New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
"BATHTUB" MEN FINED
FROM 81 TO $4,000
Highest Penalty Imposed on
Company for Whose Officers
Jail Was Urged.
THE TOTAL is S51,007
Court Considers Chance That
1t May Be Mistaken in Pass
ing Sentence on Conspir-
ing Trust Members.

Detroit. Feb l5.-Judge Clarence w.
Sessions I'm the United States District
Court to-day imposed fines ranging from
81 10 $1,000 on the fourteen individual
and thirteen corporation defendants con-
yicted yesterday in the trial of the bath
tub trust for criminal conspiracy in re-
straint OF trade.
The fines aggregate S5l.001 and they
must be paid OH or before March |. In
the cases of the individuals. failure to pay
fines before that date means a sentence
not exceeding six months in the Detroit
House OF Correction. The sentences fol-
low:
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Company. Pittsburgh, $1,000.
The Barnes Manufacturing Company
Mansfield. Ohio, 5000
The j. l.. Mott Iron Works, New YORK.
$500
The l.. Wolf Manufacturing Company
Chicago. I,cN.
McVav x Walker. Braddock. Penn. 500
The National Sanitary Manufacturing
Company. Salem. Ohio, Sl,oc.
The Union Sanitary Manufactures
COMPANY. Noblesville. Ind. $3.50.
\. Weiskettel & Son Company, Baiti-
more. 5000
The Wheeling Enameled Iron Company
Wheeling. W. Va. 500.
Humphryies Manufacturing Company
Mansfield. Ohio. now in receiver
hands 81.
McCium-IIowell Company, New YORK.
i'm a receivers hands. 81.
United States Sanitary Manufacturing
COMPANY. Pittsburgh which pleaded noio
contendere. 500.
Day-Ward COMPANY. Warren, ono
also in the hands of creditors. 81
Individual defendants fines:
Theodore Ahrens. f.. l.. Dawes AMI
Francis j. Torrance. officers Of the stand
ard SANITARY Manufacturing Company
500 each.
r H. Barnes. Of the Barnes Manuiact-
urins COMPANY 81"
Jesse r. Duryea. OF New York, N"".
Frank q. Borden. Of the National SAM
taly Manufacturing Company. 81
\ Weiskettel. Of \. Weiskettel 4 son
Company. $500.
Herman Hoelschcr of the ]. WON
Manufacturing Company, $50"
Lloyd g. McCrum. OF the McCrum-
Howell Company, 81.
Howard +. GATES also OF the McCrum-
Howell Company. $500.
j. T.. Wright. Of the Wheeling Enam-
eled Iron Company 500
\ G. Ward. Of the Ward Company
who p.eaded nclo contendere. 81.
\. II. Cliuew. jr.. OF che United States
Sanitary Manufacturing Company. $1,000
". Arrott. also Of the United states
Sanitary Manufacturing Company. 81
In passing sentence Judge Sessions said
that the Department OF Justice had urged
imprisonment for Ahrens. Torrance and
Dawes. Of the Standard Sanitary Manu-
featuring Company. He added.
Although I am firmly convinced that
they were the dominating Influence IN
bringing about :ls@- effectiveness Of the
conspiracy. must take other things into
consideration. The case has been tried
before under an able judge. for whose
opinion ! have tho profoundest respect.
and he ordered the dismissal of the
charge against those three men.
They preferred. however 10. stand trial
with the rest. While | differ with the
former Judge In opinion must take into
consideration the chance that ] may no
mistaken, and | must act accordingly.
Tho fine against their company. thu
Standard was the largest Of all.
Judge Sessions explained the difference
In the amounts Of the fines by saying that
he had imposed them after he had taken
into special consideration the financial
condition of the defendants and the part
they plavcd ~ tho conspiracy. The de-
fence refused To state whether an appeal
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