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Show AFTER BELL'S "'HELLO!' Three Suits Brought to Vacate 'the-Patents 'the-Patents of the Bell Telephone ri t : Company Street-Car Strikers Employ the Dyna- mite Argument on the Streets of St Louis. A New Yorker Ties Up His Mouth, Puts Bricks in His Pockets, Then Takes the Fatal Plunge. The Fight Against Bell's Telephone. . "Washington, Oct. 26. Tliree petitions have been presented to the Department of Justice asking that suits in equity be brought to vacate the Bell patents now owned by the American Bell Telephone Company. -Two . of ; the- petitions were presented pre-sented by the Globe Telephone Company, and the other by the Washington Telephone Company. The Department of Justice has referred the petitions, with accompanying papers, to the Department of the Interior for report, advice and recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior, in turn, has referred each to the Commissioner of Patents, . for his "report and opinion." Mr. Montgomery Montgom-ery qas not reported to the Secretary of the Interior, but has submitted to him a brief summary of each case. Secretary Lamar directs, di-rects, and will order, that inasmuch as his advice, opinion and recommendation are inr vited, he will ask all interested parties to appear before him and the Commissioner of Patents to exhibit all the facts and answer the following questions : ' First Has the government the right to institute and maintain such a suit for such a purpose, and. Second If it has, do 'the facts as they shall be presented warrant or demand that suoh a suit be brought. All proceedings are to be had publicly. |