Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-07
IS FIRMS,
81 MEN As TRUST.
Bathtub Combination Is Latest
to Be Attacked by Wicker
Sham'S Campaign
Associated Pressl


DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 6.-The anti
trust campaign of Attorney General
Wickersham shifted to Detroit this
week, with the result that indictments
were returned by the federal grand
jury today against sixteen firms and
thirty-two individuals alleged to have
secured control of S5 per cent of the
annual output of enamel ironware
bathtubs, sinks, lavatories, etc, in the
United States.
The criminal proceedings grew out of
a civil suit to dissolve the alleged COM
bination, begun by the government in
the federal court at Baltimore. Hear
ings were held in Chicago, Pittsburg
and New York within the last forty
days
1t is charged that as the result Of
ten days meeting at Mount Clemens,
Mich, last April a fund Of $1,000 was
subscribed to set in motion plan that
resulted in giving the defendants con-
troll of sixteen manufacturers and near
ly 400 jobbers, representing an output
of approximately $10,000000 a year.
Both the civil suit started at Balti-
more and the criminal proceedings here
have been instituted under the Sher-
man antitrust law. The defendant
firms in the criminal proceedings are
the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Pittsburg, Pa; A. Weiskittel
Sons & Co, Baltimore; the B rnes
Manufacturing company, Mansfield, o.;
the Cahill iron works. Chattanooga,
Tenn; Cowell Lead company, New
York city; McVay & Walker, Braddock,
Pa; McCrum- Howell company, New
York city; the National Sanitary Man
ufacturing company, Salem, o.; Union
Sanitary Manufacturing company, No
belsville, Ind; L. Wolff Manufacturing
company, Chicago; Wheeling Enameled
Iron company; Wheeling, w. Va;
United States Sanitary Manufacturing
company, Pittsburg.
INDIVIDUALS INDICTED
The individual defendants are Theo-
dore A. Ahrens, Francis J. Terrence,
E. L. Dawes and W. A. Myler, respec-
lively president, first and second vice
presidents and treasurer of the Stand
ard Sanitary Manufacturing company;
C. M. Voegele and E. r. Barnes, presi-
dent and secretary of the Barnes Man.
ufacturing company; Frank II. Cald-
well and ]. J. Mahoney, president and
vice president of the Cahill iron
works; Jesse It. Duryea and Burt o.
Tilden, president and secretary of the
Colwell Lead company; w. G. Win
field and A. G. Ward, president and
vice president of the Day-Ward COM
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president and secretary OF the Hum
phreys Manufacturing company; ]. A.
Fraunenhem, president and treasurer
of the Kerner Manufacturing company;
Jordan Mott and Max Goebe, president
and secretary of tie J. L. Mott iron
works; Thomas Walker and Alexander
c. Walker, president and director of
McVay & Walker; Lloyd C. McCrum
and Howard T. Gates, president and
of the McCrum-H Howell COM
pany; Frank G.. Borden and D. w.
Davis, president and secretary o. the
National Sanitary Manufacturing COM
papy; L. c. Huesman and e. V. Brig
ham, president and secretary of the
Union Sanitary Manufacturing COM
pany; Charles F. Parrot and A. H.
Cline, jr., president and secIe Ietary of
the United States Sanitary Manu- 'ac-
turing company; Anton Weiskittel,
president Of A. Weiskittel & Sons COM
pany; Ludwig NJ. Wolff and H erman
NJ. Hoelscher, president and secretary
Of L. Wolff Manufacturing company;
]. e. Wright and Geo ge w. Franz
helm, president and secretary of the
Enameled Iron company.