Arizona republican., 1912-12-06
Vice President and Gen eral Manager of Hillside Iron and Coal Company On Stand In the Senate Impeachment Trial.
JUDGE WANTED
 PRICE KEPT SECRET
Witness Who Had Refused to Obey Subpoena is "Admonished' By Sen ate That He Had Better Be On Hand.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-A Vigor- ous denial that he had in mind the influencing of Robert Archibald as d judge of the commerce court, when he recommended the sale of the Katydid coal dump by F. J. Williams to Judge Archibald, was the tesu- mony today of w. A. May. vice presi- dent and general manager of the Hill side Iron and Coal company. an Erie railroad subsidiary, before the senate committee sitting in the impeach- ment proceedings against Judge Arch bald May told of receiving Williams letter from Judge Archibald asking about the Katydid dump sale con sultation between May and Vice President Richardson of the coal company and also the railroad com pany, followed at which it was de- cided not to sell. On August 25, 1911, May testified, Richardson told him to go ahead with the sale,
 Why did he say go ahead?' was the inquiry of Representative Sterl- ing.
 He told me that Judge Archibald had been to see him." was the re sponse.
 Five days later Mir. May testified, he met Judge Archibald on the street and told him to send Williams to see him. May testified he then wrote Williams offering to sell the dump He acknowledged receiving another letter from Judge Archibald, who ask Ted that the purchase price of S4,5O0 be kept confidential. He told of in rn Inn the dump from Williams. but testi- fled he did not know that Bradley agreed to pay $20,O00 for the prop erty.
 Under a fire of questions the wit ness denied he withdrew from the sale, and Submitted to Bradley, be- cause he had a tip that Archbaid d conduct was being investigated. He gave as a reason that litigation threatened persons claiming an in | terest in the dump.
 Under cross examination Williams testified that William c. Roland had asked him to get Judge Archbal, l to write letters to Mr. May and tha' Roland had been promised an in i terest in the property. J H. Kitten hause of Scranton, d witness so>- to appear at the trial was admoni5n- ed" to obey the summons of the senate. On the complaint of Repre- sentative Clayton that Mr. Bit en- hause mad refused to obey a sub poena (. special order was issued bN tna senate for the 'Attdchneot' pef son of the witness He was brough into the senate just before adjourn
 hN- Bacon that he must hold himsei released by the senate.
 Tariff and Trusts
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The tariff and the trusts will soon be receiving the attention from Congress and fo the purpose of preparing the actua work of legislation on these subject: by the next congress the Ways ant Means committee will hold an in itial meeting next Monday. It is eX pected that a series of tariff hearing to begin on January will last siI weeks The hearing will be b,
 schedules. the date being set fo hearing those interests in the chem ical schedule on subsequent date arranged for the hearings of various other schedules of the free list. Il this way it is expected that mos of the preliminary work will be il hand at the end of February.
 The concensus of the view appear to be a series of separate measure for the more important schedules
 But there is still some sentiment Il favor of one comprehensive bill. A to the legislation affecting the trusts
 Judge Clayton of Alabama, chairma
 of the House Committee on the Judi ciary is preparing to give special at
 tentiOn to the subject as soon a
 prosecutor in the Archibald impeach ment case is concluded. He said to day that early in January the Judl ciary Committee will begin consider 1 ation of the trust question.
 No doubt the trust legislation wi be one of the most important subject before the coming Democratic con l gress." said Judge Clayton. Publ
 opinion has come to place the tarli
 and trusts in the very front
 questions urgently requiring attent
 ion and remedy
 9 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The Ad 7 amson bill providing for a speclf e commission to make physical valua tions of all railroad properties an s the Mann amendment empoWerln . the interstate commerce commissio : to regulate the issue of stocks an y bonds, passed the house without d lVision this morning.