The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-21

nounced, and he managed 10 reae"
dock without assistance.
3. p. O'Brien. owner OF the tug r.
j. Haines, which he uses principally
In connection with his Ice business
I'm this city, testified that he bought
the boat from the Great Lakes Tow
ing Co. The contract OF purchase
contained a clause restricting him
from using the tug In competition
with the Great Lakes concern. NOT
withdrawing this contract, MI
O'Brien said he had occasionally tax.
en- towing jobs and had never heard
anything from II.
Herman c. Ralph. former vessel
owner. now I'm the insurance business
in Detroit, started out in promising
manner, but was inclined to close up
when Assistant u. s. Attorney Cham
berlin became too insistent He re-
ferred TO the Great Lakes Towing
Co. as the tug association and said
that he had had contracts with the
company when he was in the vessel
business.
How did you come to enter into
Z, a contract" was asked.
II thought IL would be good for my
! health" he answered There WASH t
much else TO do. as there wasn't any
opposition as far as | could see. That
is. the towing company had no OPP
position"
Didn't you tell MIR. Lins. the gov
ernment's special agent. that you mad
a quiet tip to get in out OF the wet?
Il didn't say that in reference TO
the towing business.
Continued questioning along this
! line aroused the witness anger ana
Mr.. Chamberlin finally gave up. on
cross-examination Mr.. Ralph said he
entered into the contract because he
regarded II as a good proposition.
There was no compulsion about
it?"
No"
Glad 10 sign, weren't you?'
We'll, wouldn't say that | was par
ticularly hilarious about II.
Mr.. Ralph said he had not talked
with anyone connected with the lie
Tense about the case.
1T hasn't been a very pleasant
ssubject." he added.
A. K. Jacques. of Superior, Wis,
formerly identified with the tug bust
ness in Superior and Duluth, gave
some interesting testimony concern
ing tug war between the lnman and
Singer lines in Duluth back In 1898
and 1899. That was before the Great
Lakes concern took over the towing
business in Duluth harbor. The In
man and Singer lines entered into an
agreement whereby each was to have
its turn taking tows, but the lnman
company broke over the agreement
at the very outset, he said. Mr..
Wardwell, now secretary of the Great
Lakes Towing Co., was in charge 81
the Inmany tugs at that time. witness
said, and subsequently became Duluth
manager for the combine.
Officers of the Great Lakes Towing
Co. are rather jubilant over the
testimony given by Maynard J. Hag
adon, clerk in the Offices OF Con
gresham Henry McMorran, in Port
Huron, last Saturday afternoon. Hag
adon told of several government
wrecking jobs one OF the McMorrar
concerns has undertaken, citing a.
examples the raising of the Linder
and the Britannia. Mr.. Chamberlin
the government attorney, himself
brought out the fact. Mr.. HagadoI
eEld that the companys wreckins
business had been confined almos
entirely to government work lately.
Under the federal statute 1t is
serious offense for congressman Z
enter into contract relations with the
government. Congressman McMorrar
is the man who instigated the pres
ent suit against the alleged towing
trust.