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Show V ment of justice, was v.r Known and i admitted if fin discussion. 'BATH-TUB' TRUST ATTORNEYS BUSY WASHINGTON. Dec. SO. Attorneys for the Individuals Indicted as me.it-bers me.it-bers of the 60-callod bathtub trust, for alleged violation of the Sherman act. came to the department of Justice today In tho interest cf their clients. TbVfe, the event of lonvictlon, are threatened with jail sentences. The trio of lawyers was headed by Rush Taggart, of Now York, and ' Included In-cluded William L. Carpenter and Leo Llutzel, of Detroit. After an hour's conference with Mr, Kenyon. Mr. Wlckersham's assistant, to whom the attorney general has delegated tho whole matter, the lawyers refused to 6ay a word as to tho purpose or result re-sult of the conference. It was said at the department that they had been given no reason to believe be-lieve that tho attorney-general would I consent to the acceptance of a plea of guilty and the imposition of fines rather than imprlsemment. They were given to understand, It was said, that Jail sentences would bo insisted upon, and were Informed that their clients would be expected In the United States court at Detroit on January 4, to give $4.n00 ball each. Attorneys for the Indicted men indicated in-dicated they would not make It neces-pary neces-pary for the government to start fifty removal suits to get the fifty defend ants together ou that day. The offer of compromise said to have been tendered was that the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing company and other defendants In the civil action appear before tho circuit I court at Baltimore and consent to the permanent Injunction the- government asks If the government would be sat- j isfiod with tines and no jail sentences j In the criminal action. It wus pointed out that an effectual dissolution of the offensive comblna- tion the government charges, would be effected if the injunction were ugreed to. The. department of Justice, however, thinks the combination is as good as dissolved. This week it learned that four concerns in the combine f-nt out notice that the-y were no lonuer parlies par-lies to the alleged price-fixing agreement. agree-ment. The recent declaratlou of Attorney General Wlckersham that he would insist uion prison sentences In all future fu-ture convictions In trust cases, was tho answer to the Fecund pp oslt Ion. Frank H. Watson. United States district attorney at Ditrolt. referred the questioners to Mr. Kenyon. who declared the posltlon of th elepait- |