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V'rmiay. \ovemoer ..u, .vivo. GOMPERS WILLING TO GO TO t JAIL. He Would Not Pay Fine if Convicted i of Contempt-Nor Permit Fed eration of Labor to Pay Fine for Him. Deiver. ('ol., Noveiber 16.-Presi dent Samuel Gompers. at today's ses sion of the convetion of the Ameri ean Federation of Labor, declared that if lie were found guilty and fin ed in the contempt proceeding against him at Washington he would t go to jail before he would pay his I fine or before he would allow the S Federation to pay the fine for him. This statement wa- made duringI ,he diseussion of the report of the committee on the treasurer's rcport. The committee recommended that immlediately following the ad journment of the convention, the exeentive conmittete shall take up the proposition of placing its funds where they may be removed from danger of attachment. Several suggestions were made, one being that the funds be deposited in Canada and another that certificates of deposits be taken out in some oth er name than the treasurer. D. G. Ramsey, of the electrical workers, declared: "We had a chance to place our funds beyond the reach of those who would take them, but we let it pass on November 3. The only way to pro tect our money is to change the laws." Mr. Gompers warned the delegates that if a way were found to hide the , funds, the courts would thereafter appoint a receiver, not necessarily to t secure in some way the hidden fund, but to get the money being contribut ed. By request Mr. Gompers explain- c ed the status of 'the Danbury hat case. t "Our standing is menaced by the r courts of law," he said. "The matter of the application of . the Sherman anti-trust law to unions c has reached final adjustment by the United States supreme court. No matter how the Danbury case is de- e cided that will not alter the status l: one jot. The United States supreme n court has said the final word and the law of this counitry is that labor g organizations of this country are now 1 conspiracies and combinations in re -xn straint of trade. ''Under the~ Sherman anti-trust 1 law business cannot be conducted, much less honest straightforward lab or organizations. With reference to the case against me in the District I of Columbia I want to say that I will never consent that the Amerien n Fed eration of Labor shall ever pay one cent of the fine for me. 'I don't want to go to jail, but I will not tamely l submit to the Federation being mulct ed for me." Mr. Gompers declared that the de cisions of the supreme court had bu't one effect, namely, to tie the men of labor to their work, cripple the men of labor in -their right to work or their right not to wvork. ''These decisions," he said, "will ~ result in fettering men today in or- - der to enslave them for all time to come. - "I am not in touch with the Demo cratic p)arty: second, I am not a De mocrat, and third, I am confident 1 never will be a Democrat. I owe allegiance to no party. I am a trades unionist. "When the Democratic party made our contentions its own," said Mr. Gompers, "it would not only have been ingratitude bo~t rowvardice to de sert them. If Bryan had been elect ed with the hosts of organized labor back of him it would have given spirit to human freedom." The report of the committee on the treasurer's report, with i-ts recom mendations, was unanimously concur-' red in. 8700,000 BY FORGERIES. Has Carried on System of Robbery for Nearly Twenty Years, but His Sins Overtake Hm at Last. Chicago. Ill., November 16.-Petei Van Vlissingenl. a real estate dealei, for years classed among the first of Chicago s prosperou, aind rep)utable business men, today confessed to having obtained through forged deeds and notes, more thaln $700,000, and a few hours af'ter his 'rrest, on his~ own urgent appe:il to be punished, was~ sentenced to tihe penitentiary. The arrest. the indietment, the confession and teO senltene wer the work of le-- 6:mi fouri hours. Tfaken inc heidst o)f businfce- fre,i Iroughl the sale of forged doen wars and thiat diougi he had bougit lack many of these spurious instru n'enlt)s Xvithout deteCtion, at least 25 >eople would lose an aggregate of n1re than $700,000 through the pa >er whilch lie 1I 11(it vet redeemed. !I forzinz notes. he declared, he had oiaisted of a plate glass desk top. So 1Irranged that bY an elect.ic lighu brown unl fromn b)eneath hie col (adly trace from originals forg"ed ( i-natures on to worthless pape. hroughout his arrest and sentence he prisoner made no effort to defend timself. Asked if he had anything to ay before sentence was imposed, Van i lissingen, bowing his head, replied: "Only that I begiven my punish tent at once." His term in the penitentiary was 'ixed as indeterminate from 1 to 14 -ea.rs. Van Vlissingen. who is about for y-five years old, was married Feb -nary 4, 1907, to Mrs. Jessie Roose ,elt Blend, who was described at the ime as a distant relative of Presi lent Roosevelt. The bride was a laughter of Wilton C. Blend. Van ilissingen had been a bachelor, living t the Calumet club. He was known :s being of a philanthropie disposi on. giving special attention to the velfare of boys. The specific charge which led up o the spectacular arrest of Van 71issingen today was made by two aen who had bought forged mortgage iotes. They are T. J. Lefens and Vm. C. Seipp, who have offices in the ame building as that occupied by ian Vlissingen. To the notes for $4,500 held by hem were attached the names of Jos nd Bertha Grossman. Van Vlissin en copied the forged papers from riginals, which he disposed of to ther buyers. Lefens and Seipp say hey first became suspicious of the ote last Saturday. Consulting with Assistant State's C Lttorney Barbour, they decided to elay no longer. Stole $700,000. Francis Lackner. counsel for the omplainants, said tonight it would e impossible for several days to iake a complete list of the losers. I The notes on which Van Vlissin en was indicted were not due until 911, and it was -believed that as in1 1any previous iiistances, he intend d to pay them up before they oould sad to disclosures. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in postoficee at fewberry, S. C., for week ending Iovember 14, 1908: Geo. H. Attaway. John Bipps, A. M. Brown, J. A. lock, L. L. Boozer, Miss Mar Bul ird. 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