New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
il TER SHIP POOLS
HLEGED TICTIM TO
TELL STORY.
IndicimeHtS Expected TO Fol-
los Tale Of Rebates and
agreements.

/
nh,t seemed at first, when the evil
80 Was submitted to Henry A. Wise,
- i-r,ted states Attorney, last autumn,
,e, against few Northern European
.,a-ellip lines and railroad companies
,- thejr eastern terminals in this
3 ,iolstion Of the Sherman anti
- has developed into an investi-
..,i.r embracing three great steamship
-oo,s. according 70 government prose
,1tor
-, vs-c'1 federal grand jury, which
..q eit,inr Yesterday. will have before 1t
,., Fyanl Zotti, who alleges that he
.ge Tho ,ictin Of the pools. He would,
,..e ea,d zes1erdav, furnish the gov
eminent with documents showing the
fe,enra Of agreements connected with
.eharing nv railroads. conference piedEes
-r7 other papers without which the
.r.sa~ution had been greatly hampered
% ire inquiry.
Five indictments have already been
found. Including resident officers of the
,i.rsr1d-A America Line. The evidence
), ,r Zotti, II was said, would
..-.--tfe,7 the governments cases in
hose and would furthermore enable IT
d, ,rfrr its investigation 10 q quick end.
-5.,tmenrs against other agents and
rqHrcads following.
When the government first heard of an
sliced agreement with railroads here
,-,-ol1fns rate cutting to the West the
rsdr vas supposed to have been con-
4oe5 ~ salt fish from the northern ports
NJ Europe. Il has recently been found
,ls- immigrants. as well as merchan-
disc n nearly all kinds. were handled in
| ibs same wat.
Many Companies Involved.
While. Of course. railroads abroad are
not under the jurisdiction of the courts
here. the prosecution has found that the
Ines owned by governments and private
| rompanios connected with shipping
reints in Eastern Europe and in the
! Mediterranean were in the pools, the
v1olr scheme of business control en-
| frs .iug practically all the leading COM
non carriers doing business in this coun-
II, through this and other ports.
NJ Zotti's story was heard by one Of
i he government prosecutors yesterday
He told Of his beginning in business
here as IN immigration agent for sew
/ s-qI big steamship companies which was
/ fr'loneG by independent ventures which
eliminated in his failure in the summer
r 19lS This failure he attributes en-
lreI. 10 the opposition of one of the
rols. His affairs are now in the hands
/ n receiver. Jesse Watson, as they have
been ever since the failure. Mr.. Zotti
Il .sid hc was solvent at the time.
Tho business Of the new complainant
,-sinst the steamship pool was st first
e7fned 10 foreign and domestic credits,
with branches in several other cities.
J stcr. in 1905, he organized a steam
.ip company. and bought the old
Brooklyn. now the Luckenbach. The
r ooklyn made 2 bout eight voyages 10
ltzIian and French ports, in spite Of ef-
forI7 70 hold hack licenses 81 ports Of
81. according TO Mt. Zotti. but on the
81 lrip. Nth seven hundred passengers
card she ran ashore OH the Azores.
Zotti Tells Of 6roohyn's Loss.
1 f' Lotrl said he received 2 cable mes
Nc thsr the Brooklyn was a total
rs... None Of the steamship lines, he
i Esd "olld take his passengers. By a
80 he got 2 liner 10 take them off and
/ -l- them over here. soon afterward
BROOKLYN Was foated. She was not
Il telal Trcck-not even seriously dam
zTe-. il was said. As one Of the trans
s'.rtic steamers flying the American
| fsg NJ Zatu's venture attracted much
attention. lie said yesterday that it
Toull have been Z great success if the
E.eoklyn had hot been beached.
| A-cut this time Mr.. Zotti began to
'Fr- back at the pool in periodical he
g Publishing Advertisements were
aitadraHn, he said. He was put into
sn--.ptcy when he was perfectly SOL
/ .E;- he declareG- and then was sent 10
Dr Tombs. spent Two days there and
as released. He save6 . Croatian
| 'sp= rom the wreck. and is conducting
tai nov
tnly recently he succeeded in recov-
r.rE some OF his papers, which, he said
ers seized without reason, and as soon
he got these he determined to put his
sc before the government.
Zoti viii in all probability be
allCd before the grand jury in short
i1e. or Is soon as his papers have been
bore thoroughly examined. Several men
T. Prominence are standing sponsor for
-n ia his efforts al redress. His coun-
IN as Charles :. Whitman, the District
fio ney- bat since the latters election
Office other counsel has been retained.
Hf grand jury, il Was said, would also
ee' into the bankruptcy proceedings.
10TH may bring action for triple
5DaSes under the Sherman act