St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 17, 1926

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a .. A aN er, + ae > AF s ae =i ae “€P DECEMBER 7 ‘ee —By BRIG iF : aa. or. f&. ‘ an FRIEND @ S: YOU THE iS TEN mS CATE- #- AIn'T “a ve re Ff od LONIES | LIHAT HE “THOUGHT mam anv | ~-_— = -—- BG THe Bis \. fm LOT OF BUN » Hoock Last ‘. NIGHT, Gor HISTO A FIGHT ' WITH A 4 STAGE AAR “7 MISSED A» VILE, SWING At AIM AND Fett OUT IASTO °F (Copyright, 1996 = - ~ The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe A ssociated Press News Service 79. NO. 1014. ~ of ee 8, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 192€ PRICE 2 CENTS as oP AY CHEER I WOSON COUNTY oe | of Ten Federal . , Swoops Down ron Springfield, Ill., for | = Deferred Cleanup. STILLS SEIZED, = 11 MEN ARRESTED eo. uty Administrator J. B. adders Is Acting on Re- its of “Under Cover” Investigaton. = Federal prohibition agents an Springfield. lll., are mopping we supply of Christmas cheer a s hundreds of whisky stills Madison County. me clean-up squad, under su- cislor of Deputy Administrator s Madden. has been working ate days in the county in i moonshiners have been al- ifo ply their trade for several Bin almost absolute security jmolestation by law-enforcing Mille details of the operations he Federal force have been fed carefully, it was learned ® that 10 stills were seized i day night and destroyed » with “heir complement of . ‘nash, alcohol and sugar. “Bp ieday eleven saloonkeepers of Tri-Cite, and Highiand = ap- fed before United States Com soner W G Burrourhs at Ed- pisville and gave $2000 bonds arses of sale of liquor. They weretaken in the Federal of- ve'a Inst bootlegging. fon “Under Cover” Work. who was active in the investigation of the Jack | whisky conspiracy in‘ St. ietasfne his Madison County the “under cover” work of fbis wten{s who have been wk in fhe county for several R gathering evidence on sa- eepers and spotting stills for P raids. Mison County- has been noto- for several years as the most : bootiegging center in Rion of the country. It has e field of operations of the | Italian gang. which re- fF made truce with the Me after a bloody gang war wotlegzing concessions ef the events which revealed fent of the bootleg industry Was the murde> of Constable fHockett and his pal, John i who were shot to death by hoe Lake moonshiners last gary and buried in a hastily- | Rrave. . Mowing the discovery of the B two Chicago prohibition M made an impressive catch mein the county but they were bred by lack of help and final- mt back to Chicago after de- ®they never before had seen ®Pen and widespread violation 'Volstead act. “ames of Men on Bonds. * ® Saloonkeepers who gave at Edwardsville today were: tMainor, 2952 1 street, Gran- ok Nick Tommasovich, 1340 ‘Street, Madison; Louis Petri- of 1348 Madison avenue. mon; Tony Hecimovich, 1334 estreet. Madison: Mike Kirko- and, Mike Milkovich of Thir- mand State streets, Madison: _ Abormavich of 924 State Madison, and Oscar Isert. W. Neumann and Emil Hoff- F of Highland. @'s Attorney. Brown yester- filed injunction suits at Ed- ie to close four Alton, sa- for alleged Violations of the ew. They are tha establish- a of George Vambaketis at east Broadway and 101 IIli- = nue. William Mills at 128 we Svenue. and George WiI- E end George Hildebrand at p's Broadway. Bt DENIES CITIZENSHIP WERS TO BEN GARAVELLI va Offer of $25 to “Facilitate , by Examiner Basis is s’ Order. sation that Ben Garavelll, eng Of a restaurant at 3559 : offered $25 to a natu- “DPR 338333853 nea nigh 38 14:30 p. m-4: low. —_— ~ ZC VQ0 msn day ™m. a » Offictal forecast LOOKS Like _ for St. Lonis and N OLY vicinity: - Fair to- HRISTMAS Y “ight and tomor- row, somewhat ‘older tonight: the est temperature tonight will be about 24 degrees above zero. Missouri: Gen- erally fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly colder to- night in the east and central por- tions, Illinois: _Prob- ably fair tonight and tomorrow ex- cept for some cloudiness, some- what colder to- night in the north central portion. Stage of the Mississippi, 11 feet, & fall of 1.5. CONVICT PROSECUTORS OF ACCEPTING BRIBE San Diego, Cal., Officers Took $40,000 to Clear Chicagoans of Murder, Jurors Find. Rw the Associated Press SAN DIEGO, Cal. Dec, 17.— Friends took steps today to form an organization to finance the appeal of District Attorney Chester C., Kempley and his assistant, C. Guy Selleck, convicted yesterday of so- liciting and accepting a $40,000 bribe to obtain the acquittal of two Chicago men charged with murder. Agnes Keller, who was convicted of robbery through the efforts of Kempley and Selleck, said she act- ed as intermediary in the bribing She was. brought here from. the penitentiary to testify that WwW, R Johnson of Chicago, offered $40,000 to Kempley and Selleck for the ac- quittal of his brother. Thomas A. Jchnson, and Hugh McGovern, “~eho was accused of the murder here of George McMahon neatly two years ago. She testified she paid $300 to Selleck and $100 or $200 to Kempley. McMahon was found with his chest pierced by a knife on which was tl insignia of a Chicago club Thomas A. Johnson and McGovern were acquitted of the murder charge nearly a year ago following a trial lasting several days. W. R. Johnson was here for the murder trial and was active in the defense He was not produced at the bribery trial. Kempley and Selleck escaped go- ing to the jail last night only after Kempley had declared that to deny him bail would seriously affect the work of the District Attorney’s of- fice. which he said he wished to turn over to his successor, Stephen Connell, Jan. 1. Kempley was de- feated for re-election in November Continuation of bail then was or- dered by Judge Edwin F Hahn of Los Angeles, who presided at the trial. Otis Skinner House Guest. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Ver- mont reminiscing and fishing stories enlivened the White House luncheon yesterday. Coolidge and Otis Skinner, the actor. went over the memories and associations of earlier life in the region where both the President and Skinner were born, White In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch Threefold Tragedy of George Sterling’s ULife—A_ classic poet who happened to be living in twentieth century San Francisco found life a burden and quietly. killed himself. The Old Absinthe House Closes —Andrew Jackson, Lafitte the. Pirate. Beauregard, Mark Twain and many other notables partook of the hospitality of this most fa- mous of.-New Orleans hos- telries. Now the old place is being closed. Duke of Devonshire Incorpor- ates Himself — What the British peerage is doing [to fight the pauperizing effects of taxation that sometimes exceeds the value of the property taxed. Prime Minister to King Cotton —The story of a man who made himself the most widely known authority on cotton statistics in the world, 150 Years Ago Tonight—Wash- ington’s Darkest Hour—How the cause of liberty in Am- erica was almost iost and how George Washington by a bold and ingenious strate- gic move turned the tide of war and secured his fame ‘ for all time. s — TOGKS RISE IN * WILD MARKET ON _ SHEL DIVIDEND $200,000,000 Bonus Sends Steel Common to 160% Record and Other Indus- trials Pass Top Marks. TOTAL SALES REACH 2,500,000 SHARES Railroad Stocks Ascend to New Heights in Wall Street, Spurred on by Christmas Gifts. President | 3y tle Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. — Stock prices swept upward with irresisti- ble force today, in response to the $200,000,000 stock dividend of the United States Steel Corporation, putting in motion one of the most; spectacular ‘‘bull’’ movements in Stock Exchange history. Total sales were swollen to more than 2,500,000 shares, with trans- actions in United States Steel com- mon making up a large part of the day's business. The closing price on Steel was! 159%, a net gain of 4X points for the day. Diving the trading a new high record for all time of steel common was set at 160%. Common stock of the Atchison Railway, one of the Morgan enterprises, which is ex- pected to make a generous dfstribu- tion to stockholders next year, shot up 6 points to a new peak price. National Lead soared 12 points and scores of others jumped all the way from a point to an extreme of points. Frenzied trading characterized the opening of the market, the floor of the exchange presenting a scene of wild confusion as _ brokers struggled to execute the orders which had poured into the market overnight from all sections of the world. Post No. 2, where trans- actions in steel common take place. was surrounded by a tight- ly packed mob of brokers as the opening gong sounded. The ringing of the gong was drowned by the shou‘s and shrieks of brokers. It was nearly ten min- utes before a committee of the exchange could decide upon a fair opening price for steel. 120,)00 Shares in 15 Minutes. After the first sale of stee} strings of transactions running from 5000 to 20,000 shares changed hands at frequent inter- vals, the stock holding well within the limits of the openin= quotation during the first half hour. Tota! sales in the first 15 minutes of this stock ran close to 120,000 shares. Texas & Pacific wand “Trust, which sold early this year at $510 a share, changed hands today at $1925 a share, a record high price and. an overnight jump of $25. Tracing in the “new” stock of the United States Steel Corporation ona “when issued” basis started on the New York Curb market at 10:3 a, m., the first sale being 115%. Pools .‘euew Activities. Crowds in the tustomers’ rooms of the large commission houses tes- tifieg to the sudden revival of pub- lic interest in the market. Pools. which had strived valliautly to at- tract an “outside following’ in a number of specialties which’ give promise of special merger or divi- den.’ developments, renewed their activities with increased vigor. With hundreds of millions of dol- lars being distributec and _ other millions available on call loans se- cured by* securities collateral. there was no lack of ammunition in the campaign for higher prices. Directors f United States Stee! decid d yesterday to pass slong to 86.000 shareholders some of its $500,000,000 surplus, the Crucible Steel Corporation announceg an in- crease in its dividend from $5 to $6, and the United States Industrial Aicohol,Co., announced resumption of payment on its common stock at $5 a year. A series of heavy dividend and employes’ benus announcements began the first of the month, in a year distinguished for such distri- butions. Yesterday Sant: Claus decided to cali on many stockholders. Louisville & Nashville announceg an increase {n the annual rate on common stock from *6 to $7: Mo- bile & Ohio Railroad an exfra 3 pér cent tr addition tc the regular semiannual! dividend of 3%: Na- tional Fuel an extrd dividend of $2 a share on common stock and an increase in the annual rate from $6 to $10: Central Railroad of New ; Jersey a dividend of $2. yayable Jan. 16; the Chicago. Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad an extra 1 per cent on common stock; the St. Joseph~Lead Co. an extra dividend of $1 a year; Mc ndrews & Forbes, an extra payment of 90 cents @ share. Among earlier special distribu- ~5 |The flask, HUNDREDS MAIL IN ‘DIMES TO FIND OUT “MORAL” OF A JOKE Wag Gives Ku Klux Postoffice Box Number and Flood of Letters Results. Snecial to the Post-l)isnatch LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 17. —In the Nov. 20 issue of the hurrorous weekly, Judge, there ap- peared a highly fantastic “fairy story” dealing with the amours of a Queen and the happy ending oc- casioned by the death of the King. As an added bit of foolishness, “Perelman,” the writer, concluded the piece with the following: “If you must Know the mora! of this taie send 10 cents in cash (no Stamps accepted) to Postoffice Box No 317, Leavenworth, Kan.” At first the Ku Klux Klan, owner of the designated postoffice box. was mystified Letters kept coni- ing in containing dimes with the demand: “Please send the moral to the address indicated,” or “Please find inclosed 10 cents, for the moral of the story.” After several hundred letters had ac- cumulated, one came bearing a clipping of the story and so the mystery was solved. Postoffice au- thorities here have called/upon the editor of Judge to relieve the klan of he letters and the dimes MOUSE INSIDE BEATS DRUM AND BETRAYS LIQUOR CHARGE “Spirits,”’ Says Bandsman Off Ship, and Customs Agent Agrees After Discovery. Rv the Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—A smal] gray mouse sat on a whisky flask. with three others, was inside a drum. the drum was un- der the arm of George Keyes. bandsman of the Lamport & Holt liner Vestus. As Keyes walked past a customs agent at Brooklyn ves: terday the mouse’s tail] beat a nervous tattoo on the drumhead. “Spirits.”” suggested Keyes, when the customs man stopped him to investigate the phenomenon of sound from an apparently unbeat. en drum. “Spirits,” agreed the customs man as he unscrewed the drum- head and found the whisky. Keyes was fined $5 a bottle. The whisky, drum and mouse were im- pounded. COOLIDGE PROFITS IN STEEL Dividend on 50 Shares Wil Give President More Than $2000. the Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Presi- dent Coolidge is one of the 90,000 owners of United States Steel who will benefit in the distribution of the 40 per cent stock dividend, it was learned today. The President is one of the smaller stockholders, with reported holdings of some 50 shares. A 50- shareholder will receive 20 addi- tional shares, which probably will give a profit of between $2000 and $3000. CELEBRATES 106TH BIRTHDAY But It's Too Cold for Hoboken Butcher to Call on Coolidge. By the Aaesociated Press HOBOKEN, N. J., Dec. 17.—Be- cause of the cold spell, J. Kupper Bier. butcher. does not feel equal to celebrating his 106th birthday anniversary tomorrow by calling on President Coolidge at the White House. Instead, his nine children and 42 grandchildren will give a party in his honor at his home. Bier visited the President a year ago awd at that time Mr. Coolidge expressed tthe hope that his guest would return on each birthday for many years to come. He was, born in Austria and came to America 35 vears ago. SKATING ON LAKES IN PARKS Lagoon in Forest Park, However, Still Unsafe for Winter Sport. Skaters were gliding over the ice today on all the park takes and ponds except the lagoon in Forest Park. The O'Fallon Park. Caron. delet Park and Fairground takes and Sylvan Lake tn Forest Park were open for the sport. It will take another night or two of freezing temperature to put the ‘agoon in condition for skating. The official prediction calls for lower temperature tonight than hat of last night ILLITERACY I$ LAID TO WAR Ry the Associated Press. : PARIS, Dec. 17.—Army figures show an increasing number of il- literates among recruits. In 1921, of the men called to the colors. 6713 were unable to read or write, while 13.058 confessed themselves illiterate in 1924. This condition is blamed on the disorganization of schooling during the war when the present recruits were smal! boys. CUTS SPORTS FOR RELIGION Ry the Aasociated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Dec. 17. —More money for religion and less for athletics henceforth will be the policy at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Announcement has been made by the trustees that retrenchments in athletics will be in order and that a professor of ‘religious education will be added to the faculty. The resignation of Cari V. Miller, ath- By tions were tuose by General Mo- Continued on Page 3, Column 4. jetic director, and an assistant, was announced, effective Jan. 1, 4 $73,000 STOLEN IN STREET HOLDUP IN KANSAS CITY Robbers Slug Guard and Rob Messenger at Bank Door in Crowd of Holi- day Shoppers. ESCAPE IN AUTO WITH THEIR LOOT Get Away Under Fire — Motorcycle Policemen Give Chase but Lose Trail Near the City Limits Rv the Associated Preas. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 17.— Robbers slugged a guard and f robbed a bank messenger of $79.000 on a downtown street corner here at noon today while thousands of Christmas shoppers milled about the scene. Obtaining the money, the robbers jumped into an auto- mobile and escaped. The money was being taken from the Federal Reserve Bank to the Fidelity Bank for use in mak- ing up week-end payrolls. The holdup occurreé at the en- trance of the Fidelity Bank at Ninth and Walnut streets The loot was all in currency— $27.000 dn $10 bills: $27.000 in fives; $14,000 in twenties: $11,000 in ones and $600 in twos. The loss was covered by insurance. W. A. Green. a Negro messen- ger, was carrying the money in a sack to the Fidelity Bank. W. M. Macavage, the guard, walked a few yards behind. Near the entrance to the bank two men suddenly ap- peared out of the crowd and grabbed the bag. while at the same time two more began slugging Ma- cavage, knocking him to the side- walk. Magavage shouted as he fell and Green attempted to sprint for the bank entrance, but the two robbers grabbed the bag off his sHoulder and jumped into the car where, witnesses said, two more men were waiting. Macavage rose and rushed into the bank. He seized another pistol, his own having been lost. ind fired twice at the fleeing car. Motor cycle patrolmen, attract- ed to the scene, gave chase, but were reported to have lost the trai! near the city limits. The holdup, the second largest ever perpetrated in Kansas City, is believed by police to have been ex- ecuted by Chicago or St. Louis gangsters. Green, however, was unable to identify pictures of three Zangsters who are known to have been in Kansas City during the last 10 days. Highway throughout Missouri and Kansas were being patrolled at the request of Kansas City police. The robbers’ car headed north, but detectives pointed out it could have circled back to the concrete road between here and St. 4#Louis. TWO END LIVES AFTER INQUIRY Pair With Canadian Elevator Con- cern Had Said They Were Robbed. tt, the Associated Press REGINA, Sask., Dec. 17.—George McBrice, owner of the Saskatche- wan Western Elevator Co., who was questioned ahout a $2254 robbery of the concern in 1924. committed suicide by hanging yesterday B B. Deai. an employe of the com- pany. shot and killed himself Nov 30, after a second investigation of the robbery was started. Deal left a note saying he was $3590 short in his accounts. The pair had told police they were held up while playing cards in the office of ‘he company. EXPELLED STUDENT ENDS LIFE By the Associated Prese NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind.. Dec. 17.—Joseph Tiliman. 19-year old sophomore at Manchester Col lege. gwallowed poison and died following his expulsion from school for giving cigarettes to a girl stu- dent. Dorothy Papenhausen, 18, and Tillman both were suspended by President Otho Winger tast Friday Gn his way home from _s schoo! young Tillman stogped at a drug sfore. purchased polson tablets and swallowed them He collapsed on reaching his home ‘Joe and |! were just good friends. said Missa Papenhausen. when told of young Tillman’e death TREASURY AID NOMINATED “v the Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 17,.—Pres- ident Coolidge today nominated Carl D. Schuneinan. a lawyer of St. Paul, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Schuneman’s name was pre- sented to the President and Secre- tary Mellon\ by Senator Schall (Rep.) or Minnesota. He will suc- ceed McKenzie Moss, appointed to the Court of Claims. TEN CONVICTED IN BREWERY PLOT: SIX GET PRISON TERMS — “Big Men Behind Brewery” Convicted _ BENJAMIN PROBST, AT LEFT, AND HIS BROTHER, GEORGE C PROBST. —By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. SENATE APPROVES BILL FOR ILLINOIS RIVER CHANNEL Project, a Part of Regular Har- bors Measure, Passed Without Record Vote. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The Illinois River channel project in the rivers and harbors bill was ap-. proved today by the Senate with- out a record vote. The provision in the Senate bill calls for a channel nine feet deep and 200 feet wide from Utica, IL, to the Mississippi River, at @ cost of $3,500,000. An amendment by Senator Willis (Rep.) of Ohio, which was adopt- ed, would provide that nothing in the act should be construed as au- thorizing the diversion of water from Lake Michigan, This amend- ment was agreed to by Senator De- neen (Rep.) of Illinois, one of the sponsors of the channel project. Willis said the amendment would leave the water diversion problem in “‘status quo.” WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF GOV, FERGUSON’S HUSBAND Charged With Affray by Ex-Labor Commissioner. By the Associated Preas. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 17.—A war- rant charging James E. Ferguson, husband of Gov. Mirlam A. Fergu- scn, with affray was filed here to- day in connection with the resigna- tion of E. J. Crocker, State Labor Commissioner. It was reported there was a disturbance in Crock- er’s office prior to his resignation. Constable Ed Simpson went to the Capitol to serve the warrant on the former Governor in the ex- ecutive offices. BROTHERS GUILTY OF MURDER Two Ohioans Found Guilty of Kill ing a Policeman, By the Associated ress CHILLICOTHE. O., Dec. 17.—A verdict of guilty of second degre murder was returned agains! Montrose Hickman of Columbus last night after five hours’ delib eration by a jury. Hickman was charged with firs degree murder for his part in the killing Oct. 14. of Dan Garrett. pe iceman John Hickman a broth er, already has heen found gut''s of murder. Sentence will be passe - upon the brothers as soon arg ments for a new trial have bee: presented and rnied upon. WAITRESS DANCES WITH WALES Hy the Aesoctated Press LONDON. Tec 17.—Miss. Lylie Huckle thinks the Prince of Wales does the Charleston very nicely Though only a waitress. she speaks from first-hand know'edge. for sh. dauced with the heir to the throne at his request. during the recen'’ British Legion ball. Mise Huckle its 21 years old. pretty and makes her own clothes Smothered to Death by Shaving» PANA. Ill... Dec. 17.—Buried un avalanche of wood shavings he was using for fuel, Frank Johnson, 31 years old. was smothered to death here yesterday while loading his GERMAN CABINET QUITS ON LOSING “CONFIDENCE VOTE Mutually Hostile Social- Democrats and National- ists Unite to Overthrow Marx Ministry. Hy the Ase@ociated Press. , BERLIN. Dec. 17.—The geois coalition Government Chancellor Marx today resigned, after being defeatea in «he Reica- stag, 249 to 17, on a vote of non- confidence introduced by the 3So- cial Democrats. The Marx Cabinet was formed 2 + May. after the overthrow of th» Luther Ministry. The vote presented the strange spectacle of the Nationalists join ing the Socialists te support a mo- tion which protested against exces- sive armaments. Count Von West- arp, Nationalist leader, explained this anomaly by saying the Nation alists did not sympathize with the Socialist criticisms of the Reichs- wehr, but did believe that Germany needed a stable Government sup- ported by a majority in the Reichs- tag. He added that the Marx Cab- inet existed only with the support bour- of | alists, neither of which parties was| either of the Socialists or Nation- represented in the Cabinet. It is expected that President von Hindenburg will ask Chancellor Marx and his ministers to carry on temporarily until after the new year. The Reichstag, after the adjourned until Jan. 19. The nonconfidence moti fol- iowee charges by Philip Scheide- mann, the Social Democrat, lead- ver, that a monarchist clique in Ger- many was secretly raising ‘U:.4s to croate an illegal army force and was hoarding airplanes and munitions tn Germaay and Rus- sia. The charges, whi h threw the teic..stag into an uproa. day, were denied Marx. vote, ‘ Among the outstanding events of the Marx ministry were Ger- many’s entrance into the League of Nations and the general develop- ment of a rapprochement between France an@ Germany, particularly through the conversations of For- eign Minister Briand of France and the German Foreign Minsliater, Dr. Stresemann, at Thoiry. Only recently Dr. Stresemann obtained an agreement at a meet- Two COURT POSTPONES THE SENTENCES OF PROBST BROTHERS Belleville Saloon- Keepers Given the Maxi- mum Penalty of 2 Years and $10,000 Fine. JUDGE REBUKES DEFENSE COUNSEL Attorney Cullen Disavows Intention of Criticising Prosecution in Remark About Flimsy Case. Ten of the 14 defendants in the New Athens brewery case were found guilty today in Federal jcourt at East St. Louies of conspira- cy to violate the Voistead act by the manufacture and sale of real beer in this vicinity for three months last spring. Immediately the jury reported its verdict. after being out 15 hours, Judge Lindley passed sentence as follows: Benjamin and George Cc. Probst, alleged by‘ the Govern- ment to be the “big men behind the brewery.” sentence deferred pending consideration of a mo- tion for a n¢«w trial, which should take at least 20 days. Ervin J. Gintz and Hobart Mil- ler, Belleville.saloon keepers, said to be wholesalers and retail- ers of New Athens beer, two years in Leavenworth peniten- tiary and $10,000 fine, the maxi- mum, Antone and Philip Wolf, broth- ers, saloon keepers of Belleville and, Mascoutah, now serving jail terms for liquor violations, one year and a day in Leavenworth, $5000 fine. Deliberated Nine Hours... Julius Wolf, their brother, a saloon hanger-on.- who talked too much to prohibition agents, six months in Danville jail, $2000. Arthur Gaas,'beer truck driver, and William Schreiber, brewmas- ter, a year and a day in Leav- enworth prison, $200. Ben Turcott. whose purported signature appeared on the in- corporation papers of the Probst Pure Products Co., three months in Danville jail, $1000. The jury returned its verdict at 11:10 a. m. after nine hours of ac- tua! deliberation. They had retired at 3:60 p. m. yesterday and had been in chambers 19 hours. After the verdicts were read, motions for new trials for ull convicted de- fendants were filed by their re- spective coensel. Judge Lindley immediately overruled as to all ex- cept the Probst brothers, ordering the sentenecd men immediately in- to the custody of the United States Marshal. As to the Probsts, he sald he would allow counsel 10 days in which to file a formal motion with briefs, then five days for the Gov- ernment to prepare a reply, and five more days for a counter de- fense reply. After that he will set a date for a hearing. The corporation also was 4n- cluded as a guilty party and fined $10,000, which probably will be col- lected by a levy against the New Athens plant. The four men ac- quitted were Ike Probst, @ nephew of the Probst brothers: William Haub and Harry, Woelienkotter, sald to be brewery hands. and Ed- ward Wolf, a brother of the three Wolfe who were convicted. In sentencing Antone and Philip Wolf, Judge Lindley said they would have to serve out their nine months’ jail sentences in Harrisburg jail before the new gentences would become effective. In the Marshal's office, the sen- tenced men began discussing with yester-jtheir lawyers the practirabitty of ' Chancellorjappeal and application for release on appeal bonds. 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