Evening star., 1925-07-26
155 ARE INDICTED
IN FURNITURE CASE
Individuals Accused in New
"Trust" Suits Subject to
Jail Terms.
BY the Associated Press.


law, when indictments were returned
naming 150 corporations and indi'
Viduals
The naming of individuals makes
possible the imposition of jail SEN
tences, II was pointed out. Several
months ago more than $50 corpora
tions were named in indictments and
about half of this number have
pleaded guilty and been assessed fines
totaling more than 100000.
Today'S indictments included the
names of corporations indicted before
that have refused to plead guilty, as
well as individuals connected with the
corporations and officers of various
organizations of furniture manufac-
turers which the Government claims
combined to monopoliZe trade.
The corporations named in the new
indictments include manufacturers of
dining room and bedroom furniture.
Gets 3O-Day Sentence.
Arthur c. Brown, Grand Rapids.
secretary of the National Alliance of
Furniture Manufacturers. one of those
named in the indictments. who had
been sentenced to Jail for 80 days for
contempt of court because he refused
to take records of the association be-
fore the grand jury, was granted a
supersedeas and filed a S5. 200 bond to
carry his case before the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals.
The indictments charged that the
defendants engaged in an unlawful
combination in restraint Of interstate
commerce and with the counsel and
aid of Brown and William III. Coye,
also indicted, an agent for the alli-
ance, had carried on business in ac-
Cordance with an agreement to elimi-
nate and prevent competition.
1t also charged that the defendants
had maintained numerous organiza-
tions, including the National Council
of Furniture Associations. National
Association of Furniture Manufactur-
ers, National Alliance of Case Goods
Associations Interstate Furniture
Manufacturers Association and
others. Through these associations,
1t was charged. the defendants held
conferences at Chicago, jamestown,
n. Y, Philadelphia and other places
in carrying out the alleged unlawful
combination.
Eastern Concerns Named.
Among the corporations and indi-
viduals named in the dining room fur
niture division were Burrows Bros.
Co, Picture Rocks, Pa; Crandall Ben
nettPorter Co., Montoursville, Pa;
Crescent Furniture Co., Warren, Pa;
Easton Furniture Manufacturing Co.
Of Talbot County, Easton, Md; Hem
sing Manufacturing Co, Souderton,
Pa; Home Furniture Co., York, Pa;
Keystone Furniture Co. of Williams
port, South Williamsport, Pa: Henry
Kfaan Furniture Co., Inc, Philadel'
phia, Pa: Long Furniture Co, Han
over. Pa; Montour Furniture Co.,
Montourville, Pa; Mount Wolf Fur
niture Co., Inc, Mount Wolf, Pa;
Muncy Furniture Co, Muncy, Pa;
Penn Furniture Manufacturing Co.,
montgomery, Pa; Reliable Furniture
Co. of Baltimore City, Baltimore, Md;
Shrewsbury Furniture and Manufac-
turing Co., Shrewsbury, Pa; Standard
Table Co, Jamestown, n. Y; henry
c. Steuland Sons, Inc, Buffalo, NY.
Individuals Indicted.
Individuals dining room group
Ernest S. Burrows, president Burrows
Bros. Co.; Charles E. Bennett, presi-
dent Crandall- Bennett Porter Co.; Ed
ward Spooner, treasurer general man.
aeer, Cron-Kilis Co.; William H. Kemp,
secretary-treasurer, Easton Furniture
Co. of Talbot County; M. j. Hintsala,
secretary, Faribault Furniture Co;
William S. Hemsing, president, Hem
sing Manufacturing Co.; j. l.. Gerber,
president, Home Furniture Co.; Val
entine c. Luppert, president, keystone
Furniture Co. of Williamsport; John +.
Creely, president, Henry Kraan Furni-
ture Co, Inc; Harry c. Naill, secretary,
Long Furniture Co.; Benjamin A.
Harris, treasurer, Montour Furniture
Co; l. Park Wogan, manager, Mt.
Wolf Furniture Co., Inc; Harry P.
Rogers president, Muncy Furniture
Co; William A. Smith, president, Penn
Furniture Manufacturing Co.; John
G. Mohlenrich, president, Reliable
Furniture Manufacturing Co. of Bal
timore City; John E. Keller, secretary
treasurer. Shrewsbury Furniture and
Manufacturing Co.; John E. Boher,
shippensburg. Pa, co.partner, Boher
& Hosfeld; John Henry Heilman,
Montoursville. Pa, co-partner, A. II.
Heilman & Co.. Richard J. Keppel,
Chester, Pa, sole owner, Keppel &
Co; George w. Schultz. Cincinnati.
sole owner. George w. Schultz Furni.
ture Co.; Arthur c. Brown. Grand
Rapids, Mich, secretary, National Al
lance of Furniture Manufacturers;
William H. Coye, Grand Rapids. Mich,
agent, National Alliance of Furniture
Manufacturers.
Bedroom Furniture Men Named.
Among the bedroom furniture manu-
facturers named were:
Pennsylvania orporations-Bethle-
hem Furniture Co., Bethlehem; Burt
Bros, Inc, Philadelphia; Conewango
Furniture Co., Warren and Titusville:
Dallastown Furniture Co., Dallastown;
Keystone Furniture Co. of Williams
port. South Williamsport; Pennsyi-
vania Furniture Co., York; Shrews-
bury Furniture Manufacturing Co.,
Shrewsbury; Warren Furniture Co.,
Warren; the Williamsport Furniture
Co., Williamsport.
TndiuidJoi 10 (NIo
president Burt Bros, Inc: Charles
niture Co.; Francis B. Neeff, presi-
dent Dallastown Furniture Co.; Val.
entine c. Luppert, president Key
stone Furniture Co.; John II. Kel-
Ter, secretary Shrewsbury Furniture
Manufacturing Co; Thomas K. Creal,
vice president Warren Furniture Co.;
A. Thomas Page. treasurer the vii,
Transport Furniture Co.; r. Kirby
Harris, Athens. president Athens
Furniture Co.; John Henry Heilman,
Montoursville. partner to J. II. He'll
man Furniture Co.; F. II. Newmaker,
Warren, owner Phenix Furniture Co.
New York: Corporations-The Hall
& Lyon Furniture Co., Waverly;
George J. Nicholson Furniture Co,
Rochester; Henry c. Steul & Sons,
Inc. Buffalo; Tillotson Furniture Co.,
Jamestown.
Individuality. S. Hall, vice pres.
ident, the Hall & Lyon Furniture
Co; Abraham ]. Elias, owner. Buff.
falo Furniture Manufacturing Co.
Miscellaneous:
The Hughes Furniture Manufactur.
Ing Co., Baltimore, Md, Jacob Hughes,
president; Merriam, Hall & Co., Leo
minister, Mass.