The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-10-14
In Connection with the New
HavenIRaiIroad Scandal in
Finances.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Arraignment,
preliminary to the governments trial
OF William Rockefeller, Theodore ".
Vail. Robert M. Taft, Lewis Case Led
yard, James S. Hemingway, George F.
Baker, Henry K. McIarg and other
nationally financiers and Law
years charged with criminally con-
spring sdirectors and counsel, to
un1awfully control New England
transportation through the New Haven
railroad, has begun in the United
States district court here.
William Rockefeller Is a brother
OF John d. Rockefeller, and one Of
the richest men In America. More
SO than his brother, he has been a
large factor in the railroad world,
having been at various times officer
or director Of some Of the most inn
portant railroads Of the country.
Although he recently severed his
connection with the New Haven, he
Is still listed as director Of the
New York Central, the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul, and the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western.
Mr.. Rockefeller is now "a years old
and has been In poor health for
years, suffering from an affection of
the throat. Three years ago the
congressional committee which in
vestigated the money trust" desir-
ed him as witness and over the
protest of his physicians, an iattemlt
was made to examine him at his
southern home at Jeky1 island, Ca.
where he was located after weeks of
search by subpoena servers. The
questioning was abandoned when he
was seized with laryngeal spasms
and after his physicians protested
that the ordeal might cause his
death. Mr.. Rockefeller lives at
Tarrytown, N. Y.
Lewis Cass Ledyard is ono Of the
prominent lawyers of the country.
He was for years counsel for the ell
der j. P. Morgan and was his chief
adviser in the organization or
financing OF a number Of the great
industrial and railroad enterprises
with which the Morgan firm has
been connected, notably the United
States Steel Corporation. IN sever
al OF them he became director, in
Guiding, besides the New Haven, the
New York Central. Northern Pacific
and the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company. He took a
prominent part In the famous deal
which resulted in the acquisition Of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com
pauy by the United States Steel
Corporation during the panic OF
1907 and testified in the subse-
quent government proceedings
against that corporation. He Is no
longer connected with the New Ha-
ven. He is ga years old and lives
In New York.
George Mccullough Miller, aged
49, IL the Oldest Of the defendants.
He,ds an attorney and specialist in
corporation law. He has been
prominently active for years In
CHURCH and charity affairs in New
York and is director Of the Central
Trust Company and the Greenwood
Cemetery Corporation. He resigned
from the New Haven.
Charles F. BROKER is best known
rs q, brass and copper manufacturer.
He is president Of the American
Brass Company. which operates
large factories in Connecticut, and
Is rated as many times millionaire
Ha was born in Connecticut In 1847
andehas been actively identified with
the, affairs of the state. He served
in Its legislature and was member
from Connecticut in. 1900 and 1917
OF the Republican national commit
tee. His home is in Ansonia, Conn
He resigned from the New Haven.
Charles NJ. Pratt is multimil.
lionaire OF. the Standard OIL grouI
with whom he was associated In the
uphAiildlng OF that company. He he.
never been especially active in rail
road AFFAIRS His home is in Brook
Ign wher he was born In 1856. He