New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1915, Page 10

BURG-AMERICAN ASE HANGS FIRE for Convicted Oficials Not pdy to Attack Verdict York, Dec. 3,—The federal court’s final disposition of e of Dr. Karl Buenz and his ssociates in ' the Hamburg- Line, convicted last night Ipiracy to deceive and defraud ited States, hung fire today. Howe had set this forenoon as e for hearing the usual formal B of the defense, but when onvened the defendants’ law- nounced that they were not yet lateness of the hour last night he verdict was reached was d as the reason for their fail- prepare the necessary motions. Howe granted a further post- pnt till tomorrow morning. At ime motions to set aside the and to arrest judgment, pend- peal, will be made. Meantime i1 of the defendants, $5,000 i1l be continued. Out Seven Hours. jury returned its verdict late) ght after having been out nd a half hours. Those con- in addition to Buenz are Geor: general superintendent; Hachmeister, purchasing | and Joseph Poppinghaus, a officer, e motion to set‘aside the ver- iled, Howard Gans, counsel for fense, said an appeal would be to the circuit court of appeals entually the case might go to, fpreme court. Meanwhile the preme court. One Ballot Taken. breaching its decision the jury prted to have taken but one bal- d this after several hours of sion of the evidence in minute The jury was given the case 0 o'clock yesterday afternoon. eman, George W. Palmer, an- ed the verdict at 10:10 o’clock ight, seven and one-half hours four defendants took the ver- almly. After the jury had filed pr. Buenz turned and shook with Kotter, sitting at his left. lwiedersehen,” he said, and Kot- hoed the words. Hachmeister ent. Poppinghaus said in brok- glish: “I do not care. This is| e last word.” ! per Wood, the assistant United | district attorney who conduct- e government's case, had this to | is verdict means onlp one thingy the lawp:of the United States be obse -by citizens of all the erentt rs;. that if our laws olated by any one of them and mericap/government finds it out, | will be} prosecuted.” Judgé Howe’s Charge. fize Howe in his charge to the! said it was lawful for the de- nts to, fénd supplies to the Ger- -fleet, *With thi§ important con- | attached: That in so doing | make ng intentional attempt. to e port collectors and ‘truly state aturs of the cargo ‘and its des- on. there l@ three things you must fle,”” 'Judge Howe charged: ‘“Did jlefendants enter into a conspiracy efraud the United States, as al- , in. order to.find the defendants v. . “First, it Avould constitute a jd against the Unijted States to | ure a clearance from a collector ustoms at a port of the United | es by intentionally making a false ifest regarding the kind or quan- | of cargo' shipped, or the destina- | of such .cargo, whether it was-a gn port or a place on the high where foreign warships were to et for the purpose of delivering h cargoes.” jhe second fraud outlined hy~ | the Ford peace party. to consider ths proposals of peace?” Delavigne emphatically. | TFord dazedly. | the man who tried to run for presi- | have no effect on the mission, as they ‘ly admitted that they had chartered welve ships and fitted them out at a total expense of more than $1,400,000, and sent them out to succor German men-or-war. This, they they had a right to do. They denied all intent to .leckive or defraud the American government and said that they souzht to deceive only the eno- mies of Germany Captain Boy-Ed. l During the trial it developed that | Captain K. Boy-Ed, German naval at- ! tache at Washington, had diYected the expenditure of $750,000 addition- al which was sent here f§om Berlin in August, 1914. The government charged that virtually the entire $750,000 was spent in furtherange of plans to aid German warships at sea, under the supervision and with the knowledge of Captain Boy-Ed. When the defendants took the wit- ness stand, it was brought out that the line’s activity in =sending sup- plies to German warships was the re- sult of an agreement made in 1913, long before the war, between the Hamburg-American line and the Ger- man government. An abstract of this agreement and the cablegrams that passed hetween New York and Ger- many in relation thereto #fter the war was declared were said to have been placed for safekeeping with the Ger- man embassy at Washington. FORD PEAGE PARTY ‘THROWS OVER BRYAN Former Secretary of State Will Not it in Peace Congress New York, Dec. 3.—William Jen- nings Bryan has been thrown over by Henry Ford arrived yesterday from Detroit. He was immediately hustled to the Bilt- more hotel by his attendant peace apostles and closeted with them for two hours. Then he emerged in the hallway flanked by Louis P. Lockner, secre- tary of the Chicago Peace society, and Theodore Delavigne, announced in Detroit as a “Ford peace commis- sicner.” “Will Mr. Bryan be delegates one of the to sit in the peace congress Mr. Ford was asked. “Not if we can help it!” exclaimed Mr, Ford at his elbow smiled in approval. Mr. Ford’s Reply. “We are not concerned with Mr. Bryan now; he has been asked to ac- company us on the trip, that.is all,” said Mr. Ford. , “Have you read Judge Alton B. Parker’'s attack on you in which he characterized you as a strutting clown?! Mr. Ford was asked. “Parker, Parker?”’ repeated Mr. ‘“Who is Parker. Oh, dent? ‘No, I haven't.” Mr. Ford stated that the ruling of the department of state to the effect the peace delegates would not. be glven passports permitting them to visit the belligerent countries would would confine their visit to the neutral countries. No “Strike” in Trenches. Mr. Ford yesterday made his first announcement of definite plans for his peace' expedition, which will sail for Europe Saturday on the Scan- contended, ! | pression that the Washington govern- ment might have some connection with it. It became known tonight that since publications of the plans of the party, the state department has been receiving inquiries, most of them of an informal nature, through the embassies and legations here of the KEuropean powers. Secretary Lansing has promptly explained that the party would carry no credentials from the state department, and did not differ from any other body of Americans traveling in Europe. Seventy-five Passports. Seventy-five passports, good only in neutral countries, were issued by the state department late yesterday for i members of the Ford peace expedi- | tion. Several passports were refused an account of faulty aplications or because the appiicants were not citi- zens of the United States. Dr. Hibben Declines. | Princeton, N. J., Dec. 3—President Hibben of Princeton university yester- day made public his telegram declin- ! ing to send a student representative | from Princeton to accompany the Ford peace par | | Student Accepts, But Not Wanted Piitsburg, Dec,s 3.—William Espy, who Wednesday was selected by the student body of the Carnegie In- stitute of Technology to accompany {he Henry Ford peace party to Ei- after the eulty had refused sially sanction the proposed trip, vesterday reccived a telegram from stating that additional ap- poirtments cannot be made owing to the fact that accommodations for stu- dents have been reduced and a man has been selected from your part of the country.” Florida Governor Declines, Tallahassee, Fla, Dec. 3.—Gover- ANNOUNCEMENT=— New Britain’s newest and most artistic show room, consisting of Electrical Fixtures, Portable Lamps, Novelties and Supplies, also Plumb- ing Fixtures and Supplies will be opened to the Public on Saturday Evening, Dec. 4 If you are in doubt of the right gift for any member of the family, come in and iook over our complete stock for suggestions. SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON VACUUM CLEANERS AND ELECTRICAL IRONS DURING THE OPENING ONLY nor Trammell yesterday declined to accompany Henry Ford to Europe on his peace mission. The governor stated that he was in sympathy with the movement, but official business would keep him at home. CLOTURE FIGHT MAY GO TO SENATE FLOOR Organization of Upper‘House of Con- gress on Monday May Be Delayed. Washington, Dec. 8.—Organization of the senate may be delayed and a Jjoint session of congress Tuesday to listen to President Wilson's address may be prevented unless senate dem- ocrats by next Monday agree on clo- ture, This was the possibility which con- fronted democratic senators when they resumed in caucus today discus- sion of the proposal to limit debate. Democratic senators who are oppos- ing cloture hint that an agreement cannot be reached in caucus and that the fight will be carried to the senate floor when congress convenes Monday. Administration leaders, however, say they are confident of an agreement. The conference had before it today a revised amendment to the rules| which would prevent a senator from | speaking more than an hour on a | rneasure if the senate decided tnat fili- bustering tactics were being resorted to. Senate democrats faced still another | fight when they met—that over the selection of a president pro tempore. Senator Clarke of Arkansas, who is a candidate for re-election, is being op- posed by Senator Pomerene of Ohio. Republicans of the house at a cau- dinavian-American liner Oscar IL. He denied that he had any inten- tion of instigating a strike among the soldiers in ‘the trenches. He said that during the voyage members of his party would be selected as permanent peace delegates to remain in Europe. He expects other neutral nations to send delegations to meet the Ameri- can peace seekers at some place to be decided upon later, probably The Hague. A general conference will then be held to decide on further ste Five Members. Mr. Ford proposes that the delega- lge Howe was the procurance of a ' tion from each neutral country ap- rance by falsely stating the desti- jon of a vessel about to proceed to the third, ake a false record, and the fourth point five members of the permanent body. This volunteer court of arbi- to cause a collector tration will map out various schemes for the establishment of peace in the use a collector to make a false hope of devising terms acceptable to lort to his superiors by having pro- ed a clearance on misiryformation. ould be impossible. Judge Howe h the jury to bring in a verdict guilty for less than two of the de- all the belligerents. Louis P. Lockner, secretary to the expedition, said the idea of ‘“getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas,” had been given up. “The jants, as one mah alone could not | Whole thing is trying the impossible,” ire. Culmination of Probe. Phe trial of Dr. Buenz and his three fpciates was the culmination of an festigation begun last winter by fnts of the department {\f justice the chartering and sailing of rt in neutral vessels from American s in August, September and De- : faber 1914. ~These vessels sixteen bhumber, sailed for south American d African ports and, in two cases, diz, Spain, from New York, Phila- iphia, Newport News, I¥nsacola 4 New Orleans. [In some cases the vessels showed b at points other than their destina- , in other instances were captursd allies warships, many miles out stheir course, and in one case, the | 0 gerican steamer Berwind, actually nsferred supplies to two German verted cruisers. In every case a German super-car- p supreme in command, s:¥'ed and irected or sought to direct the ps- 's movements when she reached he hizh seas. i Two Indictments Returned. 'sAftcr weeks of investigation the in- O ation obtained by government gents was placed before the federal rand jury and two indictments were eturned. They charged conspiracy 0 deceive and defraud the American overnment by the defendants failure 0 state the exact cargoes and the ue destination ‘of the vessels named . obtainine clarance from port ollectors e'lm eourt, the defendants free- | he said, same.” Universal Peace Desire. Mr.: Ford declared later that ‘“en- voys to thirteen belligerent and neu- tral European governments have found overwhelming evidence of a universal peace desire. We have further evidence in hand that the “but we are trying just the belligerent governments would not be |’ opposed to a conference of neutral nations.” Mr. Ford stated that the expedition expects to stop first at Christiania, Norway. ¥From there it will proceed to Stockholm, Copenhagen and The Hague. letters of assurance that the mission will be welcomed with enthusiasm in Norway, Sweden, Holland, Denmark cluded in the itinerary. Not Backed By Government. ‘Washington, Dec. 3.—Several FEu- ropean nation, neutral as well belligerents have inquired of the United States concerning the status of the -peaec party which is to sail on the vessel chartered by Henry Ford. To each, Secretary Lansing has re- plied ‘that the American government not only has no connection with the expedition, but assumes no responsi- bility for any activities or negotia- tions on the part of those engaged in the movement. The fact that Mr. Ford had con- ferred with President Wilson before launching his movement to end the European war, gave some of the am- bassadors and ministers here the im- He asserted he had definite | and other countries which may be in- | as | cus last night completed their mi- nority organization for the coming session. Representative Mann of Il nois, by virtue of his nomination a candidate for speaker becomes mi- nority leader. Others were also named for offices: MAN’S BODY IN BUSHES. Hartford, Dec. 3.—The body of a man about forty-five years of age was found by John Gaghan, caretaker of Riverside Park, in a clump of bushes near the river today. It was a case of suicide by strangulation , a cord running from the neck to a small OOLEY & JOHNSON 0. I. COOLEY “Follow the Lights sapling and the body resting partly on the grovnd. 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