Show DIVORCE COURT OURT PICTURE OF CONGRESSMEN'S DRINKING AND GAMBLING Wim DECLARED UNTRUE Representative Scott Rises to Defend Col- Col CoIl Colleagues Col Colleagues l leagues From Charges Made by Wife More Testimony on Card Playing Play- Play ing and Cocktails I ALPENA ALFEA Mich lIch Jan 7 WithA A court room jammed with Ith era era- hungry cn hungry pation-hungry constituents of ot Con Con- Con g Frank D Scott waiting ailing eagerly erly tor for some oms new de des develop development clot clot- ment meat they knew not what hat Circuit Judge Judg Frank Flank Emerick Tuesday at- at aCt af afternoon t adjourned until March 10 the Scott contested dt- dt di divorce vorce sorce orce suit The adjournment followed ed upOn the heels heel of the tho conclusion 0 of airs lra Edna James JameR Scotts Scott s cross cross- examination cross e It IL t was a la en to per per- permit permit per permit mit Mrs Scott to obtain addition addition- additional al depositions In support of ot her cross bill that Mr Scott gambled and was as otherwise othen Improvident to- to to toward ward ard herH herIL her II IL had been expect expected d that re- re rebuttal re rebuttal testimony would be Intro- Intro Introduce duc duce duce- tollo following Ing Mrs Scotts Scott's closs examination and the adjournment came C as a II distinct surprise Judge Emerick ordered that be bo made available to Mrs Irs Scott for tor ex- ex ex expenses attendant upon the taking ot of the depositions and that she shebe shebe shebe be given gisen 50 30 monthly pending re- re resumption resumption re resumption of ot the tire hearing The depositions sought are re from the tollo following ing persons Dr Fred Frederick erick crick C Holden Ne New Ness York City Frank a It servant on the second trip to Panama aboard the U S S Henderson Mrs Clif- Clif Clifford Clif Clifford ford tord Ireland wife wite ot of Congressman Ireland of Illinois William c B Leahy lawyer of ot Washington Captain D Sumner Mrs Peggy Hamilton and Mrs Han Harsey e Bur Burell ell wife ite of ot Major Dur all ot of Washington S S OVERRULED O Attorney I S S tor for Con Con- Congressman gressman Scott made objections In var Ing degree to the gathering or of all these depositions offering the least opposition to the tho ot of Mrs l Ireland and Mrs Hamil- Hamil Hamilt HamilL Hamilton Hamilton i ton All objections however howe er were ere t L by Judge Emerick Mrs Irs Scott s 5 friendship for tor soy soy- sev several eral cral members ot of o the tho arm army set was as the subject of much ot of Ics Ics- yes yesterday es- es esterday s cross examination She bhe gave the names ot of several high ranking army men and their and said that Mr Scott had bad oh- oh ob objected to her association Ith them In the tho course ot of his hia ex- ex examination ex examination Attorney Canfield dl- dl directed di directed Mrs Scott s attention to the fact tact that most of ot those army officers named by her were ere mem mcm- mem- mem members members bers bero of ot tire the a aviation corps They might be he said to be the hIgh fliers of o the tho arm might the not ha ho asked The would have base to go o some ome lo 10 bent beat the congressmen sas as Mrs Scotts Scott s prompt I pl and Judge Imel icle called a prompt halt to the I Names Name ames mentioned by Mrs Scott as 58 among h her hr r friends to I I which her husband objected ere uS William illiam Mitch Mitch- Mitch ell ell eli Major and Mrs Irs Harvey Dyr- Dyr Dyrell well Bur well ell Colonel and Mrs airs I rs Robert Hobert Lynch Colonel and Mrs rs George Captain Wllbur Sum Sum- Sumner Sumner ner ncr and Lieutenant Don Mrs Scott sal said she liked them and introduced them to Mr r Scott She felt Celt she ahe said they ere w UI III and coming people 11 I 1 1 l 1 I U L CONGRESS iO Congressman Scott who ho Js is of ot the tho house merchant marine committee will III remain lucre here a II te few das dais recuperating be- be betOI be tOI ole e resuming his Iris duties at W ash I ashington ington Ington In an all Intel inter s view Ie lew with newspaper men tollo following Ing- Ing Tu s-da s da 8 S court session selon he deplored tire the picture that had bad been painted In the tire testimony ot or congressional I life lite The The picture that has been drawn n or of o the life of ot tire the he ire Ie said t Is entirely out of I reason eason Bizarre gay par par- parties parties ties par ties and the like are not the rule In congressional ch circles cles Neither is gambling the chief a ot of congressmen nor norI norare norare norare I are they given gisen gh en to the tire Importation of liquors against the I act on which the majority voted 1 or 01 eight scars C ar as II SIrs Mrs r testified our 11 uses lives es moved mosed mo ed along aUve lints our associations during these lears ears being confined largely to people In the congress congress- congressIonal congressional I ional circles You will III find no noI I mention or of o drinking parties as it a of or fact tact ther there were non nor are there any now Our lives were ere typical of the thea a congressman s life during I those years and not until our re- re re-moval re moal to the apartment hotel did the change In type ot of 11 using living oc- oc occur occur oc occur cur Then Mrs airs Scott sought out the tho new and entirely different circle which was as comprised ot of the called heso-called called so-called fast set In WashingtOn not the congressional set act Congressman Scott criticized hat he characterized 11 aa as the et- et effort ef effort fort of or the defense to besmirch the reputations of ot the entire con con- con membership This was as the tho third day Mrs l Scott has been on tho the witness stand Much of o the questioning concerned alleged gay drinking parties and reference was as made again to 10 the trip members of ot con con- con congress gress s made to the thc Panama canal canalIn canalin canalIn In 1921 iBLE AND Ao D On On the tire trip to In 1 q 21 Mrs airs Scott said wo we e h es ot I of were ere thrown thron to- to toI together together to together I gether a lot because the men menI I gambled all day and drank Mrs Scott testified th wises ot of congressmen are not 0 n so much together Ve Ve meet only the wives wises wh s ot or men In whom our husbands are especially Interested Mr air Scott did not e for Cor an men who did not play playcards etl cards d lie He wouldn't play with women except with lIh Mr and JIll s sI snO nO John Johnson on who ho are expert I card cal I pIa erR Tint Is why hy my friends i lends el were e among the army set I but bul of course I had other friends as well ell I again to drinking in Washington ton Mrs cott said In 1 n Washington e every esery ery time ion ou l turn around It Is a cocktail We WI sen served ed them thom to e everybody even evento evento evento to the waiters alters In the hotel Mr Scott used to bring the walters waiters I up to 10 our rooms and give them Mr Ir Scott and I did not drink a lot uS We e c kept liquor lor br brout out OUI friends Mrs Scott denied that she ever game ga a drink In her apartment the the tho where here to clerk of hotel I they made their home Questioned regarding her ber ae- ae acquaintance ac acquaintance with the clerk and nn an army officer previously referred to as ns she declared did not tell her husband esery eHry time the they called upon her because Miss Jane Jano Kenned Kennedy her husbands secretary had told her Mr Mm Scott as sr as a s very cry ery jealous man Amplifying her statement statement- re- re re regarding garding gartling the disposition ot t f the furniture In their Washington apartment while bile she was In a hospital Mrs Scott testified that I her Information that her husband had sold It came from Cram her ser ser- ser servant vent vant Forlan Forian Dallaw Dalla s When hen Mrs Scott left the stand at noon after more than two to days daya ot of questioning her at- at at lorney Ward ard Peck announced I hi his ease case se was complete with the exception of ot a deposition taken front Dallaw I Peek Peck also 1110 announced that Mrs Mr Scott had received two Iwo threat threat- threatening threatening ening lette letters since the case began Both letters are signed One warns arns Mrs Scott not to mention the tho name of a certain congress congressman man with Ith shipping board Inter Inter- Interests Interests ests eats At 2 30 o a clock Judge Frank I InterI Emerick adjourned court until 10 when hon further depo depo- depositions depo- depo depoSitions depositions may be presented by byth bythe bythe th the defendant Mrs rs Scott was vas given an order for to cover Or the taking of testimony in Washington Mr Scott said ho be wilt will take a short trip tor for hIs hl health before resuming work ork at Washington All I have base to say Is 1 that I know the meaning or of o the words It its hell to be a statesman he Ire heald Said aId ald 11 Mrs Scott wept a little and talked to her I Ive IC se C told the truth that's all allI allI allI I can do she ahe said |