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Elihu Root Attends Conference Of
Mayor Weaver's Advisers.
ARE AFTER MEN HIGHER UP

lHoui dUNS NOHHiiioo'S''S' OS''~'' ~'N
Senator McNichol Are Ready With
eail-They Talk on Revelations
Made at caven Hearing.
Philadelphia, June 1.-Two impor-
Rant arrests. al least. may be- made. II
Is said. as q result Of the revelations
made at the hearing of Select Council
man Frank n. Cayen. The charge. i
f. expected. will be conspiracy to de-
fraud the city By meansofcontracts.
with Elihu Root. former secretary
of war and chief of counsel for Mayor
Weaver present the mayors war
board. the advisory committee OF IL
citizens he recently named, met In
important conference at the mayor
Office.
II is understood that Mr.. Root had
been summoned By the mayor, ana
that in the presence of the advisory
committee the facts brought out by
the investigation into city contracts
were made clear to him.
he was then asked. it is said. II ne
would advise further prosecutions
being told that upon his decision would
hinge me question of whether add
tional arrests would be made or not
Alter the conference Mayor Weaver
said they went over the entire situa-
ton. "Ol course | cannot go into de-
tails" he said. but We touched on al
most all matters in general.
II is understood that Mr.. Root al
ylsed ;he mayor 10 take no further
stops I'm the matter OF prosecutions
until be- shall have had time to exam
inc the evidence submitted at the
hearing Of Councilman Frank Heaven.
who was held in $500 bail for court
on the charge OF violating his council
manic oath in being interested in city
contracts.
Insurance Commissioner Durham
and State Senator j. =. McNichol are
prepared for any move which may IN
volye their arrest 1t became known
that they had arranged for bail In
case they should be taken before a
MAGISTRATE and held under bonds.
Mr.. Gordon refused to tell who would
be- taken into custody. but the names
of the men are well known. When the
conference was ended he authorized
the following statement as coming
from the mayor with his authority;
"Othor arrests will follow as the re-
suit of tire investigation. cannot say
inst what the nature OF the prosecu-
tlons will bee. but they will be OF a
most striking character Mir Auter-
bach will assist in the legal proceed
inss. We discussed the suspension OF
the filtration work and the arrests OF
others implicated in the municipal
misdoings were considered
Il is known that the mayor and his
advisers believe that the most signi-
ficant Development OF the Cayen hear
ing was the admissions made by Dan
iel J. McNichol, the holder OF the nj
tration contracts. that Insurance Com
missioner Israel w. Durham and State
Senator James p. McNichol were the
principal partners.
Insurance Commissioner Durham
was questioned concerning the state
ments made on the stand by Daniel
J. McNichol. and said: Il have never
denied that was interested in the
McNichol contracting firm. and thought
that fact was generally recognized /
have heard the rumors that warrants
are 10 he issued for me on charge OF
conspiracy. but know nothing OF the
matter beyond what have seen in the
papers and the reports that are in cir
culation.'
Senator McNichol said: up to the
present time the total amount OF ultra
ton contracts that have been awarded
my firm aggregates Sl3.66oOOO. We
are under bonds of $S.O00O00 for the
proper mlflment of the specifications
Of those contracts. This bond OF ours
continues in force for five years after
the completion Of our contracts. | say
again that the work speaks for Itself,
and that every detail connected with
those contracts is open to the fullest
investigation"