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ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR TRIBUNE, The Chicago Press which has so wiciously opposed. Governor Small lost another battle in Chicago Monday when State's Attor-- ney Crowe, dismissed the indictments against Michael J. Faherty and Percy Coffin, former conspicuous members of the Thompson organization in Chicago who, because they were out working open-- lyforomtmgllwy_mthuow«cifikudonm charge of mismanagement of the departments in which they were active when Thompson was mayor. -- 'This outcome of the case against these two men is another ilustration that it is an easy thing to GET AN INDICTMENT but ANOTHER THING to get a CONVICTION;. State's Attorney Crowe --dismissed these cases after having dragged them along for months and accerding even to the Tribune's admission, Attorney Savage representing Crowe made the explana-- tion to the court that the State's Attorney had become convinced that trial of these cases against Faherty and Coffin would impose a uscless expense on Cook County. He added that the evidence NEVER WOULD SUSTAIN A CONVICTION. ~Much money had already been spent and the Illincis Supreme Court had held that the indictment returned by the special Grand Jury which in-- tluded these two were invalid. In other_words it looks as though the whole case originally was trumped up against Coffin and Faher-- ty as well as the dozens of others who were indicted at the same time. # + _ All those other cases where an indictment had been returned were dismissed even before the defendants went to trial or, where the defendants asked for a trial on the evidence, they were dis-- missed by a jury. All of the developments merely go to argue all the more conclusively that it is one thing to get an indictment and Libertyville Independent La*e County Independent --_ Waukegan Weeklby Sun easy thing at that, but it is quite another thing when the evi-- Saturday Only SIZES Fur Trimmed Clot $29 %% OVEMBER COAT SALE! Hundreds of beautiful trimmed Coats are here for this ONE DAY SALE, Hun-- dreds of women will find here just the sort of coat they've been promising themselves --and at just the price they wish.to pay. Newest styles, finest materials and expert workmanship are featured in this sale, as well as the unusual prices. Saturday only, ¢ four groups at-- 75 $m20a075 $41 OO Four Low Priced Groups of q# In the case of these mary men in Chicago, a stigma was put on them through the indictments and the outcome of it merely goes to proge that the public must never draw a conclusion when the news comes out that an indictment is returned against a man. They must wait until the trial when his side is presented to the | jury before they make their deduction as to his guilt, . Shanghal, Nov. 12--The V. B. 8. Penguir, late tonight rushed to Nan-- king© from here following radio ad-- vices that troop transports 0¢ Wu Pel Fu, former Chinese military dictator, which left Chefoo this morning, had passed the mouth of the Yangtze dente is presented on the side of the defense before a jury to get a comwiction, * PICK JURY IN RONDOUT MAIL ROBBFRY CASEF Chicago, Nov. 12--Selection of a jury --to héar the $3,000,000 Rondout mail robbery case was continued here today after counsel for William' J. Fuaby, former post office inspect-- or had egtered formal denial that his cMent would follow the lead of six other 'defendants and conftess his alleged part in the crime. An effort by the--defehnso to have the 'entire venire dismissed on the grounds that publication of a report that Fabhy was to confess would influence them _ The prosecution already has pass» ed tentatively on twelve jurors and they were being examined by the de-- fense today. WARSHIP STEAMS TO NANKING, CHINA INDEPENDENT,, THURSDAY, -- NOVEMBER 13, 1924 A Tien Tsin dispatch late today said Feng Yu Hsiang, whose coup resulted in the downfall of Wu, bhad fled from Tien Sein because of the menacing attitude of Chang Tso Lin's troops, who are now & ding out over Chibli and lhltz;rovlnceo. driving southward unopposed. > river and were due to arrive at Nan-- king tomorrow. _ It was. known for some time that there had been friction between the 19 hare bad is Befinming when' the ve en sheriff appointed Deputy Lester Tit-- fany as chief deputy, last spring. It is unde¥stood that Stark was "called on the carpet" Friday by the sheriff and he quit, drawing his pay from the county clerk the same af-- ternoon. $ Weale was laid of after the Her-- mosilio trial, during which he serv-- ed as bailiff with Deputy Ben Neely, the two having charge of the jury. Fullowing the Information that De-- puty SBheriff Walter Stark, of Aresa, quit the county force Friday, it was learned that therg also has been some friction with regard to Deputy D. A. Weale. It was learned Saturday that Deputy' Weale was laid off for ten days several days ago, as a disci-- 988 )th Coa | SILAS JAYNE GETS t YEAR IN PRISON; ATTACKED GIRL George W. Spunner, emploger and eountel for Jayne, immediately made a motion for a new trial, which is to be argued later. ~ At the annual . méeting of the North Shore Postmasters Aaéot,htlon', held Wednesday night at Evanston, two Bilas Jayne, Barington young man. was found guilty of having attacked Miss Elsie Schulz, 21, at Lake Zurich last Labor Day, and sentenced to serve one year in the reformatory, the jury returning their verdict and sentence at 10 o'clock Wednesday The testimony was to the effect that Jayne took the girl out automo-- bile riding late in the afternoon, and then érove to a londly road, pulled bher out of the car and then attacked Barrington Yo Man Sen-- tenced by lu;y%hich Was Mixs rhuls is the danghter of Mr. and Mrs, Otto Schulr, of 3233 Belle-- plaine Ave., Chicago. The Schulz were spending their vacation at Lake Eurich at the time. 3 Wednesday night at Evanston, two Lake county postmasters were hon-- ored by election to offices in the or-- ganization. MOVES FOR NEW TRIAL HONOR LAKE £0. POSTMASTERS 'The jury was out about four hours. Elmer Adams of Winnetka was Out for Four Hours. $79° The next meeting of the organiza-- tion will be beld in North Chicago Dec. 3. HOW ARD M. GORE s e élected president, 8. H. DePew. o' Zion, vice president, and Mre. Ruth Hodge, assistant . postmistress _ of Area, as Secretary. Addresses were given by Arthur Lueder, postmaster o* Chicago, Frank Schoenfield, chief clerk of the 'rail-- way mail service, sixth division, and Congressman Carl R. Chindblom. Two clerks from the Evanston postoffice entertained with vocal and musical num bers. _ _ Conroe, Texas, Nov. 12--Three men 'rere electrocuted here today. and an-- other serfously injured when they came in contact with a high tension wire that had fallen across the walk. The dead: M J. R. BEAKLEY, merchant. W. G. PZE, of Milvin, Texas. TRAVIS RYE, his brother. _ The injured man, Leslie Harris, is expected to recoyer. A heary volu'e light wire near the plant of the Deita Land & Tim-- ber company came in contact with a telephonge line which burned in two and fell across the street. Washingtion, _ Nov. 12.--President Coolidge has virtually decided on the uppointment of Howard M. Gore as secretary of agriculture to serve until March 4, when he will become gover-- nor of West Virginia. Gore was ap-- pointed acting secretary of the agri-- cultural department following the death of Secretary Wallace. THREE KLLED BY HIGH YOLTAGE WIRE NEWEST MODELS l Uhe .. |i |{Fur Coats ' $250 Values A special purchase of Northern Seal, Marmink and Muskrat fur Coats enables us to offer these luxurious garments at this eaving.. Coats that cannot be dup-- Hceated for less than $259, M trimmed with grey squirrel, skunk, M mink abd biege equirrel are | this low price for SATURDAY ONLY, | Tomorrow Only $100,000 DBAMAGE . SUIT AGAINST Joliet, I!1., Nov. 12--A ~$100,000 damage suit against Nathan Le® pold Jr., and Richard' A. Loeb, was filed here today on behaif" of Charles Ream,, taxi driver, who charges the milllonaire slayers of Robert Franks with having kidnape@ and mutilated him the night of Nov, 21, 1923. _ -- The alleged mutilation took p'ace on the prairie within a sbort diz-- tance of th6 spot where the body o: Franks was stuffed into a draid pipe. _ The suit originally was filed in Cook coun\y. but wis changed vhen appearance' could not be obtained. Moscow, Nov,. 12.--Secretary . of State Hughes again was the target of an attack today by George® Tehitscherin, soviet minister of fo#»-- eign affairs, ho characterized Hughes as "a man filled with piety for pMe vate property and hate for the soviet govrernment." . -- w4 HUGHES IS TAR-- GFET OF ATTACK He said the United States need ed manganese from Georgia and that the Harriman interests were already negotiating with the soviet for--concessions there. * Tchitcherin said he understo@d4 the secretary might resign, which would mean, he said, that negotim« tions might be 'opened with the United® States, a "move important to both countries." ~*\, 9@ LEOPOLD--LOFB PAGE 24