New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 11, 1914, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914, BELLEN DOMMATED NEW HAVEN BOARD eromeatal Pesceation Canse of Systom's Unstabieness. ‘Washington, July 11. That [Charles S. Mellen, former president of e New Haven rallroad system, and hot the late J. Pierpont Morgan, Mdominated” the board of directors ot fhe New Haven, and that the New [Hlaven would today be in good ftanding in the railroad world but incessant and interminable inves- [gations and hostile legislation are the broad statements made in the irief filled Thursday by William Nei- [Bon Cromwell with ‘the interstate jecommerce commission in the pending linvestigation of New Haven affairs. . Mr. Cromwell appears: before the gommission for William Skinner and [Charles F. Brooker, both members jof the New Haven board of directors. 'he distress of the New Haven is at- ibuted to the inability to finance the obligations of the road because of gislatures of Massachusetts, Rhode sland and Connecticut, the conflict- Ing laws of these three states which do not permit long term bonds se- ured by mortgage upon the com- Ipany property. the forced separation fof the properties of the New Haven be- cause of the anti-trust law, the al- eged general 'business depression, Jand the increased cost of operation jand maintenance without an increase in freight and passenger rates. Mellen As Dominant Figure. Mr. Cromwell declares that the INew Haven directors were men of the fhighest character, and that no one or lem had any speculative interest in e stock or the operations of the system, or even made a dollar in that |way from his connection with the pad. He asserts that the directors cted in the best of faith and with great intelligence, but all the Ings were dominated by Mr. Mellen. [ It was Mr., Mellen, who, according | was | Mr. Cromwell, did all that one in the relations with the Grand Wrunk for which Mr. Mellen, in ffestimony, said he took the vicarious rt for Mr. Morgan, and was indict- d because, as Mr. Morgan’'s son said, gccording to Mr. Mellen, it woula ve killed his father to have been dicted. It was Mr. Mellen, too, Who ducted the whole deal with. Bil- rd out of which Billard made. $2,- 00,000 profit, although the minutes @f the board of directors stated that 1l shares and profits in the Boston d Maine stock held by Billard, less & reasonable compensation for his rvices and risks and the amount of actual expenses in connection the . purchase and sale of the sto pany” at the close of the deal. Directors in the Dark. “"Mr. Cromwell says that the direc- fors never knew a thing about this | It was all attended | whole matter. 't9, by Mellen and Billard, he declares. Mellen denied on the witness stand t the New Haven had any interest the stock of the Boston and Maine er the sale to Billard, and Billard |made the same statement. But Mr. c’:omwell points out that Mr. Mellen also testified that the minute quoted ove was adopted’ no daubt by the “strengthen reasonable £ Haven directors to his hands to force a gettlement with Billard.” . The policy of acquisition of trolleys, mship lines and all manner of federal railroads, together with the hester and Port Chester pur- , to get an entry into New York is to be attributed to causes in | exigtence, he says, far back in the history of the road. They were in iOperation before Mr. Mellen became president. Mr. Morgan urged them Because of the sentimental interest. He had been born in New England, and his father’s tomb was in ths capital city of Connecticut, and he was fmpelled to bring all New England under the New Haven system, Wants to Be Let Alone. In his final appeal to the commis- slon fo view the New Haven in the light of the historicai and business conditions that surround the system, Mr. Cromwell says that the physical _conditiion of-the road is good, that it is operated by efficient and loyal officials and that the main line is frog from a mortgage lien, which is a statement that cannot be made by any otker railroad of equal importance in the United States. Therefore, all the New .Haven needs to rehabilitate it- self, he declares is to be let alone, and this means that its directors should also be let alone. I. O. O. F. INSTALLATION. District Deputy Grand -Patriarch George H. Varney of Hartford in- stalled the officers of Comstock en- ent, I. O. O. F., at the mecet- ‘ing of the camp last night. The offi- cers installed were as follows: Mirst watch, W. W. Butler; second watch, ‘R. B. Croker; third watch, E. B. | Hamilton; fourth watch, C. A. Bell; firgt guard of tent, F, 8. Turton; sec- snd. guard of tent, Henry Zurick; in- sentinel, Gustave Molander. meet- | his | . and ‘Maine stock, ‘should ' e ed in’the New Haven. Rallroad ; This new picture of Colonel Roose- velt was taken at his first eonference with progressive leaders at the na- tional .progressive headquartérs in New York. That meeting marked his entrance into the political arena for the fall campaign. The colonel was urged to run at the head of a straight pragressive ticket for governor of New Colonel Roosevelt Will Fight For Progressive Congressmen York, but withheld his final decision, although indicating that he did not want to accept. Many of his advisers figured that if he entered the New York campaign as a candidate he would impair his chances for the presidency in 1916. Colonel Roose- velt announced he would make his first fall congressional speech in Maine soon after Labor day. KING GEORGE WILL | BEVIEW BRITISH NAVY Mobilization of Fleets and Flotillas to Be Held at Spithead on July 17. London, July 11.—All the British fleets and flotillas in home waters which now-a-days the whole of the British' navy, has been ordered to be 2t Spithead on July 17, to spend a week-end and pass in review before Admiral of the Fleet, King George V. The mobilization, which is in = the nature of a test, is this year taking the place of the usual manoeuvres, which the present Admiralty board has decided can teach the officers nothing that they do not know al- ready, besides being a very heavy expense. The ships and auxiliaries; which will number some 400 craft, the largest fleet ever assembled, will include every class of vessel from the | Paul Railway in big dreadnought battleships to the smallest submarines, aeroplanes and hydroplanes. The spot is an ideal one for the as- sembling of a great fleet, the oune stretch of water in the world that seems to have been designed by na- ture as the frame for great naval pageants. It gives the public, as well as the officers and men, an op- portunity of seeing the great fleet the upkeep of which costs the British tax- payer so much, gathered together as though ready for actual warfare, for every ship will be 80 manned and outfitted that she could go into im- mediate battle. The reserves will be called out and the cadets from Gs- borne and Dartmouth colleges will be embarked, as they would in wartime, and after the king has completed his visit, they will go for a short cruise with the entire fleet. CONDEMNS CLASS RATES ON FREIGHT Interstate Commerce Commission Pronounces Them vo Be Unjust and Unreasonable. Washington, July 11.—Class ‘Tates on freight from Minneapolis and St. Paul to points as far as sixty miles distant on the transcontinental lifie of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. North' and South Dakota were pronounced unjust and | unreasonable today by the interstate commerce commission. « The railroad was ordered to zease charging the condemned rates, and to put in effect before September 1, a new schedule which will not be great- er than rates named by the commis- sion. The decision was in a long, hard fought case brought by the Minnea- polis Civic and Commercial associa- tion, which alléged that the rates | were a discrimination against the manufecturérs and merchants of St Paul and Minneapolis and ths people ving in the affected territory, means practically | “| ALWAYS DRINK,” MAN TELLS COURT James McMahon Fined $10 for Breach of Peacs. “Do you drink?” asked Prosecutor George W. Klett this morning of James McMahon who was in court charged with breach of the peace and demolishing a glass show case in Louis Landau's store at the corner of Hartford avenue and Grove street. “Why,"” scornfully replied Mc- Mahon, “I always drink, but does that alter the case against me?"” Previous to this Mr. Landau had testified that he and M€Mahon had been arguing over the amount of the latter’s bill and his debtor had fin- ally became incensed and banged his fist down on the show case, smash- ing the glass. P. J. Dixon, who was odutside of the store at the time, tes- tified to seeing McMahon bang his fist through the top of the show case and Officer Walter Malona tes- tified to making the arrest. = He said that while McMahon had been drink- ing he was not drunk. Bill Not in His Favor. When put on the stand McMahon presented a strange appearance. With all seriousness he pointed his finger at Judge Mangan and said ‘“Well, your honor, I owe the plaintiff in this case some money, but the bill was not made out in my favor. I was invited into the store last night to have the bill itemized and when I told him I wouldn’t pay for things I didn’t buy he banged his left hand down on the glass case and said ‘Yes you will, and you’'ll pay for the show case, too. ” Judge Mangah found McMahon guilty and imposed a fine of '$10 and costs, Robber Is Arrested. John Whitmore, who is alleged to have committed a robbery in Bristol, ‘was arrested by Officer William Grace last night and turned over 'to Officer O'Rourke of that city. ‘Whitmore is the man for whose alleged crime Carl Van Schultz was arrested on suspicion yesterday. This morning Chief Rawlings received a call from the Rockville police saying that they, too, have charges against Whitmore. Was Giving Girls Money. A man giving his name as that of Elmer June was arrested by Officer Hanford Dart last night on, suspicion. June was detected talking to a bunch of little girls in Walnut Hill park and giving them money. His action were susplcious and he was taken to head- quarters. As he had commtted no crime and the evidence was not strong enough to warrant his detention he was given a lecture and sent on his [ ‘ l IBB?-—Hfluse of Hallinan--1914 Hello, Fellows! Say We Made a Holler for Hallinag:fi IlgcCream and we meant just what we said about their Druggist Special—and the public is waking up on this ICE CREAM question, and there will Rot be o0 many fooled in the future with a lot of Hot Air. The Peachiest CREAM of them all will be HALLINAN'S Spe- cial for Sunday. Fresh Crushed Peaches and Pure, Fresh, iilch Cream frozen with just cnough Sugar to make palatable, 50c per quart for Sunday. Have your order in :arly so as to get some of this Cream as it is a treat. For Saturday’s Baking specials we have made special effort to have our cases well stocked with a large variety of our Rich, well baked Cnkes, French Buns, Bath Buns, Wreaths, Stullers, Cinnamon Cakes, These Cakes have the Butter and Eggs incorporated in the mix- ing. Our Campaign on N. E. BREAD is a big Success. Hallinan Bread & Ice Cream Co. LANNING COTTON PLANTATION IN INDIA Manufacturers, Hoping to Secure Sup- ply Independent of America, Sub- scribe to Project. London, July 11.—In the hope of some day securing a raw cotton supply independent of America, the International Federation of Master Cetton Spinners’ and Manufacturers’ associations has launched a scheme for the establishment of a model cotton rlantation in Punjab, India. Considering the advances already made in' India, it is estiynated that before many years the Indian crop will be almost as large as the Ameri- can crop. The model plantatiop in India will demonstrate the benefits which arise from intensive farming, thereby encouraging the landed pro- prietors to adopt this system and to improve the yield per acre and the quality of the fibre. The land will be sown with as large a percentage of American cotton seed as possible, and- the -agricultural de- partment of Punjab will have the right to purchase any of the surplus seed produced which is not required for the estate, for distribution in other districts. The:féderation has secured a twenty years’ lease of 7,500 acres close to the railway and water supply. A modern ginning mill is to be erected, and as there is scarcely any population in the vicinity, model villages, are to be established for the workmen, who are to be brought in and instructed by experts. Leading members of the federation believe that within a few years it will be possible to increase the Indian cot- ton crop to ten million bales without encroaching on the area required for food. Manufacturers in all countries using Indian cotton are subscribing te the project. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Winchester, Conn., July 11.—Rev. Arthur Goodenough, dean of the clergymen in active service in North- western Connecticut, and Mrs. Good- enough, today are celebrating the fif- | tieth anniversary of their marriage. | During his forty-four years as pas- tor of the Congregational church here Mr. Goodenough has officiated at 141 marriages, 463 ' funerals and has preached 5,000 sermons. BOOK ON Dog Diseases AND HOW TO FEED Matled Free to any address by the auther H. CLAY GLOVER, V.S. 118 West 31st Street New York Advertised Letters: The following is a list of letters re maining uncalled for at the New Britain, Conn post office, July 11, 1914: Miss Klara Karlson. Miss Annie McMahon. Mrs. E. L. Anderson. Mrs. Stevan Warsevicz. Mrs. A. B. Williams. Stevan Warsevicz. Ed Ginsberg. ‘Wiladyslaw Dannariski. Ameder Bonola. Mohamed Farhat. Fred Kamerer. George Martin, James Martin. Andrian Paupurl. P. Stone. Ask for advertised letters anu tion date of list. IRA E. e HICKS, Postmaster. SEEING WITH EARS. Pnlcst Triumph of Science in Inven- tion of the “Optophone.” London, July 11.—Seeing with the ears is the latest triumph of science in the invention of the ‘‘optophone,” which has been demonstrated before the Royal society by Dr. Fournier d’Albe, an Englishman of Huguenot descent. Dr. d"Albe says that a blind man should be able to read ordinary books and newspapers by sound, on the principle of translating light waves to sound waves. While the doctor’s instrument, which effects the | translation, is not yet developed to its potential capacity, it enabled a blind man in Birmingham to count the number of nurses before him, and investigators of the Royal society have even made out lines of print. The device consists of a perforated disk which rotates in front of a powerful Nerust lamp. The type to be read is placed facing the light upon a rest. A small, intensely bright line of light, passing through the holes in the disk, travels from one letter to the next, and the type reflects the light on to a selenium bridge. Bach letter Bives a characteristic sound, which is | heard by means of a telephone. The | ; reader must know the sound of each lctter to be able to follow the print. Woman’s Health and spirits depend upon her digestion nd circulation. Sallow skin, pimples, fnclal blemishes and depression dis- pear after the s{stem has been mud and the blood purified by BEECHAM'S ~ PILLS Mmds'oehlvd-h'l—vfl !vml‘ | will formally RECREATION SHIRTS Here’s one of Oxford and Corded Mad- ras, with new sailor collar which can also be be worn buttoned snug to the neck. $1.50 and $2.00, surface. Trousers cut belt. all colors. Sizes 34 to 93.99 ASYLUM ST. Another style is a genuine Soisette with soft collar attached, with elbow sleeves and tull length. Special at $1.50. THE NEWJST IN BATHING SUITS. A knitted gdArment with Angora finished We also have Shaker Knit Suits i Heather shades, and worsted knitted Suits in lcose, to be worn with 50. Live leather belts, 50c and $1.00. Horstalls “IT PAYS TO BUY OUR KIND" Connecting with HARTFORD w! 140 TRUMBULL ST. LET THE KODAK go with you on your vacation and keep the story of your trip. We carry everything that's worth while in photography, and we will be glad to " have you step into our store, without any obligation to buy, and let us show you how easy, and inexpensive too, amateur photography can be. Kodaks and Brownies to suit every requirement. 162 and 171 MAIN STREET Will Guard Young Shah of Persia During Coronation A0US Teheran, Persia, July 11.—Political | troubles are expected to follow the | coronation of the young Shah Abmed Mirza on July 21. He will reach his eighteenth birthday on that date and be seated upon the famous peacock throne of Persia. The occasion will be markea by a great durbar, when the wealth of the little realm will be displayed with all the gorgeousness of the orient. .The voung shah will be closely guarded Lo | protect him during the public cere- monies. He has been shah since 1909. He has been carefully educated for the position he holds. GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY. Faglish Institutions to Example Set in America. London, July 11.—The free churches arc embarking on a campaign to secure the attendance at church of Follow ! task, and there will be an “ PEAGOCK THRONE OF PERSIA YOUNG _SHAM every man, woman and child in Eng- land and Wales on a Sunday in Janu- 'y next year. Representatives of the churches will visit every home throughout the country, and leave a personal invitation for every inmate 10 put in 4n appearance at church Thourands of visitors will be requisi- tioned in the accomplishment of this army of superintendents and officers to en- gineer the undertaking. The preliminary steps in this “‘come to church” campaigh have already been taken and the proposal has Leen received very sympathetically by w/ all denominations. L d 2