Show TICKET V BROKERS 3 V CASE IS HEARD Arguments Made to From Buying and Selling Scalpers Tickets CASE ASE SUBMITTED TO COURT OURT JUDGE POWERS CHARGES IL ILLEGAL ILLEGAL LEGAL ACTION BY ROADS Arguments in the cases of the Denor Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western railroads against Oscar et aL railroad ticket brokers in an action to show cause the defendants should not be enjoined from car carrying ing on the purchase and sale sae of scalpers tickets were heard beard yesterday before Judge John JohnA i A Marshall in the United States court After the arguments were submitted i Judge took them under advise advisement meat ment until next week when an opinion will be handed down by the court Judge O 0 W Powers represented the de defendants defendants in the case In his argument lie be declared that th railroads are in a corn com combine bine and fix certain rates For Instance Judge Powers saId the rates from St StLouis StLouis Louis to the Pacific coast are cheaper than they are from St S1 Louis to Salt Lake CIt City He said that in this way a the railroads were doing an illegal business in regard to fixing rates He argued that if a man bought a ticket In St Louis for San Francisco Franciseo and stopped off at Salt Lake he had a right to sell selI it for what consideration he could for passage on to San Francisco Furthermore he maintained that the purchaser was p pay payIng y ying ing as much for his passage to Salt Lake as he would to San Francisco ac according according cording to the fixed rates and that there was a difference of more than SO SO miles In distance distaRCe V Precedents Are Cited Judge Powers cUed cIted a number of cases including those filed in Buffalo Bufalo N Y F Yat Fat at the time of the exposition there In these cases the brokers were accused of selling exposition tickets and suit was flied filed asking thAt a restraining order be Issued by the court The injunction was denied by the court and Judge went into the details of the court pro proceedings proceedings Rc He also cited a list of au an authorities and eases cases covering the action and submitted them to the court St Louis Case Mentioned V Attorneys Parley L Williams J G Willis and Waldemar Van Cott represent represented ed V the railroad d compani Their arguments meets ments were based on the findings of the cases tiled filed in the United States court courtin in St 51 Louis during the exposition there thereIn In these cases the railroads secured an injunction restraining the railroad brok brokers ers era from selling special rate tickets and andall andall all scalpers tickets The arguments took up the entire day both sides submitting their ease The defendants in this action are Oscar Gro Groshell Groshell shell M II j Frankland Semuel H Shar Sharman Sharman man Elmer E B Darling Jasper Fletcher Isaac Kahn O 0 B Englehart J C Baker and O 0 Ottinger |