Show HORN SAYS DEED WAS All OF WAR Counsel Claims State Department Depart-ment and Not Court Should Deal With Lieutenant's Lieuten-ant's Case. Bangor. Me . March 18 The claim of Werner Horn that his attempt to destroy the international bridge at anceboro was an act of war flgur d in proceedings before United States CommlSSlo ier Reed here today in connection with indictments charged Horn with illegal interstate transportation transpor-tation o.' explosives to Vanceboro Counsel Former Congressman 0 Council announced that he would raise the Issue of the court's jurisdh-tion jurisdh-tion on t ground that as a lieutenant lieuten-ant in the Seventeenth Prussian regiment regi-ment of tho German army Horn was n government agent and alleged transportation trans-portation of explosives was a portion of un act uf war with which the state department rather than the court should deal It was expected that if the commissioner commis-sioner found sufficient cause for holding hold-ing Horn he would order him committed com-mitted to await a warrant for his re nj oval to Massachusetts Horns counsel Intimated that an adverse J cisIoD might be followed b further proceedings to prevent the prisoners removal from the state. |