New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1916, Page 10

16 NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1916. TCHEL TRAPPED 3Y OWN EAGERNESS psts, Knowing Wires Were apped, Held “Phony” Talks ew York, May 2 sts.'denied —Three Catholic oath before the mpson legislative committee yes- under ay that a conspiracy ain Catholic laymen he city to injure the city admin- htion and defeat the ends of jus- as Mayor Mitchel has charged in committee’s investigation of the bing of telephone wires by the po- They were Mgr. John J. Dunu, .cellor of the archdiocese of New lc; Father Wililam B. Farrell, and jher Joseph P. Dineen,_ secretary Bishop Hayes. e three priests were named by or Mitchel as having taken part onversations over telephcne wires h hiad been tapped by police of- 1s. All three emphatically denied most of these conversations had d at al had been med’ by the police, aithough one wo of the conversations were ad- ed in whole, and a few in part. th Mgr. Dunn and Father Farrell denied that an offer in good had been made to pay pr. Daniel C. Potter to remain out- the jurisdiction of the state while Strong committee’s investigation he charities department was un- way. Dr. Potter also denied that ad received any mone Bait for the Police. gr. Dunn did admit that he had gd ‘about giving Dr. Potter “one fred,” but he said it occurred to on the inspiration of the mo- t to mention this sura when he lected that his telephone wire was a bait to lure on police. He said he did not men- the word ‘“dollars,” and that the e rose to the bait as might a fish. Mgr. Dunn, in his tes- Iny, bitterly assailed Mayor Mit- saying at one point: He has attacked ruthlessly the of our sisterhoods and dragged fead from the grave in his ber- pr rage in an attempt to justify oble conduct.” her Dineen likewise pr, saying: publicly brand him as one. who ppressing the truth when it s his purpose.” his testimony Mgr. Dunn caused r by asserting that the attacks he Catholic institution were hpted by the Standard Oil, the | Foundation, and the Charity | exists among clergy and lashed the | only one aim,” he said, that was the secularization of haritable -institutions. It was ttempt to .take:God out of the 5. of our little ones, and that is | thing we will not stand.” e suggestion was made at the ng that Police . Commissioner is had not dealt fairly with the hittee in reporting that only three " had money | Show How New York Militiamen In ~.’I"oumament Quickly They Can Mobilize In order to show New Yorkers and others the national mbled in case how quickly guardsmen could be a; of necessity, neariy 10,000 of the citi- {zen soldiers mobilized in record time ltat the Sheepshead Bdy Speedway to take part in the battle problem which they were to work out in the pres- of Major General John F. yan and some 8,000 spectators at the military and naval tournament. But the exercises were interrupted when it was announced that, owing to complaint of the Kings County Sunday Observance league against the breaking of certain “blue laws,” there could be no noise in the mimic | war. Blank cartridges for rifle and cannon were taboo, drums, bugles and bands were forbidden, and no aeroplane was allowed to fly, with its exhaust. And, acting under orders from General O'Ryan, the guard \ | obeyed the law so carefully that the only noise the watchers heard during | the whole of the “fight” the track | erack, crack of the rifles and zip of | bullets in a shooting gallery nearby that ran on merrily through it all. "r‘hc pictures show No. 1, practic with field gun; D anti-air craft gun on exhibition; No. 3, Colonel Cor nelius Vanderbilt, millionaire and national guard officer and enthusiast; No. 4, auto towing two field guns. hone wires had been tapped of Father Farrell, Dr. Potter, his son, Dean Potter. fred J. Talley, counsel to the ked priests, said he had a strong cion that a tap had also heen bn the private wire of Mgr. Dunn. was indicated, he said, by the fact Father Dineen admitted a tele- ic conversation with Mgr. Dunn, the police record had down as a conversation between Father en and Dr. Potter. The commit- hay summon Commissioner Woods ask him about this point, Conference With Whitman. onference which Senator Thomp- chairman of committee, had dur- he day with Governor Whitman b a report that the governor in- ed to appoint a special commit- o take up the wiretapping ques- Neither the governor nor Sen- Thompson would say anything t it. pyvor Mitchel admitted that not yet decided on what steps ould take to bring criminal pro- ngs against the men he accused. id he would probably wait until rhompson committee had finished all the witnesses in the case. The br denied that there was any fihood of a compromise or con- fon in the matter. he TWO SMALL FIR @ fire depantment was called out yesterday afternoon to two 1 fires. One was a chimney fire Walter Hart’s residence on Hart street and the other was a .shed on Putnam street which caught fire from the dump f SEND BOY AWAY. Youngster Who Fscaped From Town Home Is Caught Five Days Later. John Kozeta, one of the boys Town home last they were being held pending their being sent to the County Home at Warehouse Point, was caught at his home last night. His two com- panians were caught soon after they cscaped. The boy told Judge Meskill in court this morning that since he escaped from the Town home he has been sleeping in the Newington dump. When he went home yesterday the authorities were notified. He was taken to the reform school at Meriden today. trio small who escaped from the Saturday, where BURR SELECTS LINCOLN. One of Democratic “Big Four” An- nounces Alternate. Hartford, May 26.—W. O. Burr, chosen at the recent state democratic convention to be a delegate-at-large to the national convention in- St Louis in June, has appointed Char- ity Commissioner Charles G. Lincoln of this city to be his alternate. ENIER, PIGKHARDT & DUNN MAIN :STREET. OPPOSITE ARCH. TELEPHONE 317-2 MPORTANT SUIT and COAT ALE AT REDUCED PRICES Our entire stock of Spring Coats and Suits to be sold at a great reduction. This increas display of We: SEPARATE SKIRtg SUMMER FROCKS SILK SWEATERS WA1STS HOSIERY SUMMER UNDERWEAR NECKWEAR ///INFANTS’ WEAR ingly interesting shop is now ready with a complete *aring Apparel for Summer. BLOU GLOVES CORSETS MUSLIN UNDERWEAR BRASSIERES KIMONOS ROMPERS BLOOMER DRESSES HATS AND CAPS FOR CHILDREN of | Austrian Offensive is 0“ X‘X‘us meLA]NW LLe F d es Sartel les¢ DoMBASLE In the upper of the two accompany- ing maps the heavy black line shows where French and German armies confront each other in the conflict for Verdun. A—Point east and of Le Mort Homme, where some of the heaviest fighting took place in the German efforts to reach the French positions. .~ B—Strategic ground west of the fortress, where the Germans, during a -second. asault,. got.a tem- porary footing in the French- trenches by sacrificing many men, but were forced out’in a counter attack. C Fort Douaumont. Reported captured by the Germans afiey a murderous struggle marked by Tt.de Landrecouru west | Like German at Verdun o, Lodvemont MONTZEVILLE Fort <Choisel Fort du | o xe.r FtdeDug F‘Eg Haudam UPPER - VERDUN MAP, LOWER - ITRLO-RUSTRIAN FRONTIER preceded tillery shows where the each prepar the time by powerful ar- ations. 1e lower map Ttalo-Austrian frontier, Aus 1 offensive along the Ttalian front, which began two weeks ago, assumed more and more the character of the German offensive at Verdun. The line between the river Adige (Etsch in German) and | the viver Brenta, which seems to have Leen the chief sector of the Aus- trian attack, is between twenty-three and twenty-five miles in length and includes the Val Lagarina and the Val Sugar The chief points of at- tack, according to the Italian report, are in the Lagarina, indicated by the many assaults, broken line, MORGAN & C0. Now Will Bring Action for Conspiracy to Take Private Information New York, May 26.—Dist Swann, ct Atto received notice yesterday | that the office of J. P, Morgan & Co. would ney be ready within a few urge a criminal prosecution of ‘per- & Seymour” at 120 Broadway for con- munition contracts from a clerk the Morgan firm. John D. Linds: attorney for the Morgan concern, | ferred with the.district attorney and informed him that a fo complaint against the would be filed as soon important witness could in an con- ve: erday mal sused persons certain { found. That some action of this sort would | be urged by timated to District Attorney ann about a month ago—shortly after it was charged that William J. Burns had fice, by means of a detectaphone. At | a recent hearing before the Thompson ! investigating committee it developed | that Burns had been employed to do this by { been discovered that secret records in the Morgan office had been tam- pered with. All the evidence seemed to indicate the existence of a “grape- vine route,” whereby secret inforr tion concerning the purchase of am- munition for the French government by J. P. Morgan & Co., was illegally | obtained from the Morgan firm and sold to munition manufacturers, be rious angles, Burns' tled upon the office Seyvmour, in Not only in the Seymour office, but he also in- vaded the premises, it was said, and obtained what he believed to be let- ter heads of the Seymour firm on | which had been written copies of the orders that Morgan & Co. had received from the French minister of finance, as well as statements of the araounts which the Morgan firm was willing to pay for munitions. Police Take Hand. Aside from the operations of 3urns agency, the police also took an investigation, and bped the wires of the Sevmour fice. The evidence obtained by police, Deputy Commissioner who had charge of the wireiz said, was of a nature to make different to any complaint that might be made either by Frederick Seymour suspicions s of Seymour the Equitablo & building. the under- of- the Lord, BAR READY TO PROSECUTE days to | sons occupying' the office of Seymour spiring to buy information relating to | ESTABLISHED 1886 Globe Clothing House At $18 we are showing un- usual values. a | the Morgan firm was in- | been spying on the Seymour of- | the Morgan firm, after it had ' After investigating the matter from | e did he install a detectaphone | actaally | him Hart Schaffner and Marx clothes varsity fifty-five means good styles. | You canstop e hore for Straw” Hats $1.00 to $5.00. Interwoven Socks Please You At Once, Children Blouses fast colors 45¢, 50¢, 75¢, $1 The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes. or his brother, John S ymour, has made any complaint against the po- ce. It was not until last Wednesday, when he was on the witness stand in 14 John Doe proceeding before Mag- | istrate McAdoo, that Fredericlk . acting under pressure from the district attorney, agreed to make a l(nmp]:lm( against William J, Burns, charging him with unlawful entry. Trederick Seymour said vyesterday, had no intention of prosecuting any of his'threatened civil suits until the ‘criminal proceedings 1inst | Burns had been concluded. would | make no further comment the charges that his office had n the avenue through which secret informa tion had been sold to munition manu- | facturers concerning the activities of {J. P, Morgan & Co. i | He on bee: You do not need anyone to tell you where to buy a building lot or abungalow site. 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