Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 7, 1914, Page 1

RE&E{S cwsm N ON MEXICO CITY ] Advancs on Capital fo_ be. Made Within ‘a Fow| X Weeksfi;om FUNSTON AUTHORIZED ForDefminWofiediflottoUndflhkeAny Aggressive Operation—No Further Reinforcements | Lasker 4 1 Three Sides TO EXTEND HIS LINES Have Been Ordered to Vera Cruz—Admiral Badger Re- SIm-p FM Between Constitutionalists and Fel-nfi Mdmy Between Vera Cruz and Tampico—Me- MH“:CompletedPlam forBegmmngofConfer awelNugaanl: ‘Washington, MAV ‘6—While the Mex- ¢ ican situation wn outwardly calm to- day, pending the formal opening ot the coni ~of South . American mediators Niagara Falls, Ont, on May 18 there Gontinued an active dercurvent of discussion and prej ation for the peace glans. - At same time definite reports reached fim Constitutionalists’ headquarters here of sweeping victories of their. forces near San Luis Potosi and other points south of Satillo’ where it was-thought their next big battle would oceur. The news of constitutionalist suc~ cesses reached Tere in despatches from General Carranza to Raphael Zubaran, minister of the interior in the consti= tutionalists’ cabinet who had a di- rect wire set up to the headquarters of General Carranza in Chihuahua, to- day. Series of Rebel Victories, Carranza’s messages showed that three converging campaigns were in active operation, each within three hundred miles of Mexico City. General Obregon, with 15,000 men, operating from the Pacific coast side, had captured all the intervening terri- tory, was besieging Mazatlan, and was threatening Mexico City from _ the West. = Another division, General Carranza reported had: fought a_battle at Pen- zacos near San Luis Potosl. 'This is the southermost point which the con- sututionalists have reached in 'Cen- tral Mexico and with the army now attacking Tampico, they declare that the general ce on the Mexicen capital is to be made wlunn a few weeks from three ; m L -@ay was the author- | ia limes at Vere Crue ma misht bo v | ‘witho sval eftuation was from Rear Admiral Badger as ~Ahm~c~tmnflmm :*Aflmrrfl!m-meom slde. A4 fighting - had - ocour~ federals and %on- rough t some -of Villa's forces . and -barn_the-city ‘amaplco. Hwnnuull.lui in _veporis of a truce between' federal | —constitationalist elements about and o Congress again came into the Mexi: situation wl.on-uu:uca Mumdllhodt htmm a| ¥ill not de allowed because nuou- e £y tfl = in ofmlfi:ln delegates and thus thhhnld pmlclpn.. tion in the conference. Turther with President Wilson befom the names are announced. A mnotable official assemblage will it meet the funeral ship Montana when it arrives at Brooklyn Monday with the dead sailors and marines fr moVera Cruz. Besides the president and the secretary of the navy, 21 members of the house of representatives will be designated to attend the ceremony, under a resolution of the house adopt- ed today. A similar resolution proba- bly will be adopted by the senate. - During ‘the day Secretary Bryan re- ceived a del on of men identified with the ofl industry at and near Tam- pico. They were desirous of getting written assurances from the federal and constitutionalist commanders safeguarded. Mr. Bryan both the warring fac not to attack the oil ies, and that the American col ‘which had been re-established by consent of (he ederal commander, was assisting e preservation of property. The members of the gfimdon Trepresent- ed American and pw Anxiety. concerning the whereabouts of Vice and Deputy Gonsul John R. Silliman og Saltilo, who ‘while on. a mission to San Luis Po- tosi were not allayed during the day, no replies ltmvln‘ been received to the them that agreed ! Consul Bonney and wife & Potos! are among the ref- Mexico City. HUERTA wtmm | tried did not apply in b ar- '.-.V.llfl in a . S offtctal General - Huerta as suying: ““Thare is-no reason for any foreign- PLANS FOR ARRIVAL OF FUNERAL SHIP. MONTANA. Bodies of Americans Who Fell at Vera Cruz to Pass Through Miles of New York S8treets With Military and Naval Eseort. New York, May 6.—Representatives of the city were in conference with Brooklyn navy yard officials today preliminary arrangements for 3 tmon of the bodies of the qoericand who fell at Vera Cruaz. Final arrangements will depend upon the wishes of the president and the war and navy departments. The tentative plan is to have the bodies brought ashore from the funeral ship Montana on Monday somewhere in the North river and to have the cor- tege pass for miles through the city the presence nd municipal offictals, -non and sol- eu of the‘yard, invited guests and the esoort of the bodies. 6 public to, enter the e of the limited space there. leral Horaoce of th ‘will be announced befvro Saturda WHITE MOUNTAIN ENGINBER NOT GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER Jubilation Meeting When Jury Freed Miller "of Charge. New Haven, Conn.. May 6.—August B. a locomotive engineer, was found not guilty. of involuntary man- ter by a jury in the criminal superior court here late today. Miller was, engineer of the White Mountain . Whieh ran into the Bar Har- o!ufi- at Nerth Haven en the Nw York, Nev!vufl:;z:“ and mmorfl . ca 5 d..th the charge against him grow- ing out of that wreck. The -~ deliberated five hours. When the vérdict was n.nnouiced. Mil- Meany engineers, ler wept with !SP‘ mupbom _of the therhood, were in Bis | court “they ‘had -a-jubilation meet- uu. s Ing- each of the jurors per- ed last fall, tegeth- &n_ Charies H. Murray Bu.cs C. Adams ef the The ‘arrests were w-mm atter: Cor- handed down his de- minx the three ecriminally .« for the disaster, Murray d gumy, -nd was sen-. 'l. er 'l‘ i B.r there that the 0il properties would be; | Opp-d ctlllpf-'n'l.. On Home Ruh Bill. London, May 6—John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, is understood to have opposed any negotiations for a compromise on. the. “question of home rule for Ireland until the bill reaches the house of lords. Scores in Tourney. St. Petersburg, May 6.—In the tenth Tound of the lntarn..tlonn.l chess tour- ;:{w‘ ca beat Gunsberg and Blackburn = and_ Niemzo- witsch drew with Alechine, Rubinstein and Marshall respectively. The game between Janowski and Lasker stood adjourned. The leading scores are: lanca 7, Marshall 6, Alechine 5- ‘Tarrasc] 1-2, 2h and Bernstein 5 each, HAITIEN GDVIRNME’NT PAYS BRITISH CLAIM. Cruiser Suffork at Port au Prince to Enforce Ultimatum. Port au Prince, Haitl, May 6—The Haitien congress this rnoon au- thorized the government to treat with credit for the payment of that amount. The incident' js regarded as closed. Consternation had been umel in the capital by the British ultimatum whose time lim#t expired at six o'clock this evening and which was supported by the presence of the British cruiser Suffolk. A joint session of te senate and con- gress was called immediately but was soon_dissolved owing to the inability of the legislators to reach a decision. The cabinet was bitterly criticized for not being in a position to meet the payment, which had previously been awarded to Mr. Peters by a court of arbitration: A resolution was adopted calling on the president of the republic to demand the resignation of J. N. Le- ger, ‘minister_of foreign affairs, or to ismiss im from the cabinet, as he was held responsible for the incident. Later in the evening the resignation of M. Leger was announced and this brought about an abatement of the excitement. In the northern part of the republic the partisans of the revolutionagy leader, Senator Davilmar Theodore, still offer resistance to the government (;oop! in the vicinity of Ouanamin- the, HOUSE DF LORDS REJECTS WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE 'BILL. Measure Was Defeated by a Vote of 104 to 60. - London, May 6—The house of lords tonight rejected the woman's nmn bill by a vote of 104 to §0. Speeches in favor of the bill were by - ‘Courtney of Pen- with, the Farl of Lytton and Baron Baron _Wflloughby de Broke, while Crewe and -against it in the course of- m. -pe.ch. said the arguments for “extension of the parliamentary nfll‘ngv to women which were based on the results obtained in those siates of the United States where it had been the United Kingdom, because it those states men were in the majority, while in the British Isles' they were in' the mi- nority. . Consequently he argued ‘the granting of the parliamentary vote to women" in. the Brittish ' Isles would mean the handing over of the destinies of the country and of the empire to & female electorate, which was a peril- oue step to taki Among those who voted for the bill were Viscount Morley of Blackburn, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the b’lhopl of London, Herefo: Bangor and St. Asaph. Those who voted against the bill included the Marquis of Lansdowne, Vimollnt !hh.l‘,‘ the Marquis of Salis- bury, the Earl of Halsbury and the Duke of Northumberland. Weardale, the Marquis t St. Aflm POISONING SUSPECTED; DODV I8 EXHUMED o Death of William F. Palmer of Torrington, Torrington, Conn., May 6—The body of William P. Palmer, who died Sep- tember 27 under cireumstances which relatives alleged to be suspicious, was exhumed this morning. The viscera were removed and sent to New Haven for analtysis of contents in an effort to determine if death was eaused by n. Palmer died suddenly after eating a sandwich and some of his friends suspected it had been pols- oned. Those present at the examihation of the body were Coroner S. A. Her- mm Medical Examiner Hanchette, Dr. J. Hogan, and Attorney T. J. Wall, wt{n the Palmer family: H'!gh Sherift C. C. Middlebrooks, Charles, a2 bdbrother of the deceased, Giles P. Hennessy of Ansonia, a cousin of the deceased, and Prof. J. P. Underhill, of Yale university, who will have charge of the apalysis of the contents of the viscera, Coroner Herman stated that the exhumation and analysis would cost the state over $1,000. To Head Suffragette Deputstion. Hartford, Conn., May 6.—Mrs. Ernest ! Thompson Seton of Greenwich will be the n of & deputation of sixty women who will go from Con- necticut to Washington the last of Invest this week, to take part in a suffrage | demonstration during which petitions will be presented to congress. Mrs., Seton will be one of a delegation of about 500 to go to the capitol and will bear a petition from the Connecticut ‘Woman’s Suffrage association. Infant Burned to Death at New Haven New Hayen, Conn., May 6—Clara, the 183 momnths’ old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Gertsch of 624 Quin- nipiac avenue, was burned to death late ma-y in the yard in the rear of her ome. erns the mother’s brief absence, the girl found a match, if is thou‘ht_ n.nd lithlod it, her clothes catching. fi Gertsch, hearing the screams, rulhod into the yard and tried to beat out the flames, hut it was too late. She is prostrat Killed While Walking ' Track. Danbury, Cenn., May 6—John ‘Warke, 25 vears old, of Trambull, Ct., died tenight in a local hospital, as the result of injurles received today at Hawleyville, when he was struck by ' a Pittsfield bound train. He was walk- ing the tracks and apparently did not hear the, train approaching. -He was net identified until tenight. Steamers Reported by Wireless. New York, May 6—Steamer Fran- centa, Liverpeol for Beston, signalled 210 miles east of Bosie e ing FAMILY R,EUNIOM Aflh GATHER- ING OF CLOSE FRIENDS. cnkmouv'ronssmi- Vice President and Members of Cabi- net Only Officials Invited—No News- Paper Representatives to Attend. i ‘Washington, . May 6—The White Bollle tonight was the scene of a it _daughter ‘Wilson, to party rehearsed the . - The affair will ceremony x ml lll‘ e strictly at previous ng to an announcement Miss Wilson's six girl chums who would have been her bridesmaids had the wedding been .an elaborate one, Wwere guests at the White House to- night. They are: Miss Helen Hunter of Portsmouth, Va.; Miss Henrietta Stadelman of Wllmlllxtm, Del.; Miss Marjorie Brown of Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Fine and Miss Elizabeth Duf- fleld, of Princeton, N. J., and Mrs. Charles Kellou. of Athens, Pa. After the young folke went All day the White ‘were arriving and though the 'edd.(n‘ company will comprise less than hundred the activity about the execu- 've mansion was much the same as at the Sayre wedding last November. Decorators were at work placing palms and flowers in the various pariors. The marriage license was obtained late today by I, H. Hoover, the veteran chief usher at the White House. The of the bfldemm was given at my years and t of Miss Wilson as ‘twenty-four. The Rev. Sylvester w. of the First Pres| the day. The ‘wedding gift, a bracelet of dlununda, set in platibum, costing $1,000, was sent to the White House tonight with a letter from Senator Martine, chair- man of the committee selected to choose the present, Sl m(g the “My dear senator, “on b&half Jof the senate of the Unitéd States I have the plmwn to present to yot the accompan: gift. We tender our best wishes to you for a long and happy life.” The New Jersey congressional del- egation today sent to the White House its gift, a silver serving tray, engraved l%"mfl bearing the initials “E. i ey 27 KNOWN SURVIVORS OF LINER COLUMBIAN. Search for Missing Men Has Thus Far Proved Fruitless. Boston, May 6.—Search by several steamers in the waters south of Sable Istand today and tonight had failed up to a late hour to add to the Nst of 27 known survivors of the burned liner Columbian. The total of known dead remained at three. Somewhere in or near the westbound trans-Atlantic steamer lne, probably, is & small boat with the chiéf and sec- ond officers and from 17 to 24 men of the crew. At midnight 73 hours had elapsed since the boat cast off from the blazing steamer. Its crew left hurried- 1y; with Tittle fo0d or water, and some of them were suffering frem burns. This boat was still the object ef search tonight. Ocoupants of the two other boats ‘which put off from the Columbian were safely aboard other vessels. The steamer Manhattan, bound for Ant- werp, picked up Capt. John McDonald and 13 men today. The Cunard liner Franconia, which has on board 18 other survivors, wil land them here tomorrow morning. The story of their experiences preceded them to port in a nasrative sent by wireless by Captain Miller of the Franconia. WOODMEN OF AMERICA ELECT STATE OFFICERS W, T. Connor of New London a Del- egate to National Convention. Meriden, Conn., May 6.—George H. Nye of New Haven was elected state consul at the triennial meeting of the state camp, Modern Woodmen of America, here today. Other officers chosen were: Advisor, T. J. Gibney, Poquonock; banker, 'Benjamin Hill, | Terryville; clerk, Willilam Hayes, Bris- tol; delegates ‘to the national conven- tion at Toledo next month: J. F. Mec- Bridgeport; W, T. Connor, New | London; G. A. Stark, New Britain. |1t Was decided to hold the next tri- ennial convention at New Britain, During the session there was ex- | tended debate over the stand which jshould be taken by the state camp In connection with the preposed re- vision of rates at the national con- | vention. No announcement of the de- {cision on this matter was made. GRAND CDRCUIT RACING AT CHARTER OAK PARK | About Ninety Entries Have Been Re- ceived for September Meet, Hartford, Conn, May 6-—President John L. Dewer of the i Fair association, said that the | success of the grand circuit racing at Charter Oak park in September l now Uractically assured in_spite the efforts. of the Michigan fair to nu in comflicting dates. He said about ninety entries have already been re- ed'.d and those from the west and tram tucky are on the way, An- drews, Cox, Billings. Murphy _and Snow have seut in their emtries. Mur- Phy has. 18, Stbamship Arrivals. Libau, May 1—Steamer Dvin-k N" York. Naples, May 6—Steamer Sn.xon.ln. ing Fsr Becker Tnal ' PANEL NEARLY EXHAUSTED WITH BUT FIVI’ACGE_FTED. ACCUSED WAS NERVOUS Justice Seabury Announced that the Jurors When Selected Will be Held in Custody of Court. \ leutenant and head of ‘strong arm” squad, today his ‘second b.(t.le to save him- “Khmdmhmeflmw at Sing as the instigator of the plot to murder Herman Rosen- opening of the trial his at- made a bitter attack upon Dis- trict Attorney Whitman in an_effort to have him adjudged guilty of con- tempt of court. The attorneys claim- ed Mr. Whitman had tried to create a prejudicial atmosphere by giving to the local newspapers stories brand- ing as perjurers witnesses who ap- ‘Peared at the eleventh hour attempt to save the four gunmen, the actual murderers of Rosenthal from the chair. This motion was denied, as were others requesting a changé of venue and the dismissal of the special panel of talesmen because they had heard the district attorney defend himself from the accusations of Beck- er's counsel. The entire panel had been exhaust- ed tonight and there were five jurors in the box. At the end of the proceed- ings on the first day of Becker's pre- vious trial only one juryman had been selected. The district attorney expects to have the jury complete tomorrow and to place his first witness on the stand. The Juron now in the box are the following: F. )(..reflth Blagden, foreman, bond broker, and a former student at the Harvard Law school. No. 3—Willlam B. Dalton, adver- tising manager, No. 3—James M. Faust, real estate broker. No. 4—Thomas W. Edwards, chem- No, 5—Edward E. Van Eman, tired traveling salesman, formerly o( Baltimore, Md. At the close of the proceedings to- hy Justice Seabury, before whom the is being held in the criminal bnnnh of the supreme court, an- nounced that because of the circum- s surrounding the case he feit ob] to order that the jurors se- lectéd be kept in.the custody of the e ourt. When the morning sessions ended with two jurors in the box, Bourke E. Cockran, counsel for ckér, who so bitterly attacked Mr. ltman, left the court room and sald he would not return. At the opening session Beck- er appeared nervous. Once or twice he caught himself biting his finger nails and after jerkipg them from his mouth he looked around the court room to see whether anyone had been watchi; him. At the afternoon ses- sion he- regained all the calmness he exhibited at his first trial. He was in constant conference with his coun- sel and repeatedly asked questions of Martin T. Manton, who has charge of his case, COLONEL ROOSEVELT HAS LOST 55 POUNDS. Is Recovering from Abscess on Leg Resulting from Bruise. Para, Brazil, May 6—Colonel Roose- velt, during his exploring trip through the wilds of Brazil, lost over 55 pounds in weight. He was still very weak to- day, but his condition was better and he’ is recovering from the abscess on his leg from which he suffered after bruising himself while working on a canoe in the rapids of the River Du- vida. The celonel again expressed his en- thusiasm over the beauty and richness of the regions through which the ex- pedition passed. It is the Intention of the colonel to deliver a lecture before the Royal Geographical society in London, when, it is said, be will controvert the accu- Tacy of some of the affirmations of A. Savage Landor, the British ex- plorer, in regard to the interior Brazil, which was traversed by Mr. Landor in 1910-12. HEAVY SENTENCES FOR FUR THIEVES Judge Curtis Puts One Away for from “ 211 to 16 Years. New Haven, Conn. Max 6.—Heavy prison sentences were Imposed by | Judge Curtis in the superior court late { today, on four confessed fur thieves. The quartetts bwrglarized four local stores last winter, in different parts of the city, and carried away geods to the value of $8,600. New York, alleged leader of the four, was given from eleven to sixteen | {years; Max Soalt and Louis Walter, | both of New York, were given from | | four to seven vears and nine to - |teen years respectively, knd Joseph | Bronfin of )Allington was sentenced | from five to nine years. The latter | was a loeal expressman. It wi al- klowed that he told the three New Yearkers where the stores wers and | alded thenr' in the act: burglaries. Mary Phagan's | Trial. |, Atlanta, Ga, May 6—“I had expected | that action,” todey of Leo M, Frank, the factory superintendent under sentence of death {for the murder of 4 vear old Mary | | Phagan, when informed that Benjamin | | . Hill, judge of superior coust, had | denied .2 mew trial in bis case. The | court’s “action was taken today after | eonciusion of arguments by | fense on an extraerdinary motion for a new trial Judge WAll did not hear arguments from the state, More Bodies Recevered at Eccles. Eeccles, W._ Va., May §.—Mine No. the New River Collieries company sealed late today 158 bodies been removed. urteen of the flled in the explosion on April in the workings and will not lxlun out until the Tne has been cleared of debris. A eorvnar‘:l Jury e Seapananiiicy Tor e n: for ‘was begum. 1 t timany to the explosiol . Aasonia. Man “Suicides. Ansonia, Conn., May é—Richard Thonp-m = blu' hl- - home the de- A1, = Isaac Weiss of | Murderer Denied New | avas the omly comment | | boara “of ‘censorship, M‘ arrived in Oflu.nl without baggage. C 1] Monn sailed on "‘m. -~ Irenotorw New York Iie-nnn 's vacations be lengthe; from 10 to 14 days. For the first time in four years the| Eypsy_math has been discovered im New York state. the Darwin A. Fenno, prominent news- y-.per men and Civil War veteran, died H.rn-bnrz Pl. . The hvmy-fint May festival began in Cincinnati and will ‘continue thmlxlw\u this weds Whi ng trees In her orchard near mmwwn, N. Y., Miss Maria A, Palmer was burned to death. Chevalier Gmna. French composer of ballet music and masses, died in Seattle, Wash,, -ted 80 years. At the 102nd commflwu\ont exer- cises of the Princeton Theological sem- inary, 28 persons were graduated. John Forrest Dillon, formerly judge of the supreme court in Iowa, died in New York. He was 83 years old. There were 1,593 deaths in New York city last week against 1,532 deaths for the corresponding week last year. Fire destroyed four floors of a seven-story building on Grand street, New York, causing a loss of $50,000. The Texas club of New York will present a silk traffrail flag to the bat- tleship Texas at the Brooklyn Navy yard. 3 h government will recon- slder its decision not to participate in he Panama-Paclfic exposition at San The business of New York city will be halted for one hour foliowing the arrival of the bodies of marines killed at Vera Cruz. A native revolt in Portuguese Congo resulted in the death of 20 white men, including several Protestant and Cath- olic missionaries. A’ delegation representing various Norwegian societies sailed m New York to attend the Centennial exposi- tion in Christiania. Eight persons were killed and 13 injured In the explosion of a dynamite ne owned by the Panama gov- ernment at Panama. Seth B. Jones of Eridgeport has fed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court with labilitles of $13,822 and assets of $11,558. Railway offic representi o8 from all over the world are in troit for the twenty-first annual convention of the Air Brake assoclation. Several passengers were slightly in- Jured when train No. 4 of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville nllml-fl ran off the tracks at LowelL It is rcportod in Washington that Charles F. Russell, American Minister to Persia, will be recalled and a Demo- crat appointed to fill the-post. Hans. Peter Anderson, secretary for the foreign department of the Interna- tienal Young Men's Christian associa- tion, dled in Summit, N. J., agel 51 The steamer George W. Baker, load- ed with ore for Ei P rocks at Sawtooth Raef perior. Her crew ul 25 were saved. Joseph Arduini, of Buffalo, N. Y., was arrested by the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals for burning a rat to death. Ile was fined $15, Major Gustave Zinserling, a veteran eof the Franco-Prussian war, died of apoplexy at Troy, N. Y. He received a medal for br: ry from Emperor William I. After several long tests another group of home made torpedoes, manu- factured at the naval torpedo station in Newport, R. I, were passed and placed in storage until needed. Three persens were drowned and several are missing as the result of floods which swept the Canadian,and { Cimmarron rivers in Oklahoma. Two | bridges valued at $500,000 were wrecks of | ed. The eight members of the Chicago Board of Education who were sentenc- ed to 03 days In prison for contempt of court were released when they promised to obey the order of the court. The Rev. Dr. William Carter. of New York, a member of the natlonal testified. bhefore i the House Education committee tht | Federal censorship of moving plctures ‘Was unnecessary. | FAIRCHILD ELECTED SACHEM OF CONNECTICUT RED MEN | Alfred Ligouri of New London Junior Sagamore—Meet Next at South | Norwalk. ! Bristel, Conn., Ma Fairchild of Stratfor | great sachem of the = 6—Ghorge S. was elected cat council of | Connecticut Red Men at the 2§th an- | nual session of that body here today. ! The ether elective and appointive of ficers named were ag follsws: Great senier sagamore. Frank T ief of record: Saunders, Naugatuck: great keeper of | wampum, W. A. Kismer, Middletow. great represeptratives to the States grand conncil Frank ¢ . Wates Weils, | Waterbury and Q. 8. { Herron, | great keeper ven; Gres great sannap, nmp wich. great Mishinewa, d, Bristol: great guard of wigwam, John ils, Coltnsvill great guard of uth Manchester. The only contests were for the af- fices of great junior sagamore and of wampum. For sthe former the other candidates were . Barnes of Bridgeport, Al- bert E. next great council at South Norwalk, May, 191& $1,250,000 Machinery Order from China Hartford, Conn. May - 6.—It is un- derstogd here todiy that a local l-u-\ Imq'u North s&u mu. %”‘5‘&? William | 4 | Signed Big Check WITHOUT KNOWING OR ASKING WHAT THEY WERE FOR. 2 CALLED FOR $3,000,000 Remarkable Lapse of Memory Prevaily Among Men Who Handled Finances of Billard Company. ‘ashington, my 6—Somse of Lhn in~ -mo detalls of the zation of the Metropolitan Company New Jersey were ma-.led today when the Intersiate Commerce Commission resumed its inquiry into th affairs of” the New Haven and its sub- sidiaries. Grover C. Richards, of Purtland, Mey told how he acted as “dummy” treas- urer for the company when it was formed. He testified to going to New York at 'fierfimmc of memmqbu‘ Chase, of Ha ‘onn., signing two checks totalling $3,000, m witheut kxmwmxu what ;h:z ‘were n‘ and without asking. \ was March 5, 1910 and Richards said he remained in New York about twe weeks, receiving $5 a day and his ex- penses and signing various papers, about which he had no clear remem- brance. James D. Brown, an examiner for the commissioners, told of emtries on the books of the New Haven between July 1, 1912 and December 1 1913, of payments for “work in connection with legislation” special legal service and advertising. ‘Warren D\ Chase corroborating some of the statements made by Richards, described himself as a “business man and lawyer” of Hartford, and indicated t he had been active in the organ- tion of various comj He said he formed. Steamship Company at the request of E. Robbins, attorney for the New Hav- en road, but explained that it was a matter in which Mr. Robbins was in- terested personally and that it did not concern the New Haven. Some of the questions put by Chief Coungel Folk forsthe commission, Ar. Chase refused to answer on the ground that to do so would be to violate con- fident relations between lawyer and client. Later he partially receded from this stand and replied to some of thé act as treasurer. He Was questioned as to where the came from, but averred he wak unal to recollect. 5 Samuel Hemingway, president.of the Second National Bank of New and former treasurer of the. Company, who was on the stand week, was recalled and asked a $69,000 check mentioned by as having been signed by could throw no light on the marien A question put to him which at was objected to by Homer Cummings, his attorney, brought forth the state- ment that the Billard Company was in- terested in a large New England news- paper to the extent of $400,000. Mr. Hemingway told of the purchase by the Billard Company of bomds of the Eastern Steamship Company for $1,700,000. These, said, _wera bought from former Govermor Hill of Maine. Verbal Agmm-t With Mellen. The arrangements, Mr. Hemingway ihought, were made by Mr. Robbing, but his memory again was indistinct, He then told how, as the result of a verbal agreement with former Presi- dent Mellen, the Billard Company bought 13,007 shares of New Haven stock from the New England Naviga- tion Company for $2,000,000. “We took the shares at 153" sald Hemingway, “and gave Mr. Billard's ds nd noté for them.” r. Mellen's idea was to werk the stock on the market and advance price and also reduce the navigatiom company’s holdings. There was verbal understanding that we were e sell back at the same price. Soem after we got the stock the price wemt | down, and when it reached 13§ we sold back to the Navigation cm: at 153." “S) this transaction was to boost New Haven stock en the market?™ asked Mr. Folk. “Yest, it was" “If the stock had gome up to ¥75, say | what would the Billard Company have | done with the surplus. “Oh, I think this would have beex given to the New Haven read.” re- plied Mr. Hemingway. The witness said he could net vee member being in the bank ef Ma: | haftan in connection with the emgard- zation of the Metropolitan Steamshl Company and had no recellection the $3,000.600 checks. Mr. Richards | was then asked to sta.nd A and Mow Hemingway was asked if he recalled seeing him at the bank. He said he could not. “He 'fits the description of ene e | them.” “Did .you have anything to de witk the formation of the Metropelitan Company ?” Hemingway was asked. “Not that I can recall.” the Billard He remembered that Company borrowed $1,500,000 from the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company an dthen loaned it to another company, but had forgotten the name of the lat= ter. This matter was taken up at a meeting, he said, attended by himself, Billard, Robbins and a representative of the Company in question. Mr. Folk showed the witness a for-$2,000,000 made out to_the Bi Company and endorsed by vaxm Tt " dated March 11911, and “What was this for?” “it looks as if it mhl have beem for a loa‘n but I cannot remember anything about it.” “You write checks for $2,000,000 anq can’t recollect what they are for ™ “It seems to so in this case” an- (swered Mr. Hemingway as a laugh went around the room. Mr. Chn;_e testified (ha‘t ’he organized the New England Securities Compan; for Mr. Robbins and the (m“m" Company for himself. 'Bho latter, he said holds 14300 ‘which, ::r&n-'-m were money of the New Haven or any “'Hl “Chase will be recalled to the Wub