New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1925, Page 1

'ESTABLISHED 1870 ;yu1qry PRESIDING OFFGER OFSEMATE A WOWAN Mrs. Merritt Wields Cavel in Absence of Brainard POTS PEP INTO MEETING Bill Introduced Into House Directing Comptroller t6 Stop Gale—Many "Measares Affecting Auto Owners Go Into Waste Basket, State Capitol, Hartford, 'Feb, '27. ~To the, distinction which is hers of being the first woman to be elect- | ed to the Connecticut state senate, Mrs., Alice Pattison Merritt of the second district added that of being the presiding officer in the absence of Licut.-Governor Brainard today. Thera was the ring of authority in ke tap of her gavel. When Mrs, [Merritt used it to call the body to | order for prayers cvery senator and others who had not noticed who fhad taken the presiding officer’s cat, 1ooked up quickly, Senator [Merritt presided in business-like anner and made her decisions on bills and other legislative matters in clear, firm voice. The senate received a fayorable port on a bill to require com- anies and persons engaged in jit- ey service to have a uniform of ccounting, and to make returns to he public utilities commission. atlure to make reports would mean forfeit of $25 a day and the at- forney general would be ordered to ollect the same, The judiclary commmee sent to he appropriations committes the piil to make the salary of the sec- fetary of the department of public velfare $4.000 a year, It also re- horted a bill concerning changes in boundaries office, sewer and other hunicipal districts having principal- to do with liens on property of ersons affected by such boundary hanges, Meriden ctizens petitioned for in- freased compensation for the deputy judge in the city court there.” The hoflse attendance was smalil ven for & Friday. It was the opin- on of many members that absen- es were afraid of being biown away n their trip to the capitol. Bill to Control Weather Represenfative Wheeler .of Strat- Jord enlivened proceedings by offer- h7 @ resolution providing that the omptrolier bo directed to issue an rder for immediate discontinuance f the gale and for the purpose of nmediate action Mr, Bell of Salis- ury was to be appointed special ssistant to the comptroiler. After hiearty laugh the resolution met fate-~the waste basket. The &enate attendance was more jhan a ‘majority, Many reports on ills were received and among ‘them sere several in which automobilists rere interested but in an adverse ay. | Bills Rejected in Senate. Among biils rejected were these: To create a commission to con- fder advisability of establishing a Jome for neglected dumb animals; froviding for issuance of ownership [ties to automobiles before registra- Jon is granted; requiring the carry- g ot more license plates on auto- obiles than are now required; pro- dlng that Bridgeport might have fower to paes ordinances regulating Ind licensing of taxicabs and oper- tors of such yehicles; providing for he filing of indemnity bonds to cover hachines, or an insurance policy be- hré a license is issued to operate a iotor vehicle; providing that the sent law regarding support of ldren in institutions shall not ap- y to Long T.ane Farm or the boys hool at Meriden. | The bill permitting the city court Norwich to collect any forfeiture penalty which may be made or ecome due to either state, county, r town or city of Norwich on ac- bunt of default of bonds given in hat court was returned to the ju- iclary committee. | No Reimbursement for Cohen. [ The claim of Aaron G. Cohen for limbursement for damage to an air- ane, was adversely reported. Sena br Robbins said it was one of the luties of the state police to inspect rplanes to see if they wefe proper- constructed. While fixing a figure the wing of the plane for-identi- tion purposes tho material was| 0 rotten” that it brok Mr. blien thought he should be paid for | dis- was The committee claim, The bill Amage done. bproved the ected, The bill to protect pedestrians on ite highways by providing bridges | under passes was rejected. A bill | relmburse Fred Hill Camp, Span- i War veteran for repairs paid for Stamford armory, Heavy Bonds For Trea From its calendar the opted these senate bills: Requiring saving banks to make fiport as of the last day of Septem T arer senate 000 in the 000 in the puty under bonds $5 st instance and § ond. Providing for distribution te register and manual [Amending the charter imford Trust Co. Incorporating the college dy. of Mercy at Milford, The_senate. concurred with the use in making Adelherd Moll of w London eligible for membership bt the of the of Our the state teachers’ retirement as. | fation. State Police Hands Strengthened The house session today was flefly given over to committee re- rts, among which was a favorable e on a bill to give the superin- | hdent of the state police and his licers additional powers and jur- Continued on Page Taty-one) ! Placing the state treasurer and his | WD) ‘ProjyIEH “ydaq 1ApY 9§ IM1PIUI0) - Safety League Board May Take Up Charges By Ma_yg Paonessa Mayor A, M. Paoncssa's attack on the Clvic Safoty League execu- tive committee will probably be discussed at a meeting of that committee next Monday evening, President Arthur W. Upson said today, Mr. Upson declined to comment on the mayor's state- ments made to him yesterday. FOUR MEN KILLED IN WRECK IN MAINE {Bodies Remain in Position Until Wrecking Crane Arrives Gardiner, Me,, F'eb, 27,—Four men were killed today when a westbound |freight train of the Main Central railroad crashed into the Aroostock “Potato train” standing on a siding at Farmingdale, one mile east of this city., The victims were believed to be railroad employes. Search; waf begun immediately for the engineer and fireman of the westbound train, The bodies of two men and the feet of two others were visible In the wreckage, but it was impossible to |extricate any of the bodies or to identify them until the arrival of a wrecking crane, The locomotive of the westbound train ploughed through the caboose of the train standing on the siding, demolishing that car and piling upon its ruins 8 heavy refrigerator car which was immediately ahead of it. It was un- der the refrigerator car that the hodies were discovered by a search- ing party. The main line of the Malne Cen- tral was the wreck. Wrecking crews were ordered out from the nearest points and the | county medical examiner was sum- moned, The stationary train was made up of a number of cars loaded with potatoes from Aroostock coun- ty. ' 101 SCARLET FEVER CASES [Health *Department Officials Say They Are Not Alarmed and Do Not Consider it An Epidemic. There are now 101 cases of scarlet {fever in the city, . but despite the prevalence of that disease the health department does not consider it to be in the epidemic class. Scarlet fever has extended over a period of several weeks and reached its high point this month with 121 cases, 0il Lease Trial Will Continue on March 9 Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 27.—Trial of the government's suit for annul- ment of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve lease held by the Mammoth 0il Co., will proceed on March 9, next, Judge T. Blake Kennedy of the U. 8. District court decided today in overruling the government's petition for a continuance. ESKIN APPOINTED New Haven, Feb. 27.—Samuel Fs- kin was today appointed by High Sheriff James Geddes as a deputy sherifl to succeed James D. Kelley of this city, who had resigned. NEW' BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1925 FORGES OF ALLIES WAY HOLD COLOGNE Program of Indefinife Occupe- tion Being Considered SAY BERLIN BROKE FAITH Suspicion of Germmny By France Brings up New Policy Which is Expected to Delay Evacuation Re- gardless of Promiscs, BY The Assoclated Press, Paris, Feb. 27.~~The allies now are discusisng through diplomatic chan- nels whether it will be safe to evacu- ate the Cologne bridgehead no mat- ter what Germany may promise to do with reference tq the clauses of the treaty of Versailles which the report of the allied military control misison alleges she has violated. As the result of the feeling of sus- pleion raised by the repeated viola- tions orthe disaarmament clauses of the treaty, as reported by the mis- sion, the evacuation of the area is regarded in French circles as di- rectly bound up with the security of France and Belgium in such a way that some satisfactory guarantees ought to be given in addition to as- surances that specific violations wil come to an end, Trench Theory. The French theory that continued occupation of the district is authoriz- ed is based on the last paragraph of article 429 of the treaty, graph is contained in section 3 of the article which provides for evacuating the Mainz and Kehl bridgeheads and the remaining occu- pled German territory at the ex- piration of 15 years. It says that “it at that date the guarantees agalnst unprovoked aggression by Germany: are not considered suffi- clent by the allied and associated governments the evacuation of the occupying troops may be delayed to the extent regarded as necessary for the purpecse of obtaining the requir- ed guarantees.” This paragraph has been held in some quarters to apply particularly to the third section of the article, but the French jurists hold it is ap- plicable to all three stages of the evacuation for which that article provides—first the Cologne Bridge- head, second that of Coblenz, and third the Mainz and Kehl bridge- heads. The “guarantecs ggainst unpro- voked aggrossipn by CGermany® “to which the article” refers cannot, in view of the violations of the disarm- ament clauses of the treaty and the spirit 6hown in Germany be consid- ered as sufficient, is the French view. Hence, until suth' guarantees are furnished, they argue, the allies are not only justified in remaining in Cologne but are in duty bound to do 80, Negotiations Tentative. The negotiations on this subject are still In the tentative stage and it is_expected here they will be the subject of a talk between Premier Herriot and Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign secretary, when the latter passes through Paris shortly on his way to Geneva, although no definite meeting between the two statesmen has yet been arranged. The allied war committee s com- pleting its work on the control mis- sion’s report, so that Marshal Foch probably will be able to give the council of ambassadors the military experts’ views of the findings in the! report next Monday. DISABLED VETERANS LEAGUE HEAD DENIES ALL CHARGES House Investigating: Committee Hears John T. Nolan Describe Or- ganization, | i | | Washington, Feb. 27.—John Nolan, national commander of national disabled soldiers’ continued before the house investi- T the | league, | | gating committee today his denlal of | charges preferred against the or- ganization. ‘ The leaguc's conventions, he said, | were regularly constituted, despite testimony of other witnesses to the | contrary, At the Boston «'0n\'~‘nll0n| in 1923 he hired detectives to at- tend, he added, because he had | heard the convention was to be| broken up by a Jersey City man | suspended from membership, and | others, The witness insisted no men being hired as “spectators” | at the Atlantic City cogvention in 1924, and denied that the conven }tion was stopped by the mayor. He maintained that npames of mem- bers of the league's advisory board | were not used without authority. The membership of therleague is over 45, the commander declared, | | and there are 116 posts scattere { over the country. He called atten- tion to league literature declaring it | had helped to settle with the veter- ans' bureau 33,000 service claims. olan denled that he had repre- sented himsclf as a member of | congress; had pald to fix the New L\nrk district attorney’s office; had paid for favorable newspaper stories | or had trled to fix the house com- mitt | [t he knew of | | (Contiaued on Page Twenty-ve) | | Beaver stregt, INVADE SLEEPING CAR, ROBBERS GET $10,000 Passengers Stripped of Valuables as Train Speeds Along Chicago, Feb, 27.—Gems and cur- " |rency valued at $10,000 were taken {from the slceping car passengers of the New York Central Express by two men armed with sawed-off shotguns and pistols as| the train sped from Chesterton ,Ind., {to Gary, Ind, toward Chicago last night. The men, who boarded the train at Toledo and unobtrusively re- mained in day coach all day dropped off at Gary after the rob- | bery and disappeared. Indiana and Chicago police co-operated with [rallroad detectives in a fruitless | sarch for them last night. Shortly before the train meared Gary, the men left the day coach, foroed two trainmen to mecompany them into the single sleeping car and locked the door. The one |armed with the shotgun mounted a seat and threatened the passengers, 'some of them women, twhile the confederate walked up the aisle and compelled them to drop their valu- lalbkl‘s in his hat. AND GANG ROUTED | Nick Lombardo complained to the police this morning that a number of boys In the neighborhopd of 198 where he keeps his have a club in the loft of the and do considerable smoking He wants the pofice to in- horse, barn thera, He had told C. C. Biggs of | vestigate and break up the regular | gatherings of the vouthful admirers of “lady nicotine.” That para- | | lative appropriation bill wth its to Rush Thru (8pecial to the Merald.) Hartford, Conn,, ¥eb, 27.—Major- ity Leader B, W. Alling of New Brit- ain used his influence with the cities and boroughs committea this morn- ing to have the ‘hearing for the amendments to the charter of the city of New Britaln, scheduled for this afternoon, postponed unul a later date. The assignment for the hearlng, this afternoon appeared In the bulle- tin for the first time yesterday and called for action today, Mr, Alling did not like that angle. Representative Alling explained to members of the committee that the New Britaln representatives had promised Mayor Paonessa and mem- bers of the city government in New hearing, and that it would be un- ested to appear with only 24 hour's notice, Senator Edward T, Hall also was actlve in having the hearing post- poned, saying the first he heard of GLACTAL MONUMENT IN ALASKA CHOSEN (Presidential Proclamation Establishes First Park of Its Kind Washington, Feb. 27.—The first glacial monument ever established by the government was created in a presidential proclamation issued today on recommendation of Secre- tary Work, setting aside an area of 1,820 square miles on the southeast coast of Alaska. It will be known as Glacier Bay National Monument. With the endorsement of the Na- tional Geographic society the monu- ment was created on petition of the icological Society of America, which pointed out that the region affords unique opportunities for scientific study of glacier movements of an- clent interglacial forests. Since the first records of its at- tractlons were written by Vancouver, | the éxplorerin 1794, the area has been & center of interest to glacial- Ists and scientists, The monument includes the fam- ous summits of Mount Fairweather, | Mount Lituya and Mount Laperouse. Tast year 2,560,000 acres were withdragvn from public domain in this section pending determination as to what portion should form the monument. Now that its boundar- les have been fixed, the lands in- cluded will be thrown open to home- stead settlement and mineral and other development. WOMAN BADLY BURNED Clothing of 82-Year-Old Norwich | Resident Catches Fire at Stove— | Rushes to 'Phone. | Norwich, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Nellie A. (White) Harwood, widow of former Mayor Calvin Harwood of this city, was probably fatally burued at her }hnlm* 12 Washington street, this |fire from the flame of a gas stove, over which she was preparing lunch. age apparently attempted to tele- phone for aid, as she was found on the floor with her clothing in flames and the telephone near at hand. An | ambulance was summoned and the aged weoman was removed to hospital. Firemen extinguished the flam in the house. At the hospital it w sald that the woman's body w burned from head to feet and that she had apparently inhaled the | | flames. Mrs. Rowen Denies Advice to Followers Los Angeles, Feb, 27.—Mrs, Mag- aret V Rowen, “prophetess of Doom,” called at the city prosecu- tors office here, it was announced | her followers to dispose of their | wordly goods in preparation for the “end of the world,” scheduled for | last February 6. Since a the Doomday date, remained in seclu or two provious to Mrs. Rowen had on. | Congressional Salary Raise Up to President Washington, Feb. 27.—The legis- pro- \ lative appropriation bill with its pro- | bers-of congress and the cabnet was | returned to President Coolidge today | by the budget bureau and afterward | was the subject of a confercnce be [ tween the president and Director Lord, who presented figures as to the cost of the salary raises. Action on the measure president fs expected withi days, but opinion among thage close to the president remains divided as to whether he will sign or veto it the a few by *. THE W —— For New Britain and vicini- || ty: Fair tonight and Saturday, continued oold. * Surprised At 24-Hour Notice, Saying New Britain Offi- cials Expect Warning of One Week Britain a week's notice before the | falr to expect all the people inter- | |afternoon when her clothing caught | Mrs. Harwood, who is 82 years of | the | today and emphatically denied re-! Western fports that she had presuaded any n!‘ Clmrter Changes it was when he read 1t In yester- day's New Britain Herald, Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham was unaware of the date set for the hearing until he read it in last night's paper. The hearing will be held at a later date and New Britain officlals will be given a week's notice, Leader Alllng said to- day, An act anthorizing the Bristol and Plalnville Electric Co. to change the par value of its capital stock, was tabled in the house of representa- tives today, because of the absence of the chairman of the committee on incorporations. The blll was introduced by Rep- | resentative Peck of Dristol and the {legal mechanics are being handled by Plerce & Pierce of Bristol, The bill authorizes the company | to reduge the par value of its stock | from $100 to one half, one quarter or | | one tenth, subject to the vote of its {‘haara of directors. The bill has re- celved a favorable report from the | committes on incorporations, IRITGLA REINSTATED BY COMMITTEE VOTE ot All in But| |Returns, Runner Has Majority in His Favor New York, Feb, 27.-~The rein- | statement of Willle Ritola, l"lnuish-{ American distance runner who wa | suspended two days ago for fail |ure to appear in Boston, was as- sured today upon the receipt of | majority of votes cast in the tel | graphic pool of the national regi tration committe of the amatcunn | athletic union, | At National A, A. U, headquarters, it was said that 14 of the 15 votes received so far favored the rein- statement of Ritola, thus assuring iim @ majority among the 23 mem- bers of the registration comnrittee. \UMLKAIW however, . the balioting ill not close untdl late today. Ritola, with thig assurance of ]d\ | return to good standing, planned to ‘”r“ne this afternoon wth his coun- [ tryman, Paavo Nurmi, for Louis- | ville, where they will compete to- morrow in the National Senior A. A. U. track championskips Ritola is entered in the steeplechase and Nur- mi is expected to start in the two- mile title race.’ Ritola was suspended by New Eng- | land A, A, U. authorities after his failure to appear, as scheduled, at the American ILegion meet in Bos- ,lon last Monday This action was ! taken in spite of the acceptance by | Hauoml and Metropolitan A. A. U. officials here of the explanation for | Ritola’s absence made by Hugo | Quist, the runner's manager. It was | | based partly on a charge by Boston | | promoters that Quist accepted $40. 40 | advance expense money for Ritola's | trip. This, however, was flatly de-| | nied by Quist, who asserted the| {money represented a loan obtained | for Nurmi's expenses on a previous | trip which took him into New Eng- | Jand. This amount has since been | returned by Quist, | STRUGK BY AUTO Resident of Greenwich in Portches- | a | | I i \ I ‘ ter Hospital—Driver of Car Held Pending Outcome of Injuries, Greenwich, Feb, 27.—Morton Zoc- | hariasen, 70, well known resident I here, is in a serions condition at the United hospital, Portchester, N. Y., |as a result of injuries sustained when he was struck early today by an automoblle operated by Edward IT.. Zuft of Greenwich. The @ .mmm‘ | occurred on the Byran road. Zochariasen and his wife had | just alighted from a car driven by | Stephen Stephenson of Pnrhn/mtwr,; whom they had been visiting. | It was said at the hospital that| Zochariasen’s skull was fractured one leg fractured and that he hac sustained possible internal injuries. \ Zuft was arrested and held under | ;s'-nm bonds pending the result u(“ | Zochariasen's injuries. | | | | 14 | |admiral r Gales Take 84 Lives Off Coast of Iceland | By The Assoctated Pross. Hull, England, Feb. four men are believed to h lost in the fierce gales which have swept the Icelandic fishing grounds during the last four days. Fourteen men went down svith the | Hull steam trawler Scapa Flow, six Hull fishermen and 24 Icelanders | were lost in the fishery steamer | Field Marshal Robertson, J veached here that the lc¢ mer Leiferrhepar is lost with 40 M.)ds all Icelanders. and ne landie | Revenue Cutter Sagamorc | Burns; 15 Sailors Eicape‘ Halifax, N. 8. Feb. _Fifteen sallors had narrow escapes today |when the revenue cutter Sagamore |? | was destroyed by a fire at a pier in | the government shipyard The cutter burned to the edge, was towed blazing to B 3asin and beached. She was built in-1888 at Bath, Malne, and for some | i years before being converted into "I revenue cutter she served as American’s yacht. at McCook |the planes defending | enemy | with more fcommand the air, I don't |is gunfire, |it an anti-aircr | the r ~—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGE Alling and Hall Block Efforts SIHS OPPOSES UNIED AIR FORGE Believes That U. §. Should Have Many Rliers NAYY BACKBONE BROKEN Sea Forces Should Command Air From Shere Out—Not Much Im- pressed by Finding of Speical Navy Board—Ships Not Strong Enough, ‘Washington, Feb, 27.—Rear Ad- miral William Sims, retired, today vigorously opposed before the house aircraft committee the ereation of a unified air service as urged by Briga- dier General Mitchell, assistant army afr chief. The witness predicted that “the capital ship of the future” would be an airplane carrier. Questioned about mavy administration in gen- cral, he charged that the naval offi- cers in high positions are not in sympathy with the naval war col- lege. Secretary Dauiels permitted himsell to be surrounded by officers who had not attended the college, he sald, and Secretaries Denby and Wilbur continued with the same officers. Another witness on today’s list was J. A. Roche on aerodynamic engineer field near Dayton, O., summoned for further questioning on recent wind tunnel tests on alr- plane specifications submitted by J. V. Martin a New York manufacturer | and rejected by the army in 1920, The committee ordered the recerit |tests after Mr. Martin had complain- ed that his rejected specifications called for better plans than those in use by the army today. Seeretary Weeks, whora the com- mittee voted yesterday to recall was not on the list of these to Le exam- ined today, members deciding to | postpone the questioning of the war | secretary until tomorrow, Admiral Sims read to the com- | mittee an article written by him in July, 1923, declaring the airplane will hold the key of power in the Inext war. Bombing tests against the German battleship Ostfriesland, the article said, showed that rela- tively small bombs could sink vessel and that no surface ship could long escape destruction if ex- posed to an attack from the air. “Even those who elaim the ba! tleship ia the backbone of the fleet, he said, “odmit a fleet must have an adeqmu. ajr force. The adiniral declared that when two fleets nieet at sea, “the one with the largest air force will be the ul- timate victos it can destroy the other's air force and then bomb the ships at will” The Panama Canal could be de- fended against capture, he id, protected by a greater air force than that of the attacking fleet. He pr dicted an era of competitive build ing of “mobile naval air forces. “It Japan should attack Hawaii | with a fleet of twelve airplane car- | auxiliary craft and no battleships, he said, she would hav an advantage over “our fleet of bat- tleships and the Langley.” Such a Japanese flc ed, would be able to the Hawaiian defen riers, other he declar- bomb down™ »s and destroy the Island. it | | mediately after the funeral. The admiral endorsed the building | up of a powerful air force by the United States, however, and declared the airplane would play a predomi- | nate part in the next war. rplane with the sub- admiral said and an cannot exist ‘“unless g course at full the the ct a zig Couple marine, fl steaming “If a fleet comes up a alrplane carriers and can e how we win,” he added. “If there is g I know about the mavy, it and after making all cal- culations it is a piece of good luc can anyt fire the guns, of and the noise will relieve t sion, In opposing a unified air service, Admiral Sims said the navy needed naval of famillar with navy tac- s, operating its aircraft. “The air for from out,” he 4, “must be {by the navy and I think |submarine and aire oped, ot nece we can protect ou enemy coming across th Not Impressed By m-pnr(. Asked on of the re- cent report of the spe which held that the mains the first line plied: wasn't much port he day after it issued the of the navy sued a statement hearti it, but opinion of the technical matter like 't amount to much he findi of the ust what a they would t The recent hombing tests battleship Washing th dded, likewise did not impre For some un the distance | charges w with the from an for his opl batti of defen: ip re- the impressed with was is approving cretary on “r secretary boar f people lot of nown at exploded had be | secret class b “Would ou: In first condition for battle ters and clevated t Representative I New Jersey. 5 m't admiral, like ! ton probabl | blisters of As 1 understand board's report,” asked battleship rema h it th avy be if we put or a pth cha Washir thing so.” answere 1ding t Ainst t 1 have wou 1 sackbon: t rig but it's he navy “Yet, is swered Sims. broken,” an- ainst ours | {He brought suit aga 5 o ¢ |uileging ft gunner hits an air-| ;o' tried out last week, Attorney | Gerard Casale representing Drobegg. the shore | commanded | 1 navy board ! | had | blown the | member, condueted the service, # PRICE THREE CENTS Stoneham and Others Acquitted on Charge of Using Mails to Defraud Stock Investors Verdict Sealed Last Night Opened Today —New York Baseball : Magnate Has Perjury Trial Yet To Face. |ALLEGED TO HAVE JUGGLED ACCOUNTS — e HERE'S WHAT LIQUOR DOES Atlantic City, N, J, Feb, 27.— Thomas Thornton expressed re- grot today to abting recorder Waldmayer that liquor had af- fected his chivalry, Thornton was arrested at the Hotel Edison last night when he fell out of the closet in & woman guest's room when she opened it to get an evening gown. He was sound asleep but her screams awoke him. He was gazing dazed- ly about when the pollce arrived, “Judge, I gotta lay off that llquor now,” he said this morn- ing. T woke up once before sit- ting in the cross tree of a tele- phone pole, " He was fined $10, WCORMICK FUNERAL HELD IN CHIGAGO Federal Offices Are Closed | and Flags Half-Masted in His Honor PSR, New York, Feb. 27.—A federal jury today acquitted Charles A. Stoneham, Ross I, Robertson and’ |1ilmore D, Dier on charges that they {used the malls in a conspiracy to defraud stock market investors. The verdict, scaled last night 10 hours after the jury received the case, was opened before Judge Wing- {low shortly after 10 a. m. Stoneham, who is president and }(‘hh\f owner of the New York Na- tional League Baseball elub and has {heavy interests in Cuban race tracks, remain under indictment for perjury |in connection with testimony in the | bankrupt bucket shop of Edward M. Fuller and Co. As the verdict was read a throng of spectators within the courtroom and overflowing to the halls leaped into a demonstration of approval which a large force of deputy mars shalls had difficulty in suppressing. Stoneham heard the verdiet with- lout displaying a ripple in the com- posure he has maintained since the trial began last January 13, The jurors also gave voice to &' |faint cheer when Judge Winslow in- Dalzell, acting pastor of the church, |formed them that because of the ar- of which Senator MeCormick was u | 1u0US duty just completed they |would be excused from jury service The body will be entombed in|for the next three years. Graceland cemetery here until final| Miss Mae Boylan, the baseball burial at Byron. | magnate's young secretary, who was Mrs. Robert. 8. McCormick, his | also a chief witness for the defense, mother, il in Florida, was unable to | Va8 one of the first to congratulate attend. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- | Stoneham. mick, widow, accompanied the body| A reporier asked: “Is there '"’ from Washington and joined the|truth in reports that you intended to 9 Chicago, Feb. 27.—All stations of civil and political life in the nation, state and clty were represented at the simple funeral services today for Senator Medill McCormick, In accordance with his oft-ex- pressed wishes, the services at the Fourth Presbyterian church included only prayers, scriptural reading and singing by the choir, with no funeral oration or sermon. The Rev. H. A, ot Charles Drobegs, former negligence Judge Hinman's finding, follows: “The principal claim of the de- fendant 1s that the plaintiff has not blished his own freedom from | ributory negligence. is sufficient evidence that the plaintiff, before he left the side his car looked in both directions and at that the defendant's W 800 feet or more di , and t walked hurriedly across the rvoad and was struck by the defenc car be had reached th er side of the concrete, 20 feet in mnh Such conduct on his part would in part, s con 1ere of time s had ust rs. TI tended that the withhelc in pay viously ol 1 nt's fore he “The defonda proact befor bu nt clain 1 much r be started to cr en were this v d the plaintiff v att int 0SS road, plaintiff the corr plac rsion t twes ng counsel twe to cross when counse three children at the \1cCorm1ck“°“”’ from baseball if convicted?” - winter residence here, “That’s all the bunk,” Stoneham Orders were {ssucd yeserday to|replied with a laugh. He added that [ elose the departments in the federal | 12 hiad no prrangentent to dlsposa of { | building except the post oftice, dur- | DI§ interests in the Giants to John ' ing the hour of the funerai, auq | PAEIING, “the elicts’ man, and that: flags were draped at half-mast over | WDAET no circumslances would he re- all public buildings, | tire from baseball. . Senator-elect Charles 8, Deneen, | History of Case. named yesterday by Governor Len| A federal indictment charging use mall to complete the unexpired five 0f the mails to defraud was returned days of Senator McCormick’s term, [January 11, 1024, against Charles A planned to leave for Washington im. Stoneham; Horace A. Stoneham, his |brother; Ross 1", Robertson, his bro- —_— |ther-in-law and former partner; Leo \J. Bondy, his attorney; Eimore D. |firm of 1. D. Dier and Co., brokers; |Fred Andrews, Bernard A. Andrews JU"HMENT F[]R I 50" and August . Stroh, employes of Dier. | Stoneham and his associates were charged with transferring customers’ |accounts, sald to aggregate mnearly Man Hit by Auto on Plain- 5,000,000 to the Dier company, in 1 21, although all the defendants ville Road Recovers knew the Dier firm’s affairs at that s |time were in bad condition. Shortly for Injuries lafter this transfer, the Dier firm | failed for about $4,000,000. The gov- ernment charged Stoneham with Judgment for the plaintiff to re- wending a form letter to his cus= cover damages of $1,500 and costs tomers recommending the Dier firm has been hunded down Dby Judge |as !‘v”“"k'f'“ Sl R % SRS | A “Budket Shop” Hinman in superior court in the suit| . & REECE BB o locul | mormer employes of Dier and Cog businessman against John 8. R. Tor- testified that the firm had operated rell. as a bucket shop as carly as 1915, Drobegg was struck by a car driv- lunder the name of Hughes and Dier; en by Carlson on Plainville r that Dier had been insolvent six more than a year ago and was con- |months before the transfer; that fined to a hospital for several weeks. there was an agreement between inst the autoist, | Stoneham and h ciates and the and the matter [ Dier firm, whereby Stoncham was to S. |receive 10 per cent of equities from [the customers he had turned over: and that Stoncham had withdrawn or had charged against his personal account with Dier and Co., before it failed, more than $420,000 Government witne s, former em- ployes of Stoneham and of Dier, tes- tified that Stoneham withheld about $2.403,895 worth of customers’ stocks delivered the accounts to 1 that Stoneham per cent of his lefense con- 1 stock was 1 pre Stoncham, government had iberately s d cortain ledg- érs and books relative to the case, and counter ¢! es hy the prosecu- n that this evidence had been sup- ssed by Bernard J, Reis, account for the tru bankruptey to many bitt argnments be. n conten and bhe n he and the court, Try To I'rove Solvenc introd 1 ¢ calenlated to ° nsider prove of fon hat Dier was et urn, solver Th i ered a5 witnesses account. officials of the New York ha tostified that , wag in bad T wit) at the tir nsfer prosecution, ants an stock exc |St. Pa ul H:\\ 0 000 Dier & Eight I(‘Im\ Zero Blaze e 5 epute 3 the court directed al for Bondy and .md on I'eh, 25 ittal of Horaces rews and Stroh m is principal owner and of the National Exhibition ) operates the New club, More than ed st $750,000 ,M today when T buildings in here. Two T Three Eight bel wind hampered firem g s were unaceount ed for. reons were rescu pe ow zero We S York National He also has'racing interests in Cuba. PI“ sicians Say Ebert Another federn) Indictment charging lmplm es (onctamlv [perjury in connection with his vela. & tions with the defanct E. M. Fuller§ 1 nst Stoneham. who beer e defendant in nu. merous suits hrought by customers accounts he eansed to be improving |transferred to Dier and CH, is h has also nt Bt on this ¥ fans ¢ ¥ t passed the crisis of } was afternoon The | whose patient’s constantly