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MORE KILLINGS AT MACROQM;
TOWN IS IN STATE OF SIEGE:
400
ARRESTS IN TEN
King and Queen Guarded in
Buckingham Palace Against
Sinn Fein.
SIX "GUNMEN" FREED.
Mails from Ireland and Scot
land Said to Be Regularly
Censored.
CORK, Dec. f. It was reported
thto afternoon that two men wcro
snot dead last night in the Macruom
dbtrjet and that four portions wcro
arrested. The town'of Mncroom Js In
a state of alege and no traffic Id al
lowed except for food distribution.
A Blfast despatch says that Scan
O'Carroll, a teacher, and Patrick
Tlerner, m of an Ardco farmer, wcro
talcen from their beda and shot to
death by men Bald to have worn unl
forme. Both O'Carroll and Tlcrnoy,
who wero about thlrly-nvc jcars of
age, were' known to be In sympathy
vrltji the Sinn Fein cause.
O'Carroll was taken from his lodg
ings toward the railway station and
shot. His cries at'raclod porsons In
the neighborhood, who carried hitn
Into a house and summoned a doctor
and priest. He died shortly. Tlernoy
waa removed only a fow paces from
his father's house and shot, lie died
instantly.
Three youths of Ardee, County
Jjoutb, Ireland, said to havo been con
ISscted with the Sinn Kcln movement,
were taken from their beda and killed,
allegedly by uniformod men, says a
despatch from Ardco to the Central
News.
Tho police raided tho Sinn Fein
headquarters In Scotland Koad, Llvci
pool, this morning. They carefully
searched tho premises, but made no
arrests.
Four hundred arrests have been
niado In Dublin during tho .past tea
days, and raids and Marches continue.
The manager an(j, two thcrs cm
ployed on Arthur Grllllth's paper,
Young Ireland, were arrested. Prof.
Join MacNotlt, arrested, with Grllllth,
has teen unconditionally released, but
OHffith Is still detained In Mountjoy
Prison.
IJNDON, Deo. 1. So Kreat Is the
"fear here growing out of tho Irish
situation that extra precautions bavo
teen taken to guard tho royal family
from tho possibility of harm. De
tachments have been placed at nil the
entrances to Buckingham Palace and
the perspns of'tho KlngTind tho Qucon
are being' closely watched by the
proper authorities.
'rVtf extreme watchfulness of tho
government la shown by the act that
all incoming liners aro being soarchod
for suspicious persons. As a result
hit men from New York woro taken
from the Aqultanla, but later all were
i oleaaed.
It Is evident thai the Government
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DAILY. lS NEW
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Found by Brother Jurist
, Chambers of General
Sessions.
in
Judge. James T. Malono of General
Sessions' wan found dead a.t 1.45
oV.look to-dny In tho lavatory ad
joining his chanrberatn 'the -Criminal
Courts Building. Tho Jurist fif
teen minutes before completed his
chargo to tho Jury lu the trial of Ed
ward Cuneen and upon tho retire
ment of the Jury had left the pourt
room und .gono upstairs to his cham
bers on the third floor.
DU-enrdlng hts robe he wont Into
tho Judges' lavatory, and the pre
sumption la that hn was stricken
with apoplexy, fell . backward and
struck his head on a brass railing.
At quarter of 2 Judge John F. Mcln
tyre of General Sessions found h)m
with his head in a pool of blood. Dr.
Percy M. I.ltchensteln of tho Tombs
was hastily summoned and pro
nounced Judge .Malono dead. He said
death was cauhed by heart failure.
Judge Kdward Malono, a brother of
the dead man, who was trying a caso
In Qucons County, was notified, and
Immediately adjourned court and hur
ried to Manhattan. Tho body was lator
removed to tho Malono homo ut No.
20S6 Fifth Avenue, where tho deceased
had lived wltli lits wifo and their flvo
children. Two of tho latter -are. mar
ried. Judge Malone was born In Norwich,
Conn., on Jan. 9, 18C3, and graduated
from Phillips lixetor Academy, Now,
Hampshire, in lS8j; from Harrary in
ISSn and from the Harvard law
School In 18D0, ami was admitted to
the Tjar In 1891. Ho had been on tho
bench for thlrtoten yeara, and his
term would have expired .pec. 31, 1921,
when It was Understood ho would
havo succeeded himself, having al
ready been determined upon as the
choice of both Tammany and tho
Republican party.
He -was a member of the Bar As
sociation of Uhe City o Now York
and of tho Manhattan University,
Harvard and Oakland Golf Club.
There will be no mistrial In the case
of Cuneen In consoquenco of tho death
of Judge Malone. Tho Jury Is still
out deliberating and its verdict may
bo received by any other Judge.
Assistant District Attorney Broth
ers, who prosecuted the ca6e, and
Attorney Charles 13. Le Barbler, who
defended Cuneen, both noticed that
tho faco of Judgo Malone was quite
flushed after his charge to the 'ury.
but ho appeared to be all right as
ho stopped down fiom tho bench lu'
Part V. und made for the door, ac
companied by William Thompson, his
j,becretary, and Georgo Cook, his at
tendant. Both went upstairs with
him In the elevator and left him at
tho door of his chambers, from which
he emerged a moment later and en
tered l lie luvatuij.
At the dooi ol tho elevator 11. e
Jurist met Htciioyniphur Itusfell, who
lias been awaj on b.i'k leue.
I m ciy cony lu know of youi il.
ntbB," fcual Juilie Malone to 'ho
Menogrnph-i . "1 have mlescri uu i
verv much. ,
jildge Malone l ad been Mhetl'ilwJ '
to try all the police cases. Hu waa In '
illaigc of thf Nlo jfiafl Jurj. t
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VlntX row tpt XiMUito
JUDGE U
DROPS DEAD AFTER
CHARGING A JURY
jilfhl, Mom, trim kaj Qiiltnt!iua fr Crudblo Wei. Company, and Oi Mld
aJiAJjtt. , fv llM rioirvtmtnt Company.
wmt
" Circulation Books Open to AIL'
CITY WILL FIGHT
14 PER CENT. BOOST
FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT
Corporation Couhsel Confers
With the Mayor With View
to Take Action at Once.
TO ASK FOR INJUNCTION
Public Service Commissioner
Barrett Denies There Was
Secrecy in Boost.
Corporation Counsel John P.
O'Brien announced shortly after noon
to-dny that he would Immediately
apply for an Injunction to prevent the
three electric companies operating In
Greater New York from carrying Into
effect tho 14 per-cont. Increase allowed
them by tho Public Servlco Com
mission. Mr. O'Brten mado tho announcement
following a conference with Mayor
Hylau, and tho decision to apply for
an Injunction was suggested by tho
city's oxecntlve head.
"I shall proceed with an Injunction
restraining the carrying Into effect of
tho new rate by the three companies,"
stated Mr. O'Brien, "and we hope the
consumers will be benefited by ourae
tjon. If It serves no other purpose It
should lead to sotfio judicial deter
mination ua to how far ahead con
sumers should 1)0 notified of Increases
In rates and how far ahead there
should bo 'publication' of such In
creases." neferrlng to. the statement of Pub
lic Service Commissioner Barrett
concerning the new rate, Mr, 'O'Brien
said:
"Commissioner Barrett falls to
show why the consumers and the
city were not notified of tho filing
of the so-called rider or of tho
threatened action of tho companies
In respect to rates. Ho seems to
think that under the law there Is
nothing for him to do so far ub noti
fying the. public Is concerned except
to allow the rider to remain on file
and take effect Dec. 1. Tho only
Intostlgatlon was a private one madu
by his engineer and no" opportunity
was given tho public to oontrovcrt
tho statement of tho companies' rep
resentatives. "If tho theory, advanced by Com
missioner Barrett is urlowed to bo
como the practice of tho Public Ser
vlco Commission, tho burden of at
tempting to prove the reasonableness
of rates of tho gas or electric com
panies will bo placed on tho shpul
dera of tho consumers or the com
plainants and not, as required gen
erally In rate cases, on the shoulders
of the. companies."
If a consumer of" electricity had
happened to havo an Intimation that
the electric light companies were go
ing to advance their rates and ho had
enough time to Investigate ho could
have discovered at any time after
Nov. 1 by a visit to tho offlco of the
Public Sen-Ice Commission and in
quiry there that the New York and
Brooklyn Edison Companies and tho
(Continued on Twenty-fifth Pago.)
CRUCIBLE STEEL
HEADS INDICTED
PITTBnUnair. ra., Dec. l. A Fed
cral Grand Jury here to-day returned
Indictments against Herbert Dul'tiy,
former President 'nnd flialrmnn of tho
Hoard of Directors of 'tlio Criiclbln
Sleel t'ompnny of Amertrn. find OnorRB
A. Turvlllp. former Vice I'renlilPnt anil
'Ki'trelKry Treasurer, charging then)
I with onupliney to defraud tho fnited
Iptile (Inverninent out of Ineomo and
jenersa profits taxes mid to amount to
revr-mi million donnm.
' ........ -i ir -ru ion
S,MJ Compuny of America mentioned
1,1 ,,h" lndlctm'.'il uro the Hnkomb
Steel Company, Crucible HteeJ Mining
and' Milling Company, Hudson Itillroad
Wd . TMn.portarlon . f'oripny, Psnn
flAKulM,. J-l,,. ....... I.-.. .ILI .
YORK,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 19 20. IgWtSttTE! So, T". PRICE THREE CENTS ' H
DISPOSITION OF
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Cannot Force Him to Take It
. . and Cann'ot Give It to
Anybody Else.
WILL HAVE TO HOLD IT.
Young Man May Change iis
Mind or His Child May
Inherit Fortune.
Garland D. Tudor, President of tho
Commonwealth Financial Corporation
of No. 100 Uroad Street' and manag
ing trustee of the estate left by the
late James Garland, confessed to-day
that ho docs not know what to do
with tho $1250,000 legacy refutui by
ypung Charles Garland,, of .13uz2urds
llay, on tho ground that .he- "does
not bplleve In lnhorltanCcst
".Mi self nnd James A. .Parker, the
other " UBtee of '.he estate, havo beun
deluged with suggestions nnd appli
cations that at leant tho Income from
tho fortune bo devoted to charity
slnco Us rightful owner will no, ac
cept It," said Mr. Tudor at his ofllce
to an livening World reporter, liut we
aro absolutely powerless to do any
thing of that sort.
"We have no authority to assign
the money to charity or to any other
agency except tho heirs 'nnmed In tho
will of Jumcs Garland. That will set
asldo $750,000 to be paid to each of
his grandchildren. James Garland 2d
lived on tlu incomo from .the money
and now tho shares amount to $1,
260,000 'each. Charles Garland became
of age last Juno and refused to accept
the money. There are' several other
grandchildren who havo not yet had
nn opportunity to accept or refuse
their legacies.
"Wo aro In u quandary as to what
'.o do with young Garland's share.
Somo Ume we may turn It over to his
child, or wo may Just hold It Indefi
nitely, letting It Mo up. In tho hopo
that Mr. Garland somo day may
change bis mind and accept It.
"As It is, wo cannot throw it a: his
head. lie is of age competent, and
his mother has no Jurisdiction ovor
EGACY GARLAND SPURNED IN S IDE BY BUILDERS' RING 1
I1UUULI1 I I LU I
Dl 1771 CO CCTATC TDIICTCCC
rULLLLO LOIHIL IRUOILLO,
NEW YORK BOY ICE SKATERS
WILL COMPETE WITH CHICAGO
FOR EVENING WORLD TROPHY
Mayor Hylan Accepts Challenge of Mayor
Thompson and Team of Sixty Will Be
Picked to Contest- for Cup.
MAYOU'lIylan announced to
day that ho has accepted
the challenge of Mayor
Thompson of Chicago for an Ice
skating contest between teams of
boys repreaentlng New York City
und Chicago.
The Evonlnn World will pre
sent a beautiful trophy cup to the
wlnnino team.
Each city will be represented
by about Hlxty skaters Allhnngh
r.o detalU) hnvo yet been iirmngril.
it Is understood thut tho eiintrsl
will Include not only .speed nnd'
fanuy skating, but hurdling und
jumping as well.
In view of tho fact that cli
matic conditions are In Chlcagn's
favor, the skating season therq
being yingor than here, Mayor
Hylan will urge that tho sixty
best skaters selected to represent
this Pity ho carefully plckod' by
uq?rts nnd, propirly tralntd be-
$1 .250.000
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him. The court ennnot pass on the
case, because there la nn other person
to turn the money over to under tho
law. ' '
we nave done aii in our power to
Auado him to accept tho money.
. . , . .. ..I
row
bui ho seems to bo annoyed at the
mention of it. He visited New York
for awhile some time ago and spent
cotiHldcr'atile time In Grccnwloh VII
loge. Wo think 11 possible It was
from some of the peoplo ho. met In
tho Vllluge that he acquired hie pe
culiar ldcus.
"Wo thfnk It In tho firm
kind In tl'ip Unlfcd .Htalqa ami, there
bcttfg m precedent, "tltqre Is otKlai-
utc to guide 118."
lo guide nil."
Mr. Tudor fald he did not believe
Garland whs bulng supported by his
rrioUje.r, !11.- declare "Mrs, Onrtaiirt,
somo Huio tifp gave her .son $10,000
or.el6.00 O.uml that hu lias been llv
Injr uh It ejer since. He is living at
present In his "shaok" at Ilu'zzards
Bay with his wife and baby.
369,857 IMMIGRANTS
HERE IN 4 MONTHS
Offset by 214,705 Emigrants Net
Increase Not Likely to Reach
Prc-War h'igure Soon.
WASHINGTON. Dec. I. Immigrants
to tho number of 3G9.857 arrived In this
country during tho first four months of
this fiscal year, which began last July
1, records at the Department of Labor
show. During thp samu time 14,706
emigrants left the United States, leav
ing a net Increase In aliens in this
country of 1GJ.1G4 for that period.
.Most of tho ImmlgiiuntH oamo
from Europe und most of tho emi
grants returned thcru. pesplto the
rapid Increuso in the flow of Immi
grant!!, Department of Labor officials
do not believe tho excess of Immigra
tion from Kurope over emlgrutlun
will reach tho pro-war figures for
somo time to com.
SEEK TOMANWMUS CRAIG.
A writ of peremptory mandamus
was asked hy the Hoard of Education
from Supremo Court Justice He.iry D.
HotcliklM to-day. dlroetlnu Comp
troller CharlfB I Cnlg nnd Chief Aud
itor David 13. Knmln to certify for uo
a surplus of (912.731.8ii. which accu
mulated between 1912 and 1918.
Justlco llotchklas reserved deolslon.
fore the meet, the date of which
has not been Bet
Mayor Thompson's skaters are to
be selected from thousands of
schoolboys who will take advan
tage of tho city's plan to convert
vacant lots and playgrounds Into
Ice rinks. Mayor Hylan will dla
cuss with President Trail of. the
Hoard of Education tho feasibility
of appjylng Mayor Thompson's
plan to this city
"Although Chicago has a longer
ire skating season thsn this city."
said Mayor Hylan, "I feel confi
dent that wo can pick h tram of
Klx;y boys capable "f defeating a
like reprcnentatlon fipni Mayor
Thompson's city. It la up to thu
boyn of Nw ork to show tlm
boys of Chltngo that thny are as
proflcnnt on steel runners hh they
are lu (rack und field events, if
-they do (his we "hall bo evcrlajl
ligly jjroud oi thsm."
I "Circulation Books Open to AIL" I
2 CONVICTS SOUGHT RIDS Af IKE Til THF RF1MT 1
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Had Long Talk Willi Head
Messenger for Kean, Tay
lor & Co. .Saturday.
t prv
IALcD
WITH BROTHER.
Latter Arrested Last July and
.
InrnAl Cl'ifo'c KtfiHnnfl :
Both Are Held. .
TIic pollen to-day sent out a general
alarm for two convicts! released
eleven daya ago from Sing Bln
Prison, who they believo were Itn-
l,,lcnt0l M04.OOO bond robbery
' '" Hrooklyn. yesterday. ActlTig In
spector U'oughlln, in, cliaige of Uie
Defective flurcuu. .said tho two con
victs sought had been associating
with Antpno Grjrgarlp,' hpud jnos-sengerror-'Kenn,'
' Taylor & Co., '.ho
brokers from whoso mc(-BeiH;oiH'lh
bonds were stolen. He furthermore
ktatcs that Do Gregarlo's brother,
Jtisoph, has been hobnobbing with the
two convicts over slnco their release.
The Do Gregarlo brothers were sub
jected lo a long examination In
Hrooklyn this afternoon by Capt.
Carey of the Slteenth District, who
j later sent for Assistant District At
torney Knulder and stenographer)).
Soon Capt. Carey appeared with sev
eral detectives, who wuro stnt hurry
ing in different directions. Capt.
Curcy b.W that within two hours ho
would have good pows to unuuuncc.
That the robbers had dulliilto Infor
mation us to tlio transfer of
tho fortune in Government hecurl
tlos and upprnxlnintu knowi
edgo of tho ttmo of their de
livery to thu purchaser Is the foregone
conpluslon of Investigation working
on tho case. Tho thieves had pre
pared iti advance for the big haul.
They wrro provided with an automo
bile and equipped with two sets of
license plates, improperly obtained
from the Secretary of State's olllco.
The rdbbere, furthermore, bad pre
ceded tho bond messengers to tho
neighborhood where the fortune was
to be dvllvered. They knew the bonds
were coming. They knew tho time
the messengers would arrive
The pollco to-day aio seeking to
prove ownership of tho Ford Jourlng
car used by tho rubbcra In their
get-away and abandoned four blocks
from tho accno of tlp theft because
of a blowout. They also aro check
ing up tho conflicting storied told by
Antonio De Gregarlo, head messen
ger boy for Koan, Taylor & Co.,
torokors of No. b Nassau Stroot, who
sent tho bonds to tho.r Brooklyn cus
tomer, and hia brother Joseph. It
was "Tony" who provided the suit
case In which tho securities wero sent
In Chargo of Austin Young and Irving
Cohen.
When Tony De Gregarlo was ques
tioned by tho police he mentioned re
ceiving two telephono calls nt the of
fice about noon. He ssld one mcs-
(Continued on Nineteenth Page.)
GRAND JURY HEARS
HETTRICK CLERKS
Six Employees of Lawyer Sum
moned Before .Extraordinary
.Body Now in Session.
Six omployeos of John Ilottrlek.
whoo name hns llsurod promlnuntly
In tettlniotty hpfore the IrUwond
Cnmnilttee. sppearrd brfere the SpU
l.eltierg i:tlnoi(l'imr ariind Jrry 'n
vertlgntlng thu hoiinlrg tltnnlton to
I'ay. THw)- e:o ciilleil oti ulipftimui
fi'ivnl nt their homos yistiirday
Tlio wltiiOi'Bi'a woru Thonian l.lllls,
John ll.ntij London, Anria I'ilUnlieth
llciin anil ChiirhiD lliitvlitiirou.
Hut'hUnn wits thn flrt ivllnwi
biillcil, tmt what hn ti'MiliU'il to could
not tin loiirniid.
Thu huiiiii slh'ii'x nnthivuulti yeitter
d'uy rrsardlng t priwwdlngit of
thu -now (J rand Jury w a uotlulil
Mi4 '.
IN THEIR OWN
Witness Philbrick Admits Before
Lockwood Committee That These
Estimate'Cards Have Been Hidden
or Destroyed Mr. Untermyer Is
Delving for Proofs of Conspiracy.
;
The irtckwooil Committee InvestlgaUng housing: conditions In this cltjf '
. found out this afternoon tho nnswor
or prices, for building ruatorUls of. wJilch Vlco 1'resldcnt White ot tho '
i'ulcr Construction Company and others have testified recently iiri
Whllo nalit that tolda for applying lltno, brick, cement and other bula(ng
mntorlals rccolved from' oloven dlfforont dealers wcro allko to n cent.
. From Major Georgo W. Steele, formerly a member of tho Undarcl
.Supply Company and one of the organljors of tho uulldlng Supply Dtii
reuu, Mr. Untonuyor learned that dealers who' were niombcrs ot the bu .
roau had an unrecorded but lnexorablo ''gontlemas's agreement1' by which
the first man to bid on any one Job filed hhj estimate with the buroalii
Thcroaftcr ovory member of the ureau asked to make an estimate. on
thu sumo Job fixed his figure at tlat
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BIG AUTO THEFT
CONSPIRACY 15
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Cars Stolen in Middle West,
Disguised in Connecticut,
Sent to Norway.
The story of what Is believed to be
tlm best organized' and most success
ful conspiracy to steal and dispose of
motor enrs ever uncovered by the po
lice cibno out to-day with the arraign
ment, on a charge of receiving 'stolen
property, before United States Com
mlssloner Hitchcock, of Bven Nyqulst,
a dealer In automobiles at 47th Btieel
and fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. Ho
wis held In' tlo.000 ball.
Involved in Che change against
Nyqulst and others Under arrest In
Bridgeport, Conn., and Detroit Is tho
theft of $100,000 worth of new cars
from the factory of the CadllUo
Motor Company In Detroit and the
theft of numerous used cars from the
streets of cities in the Middle West.
Tho caso wns worked up by Depart
ment of Justice Agents T. C Smith
of Detroit, 1. W. Lamb of Now York,
nnd K. J.' Hlckey of Hartford, Conn.
They say they have traced tho stolen
cars from Detroit, overland, under
their ojvn power to Bridgeport, where
they woro disguised hy mechanics,
and thence to Nyqulst's place in
ticuth Brooklyn where they were
crated for shipment to Norway. One
car crated and addressed to a con
signee In Norway was seized In Ny-
qulkt's shop when he was arrested.
Almon and lawronco .Mcllugh are
under arrest In Detroit nnd. James O.
Burrows Is In custody nt Bridgeport
charged with participation In the con
spiracy. The en so cotnns Into 'tho
I'odernl CmrtH IiiViuiap tho stolen
property was transferred from ono
Hlnti' In uimt. i r.
A-HlHtniit lilHlilit ttnriiiiy Mat
luek, who 1h In vim IX" of thn pmio-
rutl'iu hole, said tho ramlllcatlonn of
tlio uotikpliiii-y are n wldo that only
a fow of thnin llnvu hi-uu traced. Hu
cluluis thn Department of Justice
iitfunts havu imtiihllshtitl thut the gang
htolo turnout of thn Cadillno factory,
ikii thouy n Bridgeport or Hartford
anil .dowtf to Nnw York, How many
woro sent ttu Norway can bo ttatab
llahi)d oMy by searoh uj shipping
UNCOVERED
HER
"E-triti il'j-
CARD SYSTEM
for Its curloBlty as to the. nnlfprpolty'
of the first 1ld uu tlio. i
A A lllknl. . 1. I 1 . ,
I- - l- w, HULiuvciim Q I A K1GIIV9
thick was slgntd by Chairman Loukt
wood at tho beginning of to-day's
easlon. They wero directed tq Hud!
on- valley bookmakers who were enlij
to have formed an organisation which
limited Its salos to members of the
Association of Dealers In Mason"
Builders Supplies. ,
It was noted that Major Steele, who 1
gavo the first Informing description;,
of the workings of the organizations
which have been fighting the com!
mdttee tooth and niiil, was not asked
to give his present business. Counsel
refused to state whether Major Steele
had stipulated that tils prosent bust'
nr occujiatlon should not be re
vealed to his fonnor associates. Wheq
he appeared on tbo stand several,
memtrars of the Bureau and theAa.
soclatlon of Dealers, left their seats
and went Into ngitated cousuta.Uon
In the rotunda.
It appeared from the testimony of
John A. I'hllbrlck, building supply
contractor and former chairman of
the Builders Supply lltireuu, recalled'
at tho afternoon session that tho
"estimate cards" reforred to by ilajor
Steele and mining from the sub-n
poenaed papers havo either been hid
den or destroyed. For being uncom
municative on tho subject Mr, Phil
brick was again subject od to oon
tompt proceedings. , v-
Members of tho association asserted
yesterday their right to refuse 10
answer questions because! they don't'
know whether or not their answer
might not Incriminate them. This ob
stinacy is to be tested out as to Ms
propriety by an effort to tndlot the
"silent witnesses."
Mr. Untermyer had recourse to-day ,
to the secretary of the Association' of
Dealers. Sidney I. Trralt, and a for
mer member, Major Oeorge V. Steele,
Mr. Treat, not being a member ot the
association, could not fall book on th
Immunity plea. ,
Major Steele apparently was willing
to talk freely ot his experiences
when a member before ho went Into
the any. He admitted Builders Sup
ply Bureau had organized a card
system by a "unanimously" accepted'
suggestion not entered In tho min
utes. These cords recorded all bids'
made by members nnd were open to
the Inspection of tho other members
even beforn tho. bidding was closed.
In n general way, It woo shown these
cards were handled as John T, 110(1-'
rick handled his non-competing earn-,
pot I tors' cards. Major Steele said he
didn't know anything about tho Hett
rlok "system
No mention was mads In any min
utes of thin card system. ,
The.cmrds showlnjr ta proJlmlnary .
bids irora nut discovered In i thoj.
psponi produced, undPR. nhpoa4.f
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