Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1924 — Page 10

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JOHN W. DA VIS After Leaving England, He Became Member of Famous Wall Street Law Firm —Appeared Before Supreme Court for Sugar Exchange and Others, HIS LIFE STORY

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS John W. Davis, son of John James and Anna Kennedy Davis, was bora In Clarksbur*. W. Ya. on April 13. 1873. He was graduated from Wash, injton and Lee University with B. A. and law degrees. His first wife, for - merly Miss Julia McDonald, died in 1900 111 1910 he was elected to Congress. After a career of • continuous battles. Davis was appointed solicitor general by President Wilson in 1913. In 1918 he succeeded Walter Hines Page as ambassador to England. As ambassador he was greatly aided by his second wile, formerly Miss Ellen Basael of Clarksburg, whom he had married in 1913. CHAPTER Vffl UCCBEDED by Col. George Harvey as American ambasl__ sador to England, it didn't take John "Y. Davis long to decide upon his next move. He had already talked the mattes over with his friend and adviser, Acting Secretary of State under the Wilson regime, and in , 1921 they both entered the New York law firm of Stetson, Jennings, Russell & Davis, corporation attorneys. This organization was then—and still Is —considered one of the most powerful legal combinations in Wall Street and one of the leading law firms of the country. Ex-President Grover Cleveland had been one of its members. Its clients included J. P. Morgan-Jt Cos., Standard Oil, Associated Press, New York Telephone Company, United States Rubber Company and the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange. R was his connection with this firm that moved Da ds’ enemies to GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA TOJARKEN HI Common garden sag® brewed into a heavy tea with sulphur added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just a few applications will prove a revelation if your hair is fading, streaked or gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get a bottle of Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur Compound at any drug store all ready for use. This is the old-time recipe improved by the addition of other ingredients. 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set up the cry of "Wall Street lawyer” at the 1924 Democratic nation al convention. In view of this, Davis' record as a corporation attorney Is of particular Interest. During his three years with Stetson. Jennings, Russell & Davis, John W. Davis is said to have appeared before the United States Supreme Court oftener than any other lawyer in the country. Represented Corporj^ions In these appearances he usually represented some corporation in a legal fight against the United Stages. This in contrast to his appearance before the Supreme Court as solicitor general, when he appeared for the Government, and very often against some corporation. The cases he tried, stand out as some of the most important in the country’s legal history. Many of them set far-reaching precedents in corporation law and In capital-labor legal controversies. In his seven best known cases his clients were the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Pennsylvania Coal Company, New York Telephone Company (two cases), States of Pennsylvania and Ohio, National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers and National Window Glass Workers. and the Coronado Coal Company. Os these cases he won all but the one in which he represented the Coronado Coal Company^— a record of six victories and one defeat. The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange case dealt with the enormous Increase in sugar prices after the war. The Government claimed the high prices were due to a sugar monopoly—"the direct result of a j combination and conspiracy between j the Sugar Exchange and the Clearing Association.” It attempted, therefore, to restrain the Exchange, which, it contended. ’ was merely a gambling institution. In outlining its case the Govern--1 ment stated that members of the : Exchange bought and sold sugar for I future delivery, but that less than 1 per cent of this sugar was ever actually delivered. The Government explained this by asserting the Exchange members had a system of "matching" by w’hich they balanced purchases and sales, thus obviating need for actual delivery. Harm of this system, the Government pointed out, lay in fact prices paid gambling for this •ugar controlled the prices the public was forced to pay in bu-lng the commodity for real use. When the case came before the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Taft admitted, it to be true that some of the sugar buyers were mere grumblers, "who buy or sell as upon the turn of a card.’’ Davis, however, contended no evidence had been produced to show i any of the defendants had entered into a combination or conspiracy to ' raise the price of sugar—and with I that contention Justice Taft agreed. Up to Congress Davis’ victory was made even more ; complete when Taft agreed enforcement of rules to prevent future | abuse of the lawful functions of the j exchange was a matter which lay ; with Congress rather than with the I Supreme Court. | Davis’ outstanding achievement as I counsel for the New' York Telephone | Company, however, was to secure i a 10 per cent Increase in rates in New York City. Davis' enemies used the prominent part he took in the case as political | “ammunition” against him. holding : he had accomplished a great injus tice against telephone users of New York. His friends, on the other hand, contended that the telephone company's rates were actually too low' — confiscatory—and that in making his fight for the Increase he was fighting for Justice and right. (More Next Issue) Hoosier Briefs ■jTTIRS. GEORGE ZONYK was Jyj seriously injured at La —■- Porte when her husband became excited following a minor | collisicln with another automobile and his car on her. Louis Herron of Tipton Is still on crutches. Live weeks ago he was swinging on a may pole the chain broke. Frank Leas, of Warsaw has com pleted thirty-three years of service as a railroad mail clerk. A 1 UTOMOBILES may go out of style in Muncie. Rumor J has it one man there has invented anew method of locomotion. He wears roller skates which are covered by his balloon pants. Harrison Ray. Marlon, is looking | for a fishpole burglar. The thief hooked a pair of pants out of his !l)edroom and took $4.75. "Way down yonder in the com- ! field” led to the arrest of four inen iat Newcastle. Sheriff Bradley con- [ tiscated five gallons of white mule when he raided the field. Jim Hodges of Marion, who has been fined several times on drunkeni ness charges, saw Patrolman Russell ! looking at him. Hodges walked to ! the county jail, took a seat and waited for the officer. Br~ — IRACK MEYERS of Craw fordsvllle was sentenced to a solid year of churchgoing when convicted before Mayor Earl Berry on a charge of drunkenness and disturbing the Sabbath, r j Second Mortgage Loans City Property Only Columbia Securities Cos. I AWL

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CRQSS-WQRDERIS RIGHT AND WRONG Reader Complains of ‘Batrachian'Definition. To the Editor of The Times Whoever it is that designs your I cross-word puzzles had better go to ! night school. He’s a joke. What are | you trying to do? Kid your readers? jln Monday’s solution he gives | “earner’ as the answer to “batraI chian." A batraelilan belongs to the | amphibia family—such ;is fish, frogs. | toads, etc., that live either in or out of water. * The word camel as the answer to this is silly. Then this puzzle wizard gives "testers” as the answer for an oldfashioned bed. Os course means “posters”—the old four-posted type of bed. He also gives "modeler” as the answer for “sculptor.” Nothing could be further wrong, because a modeler is not a sculptor in any sense, but the answer is a fair representation of dozens of others that | have appeared in your cross-words. For the answer to “demand” this moron gives the word “sir.” How does he got that way? Get someone who knows the rudiments of the English language to design your puzzles, not a dub. A DISGUSTED READER. Webster’s New International DieSKID ERUPTIONS me to sum Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly overcome by applying a little Mentho Sulphur, declares a noted kin specialist. Because of its'germ destroying properties, this sulphur preparation begins at once to soothe irritated skin and heal eruptions such as rash, pimples and’ ring worm. It seldom fails to remove the torment and disfigurement, and you do not have to wait for relief from embarrassment. Improvement quickly shows Sufferers from skin nouble should obtain a small Jar of ltowles Mentho-Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like ,cold cream. —Advertisement.

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22, 191^

NEW BUS HEAD NAMED A. G. Harman Elected President of Local Terminal Company. A. G. Harman of Southport, president of the J. 11. bus line, operating between Indianapolis and Franklin, will head the Indianapolis Motor Bus Terminal Company during the coming year. He was elected at the annual meeting of the company at tho Lincoln Tuesday to succeed J. H. Sample of Lebanon. Norman Harvey of Greenfield, president of the Indianapolis & Richmond line, was named vice president, and Fred C. Brown of Indianapolis, secretary treasure! e.