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New Britain herald., 1914-07-17
FILE SUIT AGAINST
 ROAD DIRECTORS Minority Stockholders Ask That $306,000,0O0 Claims Be Presented. EOIICE RETURNABLE NEXT FRIDAY
Defendants Include Various New Haven Board Heads Since 1903 and
 Estates of Deceased Directors Litigation in Form of Equity Action

Litigation in Form of Equity Action
 Boston, July 1.-The appointment of a receiver, special master or other official to prosecute claims aggregat- ing s306,O00,0O0 against defendant directors and directors estates of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Is asked in a suit filed in the supreme court today. The action is brought by Whipple, Sears and Ogdon. representing minor ity stockholders of the company.
 The suit,, in which the attorneys re- gently demanded that the directors join, is designed to force restitution from those responsible for funds al- legged to have been illegally expended in building up the New Haven sys- tenn.
 Returnable Next Friday.
 Judge Brady issued an order of notice returnable next Friday to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed and why an injunction against the disposition of the de- fendants' stock should not be issued.
 The defendants, who include vari- ous New Haven directors since 1903 and estates of deceased directors are i: William Rockefeller, Charles M. Pratt, Lewis Cass Ledyard, H. Mex. J. Brush, James s. Hemingway, A. H. Robertson, Frederick F. Brewster, Charles F. Brooker, D. Newton Bar ney. James s. Elton, Henry K. Me- Harg, Robert w. Taft. William Skin- r1n lo~ Cochran, J. P. Morgan estate, Edwin Milner estate, I. de V. Warner. estate, Emery Lawrence estate.
 No Specific Averment.
 In addition the plaintiffs name John l.. Billiard, George F. Baker, r. Dewitt Cuyler, Edward Milligan, F. T. Maxwell. Theodore N. Vail, g. Winslow, Laurence Minot, Samuel Req, Morton F. Plant, De Yer H. Warner, John T. Pratt, Howard El- liott. James l.. Richards, W. M. Crane, A. T. Hadley and J. H. Hustis as hav- ing been directors since 1909, but, as to whether their failure to cause the road to institute restitution suit has made them liable on account of neg 1igence and violation of fiduciary duty, the plaintiffs state that they are not advised and make no specific averment.
 The litigation is in the form of an equity action entered by the attor- neys as trustees under the will of Olea Bull Vaughan. They own fifty shares of New Haven stock and bring the action Tn behalf of themselves and all other stockholders of said corporation who may become parties
 Losses Approximate $1O2, ,OOO, ,OOO.
 The bKl' of complaint declares that the defendants, on account of breach of directors duty, chiefly through causing the New Haven to acquire illegally its Boston and Maine, trolley and steamship properties, are bound to pay to the New Haven $162,000,- 900 withdrawn therefrom wrong fully and for ultra wires and illegal purposes It is alleged that the losses resulting from these acquisi- tions approximate $102,000,000 and that under the federal antitrust act the New Haven is entitled to recover from the defndants three fold that sum-or 6,000,000.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-17
Gambling Houses Closed.

Mexico City, July 17.-Ricaroo Gomez Robelo, attorney general of the republic has resigned.
 General Hernandez, governor. of Pueblo. and father-in-law of Victor Huerta, son of the ex-president haa also resigned. The state legfsinfure appointed Francisco Canseco to gQe~ ceed him. ftTzE
 The gambling houses in the ce11tok' were closed last night by order oG' President Carbajai It was announcedi
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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
Once a Prominent
Lawyer Now In Home
OF Christian Helpers
Special To The Leader Enterprise


Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 27.-James
Hippolyte, once a prominent law
yer of Detroit, Mich, is in the
home Of the Christian Helpers
league, lowering between life
and death. He was found in the
bitter cold of yesterday under
the Washington street visduct.
where he had crawled to die.
He is an old man and his flesh
had shriveled blue beneath the
filthy rags which only half COW
cred him. A negro stumbled
over his unconscious form and
ran away in terror, reporting
that there was a dead man un-
der the bridge.
S. j. Coogler, who directs the
charitable hor1e which cares for
many human derelicts. sent for
the old man and brought him in
to the warm rooms. Beef tea
and soup brought him to life af-
ter a while. When the foul tat,
tiers which he called clothing had
been burned and the old man
was able to sit up in his bed, he
asked: why didn't you let me
die? Il was looking for rest,
and l had almost found it,"
After while he told his story.
He was a prominent criminal
lawyer once, but he went down
hill, dropping further and furth-
er, until finally he was a down
and outer. Even his clothing
had been given him by tramp
more prosperous than he.
The old man will be taken care
of and some light work found for
him if possible.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27

evidently as comfortable a 8
though in steam heated apart
ment. u
There was not a single cory
plant. j." said Miss Mary Postell,
the principal. when the child
rem arrived this morning it was
about 80 degrees. and we warm
ed them up by exercise. Yes.
We'll have the school out of doors
all winter"
The building used is a low bum
galow with walls reaching over a
few feet above the floor, like a
summer dancing pavilion.
Atlanta had the coolest morn
ing of her history for November
Friday the mercury dropping bD
fourteen and half degrees.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
A, Revival Of The
r. Kangaroo Court
Special to The Leader-Enterprise.

SpSCldl W -lS GSdQSI-EllGGI pI4SS'
Atlanta, Ca. Nov. 27.-In the
Fulton county tower the winter
season has brought about a revi-
val of the kangaroo court" be-
fore which every new prisoner
must stand trial, and all this
week the court did a rushing
business. The judge is a big
black negro prisoner. and the
court attaches are all of an equal
ly dusky hue. Every new Mig
ger" who arrives is Immediately
tried for the offense of breaking
into Jail, and is always convicted
on prima facie evidence and set
to sweeping the floors or doing
other work.
The court has grown beyond a
joke, however. 1t is a tribunal
who imposes punishment for in
franctions Of Jail discipline and
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
Pink Oysters 0. K.
Special to The Leader Enterprise.

Special to The Leader Enterprise.
Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 27.-Doyou like
oysters? Do you like them pink?
Now, don't be alarmed. If you buy
a nice quart of bivalves, take them
home and cook them and they show
up rosy pink, don't throw them
away.
The official health bureau
Washington says pink oysters are
perfectly digestible. They are a
peculiar freak which turned up on
the Eastern coast this season, and
some Of them have found their way
south.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
Agricultural Dept.
Issues Notice.

10 all Manufacturers and Manipu-
Iators of Commercial Fertilizers
doing business in the State OF
Georgia.:
Incident to the scarcity OF
Potash Salts occasioned by the
European war, this Department is
receiving many inquiries as tc
what It's Ruling will be as to Reg
istration and sale in this State OF
manipulated fertilizers containing
NO Potash.
The laws governing the sale OF
fertilizers do not prohibit the sale
of such mixtures, but they are SUBJ
iect to all the conditions and re-
quirements pertaining to fertilizers
of any combinations.
They must be Registered in this
Department, giving all the infor'
nation heretofore required, they
must be properly Branded, giving
the Guaranteed Analysis, and the
Sources of the Plant Food must be
given also.
To be termed q "Standaro
Grade" the Guaranteed Analysis
shall be of commercial value
equaling that of a 8 l. 652
To be termed a "High Grade
the Guaranteed Analysis shall be
of a commercial value equallng
that of a 10-1. $50.
In Registering such combina-
tions, other than former Brand
names must be used, and under no
circumstances will a Registration
of former Brand be allowed that
does not conform to previous
Registrations, that is to say, that
its Guarantee shall contain all OF
the elements of Plant Food pre-
viously claimed.
j. d. Price,
Commissioner OF Agriculture.
BY the Commissioner,
j. +. johnson,
Commissioners Clerk.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27

''sins the inside. -" A prisoner
caught stealing tobacco or food
from another or who refuses to
do his share of the work is tried,
convicted, sentenced, and taken
down over a chair and given a
rousing whipping, order is far
better since the court was in
augurated, iaiI official say.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
Atlanta To Have Open
Air School All Winter
Special to The Leader Enterprise.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 81. While
seven Atlanta schools are closed
because of cold weather and poor
heating service the open air
school in West End, which the
city is conducting as an expert
ment. has not missed a minute
Yesterday, with the mercury
around the freezing point all the
forenoon, the IT'S children of the
open-air school studied and recit-
ed out of doors. in blanket wraps
and heavy clothing. They were
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-11-27
j. d. Price
U 10 4 IINO1
Commissioner of Agriculture.
BY the Commissioner,
j. +. johnson,
Commissioners Clerk.

You can get four splendid maya.
zines one year for Is cents extra
by renewing your subscription to
The Leader Enterprise.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

Perhaps the most attractive and un-
usual program ever arranged for an
amateur entertainment in Detroit, Will
be given Thursday Friday and Sat
urday evenings and Saturday after
noon. in the Detroit opera house, un-
der the auspices OF the Animal Vel
fare league.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

LEMONT, H., June Am each
others arms, locked IN last tragic
embrace, young Gordon Higgins and
his beautiful bride OF three hours lie
drowned somewhere beneath the wa
tiers of the Chicago drainage canal!
Relatives who but a few hours ear
lier were searching desperately Tor
the clipping couple, TO stop the secret,
canoe honeymoon that they had start
ed on, are now searching, grief-striak-
en-. for its pitiful product-the two
dead bodies.
Higgins was student in the Evans
ton academy, near Chicago. His
bride, who was Miss Verle Stewart,
daughter OF DR.. II. j. Stewart, or
Kewanee, Ill. was taking voice cul-
ture IN Northwestern university. She
was staying with an uncle in Chicago,
while Higgins lived in the same neigh
borhood with his uncle, Fred II. Har-
wood.
The young couple had known and
loved each other for two years. But
the relatives were hostile TO their in
timacy, and the sweethearts could
see each other little, except at school
The day OF their elopement they
left school at about the same hour in
the morning. saying nothing of their
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
COOPED UP ON FARM /.
OF 100000 ACRES.
Man Who Once Had Half OF
Texas for Playground Now
Thinks He's Crowded

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 40 a
boy who had the whole OF southwest
Texas for a playground about, 90
years ago, a little 250.0O0-acre ranch
seems to him like garden spot OF
so by 40 feet seems 10 the average
city man.
At least that is the way r. b. Mas
terson. OF Amarillo. talked OF the
change in conditions that have been
wrought in the last quarter OF cen
fury. Recently Mr.. Masterson took
500 head OF steers. about 100000
worth. TO Beaumont, Kan. for pas
ture. and be still has 5000 head or
more-approximately half a million
dollars worth-on his Texas ranch'
he runs $500 cows and employs
large number OF men. he lives III
Amarillo and is engaged in invest
ments and cattle trading
AS child one year old Mr. Master
son went with his parents into south
west Texas. SO years ago, from Ala
bama, and then things happened.
VIC naQ W hAiNO AhC AhhAoAo 49,
OF that part OF the country"-a 10
year period summed up in one SEN
tence. And Mr., Masterson would
make no further comment.
Mr. Mastersons first cattle drives
were 10 Dodge City. Kan, then the
railroad terminal OF the west. Cattle
then, he said, brought less than half
as much as they do now. II could
ride from Lampasas county, Tex, TO
Wheeler county. distance OF 400
miles, and never see fence, and as
look back over the bigness OF things
then II seems as though Texas mas
shrunk TO much smaller proportions
OF course. my outlook has been the
one that settlement changed
"The Panhandle will always be q
great cattle country Full feeding
Will Increase 10 some extent, bu'
grass with the feed we now raise &c
carry the cattle through the winter
will be the basis OF production We
have had excellent rains IN the past
10 days and the seasons grass Is as
sured One reason OF our successful
cattle operations is the elevation
Cattle run on pastures at 5000 tc
$500 feet elevation are better IL
every way than those on lower OF
higher ranges"
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

plans. Toward evening Fred Har-
wood, Higgins uncle, received a note
from the boathouse where the young
man had kept his canoe.
by noon we will be married and
on our honeymoon IL said.
In hot haste Harwood called up
points along the drainage canal. Get
ting Lemont on the phone, Have
you seen young couple In red
canoe?" Harwood asked
Yes, but We haven't found the
bodies yet" came the staggering re-
ply.
And then the shocked relatives were
told the heart-breaking story The
young couple had asked tow OF q
stone barge going down the canal.
For two brief hours they lay happily
in the bottom OF the canoe, talking
gaily OF their plans. But their hon.
eymoon and all those rosy plans came
10 a sudden, bitter ending Higgins
rose 10 reach for his coat, and the
wash from the barge that was towing
them swamped the frail canoe
With a cry OF love and terror the
pretty bride threw her arms about
her husbands neck. They struggled
moment and sank to their death
In the deep water!
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
CITY NOW PAYING
employees in CASH
Three Bushels, Two Pecks OF
Bills and One Bushel, Nine
Quarts of Coin Needed

NEW YORK, June New York
City has turned over a new leaf.
II is now paying of the hands IN
cash, which Is lot more like ready
money than checks.
Dough day in the municipal build
ing, with $500 employees, including a
lot OF girl secretaries, stenographers
and typewriters and city delegations
from the outside, Is now as gladstone
as a consolidated Christmas and
Fourth OF July.
The new idea OF paying salaries In
cash was thought out TO relieve the
nervous strain OF having checks dis
counted around the corner
New York's pay checks are drawn
against Rockefeller's City National
bank. The cash is drawn from the
City National, too.
II is brought up in an auto, guard
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

ed by a policeman and three detec'
tives.
The first pay day under the new
scheme required three bushel. two
pecks OF bills and one bushel, nine
quarts OF COMA total OF 100000
The next payday may call for mil
lion.
At the comptroller's Office the new
system is called big. success II Is
expected TO grow In popularity until
all OF the $4,000 employees OF the city
who do not have commercial bank &C
counts come direct 10 the captain &
Office and get the yellowbacks fol-
their checks.
City employees for the most part
do not carry pocketbooks. An OBJ
server at the head OF the pay line
figures that seven OF every ten Jam
their money carelessly In the right
vest pocket or the small pocket In
the trousers at the belt on the right
side. Some OF the girl stenographers
were careless, too.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

Business-IiKe Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO.. 10
John " st Phone Main 1898
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
WEBS WOMAN SELECTED
BY PUBLIC COMPETITION

RACINE, Wis, June A romance
illuminated here recently when Chris
Reimer married Mrs. Amelia Tibbits,
OF Stevens Point, a bride voted TO him
by the patrons OF local theater. The
bridegroom is a prosperous rancher
and hotel owner OF Virginia, MINI
The bride was a charming widow OF
about 80 summers.
Reimer two weeks ago wrote a Ra.
cine paper asking that the editor find
him a wife. Maurice Harkinson, the.
ater manager. wired Reimer 10 come
TO Racine and that wife would be
provided. The only condition was
that Reimer should proclaim his
household needs from the theater
stage every night for week and at
the end OF the week accept the wife
the audience voted him. To this ne
readlly agreed. ~ I/I
Pix women entered the contest.
Each appeared on the stage each
nitht and the audience voted. Each
csDdidate was numbered. No. /, Mrs
Ii|blls received 1.lss yotes--5Ot
norp THAI her nearest competitor.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

Will have the support " Emory
Blunkall. OF New oIrk. who playeu
the role OF Iaroque In one OF the ol
iginal companies The other ehaiae'
tiers I'm the scene will be taken pS
members OF The Players and Ihea'eF
Arts club, including Charles A. q
ton, Walter c. Boynton. and MIS-
James o. Murhn. Gordon Menuels-
sohn, formerly OF the Washington
Players, will also be In Mrs. Booth
support.
Mrs. C. Piquette Mitchell and Mrs
Ralph IL. Page viii present an orig
tnal dramatic playlet written by Mrs
Mitchell, called THE Dago;' Mrs.
Eleanor Hazard Peccock, soprano will
be heard In songs; Miss Marjorie
Stearns, assisted by John HUSKY OF
New York, will give modern anu
fancy dances; Mrs. Hanna Wolf, pi'
aniste, and Philip Wolf. with a sym
phony orchestra OF 40 players. VIII
provide the musical numbers,
Saturday afternoon and evening,
the same program will be given ex.
cept that Mrs Minnie Madden Fiske,
and a selected cast, will present the
last act OF Becky Sharpe" as the
piece de resistance OF the perform.
ance. Mrs. Booth In Madam X VIII
appear only on Thursday aud triday
evenings.
The performances will be given un'
der the patronage OF prominent so
ciety women Mrs. Frederick X
Stearns who has had charge OF the
sale OF boxes, has had splenalu sue
cess In disposing OF them.
Tickets for the performance are on
sale in the theater box office.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
lake AND RIVER STEAMERS.
So ' ~ i:;' y: ! : !!5'3! .!|,' ~

For Cleveland. PittsburE and all points
south and east, leave daily 1O:t6 y. m
Fare to Cleveland. n0Si PittsburE
For Bunalo and all points Ea.s--
Daily. $500 D. m.
Msckinac Island and Way Porte
Mondays, s.se y. m Fridays. $40 a N.
Weekend Excursions Every SATURDAY.
Cleveland, ia.bo; Buffalo. N0o; Mag
ara Falls. $3.50 round trip for transpor-
tation, returning In time for business
Monday.
staterOOm Accommodation Upper
berth. 500; lower berth. ti.5O, whole
room. t1.60
TICKET OFFICES--Third Ave. Wharf.
i11 woodward Ave. Majestic BldGI
90 Fort 81 West
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
D. c. M. CLINICS
Are CONCLUDED
Prof. E. w. Archibald, of Mon.
treal, Features Morning SEES
sion--C0mmencement
Tonight

Prof. Edward w. Archibald, OF Mon
treal, one OF Canada's noted special.
lists. held a clinic on gall bladder dis
eases, In Harper hospital, Thursday
morning, In the concluding days
series OF the Detroit College OF Medi
cine and Surgerys alumni associa
tons clinics.
Other clinics we're held by DIR. Dan
lei LaFerte and DR.. A. ID. LaFerte on
orthopedics, and by DR.. Walter p.
Manton. Thursday afternoon, DR..
Don M. Campbell gave demonstra-
tiohs OF opthalmic diagnosis, and Prof
+. NJ, Pottenger, head OF a sanator-
ium IN Monrovia, Cal. gave demon
stration OF muscle changes in tuber.
culosis.
The commencement exercises will
be held, Thursday evening, In knights
OF columbus hall Addresses will De
given by Gov. Ferris, DR.. j. II. Car.
stems, and l.. r. Phillips, class vale
dictorian. Sidney T. Miller, president
OF the board of trustees, VIII confer
the degrees
After visit TO the Parke. Davis q
Co. laboratories, where they wit
messed several demonstrations and
tests, the alumni enjoyed a boat ride
Wednesday afternoon. The alumn
association held its annual meeting
and elected the following officers
Honorary president, DR. T Lang
lois, Wyandotte; president. DIR. w r
w Mooney, Detroit; vice-president
DR. f. Bootht, Seattle; secretarytreas
urer, DR.. G. w. Husband Detroit eX
ectfffya oommittea nr n + Clark
and DR.. A ID. McAlpine, etroit
DR.. II. Wellington Yates was hos
at dinner on board the boat
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04
PRIMA DONNA
SAYS She DOES
OWN SCRUBBING
Why Not? Inquiries Mime. Schu-
-Heink of AstOnished
Attorney
ALSO COOKS AND
DOES WASHING
Famous Opera Star Tells OF
Home Life in Divorce
Suit

CHICAGO, June with a grave
little bow 10 Judge Sullivan, Nine.
Ernestine Schumann-Heink. noted
opera singer, took the stand today as
the first witness in her suit for d.
yorce from William Rapp, Jr., and in
a brief examination reviewed her re-
lations with Rapp.
She was called after her attorney,
Elias Mayer, In an opening statement
10 the jury, had accused Rapp of In
timacy with a Mrs. Katherine r.
Dean, OF New York, and uother Wo-
men, whose names he did not men.
ton, and had declared that Rapp was
frequently seen entering Mrs. Deans
New York apartment at night, and
leaving In the morning.
The madame wore black and
white striped silk dress. large picture
hat and patent leather boots. She
spoke with rich German accent that
amused q court room crowded with
modishly-gowned women.
Her direct examination was very
brief. She told of her marriage 10
Rapp on May II, 1905, OF their sep
aration at Caldwell, N, j., on Dec. IL,
1911, and OF her home life with her
children since that time. On cross
examination by RappS attorney, who
was frequently prompted by Rapp.
himself, she engaged In several
clashes.
what are you doing now at your
Chicago home?" the attorney asked.
"Oh. l help clean up and wash and
scrub, and cook" and the madame
gestured with her hands, land do
whatever work there is TO do
"You mean to say you scrub and
COOKE" asked Rapp's attorney, In evil
dent astonishment.
The opera singer turned and anus
ed smile upon him.
yes" she said, why not?"
Nine. Schumann-Heink, on cross
examination, said that she was born
in Austria. Rapp's attorney asked
her "how long ago." but her lawyer
was on his feet with an objection.
why. | can tell him." smiled the
madame, but the objection was sus-
tanned, and her age remained a mys-
terry.
Rapp's attorney repeated several
questions. evidently attempting to
trap the madame into a display OF
temper, She parted successfully,
but on one occasion became exasper-
ated and replied:
"Dh, vat you want to know anyway?
Ask me vat you want to know,
please"
Through a severe arrignment by
commandments attorney, In the
opening statement, Rapp sat I'M
moved.
The Detroit times., 1914-06-04

Bnenos Aires has new subway
system costing $30.000.OO0.