New Britain herald., 1921-12-01
TO PROPOSE RECE7VERSHZP
rs THE PLAN FOR GERMANY
c. ". MORSE TO Be
TAKEN FROM BOAT
Is on Liner Paris" Bound
for FrS HAS Had
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Washington, Dec. l. w
department was understood
have asked the Navy Department.
send a destroyer to intercept the
French liner Paris and bring back
Charles w Morse, of New York, who
is reported to have left the country
in the face of a grand jury investiga
ton of his ship contracts.
1t was understood that a naval de-
stroyer would be put to sea from a
French port within a few hours to in
tercept the Paris, which left New
York last Friday.
While neither Attorney Gen. Daugh-
erty nor other justice department
high officials would discuss the re-
ported departure, it was learned that
every agency of the government will
be used in effecting his return to this
country.
The departments request for as
sistance from the Naval department
was understood to be on the theory
that legal questions involved in the
return of Morse would be thrashed
out when he was brought back. I'm
that Morse had left. the country, the
department was understood to have
radioed the liner Paris to hold Morse
for return to America.
While justice department officials
would not discuss the sailing of Morse
there were indications that the full
facilities OF the department were
brought to bear upon his capture.
Canvass of the various departments
of the government showed that sever
al had been aroused by the reports
that Morse had left the country In
one official quarter the suggestion
was made that perhaps the shipbuild-
er sailed under a passport.
Mr.. Morse has had one of the
most spectacular careers of any of
the big features in America finance
For years a power in banking and
shipping circles, he faced his first
serious clouds in 1908 when suits
were filed against him for more than
100000 on promissory notes. Mr..
Morse then was abroad and his coun-
sci called him to return. On his ar
| tiVal here he was arrested and later
convicted of having misappied the
| funds of the National Bank of North
America in this city. In November
1908 he was sentenced to Is years
in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta
Then his wife began fight for her
husband that attracted nation wide
interest
On January IS, 1912 President
n nr,yo1r1 tod t1,n
on the recommendation OF the attor-
ney general, based on a report from
the surgeon general of the army
which stated that Morse's health was
such that ''it is not probable that he
will live as long as six months"
Mr.. Morse however, upset this pre-
diction, He spent some time abroad
recovering his health and in
1916 resumed business in New York
by organizing a shipping combine for
service with Europe and South Amer
lean ports.
In 1920 he again encountered a
federal grand jury being indicted on
charge of having unlawfully sold
an American vessel, the John j. Nc
Cullough, to the government of the
lunlS Tor half million dollars with
out permission of the shipping board.
He pleaded not guilty was released
and soon after the indictment was
dismissed
Mr.. Morse's rise to prominence in
the business world was rapid. While
student at Bowdoin college in Maine,
he showed his business acumen by
defraying his expenses by hiring a
boy in his place as book-keeper in
his fathers office, paying the young
clerk only part of what he was get
ting and keeping the rest.
After leaving college Mr.. Morse
soon gained a firm hold on the ice
industry and then began to seek con-
troll of various banks. Subsequent
ly steamship companies came under
his control