New Britain herald., 1916-08-03
ALLIES RELIEF FUND
 NEVER SENT ABROAD
Collections of S7,OOO Used for
 Organization Purposes"

New York, Aug. 3.-The Rev. Charles T. Baylis, self-appolnted Director General" of the Allies hos pital Relief commission, which col lected 5000, no part of which it is alleged ever went to the allieG~ issued 8 statement last night, attacking George R. Buck, Richard Arthur, and Mrs. Edith F. Rancher, formerly as sociated with the commission, who had complained to the district att torney against him. He asserted that with the exception of $250 the money raised thus far had not been for re- lief work but for organization pur- poses.
 Dr. Baylis said his assailants were disgruntled employees, whose expense accounts he had refused to honor. Declaring that Dr. William H. Toll k man had tried to induce R. J. Cald- we'll, a member of the finance com n1ittee, to appoint him (Tollman) the director general, Dr. Baylis said he would not resign to please MT. Cald- well.
 MT Caldwell will not end the commission even though disposed to do so," he said "The work of the commission will go forward to fulfill ; it's high purpose"
 John Emery Mclean, financial sec retary of the commission, yesterday made a statement to Assistant Dis trict Attorney Roesch. Mclean, who was a former president of the Cana dian club and the metropolitan sales manager of the American Real Estate company, which went into bank ruptcy few months ago, told MT Roesch that he had been associated with Dr. Baylis for four weeks at a salary of $50 a week. He refuted the statement of Dr. Baylis, who com p1ained that his salary of S1OO had not been paid for five weeks. Mclean said the Director General had re- .ceived all but $50 of his money
 He also told me- MT. Roesch said that he never saw any of the money received in the mail. pr. Baylis would open the letters and give him the checks. Yesterday the subscrip lions amounted to S175, while up un- til o'clock today they received S65.
 Mclean told of their 'vision of thu future,' the prosecutor said, whe1 . the commission would resolve itsel into 8 "permanent relief for the mis cries of mankind" after the suffering of the allies had been alleviated H admitted that Henry Clews had re fused to serve as treasurer unless tn commission took immediate steps t incorporate.
 Steps to oust pr. Baylis were take yesterday by R. J. Caldwell, wh ~' wrote a letter to Alton B. Parker the president, and the individua members of the finance cConmitte and the board of directors, informin them of facts which he believed jus tifed such action. MT. Caldwell als warned the Empire Trust compan! the depository of the commission, 84 stop payment on all checks EX-Judg SRParker was ont of town yesterday. " MT. Roesch said he had received % Aetter from Albert c. Aubrey, Ia" yer. of A Court street, Brooklyn, o1 fering to produce the text of an e> animation in supplementary proceed ine~ which he had conducted when tudgm ent was filed against Dr. Bayi last year. It was said at the dlstrl' attorneys office that Aubrey knocke 7 Dr. Baylis Gown last week on Broac way when the two got into an alter cation. This was denieC XeNer' [ Dr. Raylis yesterday.
 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt or or the vice presidents, refused to con roent on the case until somethin definite was revealed by the invest cation. Henry Clews. the banker, i s,ed a statement last night denyir / that he had ever been treasurer the commission.
 Assistant District Attorney Reese tntirnated that there would be furth' developments in the Baylis case t' day
 During the month of August Se1 veant George Kelly will patrol tf ritv south of the railroad tracks b. ~A ing on duty from p. m. to a. r Sergeant w c. Hart will patrol mort