New-York tribune., 1917-05-03

proposed that they might accomplish
their purpose TO place an embargo on
arms bv blackmailing President Wilson.
Rintclon said he would not touch any
such proposition" 81,
Hammond told OF a meeting WIN
Rintelen a day or two after the SINK
ing Of the Lusitania. Rlntelen, he sald,
expressed regret over the tragedy and
said it was ono Of the most foolish acts
Germany had done.
"Whcn think Of IT," Rintelen assert
ed. according 10 Hammond. 81 want to
20 10 my apartment and take a hath
in carbohc acid
Gompers on Stand
Another witness for the government
Yesterday was Samuel Gompers. presi.
dent Of the American Federation OF
labor lie told Of two efforts Frank
Buchanan. then a Representative, made
20 get him TO join IN crusade TO stop
the shipment Of munitions and supplies
20 the Allies. Each time the venerable
labor leader refused.
"Thc first time Mr. Buchanan came
20 see me about it," said the witness.
"was on June Q. 1915, while ! was at
Atlantic City. ! knew he was engaged
IN this work through newspaper ac-
counts ! asked Buchanan to consider
very carefully his actions IN this un-
dertakIug, especially so since ! learned
that two men were associated with
him."
Under the questioning Of John Lord
O'Brian. Of counsel for the govern
ment. Mr.. Gompcrs named two other
defendants as thc men he had in mind,
Henry b. Martin and Herman Schulteis.
And his reason. for not warning Bu-
chanau not 20 associate with these two
were given by the witness. but stricken
from the record
Il said 90 Buchanan that my knowl-
edge OF these two men was Of such
character that he ought not to be asso-
ciated with thCm i'm any undertaking.
Buchanan replied that it was his desire
20 stop the wax and that he was
agaiu>. The shipment of munitions to
the Allies and that he was q pacifst
and was going 20 20 ahead with that
work.
Called Actions Unneutral
Nh Gomper- said he told Buchanan
that his actions we're unneutral and
that he was playing into the hands OF
ono country Germany and against
others.
"l warned him of the foolhardiness
OF his undertaking" continued the wit
ness. after some pariey he asked me
90 support his project and ! said l
could TO: and would not support it,
Some time after this, Mr.. Gompers
said. Buchanan called him on the long
distance telephone at Washington and
;nyitcd him 20 attend a meeting at
which :D organization -LabOr's Ma
tional Peace Council would be formed,
whose purpose would be to stop NUM-
tons shipments.
81 told him." the witness went on,
THAT ! would have nothing to do
with it,
la the absence of Senator Joseph
Bailey. OF Texas, counsel for Buchanan,
7. B. Williams. counsel for Schulteis,
examined Mr.. Gompers. He brought
out that at the 1914 annual convention
of the American Federation, at which
Mr. Gompers presided, a resolution was
adopted urging as means of stopping
war the manufacture of all war mate
Iials in this country by the govern
mcut The resolution also declared
against this country entering into any
war except TO repel invasion.
Mr. Gompers said that ne did not vote
fo the resolution. nor did he oppose il.
He denied. however, that Buchanan had
mentioned this resolution in the Allan
tic City interview year later, when
Rintolen was busy forming LabOr's Ma
tor Peace Council, financing it with
German money.
knew Resolutions Source
"I-ut it a fact that peace resolu
t.r similar 20 this one passed by
tr American Federation il 1914 were
being adopted by labor organizations
the country over in June. 1915, at the
time Mr.. Buchanan called on YOU at
Atlantic City, asked Mr.. Williams.
Eyes. and / know the source Of
them snapped bacl: Gompers.
He was not asked the source.
A. this point Judge Cushman or
der.d an adjournment for the day.
Throughout the entire time that Mr..
Gompers was on the stand Buchanan
chewed nervously on a toothpick.
II is expected that at to-day's ses
sion the government will try to con-
meet Frank S. Monnett. former Attor-
ncy General of Ohio. and former as
sociate Of Mr.. Gompers and VI. Rob
crt Fowler. who preceded Buchanan in
the House of Representatives as Chi
caco'5 labor member. with the con-
spiracy. The only defendants who
have been connected in any way with
the conspiracy 10 date are Rntelen.
Lamar Martin and Schultheis and
Jacob Tayler. who succeeded Buchan-
an as president Of Labor's National
Peace Council.
Chandler Is Confirmed