Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1935, Page 8

A—8 = BARON ACQUITTED INHOUSE OF LORDS De Clifford Freed of Man- slaughter Charge by As- sembled Peers. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 12.—Scarlet- garbed peers of England today ac- quitted Lord de Clifford, 28 years old, of a charge of manslaughter arising from an automobile accident. The verdict of innocence was re- turned by the members of the House | of Lords after six hours of juridical pageant such as had not been seen in England in the last 34 years. The verdict—“not guilty upon mine honor’—was pronounced one by one by the assembled peers with their right hands over their hearts following the taking of evidence. Lord Hailsham, serving as attorney for the defense, told his brother lords: “There is mo evidence of criminal negligence or even negligence.” Con- sequently, he argued, there was no case against De Clifford Makes Plea Before Bar. The youthful lord took his place before the bar to answer the ques- tions ““How sa not quilty? ou, Around him, seated in a horseshoe | tier, the solemn tribunal of his fellow peers, in crimson robes and cocked hats, looked down on him in judg- ment. Lord de Clifford himself was un- covered and without his robes. He listened intently while the sergeant at arms unrolled a parchment scroll and proclaimed: “Our sovereign lord the King strictly commands all persons to keep silence on pain of imprisonment!” Then the trial began. A picturesque ceremony dating back to the Magna Charta and the reign of King John (1199-1216 A. D.), the trial invoked for the first time since 1901 the age-old prerogative of Brit- ain's peers to transfer felony charges against one of their number from the common criminal courts to the House of Lords. Bishops Denied Privilege. ‘The historic privilege is shared by all peers except bishops, who were denied it because they refused to ad- mit the jurisdiction of a law court and thus could not claim any rights as peers. The trial of Earl Russell, charged with bigamously marrying Mollie Cooke, an American, at Reno, Nev., in 1901, was the last such assemblage of the peers to pass judgment on one of their fellows. Earl Russell was con- victed and sentenced to three months’ {mprisonment, but was given a free pardon 10 days later by the King. The case at bar arose from an auto- mobile accident at Kingston-on- Thames in which Douglas George Hopkins, & commoner, was Kkilled. YVan Sweringen (Continued From First Page.) became outstanding railroad owners and operators before they had reached middle age. The era of rail ccasolidations found them in 1932 in control, bv means of holding companies, of 21,000 miles of railroads with a total value of nearly $3.,000,000,000. Their systems extended from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains at Pueblo, and south to El Paso, Tex. This industrial empire building reached its apex in 1930, when they acquired controi of the 12,564 miles of the Missouri Pacific with its subsidi- aries, including the Texas & Pacific, the International Great Northern and the Gulf Coast road. ‘Then, for the first time, the brothers found it advisable to divide their re- sponsibilities. Oris became chairman ©f the board of the Missouri Pacific, Yesigning from the Eastern roads di- rectorates. This left Mantis at the head of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Nickel Plate, the Erie, the Pere Mar- RESORTS, AT!.:ANT}C CITY, N. OTEL DENNIS ATLANTIC CITY elightt Y LY For Yuletide D o Calabration and Comp Imentery Supper. THREE BLOCKS FROM AUDITORIUM AND UNION STATION WALTLR J. BUZSY. Inc. Plans. $50 up. round trip. with private bath. PFrequent sailings direct to dock at Hamiiton. Furness Ber- Line. 34 Whitehall 8. New York. Balto., 5.5. Berkshire,7.30 p. m. Fri. Dec. 20; due back Thurs., Jan. 2. B~ Apply Travel Bureau, % 1416 H Street, NW., ‘Washington - or Tourist Agents MERCHANTS=MINERS LINE my lord—guilty or| Colo,, | Freed by Peers BARON 1S ACQUITTED OF MANSLAUGHTER, LORD DE CLIFFORD, —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. quette, the Hocking Valley and allied lines, The brothers’ climb to success was frequently threatened by financial difficulties. They invoked every means to keep intact their vast holdings since the 1929 market collapse. As recently as September 30, 1935, | the Van Sweringens faced possible | loss of the empire to_which they had devoted years to building. The pair, supported by a Great | Lakes steamship operator and an In- diana glass jar manufacturer, re- gained control of their $3,000,000,000 empire as a part of its securities was | placed on a public auction block in New York. They submitted bids aggregating | $3.121,000, together with $1,582,000 offered by an investment house, to X ‘. %}\ # ¥ | | | take back key securities earrying con- trol of thé most extensive railway system ever held in private hands. To recoup their position, the Van Sweringens formed the Mid-America Corp., in which G. A. Tomlinson of Cleveland and George A. Ball of Muncie, Ind,, were associated. The brothers thus obtained col- lateral offered by & banking group headed by J. P, Morgnn & Co. on de- fau't of loars by the Van Sweringens aggregating with back interest ap- proximately $50,000,000, The banking group suffered losses of $45,207,000. x The brothers were born . near ‘Wooster, Ohio, Mantis on July 8, 1881, slightly more than two years after Oris. At the age of 15 Oris got a job as| office boy for the Bradley Chemical Co. Two years later Mantis fol- lowed suit. The boys won promotion together and became clerks. The younger brother was scarcely of age when they turned their minds to real estate in the rapidly growing Ohio metropolis. Théir first enterprise in the new field was & failure, but they tried again, A tract of 2,000 acres was on the| market near the city afd with bor-| rowed money they obtained options, named it Shaker Heights and started & suburb. Mantis was then 24 and | Oris 26. They bolstered their finances by selling parts of their holdings | “wholesale,”. meanwhile acquiring op- | tions on adjoining tracts. They also started a rapid transit line to make| the place practical for homes. Make Large Profit. | "The project prospered and the land, | appraised at $240,000 in 1900, attained a Iater value of nearly $30,000,000 as THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935, ™ D. C, annuai payments of ssoson each. | HOG KILL SLUMPS TO ALL-TIME LOW To help this yoad they bought three more—the Toledo, St. Louls & Western Slaughter of 1935 Nears 26, 000,000, Smallest Total Since (Clover Leaf), then in receivers' hands; the Lake Erie & Western, and the Detroit, Toledo & Shore Line. They consolidated the four roads in 1923, The system made money and “the Vans” became powers in the. trans- portation industry, B Records Started. By the Assoclated Press, CHICAGO, December 12.—Fewer pigs have gone to market in 1935 than in any year since tabulations were started 28 years ago, the records showed today. —_—— Slightly more than 23,000,000 hogs ACCOUNTANTS TO MEET were slaughtered this year, Govern- With the District social security ment statistics showed. Butche: act up for discussion, the District of Columbia Institute of Certified Public knives were expected to claim 2,500 000 more before the year has ende farm belt has recovered from the 1934 | 8 : L trol Elevated Trains Collide, New A. A, A. corn-hog contracts| CHICAGO, December 12 (#).—More were designed to increase hog produc- | than 100 passengers were shaken up tion 30 per cent. In a collision of two elevated trains last night. Two women were treated for minor bruises. The accident oc- curred at the State-Lake station. A (:o-rkur Humboldt Park train was struck in the rear by a three- - fleld Park traim, o O bringing ‘the total to near 26,000,000, almost 50 per cent below the kill last year. In 1923, a record-breaking i’;;;. the figure was double that for The only other year in which Gov- ernment tabulators marked down less than 30,000,000 hogs was 1910, when the total was 26,103,783, Hog receipts were expected to begin & gradual increase nert year. The Many Germans in Chile. 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