1903-09-29-New York Times-Shipyard Hearing Halts

New York Times

29 September 1903, page 12

SHIPYARD HEARING HALTS.

Commissioner Shields Upholds Objection to Examination of Witnesses.

No witnesses were examined yesterday at the hearing before United States Commissioner John A. Shields at the office of Guggenheimer, Untermyer Marshall, in the case of Roland R. Conklin against the United States Shipbuilding Company.

The attorneys for the shipbuilding company, W. D. Guthrie, Frederick Deming, and Charles T. Curtis, objected to the examination of the witnesses on the ground that as the case was brought in Trenton, the Examiner, to have authority to conduct the hearing, must be one of the regular examiners by that court. The objection was sustained by Commissioner Shields.

D. Le Roy Dresser, James Julien Livingston, and John W. Young, who had been called as witnesses, were present, but Charles M. Schwab and Max Pam did not appear.

It was agreed by both sides that an application for the appointment of a special examiner to take the testimony in this city should be made to the court at Trenton without delay.