The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-06
OFFICIALS BELIEVE
 NEW HAVEN PROBE MAY END NEXT WEEK
Ledyard Completes Testi- mony Before I. c. C.-But One More Witness Now
 Is Wanted
KENNETH NC iNTYRE AND DAUGHTER
 DOROTHY

Washington, June 5.--There were in dications at the conclusion of today session of the interstate commerce com missions inquiry that the investigation
 would be completed soon, perhaps one day next week.
 Walter D. Hines, an attorney for the New Haven, at the afternoon hearing placed several of the roads officials on the stand and when adjournment was taken, Commissioner McChord an nounced that he wanted to conclude
 this phase of the case tomorrow, MT
 Hines said the only other witness he
 wanted heard was l.. s. Miller, president of the New York, Westchester and Bos-
 ton railway
 Lewis Cass Ledkard, concluding the statement he began yesterday, said ne did not consider the directors of the New Haven were dummies" aud thai he often opposed J. Pierpont Morgan at meetings. T. Dewitt Cuyler, New Haven director on the stand, said meet lIngs of the board were conducted II a regular, orderly and careful manner Arthur E. Clark, secretary of the New Haven. identifed and read minutes o directors and committee meetings Figures designed to show that betweei June 30. 1903. and June 80, 1912, thu profit and loss surplus of the New Haven had decreased only about $1,30o. 600, were read by Julian M. Tomlinson general auditor of the road.
 You were on a committee to buy ad ditional securities of the West Chester road after the expenditure of SIS ,0oo. .0o in the transaction Mir. Ledyear wal asked. :. On Special Committee
 ''Yes. I was named on a. special com mittee to obtain the extra securities. Thi, was in February, 1919. The committee rec commended under Authorization of the pub lie service commission. that enough o the stock of the West Chester be acquired by the New Haven to give to 1t the con trolling interest of the West Chester g You never represented MT. Mellen II the Grand Trunk matter ?" Mir. Foll asked. .ss s-, F Mo- .
 Did you so to see Mr. wickershafn 1T the Grand Trunk matter?"
 'No, went to see Mir. Taft. . Y Do you of your own knowledge knov whether the money gained by Mir Bil l lard was retained by him or passet through him to otllersr' Commissions Daniels asked. ','.4 F MT. Ledyard reiterated his denial Of an, knowledge of this point. l At the conclusion of Mr. Ledyard,s ten timony, Hoffman Miller asked per1n3sstol ! to introduce statemant from. hts father George McCulloch Miller, regarding hi part in West Chester affairs. Commin sioner Daniels ruled that the statemen should be examined by the commissiol before it's admission to the record rranci l H. McAdams created ripple of merri ment by his testimony as to the ia, l returns of John l. Billiard at Meriden Conn. In 1907, he said, MT. Billiard re turned $s0, 100 worth of realty and a s piano. For subsequent years the list re mained unchanged excepting the additiol of d s60 horse and $76. carriage. MT Billiards attorneys suggested that unde the Connecticut laws tsis not necessar, I to report securities which are taxabi l in some states.
 Cuyler on Stand
 T. Dewitt Cuyler. who became a dfrec tor of the New Haven in October. 191( put on the stand by Walter D. Hines l attorney for the New Haven, to make
 statement on behalf of the New Have T road, told of the method of procedure a the meetings of the New Haven director | I.~e>e~~~<>~~>>>~ >>s-~-.,<<,
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