Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-26
rust Members
 Heavily Fined
COURT IMPOSES PENALTIES ON
 32 WIRE MEN
FROM s1ooo UP TO s17oo
Pleas of "NoIo contenderev Accepted by Court Despite Protests of District
 Attorney-court Says Trade offense.

New York. July 25-The federal gov ernment today scored heavily in it's eHort to break up the alleged Wire lrust when 32 of S3 men indicted June 2s. withdrew the plea of Not guilty and accepted sentence, without Irlal, on pleas of "Nolo contendre' ; Upon this passive admission of guilt, Judge Archibald, in the United States district court, imposed fines of from $l,O00 to $1.100 and costs in each case
 District Attorney Protests.
 The action came in the face of wig orous arguments against the accept ance of the plea by United States Dis trlct Attorney H Wise It had never been accepted in this court, he de- ciared, and he protested against a
 Such Plea a Compromise.
 'The best authorities,'' he said
 characterize it as a plea indicating compromise between the defendants and prosecuting attorneys, and he denied that any such compromise ex- iSted.
 Clear Case Against Them
 The facts in this case are fragrant he declared. This set of men. repre- senting practically an entire industry, in open and perfectly clear violation of United States statute. combined l case against them is so clear and open that the most eminent counsel in this country have advised them that it would be fruitless to attempt to enter a defense
 Judge Calls it Trade Offense."
 The court. however, accepted the plea, and remarked: "This is what you might call trade offense. It is an OffenSe which by the act of con- gress is against the interests of the business world. Congress has declared that the combinations in restraint of trade shall not exist. It seems to me l am not going out of the way when I say that just what was meant by this law has remained in considerable uncertainty up to this time.
 Hereafter Will Be No Excuse. ly what it means. and from this time on there will be no excuse. but I feel justified in looking upon what has oc- cured in the past in this light, and therefore 1 certainly regard this as calling for nothing except a proper vindication of the law by fine. The extent of that fine is somewhat dif1i- cult for me to fix, but it should be a substantial fine. and I will impose thousand dollars in this case on each defendant. Let him pay the costs and a fine of $1.000 in each case
 $100 Fine for All but First Case.
 Judge Archibald shortly afterward corrected himself with the decision that instances where the defendant had pleaded and been fined in one, in the second case he would modify the fine to $100 for each of the additional cases.
 List of Those Fined.
 The complete list of defendants fined is:
 $1,700-F. W. Roebling.
 $1,5OO-Frank J. Newberry, Joseph ". Marsh, William A. Conner, Philip H. Smith.
 $1,4o0-Charles J. Marsh. Frank N. Phillips, Charles R. Remington.
 $1 ,20o-Theodore F. Ryan, John G. Brsidgs%an sdsoomw Henry P FEaaA H: Ashley; Aired Moore, James H. Mason, Alfred A. Cowles, Russell A. Cowles, Thomas Wallace, Louis Anschutz. Joseph c. Belden, Edwin L. Frisbie. Jr., Thomas B Kent, c. Edward Murray, A. NJ. Dickinson. Karl Roebling. Antoine Bournonville, Charles A. Morss.
 1,0O0-Newell B. Parsons, James A. Doughty, George B. North, Robert W. Sieberling. Robert E. Lucas, R. E. Gal lagher, William H. Hall Jr., Ralph Watrous, George l.. Bowen. Everett Morss. Frank M. Potter. Jr.
 Associations in the Trust.
 The nine associations in one or more of which the indicted men are mem bers, are the Telephone Cable associa- ton, the Bare Copper Wire assoeia- tion, Weatherproof and Magnet Wire association, Fine Magnet Wire asso- ciation, Horseshoe Manufacturers as sociation, Underground Power Cable association, Rubber Covered Wire as- sociation, Lead Encased Rubber In- sulated Cable association. and the wire rODe manufacturers
 Brooker Has Pleaded Not Guilty.
 William F. Palmer, president of the American Steel & Wire Co.,, Herbert Satterlee, son-i law of J. P. Morgan, Frank J. Gould and Charles F. Brook CT, republican national committeeman from Connecticut, are among the 46 other alleged members of the associa- tions who have pleaded not guilty to the indictments