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Show JOHN MITCHELL CREATES STIR IN COURTROOM With Tears In His Eyes Noted Labor Leader Upbraids Justice Wright For Giving Him Sentence Gomp-ers Gomp-ers Adds to Dramatic Scene, Washington, Fob. 10, With lonw n his eyes nnd his" voice shaking with oinotfon, John Mitchell, vice president pre-sident of the American Federation of Labor, today created an unprecedented unprecedent-ed stir in tho .district supremo court when ho denounced Justice light for his action Jn sentencing him to Jail on tho oveof Christmas, 1 DOS, despite de-spite the fcfM.fthal ho had his grip packed with '-Christina j presents for 51s little one' ond wns then on hla way home totle'.lvcr them. Following Mitchell's remaiknbb btaiemeut, Satniel Compels, provident of tho American Fedorntlon of Labor, La-bor, took thj; witness stnnd nnd bix light tho dramatic features ot tho eouit hearing. to a climax when In characterized as an Insult the ksus !;. silon of the committee of procc-culors procc-culors thnt hotipologlo to tho court for his alleged, contempt. "I considered tho language of tho Mipgestlon of tho committee insulting whth I liad been guilty of no wrony;," said President Compcrs sbnrply. "If J had been -guilty of wronging any iron or woman, or tho merest child on earth, I would abjectly apologise und endeavor''to rectify any wrons which 1 may have done; but, con scious of tho 'fact thnt my whole course has been In an effort to contend con-tend for the principles of froo speech and free press, the offer of nn npol-ogj-, was an, .insult." Replies Bluntly When Mi Oompers was asked if his statement, was the onlv explanation explana-tion ho desired to offer, ho icplled bluntly: ; "I have none- other to nial.o." Hoth Mitchell nnd GomporH .wei? witnesses In their own defense, attempting at-tempting to show that thoy wore not guilty of contt-mpt In their alleged activity In 'encouraging a boycott of the Ilucks Stove and Hango Co., or St. Louis, contrary to an order cf tho court. In criticising Justice Wright, Vice-President Vice-President Mitchell made nn eMcndcd statement, In which be said he wn.3 an American citizen who had be)u able to render some service to his country; thnt he had been commended commend-ed by more than one president of the United States; that he felt he oceu pled no Incon'splctuous position In tills country's, affairs, and finally, that he saw. no reason why tho court should havo made an orfort to drag him away from his children at Christmas Christ-mas time. i i n |