The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-24
JUDGE lands MAY
TRY LUMBERMEN
Arthur I. Holmes, Of Detroit, and
Is Others Will Probably Be Placed
On Trial in November.

CHICAGO, June 24.-The secre-
taries OF fourteen lumbermeh's assoc
Citations, indicted yesterday by fed
eral grand jury on charges OF crimi-
nal conspiracy will probably be placed
on trial before Judge X. Nj. Lands
In November.
The men, scattered from Pennsyl-
vania TO the Pacific coast, will be per
mitted to surrender themselves TO the
United States marshals in their dis
tricts, who will be furnished with GER
tilted copies of the indictments. They
will be arraigned before United States
commissioners in their own districts
and permitted 10 give bond pending
their appearance before Judge lands
for arraignment and trial.
The case will take It's place at the
foot OF the regular docket. AS the
packers case and the Fitzgerald en-
bezzlement trial both are due 70 come
up during the fall and winter, II may
be late when the lumbermen's case
Is reached.
Three secretaries escaped being in
dicted, having been given immunity
baths by appearing before the grand
jury and testifying against their as
socfates.
The men indicted were:
Arthur l.. Holmes, Detroit, secre-
tary OF the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers association. and editor OF
THE Scout" the trade organ
George p. Sweet, also secretary OF
the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers
association
Harry A. Gorscuh, Kansas City, Mo-,
secretary Of the Southwestern Lum-
bermen's association, composed OF
500 retail dealers in Missouri, Kansas
and Oklahoma.
willard G.. Hollis. Minneapolis, sec
rotary OF the Northwestern Lumber
mems association.
Bird Critchfield, Lincoln, Neb., sec
rotary of the Nebraska Lumber Deal
ers' association. against which an In
junction was recently secured by
state officials.
Z. E. Hall, also secretary OF the
Nebraska Lumber Dealers associa-
ton,
Harry c. Scarce, Mooresville, Ind,
secretary of the Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association, OF Indiana.
III. II. Hemenway, of Denver, Colo,
secretary OF the Colorado & Wyom
ing Lumber Dealers association.
Louis I. Heilman, also secretary OF
the Colorado & Wyoming Lumber
Dealers association.
II. 8. Adams, Chillicothe, Ohio, sec
rotary of the Union Association oil
Lumber Dealers, and also secretary
OF the Ohio Association of Retail
Lumber Dealers, both Ohio organ
iZations.
B. N. Hayward, Columbus, o., also
secretary of the Ohio Association Of
Retail Lumber Dealers.
r. L. Porter, Spokane, Wash, sec
rotary OF the Western Lumber Deal
ers' association, composed OF dealers
In Idaho, Wyoming, Washington.
r. p Bransford, Union City, Tenn.
secretary of the Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association of West Tennessee
and Kentucky.
A. c. Fighter, Pittsburg, Pa, secre.
tary OF the Retail Lumber Dealers
association, of Pennsylvania.
The following men escaped indict
ment by reason OF the fact that they
appeared before the grand Jury:
Paul Lachmund. Milwaukee, secre
tary of the Wisconsin Retail Dealers
association and formerly secretary OF
the Lumber Secretaries Bureau OF In
formation; George w. Hotchkiss, sec
rotary of the Illinois Lumber & Build
ers' Supplies association, and secre
-tary of the Secretaries Bureau Of In
formation; George Wilson Jones, also
secretary OF the Illinois association
and assistant secretary OF the Score
taries' bureau.
There were two counts In the In
dictment against each man.
The first count alleges conspiracy
among retail dealers to restrain In
terstate trade and commerce between
the manufacturers and wholesalers
and the consumers.
The second charges conspiracy to
suppress and eliminate competition
which ordinarily should exist between
wholesalers and manufacturers, and
the retailer in supply the consumer
Arthur L. Holmes, the Detroit man
indicted, says he will not discuss the
matter until officially notified OF the
grand jury's action.