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w Fair _tonight slightly warmer; gentle n THER. tomorrow fair and orth winds. Temperature for 24 hours ending at 12 noon today: vesterday: lowest. duy. 63, at Highest, 83, at 1 p.m. 5 am. to- “ull report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 No. 29,306. CODLDGE REBUKES NATIOWAL DEFENSE DAY OPPONENTS Declares Condemnation Has Been Founded on Basis of Misrepresentation. FAVORS LASTING PEACE BUT BANS IMPOTENCE Declares Defense Test Designed to Assure Efficiency of Fighting Forces. President Coolidge Bs “unfair” those who have *con- demned out of hand. simply through the device of misrepresentation,” the Plans of the Government for observ- ance of National Defense day, Sep- tember 12. The President presented his com- ment in the form of a letter to Fred- erick J. Libby, executive secretary ®f the National Council for Preven- tion of War, an organization which fnaugurated today a campaign in behalf of world co-operation for Peace and which had asked the Pres- fdent to indorse the movement. Favors Peace, Not Impotence. Declaring he had been nquali- fiedly sympathetic with the aim ana purpoge to make war, so nearly as might be, an impossibility in this world,” the President in his letter, made public at the White House. €aid he could not detect “any incon- sistency in giving my approval to| the program of Defense day.” “I wish crime might be abolished, | but I would not, therefore, abolish courts ' and police protection” he added. “I wish war might be made impossible, but I would not leave my country unprotected meanwhile. "I'he defense test seems to me a means to assure the fullest efficiency to the extremely modest defense force our country maintains.” Text of Letter. The President’s letter, of July 23, follows “My Dear Mr. Libby: “Some days ago I received a letter from vourself, as executive secretary of the National Council for Preven- tion of War, informing me that that | organization is preparing for a cam- | paign in behalf of world co-operation for peace, to begin July 26-27,.on the tenth anniversary of the outbreak of the great war. It is intended to be a great outouring of the genuine peace | sentiment of America. We believe it | 1o be in harmony with your own pur- poses as expressed on many occa- sions. * * * We respectfully ask your indorsement of the demonstra- tion. * » = “In reply, by my direction, secretary to the President wrote you, saying: “‘The President asked me to ac- knowledge Teceipt of your letter of June 30, with the assurance of his most hearty sympathy for every practical proposal to minimize the danger of war. As yo® know, he has repeatedly expressed hiiclf in this or, and you ma be sure of his continued and most genuine friendli- ness for every worthy and effective effort along these lines.’ under date the to Sympathetic With Aims. “As is well known to all persons who have done me the honor to fa- miliarize themselves with my public expressions on this subject, I have Leen unqualifiedly sympathetic with the aim and purpose to make war, 5o rearly as might be, an impossibility in this world. Doubtless this is a counsel of perfection not to be real- ized without much earnest effort: to that effort, when guided along feas- ible lines, I have repeatediy pledged my assistance. > ‘It is now brought to my attention that your organization is profoundly concerned because of the assumption that the plans for a national defense test, on September 12, constitute a militaristic gesture. This assumption seems to be based chiefly on a confu- sion of terms. In some unofficial and entirely unauthorized way the de- fense test has been denominated ‘mobilization day’ The Government did not do this. It would be proper to call it ‘inspection day.’ But it is not a mobilization, and the Government js not responsible for ary such desig- nation. As a result, some well mean- ing people have misconstrued its character and purposes, assuming that a nation-wide mobilization of forces, and of the civilization and industrial resources available for na- tional defense, was to be carried out on that day. This, of course, is far from the truth. The Constitution and the law contemplate the maintenance of a defense establishment, which in time of peace always has been, and is now, in proportion to our national power and interests, one of the small- est in thé world. “I have taken an oath to support the Constitution and to execute the laws of the United States. I could do this by maintaining a large stand- ing Army. I am opposed to ary such plan. I am trying to work out a method by which we can have con- stantly, as we now have, an exceed- ingly small Army and leave our citi- zens free from that burden by let- ting them assume their own respon- sibility for a defensive establishment | leged | coming as | that Iintered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. Insult Spurs U. S. Action MRS. KATHERINE G, IMBRIE, Widow of the xlain U. S. vice conxul, Who hax suffered additional inwults at the hands of Persians. ANAT WARRANTS N RUVHANG ASE | Officials = Uncertain as to When 10 or 15 Washingto- nians Will Be Arrested. FIGHT IS IN PROSPECT | Some Accused in Florida Believed to Have Been Indicted Here. Arrest of ten or fifteen Washing- tonians indicted Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., by a federal grand jury for al- mplicity in a big liquor c spiracy now awaits arrival by mail of warrants sworn out yesterday in Tampa. How soon these will arrive was a matter of conjecture in official cir- cles here, today, as no word had been received from the Unitéd States mar- shal, district attorney or other offi- cials in charge of the situation in Florida, as to when the papers leave | the South, 1t may be a few days, it may be | @ week, or on the other hand, it may be still longer before' local persons who were indicted are arrested, ac- cording to various estimat No Light on Identity. No further information was forth- to the identity of the Washingtonians charged by the Gov- ernment to be involved in the alleged conspiracy, but the impression per- slsted that some of them had previ- ously been indicted here on a similar charge some time ago. I this should prove to be true— and there were strong indications it would—the likelihood of a fight in the local court over removal to Florida rose up in Dro!;)aecl. The usual procedure to he followed from now on, it was explained, would be for the papers to be sent to the United States marshal here for serv- ice. The accused would be arrested, arraigned before a United States Commissioner for preliminary hear- ing, with request by the government that they be held for removal. Order | for removal to the Florida jurisdic- | tion would have to be issued by the court. In case some of those persons who were before the court here on similar charges previously are arrested, it was freely predicted that they would be prepared to make a fight against removal. Officials Are Suspected. The indictments handed down by the grand jury in Florida are under- stood to include the names of three United States deputy marshals in this city and at least two policemen of Washington, alleged Washington bootleggers; some Pullman conduc- tors and other persons in New York City and Florida. In a previous conspiracy case here some United States deputy marshals and one police officer’ were indicted and brought to trial. Demurrers were filed by the accused, some of which were granted by Judge Hitz, and some of which were refused. -Later United States District Attorney Gor- don moved to nolle pross. all cases which had not been dismissed on demurrer. Both_conspiracy cases—the one in (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Vt, July 26.—Col. John C. Coolidge, father of the Presi- dent, returned to the family home- stead yesterday after a 10-day Visit at the White House. Standing on the threshold of his home, whefe he was met by the housekeeper; Col. Coolidge said that he had had a nice time, but that “home’s a pretty good place after all.” Then, looking along the low and irregular roofline of the homestead, a single-story and attic house, with barn and other low-ceiled ells adjoin- ing, he added: “This is simple, but it looks mighty good to me. Now to get the hay in.” sufficient to provide for domestic peace and order and national defense. Instead of being a military gesture this plan is the exact opposite. It is a non-militaristic gesture, for the purpose of keeping down to its low- est possible, paint the professional military organization of the United States. _Our country has always re- X ued on Page 4, Column 2.) But he did not cut hay yesterday. Instead he greeted 80 persons who came to see the hwuse where the President was born and where he took the oath of office, and, as soon as courtesy would permit, went again to the grave in the cemetery on the hill, where the President and Mrs. Coolidge buried their son Calvin two weeks ago. 2 “Now to Get the Hay in,” Coolidge _Senior Remarks on Homecoming ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, WIDOW OF IMBRIE INSULTED; U. 3. 70 ASKPERSIA TOACT Youth Attacks Woman and| Attempts to Tear Veil From Face. NATIVES ARE DECLARED HOSTILE TO AMERICANS State Department Wants Assur-| ances Nationals Will Be Safeguarded. | State Department officials prepared | today formally to ask the Persian| Government to take immediate meas- | ures to protect American citizens in | that country from attacks and insults from natives understood to be hostile | against foreigners as a result of the killing of Maj. Robert Imbrie, Amer- | ican vice consul at Teheran, and de- | velopments following that affair. Decision of the Department to take this action followed receipt of ad- s from Joseph S. Kornfeld, Amer- n Minister, telling of Insults to! Imbrie, widow of the former for which a young Persian was said to be responsible ! Spat on Woman. I According to the Minister's dis- patches, the Persian youth grabbed the veil worn by Mrs. Imbrie, at- tempting to tear it from her and, at the same time., expectorating upon her person. The reported outrage was said to have occurred at Teheran last Tuesday. A native policeman, reported to| have been some distance away from the place where Mrs. Imbrie was at- tacked, but who is believed to have witnessed the affair, made no attempt to protect the woman or interfere with her assailant, the dispatches| said. 1 Mrs. Imbrie was riding with the wife of one of the officers attached to the American mission when the outrage occurred. i ! i | Adopted Waiting Policy. State Department officials had de- cided to wait the completion of the | investigation being made of the mur- | der of Maj. Imbrie before taking any official action or attempting to fix responsibility for the vice consu death. They had received formal! apologies from the Persian govern- | ment for the affair and assurance that full and immediate punishment would be meted out to those who par- ticipated in the crime. Further steps, including the placing of the Teheran district under martial law for the protection of foreigners, also had been taken by the Persian authorities, and their actions had caused officials here to believe that the safety of Americans and other foreigners had been assured. It was made plain today, however, that the State Department would not | tolerate without protest the situation existing in Teheran or the possibility of future attacks by natives upon American citizens in Persia Notice | of its decision in this connection was expected to be forwarded without des lay to Minister Kornfeld for presen- tation by him to the responsible offi- cers of the Persian government. ROB SOVIET MESSENGER. Armed Men Seize $42,000 in Heart i of Moscow. | MOSCOW, July 26.—A confidential messenger for. the state bank was held up by five armed men in the heart of the city yesterday. After stripping the messenger of $42,000 and assaulting the soldier accompanying him, the bandits commandeered an automobile belonging to the commis- sariat of finance, first felling the chauffeur, and fled, with police and militia pursuing. After a chase through crowded streets the robbers escaped. Alleged Slayer Is Held. SAN PEDRO, Calif, July 26.—A. Aldaman, thirty-five, said to be sought by New York authorities in connec- tion with the slaying of two patrol- men during a seamen’s strike there in 1912, is held today pending receipt of turther information from the East. There he found the grave under a blanket of flowers. Mrs. Coolidge has sent three wreaths of roses from the White House conservatories since she returned to Wrashington, and sent also a large wreath of silvered Jeaves that has been placed at the head of the grave. Neighbors here had added their contributions of flowers ffom the fields and gardens, kept fresh from day to day. The guard of state troopers that has been maintained at the grave was relieved temporarily today, but the visitors, who have worn bare the paths about the Coolidge family lot, were still present in numbers. Col. Coolidge had little to say about his visit at the White House. He kept his usual hours, he said; enjoy- ing it all very much, especially a crulse on the presidential yacht Mayflower. He remarked that she was a much bigger boat than he thought, exclaiming: *Think of it! Radio Programs—Page 8. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, JULY THE TARRING OF 6L INVOLVES 2 SE0RE Magistrate Says All Are Guilty Who Saw Attack by Maryland Wife. EIGHT NOW IN ROUND-UP Husband Missing After Mob Scene on Highway—Victim Tells of Single-Handed Fight. FREDERICK, Md., July Lloyd | Shank, the husband, is still missing, while deputy sheriffs are rounding up the mob that attended the tarring of Miss Dorothy Grandon by Mrs. Mary Shank, on a highway near Myersville, Md., Thursday night. Magistrate August T. Brust says everybody who witnessed the episode ts equally guilty, and there is terror in more than two scores of home: because the penalty under the law can mean a penitentiary sentence. Mrs. Shank takes all the blame, but who provided the tar and feathers has not been explained. Besides the wife and Miss Grandon, arrests have included Calvin Shank, father of the husband; Romer Shank, brother; Harry Leatherman, A. A. Rice, Irwin Rice, Paul Grossnickle and Grayson Doub. All except Miss Grandon pro- vided $2.000 bond. Miss Mabel Mills, companion of the victim, and a United States marine from Quantico, Va., who were in the party attacked. have disappeared Names of the business men and farm- ers who accompanied Mrs. Shank on her mission of revenge, in addition to those arrested, have been provided the officers, and since Myersville is but a village practically the whole community is involved. Wife and Victim Heard. At the hearing last night Mrs Shank told how she had found her husband in the company of Miss Grandon, who came here recently from Martinsburg, W. Va.; how he had remained away from home a week and how she had planned and executed her revenge. Riding out in an automobile with some of the men named before the court, she says she pounced upon Miss Grandon, beat her with a club, stripped the clothing from her shoulders while the ‘men ! looked on and applied tar and feath- ers. After her struggles and with battered and blistered body, Miss Grandon found refuge at the home of a farmer, where she was later arrested and held (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) LABOR BOARD TO PUSH CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS Witnesses to Be Prosecuted for Refusing Testimony in Engine- men’s Wage Dispute. CHICAGO, July 26.—The United States Railroad Labor Board will pro- ceed with its contempt proceedings in the United States District Court .zalnst railroad brotherhood repre- 54 | | { | Speciat Dispateh to The Star. | | ntatives - who have refused to festify in the enginemen’s wage dis- pute with the Western railroads, it was announced today. At the same time hearing of the dispute will proceed. _— BELASCO SERIOUSLY ILL. Confined With Grip and Bronchitis. Unable to Talk. NEW YORK, July 26.—David Be- lasco, dean of American theatrical producers, is ill with grip and bronchitis in his hotel apartment here. His voice is entirely gome and he finds it difficult to converse in whis- pers. = Mr. Belasco's physician said today Bis condition was not alarming. He ‘was 65 years old yesterday, . BROTHER 26, 1924 —-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. CHARLIE — “FEEREPS| ENTHUSIAST. Choice Appears Impossible If Election Goes to Congress Five Tied States Prevent House’s Selec- tion of President, Neither of Old Par- ties Has Real Majority in Senate BY ROBERT T. SMALL If Senator La Follette and his asso- ciates succeed in their ambition to obtain sufficient electoral votes to throw the presidential election into the House of Representatives, five of the sovereign American States would find themselves unable to vote and it would be this disability which would make it impossible for either President Coolidge or John W. Davis to secure a majority vote of the 48 commonwealths. It is no mere speculation that a deadlock would ensue in the House. It is a mathematical certainty, unless of course some Democrat or Repub- lican should break away from party affiliations sufficiently to throw some of the tied States into either the Davis or Ceolidge column. In voting for a President, where a majority selection has not been made in the regular election, the con- stitution provides that each State TENBODIES TAKEN FROM GATES MINE Check Shows All Others in Explosion Reached Surface in Safety. By the Associated Press. . GATES, Pa., July 26.—The bodies of ten miners who met death last night when an explosion wrecked a section of the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Company were brought to the surface shortiy after dawn today. Seventy-five miners were at work when the blast came, and a check of the company list showed that 65 reached safety. Coroner S. A. Baltz, who arrived at the mines shortly after the report of the explosion reached him at Uniontown, remained here through- Lut the night and was prepared to- day to order an inquest. State mine inspectors aided him in his investi- gation. Twenty-S=ven Left Fatherless, " Twenty-geven children were left fatherless as a consequence of the explosion, while nine women lost their husbands. One of the victims was a widower. / The explosion, according to Coro- ner Baltz, was discovered in a most unusual manner. John Kelly, a Gates miner was returning to Gates from Paimer, three miles away, when he noticed a peculiar settlement of dust on his shirt. Kelly stopped to Investigate and found that it was coal dust. Knowing that the dust from a mine very rarely reaches the surface, he glanced toward the mouth of the Palmer mine and saw a cloud of smoke and dust floating from the shaft mouth. Search Wrong Mine. Kelly ran to the Palmer foreman's office and sounded the alarm. Ten resoue crews donned helmets and, believing that the Palmer workings were on fire, they went into that mine. Their search was fruitless. Kelly recalled that an old tunnel con- nected the Palmer and Gates mines and he suggested that the trouble was in the latter workings. Within a few minutes the rescuers were on their way to the Gates. As they reached the shaft they met a crew of miners coming out. These miners, at work two miles from the scene of the explosion, knew nothing of the blast and said they doubted the trouble would be found in the {to be successful a presidential Gates mine. But the rescuers went down and soon found the cave-in —— (Continued on Page 2, Column.5.) dolegation in the House of Repre- sentatives shall have but one vote. It is the unit rule of the Democratic national convention carried to the ex- treme. New York State. for instance, has 43 representatives in the House. Twenty-two are Democrats and twenty-one Republicans. Therefore, New York's one vote would go to Davis if all the Democratic repre- sentatives stuck together for him. The Constitution also provides that can- didate must receive a majority of the States. Tt so happens that there are 20 State delegations in the House con- trolled by Democrats and 23 con- trolied by Republicans. This leaves five States in which the number of Republicans and Democrats is the same. It is to be presumed that these Democrats and Republicans would stick true to their colors and make (Continued on Page 4, Column D. C. T0 PURCHASE SIX PARK AREAS “Triangles” to Be Taken Over by City in Various Sections. Purchase of six park areas in various sections of the city will be completed soon by Surveyor Melvin C. Hazen in accordance with condem- nation proceedings now pending. All of them are triangular plots at the intersections of three streets. «The locations follow: Bounded by Rhode Island avenue, Hamlin and Eighteenth streets north- | east. By Western avenue, Livingston and Forty-second street. By Belt road, Keokuk and Forty- second streets. By Lincoln road, Channing and Second streets northeast. By Bladensburg road, Soutl{ Dakota avenue and Franklin street north- east. By South Dakota avenue, Otis and Twentieth streets northeast. WIIl Ask More Money. Congress has been appropriating a lump sum of $5,000 a year for the acquisition of such “loose ends” of land. The tracts now in process of purchase are being bought out of the 1923-24 appropriation. The current appropriation law car- ries another $5,000 with which addi- tional tracts will be taken. It is un- derstood that the estimates of the Commissioners for next year carry a request for considerably more than has been granted in the past for these small triangular strips. The old section of the city south of Florida avenue is generously dot- ted with these attractive little islands of grass and flower beds, but new subdivisions north of Florida avenue have sprung up so rapidly in recent years that the District has not been able to keep pace in the devel- opment of similar triangles. MARTIAL LAW EXPECTED. Bulgaria Plans to Act Against Communists. SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 26.—A dec- laration of martial law by the Bul- garian government, following the example of Rumania, as a measure against Communists, is expected here. The ministry of the interior has oftered rewards to civiliane for kill- jng bandits, as fast as tl Crew of Express Strikes; Declare Train Hoodooed By the Associated Press. VIENNA, July 26.—The crew of the Innsbruck-Bludenz express to- day refused to take out the train, declaging it was hoodooed. For ten successive days the ex- press, the trainmen said, had stop- ped dead agter passing a stiff grade at the Arclerg tunnel, although police stationed at the place have been unable to see any one manipulating the brakes. Yesterday the train stopped three times, although engineering ex- Derts were watching carefully to discover the cause of the phe- nomenon. . The railway men assert that the occurrences presage a great dis- aster, and people are already boy- cotting trains along this line. COMPROMISE HOPE BROWS AT LONDON Delegates Believe Agreement on Reparations May Be Obtained Before Monday. ACCEPTABLE PLAN FOUND | Would Uphold French Rights Un- der Versailles Pact and Provide Safeguard for Investors. By the Associated Presi LONDON, July 26.—Renewed efforts were being made today to effect a compromise between the apparently {irreconcilable attitude of the French delegates to the interallied confer- ence and the stand of the interna- {tional financiers on guarantees for the proposed £40,000,000 loan to Ger- {many, which will launch the Dawes plan on reparation. { Notwithstanding the week end holi-, day, the leading representatives of the allied governments here did not relax their endeavors to break the deadlock, which has assumed such serious proportions. would still permit the French to maintain their rights under the Ver- jsailles treaty and at the same time {provide such guarantees that the financiers could offer the German bonds to investors with assurances of perfect safety. Believe Agreement Ne: Despite the delays which have oc- curred, the atmosphere of the confer- ence negotiations is not altogether of a pessimistic character. A British official said the technical work of the conference has been completed and that the conferees were ready for their next plenary session Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is taken by many to in- dicate that an agreement between the delegates from France and the inter- national bankers is impending. Only three problems remain to be dealt with. The first is the all-impor- tant one of reconciling the bankers to the conference experts’ proposed meth- ods of dealing with German violations of the Dawes plan. The second is a minor plan of railroad control in the Ruhr, and the third the question of German representations at the confer- ence. Tt is expected that Berlin will be requested immediately to send dele- gates to London. It is increasingly evident that the British and French premiers do not intend to give way entirely to the de- mands of the financiers who would float the German loan. It is believed that it would be po- litically suicidal for either premier to do so. The French bankers are said to be hurrying to London to strengthen Premier Herriot's hands on the loan guarantees matter. The summoning of these financiers sug- gests that in launching a compara- tively small loan under the Dawes plan reliance need not be placed ex- clusively on any one international banking group. Seek Protection Only. In the meantime considerable fn- terest was expressed here over the announcement that Mr. J. P. Morgan is sailing for Europe. Notwithstanding the statement given out by the finan- cier in New York that he was sailing for his annual holiday and that his trip had nothing to do with the Lon- don conference, many were inclined to believe that his appearance here might have considerable effect on con- ference negotiations. The Anglo-American bankers re- sent the imputation that they are seeking to dictate to the conference the terms of guarantees for the pro- posed German loan. They insist that their only interest in the matter is to promulgate a loan which they can honestly recommend to their clients as a safe investment. FRENCH ARE PESSIMISTIC. Feeling Growing That Nation Can Expect Little From Germany. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 26.—French opinion is walting patiently for the London reparation conference to come to some definite decision. The press gen- erally is moderate, but there are un- mistakable signs of discouragement in parliamentary and political circles, manifested in some cases by the out and out declaration that the best thing Premier Herriot can do is to give way on the question of penalties and take the best arrangement he can get in exchange for that conces- sion. A deputy from the district of for- mer Premier Caillaux, who is known to be in the inner councils of the new An acceptable compromise. it is said, | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 91,842 TWO CENTS. LOEB AND LEOPOLD COUNSEL HIT BACK - AT STATE WITNESS Police Sergeant Recalled and Put Through Sharp Cross- Examination. NOTES TAKEN LOOSELY ON WORDS OF SLAYER Gortland Admits Nobody Else { Heard Statement About i “Friendly Judge.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 26—Counsel for Nathan Leopold, jr. and Richard Loeb struck back today at the evi-* dence of the State. For the first time since the open- ing of the hearing Wednesday which is to fix the penalty of the youthfut slayers of Robert Franks, a State witness was cross examined at {length by the defense. Detective Sergt. James Gortland, who yesterday told of conversations with Leopold in which the college student defendant revealed his reac- tions to the crime he had confessea was Stubbornly cross examined by Attorney Clarence Darrow as to the style of his notes and his experience as a police examiner. The action of the defense counsel { was in the nature of a challenge of the testimony of Gortland in which virtually every statement in chief was examined to the most minute de- tail. It was Gortland who yesterday as the State’s 67th witness before Chief Justice John R. Caverly of the | criminal court, who quoted Leopold as having declared murder to be no crime in his code. The witness was asked to read textually his short hand notes on the | statement that if he decided he would | prefer life imprisonment to the gal- lows, he would “plead guilty before a friendly judge.” As the fourth day's session began, it was learned that the defense had {added to its staff of alienists, two | Eastern experts noted for their work |in juvenile delinquency. | “Friendly Judge” Talk. For a considerable time, the cross examination centered upon the triend- | 1¥ judge conversation. Several times during his question- ing of the witness, Mr. Darrow con- ferred with his assodiate counsel Benjamin Bachrach and the boy de- fendants listened in on these whis- pered consulations. It was brought out that Gortland made no mention of the “friendly judge” statement to his superiors in official reports, although, he persisted, he had revealed it to assistant State's | Attorney Joseph P. Savage shortly after it was made and had talked about it with newspaper reporters and friends, both in Chicago and else- where. Witnesses Excused. After an hour's cross examination, Gortland was temporarily withdrawn from the witness stand and ordered not to converse with any one in the court room while Jacob Weinstein, general manager of an optical estab- lishment, was called by the state to identify the glasses found near the railroad culvert which yielded Franks' bod The sudden switching of Witnesses was agreed upon by counsel as an accommodation to Mr. Weinstein, who was waiting in the witness room. ldentifies Glasses. Weinstein identified the glasses presented by the State as correspond- ing exactly to the specifications call- ed for on a “job envelope” on which appeared the name of Nathan Leopold, jr. They in as “peoples” ex- hibit 46. Gortland Recalled. Gortland was called back to stand after the clerk had intoned the customary “Hear ye, hear ye.” Mr. Crowe said he would follow the sergeant's cross-examination with expert testimony on handwriting and some photographic exhibits. Darrow and Bachrach looked over the photographs, Judge Caverly de- laying the opening of court until 10:17 for this purpose. They depicted the scenes and actors In the tragedy in the surroundings revealed by the testimony. The drug clerk who sold acid to Leopold was shown behind his coun- ter; the hotel clerk who received Loeb’s registration as “Morton D. Ballard” was depicted at his desk. and similar reproductions of other scenes were given. Had Worked as Clerk. Mr. Darrow then started cross-que:- tioning Gortland. He started by drawing out a history of Gortland’'s work in the police department. Gort- land’s work proved to have been chiefly clerical and stenographic. “You have been called on, then, for twelve years to take statements from accused persons?” asked Mr. Darrow. “That is correct,” said Gortland. He explained he usually took these by direct dictation on a typewriter. “Did you do that in this case?” “No, sir, 1 made notations,” Gortland. Mr. Darrow called for these notes and then elicited that the sergeant had not taken notes on all his talks with Leopold. Some of the notes were in shorthand and others in writing. “You carried some of these things in your head a week before reducing them to writing?” asked Mr. Darrow. “That is correct,” said Gortland. The witness sald he had never went the said (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) \