New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1924, Page 19

MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE MAKES OWN “CONFESSION” Finds Both Sides in $15,000,000 Suit Members of His Club—‘Averts’ a New Teapot Dome. Dedham, Mass., Ieb. 15.—Judge Christopher Callahan of the superior court, i not taking any chances of being accused of lack of impartiality. In court yesterday he referred to his residence at the Dedham club since his recovery from a recent iliness which interrupted the protracted evi- dence in a $15,000,000 damage suit. “Gentlemen of the counscl for both sides,” he said, “there is a matter which I feel should be said in open court. In thanks to your great kind- ness I am now at the Dedham club, which is a gem of old-fashioned com- fort. Last night on examining the membership list of the club 1 discov- ered that one G. F. Willett was member of the club.” “Was that your name, lett?” he asked,, turning plaintiff. “It-was,” replied Mr. Willett, who | is suing Robert F. Herrick and other Boston bankers whom he accuses of | conspiracy to defraud the former, firm of Willett, Sears & Co., of certain manufacturing companies. “I also discovered,” continucd the court “that I was a guest of a club of which R. I Herrick, Jr., is a| member. Is that your son, Mr. Her- | rick?"” . “Yes,” was the reply. Mr. Wil- to “Is this a fair set-up, gentlemen?” |W. C. A's of this country shall raise! yymors about,_ the asked the judge. Counsel, plaintiff and defendants| joined the court in laughter. “I'll back my son,” said Mr. riek, “T thought it ought to be men- tioned,” concluded Judge Callahan, “for T don't want to set up any Tea- pot Dome here. = EAR RAYMOND UNWIN SURPRISED A valentine surprise party was tendered Raymond Unwin at his home 375 East Main street by a num- ber of his friends last evening. There were about ten couples present and | gumes were played and dancing en- | joved. Vocal selections were rendered | by Raymond Unwin and William Ko- | doski. They were assisted at the umno by Edward MeAloon. Miss Grace Lyneh proved to be a huge success with her toe dancing. The approaching marriage of Miss Lillian Dyson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Dyson of 90 Franklin Square and John J. Earl, son of Mr, and Mrs, Willlam Earl of 48 B(‘n.\er street were announced. The vu\ddlnw will take place at St. Joseph's church on April 30, SA'I‘URDAY al the | of the shares | Her- | PRIEST LEAVES $20,000 Murdered Pastor of Bridgeport Church Leaves All To His Housekeeper Wha Will Pay $100 a Year To His Sister Bridgeport, ¥eb. $20,000 is left to Mrs. Nellie Hines, | his housekeeper, out of which an an- nuity of $100 is to be pdid to his sis- many by the will of Rev Hubert Dahme, murdered priest which was |filed for probate here today. The will was made at Esher, Eng- land, June 30, 1918. One paragraph of the will reads: 1\nth the exception of my sister, Mary | Blizabeth Dahme, residing at present in Germany, to whom said Mrs, Nellie | |Hines will pay $100 dnnually to be | taken out of my estate.” Rev, John J. Fitzgerald of Westerly, R. I, is named as executor. 1$75,000 Is Given for Use in Rebuilding Jap Y. W. C. A New York, Feb, 15.—A gift of $7 1000 from the Laura Spelman Rocke H‘eller Memorial for the rebuilding of |Tokye headquarters of the Japanese |Young Women's Christian tion, destroyed in the earthquak: was announced campaign committee of the board. Young Women's Christian As- Isociation. An additional gift of $50, 000 toward the campaign goal wS"E(I 000 has been promised Ly Memorial on condition that the Y. af ,8125 000 before March 7. f NO POLICE COURT SESSION | No session of the police court was {held today as the only man arrested by the police in the last 24 hours was John Yankauskus of Waterbury, who | {was arrested on complaint of the; | Waterbury police for violation of his | | probation. Lieut. Samuel Bamforth | received word last night from the Waterbury officials that Yankauskas | had vielated his probation there and | |se sent Patrolman James Sullivan in | |search of the man. He was arrested !shortiy after in an Eim street lyant and the Waterbury police notl- | fied. 1t was the second time this month that there was no session of the po- lice court, last Friday there not being any defendants to go before the « urt TOAN OV New York, Feb, 15.—Substantial over-subscription of the $150,000,000 Jupnuesr\ loun was reported today by J. 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BRITAIN DAILY HERALD VANDERLIP ADMITS | HE HAS NO FACTS (Continued from First Page) | derstood that country papers were | usually valued on basis of 12 per cent | earning power, “I've heard the Marion Star earned $30,000 a year,” he continued, 1 $69,000 in a particularly good year. “That would justify a value { $360,000 for the paper?” Lenroot interjected. 1 No Hint of Qil Interests. “Yes,” Mr. Vanderlip continued. “All the inferences were in these ru- | mors that too much was paid for the | paper, but T never sald anybody con- { nected with the 6i1 business had paid ‘any money in the transaction. 1 hoped that by bringing out the slan- dnr you gentlemen on this committee would get at the truth and clear, the | memory of President Harding.” | “Did you think it likely that truth would follow on the heels of slan- der?” Chairman ILenroot queried. That by uttering these things which are slander if not true, you were ful- filling a public duty?” Mr. Vanderlip insisted his purpose s as given “because rumors like thesc make ‘reds’ faster than any so- | viet propaganda.” not assume that the oil committee s * nler(-stml in the papers,” The banker said he had heard the sale of the Star from many xcurm‘n. but that none | who related them to him professed to | have any facts. “I believe it important these ru- | mers be stopped,” he added. “There |is a distinct differcnce between ru- | things in responsible quarters, you'd | better look out.” | A Lirelong Republican, "You'd have this committee believe your only purpose was to clear Mr, Harding’s memory ?"” “It was. I'm a lifelong can.” Chairman Tenroot read another ex- to the effect | that the committee had failed to press | the Fall examination because the ex- secretary might “peach” on other men. Mr. Vanderlip admitted he had not | known Secretary Fall refused to tes- | tify, elaiming imgiunity although that fact was published prominently in practically every paper in the coun- try. “Do you say these things without knowledge of the facts?” Chairman Lenroot thundered at the witness, “I had some information,” Mr, Van- derlip said, "It was an inference, If | ¥ou have found that a witness cannot testify without gaining imununity for a crime, then I was wrong.” Senator Adams, democrat, Colorado, took up examination, “How many people spoke to you concerning these rumors about the Marfon Star?” “Oh, possibly dozen, tumors were current in New York and Washington. They were general, Ru- mors were more serious than ‘gossip, mere tittie-tattie’,” { Refuses To Give Names Senator Adams asked for names of his informan “T do not « * 1o give names,” {derlip replied. “There were many people, in no case did they profess to know the facts, They were deeply coneerned about the matter,” The request for names was pressed repeatedly but always brought the ne reply, The committee could kill the scandal, the witness said, republi- | eerpt froin the speech, a Van- the paper.” Senator Dill, democrat, Washington, got a further statement from the witness that under the circumstances, Ithe committes should by no means | have sought further testimony from Secretary 1%all, “You were perfectly right in let. ting the witness go for a eriminal | prosecution,” Mr. Vanderlip said. He then was taken back to Marion Star sale. be worth more because of the presi- dent's connection,” he said, “but a 12 per cent, valuation would be fair the lge For Harding another rumor, since we are chasing rumors,” Scnator put in, “that you had a | against Mr. Harding.” “That is not true,” Vanderlip ex- claimed. “1 respected him, our rela- tionship was pleasant. 1 have revers jence for his memory “What information | that ¥all was about to jator Walsh asked ‘I got it from a very high quarter that 1'all had information; that he was going to talk. But I regard the information, now, as unwarranted.” Critivizes One Asked had further committes the banker had referred to one member “fanatically high-minded “I'm quite clear that little gathering of neighbors wouldn't the reputation this committer,” Mr. Vanderlip con- tinued t since it has reached to cvery the country, I'll say that 1 youwve done exactly right.” Senator Walsh commented “the matter of the Marion Star chase has come to me repeatediy I didn't deem it my duty to proceed with it on mere rumor Mr. Vanderlip reiterated that situation demanded publicity “There's a very wide differer tween your speech,” Chairman root put in, “and what you have said today.” “I'm familiar with what printed,” Mr. Vanderiip said reports were published in a way make me responsible for the rumor. 1 repeated what the rumors said--not |the rumors. 1 was not informed as {to the facts™ | Saw No Reporters, He added that he “saw no report- ers” present when the speech was de llivered, but learned later that were there, “Only one New York paper print- ed the speech and it suppressed it in lite later edition.” he econtinued 1 | wondered why they did #t. 1 resent {the declaration that 1 broadeast a scandal; 1 have broadoast the fact that there are rumors of a scandal.” When he that President Harding « « to me. our Fe- a P jendship, but | feit warmiy toward have ' Sen did ‘peach? you criticized sald h as being e what 1 would say to a destroy of corr think er o that mt the | w been The to “with | of | Senator | Asked why he didn't come to the | committee first, Vanderlip said he did | sale of news- | mors and gossip, when you get these | y the | word of the men who actually bought | This paper “would | Adams | grudge | they | FRIDAY, him,” Senator Bursum, New Mexico, asked: “Did you consider the broadcasting of a slander a friendly act?” “I considered broadcasting the fact that slander was abroad, to get it cleared up, a friendly act,” Vander- lip insisted. “I believe the facts will entirely kill the scandal, “I don’t know what the Marion Star | was worth. I don’t know its earn- |ings. Presumably the men who pur- chased it were experienced and knew | their business.” Tipped Off Newspapers Under continued pressure by com- mittee members, the banker denied that he had written in advance to the | !New York Tribune that he was going |to make “a sensational speech.” A | | moment later he conceded that he had told “a friend on the Tribune” |that he was going to make a speech {and that it would be interesting. The Tribune, he said, carrled his; speech in an early edition, but omit- ted it in later editions. Senator .\dnma’ insisted the reverse was the case. let’s see,” Chairman Lenroot | “You made this arrange- | "“Now, | intervened. | ment, and yet you took no care to see what you said did not reflect on President Harding.” Mr. Vanderlip repeated he was “broadeasting the fact that a scan- dal was being broadcast.” “Did you tell these people you did not believe it?"" Chairman Lenroot de- manded. . “Yes, yes,” Mr. Vanderlip cried. “I told them I didn't have the facts, the information.” | as that a way of showing friend- | Chairman Lenroot said. “You were willing to let it go to |the country you believed these things?"” “I was not,” the witness said. “Don’'t you know it is unfair, un- righteous, to broadcast these things where there can't be a suspicion of a fact?” Senator Bursum put in. “It was an act of friendship to get a memory clear. The great fact was that a rumor was becoming nationally current. The important thing was to get the facts brought out. “Have you any other evidence re- garding the oil scandal?” asked Sen- ator Dill, democrat, Washington. | “No. I have no evidence in this | famous or infamous oil scandal.” He said he never had heard of the report of a milllon dollar slush fund |here until he saw this morning’s papers, and then he declared that tes- timony given before the committee yesterday indicated that “the sources of information, the newspapers are Leing poisoned.” “I can tell you, gentlemen,” he add- ed, “that the public is becoming sus- picious of the nature of the fnforma- tion they are getting and of the in- tegrity of the federal government, “In this kettlo of gossip—I'm using the wrong word, these rumors—there | was matter concerning the nhlpplng board, the veterans' bureau, the alien property force, all this is poisoning the public mind. he public is losing confidence in {the ontire structure of government and press with all this showing of publishers instead of editors, running newspapers," | The nker insisted that the ques- tion “whe did the money come from?” for the purchase of the Star which was part of his Ossining speech, was all a part of the rumor he was telling his audience about, “That's an fmplication arising from the rumor,” he added. *“It's a pity there {sn't any stenographic report of that speech,” Mr. Vanderlip remark- ed again. “But it is true that I said Over and over again committee members took him through the word- | ing. At one time he said his use of | the term “higher-ups” must have re. ferred to the president of the United States when Mr, 1"all was a cabinet member, The statement resuited from | a hypothetical question by Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada. All his terms, such as “lifting the edge of a shroud,” were meant to de- scribe the scandal, he said. He finally declared the sale of the | Star was not associated in his mind | with the oil scandal. When the committes finished its questioning Willilam H. Vedrey, attor- ney for the owners of the Star, took over cross examination of the banker. Vaunderlip said he had verified an |abstract of his address which had been submitted to him by The Asso- ciated Press. He had made no effort to get “any | information whatever” as to the truth | | o it I knew nothing of the facts, | FEBRUARY 15, 1924. it was then a correct report of my speech.” “Did you ask the Tribune to make a correction?” Chairman Lenroot asked. “*Oh, no,” Mr, Vanderlip said. “Don’t you know that a cunning way to libel @ man is to publish a lot of stuff and then say they are ru- more?"” asked Senator Pittman, demo- crat, Neveda. “No, such publication is dangerous business,” Mr. Vanderlip returned. “The final answers to rumors about financial institutions is to publish the facts,” Vanderlip’s examination ended after he had been on the stand an hour and 42 minutes, CALLS SOCIETY WOMEN “WET”. Massachusetts “Dry” League Head Secks the, Aid of Others. Springfield, Mass, Feb. 15.—An- nouncement was made yesterday by {W. M. Forgrave of this ecity, appointed acting superintendent of the Massachusetts anti-saloon league |that owing to the prevailing *‘wet"” sentiment he found among ' society women of the state, much of the league’s work in the immediate fu- ture will be devoted to registration | of the rank and flle of women as a counteracting influence. The league, he says, will seck to bring about the adoption of the con- current legislation referendum. Police Runi\ing Down Clue to Priest’s Slayer Danbury, Feb. 15.—Richard Tim- merman, arrested in Stamford on the newly | Nathan Hale School Amencan and British Art and Music Fund Boats Reach Yucatan The Nathan Hale School Parents|By The Associated Press. and Teachers' association has organ-| Merida, Yucatan, 'eb. 15. — (By iz ori Radio vit the Dallas News) — The 188 & seies-of sntertilamants 0t American cruiser Richmond and the sisting of music and motion plctureuL British ship Capetown have arrived at to be given weekly in the school au- | Progreso. 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That's right re ciated « copy of v eontinued it, saying it ted until that Ires your “and wouid was done Mr. Vo 1o verify transn represented ded me an Mr. Van ccted it and Pres x the Tribune derlip replied’ “and 1 corr And s« tra i replied Mr whet) get inform purchasers 1 mdde ness said “1 decli repeating ted iate ar The Assoclated | Fre mitted 7 do not know,” Mr. Vanderilp ated questions as to Vanderlip had tried to tion from the Marion Star ahout the transaction whatever,” the he added to answer you further; rhetorical ques- Vodrey Mr repe wit- ‘\nv] tions. “Don‘t you think it would been a courteous thing to inquire of the Star before you things " Mr. Veodrey are have womebody © broadcast 11 insisted “It mig thing. 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