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Show oo STANDARD OIL AGAIN i IN SUPREME COURT Washington. Nov. S. Moro Standard Stand-ard Oil troubles were before the supreme su-preme court of tho United States to- J day for consideration last spring tho court decided the dissolution of the Standard OH company of Xew Jersey. This time Is to pass on the action of tho courts of Missouri in ousting the Standard Oil company of Indiana and tho Republic Oil company com-pany Of New York from doing business busi-ness in Missouri. In addition to an order requiring the corporations to go hence, the Missouri courts fined each corporation -$50,000 The supreme su-preme court of Missouri said that while ousting a corporation might bo equivalent to taking its life In the state, it was not necessary to tako the life of an individual -violator to make the law a constitutional one. |