New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1926, Page 1

News of the World By Associated Press ESTABLISHED 1870 “wao) P DEFENSE CLAIMS DOHENY'S ADVANCE OF $100,000 TO FALL WAS F Prosecution in Conspir- acy Case, on Other Hand, Maintains This Was Integral Part of Plot to Rob Govern- ment. Claim Made by Defendants That Secrecy Was Need- ed Because of Diplomatic Situation With Japan. Washington, Nov. 23 (P —The §100,000 sent in a little black sat- chel to Albert B. Fall by Edward Doheny in 1921 immediately became the focus of attention for both pros- ecution and defense today as trial of the two men on a charge passed through {ts prelim- conspiracy | | Chickens are selling 42 to 46 cents | RIENDLY DEED GUT GOST OF MEAL FOR THANKSGIVING Prices for Staple Foodstuifs Less Than in 1925 TURKEYS 58-65 CTS. POUND Vegetables Also Less Than Last Year—Member of Families in Need of Assistance Reported to Be About 2,000, Thanksgiving will be cheaper in New Britain this year according to prices of goods on display in local grocery stores. A number of food | articles are sald to be lower in price this year than they were last year. Turkeys which sold for 65 and 70 today for 58 to 65 cents a pound. inary stages. Before the first witness was called, the jury heard attorneys on both | sides describe in great detail their conceptlons of the significance of the cash payment that passed from the | oil magnate to the interior secre- tary. The government, through Special | Prosecutor Owen J. Roberts, de- scribed the $100,000 as an integral part of the conspiracy alleged in the | indictment, with a direct relation to | the arrangement by which Doheny was awarded the Elk Hill oil re- serve lease. Frank J. Hogan, speaking for the defense, said it was nothing but an advance made by Doheny to his old friend, who happened to be a mem- ber of the cabinet, to aid financial difficulties. Explains Secrecy Replying to prosecution charges of gecrecy in formulation of the gov- ernment policy which led up to the | lease, Hogan declared. some of the documents, relating to construction of oil storage tanks at Honolulu, had been kept confidential because of ortain questions with Japan, then under discussion. Wanted Water Supply Tall's neighbor 'was a man said Hogan. “When all desired to se- cure the Harris holdings, in order | to retain a water supply source | which originated in Harris' land, but | he did not have the money. “Mr. I"all explained to his friend, Mr. Doheny, the danger of the Har- ris land faliin; into strange hands, saying that if he could get this land him in | “Mr. named Har Harris died, Mr. he would retire gladly from public | life. He originally agreed to stay in the cabinet for one year, but President Harding asked him to re- | main longer. “Mr. Doheny inquired of Fall how much he would need to buy the Har- ris property, the secretary saying £100,000 would e needed. Mr. Do- Theny said that if the deal could be consummated he would let Fall have the monc “Mr. Tall asked for the money in | n(‘y for convenience, explaining | families with dinners, {lows. veryman's Bible 30; ‘hange club, 10; Kiwanis club, 10; Sunshine soclety, 13; Landers Girls' club, 15; Russell & Brwin club; Corbin Screw club, 3; Ameri |can Legion auxiliary, 3; Girl Scout ; Y. W. C. A. Girls outh Congregational | | chureh, 10; First Baptist church, Methodist church, 7; First Con-| church, 3; St. Mark's| (Continued on Page 14) ‘NIT AND RUN DRIVER GETS 30 DAYS INJAIL ::= Tips Over Auto in West End and Speeds Away “Thirty days in jail” was the only comment Judge B. W. Alling made in police court this morning after hearing a plea of guilty to the| charge of evading responsibility by Walter Kania, aged 22, of 255 Grove street, drive of a car that struck and overturned a car driven by Wil- lam Bucholz of 230 DBassett street last night. Bucholz had a narrow escape from serious injury and his car was dam- aged beyond repair, he te He was driving east on West Main street about 11 p. m. when his car was struck near Jerome strect and turned completely around and over- turned. Imprisoned i the wreekage, Buc- a pound for fow! and from 46 to 60 | cents a pound for best native roast- ing chickens. Sweet potatoes which selling this year from eight pounds | for 25 cents to five cents a pound. | Onions are selling from five to eight |cents a pound. Cranberries are | selling today from 10 to 15 cents a | quart, which is a drop of from 20 | conts a quart of last year. Pump- kins are selling for about four cents | a pound. Cabbage is bringing from three to five cents a pound. King splies are bringing 25 cents for | three quarts. Several brands are | solling for $3.50 a barrel or $2 a bushel. Mixed nuts are bringing from 32 to 35 cents a pound in lo- cal stores. Fancy California and | Florida tomatoes on the market this | | morning were selling for 30 cents a pound. Lettuce brought 15 to 20 | cent: a heag. 20 cents a bunch, Pascal bringing 185 cents. Turnips aro four cents |a quart. Grapes are slightly lower than last year, sclling for 15 cents |a pound. = Ducks are bringing 55 | cents a pound on the market to- day. 200 Families Need Dinners A slight increase is noted in the |number of familles who will re- quire help in providing their | | Thanksgiving dinners this year, ac- | cording to Miss Cora M. Beale, |ecutive sccretary of the Welfare | |associdtion. Last year there were {181 families in need of help over Thanksgiving. This year the num-| | ber runs to about 200. These are not necessavily all the | families, according to Miss Beale. |A number of families who | helped last year have grown more prosperous during the ensuing year, {while the heavy hand of adversity |has brought others into the class| of unfortunates. The organizations, in addition to! |[the We association, wh! have planned to take care of needy are as fol- | 3; Boy Scouts, 5; |33 gregational Episcopal church, 20; morial church, 4; Connecticut Council of Catholle Women, 10. BUSINESS BLOCK ON CONDEMNATION SLATE. |Main St. Building Found to Be Structurally Unsound Reports that the property at 204 Main street, owned by Louis Raphael, will be condemned this | weele were not denled this afternoon | at the office of the building depart- ment, but Inspector A. N. holz looked out and caught a glimpse of the driver of the other car Jooking at the overturned car and then driving aw He took the number of the car and then crawled | out, unhurt except for a leg injury. Two young women and a young | man were t out of Kania's car by the impact. The young men were put into the car and driv- away but the young man ran | Police Commissioner M. W. arby, heard the tified Licutenant Bam- forth. Detective Sergeant George C. Tllinger, Off er G. W. Hellberg and | 1 Brophy went to the scene police patrol and while a statement was being taken from Bucholz, Lucian Laskowski, aged 17 | , of 319 North Burritt street, seen going through rear yards | a short distance from the collision. | Officer Brophy brought him to| Sergeant Ellinger, who talked to | crash and 1 of making no announcements on ondemnations prior to his formal report to the building commission. The building, one of the oldest in the business zone on Main street, occupied. The second floor, which formerly had been used for resi- | dence purposes has not been occu- pied for several years. Inspector Rutherford and Engincer W. Vincent Barry, the bullding department's consultant, viewed this building two weeks ago. in the rear of the building, which were pointed out two years ago in a general inspection of Main street buildings, were found to have been aggravated. It was learned that the portion of the building fronting on the street is sound and the anticl- pated condemnation order is not ex- (Continued on Page 17), pected to affect this part of the construction, .ww'fl mdaq APV reaqr] P uulnollm cents a pound last year are selling | sold last | year four pounds for 25 cents are | Celory, 18 selling for | were | Ex-‘ :V BRITAIN HERALD Average Daily Circulation For 14,077 Week Ending Nov. 20th ... NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1926.—TWENTY PAGES. WILLIE STEVENS CALLED TO STAND IN OWN DEFENSE THIS AFTERNOON; FIXING OF PRICES UPHELD BY RULING OF SUPREME COURT General Electric Co. Entitled to Set Rates Where Patents Kre Held OTHER IMPORTANT CASES ARE DECIDED BY JURISTS Disposal of Sefzed Rum Oars and Boats Settled—Trade Commission Cannot Curtail Purchases—Chi- cago Antl-Trust Action Upheld— Mass, Daylight Saving Law Ap- peal Is Turned Down Again. ‘Washington, Nov. 23 (#—The fix ing of sales prices holding patents on their products was upheld today by the supreme court in the General Electric case.| Confirming the decision of the| district court for northern Ohio, the supreme court held that the General Electric had the right to stipulate | the price at which the Westinghouse company must sell the patented lamp which it makes under license from the General Electric. Daylight Saving Law The appeal questioning the valid- ity of the Massachusetts daylight saying law was turned down. The lower courts were sustained In refusing to enjoln enforcement | |of the law. i Justice McReynolds in a separate | opinion, held that the case should not even have been considered, but | should have been dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The Massachusetts State Grange, | | the Brotherhood ot Locomotive En- | ginecrs and others had challenged | |the law as an invalid exercise of | authority which rested exclusively lin the federal government, | They asserted that the statute | | caused a loss of $20,000,000 annua |1y to agriculture through depre ation of farm lands and $8,000,000 | | through the loss of crops. Confiscated Rum_Vchicles Deciding the celebrated Ray of | Block TIsland case from Rhode | |Island, the court held today that| {boats and automobiles seized by | | state prohibition authorities can le- | |gally be turned over to the federal | government when the state In ques- | tion has no confiscation law of its | | ewn. | The decislon uphcid the right of [th. Providence police to turn over |to federal prohibition agents the | motorboat Ray of Block Island, which they had scized -with liquor | aboard. The legality of that course |had been questioned because the federal officers had not themselves | detected a violation of the law. | The court held that federal pro- hibition officers can at all times | take such vehicles and hold them for forfeiture whenever the evid- ence produced by the state offlcers | is sufficient to get a conviction un- {der the prohibition law. Trade Commission Loses The federal trade commission Tost | | its main contention today in a fight [0 curtait the purchase of adaitional | packing plans by Swift and company | |in Alabama and Georgia. * { The decision was hailed as a vie- tory for those manufacturers and | others who have been vigorously dis- Rome Dispatch Says She Claims Coercion At Time of the supreme court of the Catholic | church, in Rome. o i N, B, H, S, VS, MERIDEN | ! giver to the former captain before the game is pla | championship last | ver City eleven has been clamoring | teams dia meet, | school was eliminated last Saturday Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt I Reported Having Her Wedding Annulled by Order of Catholic Church Court Marriage in 1899 — Sacred Rota Said to Have ‘Agreed to Decree But Withholds Notice Until Pub- licity Dies Down—Officiating Priest and Husband | in New York Surprised. New York, Nov. 23 UP—Soclety, | dispatch sald that Mrs. Vanderbilt which is still discussing the annul- |{bad made a plea for annulment, al- ment of the marriage of Consuelo legins coercion was used ao the time | Vanderbilt to the Duke of Marl-|tf her marriage in 1899 to Mr., Van- borough, was startled today by in- ' derbllt, cldest son of the late Wil- | formation that Mrs. Willlam X. | liam Kissam Vanderbilt, who also Vanderbilt II 1s having her mar-|was the father of the Duchess o | riage nullified by the Sacred Rota, Marlborough. Decree Reported Approval plea, the correspondent as- | 1s been thoroughly examined | by the Rota and a decision reached to grant the annulment, but the dn-‘ is being withheld for a rln\c‘ of the great publicity which has surrounded the Marlborough case. M Alleges Coercion in 1899 | This information was contained in a dispatch to the World from Beatrice 'Baskerville, a staft cor- respondent in the Holy City, the . Vanderbilt, who at present is ‘[ aris, is understood by the cor- respondent in Rome to have been | | requested to deny the annulment | for the time being, and it is as- | serted that there would be no un- truth in such a denial, as the actual | sentence has not yet been set down in writing although the three Rota | judges have decided to grant the | i plea. ’ When the World's correspondent | in Paris last night informed Mrs. | | Vanderbilt of the news from Rome, i The undefeated New Britaln High |SE¢ declined to see the carrospomx-l ent but sent out a message saying: school football team and the unde derbilt has nothing to | feated Meriden High school tesm | | will meet at the Velodrome in East | | Hartford Saturday afternoon for the | championship of the state, if the plans of George Mulligan, owner of the Hartford Blues are realized. The game will be staged as a pre- liminary to the Hartford Blues- Duluth Eskimos game in the Na- | tional League. Mulligan, ,in order to make the game simply one for the settlement of the high school championship of | the state, has planned to donate $1,500, part of the proceeds which it is thought will be drawn by the high schook teams, to Frank M Carthy, captain of the New Britain | High school team in 1924 who has| been paralyzed and was unable to lead his team in the battles against | the opposition that year. A certi- fied check for that amount will be FOR STATE GRID TITLE Hartford Promoter Agrees to Give Frank Mc- Carthy $1,500 Has Nothing to Say | Mr. Vanderbilt when scen in New | York and sho the Rome dis- a it y and said: | “Honestly, this is the first I've heard | of it, I don't know anything about | it,” he added that the plea might | have been made outside New York without his knowledge. Millionaire’s Daughter | Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt II was| | Virginia Fair, a daughter of the late | | States Senator James Fair, who came to Ireland when a boy and made an in gold mining tn Three children, two ughters and a son, were born of | her unfon with Mr. Vanderbilt, she | | is a Catholic, Mr. Vanderbilt is au‘ G. | a s per- | formed at the home of Miss Mrs. Herman Oelrichs i by the Re Father Tt s ancis Murph Mrs. Oelrichs d yesterday. At the time of the | marriage it was estimated that Miss | Fair's fortune w ,000,000, and that Mr. Vanderbi received ap- D imately $10,000,000 from his t He will also offer a cup to be known as the state championship cup to the winning team and this will be played for every year as the symbol of the state high school foot- ball title. The Meriden High school went through the past season ur feated and since the victory of the | New Britain High over the Hartford school for the Triangular League Saturday, the Sil- | team | fathe Scparated 18 Years Ago. | The couple seoarated about 18| s ago, the three children re- incd with the mother. The g always has been asserted to have been an amicable one due to incompatibility. It was once hinted Meriden would be | that Mrs. Vanderbllt would seck & named as the champion High school | divoree, but she refrained from e S | doing so owing to religious seruples, e wchool seasons have closed | the Catholic church forbidding di- but there remain in the state thres | VOICf o teames with an undefeated record, | When Mrs. Vanderbilt salled from New Dritain, Meriden and Stamfora, | New York for France November 13 Stamford has played nearly all New | accompanied by her son, William e toams whila the other | K. Vanderbilt, Jr., it was rumored two have met an defeated Connecti- | (mr shfc '\}\‘Zul;‘xl seek forln}:su dllsanl)u- In uck ol tion o arriage rough the cut state teams. Naugatuck High | lon of fho marriago through the characterized the rumor as “tom- myrot.' Both Daughters Married Both daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt are married. They were reared in the Catholic faith by thei mother, Muriel Vaudebilt was n ried in Newport by an Episcopalian clergyman to F derick Cameron | for a game, boasting that if the when it met defeat at the hands of Crosby High of Waterbury Coach George M. Cassidy of the New Bri school team when approached by Hdward Cur- ley, business agent for Promoter Mulligan today he was heartily in favor of the WELD CRITICIZES | street, country from |, | he believes the pe! | mon council vote a ¢ Girls' | Stanley Me- | Ruther- | ford declined further comment, de- | | claring he will adhere to his policy | contains two stores, one ot which s | puting the claim of the commission ! that it had authority to prevent ‘l]\lm from acquiring properties of | concerns engaged in the same line of business when the commission con- lered such acquisition would re- | | strict competition. Other Rights Involved | staged but also informed the W terbury man that it would be ary to get the permission of the school board before the local team would be allowed to go against the Meriden team. The Hartford High school and the New Britain High school cach 1 ; _lcelved approximately $3,200 from Involved in the decision also were | ¢ annual game between the faot- | the rights of the Thatcher Manufac- | poit teams of the two schools sta turing company to sell the Essex and | o¢ Clarkin Field last Saturday | other plants manufacturing milk bot- | ¢arnoon, it was announced in Hart- | ties in New York state and the West- | roeq today. The teams split the | ern Meat company to dispose of the | proceeds on an even ba plant of the Nevada Packing com- | cent going to Hartford a pany. cent coming to New Britain, | The court ruled, however, that the | | Western Meat company must dis- | pose of the' Nevada plant under the | commission’s order because it was | obtained while the Western Mea Bay Minnette, Ala., Nov. 25.—(F) company had stock control of the | —Ciovernor Brandon Nevada company. The lower court's | and eight other men were ordered | order, which had set aside the com- | to appear in court here late tod: { mission's order, was reversed. las the result of a raid made by In the otk.r two cases where the | deputy sheriffs on a fishing camp | properties were purchased without | near here last night. Sheriff Rumsay any stock interest in the companies | gtewart said the deputics carried a thecourt sustained thepurchase and | search warrant and found more | reversel the lewer courts. | Justice Houm Brandeis and | Stone dissented, cont-nding that the authority to | Alabama Governor Is Arrested in a Raid room occupied by the governor. The latter there was any liquor not know It and that the raid wa “merely to embarrass’ the party and that it any of them were convicted he would do his best to parole them. | commission had the compel corporations to dispose of the physical property of competitors obtained by purchase. Anti-Trust Law Violated The United States won if tHe su- | preme court in its prosecution of | manufacturers, contractors and union carpenters at Chicago on charges of criminally violating the | | anti-trust law with restraining inter- state commerce in mill work, Cannot Mix Statutcs, The federal government must not mix its liquor statutes when it un- | dertakes to seize an automobile for | | illegal transportation of stimulants. | Thus in effect the supreme court today answered a question pro- | pounded by the court of appeals in a case from Washington state. The highest tribunal sald that once a confiscation case in begun under the prohibition laws it must therefore be prosecuted under that statute and not under the old internal revenue laws. there he RED CROSS ROLL CALL F The Red Cross annual roll call fund to date is as follows: Quota .$6,000.00 Received yosterday . Total on hand to date THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Generally 'al tonight; Wednesday increasing cloudi- ness followed by rain Wed- nesday night and Thursday; slightly colder tonight. * of Alabama | than a dozen quarts of liquor in a | was quoted as saying that if | dia | Church, who was said at the time to have objected to the rule of the “atholic church requiring children born of such a union to be brought up as Catholics. Consuelo, the other daughter, named after the Duches of Marlborough, was mar- ried by Father Murphy, who offi- ciated for her father and mother, many yeas ago, at the Vanderbilt | home here to Earl E. T. Smith. On the same day, in the same house, but not at the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Church were remarricd by Father Murphy. Pricst Surprised Regarding the report th Mrs. Vanderbiit alleged coercion before the Rota tribunal, Father Murphy, who married her said he was sur- prised at the report, “I my seif made all the wedding arrangements,” he asserted, “The bride at that time was liv- ing with her sister, late S Herman Oelrichs. When T per- formed the ceremony the bride and groom seemed happy and de- lighted.” t Feldman Twin Boy Dies After Short Ilness Lester Feldman, child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Feldman of 72 Mon- roe street, died last night at the |family home after a bricf illness at {the age of two years and four months. He was taken {1 early yes- | v and despite the fact that spe- clalists were at his bedside throu out the day, death came at 10: o'clock last night. Besides his par- |ents, the child is survived hy a twin brother, Milton, The funeral was held this after- niin, services being conducted by |Rev. Gershon Hadas, rabbi of the Brotherhood Congregation Sons of | Israel synagogue. Interment was in Beth Alom cemetery. | 1 RFORD RE-ELECTED Judge W. C. Hungerford has been | | re-elected president of the Chamber |of Commerce for another term. Charles W. Hawkins has been re- elected treasurer and Raiph H. Ben- son secretary, | men's orga: | ex-service men in the city, {which we fell, \nut Hill park, |forming a resting place for two glo- EXPERTS HAMLIN PETITION Expresses Dlshke for “De- mand” That Gouncll Take Action| | BELIEVES MOYE I§ TARDY. Mayor Says Time To File Objection To Memorial Shaft Atop Walnut | Hill Was When Project Was Be- | for Common Council, Criticlsm of the movement to have the common council's action in the selection of a World War| memo: set aside, is contained in | a letter sent today by Mayor Weld | to George V. Hamlin of 45 Camp | who is spokesman for the faction which now secks to have the | arch and court of honor at Walnut Hill park made permanent, At the outset of his statement the mayor s the pointed ques- | tion: *When will people learn that | the common council are the repre sentatives of the people and that their votes should reflect the senti- ment of the voters and that the time for the voters to discuss mat- ters of importance with their rep- | resentatives is before the vote is taken in the council chambers, and | not after * Mayor Weld calls attention to the fact that the memorial selected by the common council is the unani-| {mous choice of the memorial com- and it mittee and the common council, sonally believ he says, |is much more appropriate than the present memorial made permanent. | The mayor declares he has becn | informed the city mecting board re jected the memorial plan two yea |ago on political grounds. After assuring Mr. Hamlin that tion is actuated by the highest ideals, Mayor Weld | expressed dislike for the use of the word “demand” in the Hamlin peti- tion, remarking, “surely no one has | | the right to demand that the com- in w Mayor Weld's Letter The mayor's letter follows: “Replying to your letter and ;n:- tition of November 22. “When will people learn that the common council are the representa- tives of the people and that their votes should reflect the sentiment of the voters and that the time for the voters to discuss matters of import- ance with their representatives is before the vote is taken in the council chambers, not after? The council is elected by the people— for the people— and the vote of any one councilman or alderman should reflect the sentiment of the people | in his district in the city. If the peo- | ple in that district do not acquaint | him with their desires he can only follow the course, gained by hig own study and wisdom, and vote for what he believes the best thing for the city and his constituents. “The vote in the council chambers to accept the report of the commit- ce of citizens on the World war memorial was accepted unanimously and the money for the purpose vot- ed in the same manner with no di senting voice or word. The Amerl- can public loves to sign petitions but | I believe that the gentleman who | has started this movement is actu- ated only by the highest 1d and | I cannot criticize his move except as | to the time, and the word ‘demand’ | in the petition, for surely no one has the right to demand that the com- mon council vote a certain way. | “As T cannot predict what the common council wiil do with the | petition, T can only express my own time aring in mind that the committee of citizens voted for this form of memorial two | vears ago; the common council was | unanimously in favor two years ago bu the public meeting board (guided by politics, T have been led to be- lieve) voted against it committee of citizens again voted | for the proposed form of mem and the common council voted | animously in favor (all after long deliberation on the part of all in- volved,) and also that the three representative world war ex-service zations, representing at y-five per cent of the| all went on record in favor of the proposed memorial as voted by the council. | “As an ex-service man who has | shed his blood in the service of his country and who lost many dear | friends overseas, I would certainl be the last man fn New Britain who | would wish to erect the wrong type | of a memorial to my buddies who | did not return—with the voices of my dead comrades ringing in my cars with these words: ““If yo shall forge then we have indeed given our lives in vain “I helieve with all my heart and | soul that a slender, beautiful shaft rising high in the air on top of Wal- the top of the shaft the cause in | rlous American eagles, typifies the | ideal and the glory of freedom, of | peace and security, the release from the terri! o bondage of war and dis- | aster, glorifying not war but peace. “The base surrounded by a wall (Continued on Page 17), | called. {hidden under a great mass of con- | PRICE THREE CENTS DENY FINGERPRINTS HIS Officer From Navy Bureau of Identification One 0f Those Who Testifies Marks on Card Were Not Made By Accused-Jury Follows This Tes- timony Closely Though Defendant Shows Little Interest. Somerville Courthouse, N. J., Nov. 23.—Willie Stevens, second defendant in the Hall-Mills murder case was called to the witness stand this afternoon to testify in his own defense. The state previously had predicted that Willie would not be The calling of this witness followed evidence by finger- print experts that the imprints on a card found near Hall's body were not those of Willie’s thumb. This contradicts the charge made by the state and backed bv state experts. Denies Being An Epileptic When Willie was called to the witness stand, the first ques- Ition was as to his age, and he answered “Forty-four,” but it was later nulwht out he meant “fifty-four.” “My., Stevens,” asked Case, “have you ever suffered from, or do you now suffer from epilepsy ?” “No, sir,” answered the witnes “Did you know Mrs. Eleanor Mills?” “Just by sight.” “What were your relations with your brother-in-law, Mr. Hall?” “Very cordial.” “Did you have a pistol in 192277 “I had a hammerless revolver.” { ! Court House, Somervills, N. J, {(A—That the fingerprint lling card found near the ‘ho(l)‘ of the Rev, Edward W. Hall ‘ and the fingerprint of Willle Stevens are not the same was testimony of Jumurpnnt experts testifying in the \H.IH Mills case here today. J. H, vlor, in charge of the United navy fingerprint bureau, took | the stand this morning to say that | the prints were not 1made by the | same person. Willie Stevens, on trial with his brother, Henry, and sister, Mrs, | Frances Stevens Hall, is charged vith the murder of Mrs. Eleanor Ry | Mills, in with the Rev. Mr, Hall, ! hushand of Mrs. Hall and brothers | in-law of the other defendants. Naval Expert Called navy expert took the witness stand after a photographer had tified that he made enlarged photographs of the print on the calling card and of the index finger []HARH]TTE CONFUSED BY DEFENSE STORIED .15 "2 | tation of the prosecution's case that EII\(‘ print on the card is that of Wil« | lie Stevens, Taylor took the stand, for ex« amination by Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson as to his qualifi« fons as an expert, with an impro+ easel bearing greatly.enlarged phiotographs of the two fingerprints, The jury followed the placing of the casel and display of the two gigan« 1ibits with rapt attention. The jury has shown decided interest | throughout the trial in the photo« | graphic featur | | Mrs. Gibson Is Growing Weaker, Says Hospital 23 (P — for- Jersey City, N. J., Nov. Mrs. Jane Gibson, who mally asserted she is good, ating that clear, re- of her from a at Somer- Mills case bed in the courthou ville, where the Hal is being tried. Can’t Understand How Stories Can Be So Contradictory S eatures BY CHARLOTTE MIL (Copyright 1926, Sy Jamous F Inc.) Somerville, N. J., Nov. trial is the strangest thing I have It was started to find the 23.—This | ever seen, truth, to find who killed my mother and Dr. Hall. Now the truth scems The witness was asked if he had examined the two fingerprints and replied in the affirmative, “Are they the same?” msked conntap | fO¥MCr Attorney General Robert Senator | N, McCarter, conducting the direct examination, “They are not,” replied tradictory evidence. Will Simpson be able to drag it out from 1 want the | It these the debris? T hope so. the wit« truth, no matter what it is. people are innocent, I want to know ness. Shows Discrepancies. Taylor then left the witness stand | that his witn This year, the | J | of china and | three y t for my own peace of mind. If| they are guilty, I want them pun- | ished. It seems now that the defense has | witnesses to contradict every point | the prosecution has made. I sure Senator Simpson Is trying serve justice and I am to am convinced told the truth. Now, how can two sets of witnesse: be telling the truth and still tell dif- ferent stories? 1 don't understand | this business. Of course, T have about it, because I the people concert known them for years judge for myself, jurors going to do when the; all these contra lu(mns‘." beginning to believe that can prove anythi I am d with the whole thing. 1 have to nmon all my courage to see it through. .Sometimes I just think I would like to go away now, | and try to forget. | Mrs. Agnes Storer was on the stand to\festify that Ralph Gorsline sang at Doth services on the Sunday | ses my own ideas | many of and have and T can are the know d faced by 'm almo. anybod: | dizeours | that the prosecution claims he went (Continue SENT TO PRISON New Haven, Conn., Nov, 23, —(P)— | C. Henry Reiker, former manager of | Wylle's Tne, of 956 Chapel siwest,| and who was found guilty of the | theft of approxim $600 worth | glassware from the itenced to from one to in state’s prison by Judge Edwin C. Dickenson in crimi- nal superior court today. on Page 14) | store, w THREE CARS IN CRASH Antomobiles operated by Philip J. Scheyd of 23 Seymour street, | Emil Vogel, and Kenneth McKen- | zie of 50 Hawkins street were in- volved in a collision about 7:30 last 7 evening at Lexington and W q\ | the 1d standing before the easel withl 1e long pointer, used previously by rence E. Case of defense counsel, to point out the characteristics of De Russey’s lane as shown on a mapg pinned to the wall, indicated the dis< | crepancles in the prints as he ob« | served them. He said that he found |a blank in one, and not the other, & | dot in one was missing, in the other, and where one showed an abrupf ending of a ridge, there was a va4 cant space in the other. Cross-exami« nation went over until tomorrow. Frederick Sandberg of Washing+ ton followed Taylor to the stand andq agreed with the testimony of the first expert. Gerhard Kuhne of New York was the third defense expert ready to testify. The state’s experts, Joseph A4 “aurot of New York, Edward z of Newark, and Frederick Drewen of Jersey City were grouped with state representatives as the de- fense witnesses told of their findings, Too Close to Jury. During the examination of Taylor, Robert Neilson, of defense counsel, was ordered from the courtroom by Captain Walsh of the Jersey City | police department. Nellson was site ting across the courtroom from the other lawyers for the defense, near bailiffs in charge of the jury and a group of photographers. Pros- ecutor Simpson called Inspector Un- derwood, in charge of the state's corps of investigators in the case, to his side, and the inspector in turn summoned Captain Walsh, Walsh immediately went to Nellson and the Sch |two left the courtroom. Walsh sald after the incident that the lawyer was “sitting too close to the jury.” Fingerprint Evidence, The defense in the Hall-Mills trial this morning began the presentation of testimony intended to discredit the fingerprint evidence introduced by the state against Willie Stevens, Aubrey J. Drummond, & photags rapher of New York city, who made for the state the enlangements of Main streets, Supernumerary Officer | photographs of the fingerprint on & ¥red Jones reports. slightly damaged and traffic was tied up for several minutes, The cars were | calling card found at the scene of (Continned on Page R7)]