.

United States v. Peter N. Berg, District Court, Northern California, indictment charging the filing of a false claim in connection with The Moran Co. November 15, 1917, case dismissed because of death of defendant.

United States v. Peter N. Berg, District Court, Northern California, indictment charging the filing of a false claim in connection with Richard L. Stevens. November 15, 1917, case dismissed because of death of defendant.

United States v. L. Biedel, District Court, Eastern South Carolina, indictment charging the filing of a false claim. June 3, 1918, verdict of guilty. June 17, 1918, fine of $100 and imprisonment for 10 days in jail imposed.

United States v. John Burke, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 18, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. George Burt, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging conspiracy to violate section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Co., District Court, Montana, indictment charging grant of rebates and concessions to the United Metals Selling Co. July 15, 1918, demurrer to indictment sustained.

United States v. Roy Campbell, District Court, Southern Texas, indictment charging accepting and receiving concessions. December 5, 1917, nolle prosequi entered. United States v. J. H. Crosby, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 5, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. John H. Davis, president, Roy Campbell, sales manager, and Arch McFarland, traffic manager, of Southern Texas Truck Growers Association, District Court, Southern Texas, indictment charging conspiracy to violate the Elkins act. December 5, 1917, nolle prosequi entered.

United States v. Thomas F. DeGraw, District Court, Southern New York, indictment charging conspiracy to sell tickets at less than tariff rate. January 16, 1918, plea of guilty and fine of $150 imposed.

United States v. I. K. Dye, District Court, Southern West Virginia, indictment charging grant of discriminations in the matter of car supply while general manager of the Coal & Coke Railway Co. November 13, 1917, demurrer to indictment overruled. June 12, 1918, verdict of guilty. Sentence not imposed pending argument on motion for new trial.

United States v. Federal Lead Co., District Court, Eastern Missouri, indictment charging acceptance of concessions from the Illinois Southern Railway Co. in respect to demurrage. February 19, 1918, plea of guilty entered and fine of $15,000 imposed. United States v. John Francis, alias John Hawkshaw, District Court, Eastern Tennessee, indictment charging violation of antipass act. April 30, 1918, verdict of guilty and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Mark Herring, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Patrick J. Hughes, District Court, Western Missouri, indictment charging violation of the antipass act. May 1, 1918, plea of guilty entered and fine of $500 imposed.

United States v. H. H. Hutchinson, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 11, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. George A. Johnson and William L. Carmichael, District Court, Southern New York, indictment charging conspiracy to sell tickets at less than tariff rate. January 10, 1918, plea of guilty by Carmichael and fine of $200 imposed. Johnson still at large.

United States v. Rudolph Levine, District Court, Southern New York, indictment charging the filing of a false claim with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. May 10, 1918, verdict of not guilty.

United States v. Mississippi Central Railroad Co.,_District Court, Southern Mississippi, indictment charging falsification of records. February 20, 1918, plea of guilty entered and fine of $2,000 imposed.

United States v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co., District Court, Southern Mississippi, indictment charging falsification of records in the matter of car repairs. March 16 1918, plea of guilty entered and fine of $2,500 imposed.

United States v. J. M. Nelson, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Northern Express Co., District Court, Idaho, indictment charging extending privileges and facilities not published in tariff. June 2, 1918, verdict of not guilty.

United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co., District Court, Idaho, indictment charging grant of concessions to the Dover Lumber Co. June 2, 1918, verdict of not guilty.

United States v. E. L. Patrick, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging securing free transportation in violation of section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. John C. Price, general manager, Tuckerton Railroad Co., District Court, New Jersey, indictment charging grant of concessions to the Tuckerton Radio Station. February 8, 1918, nolle prosequi entered.

United States v. Austin I. Robbins and William L. Carmichael, District Court, Southern New York, indictment charging conspiracy to sell tickets at less than tariff rate. January 10, 1918, plea of guilty by Carmichael and fine of $200 imposed. June 7, 1918, plea of guilty by Robbins and fine of $50 imposed.

United States v. F. A. Rude, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging violation of section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Martin E. Schlesinger, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging conspiracy to violate section 1 of the act. December 4, 1917, plea of guilty entered and fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Tuckerton Railroad Co., District Court, New Jersey, indictment charging grant of concessions to the Tuckerton Radio Station. February 8, 1918, plea of guilty entered and fine of $2,000 imposed.

United States v. Clyde W. Weber, District Court, Minnesota, indictment charging conspiracy to violate section 1 of the act. June 3, 1918, plea of guilty entered. July 3, 1918, fine of $100 imposed.

United States v. Western Express Co., District Court, Idaho, indictment charging extending privileges and facilities not published in tariff. June 2, 1918, verdict of guilty and fine of $900 imposed.

APPENDIX B.

SUMMARIES SHOWING ACTION TAKEN SINCE THE
PERIOD COVERED BY THE LAST ANNUAL REPORT
WITH RESPECT TO CASES INVOLVING ORDERS OR
REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMISSION, AND STATUS
ON OCTOBER 31, 1918, OF CASES PENDING
IN THE COURTS.

CASES DECIDED BY THE COURTS SINCE OCTOBER 31, 1917.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

United States ex rel. Louisville Cement Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 24 U. S., 638.

Application for mandamus to compel the Commission to reverse a ruling to the effect that certain claims for damages were barred by the statute of limitations because not filed within two years from the date of delivery of the shipments involved. 18 I. C. C., 430.

Decree of Supreme Court reversing decrees of Circuit Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the District of Columbia upholding ruling of the Commission.

Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, 245 U. S., 463.

Suit in equity to annul an order of the Commission denying in part and granting in part relief from long-and-short haul provisions of fourth section, as to traffic shipped through Bowling Green to Louisville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn. 24 I. C. C., 228. Decree of Supreme Court affirming decree of District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denying injunction and dismissing petition.

Manufacturers Ry. Co. and St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. United States and Interstate Commerce Commission.

Manufacturers Ry. Co. and Anheuser-Busch Brewing Asso. et al. v. United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, 246 U. S., 457.

Suits in equity, heard together, to annul two orders of the Commission, one requiring the cancellation of certain trunk line tariffs providing for allowances to the Manufacturers Railway Company, and the other requiring the discontinuance of charges on traffic from points served by the Manufacturers Railway Company to points in states other than Missouri higher by more than $2.50 per carload than rates contemporaneously in effect from St. Louis to such points. 21 I. C. C., 304; 28 I. C. C., 93; 32 I. C. C., 100.

Decree of Supreme Court affirming decrees of District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denying injunctions.

St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. et al. v. United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, 245 U. S., 136.

Suit in equity to annul an order of the Commission establishing through routes and joint rates on logs and lumber from points in Louisiana and Arkansas to Paducah, Ky. 37 I. C. C., 719.

Decree of Supreme Court affirming decree of District Court for the Western District of Kentucky denying injunction and dismissing petition.

Milton H. Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 245 U. S., 33.

Action under section 12 of the act to regulate commerce to compel the president of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to answer certain questions re expenditure of carrier funds for political and other purposes. 31 I. C. C., 261: 33 I. C. C., 168: 49 I. C. C., 320.

Order of Supreme Court affirming an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia granting petition.

Addison R. Smith v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 245 U. S., 47.

Action under section 12 to compel the third vice president of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to answer certain questions re expenditure of carrier funds for political and other purposes. 31 I. C. C., 261; 33 I. C. C., 168; 49 I. C. C.,

320.

Order of Supreme Court affirming an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia granting petition.

George W. Jones v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 245 U. S., 48.

Action under section 12 to compel an attorney of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to answer certain questions re expenditure of carrier funds for political and other purposes. 31 I. C. C., 261; 33 I. C. C., 168; 49 I. C. C., 320.