Show I BONAPARTE REPORT ON PAPER TRUST Department of Justice Has No Legal Evidence Against Combination Washington April 13 The The attorney attorney Cannon ne ney general Informed Speaker today o ay that u up to date late tho the investigation Investigation tion tiou of tho time department of justice had produced no legal evidence e under which an action for violation of ot the Sherman trust anti-trust law would lie llo I against the paper trust The Tho speaker last week and In had a resolution pU pushed h me house calling upon the attorney general to investigate tho the paper Impel trust In his re reply reply re- re ply ph the tho attorney general Jeneral sal said Up to tho the present time no evi evl- evidence dence has been obtained by b the officers officers officers of of- of this department sufficient to justify the institution of legal legaJ proceedings proceedings pro pro- either civil or criminal against any alleged combination of ot otwood wood pulp or print paper manufacturers manufacturers the Information obtained however however how how- however how orthe of or ever justifies further Investigation the facts and such Investigation atlon Is in progress These matters havo have been een for further further fur fur- attorney d to a district ther timer Investigation an and further action in his judicial district It is proper for tor me to say ay in this connection that certain alleged facts were submitted to this department when the above mentioned Investigation In a. a tion was commence commenced which apparently apparent apparent- ly Jy authorized the belief belle that serious and readily proven offenses against the tho laws of tho the United States S tes 4 had been committed in III the premises and Imme Immediate I diate action by the appropriate officer was thereupon promptly ordered but these orders disclosed that no le legal al proof could be bo secured of the alleged offenses the evidence relied upon to establish them turning out to bo be merely merely mere mere- complainant himself himself him him- I ly hearsay and the self seU who had furnished this Information information tion refusing to give the time namo name of a witness supposed to vo ht personal knowledge go of or the tho facts fachs Signed Ito It CHARLES J J. J BONAPARTE o |