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United States v. The McCaskey Register Company et al. Petition filed February 20, 1913, in the District Court at Cleveland, Northern District of Ohio, charging defendants with conspiring to restrain and monopolize the manufacture and sale of account registers and appliances.

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United States v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Unions Nos. 9 and 134, et al. Petition filed February 24, 1913, in the District Court at Chicago, Northern District of Illinois, seeking to enjoin defendants from interfering with the interstate business of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company. A temporary injunction was granted and is still in force.

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United States v. Corn Products Refining Company et al. Petition filed March 1, 1913, in the District Court at New York City, charging defendants with monopolizing interstate trade and commerce in corn products, and praying for the dissolution of the combination. Issue joined.

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United States v. The American Thread Company et al. Petition filed March 3, 1913, in the District Court at Trenton, New Jersey, charging defendants with monopolizing the thread industry. Answers of defendants filed September 10, 1913. Issue joined.

United States v. The Burroughs Adding Machine Company et al. Petition filed March 3, 1913, in the District Court at Detroit, Michigan, alleging that defendants were engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize interstate trade and commerce in adding machines. A consent decree was entered at Detroit on March 3, 1913.

United States v. American Coal Products Company et al. Petition filed March 3, 1913, in the District Court at New York City, charging defendants with monopolizing the supply of coal tar and restraining the trade of competitors in the purchase of coal tar and in the manufacture and sale of tarred roofing felts, coal-tar

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pitch, and other coal-tar products. A consent decree was entered on March 4, 1913.

United States v. Terminal. Railroad Association of St. Louis et al. Petition filed March 4, 1913, in the District Court at St. Louis, Eastern District of Missouri, alleging a conspiracy on the part of the members of the St. Louis Coal Traffic Bureau to suppress and eliminate competition in various rates for the transportation of soft coal from the State of Illinois to the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

President Wilson's Administration, March 4, 1913.

[James C. McReynolds, Attorney General, March 4, 1913.]

United States v. The New Departure Manufacturing Company et al. Petition filed May 27, 1913, in the District Court at Rochester, Western District of New York, alleging that defendants entered into a conspiracy and combination and devised a license agreement for the purpose of restraining and monopolizing the manufacture and sale of bicycle and motorcycle parts and coaster brakes. An agreed decree was entered at Rochester on May 27, 1913.

United States v. White et al. Indictment returned June 7, 1913, in the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, against 19 members of the United Mine Workers of America, alleging a conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce in coal mined in West Virginia.

United States v. Eastman Kodak Company et al. Petition filed June 9, 1913, in the District Court at Buffalo, Western District of New York, alleging that defendants have acquired a monopoly of the business of manufacturing, selling, and distributing photographic supplies. Issue joined.

United States v. The Quaker Oats Company et al. Petition filed June 11, 1913, in the District Court at Chicago,

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Illinois, alleging combination to restrain and monopolize interstate trade and commerce in oatmeal products and by-products. Issue joined.

United States v. Hippen et al. Indictment returned June 25, 1913, in the District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma against The Oklahoma Brokerage Company and two other corporations and the officers thereof, alleging a conspiracy to restrain and monopolize interstate trade and commerce in fruits and vegetables. Demurrer sustained October 1, 1913.

United States v. Thompson et al. Indictment returned July 1,1913, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that the defendants conspired to run a corner in cotton on the New York Cotton Exchange. Defendants entered pleas of nolo contendere in December, 1913, and fines aggregating $18,000 were assessed.

United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company et al. Petition filed July 24, 1913, in the District Court at Portland, Oreg., seeking to destroy a monopoly of the telephone business on the Pacific Coast. Issue joined and taking of testimony on behalf of Government is nearing completion.

United States v. Reading Company et al. (Anthracite coal combination). Petition in equity filed September 2, 1913, in the District Court at Philadelphia, Pa., against a combination consisting of Reading Company and affiliated corporations, charging it with restraining and monopolizing trade in anthracite coal. Issue joined.

United States v. The National Wholesale Jewelers' Association et al. Petition filed November 18, 1913, in the District Court at New York City, charging defendants with conspiring to eliminate all competition-except as between wholesalers or jobbers-for the trade of all classes of retail dealers in jewelry and jewelry products.

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United States v. American Can Company et al. Petition filed November 29, 1913, in the District Court at Baltimore, Md., alleging monopolization of the business of making tin cans.

United States v. John P. White et al. Indictment returned December 1, 1913, in the District Court, Pueblo, Colo., charging officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America with monopolizing all diggers of coal and mine laborers and with restraining interstate commerce in coal.