The evening world. Newspaper, May 8, 1914, Page 14

: #IGHER-UPS MUST TELL. LL ROCKEFELLER TOE FATS _ NEW HAVENDELS° + ‘George ® Beker Al Baker Also Among Those Called After Billard’s Sensational Testimony. ! ce Board Plans Clean-Up on the Looting fis re | WASHINGTON, May 8--The men ‘up concerned in the financial Rall- ‘fare to be brought before the In- Commerce Commission next and asked what has become of Money. Joseph W. Folk, counsel the commission, who has been ing the trail of the loot and through its devious devices & dummies, subsidiary x geourity juggling, announced to- his programme for reaching the the lawyers irectors who controlled the high Here is the list of witnesses of the Railsoad. ef The Evening World.) of the New Haven the banke: Haven in the days of ee at present arranged: ‘Monday—Edward C. Robbins, for- ber chief counsel to New Haven. }corpus. ity devised the in- scheme of financial Juggling. for many ears a Vice,President and principal fixer of 1 Muesday—Former President Charles Mollen, who is reported ready to freely and desirous of shifting burden of responsibility from bim- whose ingenu! Timothy E. Byrnes, lesome things. gif to the high financiers. "pegged —Willlam Rockefeller, F. Baker, Lewis Cass Ledyard George MacCuliogh, who with 1 From a Staff Correspondent companies THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1914. ! conn., and mmiceneted Grover C, Rich- r of the Metro n J jad previously, he he been employed by the 3 ment of t New Haven in connen tion ¥ ti research work and transportation mattors ir. Robbins," said Mr. Casa, wnnne me to look after certain trans- portation details of the company.” “Did you have any experience in transportation matters?” ‘Only as an attorney.” Mr. Cane maid he received a anlary of $2,600 a year and his travelling expense Te ceased to act an treas- urer when the company was merwod (into the Eastern Steamship Com- pany. ‘Asked if he knew of any trananc- tions with the Hillard Company, Mr, Case said: “To the beat of my recollection the Rillard Company held a note of the | Metropolitan, but 1 do not reeall the amount. It was signed by Richard and my remembrance is that a new note was substituted. In connection with this matter I went to New Haven, and have an impression that the man I talked with was Samuel Hemingway.” athering together of loove ends of several minor transactions and the a piecing together of testimony charac terized the hearing to-day before the Interstate Commerce Commission Two or three facts, regarded as of important bearing upon the matter under inquiry, were developed throush the testimony yesterday of John L, Billard, promoter of the Billard Com- pany. SWEET MARIE DOESN'T HATE JOHN OD. JR. 50 MUCH. Learned Some 1 Things on the Island of His Work to Uplift White Slaves. “Swoet Marie” Gants, the I. W. W. orator who Js serving a sixty-day ren- teneo in the Workhouse on Black- woll’s Inland, was in Justice Lehman's part of the Supreme Court to-day to make application for a writ of habeas It wns denied, and she was sent hack to the worhouse. While she eat between a husky prin- on matron and a guard she told the reporters that she had changed her opinion of John D. Rockefoller jr, whom sho had threatened to aboot down like a dog. “He's not such @ bad fellow,” she anid. “I've changed my opinion of him since I've been over on the Ialand. That's because I have been thrown In contact with a lot of atrect walkers who are doing time. From them I late J. P. Morgan were the dom- | gleaned some {dea of the great soope directors of New Haven. intends to of company money. to put up to them re- Sub- have been issued for them. Mr. | of Rockefeller’s work for the uplift of the white slaves. I did not know ago.” A bit of jail life that didn’t appeal a was the chewing of ald for the loas of millions of what he had done until @ few days * ;Thureday—Now directors of New | to} rz eres. who have recently come into 4 board. They will be asked what | !n disgust. Save done ani what they intend to compel restitution of the 1088 | i4 a horro: ‘money, in particular cases like the ! festchester road and various trolley | through which the parent com- has been brought to the verge of the Uflard Company, @ bankruptcy. } fhe gathering together of loose of several minor transactions the piecing together of testimony fren the hearing to-day be- == Interstate Commerce Com- ‘Two or three facts, regard- a of important bearing upon the under inquiry, were developed the testimony yesterday L Billard, a, mee: were that the Billani Com- gies broadly in other securitios | those of the New Havon and | @ubsidiaries; that the Billard Com- | practically was John L. Billard ; that for reasons of his own, L, Billard burned hia personal and papers which contained and while he mado a profit of ap- Proximately $2,700,000 on the deal in Boston and Maine stock, which repre- Siena of many transactions; substantially the profit of Company, the amets of y, which now are in possession $f Billard himself, account to @ trif_e | than $2,000,000, indicating a feeciation of about $600,000, { Birdsey Case, a lawyer of Hart- | 08 fuke ford, explained to the commission | Mise a Bis connection with the Metropoll- tam Stoamship Company transac- He d Grover Cleveland rds of Portland, Me, as “dum- treasurer of the Metropolitan y: * Charles F, Lins! a@ manufacturer ef Meriden, Conn., and a Ifelong friend of John L, Billard, testified to- iy t, 4 J had become on and a director of stion f the that, at the su. incorp: the Bil pea pany "Fi shares promoter of tho Billard, | of stock in the e 10 “Sweet Marie” avco by women over there. “Oh, tho place ts Mithy,” she satd “The food is wretched and I can't drink the water. The bathtubs are foul and the whole place iMORE ELECTION FRAUD INDICTMENTS RETURNED A Score of Them for Voters in Murphy’s District and Grand Jury Isn't Done Yet. A score of indictments were re- Jury, #till in session, charging viola- | tion of the election laws during the recent special election to decide whether the voters of the State de- sired a constitutional convention. All of the indictments are based on evi- | dence of alleged frauds in the sixth election district of the Twelfth Aa- sembly District, Charles Murphy's own district. The April Grand Jury waa con- tinued at tte work by order of Judge Mulqueen of the Court of General Sessions, and their first batch o} dietments came this afternoon, B of n warrants were iasued immediately [for the men indicted, and before the | night, it is belleved, most of the men the |charged with fraud will be arrested, The Grand Jury t# suid to have found that in twelve election districts of the Twelfth Assembly there were 49} 800 fraudulent votes cast, presuma \biy by guerrillas and “tn @oldiers,” ro called in the jus H ‘om were put in my name by Mr Barz ed Saha the “witness, “butt Bo: ? fever had any knowledge of its buat- | ys . Ta 4 in the matter merely @ friend and neighbor of Mr, Hil. | , who really was the whole com. | pany.” © Mr. Linsley said several meetings b t the directors were held, at some h of which I. Db. Robbins, chief counsel joys clothes. the New Haven and attorney for . Billard, Was present, He could | {met remember what propositions had {been considered ut the meetings or oe he had voted upon as a| d ctor, h “Did you know anything about the | sen t eir Hard Company?” asked Mr. Polk. | b ors” to our s rely a ‘dummy’ diree- | * g,guenr musctod ar Fo” | Endless chain ri Mr, Linsley gave tt an his “impres- h that the Hillant Company) was that has enabl nized to take care of some of Mr PBillard’s business, which he felt ous te be put in permanent shape so th Anything happened to him it could ting old; that he was heavily ansumed that he desired to of bie affairs in the Billard they might hat he was | and that his estate was larg: be ate. ob lace | turned to-day by the April Grana| BROKAW BROTHERS MENS & BOYS CLOTHING, HATS & FURNISHINGS HARRY FOX DIVORCED WILL MARRY WOMAN Dancer With Affinity Admits Mrs. Messman “Had the Goods on Him.” Mra, Lydia M. Mesaman to-day was awarded a divorces from Harry Mesaman by Supreme Court Justice Page. Mossinan ts better known as Marry Fox, the dapper young vaude- Villian, one of the beat known tn his business, and dancing partner of Janiska Dolly, @ young Hungarian girl . ‘Tho name of the young woman co- respondent was kept accret. woman,” Mesaman told the Court, “and I don't want her name to come up in this ense.” The first witness called was Mrs. Monsman, a tall, good looking blonde, She said that when ehe told her hus- band ashe had evidence against him and intended to get a divorce, he faid to her, “Good luck to you, Lydl Jean Schwartz, writer of ragtime songs, who married Kostka Dolly, sister of Mesaman’s vaudeville part- ner, helped Mra, Messman get her divorce, Schwartz testified that Messaman and the “woman, name unknown,” were living together in an apartment at No. 142 West Forty-fourth atreet, =, Schwartz and his wife are liv- ing. Henrietta Kelly, alao in vaude- Ville, said she was present when Meassman admitted that he had an affinity. Messman took the witness stand. | Ho aaid he was agreeable to a divorce since Mra, Messman had “the goods on him.” “Are you able to pay her $25 a week as you have been doing right along?” asked Attorney H. Elder jr. for Mra Meswman. “Certainly, and I'll pay it,” said Fox. ee MAYOR DOESN'T WANT It Would Add $100,000 to Present Deficit, Mitchel Tells Board. Mayor Mitchel indicated at the meeting of the Board of Estimate to- day that he waa not in favor of granting the application of the Tax- payers’ Improvement Association of Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, for the reduction of the fare on the Muniai- pal Ferry from Thirty-ninth street, Brooklyn, to the foot of Whitehall street, Manhattan. The request is made that the fare be reduced from | ¥' five cents for a single trip to a single three-cent-trip ticket, or two for five Mayor. “The reduction would add $100,000 to the deficit of the ferry," said the yor. Borough President McCormack of | Richmond asked that the application tion from Staten commute! tor @ five-cent ticket en- | titling them to a trip across the bay on the Municipal Ferry and a trip within the five-cent limits on any sur- face car of the New York Railways Company lines in Manhattan. The railways company makes this propo- sition. If the city adopta the plan the raflwaya company will receive three cents and the city two centa on, every combination ticket sold A Breakfast Appetite People never hay Why not tempt it we LEAcPERRINS’ SAUCE ‘THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRG Gives keen sorte, os used on Bags, Croquettes, Dalla, ss Bekeabenunce & Sold by Grocers Everywhere Clothes We eniey a city-wide trade in Our customers, learning the intrinsic value of our boys’ garments, invariably “next door neigh- tore. It is this ecommendation ed us to count among our men patronssomany graduates from our boys’ de- partment. Astor Plas Place & Fourth Ave venue ; BROADWAY —— SUBWAY A’ NAMED BY HIS WIE “Pm going to marry the young! ‘NEW YORK'S APPEAL ON THAW DECISION State Attacks Points Made by Judge Who Granted Habeas Corpus Writ. | CONCORD, N. FL, May 8—Tho ap- peal of the State of New York from the decision of Federal Judge Edgar Aldrich granting Harry K. Thaw's petition for a writ of habeas corpus to prevent his extradition to New York on the charge of conspiracy to jescape from the Matteawan Insane Hospital, was filed late to-day. The appeal, technically known as an as- signment of errors, was signed by Holman A, Drew, Sheriff of Coos | County, who haa been the custodian | of Thaw aince his arrest at Colebrook, Sopt. 18, 1918, ‘The appeal contends that the court erred in nine particulars—namely: In sustaining the writ of habeas cor- | pus and discharging Thaw under the | extradition warrant, In holding that Thaw was not eub- stantially charged with crime under | Article IV., Section 2, Paragraub 2 of the United States Constitution, In holding that Thaw was not a fugitive from justice, In holding that the process undor which Thaw waa held was not due process of law. In holding that the extradition war- rant lasued by Gov. al, invalid and unwarranted, In holding that upon the whole reo- ord the case does not come within the provisions of the Constitution relating to extradition. In not holding that Thaw wa legally in custody under the ext. ‘dition warrant, ‘Thaw to the proper custody for ex- | tradition to New York, and Because upon the whole record the habeas corpus writ should have been dismissed, the extradition warrant sustained and Thaw remanded to the ‘ork. The petition for a writ of habeas corpua was granted by Judge Aldrich April 14, but the issuance of the order was withheld to allow an ap- peal to be taken to the United States Supreme Court. pha BICYCLE LAD KILLED, | Harry Teracison, a fourteen-year-old student at ti Far Rockaway High Behool, as riding hie bicycle along Mott avenue at lunch time to-day on his way to his home, No. 9 Seaview * avenue, when he got between a heavy Policeman Kenny picked him wy the auto party geph's Hopital. being carried ana it. Jo- das in the door. Salata cHICAGO, May 8. former United States Senator from Il- Mnots, who was ousted after a long and bitter fight on charges of brib received into the Catholle Chur day. CITES NINE ERRORS, ‘elker was ille- | \| | | peake and Ohio was a weak feature, | | In not dismissing the writ of A |habens corpus and in not remanding | 4 proper custody for extradition to New | Hs TO CUT FERRY RATE} * Yields of Leading Stocks Based on Present Selling Prices. WALL STREET Yields. Market Closing—In the Inte after- noon market was somewhat unsettled but selling seemed to be for most part of professtonal origin, although It sue- ceeded in shaking out a little stock here and there, Tt fs @ Jong time since the Street has had much a puzzle as dealings in Min- sourt Pacific. Almost any trader would have thought that sale of 60,000 shares of stock would break price several points, yet transactions ran well above that figure without causing more than — a moderate setback. Everybody want- | can, 4 to know who did the selling and R who took the stock. Canadian Pacific was weak and houses with foreign connections took | Tr a rather unfavorable view of @tua- | tion abroad. Opening showed small declines all around, but dealings were profeasion- al, and Hittle importance could be at- || tached to selling movement. Missourt || Pacific sola down to 167-8 and Chesa-| tian’ Copne Yirecarsi selling down to 60 on reiterated rum- | {\ ora of reduction of dividend. Cana- | dian Pacific reflected heaviness in the London market and sold off 25-8 to 189 8-8, Utah Copper hold firm, but balance of copper stocks were weak | under pressure, Trading waa quiet | during second hour, stocks resisted Rates. Amal. Amer. Amer, C. Amer, Smeiiere Amer. Smeiters Can. Pacific Con. Gas . Great Nort Lehigh Valley New York Central. North. Pacific Pennsylvania Reading South. F Union Pacifico U. 8. Steel.. U. 8. Steel pf. Copper. AeSrwaansaasasaas l+ettit aa CO, oe Hes | Union | Union B. Eaion | he 7 see. istees.: FEFSS SEL esas Fe ttt one LOTT SS EURS ES PEELE t+ 11 Thumtayre effect of weakness in Missourt Pacific | clam. 4) Open, and Chesapeake and Ohio, the former x59 i ay: us recovering to 18 from 16 7-8 Utah | Thu x Copper suld up to 65 8-4 around noon | on active trading, During early afternoon market merely waited for definite news re- Wheat ‘steady aad closed % to % decline garding Missouri Pacific matter, Corn firm on light offerings; closed “ % lower, eee eee eth ALLL NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Re fa t 7 | ie ai ie ig ug ‘Cotton prices heavy for far months. | May and July little pigees, Port re- ceipts i agreed 000 baiee—laat 1,75 ar ago, 11,779, Market | , 2 points up to 7 points Vanamee Dena. (REWBURGH, N. Y., May 8—Willtam ‘anamee, a prominent attorney of Grange County, who beld offices tn the CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE. Reports of a t critical military altua- tion at Vera Cruz helped to make the onsolidated Stock Ex- y nervous in the ay. Prices declined, Washi n advices ny fresh ns to Moxico, there was some timprovement. Missouri P: cific was again a feature of weaknet among the lower priced stocks, though it did not sell under 17 on the Consolidated, against a New York Stock Exchange low quotation of 16 7-8, Chesapeake & Ohto also sold down sharply, its decline being accampanied by further talk of a nearby dividend reduction. Canadian Pacific was an- othor stock that reflected special weakness, It changed hands on the 9.30 o'clock opening call at 190% to 190%, the latter being its final call price and representing a decline of 1% points from Thursday's closing figufe. In the after call trading It did not sell under 189% on the Con- solidated, when It touched 189% on the other board. on the ¢ ——————— ITEMS FOR INVESTORS. National Biscuit Company, regular rterly dividend 1 8-4 per cent. on ferred stock, payable May 29 to of record May 16, Wabash Railroad for nine months |shows decrease in operating revenue | of $962,870; income or net declined, $543,468, Vulean Detinning preferred sold on the Exchange 100 shares at 21, a los! of 14 points from previous sale, and lowest at which it has ever sold. Record high 91 3-4 was made tn 1909. Curb Market has admitted to quo- tations 1,200,000 shares par value $6, Sterling Gum Company “when is- sued.” Chicago and Northwestern general mortgage 4 per cent. bonds, amount- ing to nperigd Ped being offered to the publ Net surplus of May 1 on United 8 lines were reported by American Rail- road Association. Increase of 16,010 from Apri! 1. The directors of the Fourth Natton- al Bank adopted a resolution yester- | day recommending to stockholders ‘the sale of the Fourth National Bank stock at $290 a share. 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