Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-26
ACCEPT OFFER Of
/. MORGAN'S SON TO
SHOW ALL BOOKS
New Haven Inquiry Proceeds
Folk Denying Wilson Or
dered Check on Probe.
Especial to the Evening star J

WASHINGTON, May 26.-Every
book of J. P Morgan & Co: and per-
sonal accounts of the late ]. P. Nor
gan. touching in any way on New
Haven finance are to be throughly
examined by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Officials of the Commission an
nounced today that examiners would
be sent to New York Immediately.
The Commission accepted the offer
Of ]. P. Morgan, who declared that
the records of the Morgan firm and
the late financier viii disprove the
testimony Of former President Mel
len of the New Haven that his father
kept secret important transactions.
Although early plans today were to
continue the investigation Of the New
Haven, there were indications that
five Of the former directors would
not testify. Certificates on file today
showed that William Rockefeller,
George McCullock Miller Samuel G
Moorehouse, NJ. F. Plant and Devere
Warner are not too i'll to see the ex-
aminer of the commission who has
already seen Rockefeller, but has not
reported to the Commission. Denial
was made today that any physician
had examined Rockefeller for the
Commission.
Councillor Folk planned to resume
the investigation today with wit
nesses who might be on hand.
Folk denied that the inquiry had
been halted by order of President
Wilson. He and Commissioner
McChord would proceed as far as
deemed necessary. But the opinion
gained ground that the Commission
would observe the request of Attor-
ney-General McReynolds and refrain
4 from examining persons who might
! be given immunity from federal pro-
secution.
| The decision TO accept the offer of
J. P. Morgan to examine the books
of his father left undetermined the
question of the personal examin-
alton of Morgan, although those in
| charge believed he could throw little
| light on the case, having formally
admitted that he requested Mellen' s
resignation.
/ Morgan's statement yesterday in
reply to Mellen's testimony, was in
part as follows;-
81 returned to New York this morn
ing and have examined as carefully
as the time would permit the stenog-
lTdpiIlC IEpOTL VI MI htiicit : tI1tA-
mony. consisting of several hundred
typewriter pages.
II became director of the New
Haven Railroad in April, 1913, and re-
signed December 81 of the same year
The only reference to me personally
which ! have found In Mr.. Mellen's
testimony has to do with the fact
that |, as a director of the company
called upon him and told him that a
change in the presidency was desir-
able.
For any blame that attaches tc
that act, whether 1t be accorded me
as a member of the board of direc-
tors, or as an individual, / accept
the responsibility.
There is, however, in Mr.. Mellen s
testimony something more importani
to me than any possible criticism o.
myself Mr.. Mellen, in substance
charges my father with having con-
cealed from him, the president of this
company, facts which the president
of the company should have known
Everyone who knows my fathel
knows this to be untrue. During tbs
last ten years of my fathers life M
was abroad more than one-third o
that time During the last three years
of his life he was abroad one-haf o.
the time. He was actively connected
during this while with many differen
affairs. That he could have had th'
time. even if he had the desire, Il
interfere actively in the management
of the New Haven Railroad Is I'M
possible"