The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
|ND|CT LUMBER MEN
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INoicTs
FOURTEEN SECRETARIES or
STATE ASSOCIATIONS.
THREE GET IMMUNITY BATH
officials o. Organizations Are Charged
Min Violating the Sherman Law
and Accused Of Conspiracy and
Maintaining a Blacklist.

Chicago. June 24.-Foureen persons
il,lahed with the lumber industry or
fe-eaH,d secretaries associations.
commonly characterized as the
must" were indicted BY the special
federal grand jury which made its re
tulns before Judge Lands In the
United States district court
They are charged with violating
,se criminal provisions OF the Sher-
nan antitrust ACT.
Those indicted are:
Arthur ;. Holmes. Detroit, Mich.
fecr,iary OF the Michigan Retail Lum-
bes Dealers association and editor OF
Tie scout. a trade paper owned and
controlled by lumber dealers.
George r. Sweet. also secretary Of
H. Michigan association.
william c. Hollis. Minneapolis. sec
rotary OF the Northwestern Lumber
nous association
Harry A Gorsuch. Kansas City.
No. secretary OF the Southwestern
Lumbermen's association
Hi.d Critcheeld. Lincoln. Neb.. sec
reiary Of the Nebraska Lumber Deal
ers association
r r. Hall. also secretary Of the Ne
braska association
Harry c. Scarce. Mooresyille. Ind.
secretary OF the Retail Lumber Deal
crs association OF Indiana
u. H. Hemenway. Denver. Colo.
81 - a..
lIna Lumber Dealers association
Louis l. Heilman. also secretary Of
H. colorado and Wyoming assOcia-
ton
d. S. Adams. Chlllicothe. O.. secre-
,ary q the Union Association OF Lum-
Ter Dealers. and also OF the Ohio As
s1oauon OF Retail Lumber Dealers.
b y Hayward. Columbus. o.. also
secretary OF the Ohio association
a D. Porter. Spokane. Wash. secre-
tary q the Western Retail Lumber
mems association.
r. p Rsansford. Union City. Tenn.
secretary OF the Retail Lumber Deal
e-s association OF West Tennessee
and kentucky.
A G Righior. Pittsburg. Pa. secre-
iary q the Retail Lumber Dealers as
scriatlon OF Pennsylvania
Three men escaped indictment by
giving testimony before the grand
jury thereby wrapping themselves in
ile cloak OF immunity prescribed BY
Jaw They are Paul Lachmund. Nil
uaukee. secretary Of the Wisconsin
Retail. Lumber Dealers association.
Georsa ". Hotchkiss. Chicago. secre-
iary of the Illinois Lumber and
Builders Supply Dealers association.
ard az present secretary Of the secre-
iaries bureau. and George Wilson
Jones. also secretary OF the Illinois
association and assistant secretary OF
he secretaries bureau
Each Named on Two Counts.
Each individual is indicted on two
counts the first alleging a conspiracy
among the retail dealers to restrain
Interstate trade and commerce be
tween the manufacturer and whole
s4ler and the consumer. and the sec
cd charging a conspiracy 10 suppress
an eliminate competition which or
cinaTily should exist between whole
saier and manufacturer and the re
taller Ia supplying the consumer.
Tie weight OF the governments
case is said 10 rest on the alleged acts
q ne secretaries OF the various retail
Irbermen's organizations. These
tecrefaries are said TO have organized
Themselves in Illinois in 1905 into the
Timber Secretaries Bureau OF In
formation.
accused e. Debating Classification.
~ charge Of conspiracy or co-opera-
ton between the manufacturer and
wholesaler and the retailer was
made
Tie Scout is alleged TO have been
Ne means OF carrying on a sort Of al
legged black listing scheme whereby
Ne secretaries were able 10 publish
ne names Of manufacturers and
Wholesalers who sold direct to con-
tumers