Show o 0 STEAMER CAPTAIN GIVEN ACQUITTAL BOSTON Oct 21 By By The As As- Associated Associated Associated Press Captain John H II Diehl who commanded the steamer City of Rome home when it rammed an and sank the submarine S 51 off ol Block Bloc Island in September 1925 was ac acquitted ac- ac acquitted acquitted quitted by a n. Jury In federal cour court Thursday of charges brought in con con- connection connection with that disaster in which 33 lives lI were lost The TIle Jury returned a a. verdict of not guilty on the tw two counts failure to stand by a n. reason reason- reasonable reasonable reasonable able length of time and misconduct and negligence in operating his ies- ies es essel sel sd When the verdict was reported Judge Morton who presided at th the trial made the following statement from the bench As admiralty questions are Involved ed In this case I think It proper to say that I entirely concur In the verdict verdic of the Jury and that the evidence proved pretty conclusively that th the cause ause of the accident was defective e lights on the submarine |