The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-16

J. II. EDWARDS, Second Deputy General
Receiver OF Customs; removed. November
william WALKER SMITH. Secretary Of
Legaton transferred at his own request
CHARLES y. CURTIS. Secretary Of Lcga.
tioni resigned, November 10, 1918
RAMoN l. JANER. Deputy Consul General;
JOHN L. MANN. Director: General Of Public
W works. s 5emoysd' Soyembsr 10. lei'.
Works resigned. April, 1910
rsgT.M n6 Of
Servicei removed. August 20, 1910.
Planned at Union League.
At least one appointment. that OF port
physician. was engineered at conference
In the Union League Club at which Sui
Ivan, Samuel NJ. Jarvis and william G.
Beer were present. Both Jarvis and Beer
were connected with the Banco Naclonal.
which, II has been stated. was favored
by sullivan. The Union League Club. of
which Senator Root has Just been elected
president, Is a Republican organization.
And this physician was not physician
at all. witnesses yesterday said, merely
a trained nurse who had studied medicine
in Scotland and who later worked us a
masseur In Turkish bathhouse In New
York city.
f Fred Knauth. eco Fourth avenue.
who furnishes hospital supplies. testified
that Mr.. Beer. an attorney at II Broad
way. brought a DR.. A. ]. Conroy to his
office and arranged for $1,000 worth of
hospital supplies to be sent TO Conroy
at Santo Domingo, Beer paying $500
down.
Beer told me-" said the witness. that
Conroy had taken out life insurance
policy for the benefit OF Beer and Sullivan
to secure them for tho advance made TO
him"
Mr. Knauth said Conroy turned out
no. 10 be a graduate physician" A
letter from John l.. Vance. deputy general
receiver OF customs at Santo Domingo.
was introduced. saying that Conroy was
"A 'masseur"
"A masseur would certainly not need the
equipment ! gave him." said Mr.. Knauth.
Il gave him surgical instruments"
Mr.. Wick was then called and told how
he came TO appoint Mr.. Conroy as port
physician. A physician was needed. Mr.
Wick said. and he had been in correspond
ence with the War Department about it,
Mr.. Sullivan told him. Mr.. Wick said, that
his own family physician" was coming
10 Santo Domingo to serve the legation
and he requested that he be designated
rs port physician Mr.. Wick agreed.
His Statement Introduced.
II later developed. Mr.. Wick said that
the new doctor was not a doctor, but a
trained nurse. In typewritten statement
made by Conroy on the eve OF his return
from Santo Domingo. which was before
the Commissioner. Conroy said he did
not know he was to be port physician
until he arrived in Santo Domingo He had
understood that he was merely to serve
the legation under Mr. Sullivan. according
10 the statement When he got to Santo
Domingo Sullivan had tWn or ar foHa fn
him, one as port physician at $1,000 n
year and one as physician to the Depart
ment OF Public Works ct $500 a year
Roger L. Farnham who has charge OF
the Latn-Amercan business OF the Ma
tional City Bank. told Commissioner
Phelan yesterday of the $500. 600 loan to
the Government of Santo Domingo. which
the National city Bank had been awarded
In competition with the Banco Nacional.
The loan. Mr.. Farnham said, is being
paid in instalments OF $4,000 a month
and Is for an indefinite period at per
cent. interest. The National City Bank
has never had other interests in Santo
Domingo aside from this loan. he said.
DO you know anything OF a money
trust in New York;" Senator Phelan
wanted TO know. The witness knew of no
money trust, he said.
After the loan was made, according
20 Mr. Farnham. and after his refusal
TO enter into pool with the Banco
Nacional. articles that had no founda-
ton in fact" were printed In newspapers
OF Santo Domingo attacking the National
City Bank.
Charles A. Butlin, recently removed as
general director OF telephone. telegraph,
cable and wireless service in Santo Do
mngo, told how he incurred the dis.
pleasure OF Sullivan and the friends OF
the Banco NaCional because he opposed
ANY concession being given to private
parties"
A graphic picture of the United States
receiving official visitors in his
open at the front and his
trousers caught up with one suspender,
was drawn for the Presidents investi-
CATER by Mr.. ButliN and Mr.. Wick
The hearing will be continued In Room
SIS. Waldorf-Astoria, at IL 80 A. NJ to-
day.