New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1914, Page 1

> - - ¥ ¥ « } HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1914—SIXTEEN PAGES. . PRISONERS ATTEMPT ‘BOLD GET-AWAY Yeuths Scatenced for Burglary Pick Lock in Handcuffs. < WILD DASH MADE AT STATION iGeorge Petenaude and James Nicol- leti of Being | Brought From Brooklyn Jail to Cheshire Reformatory. Putnam, Conn., April 10.—George Petenaude and James Nicolleti made “a sensational, but unsuccessful at- empt to escape here today while on the way from the jail at Brooklyn ftd_ the state reformatory at Ches- hire. The prisoners, who are be- tween 21 and 24 years old, - were brought, handcuffed together, by au- tomobile from the jail to the railroad ‘station here by Sheriff John O. Fox and Deputy Sheriff George F. Hol- brook. On the way to the depot Petenaude picked the lock on the handcuffs, freeing himself and his fellow prisoner. They kept the handcuffs on their wrists, however, until they were about to step on to the express at the station when thoy threw them off and dashed away, each in a different direction. \.Oflc&! Ralse Alarm. The officers raised an alarm: and /started after their fleeing prisoners, followed by a crowd which grew us the chase continued. Petenaude ran down Main street and into a tea store where he hid himself in .the base- .-_ment among the boxes in the base- ‘There he was found by his pursuers. Nicolleti was captured in afl suburb of) the town, a quarter of a mile away. Both surrendered peaceably. “They were at liberty about half an Four, ' Petenaude laughed as he described, after being taken back to the rail- raad station how he had freed him- self and his companion. “Those handcuffs were easy,” he said. Their first thought he sald was to 1um;) from the ‘automobile, but this they considered would be too ddngerous and they decided to .wait until they reached the station. " Semtenced for Burglary. They were sentenced at the last ,term of ‘the. superior. court, Peten- aude for burglary at Plainfield and: Nicollet! from Thompson for con- nection with an alleged ‘‘Black Hand' game. Putnam Were > WHOOPING COUGH CENTERS. New York Doctors Recommend That Buch Stations Be Named in Metropolis. New York, April 10.—The urgent need in New York city and other populous disticts of segregated cen- ters where children suffering from whooping cough.can be cared for was discussed at a meeting last night of the section én pediatrics of the Acad- emy of Medicine. As a result of the discussion it was unanimously voted ‘by the many doctors present to sub- mit to the health commissioner a recommendation that such centers be provided in this city. 23 Whooping cough, through its com- mgnest complication, broncho-pneu- monia, carries away a large number of children yearly, said Dr. John W. Brannan, president of Bellevue and Allied hospitals. That many succumb to tuberculosis following theéir baroxysmal attacks he declared, to be % well known fact. ! PARALYS!S VIOTIM. Mrs. F. A: Tannehill, Famous Actress, Passes Away in New York. New York, April 10.—Mrs, F. A. rannehill known to the stage for three generations as ‘““Nellie” Tanne- hill, dfed at her home here yesterday of parlysis. She was 85 years old. In her day Mrs. Tannehill support- ¢d such famous stars as Forrest, Ade- laide Neilson, Fanny Davenport and Mme. Modjeska. She was a member of.the Union Square Stock company when Charles Thorne was man and for a long time she was in Augustin Daly’s company. LAWYER COMMITS SUICIDE. New York, April 10.—Edward J. Knauer, aged 59, a prominent attor- ney, once associated in the practice f the law with President Chester A. Arthur, committed suicide today at his office in Long Island City by shooting. He left a note saying his ict was due to financial troubles. S OFF ON HONEYMOON. Notice has been received here that Howard L. Platt of Grove Hill and | his bride, who were married last tvening, are to sail tomorrow on the liner Koenig Albert of the North Ger- man Lloyd Line from New Yeork for Naples and Genoa via Gibraltar and Algiers. Mrs. Platt was Miss Helen B. Connell of Pelham Manor, N. Y., before her marriage. - WILL RETURN FLAG. Selma, Ala., April 10.—The battle lag of the Seventy-Sixth Ohio Regi- ment, captured by General William Hardee’s Corps of the Confederate Army, will be returned to Ohio rep~ tesentatives at the reunion.in Jack- jonville, Fla., in May. The flag will %8 ‘uccepted by Governor Cox ' of leading | Y. M. C. A. BOYS ON HOMEWARD TRIP Depart From Metropolis After Visit of Several Days. (Special /to tbe Herald.) New York, April 10.—A party ot eighteen sightseers from the Boys’ department of the Y, M. C. A, at New Britain, Conn., left Grand Central terminal on the Boston express at 2 o'clock this afternoon. They expect to reach their home town at 4:68. The group has been in this city since Tuesday morning, when it arrived here on the steamer Hartford. During their stay here, the lads have visited practically all objects of interest in the metropolis. That they have been favorably impressed could be surmised from the enthusiasm with which they of the trip, as they walited for the train. All seemed unanimous in the opinion thdt the trip has been the most pleagsant of any they have ever undertaken, no ‘illness, accidents or anything else occurring to mar their supreme happiness. Yesterday the party “took in” the Brooklyn navy yard, Ellis island, Staten Island and the Hippodrome where they witnessed the presenta- tion of “Pinafore.” A visit, this morning, to the muse- um of natural history, was the con- | cluding event of the trip and the boys with their chaperons, E. W. Yergin and A. O. Washburn, re- turned to their headquarters Hotel Martinique early, to get ready for the journey home. NOTED SPEAKERS ADDRESS SURGICAL ASSOCIATION Public Meeting to Be Held This Evening By Society for Control of Cancer. New Britain Youngsters New York April 10.—At today's session of the American Surgical as- sociation the list of speakers included surgeons of this country and Europe whose names have become house- ‘hold words because of their discov- eries and operations. The most interesting papers were by Dr. Alexis Carrgl of the Rocke- feller Institute, New York, who. di cussed ‘““The technique of inthrather- Lacie operations”. and . ‘“Experimental operations’ on the orifices of the ‘heart.” Other spcakers were E. Armstrong of Montreal, Dr. Fred T. Murphy of St. Louls, Dr. Howard Lillenthal of New York, Dr. James G. Muhford and:Dr. Samuel Robin- son of Clifton Springs, N. Y., Dr. Willy Meyer of New York, Dr. James E. Thompson of Galveston, Dr. Jos- eph Ransohoff of Cincinnati, Dr. K. A. J. McKenzie of Portland, Ore., Dr. Charles H. Mayo and Dr. E. H. Beckman of Rochester, Minn., and Dr. John,K B. Murphy of Chicago. Dr. Willlam J. Mayo will open a public meeting to be held this even- ing at the New York Academy of Medicine by the American Soclety for the Contfol of Cancer. Dr. Cle- ment Cleaveland, viceppresident of the soclety, will act as chairman. Addresses will be made by a number of prominent surgeons. The convention 'will adjourn to- morrow, but a majority of the visit- ing surgeons will remain in the city to attend the meeting of the Inter- natjonal Soclety ,° Surgeons which commences next Monday. AFTER PICKPOCKETS. New, York | Authorities Seek Photo- graphs of Noted Crooks. New York, April 10.—The police of all the large cities of the coun- try were asked today to help rid New York of pickpockets. The local au- thorities seek photographs, finger prints and histories of all the pick- pockets on record in the' United | States. The crusade was launched here on account of the systematic manner in which these light-fingered oper- ators of late have escaped punish- ment. CONDITION IS SERIOUS. Hartford, Conn., April 10.—Dr. Arthur B. Fisher, of Jackson, Miss., vrell known as a musical composer, professor of music and organist in this country and Canada, who has heen confined to the Hartford hospital since December 6, suffering from a serious nerve trouble, is in a critical condition and there is faint hope for his recovery. Dr. Fisher came to Hartford from Jackson, Miss., after a disastrous fire which ruined his home and destroyed valuable manuscript. RIVER IS RISING. Hartford, April 10.—The Connecti- cut river is rising again' due to the recent heavy rains in the north and the freshet has gone up more than three feet in twenty-four hours, the | mark being fifteen feet at ncon. The weather bureau predicts eighteen to twenty feet by Saturday or Sunday. O T COMMITS SUICIDE. Newport, News, Va., April 10.-—Prof Henry H. Savage, furmerly of Liberty, Mo., head of the Hampton Woman's college near this city, committed sui- cide today by shooting. oy Vo reviewed incidents | at | Professor | Robert_ Proust of Paris, Dr. George | ORIGINAL AMERICANS CAME FROM ASIA, Mrs. Hariet Chalmers Adams Re- turns From Exploring Trip. SCIENTISTS OPINON DOUBTED {Communication ‘to National Geogra- phic Society Contains Many Inter- esting Items Concerning Early His- tory of New World, Washington, April 10.—After a thorough study of the peoples along the fringe of Asia and Siberia to Sumatra in her efforts to trace the original American, Mrs. Harriet Chal- mers Adams, one of America’'s fore- most women explorers, in a communi- cation to the National Geographic i scclety today expressed the opinion that the ancient ‘‘Americ” peoples, came by sea, possibly in broken stages, from Asia. Mrs, Adams has just re- turned to this country. In her communication she says: “This earlier immigration, however, was at a very remote period, for our pre-higtoric monuments point to an indigenous culture. A branch of an Old World race, these ‘early Ameri- jcans' evolved to their highest civiliza- tion on New World soil.” Scientists Are Doubted, Although scientists are said to agree that America was peopled by way of the northwest, Mrs. Adams doubts that all Americans came this way. In the Philippines, Mrs. Adams sad Ifugao warriors -who resembled Aymara chiefs of the Ahdean highlands in spite of the difference in climate. “This is not strange when we class the Ifugaos as Malays of the indo- Chinese branch of the yellow race and belleve that anclent America was peopled from Asfa,” declares Mrs. Adams. “Not only among certain Malay mountain tribes, but also in western China was I constantly re- minded of ‘things Americ’ but never among people of a low. grade of civilizaton, only when among people of ancient lineage. In olden days, great war canoes were ‘paddled by many oarsmen from .one South Sea island to another. It seéems likely that in this fashion men set sail from the Malay peninsula, with their wives and children, food, household goods and Gomestic. animals .aboard, and, fimd» by ‘wind and tide, reached the 'Prom- ised Ldnd, eome pdlm fringed island | in the tropfc sea. Secured Many Records. Mrs, Adams has records of many small boats that . apparently were blown across the Pacific, one of them a Japanese fishing boat which landed its unwilling immigrants alive and well on California soil two years ago, INJUNCTION NOT UPHELD. Judge Sessions Denies Motion of Fed- !'rfl! League Club in Killifer Casc. Grand Rapids, Mich,, April 10.— | Judge Clarence W. Sessions, in the TUrited States district court, today denied the application of the Chicago Federal League club for an injunction enjoining Catcher William Killifer Jr., from playing with the Philadelphia National league club. The judge denied the application on the grounds that thé Chicago Federal league club did not come into court “with clean hands.” The decision also holds the reserve clause is not valid. counsel for the Chicago Federal league Attorney Stuart E. Knappen, local club, after receiving the decision of Judge Sessions sald that the Chicago Federal club would now probably bring suit for damages against Killi- fer. BODY FOUND IN SOUND. Fishcrmap Discovers Woman's De- composed Corpse Floating on Water. Stratford, . Conn., April 10.—The body of an unidentified woman was found today floating in the Sound be- tween the Stratford Light and the eastern end of Steeplechase Island. It was much decomposed and it is feared that this condition will retard or prevent identification. The po- lice of Bridgeport have no record of a missing woman from that city. A fisherman® walking along the shore saw the body in the water and, rowing out to it, towed it to land. Medical Examiner Coggswell of this town took charge of the case. No evidence of foul play had been found this afternoon. CONFERENCE IS HELD, Cincinnati, April 10.—President Ban Johnson of the American league and member of the National Baseball commission held a conference here today with Chairman August Herr- mann of the commission. OWing to its hurried and impromptu nature following the jumping of Earl Hamil- ton of the St. Louls American league team to the Kansas City Federals yes- terday, baseball critics are predicting that the two members of the com- mission will have Some interesting news to annouhce when the meeting is over. FRUIT DAMAGE SMALL. Atlanta, Ga.. April 10.—Damage to fruit in Georgia's peach belt, af- ter last night's low temperature w &mall, according to advices | today. n-t'al\'edl HOUSES UNROOFED BY WIND STORMS Melon Crop in Florida Believed to ‘Have Been Totally Destroyed By Large Hail Drops. Ocala, Fla., April 10.—Hail and wind storms, accompanied by a sharp drop in temperature last night did much damage to vegetable and citrus | fruit crops throughout central Flor- ida. Orange groves and melon and tomato fields suffered severely. Southern Florida, however, where the bulk of the peninsuia’s citrus fruits are produced, experienced only a cool rain. The heaviest loss was in this sec- tion, which was swept by a storm of cyclonic proportions. Houses were unroofed. wingows broken and sev- eral orange groves destroyed. The melon crop in this and adjoining counties, the center of the melon belt of Florida, is believed to be al: most a total loss. 3 CONGRESS OPENS -FIGHT ON RADIUM ORE BILL Chairman Walsh of Mines Committee Recommends Government Control. ‘Washington, April 10.—The battle | precipitated by Secretary Lane of the interior department to safeguard the radium ore bearing public lands of the United States reached the open in congress for the first time today when the Walsh bill as amended by the senate =mines: committee was called up for consideration. Chair- man Walsh of ‘the mines committee obtained gn Wednesday the unani- mous consent of the senate to take up the 'bill today, asserting that the matter was urgent as every month saw hundreds of claims located in the radium flelds of Colorado and Utah over which the government would ' néver be able to exercise the rights conferred by the bill. As amended the Walsh bill pro- vides for a prior right of, purchase by the government on all ores taken from lands located after the passage of the act. It also pro- vides for a government owned and operated -plant for the reduction of radium ores and the manufacture ot the varfoll Tddlim salts employed in the treatment of cancer and other diseasés. The bureau of mines, it was stated at the committee hearings, al- ready has perfected a process of ex- traction aad is preparing to ‘begin radium making immediately, The bill will be vigorously opposed by Senators Shafroth of Colorado and Fall of New Mexico, both mem- bers of the mines committee. Sena- tor Shafroth reserved the right to file a minority report when the commit- tee recommendation was presented. It is understood the Walsh bill, if passed by the senate will be substi- tuted for pending house measures. NEW MOTION FILED, Marion Hubert Wishes $30,000 In- stead of $15,000 For Injuries. New Haven, April 10.—A motion for an order to amend the claim for damages made by Marion Hubert against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company so that damages claimed would He $30,- 000 instead of $15,000 was made be- fore Judge Willlams in the superior court today. Hubert was a freight handler, and in his papers he tlaims that while in the employ of the railroad at Westchester, N. Y., on May 14, 1912, a heavy barrel was placed upon his back. The weight was so great that it crushed him down, injuring severely his back so that surgical operations were later necessary His counsel also asked that an order be issued placing the records of the case at tne disposal of. the plaintiff, The railroad in its reply not only objects to the proposed amendment but says that to make the available as asked for would mean that the defendant corporation might be at a disadvantage in trial of the case. Decision on the motion will be made Tuesday. The case is on the docket for trial at the court ses- sion week after next. FAST DAY OBSERVED. New Haven, April 10.—Observ- ance of Fast day in Connecticut was chiefly religious, services in all churches marking the occasion. At the post office holiday hours pre- vailed, banks were closed and in some instances there was partial cessation of business. At Bridgeport and Waterbury there were exhibition baseball games, the astern associa- | tion team in the former city meeting the Troy, New York state league, team, and the Waterbury Eastern as- sociation team meeting the Jergey City International nine. Another event of the day was a meeting of the Ex-Prisoners of War Association at Hartford. WEATHER. Hartford, April 10.—Fuair tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer. Sun- day probably unsettled. ISR e Shpraipies radium | records | MAYOR LAWLER T0 TAKE SHORT REST Strenususness of Hartford Manicipal Campaign Affzcis Fxecutive. Lawyers, Bond Men and Brokers Claim That Tuesday's KElection Tangle Will Eventually Reach the Courts. Hartford, April 10.—Mayor Joseph H. Lawler was at his office in City hall for a time this morning and held conferences with a number of lead- ing democrats and heads of city de- partments, He announced his inten- tion of leaving the city this afternoon for a rest of ten days following the strenuousness of the municipal cam- paign. Test to Come, Lawyers and other astute observers of things political and municipal agreed today that the first test of the complete legal qualificatjons to be made will come upon the prospective issue of water bonds to thg amount of $2,000,000. Bond buyers usually make a diligent search of the records and credentials in such a matter, and it_is possible that if there is no “heal- ing act” secured to confirm Mr. Law- ler's title to office in a manner satis- factory to the bond buyers, they may, to fulfill all possible interpretations of the law, have recourse to the courts. It is declared that there is no question of Mr. Lawler's title as mayor de facto and the legality of all his appointments and acts in that capacity: the advantage of court pro- ceedings would add the qualification of mayor de jure, Will Reach Courts. Lawyers, bond men and brokers discussed the situation today and one suggestion was/that Malachi, J. Hogan, who is president of the board of al- dermen and was acting mayor of the city between 8 a. m. and the hour when Mr. Lawler was sworn in on Thursday, should bring a friendly quo | warranto proceeding against Mayor Lawler in order to secure a court rul- ing. 'Whether or not this action or some other will be taken is not de- termined,” but indications today are that the matter will eventually reach the courts. “BOB VEAL” SALESMAN. Jobn Salvatore of Flm Street Is Held in Bonds of $200, who conducts a grocery store on Elm street, is be- ing held by the police under bonds of $200 for his appearance in court tomorrow morning on a charge of ’lelllng “bob veal.” He entered a plea of not guilty in court today. Meat and Food Inspector Dr. Crowley is one of the witnesses for the state and says he visited Salva- tore's establishment shortly before 7 o'clock thizs morning. He found two young calves, one weighing thirty- eight -pounds and the other thirty- three pounds, and the hind quarters of another undersized calf, he alleges. The law reads that no calf weighing less than sixty pounds shall be sold for eatable purposes. fe John Salvatore, AGREEMENT SIGNED. French Government Approves Loan to Turkey. Paris, April 10.—The French gov- ernment today signed an agreement approving of a new French loan to Turkey, according to a semi-official announcement. In return for the loan France is to be accorded cer- tain economic advantages, the na- | ture of which has not yet been die- closed. The amount of the loan and the terms on which it is to be issued also have been kept secret. D. J..David Djavid Bey, former Turkish minister of finance, who has been engaged in negotiations for the loan in Paris for the past six months, is to leave. shortly for Constanti- nople to arrange for the issue by the Sultan of a decree authorizing the transaction. WILL DEPORT 100, Muerta Sympathizers to Be Sent Back to Mexico From This Country. Douglas, Ariz., April 10.—A des- patch from Naco says the Sonora “Expatriation committee,” headed by | General Ygnacio Pesqueira, arrived at Cananea yesterday and made out a list of one hundred or more sus- pectell Huerta sympathizers to _be deported. The namé of one Ameri- can, J. M. Gibbs, a commission mer. chant now said to be in L.os Angeles, appears on the list. All the rest are said to be Mexicans. Reports say large numbers of Mex- jcans in the towns south of here are preparing to anticipate the commit- tee by leaving the country immediate~ ly on the theory that they will be able to return quietly and without molestation, which would be impos- sible if they were officially deported. THEATER DESTROYED. Lafayotte, Tnd.. April 10.—The Dreyfuss Theater here was destroyed by fire with a loss of $60,000 today. The theater was built forty-five years ago. TEST OF LEGAL RIGHT SOON, OIL PROPERTIES ARE DAMAGED IN MEXICO Fighting Continues Around Tampico —All American Women and Chil- dren Are Reported to Be Safe. Washington, April 10.—Continued fighting at Tampico with great dam- age to the valuable oil properties there was reported to the state and navy departments today in dispatches from the warships on the Mexican coast. An official statement at the state de- | partment describea the situation as | to the oil properties this way: | Several oil tanks have been struck, i one is on fire and oil is running into | | the river. A number of refugees are ; on the warships. The fighting at Tampico was de- | scribed as heavy, with the rebels in possession of Dona Cecilia and Ariiol Grande, Rear Admiral Fletcher reported | that Rear Admiral Mayo had deliv- | ered another letter to General Zara- goza about the shots fired into the Pierce Oil plant from federal gun- | boats. Grave fears are felt here that there may be wholesale destruction of the properties, Assurances was received that all American women and children have been gathered into places of safety. Secretary Daniels said this morning that he had not been informed of the issuance by Admiral Mayo of any ul- timatum to the federal tommander at Tampico to cease firing from the gunboat into the city. Monterey is said to be quiet. TWO NEW WITESSES FOUND FOR_CONNEN Counsel for Condemned Men ' Believe Their Testimony Will Win Reprieve. q{ New York, April 10.—Counsel for the four gunmen awaiting execution for the Rosenthal murder announced this afternoon that hey had found two new witnesses whose testimony they belleved would gain a reprieve for their clients and might lead to a new trial. Lionel Kringle, one of theprisofier's attorneys, said that the afidavits of these witnesses would be submitted to a supreme court justice this afternoon or tonight and also laid before Gover- nor Glynn. Until this is done, he said, the witnesses’ names,would not bé re- vealed. The first witness, according to Kringle, said that he stood in front of the Garden Restaurant three nights before Herman Rosenthal was mur- dered and heard Jack Rose say to Harry Vallon as Rosenthal emerged, “There he goes now. It's your chance to get him.” This witness swore that coming out of the Elks’ club on the night of the murder he saw the gray automobile in which the murderers made their escape fly past with Sam Schepps on the running board and “Bridgey” Webber and Harry Vallon in the car. The second witness, the attorney said, asserted that he had seen Vallon and Webber shoot at Rosenthal dur- ing the fusillade in front of the Hotel Metropole restaurant. On account of the Good Friday holiday no courts were in session and the attorneys sald they would have to hunt for a supreme court justice at his _home. The friends of the tcday based their hopes for the’ condemned men on the al-| leged evidence discovered by E. B. M, Browne, a former active Jewish clergyman. This evidence—a note or memor- andum—Mr. Browne submitted to Governor Glynn at Albany yesterday. Its authorship was admitted by Frank Moss, until recently assistant to Dis trict Attorney Charles B. Whitman, who prosecuted the gunmen, It read: “Be careful of anything from Luban and Margolis,” and was sent to form- er Governor Sulzer, who at the time was preparing for his trial for im- peachment when it was reported that Luban and Margolis were to be em- ployed to seek evidence in behalf of | Sulzer. Luban was a witness against Becker and the gunmen and Margolis against Becker. This note, Rabbi | Rrowne believes, discredits Luban and | Margolis on authority of the district ! attorney’s office. four gunmen MISSIONS REMEMBERED. Mrs. Henry Leaves Estate Valued at $500,000. Warren, Pa., April 10.—Home and foreign mission activities will profit | by the will of the late Mrs. Ellza A. Henry, probated here today and dis- posing of an estate valued at $500,- 000. The home mission board of the Presbyterian church, the woman's board of foreign missions and the woman’s board of home missions o the United States, are each given $10,000. And $25,000 is given ta the Presbyterian Board of Mixuisteria} Relief. Park college at Parkville Mo., is given $10,000, and a pension of $500 a year provided for Fanny Crosby of Bridgeport, the hymin com- poser. The Warren library the extent of $5,000, of Philadelphia, was lthe executors. will profit to Gearge Grump made one of { ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW' HAVEN INQUIRY IS OPENED AGAE Witucsses Refuse to Answer Ques tions Goncerning Billard Company MANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS T0 ST Judge Stoddard Claims That Resolution Has Gone Far the Powers of Congress:in ing Investigation. Washington, April 10.—Mandam ‘proceedings to compel the produc of books and papers to disch financial dealings between the Ni Haven railroad and the Billard coi pany will be started immediately the interstate commerce commissiol Further Inguiry Begun. Further inquiry into the fin affairs of the New Haven rail was begun by the lnurnt merce commission today afti weeks. of fnvestigation into the b of the company. The inquiry, un the direction of Commissioner Chord, is being made in compl with a senate resolution directing tl cominission to develop all facts garding the New : Haven's banl connections, the purchase of its | sidtary properties, the money patd fi them and the emoluments for missions paid for negotiating the ous transactions. Commissioner McChord annou that the principal matter to be sidered at present was the relat! of the Billard company to the cial operations of the New Walker D. Hines, counsel for ¢h present management of the New Hi en, said at the opening that it was policy of Chairman Elliott and present management to co-operate | every way with the commission furnish all information. ‘Whipple First Witness. Harry V. Whipple, president of t) Merchants’ National Bank of Haven, the first witness, refused testify as 8o his business t with ‘the Millard company. He he was not m;;‘ a stockholder in t] <ol but been up to Mo‘ did you well ”r e in the Billard compuny he - we asked. b “I must decline to answer question because I regard it as an vasion of my personal rights,” repi ‘Whipple. Judge Stoddard, counsel ' for New Haven, explained Mr. Whipp declination to reply. Right Is Challenged. “We challenge the right and jurisdiction of the commission,” he, “to inquiry inte any act of Billard company. Our conclusion that ‘such an Inquiry would be b yond the scope of the cominission’ autharity. Acting upon that co clusion we have decided to dec to answer questions relating to matters,” “Were there any relations betw the Billard company and the Ni Haven during your incumbency # treasurer of the Billard company Mr., Whipple was asked. The witness agein declined swer by advice of counsel, “Suppose,” suggested Chief Coun Folk of the commission, “that it c&} be shown that the Billard comp owes the New Haven Rallroad millions of dollars, do you think it would be desirable to conceal fact, in view of the desire of I senate for the information?” ¢ Stoddard Is Aroused. “I think,” interrupted Judge dard, “that the senate resolution gone far heyond the powers either o this | commission or of con Neither the commission nor con has any power to investigate the lations, if any, of the Billard o pany and the New Haven Rall ‘Whipple Stll Silent. A series of questions was pi Whipple, intended to dw.lq" dence of financial relationy betwe the Billard company and the { Haven or the Billard company the New England Navigation pany. He declined in every i 1 to answer. He refused to say whe er there had been a transaction tween the Billard company apd New England Navigation company volving $21,000,000, or not; whi to an ¥ % | the New “Haven. through its sub diary, thé¢ New England Navi company, did not advance to John Billard a million dollars on his promissory notes, or whether Bill was indebted to the New Engl Navigation company for two mill dollars. B The counsel for the comm said Mr, Whipple had been dii L by subpoena to bring books, do mentg and contracts of the Billa company. 3 “f.re you prepared,” he inqui “4o produce those books and d ments?"’ “1 am not,” Whipple and declined to say Whether his fusal was or was not becauss . ti books were too bulky. g Hemingway Follows Suit. To S8amuel Hemingway, pres of the Second National bank Haven, a similar line of (Canmufi;‘%