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Show M siiojiioiLWffi WIIIS ANOTHER VICTORY H Government's Petition for Rehearing H of the Case Involving a Fine of 1 $20,240,000 Denied by Court. H Chicago. government's pctl- H 'Inn for n rohonrlng of the ease In H which tho United States circuit court H .if appeals reversed tho trial court In H I'nlng the Standard Oil company ot B indlana $20,210,000 for alleged robat- H Ing, wan denied In the court of up- H peals on TiieKdny. It. Is authoritative- H ly stated that the government will H pow nttciupt to bring the whole mat- H (er before tho mipreme court on a fl Tlu? government. In Its petition for H i' rehearing. Int Imat im! that If thn H (pinion of lira Judges of the appellate H court nrossoup. Seaman and linker H were allowed to stand, It would mil- nearly every all rod of rate reform H rccompllshcd by tho Hoosovclt nd- J .In summing up tlx pnslton, counsel H lortho. government said that Iho opln-j H inn of tho court of nppculs an It stood- H erroneously Hinted material portions B if the record; did Injustice to tho. trlnl Judgo (hnndlf,); left doubtful, In i. new trial, the rule of law In be np-fl np-fl idled, both as to knowledge on tiro H unit of n Rhlpper that be wan accept- fl ng an Illegally low rate: did not H e jnnko It clear what wan to const Ituto H r no offence n tralnload, a carload or H n whole series of shipments, for which H but one settlement of freight charges H lind been made. It was further allog- 1 -d" that tho language of the nppollato J .Midges appeared to bo in conlllcl with i lie language of the mipreme court md the Inngungo iiKod by the prcsld-,'uk prcsld-,'uk Judge (Crnsscup) In a previous Inillnr case. The petition closed with i Ktatcmunt that If the opinion of tho J mint of nppcnlH were permitted to Omul unmodified It would "lend U fl encourage disobedience to the lnw; to Impede the enforcement of Hnlutnry Kntutcn and largely to defeat their |