| Show BLOW fOR TR J American Combine Will Have to Disgorge to Englishmen HOW BATTLE WAS FOUGHT Stor If f 01 Olm of tho 10 t r tN nil HII II I by h WIlli lio a It Dee Dic American lUi LONDON of every description hae Just re received ii blow ID III England l The decision lon given In court coart of o ap Ip appeal peal pal In the tho litigation brought Ogdena Limited till the great tobico 0 linn tV b retail will have a afir tI fir teaching on every Ameri American can Industry which attempts to tah lUh JIh u II monopoly In l tobacconists are arc jubilating over th lr really victory They till lie he able to compel co III the trust stinted l In England by Mr Duke to the best part of ot ind besides this the trust 1111 have to pay an un additional the colossal total ot or The legal fight has been one nt nC tho most gigantic battles buttles of ot the law courts ourt though the proceedings hive us yet at attracted tr little public attention The rhe next net In this litigation however hon the assessing a of o damages goes before a II will undoubtedly be hI th thone thone one topic ot conversation among era all over the world I WON HANDS DOWN The man who has conducted the tho tight fight on behalf ot the retail Duke Dulo com combine the tho l tB organized to oppose bine la Is ll nry Nathan chair chairman man of ot the Hanus association Seen at his 10 ave avenue a vc nue lIue Mi II Nathan said Out Our organization the ll H the only company com pun ever formed for the express purpose of Ion Wo Vo have won hands anil all the th private dealers In England I are rejoicing over our JUl defeating n trust with at Its Ih back hackl I menu mean the American Tobacco frust When Mr eimo to tn England Enl four ears ugo UKO us liS the representative of t the trust ho bought out by of oC offering fering tho English l tobacco company a II year for or four eal j an l the whole of the net lIet and at nt th sumo time h obtained agreement lIm from 50 tobacconists that they would not any other concern When Wilen lie he had hM all these agreements he dis disposed posed po cli of ot the good will of o which of oC course cour e can led the of ot tho Ihl tobacconists to the Tobacco company COpan for tor He lie then sent a check to each of o the tobacconists with witha a circular telling him he ho was wal no longer Jn In business the check being the proportion tion ot the for Cor the first year rear WIlY WHY Hi IT 11 This high handed I ceding resulted In my fronting the I dation for or the purpose c of ot claiming I the Undistributed bonus as nil agree by IW Duko of oC and also the four our lIn profits Wo wont went to luw II ocr the matter and won on Duke Duko car carried ried the matter up on appeal and ev every 1 ery er Judge confirmed d tho lower court courtIn In fact tho appeal was la contemptuously dismissed with costs costa which arc IlIO very ver heavy heaY Tho trust was to not only our claim on Oil the bonus honus prop proposition but the full amount of or the profits The rho result Is that It hUH has been decided wo lire are tully fully entitled to the balance and the tho best pait of ot the million and ster sterling st r ling as all good will willAIn AIn D AMERICAN BUSINESS The Tho action actio II of the American I ro fa In III mutter matter has the standing of every ever American busi business ness In III England Englund Up to this time Eng English lish business men mell have regarded the tho ti lists as us straightforward business en enId Id seeking fields of ot legitimate exploitation Tho deliberate lit Y J SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GREAT AND HISTORIC HOUSE OF OLDENBURG 0 0 0 H 0 0 0 n M i rit tf J Jf f j I rw 1 0 j I 1 X XI T 1 I I 1 T 1 T T T r r y y y t 1 T Y T T Y y A 1 1 f f Y X M X X X i A Ah h 1 1 io jJ j 1 J l u j c t T om j X I I I GRAND DUKE AUGUSTUS DUCHESS SOPHIE CHARLOTTE PRINCE EITEL FREDERIC OP or PRUSSIA 1 X 1 H 1 of the trust to tn slum 1 mi midot dot Us obligations has haH nude business businessmen men In tn England of ot Ameil can Inte It will take English dealers a u long time to from Crom this blow Wo Vo are arc of o getting g our money from the tho Trust JIM it la Is nil ull In hi this ounh and they cannot get of o paying Naturally our association Is I elated lit the prospect of ot getting 1 I out nut of ot this thu trust The lust lut phase I hn e of o the case unless s It Is car CUI carried ried to till thu homo hOl O ot lords lurd und there thure Is little chance chalice of ot that Is tho IlS of ot before n 1 British Un Vil Under der thu tho thele Is h no rn son to the JUL will be any too tUlI lenient Our victory will not Mt ie e the tho price of tobacco at least eust not Just at nt though h something In Inthis Inthis this min inn result later OH on Wo Wu have broken the of or the th trust trustIn In The action of ot thin Ameri morl American can combine haw has hurt nur nul American very ery seriously In Inthis tills this V n I i r v r v PANORAMIC VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE SHOWING THE HISTORIC GALATA TIe The sick man num of or Constantinople In III again In trouble This time the thc porte refused to tn n ede to tho nt of the tho rowers In relation to Macedonia Mace Just to tl show the sultan that thO wen in earnest the thu five allied powers sent n 11 fleet of worships warships to seize tho Island of ot which was promptly on their at the entrain D Dof of ot the Dardanelles Tho customs cU toms and millings of Immediately s by the th marine of the In International International contingent on landing landingIn In III the diplomatic tic circles it 1st Is believed bolee that tho t tho sultan will na an he is II already displeasure I plea url to toward ward Iho policy of tha th grand and rumor has it that n 11 new lIeW will POOH the bock beck call of ot Abdul Humid Hamill U It might bo In that It Is th cu tom in Turkey to all blame on the out colne oln vizier f |
