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See Rae Teva ry NEW HAVEN’S RECORD WORST IN. HISTORY: $90,000,000 WASTED (Continued from First Page.) holders and a suit by the rafiroad Against Billard and those who par- ticipated in the transactions should be maintained.” MELLEN’S DEALINGS BYRNES CORRUPT. Dummy corporations and their uae, which the report says in the New Haven was frequent, are condemned in unmeasured terms. The sfstem of interlocking direc- tors is condemned as it existed on the New Haven and in general, The com- mission says it found most every other interest was better represented on the New Haven Board than the averago stockholder’s, “4a President Mellen's dealings with for- mer Police Inspector Byrnes of New York, {n the Westchester railroad transaction were branded as “corrupt and unlawful.” The amount Illegally expended should be recoverable. The purchase of Rhode Island trol- ley lines and coastwise steamships Were described as extravagant and wasteful. All the transactions the commission holda were consummated with the ob- Jeot of setting up a complete trans- WITH th amecnemnnnnoemn seems “— ‘ ee eT | “Prosecu “A reasonable estimate of the —From the Interstate Commerce Haven Railroad as reported to the | New Haven’s Losses Near! nagement will ly $90,000,000; te the Guilty Directors.” is to the New Haven Railro id by 000 discharge their trust.” Commission's findings on the New Senate to-day, Maine Ratlroad Company wae fur- nished by the New England Naviga- tion Company. This stock was turned back to the navigation company for $3,370,082. It would seam that a sult | by stockholders for the recovery of the profit which is justly due the navigation company, if any was made by Billard in the transactions involv- jing these additional shares, could be | maintained. “If any expenditures were mado In Violation of the anti-trust laws of the United States are not auch expendi- tures ultra vires and ts it not the le- al obligation of the directors to axt- isfy out of their own fortunes any los which results to the company? “The practice of financial legarde- main in issuing large blocks of New Haven stocks for notes of the New England Navigation Company and anipulating these securities back 4 forth, fletitious sales of New Hna- ven stock to friendly parties with the design of boosting the stock and unloading on the public at tho high- er ‘market price,’ the unlawful di- version of corporate funds to politi- cal organisations, the scattering of re- tniners to attorneys of five States, who rendered no itemized bills for Portation monoply in New England in violation of the Federal statutes. ALL THE STRICTURES UPON MANAGEMENT OF MELLEN. All the Commiesion’s strictures ‘were upon the management of the New Haven system under former President Mellen. In justice to the predent manage- ment, the Commission says it ts but fair to eay that Chairman Howard Eliott and Walker D. Hines, special counsel, “have co-operated with the Commission and rendered it substan- tial assistance throughout this in- vestigation.” ‘Teapteport cites these “significant incidents": “Marked features and significant Incidents in the loose, extravagant and improvident administration of the finances of the New Haven as shown in this investigation are the Boston and Maine deapoliment; the inequity of the Westchester acquisi- tion; the double price paid for the Rhode Island trolleys; the reckless- ness in the purchase of Connecticut nd Massachusetts trolleys at prices exorbitantly in excess of their market value; the unwarranted expenditure of large amounts In ‘educating public opinion; the disposition, without knowledge of the directors, of hun- dreds of thousands of dollars for in- fluencing public sentiment; the habitual payment of unitemised Vouchers without any clear specifica- tion of details; the confusing inter- relation of the principal company and ite subsidiaries and consequent com- Plication of accounts, “Extensive use of a paid lobby In the matters as to which th @laim to have no information; the attempt to control utterances of the press by subsidizing reporters; pay- the profligate ue of free passes to legislators and their friends; that investment of $400,009 in securities of a New Enr- land newspaper; the regular emp! ment of poliitcal bosses in Rhode and and for States, not for the purpose of having them perform any service but to prevent them, as Mr. Mellen expressed it, from ‘becoming aetive on the other side;’ the reten- tlen of John L. of more than $2,700,000 in @ transaction in which he represented the New Haven and in which he invested not a dollar.” ‘The Inability of Oakleigh Thorne to Becount for $1,032,000 of the funds of the New Haven intrusted to him In earrying out the Westchester pro; sition; the story of Mr. Mellen the distribution of $1,200,000 for rupt purposes in bringing about amendments of the Westchester and Pertohester franchises; the domina- tien of all the affairs of thie railroad by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mellen and) the absolute eubordination of other members of the Board of Directors ‘te the will of these two; the unwar- fanted increase of the New Haven lia- bilities from $93,000,000 in 1903 to A1792,500 in 1913; the increase in floating notes from nothing in 1903 te approximately $40,000,000 in 1913; the indefensible standard of busin ethics and the absence of fina acumen displayed by eminent fin clers in directing the destinies of this railroad in its attempt to establish @ monopoly of the transportation of id. A combination of all resulted in the present de- uation in which the affaire of this railroad are involved.” CAN RECOVER MONEY LOST TO THE STOCKHOLDERS. From the facts developed in this favestigation it would seem that ‘there is little question concerning the recovery of a substantial amount of the stockholders’ money that has been wasted, Several items of this nature will be briefly summarized: “Overpaid Perry and Thorne in commissions, $303,760. “IMlegally spent in obtaining Weat- chester franchise changes, $1,524,- the Billard transaction, # the 15,755 adaitional shares of Om stock and 6,826 shares of @ stock of the Boston services and who conducted ho litl- gation to which the railroad was a party. the light of the developments brought about by this investigation. “Only lawful expenditures are au- thorized. “All illegal disbursements are ultra vires, “Directors cannot without account- ability deplete @ corporate treasury inventures which are in violation of the lawa of the land. IMMUNITY OF cu LLEN 18 DIs- sion is required to make from time to time it has, in accordance with its usual custom, exercised due caution not to require the testimony of wit- messes where immunity might result except when it ts necessary in order to get at the truth, “The purpose of the smmunity stat- ute, as the commission understands it, was to ald in the search for facts by removing the obstacle of witnesses refusing to testify on the ground of self-incrimination, and under the statute the commission has always endeavored to exercise a sound dis- cretion in this regard. In carrying out the Instructions of the Senate in this case the commission has, there- fore, kept in mind the warning of the Department of Justice to care- fully consider before placing a wit- ness upon the stand the effect his testimony might have in the way of (mmunising him from crimnal prose- cution. The commission has only used such witnesses as seemed neces- sary to fully answer the Senate's in- quiry, and has refrained from calling those witnesses whose evidence, while interesting, might be merely cumu- lative, “With respect to Mr. Melle mer President of the New Haven system, it was the belief of the com: mission that hie testimony was nec- essary in thie investigation, and the result, in our opinion, fully justifies thie position. “Evidence of wrongdoing such as wae disclosed in this hearing ie diffi- cult to obtain, Men do not conduct such transactions In the open, but rather in secret and in the dark, Only those involved, as.a rule, have direct information. some of the evidence of necessity must come through participants. “The commission hae proceeded upon the idea that it is better to ex- pose wrongdoing, even, if doing it would be necessary to use a few wit- nesses whose testimony might bring them immunity, than, through fear of bestowing immunity on some, leave facts unknown and uncovered and thereby give Immunity to all not only as to prosecution but to the stigma of exposure as well, “It 1s inconceivable thet theac wrongs could have gone on without interference if the members of the Board of Directors had been true to the faith they owed the stock- holders, The directors’ minutes re- ; veal that it was largely a body for ratification and not authorization, as the law intended @ board of di- rectors should be, | “None of the directors would have | been so carelcss in the handling of his own money as the evidence demonstrates those were in dealing | With the money of other people. Tho directors actively or passively a | quiesced In the efforts of the Mollen- | Morgan-Rockefeller regime to extend |the domination of this corporation over the whole transportation field In New England, “If these directors who were faith- lesa to their stewardship were held responsible in the courts and at the bar of public opinion for the failure \to do those things they should have done, the lesson to directors who do not direct would be very salutary. STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD HELD LIABLE FOR ACTS. “Most of the directors of the Nev Haven accepted their responsibilities lightly. They fatled to lize that their names gave confidence to the public and that their connection with the corporation led the public to invest. When these “In the investigations the commis-, / directors Were negligent and serious losses Teaulted they were guilty breach of trust that was morally wrong and criminal in ita fruits. “Directors should be made individ- ually liable to civil and criminal lawe for the manner in which they discharge their truet. A corporation can be no better or worse than those who operate it. It should be juet 5° Grave a crime to plunder etockhold- ere or the public through @ railroad corporation as it is to personally rob an individual. 1 “It was found in the investigation of the New Haven system that there were 336 subsidiary corporations, and the books of the New Haven road proper reflects only a amall part of the actual financial transaction the railroad. Many of those sub- | sidiary corporations served no p pose save an evil one. They were| used to cover up transactions that would not bear scrutiny, and to keep from tho eyes of public officials mat- ters that were sought to be kept secret. The Commission should have the power to examine not only th books, records, papers and corres- pondence of interstate carriers, but of subsidiary companies as well. “The insuring of honesty through. out the management of the great pte is of the country is @ most m to-day, and only when through ex- posure of wrongdoing and an awak- ened public conscience coupled with effective laws this result ts produced, may railroading be placwl on the ‘high level ti "The revel j make it the a ad sy be ended, and until this i there will be no irance that the story of the New ven will not be told again with the et Iders of some other railroad system as the victims. “In the search for truth the Com- mission had to overcome many ob- stacles, letters, and documents and the obstin- 'y of witnenses who declined to testify until criminal proceedings were begun for their refusal to answer more than 300 bsidiary corporations, in a web of entangling alliances with each other, many of which were seemingly plan- ned, created, and manipulated by law- yers expressly retained for the pur- pose of concealment or deception. “In the course of the investigation many instances were uncovered of vio- lation of the laws of different States. As these were not directly understood to be pertinent to our inquiry under the Senate resolution we did not fol- low them in their details. As pointing to violations of State laws, we have turned over the evi- ‘dence concerning local occurrences in New York City to the Dintrict-Attor- ney for the proper district, and the testimony relating to irregularities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have been laid before the proper author!- ties of those States. The Comminsion has also furnished the Department of Justice with a complete record of the testimony. HAD FREIGHT MONOPOLY FIVE STATES. The diMculties under which this railroad system has labored in the Past are internal and wholly due to its own mismanagement. Its troubles ‘have not arisen because of regulation by governmental authority, Its great- est losses and most costly blunders were made in attempting to circum- vent governmental regulation and to extend its domination beyond the lim- iw fixed by law.” It is pointed out that the capitall- zation of the New Haven system was increased from $93,000,000 to $417,- 001 0 since June 30, 1903. This was exclusive of stock premiums, making an increase of $324,000,000, Increase," saya the Com- ‘approximately — $120,000,000 was devoted to its railroad property and was expended for betterments and equipment. This leaves the sum Of $204,000,000, which wae expended for operations outside of its rail- road sphere. Through the expendi- ture of this sum thir railroad system has practically monopolized the freight and passenger business in five of the States of the Union. It has acquired a monopoly of competing steamship lines and trolley systema in the section which it sorves, Tho financial operations necessary for these ncquisitions and the losses which they have entailed have been skilfully concealed by the juggling of money and securities from one subsidiary corporation to another.” The report then goes on to deal with various financial transactions which were under investigation. Of the New York, Westche: Boston Railway tho repo “The Westch rofligate wi of corporate fund he ad was not neces: part the New Haven parallels other line y the New Hav. the New Haven already enormous suc of $36,434, expended for @ road only 18,03 m in extent, which is being operated rved. The, 73.25 wi an annual loss of 250,000, rnings four and one-half fold before it can pay its operating expenses and fixed charg t is inconcetvable that this en- se could been entered into ew Haven us a result of the mandates of good proper ratlroading tchester acquisition planned and executed by a of the board, con Kk judgment and had concerning th ion of only report. that $11,155 000 ha: g control of these with It an obligation to co: two railroads, under fi ave: 1 President to the late J.P. Morgan about the Westchester transaction, and spoke of tho fran- » diffcultles and Mtigation which “With al thia canmiot! pendinf, matters were ne @ most unsatisfactory asta! @ tangled standstill,” it says, littration arily in nd at “After of a grave dereliction of duty and a uch as the burning of books, | ( says: er is a atory of the ¢ ' committee had made in acq Aring the stocks of these companies there was still outstanding 34,053 1-2 shares of | I the stock of the New York, West- chester and Boston Railroad Com- pany, wich proved to be the instru- ment of delivery, According to the testimony of Mr, Meliqn, the deliv- erer appeared in the person of the late Thomas J. Byrnes, at one time an inspector of police in New York ‘here were just thirteen things that had to be done, according to Mr. Mellen, to get the Westchester out of its tranchiee difficulties, and it is significant that all amendments to the franchises were obtained, and the sequence wae that the New Haven, In addition to these things, received 30,431 of the 34,053 1-2 outstanding shares of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Company stock, which Mr. Mellen testified was not worth ten cents a pound. The tea- timony is somewhat ocoult, but the character of the transaction is no less certain. This money was used for corrupt purposes and the im- propre expenditures covered up by the transfer to the New Haven of these worthless securities. SHOULD RECOVER THE MONEY FROM MELLEN. “In explaining how these negotia- tions were conducted, Mr. Mellen tes- tiled that it was intended that one share of New Haven stock should be exchanged for three shares of West- chester stock. When the Now Haven| stock was not immediately at hand he issued to the messenger who) brought Westchester stock a due bill which was in terms an order on himn- self to pay on demand to bearer the specified number of shares of New Haven stock or its equivalent in cash at $150 per share, with acquired divi- denda, Many of these duo bills were not presented until Mr. Mellen's connec- tion with the New Haven was sev-| ered, and five of them, aggregating $50,000, approximately, are still out- standing. During the time the due bills were outstanding Mr, Mellen col- lected the dividends on the New Haven stock which they represonted, and at each dividend period unknown messengers would appear in his office! at the Grand Central Station In New! York City and demand these divt-| donds, which Mr, Mellen would then pay ‘with his personal checks, ao| drawn that the {dentity of the per-| sons cashing them could not be as- certained, “It seeme very strange that Mr.| Mellen was not able to identify with! any particularity any one with whom he had those transactions except the late Thomas J. Byrne “No comment is necessary to make clear to the mind the corrupt and un-| lawful nature of this transaction, and it would seem that the amount il-| legally exponded could be recovered from Mr. Mellen and the directors who authorized it. “The total sum expended as wa c York City and ir provided such jal study, how: Westchester the reasonableness planation have been the mo unloading the Westcheste tive of upon the New Haven at the expense of the stockholders of the latter must be left largely to consectur The one accomplished result, however, of the Westchester transaction was the stifling of posable competition into New York City from New England, The blame for the Westchester rests squarely upon the directora of the New Haven road, Some are guilt for acta committed; others, the greater number, for their fatlure to act. They are alike culpable and resp onsible to the stockholdera, —— fee CALL ON NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS TO JOIN IN SUIT FOR $125,000,000, ROSTON, July 18.—Whipple, Sears & Oyden, attorneys representing minogity stockholders of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, have demanded that the dt- rectors join their cients in the ault to recover about $125,000,000, alleged to have been wasted by the manage- ment. 2 2 con X, JULY ‘One of the Striking Scenes in “Cabiria, Now Being Shown at the Knickerbocker the time that transactions that have been the subjects of Inquiry by the te Commerce Commision we: m made public to-day the attorneys re- fer to the testimony concerning New Haven investments which proved un- profitable, brought out by the Inter- mmerce Comision, and con- “It {s our Judgment, therefore, that directors are Naile for these losses, which have so plainly resulted from their neglect of judiciary duty. On this ground the corporation is en- titled to recover from its directors the difference between what was actually paid out for these investors and their actual values—a sum amounting to not less than $94,000,- 000. concluaton the letter reads: ‘e, therefore, in behalf of our clients, respectfully demand that you Institute proper legal proceedings to enforce the liability of directors to the corporation which we have poin- ed out, and such other Mability as may be disclosed as a result of a careful and thorough investigatton of the company’s affairs.” Notice of the proposal of the m!- nority atockholders to file such a sult was given several weels ago. —e— DIRECTORS WHO SERVED IN THE LAST DAYS OF | MELLEN’S PRESIDENCY. The directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad as last constituted under the presidency of Charles 8. Mellen was given out to- day at the New Haven offices an be- low. The complexion of the board changed from time to time during the years preceding this, and the men named here were not necessarily members of the board during all the pratcices complained of by the Inter- state Commerce Commission, The names follow: William Rockefeller, New York; Charles F. Brooker, Ansonia, Conn; Edwin Milner, Moosup, Conn.; jam Skinner, Holyoke, Ma: Dd, Newton Barney, Farmington, Conn.; Charles 8. Mellen, New Haven, Cunn. Robert W. Taft, Providence, R. I. James 8, Elton, Waterbury, Conn. James 6. iiemingway, New Haven, Conn; A, Heaton Robertson, New Haven, Conn.; Frederick F. Brewster, New Haven, Conn.; Henry K. Mc- Harg, Stamford, Conn Cochrane, Boston, Mass. Billard, Meriden, Conn.; George F. Baker, New York; Samuel Rea, Phila- delphia; Laurence Minot, Boston; M. F. Plant, Groton, Conn.; J. Vv. Warner, Bridgeport, Conn, do Witt Cuyler, Philadelphia; Edward Milligan, Hartford, Conn.; Theodore N. Vail, Boston; Francis T. Maxwell, Alexander Jobn Le Thomas Boston, and Jobn T. Pratt, New York. Chairman of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- Pp in the absence of Eliott, leave of absence, stated to-day that the Interstate Commerce Commission issued by the company. the report 1s received it will be before the board of directors any formal statement ts made. ener eraees Hotel Guests Stunned By 1 CEDAR GROVE, N. J., July here last night. stunned, but none was seriously injured. Shing’ | ripped Information for All ere of Eckman’ from tubereuto dietand fresh air, 1619 Busquehanna Ave,, Phila., Pa. “My Dear Sir:—For two years I was af- time my cough wi nounced well, 1 | for the good it h | (laned i Alte an gone The euit, which, tt is said, will be this we te ty be directo against the estate of J. P. Morgan William Rockefeller, Lewis Cass Ledyard and others, who were mem- ll the large exypnditures which this v bers of the New Haven Directors at ru In a@ letter to the directors win. | Rockville, Conn.; Sidney W. Winslow, | % J. H, Eustis, President and Acting Howard the Chairman, who ts on a until an official copy of the report of was received no statement would be! Mr. Eustis | added that when an official copy of laced efore 6 Cedar Grove Hotel was struck by a bolt of Nghtening during an electrical storm Twenty gueats were on the roof of the hotel were ff and the electric and gas iets Lung Sufferers | Alterative will end reports of recoveries and a booklet of Intor- est to sufferers, with fformation about Investigate thie case:— pneumonia, When T r fo walk about the hovse Twas left with frightful has cough. whieh no medi. had tak uid clleviate Te this time, March, 1802, thi Eckinan's Aiterative, In and 1 PLO ti aN aw 14. 99 [eaeer slapped six weeks befpre the tragedy bas beon subpoenaed. Many | other witnesses not heard at the in- quest have been summoned to appear. CELIA COLEMAN A WITN | FOR THE STATE. And Cella Coleman, the chief alibi witness for Mrs. Carman will be called as a witness for the State. An important factor in her testl- mony ts that she now admits she saw some one in the kitchen of the Car- man ho Just before or just after the murder. If she is sure this was Mre. Carman it is necessary to the plans of the prosecution that she re- member how Mrs, Carman was dressed—whether in dark skirt and white sbirtwaist or in nightgown and long kimono. The District-Attorney ts confident jthat the Grand Jury will return an |indictment against Mrs, Carman. If | an indictment is not returned the ac- cused woman will probably be re- leased on ball, as there will be no other Grand Jury in Nassau County j until fall, and it is not believed Cor- oner Norton would consent to keep Mrs. Carman in jail throughout the | summer unless the caso for the State is materially strengthened, Celia Coleman, it was learned to- dey, has been in New York since last Thursday in charge of dotectives employed by the Nassau County au- thorities, Carman have been unable to find her. She ts not in Minelo jail, as has been | reported. | One “Joe* Anderson, whose name ‘was brought into the case by Newmen, a self-advertinod leader,” appeared in Mineola to-day fand talked with the District-attor- mey, Anderson and Newman were brought together and neither knew the other. Anderson said he went to Dutchess County to work several days before the shooting and re- mained there until he read that his name had been mentioned in connec- tion with the case. OR. CARMAN NOME HST AFTER MURDER NOW BENG TRACE (Continued from First Page.) night. The body of the murdered woman was in bis office. Mr. Bailey had called and was making arrange- ments to take the body away, The whole village of Freeport was aroused over the tragedy. But Dr. Carman found something to warrant his de- parture from home, “Why did you way at euch an Important time?” the doctor was asked to-day. “had a call,” he replied. He refused to say who had called} him, But left the inference that he had been summoned to attend a sick person. The authorities inteny to compel him to reveal the identity of that person or tell the real reason| why he’ went on the auto ride, On the occasion of this disappear. ance from the scene of the tragedy | Dr, Carman carried @ small black | bag. He carried the same bag when he rode away in his motor car the! next morning. The theory of the State {s that the revolver was in that, bag on the first trip. | | While the District-Attorney does not Intend to use Dr. Carman as direct witnese against his wife, he hopes to show that in many of the! | most important details the story told |of the assassination by Dr, Carman is tmponsible. The grand jurors will be asked to consider why Dr, Carman should make statements that are obviously untrue except for the direct purpose of shielding a person in whom he is interested, Arrangements for presentation of the case to the Grand Jury to-mor- row are almost complete. Mra. Variance, the nurse, whose face Mra. A remarkable recovery from chronic rheumatic arthritis aiter physicians Pronounced the case incurable was {related by Harry H. Chandler, a well- known Lynn man, whose address Is 52 Waverley St. This case is of in- terest In that at the time he was tak- ing the remedy his progress was re orted in the papers from time to ime. Mr. Chandler said: “For seven years | was afflicted with rheumatism. was unable to turn over in bed, it kept growing worse and gradually it ex- ‘tended to my hip, my right hand, legs and feet, and following this | was con ined to the house more than a@ year, where | was able to crawl about on crutch and cane. 1 could feel myself growing worse in spite of treatment by three physicians, “For days at a time I have sat with my right foot swollen to twice Its natural size, elevated on the arm of a chair, aching so that It seemed as if 1 had but two chances ahead of me— the cemetery or the insane asylum. “| had Var-ne-sis recommended to me by friends, and at the time Mr. Varney offered to furnish the remedy under the supervision of a physician, I put it up to my physician, who re- piled. ‘There 1s nothing made !: the shape of medicine that will reach your Stop Your Sufferin From Indigestion—Nerrous, Debilitates, Catered | Gastzic, Cinidren or Adults, Eat a1 Mike, same aa when well, and while eating GIF oF two MAN: fae itn,” Canooal, Optaten ‘The Nati Dotectives engaged by Dr. | SURPRISED DOCTORS BY REMARKABLE RECOVERY, iNew Remedy Given Harry H. 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