New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF mr=zm NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEA ’BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1 BULGARS UNABLE 0 HOLD POINTS ON THE DANUBE Withdrawal of Teutonic Forces Near Tultcha Announced in Berlin Statement RUSSIANS IN RIGA SECTOR SQUEEZED BY GERMAN PUSH British Admiralty Statement, Bascd on Information From Petrograd, Ad- mits Success of Enemy at Northern End of Long Battle Line—Six En- tente Airplanes Shot Down on West Front, i | Apparently the Bulgarians were un- able to hold the ground on the north side of the southern estuary of the Danube, north of Tultcha, in Do- brudja, occupation of which was an- nounced yesterday. Today’s state- ment, while somewhat &mbiguously! worded, apparently indicates a with-; drawal of the Bulgarians to their former position on the northern side of the estuary. | This movement is the only impor-" tant one that has occurred in the Ru- manian campaign, so far as shown by the Berlin report. Extreme cold weather is affecting the operations in the Moldavian mountain region and there has been only skirmishes and ar- tillery engagements along that front. Attention again is turned to the Riga region on the northern end of the Russian front, where a renewal of the fighting is reported by Berlin. # This was forecast by yesterday’s an- nouncement of the resumption of in- ‘tense artillery fire in that region. The Berlin account of the progress of the fighting simply declares that it took a course favorable to the Germans, /* On the Franco-Belgian frant the activity of raiding detachments is being continued. The French report mentions successful raids by French . troops near Chilly, south of the Somme, and patrol operations in the . ‘oevre district, Berlin reports air engagements in akhich -the Entente lost a total of six b %_‘_;rplanes. . Three German machines .were brought down on the French front, Paris announces, Teuton: Force Falls Back. Berlin, Jan. 24, by Wireless to Say- ville—A withdrawal of Teutonic forces in the region along the Danube north of Tultcha is announced in to- day's army headquarters statement. | Battle Grows at Riga. Berlin, Jan. 24, by wireless to Say- ville.—Renewed fighting has broken out in the Riga region on the Rus- sian front the war office announced | today. The result of the engage- ments has been favorable to the Ger- | mans, says the official statement. | Russians Forced Back. Petrograd, Jan. 24, via London, 2:29 p. m.—British admiralty per wireless press—German troops in the Riga region have succeeded, by re- peated attacks in strong force, in pressing back the Russian lines about a mile and a half between the Tirul swamp and the river Aa and east of Kalmzem, the war office announced today. French Raiders Succeed. Paris, Jan. 24, noon French troops made several successful raids last night near Chilly, south of the Somme and in the Woevre district, the various war statements announce. Patrols were unusually active in the Seille region near the eastern end of the front. | | Six Entente Planes Bagged. Berlin, Jan. 24, by wireless to Say- | ville.—Six Entente airships were shot down yesterday on the western front, | the war office announces. The official | report from the Franco-Belgian war theater follows: The weather was frosty and excep- | tional bright. Over the most of the front the fighting was moderate. Aviators took advantage of favor- able conditions for observation. Tn the course cf numerous aerial en- ‘gagements and as a result of our ‘defensive fire the enemy lost six air- ships. FACING BANKRUPTCY? Pecides on Extraordinary Measures to Stave Off Insolvency, Correspon- dent of Paris Journa! Telegraphs. 24.—Austria has de- extraordinary measures Paris, Jan. cided on an to stave off inevitable according to the Petit Journal eva correspondent. BANK EXAMINER REMOVED. Washington, Jan. 24.—Removal of Charles Starck from office as chief national bank examiner for the sec- ond federal reserve district with head- quarters at New York and the ap- pointment in his place of William P. Matburn, ant secretary of the treasury was announced today by Comptroller Williams. bankruptey, | Gen- LONDON HEARS TEN RAIDERS ARE SUNK German and British Destroyers Engaged in Night Battle CORPSES FROZEN T0 DECK North Sea Engagement Fought in In- | tensc Darkness and Bitter Cold— ‘ English Admiralty Gives No Indi- cation of Own Losses. London, Jan. 24, 2:50 a. m.—Spe- cial despatches from Holland gives ! stories of the battles between Ger- ! man and British destroyers in the “Nor!h Sea but the details, which on | i some points are conflicting, are most- | ly and avowedly derived from hear- POLICE TO CLAMP Warrants Reported Out for Sev- eral Running Games of Chance ARRESTS EXPECTED SOON Planned by Authorities—Poker Joints Being Watched—Parents and Wives Enter Complaints. Those having a weakness for woo- ing the Goddess of Chance by just “sitting in” or through the medium of ! slot machines of the many types de- signed to lure away coins from young and old will do well to watch out for a time as authentic reports indicate say and not substantiated. It seems certain that the main engagement | began about 2 o’clock in the morning ' and lasted until abcut 7. It was | fought in intense darkness while the severity of the cold can be judged from the fact that eight corpses on the V-69, the German flagship, were | so frozen to the deck when the boat | arrived at Ymuiden that they had to be hewn free by an axe. Driven Back While on Raid. All the details of actual damage to the ships refer to the V-69, which, it is stated, was rammed by a Brit- ish ship after being seriously battered. The correspondents report gossip that seven to ten German vessels were sunk but there is nothing confirmatory in regard to this. According to one version, the Germans started from Helgoland with the intention of raid- ing the British coast but were driven back toward Flanders, where some took refuge in Zeebrugge. It is con- firmed that Commander Boehm on the V-69 is alive and, according to one report, uninjured. It is stated that he superintended the removal of the crew of the destroyer as an ex- amination of the ship proved the im- possibility of repairing her within 24 hours. This, implies an intention to intern but nothing official is obtain- able. A number of survivors of the sunken British vessels have arrived on the east coast. A surviver of the German destroyer V-69, interviewed at Ymuiden by the correspondent of the Evening News, | said the main action -occurred at a point thirty miles off Zeebrugge. His vessel and another torpedo boat de- : sroyed formeéd the rear guard of a flotilla of eleven vessels, Suddenly the German flotilla was confronted by two British squadrons composed of four and six big ships each. The British marksmanship was accurate and the V-69 was badly hit. ‘The compass and steering gear being destroyed the officers of the German destroyer followed the stars and used the propellers in steering towards a German port. ‘While making for home they were confronted by four British destroyers and the V-69 ran for the Dutch coast. | No Loss, Says Berlin. Berlin, Jan. 24, via London, 10 p. m.—One British destroyer was sunk and another was observed to be in a sinking condition in the North Sea naval engagement, the admiralty an- nounces. One German torpedo boat put in at Ymuiden, in a damaged con- dition. The others returned with slight damage. The announcement follows: “In the course of an enterprise undertaken by a portion of our de- stroyer forces ah engagement oc- curred early in the morning of Jan. 23 with British naval forces. One : enemy destroyer was sunk during the | fight. After the engagement a sec- | ond was observed by our airplanes to | be in a sinking condition. | “One of our torpedo boats which ! was in distress owing to damage sus- tained, according to news received, has arrived at Ymuiden. All the | other boats returned with slight dam- age.” GONSUL’S NAME FORGED Several Arrests Made in Switzerland and Restrictions Are Placed on Ex- ports to Dutch Companies. St. Gall, Switzerland, via Parls, Jan. 23, 11:40 a. m.—A prohibition againt the shipment of Swiss mer- chandise to certain Dutch companies | has been issued, according to Ausvin- | form as the result of the discovery of | forged certificates intended to be | used in shipping goods to America. | It was announced that the signature | { of & British consul in Holland had | been forged on several occasions. i Several arrests have already been made here in connection with the af- fair and the hope is expressed that the prohibition. which seriously af- fects Swiss commerce, will shortly be withdrawn. | | | JOSEPH H. CHOATE ILL. Receive Friends 85th Birthday. New York, Jan. 24—Joseph H. Choate, who is 85 years old today, has been sick for the last two weeks with influenza and his physicians were not { certain that he would be able to re- ceive visitors. They expect, however May Not on | | that he will to his law the procedure is under the close scru- tiny of the authorities. For some time, according to information re- ceived, there has been a quiet inves- | tigation of reports that slot machines have made a re-appearance in a num- ber of places and inquiry made as to several localities where there has been continuous worship of the “kit- ty.” Whether the investigation has progressed sufficiently far to result in raids and summons to court is not admitted, the authorities maintaining an attitude of reticence when the sub- Ject is mentioned. Warrants Reported Out. It is reported that several rants have been issued, or will be soon, for the appearance of several proprietors of pool rooms, restaurants, ete., in court to explain charges that war- they have allowed games of chance:; on their premises. This action is said to have followed complaints from parents and wives relative to the dis- appearance of wages and small coins. There has been a ban of gambling devices and the authorities have stated that the ban will be pushed on even tighter, if disclosures show that the lid has been pried off. It is said that several poker parlors ia_re also under observation by the po- ice. HADLEY ESTATE APPRAISAL Main Street Cafe and Hotel Proprie- tor Left Estate Valued at $153,308,- 21, Inventory Shows. Inventory of the estate of the late ! Reuben W. Hadley, filed today in probate court by George P. Spear, T. H. Munson and M. T. White, the estate to have a net $153,998.21. ‘The estate consists of the follow- ing: Cash, $1,437.39; real estate, $124,00 stocks, $13,380; accounts recelvable, secured, $341.86; unse cured, $1,793.80; cafe, stock, fixture ete., $12,845.i€; diamond ring, $1 watch, $2 clothing - $25. ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL Thinly Clad Patient Slips Out Into value of Snow and Cannot Be Found Despite Police Search. Despite vigorous search by the po- lice, John Saterthwaite of 51 Chest- nut street, who escaped from the sur- gical ward on the first floor of the New Britain General hospital about 10 o’clock last night had eluded cap- ture up to a late hour this afternoon and no trace has been found of his whereabouts. Clad only in his un- derclothing, trousers and a pair of slippers, he made his escape through | a window while attendants were tem- porarily absent and he was supposed to be quietly sleeping. His departure was discovered by the sound of the window being closed. Search of the grounds failed to locate him and po- lice headquarters was notified. All men on night beats were warned to De on the lookout for the escaped pa- tient. Saterthwaite was admitted to the institute Sunday and was undergo- ing treatment for the excessive use of liquor, it is said. He had been up and around during the day with no igns manifested of delirium or ex treme nervousness. Because of h apparent contentment, a particularly close watch was not kept on him and there was cvery appearar had gone to sleep shortly after the lights were turned out in the ward. WANT MEADE REMOVED, Worcester, Jan, 24.—The delegates to the special convention of the Massachusetts State Branch of the American TFederation of Labor today that John P. Mecade of Brockton, legislative agent of the state branch, either withdraw his name now being used for state deputy commissioner of labor, or have the convention go on record as declar- ing his office in the state branch vacant. Mr. Meade was appointed deputy commiss adopted a resolution be well enough to return office next week. time ago by the state hoard of labor. ON GAMBLING LID | War on Slot Machines Said to Be | shows | that he ! ioner of labor a short | CUNMINS’ PLANTD DEBATE ON SPEECH PUT ON CALENDAR Senate Debates Re—solution for Two Hours and Then Decides Against It (OPPONENTS NOT FRIENDS OF WILSON, AUTHOR SAYS Senator Stone Insinuates Iowan Has- | i | | tily Fathered Project in. Order to Secure Publicity—Believes Adoption of Resolution Would Result in Waste of Time and Would Have no Beneficial Effect. ‘Washington, Jan. 24.—Opening/de- | bate on his resolution for a week's dis- ;cussion in the senate of President ! Wilson’s peace address, Senator Cum- ' mins said the president’s suggestions | Were the most important ever made ! by a chief executive of the United | States, and right or wrong, the sen- ate owed it to the country to set aside time for a full discussion of the issues involved. When Senator Cummins called up his resolution Senator Brandegee of Connecticut insisted upon a quorum, saying: ‘““This matter touches upon one of the most important subjects that has ever been before the United States senate.” When a call brought the required quorum of members, Senator Cum- mins resumed. . “I have no disposition to speak at length upon the resolution,” Senator Cummins said. “I hope sincerely that we may be able to reach a vote upon it before the morning hour comes to {a close. It will be observed that the | resolution does mot permit a discus- | sion at this time. I will do what I can i do to hold the debate to the point at {issue. What is it? It is this: Ought the senate, on some day in the near future, do the country the justice of informing the people and advising the | president of our views concerning a policy of the most vital importance to which he has told us he is about to commit his government? Emphasizes Tmportance, “For the proper discussion of the resolution it matters not whether the sident is right or wrons. Indeither 3 tion is the most important made by a chief executive of the United States. He so regards it. The whole country so looks upon | it and foreign nations so accept it. ! He has come to the senate frankly and boldly, and, T assume, with all sin- cerity, saving that he owed it to us to | disclose to us the purpose in his mind. Why did he owe it to us to disclose without reserve the thought and pur- poses in his mind?” Senator Cummins said the presi- dent himself answered that question when he referred to the senate as *‘a council associated with me” in inter- | national affairs. 'Are we to sit dumb under this ap- peal?” asked the senator. The time to vote it is true, has not arrived, but is the council to remain | silent while public opinion is form- ing and public judgment is being en- tered? Opponents Not True Friends. “I have no authority to speak for the president, but I am bound to be- licvé these who oppose this resolu- ticn are not his true friends. It must | be he desires and expects the freest i and fullest debate upon the issue he | has raised. What value are we 33 | council if we lock our lips and allow him to go his way. I do not know whether any senator here intends to vote in opposition to this resolution-— hope there is not. But If there be any one who does, I ask him to reflect a moment for it seems to me opposition means a doubt respecting either the sincereity or' courage of the pres dent. ; “If we are not to render an opin- jon in response to his invitation it means that he chose the senate as a conduit through which to pass the hew doctrine to the ministers of for- { eign affairs of the world and the | newspapers or as a setting for 2 heau- | tiful picture skilfully painted. I hard- Iy believe any one will put the presi- | dent in the position of having so | flagrantly misused the provisions of | {he senate. Or else it means thas he | :s one of these unhappy persons who | fecl safer in a company where he | alone is armed and can fear 1o shots save his alone. I am not challenging either the since or the courag: of | the chief executive,” he explaincd. ‘If there ever was a time when that duty commanded—to give to the world and to the country the honest opinion of the senate upon proposals that affect the integrity of the ma- ! tien, the peace of the world and the ! | Lappiness of mankind—it is now. The | | | | | (Continued on Ninth Page) P O Y taned F ———— i WEATHER. 1 Hartford, Jan. 24.—For | Hartford and vicinity: G | crally fair with scasonal tem peratures tonight and Thurs | day. D o T e O R ACCOUNTS MIXED LP; MONEY IS ATTACHED Goldberg Said to Have Admitted Robbing Gordon Brothers | AMOUNT MAY REACH $10,000 | Trustéd Employ With and ’ Children, Recported to Have Sys- Wife tematically Mulcted Employers—i Companion Exposes Him. A penchant for gambling, and a | bitterly fought fist battle, has Gordon Brothers, wholesale fruit and | produce dealers of Commercial street, to discover a cleverly and systematic luethod of embezzlement whereby, it is alleged by one of the firm, that Harry Goldberg of Union street, a | salesman and shipping cierk for the concern has mulcted the company out of many thousands said to be in the neighborhood of $10,000. Steps were | immediately taken by the Gordons to | cover their loses and real estate be- | longing to Goldberg have been placed | under attachment, Kirkham & Coop- er, acting for the concern, issued | writs which were served on local banks in which Goldberg was a de- positor and also on two fraternal cr- ganizations. Deputy Sheriff A. P. Marsh has levied attachments on the following amounts: Burritt Savings Bank, $3,000; $1,000 in the New Br Trust company; Savings Bank of New Britain, $1,00 Workingman’s Tn- vestment society, $100; New Britain Investment society, $1,500, and prop- ertly on Arch street, which was re- | cently purchased by Goldberg wnd his father, who is proprietor of a fruit store on the Arcade. Gambling Heard Of. How long the alleged defalcations have been going on will probably nev- er be known, according to the state- ment George Gordon made to a Her- ald reporter this afternoon. Goldberg has been one of the most trusted em- led | { departure of a iwhen he tried to secure lodging { and STOCK EXCHANGE MEMBERS TO DISCLOSE COMMITTEE FOX'S THEATER SAFE | IS ROBBED OF $108 New Employe, Missing from Town, Is Suspected of Theft. Simultaneously with the mystery of the shortage from the safe at Fox's theater of $108.10, comes the sudden employed ticket taker at the theater, and ail- though Manager Youngson admitted to a Herald reporter this afternoon, that the money was missing he would not lay the blame on the departed emplove. However the shortage has been paid to the New York office of the William Fox company by Mr. Youngson, who has taken the matter up with the local police. During the early part of last week, a poorly dressed man, with outward signs of want and privation stamped on his face, applied to the manage- ment for a position. There being an opening at the time, he was engaged at once. On being questioned by Manager Youngson, the stranger ad- mitted he was out of funds and =« loan of $2 was given him. recently found that he needed more money, accordingly, Mr. Youngson gave him $5 more. The stranger seemed to appreciato the kindly spirit extended him, and started in enthusiastically at his new wark. He was at the theater early in the morning, and made a very favor- able impression. At times when he was sent out on business, such as to the post office, he was entrusted with the keys to the office, but at no other time, according to Mr. Youngson. ployes in the concern, and in his hon- esty and inte: explicit faith. ever, information reached the ears of the Gordons that their salesman was spending money in a lavish manner, and was also paying the price that followers of the green baize tahle ex- perience some time in their lifetime. 1ith the report of his loss of $1,500 at one sitting, suspicion became more acute. Recently one of the firm was led on the telephone by a local merchant who having had a fight with Goldberg, confessed to ‘the execution of a scheme between him and Gold- berg, in which the company was the loser. When Goldberg was confront- ed with the facts as Gordon had r ceived them, he is alleged to have broke down and made a clean breast of the whole affair, and promised to make restitution. Received Merchandise Free. | The informer, who it is reported 2s | having recently failed in business, in i telling of the plan whereby the pro- duce firm was systematically robbed. | said that Goldberg, in the capacity of | grity the owners placed |go; the preceding week was made ont A short time ago, how- |4y, chortage was discovered, but fear- i | Monday, when the financial Teport Later | e | RECORDS T( PROBING LE/ But Just When Revelation is to Made is Rather definite ; CHIPERFIELD TURNSH ON ATTY. WHIP Objects to What He Considers pugning of President H. C. S, and Declares His Independen Confrers, Lawyers and Evel Else—Committec Adjourns Next Week. New York, Jan. of the New York stock exchangd i have been requested by their of governors to make available fi examination of the rules comy of the records of their transa j during the period when Wall !is supposed to have received ad information on the president’s note are not expected by the bodg governors to withhold the infd tion. Y This assurance was given the mittee by President Noble of fi change at the resumption of thg inquiry here today. Mr. Noble peared to inform the. commiti the adoption last night of the of the hoard requiring the 600 brokerage houses to turn over the| to the chairman of the clearing committee for submission to the committee’s experts, who will ine them to learn the identityw g operators who were dealing hi on the short side of the stock m 24.—The me@ ng that some error had been made. f Mr. Youngson deferred sending it away until he had carefully audited it | again, with the result that the money { could not be located, The stranger was at the theater yes- terday as usual, but from employes he | made inquiries as to the departure of trains, going so far as to procure a | time table. At 4:15 o'clock vesterday | he asked permission for leave of ab- sence for a few minutes, to conduct some business, This was the last !seen of him. According to those closely in touch with the missing man he claimed Waterbury as his home. | MILITIA OFFICERS FAVOR COMPULSION Representative Gardner Tells Scnate Sub-Committee 500 of 527 En- shipping clerk, would wait on him when he entered the place and, using the duplicate order book of the firm, would enter the amount of purchase | at a reduced price, and later when he | paid it, Goldberg would give him a | receipt for the payment, but would carefully destroy the original, state- ment. According to Gordon, this former merchant confessed that this intrigue had been in force for more than three years time, and amounted to about $8,000. ! This merchant and Goldberg, it is claimed, were very chummy, and were participants in the game where Gold- berg dropped the $1,500. The former merchant lost $500.and then the be- | ginning of the erd1 was in sight. | When the merchant next appeared in | the gilded hall where the game was | in progress he was unable to takell part and so confided to Goldberg, | from whom he learned that his ad- | mission into a certain society or or- | ganization was impossible on account of his financial standing. On leaving the gambling place hot words arose between the men. Goldberg is well known along the “Glass Coast” and was what is known as a “good sport.”” Always in posses- sion of plenty of money his friends looked upon him as a very success ful business man. It is said that things came so fast for him, that he was able to advance money to his friends, for which he collected inter- | est. During the past vear, he pur- chased the property on Arch street next to the Traut estate, and also a new touring car. He is married and has two children. When interviewed by a this afternoon, George Gordon that no criminal action was templated by the firm. reporter said | con- | TWO VESSELS SUNK. Dutch and British Steamers Mect Submarines. London, Jan, 24.—Lloyds shipping agency announces the sinking of the Dutch steamer Salland, of 2,232 tons gross, and the British steamer Tre- meadow, of 2,335 tons gross. The crews were landed. The Salland W riving at Amsterdam on Dec. Buenos Aires. The Tremeadow la; marine register Rio Janeiro on Verde Islands. last reported ar- 23, from Dec. 16 for the Cape | LE | damage | $175.000. dorse Training Idea. Washington, Jan. 24.-—Representa- tive A. P, Gardner told the senate sub-committee on universal military service today that figures he had com- piled among National Guard vegi- ments in the El Paso district showed an cverwhelming sentiment among the state troops in favor of such legislu- tion. A total of 572 answers were re- ceived to a list of questions submitted them by General Bell, commanding the district. They showed, Mr. Gardner said, that sixtcen colonels, 250 captains and 234 first sergeants, or a total of 500, had declared in favor of cumpulsory military training and service. “The views of the general, in favor | of the National Guard,” Gardner said, | “I already knew. What I was seeking was the opinion of the junior officers | and enlisted men.” SMALLPOX IN STONINGTON, Officer Closes High and Grammar Schools. {ealth Stonington, Jan. 24.—Smallpox ha broken out in this borough. Onc caso | of the disease was discovercd Tues |T am prior to the publication of the note. Sherman L. Whiple, the com: | counsel, wanted to know at the ¢ how soon the responses might N pected, Mr. Noble said copies resolutions had been sent the bers this afternoon and that o ylies probably could be expects tomorrow or the day after. ‘I think' they all realize,’” he| “that speedis.desired, and ‘thosd are going to respond will respof quickly a8 ‘possible.” He kne none who will assume the respot ity of not complying with the although he believed all will their cordial assistance to the mittee. “If any members decline to al io the request,” remarked the ney, “the task of finishing the ter ~will remain with the commy The attorney then resumed h amination of Mr. Noble on stock et method particularly ‘short” sale Before beginnin, f testimony Mr. Noble obtained m. on to have his counsel and | Pomeroy, chajrman of tlie stock committee, at his side. Chiverficld Asserts Independen Representgtive Chiperfield of! nois injected some pyrotechmics the inquiry teday criticising W ples’ methodk of examining No! In the course of Whipple's exa ation of Nohlé regarding the ren of securities from the market, ney and witngss failed to agree o terpretation pool. Whipple asked Noble if he had not had thing in mind and said another. started to reply when Chiperfield terrupted. Mr. Chairman, he don’t think the statement ness ought to be impugned. Whipple, secmingly disty paused a moment and then, ad ing Chairman Henry and the wit} d: “If T impugned the stateme the witness, I certainly did not in to,” he said. “Do you think I pugned the witness, Mr. Chairmi “I want it in the record,” CH field declared, “that I objeet. I to say that now, so that some 1l thundered f the i | can make comment which T dest As a member of a commi going to follow certain make. day afternoon and a,suspected case was found today. Both are school | ahout 17 old, one attending siness college in New London and another the high schoal kere. The health officer has ordered the gram- mar and high schools closed and recommended the vaccination of the pupils, KILLED IN PLANING MACHINI. ams, 65, Receives Skull Fracturc. tic, Jan. 24.—Owen H. Williams led today when he fell into a planing machine at which he was at ‘ork in a local machine shop. His kull was fractured. He was about yvears old, and was at one time su- of the town farm Owen H. Wi My was k perintendent Groton. READING HAS $175,000 FIRE. Reading, Pa., Jan. 24.—Fire today Academy building in the heart business district caused | which was ecstimated at The building was occupied by many small busincss concerns and stores, + without regard to cour faid | imprc | el or the of the committee.” Chairman Henry ex rined i not think Mr. Whipple intel pugne the statement, of the responded that had impugned Whipple s thought he Noble he would apolog 5 “f want to say that 1. for one. d with the spirit of cc-oF tion of these gentiemen,” was Chi icld’'s closing comment. Whipple then said he did n sire to examine the witness fa Most of the direct testimony Noble was in regard = to withdrawn from the list. ted that “short” dealing in naj held stocks was dangerous. Before Noble was ¢x od, R sentative Bennett wanted to knowl Bethlehem Steel was not an of a narrowly held stock of the which was dangerous for out-of-i speculators to deal in because o difficulty in always making prg deliveries. “I have read in the newspap said Bennctt, “that Charles M, Sc (Continued on Eleventh Pags.