Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-13
LOCAL ice SITUATION
Indicted Officers of Companies
Released on Bail.
MAY DEMUR TO INDICTMENT
Arrests of Dealers for Alleged Failure
to Weigh.
FORFEIT COLLATERAL TODAY
Appeal to Be Taken From Ruling by
Police Court Declaring
Law Meaningless.

The four officers Of the American Ice
| Company and the Chapin-Sacks Manufac-
| turing Company who with their respective
| companies were Jointly indicted by the
grand jury yesterday for an alleged viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law have
| been released on bail in the sum of 5000
| each pending a trial next fall 1t is prob
| able that Messrs. Kimberly, Hoover, Chaplin
| and Redman, the officers in question, will
| be called next week to plead to the
| indictments.
| AS no appearances have been filed by
counsel 1t is impossible now to forecast
| what the pleadings will be. When arraigned
| general plea of not guilty may be en-
| tered or counsel may Immediately file Le-
| murrer to the indictment, raising the ques-
| ton Of its validity plea of not guilty
may be made, with a proviso that it be
withdrawn and demurrer filed later as
counsel may decide.
Geo. F. Hoover, the route agent of the
American Ice Company, accompanied by his
brother, Samuel l.. Hoover. who was pre-
pared to qualify as surety on his brothers
bond late yesterday afternoon appeared
before Assistant Clerk Harry Bingham for
the purpose of entering into recognizance
to insure the appearance Of Mr.. Hoover,
when needed. Assistant United States At
torney Proctor approved the surety offered
and the bond was given.
When the court had fixed the penalty of
| the bail bonds to be given by the indicted
officers OF the Ice companies. telephone
messages were Immediately sent advising
| them to appear, prior, to O'Clock, at the
City Hall. and arrange their bonds. No ar
rests were made
Mr. Kimberly as stated in The Star yes
terday, visited the city hall early in the
afternoon and offered as his surety Maj. E.
H. Neumeyer, who was promptly accepted.
Mr.. Kimberly and his surety then left the
building.
About o'clock Arthur A. Chaplin and
| Samuel c. Redman, the officers of the
Chaplin Sacks Manufacturing Company, ar
rived at the court house. With them were
Charles G. Pfuger and William G. Carter
| who were offered as sureties on their bonds
| The security being acceptable to the United
States attorney, Mr.. Carter signed the bond
of Mr.. Chaplin and Mr.. Pfiuger that of Mr..
Redman.
Must Obey Letter Of La~.
In further prosecution of their determina-
| ton to compel all local ice dealers to obey
| the letter of the law yhich provides that
every commodity sold shall be either
| weighed or measured the sealer Of weights
and measures District of Columbia, and
| his staff of assistants were the streets
| all of this morning watching for careless
made two arrests after he had seen two
men on a wagon of the Columbia Ice Com
pany delivering chunks of ice of varying
| size without going through the formality
| Of putting them to the test Of the scales
At the ninth precinct station house the
men gave their names as James ]. Rey-
nolds in charge of the wagon, of 920 Sth
| street and Leon Rucker. helper. They de-
posted collateral for their appearance in
court
Collateral Forfeited.
Five -icemen forfeited collateral in the
Police Court today when their names were
called to answer charges of violating the
weights and measures law. The informa-
tions were sworn to by Assistant Sealer of
Weights and Measures Howe They set
forth that the defendants did sell certain
ice to customers without having first
weighed said ice."
The names of those who forfeited col
| lateral were follows: Edgar F. Dassy,
s.: George w. Drury, $5; Otto Linaweaver,
Elmer, $40.
Supply Of Ice.
The supply of ice in this city is said to be
more than ample to meet present needs
| The cool weather has decreased the demand
| to about two-thirds what it was a week
| ago, when the temperature was high. Ves-
| sells unloading at the 9th street wharf
| and the Georgetown wharf of the American
Ice Company. and the cool weather and
| consequent light demand has allowed the
| storage of several hundred tons in the
| houses for future use.
| The big barge Idaho, with about 1900
| tons of Ice aboard, bound to this city,
| passed New York yesterday. She is ex-
| pected to arrive at the capes of the Chesa-
peake some time tomorrow night or Sunday,
| and should be unloading here early the
| coming week
|
| ger is at sea with 800 tons of Ice aboard,
and with favorable weather should arrive
here about Wednesday Of next week.
The schooner R. F. stinson is reported
| having sailed from Bath, Me-. for this city
| and the schooner Young Brothers is loading
on the Kennebec for this port.
The big four-masted schooner Malcolm B.
| Eeavey has been chartered to bring Ice from
| Maine to the Chesapeake, but whether to
| this city or to Baltimore is not known here
| The outlook is now for an ample supply of
| ice for three weeks or a month.
| Discussion Of Courts Ruling.
Considerable discussion obtained among
District officials today concerning the de-
cision Of Judge Mullowny in the Police
Court yesterday in disnissing the charge in
a case OF alleged violation OF the weights
and measures law. 1t was conceded that
| the wording OF the law as passed by Com
gress at the last session. was probably ann
| the intent of the law was plain. In that it
| was intended to prevent the sale of COM
| modities Of all sorts. including ice. at short
| weight. Such is the stand taken by Cor
| poration Counsel Thomas, and he said to-
| day that II was his intention to apply for
| a writ of error and carry the case in point
| and all others like 1t, to the higher tribunal
| Formal report OF Judge Mullowny's ac-
| ton in the Police Court yesterday was
made to the Commissioners today by sealer
OF Weights and Measures w. c. Haskell