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tirc.BAItt HETTCW, TTTESBAY, MAT 10, 1921
PLANT BAIL BOND MAY BE INCREASED
Events hf the Day\
,t, ., . , ,. ' Paris, May 10.—Occupation of th«aheld pending
ironHnued fram |iaK« 1) ^.^^^^ district of Germany by Allied! roundup,
the Pmirt Hopse at Mineola. and de-jj^^^p, ^^y „„j ^e foond n«cw«ary| livered It to Plant. That this rar was jat the present time, aceordioff to opin
C'impletinn of the
alpo stolen from a resident of BrooK- lyn/and that Pettit paid $eoo for It to 0'N*H1I. This was a 1919 coupe.
O'NelW Ixiught exira keys, said th<» prosecutor,, for the l)elco parts antl that the car waa fountl by the authnrl- j . t\i>tt In Pettlt'n posiM>mion. He waa: allowed to keep it luitll it was Identi-1 fledi then It was taken from blm. The I State expf'cts to show that that car; was stolen from No. IHO Preshlentj street, Brooklyn, on Jnntiary 17, 1920. | Tho district attorney al.so suld th.it i Petllt walvr-d immunity and went lv»-; fore the Orand .lury as a witnesn; that h" mode contradictory statementa In rflationship fo where he pyrchanedthe rar; thut lie gave three dlffTent places and that when the <-ar was taken from him and put In the I>un- deis Oarage at Mineoia, Mike I>^Sallo, rbauff«iir for tbe Hionklyn owner, identlflf^l the car as bis employer's machine and openiti-d the r>elco purtH
I Ion oxpreHse<l in official circles today based upon reports from Berlin. It was announced by Poreljfn offlce otd- cialM that advices from Berlin strengthened the lmpre«sif,n thai Germany would accept the indemni¬ ty ullimntum.
Milan, May 10.—More than fifteen persons have been killed and one hun¬ dred wounde<l In fighting between j the KasciHti and Sociallstg through¬ out Italy during the past twenty- four hours. Numerous clashes have occurred during political mass meet¬ ings. V
Paris, May lo. — Despite advices finally from Berlin indicating thut Oermany
will accept the Allied ultimatum, the war offlce today continued sending troops Into the military zone of oc¬ cupation on the Uhlne. It was stated that fhe despatch of young Iroope of
, . . , ...,.,. ^ ,_, . the class of 1919 would continue and
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ize<l5)ntll the class of 1921 was re.idy to take Itn place.
ring, and by the numbers on the varl ous parts of the car.
.TuHtlce CrnpKpy, when he sent the)
Jurors to luncheon, pive thrm fhe usual j Berlin, May 10—All signs pointed ndmonlUon not to dl.vcuRH the ca.se witli|^„ acceptance Of the Allied Indemni- anyone, and not to t.tlk .ibout it amonpLy „it|,naUim wivfen the Beichstag themselve.s, and then he said: "ThlH | n,pj^ today.
1.S not a perfunctory in.structlon. ami 1 President ElH-rt had not yet suc- whilp tfie law requires me to do It. | ceeded in having a new ministry there is, in .idditlon, a very excellent | formed to take the place oC the Feb- re.ison for telling you this. For reanonrt j renbach-Simona cabinet ,bnt it was very nfcps.sary to me, I require that i reliably reported Ihat compromise the Jury be kept together." That was} negotiations would result in the cre- wben he told thpm that they would be lation of a new government by mid-
locked up until the end of the trial.
night tonight.
JUSTICE CROPSEY AND DISTRia ATTORNEY
EXAMINE JURORS I
Mlneoln. Nfay 10. JiimUcp .I.-imcK (',! Crop.sey and OlHtrict Attorney rhariiHJ R. WeekH ye.st<'nlay .'iftprnoon examined five jurors who .sat in the last trial of t'armah filant, former county deter, tlve, who ha.s twice been tried on nn indictment cliargiiiE'him with criminally receiving stolen yoods.
The flrst intimation Ihat somethinR- was wrong in the jury room came la.st Thur8<lay, when .lustice Cropsey dis¬ armed Willi.im J. Dri.scoll of Oce.in Hide, tbe fifth Juror in the last J'lant trial, which resulted in a disagreement.
Since that time an inve.stigalion in DriscoU's former life, his manner of living and his position an a detective o^the Icons' Island Railroad hfis b^pn going on.
Vov the purpose of leixrnlhg what had taken place In the jury room offer DrlscoU had displayed his revolver there, Jui»tice Crop.sey nnd District Attorney ¦Weeks e.\ainined five out of the eleven other Jurors who had !«t with DilscoU. Some of them .s;iy there was no attempt to intlminate with tbe revolver; othera say there was.
¦What the inquisitors learned yester¬ day is not disclosed. Ju.stice Cropsey would not dl.scuss the examination of the Jurors, other than to say that it wa.s held, and District Attorney Weeks took the .s.ime attitude, saying jthat since the examination was uncompleted he eould not .say what luid been dl.s- closed.
Badge Returned to DriscoII
Justice Cropsey yestenlay aAeriuon directed that the detective badge and revolver taken from DriscoII be returne<l to him, and he was dropped for the term as a Juror.
It is said that inquiry started yes¬ terday is to be far-reaching, and that its various ramlflcatlona will cover n lot of territory before it ia all con¬ cluded.
It was noted that Joseph Atwell. a witness In the second Plant trial, was closeteil with Assistant Diatrict Attor¬ ney Bdwards for much pf yeeterday morning, nnd whether he la being ques¬ tioned about his testimony at th* last trial, or whether he bas something ad¬ ditioaal to tell. Is not definitely known.
The other developments in the case against Plant, who will go to trial for the third time on ^fay 16, came wholly through Mervin L. Dickerson of Lyn¬ brook, who haa confessed that be lied when a wltne.ss for Plant on the flrst trial.
Dlokerson Is the man who swore that Plant took lunch with him and Thomas Barbutti at the Blks' Club In Freeport at a tlmo when William Hoffman rwore Uiat Plant waa lunching with hhn at Klllson's shore restaurant. Hoffman is a self-confessed dealer In stolen auto¬ mobiles, and ia one of F'lonf s acotuiers. Ke aayq, that Plant demanded and re¬ ceived a stolen car from him aad Mat¬ thew J, O'Neill, a convict In Sintf Bing Prison, who is also a state's wltne.<>s. New TrbU Set For Mondays
When it waa learned that the last trial of Plant had resulted In another disagreement. Justice Cropsey at once set tbe day for the third trial on May K. Counsel for PUtnt demurred, say¬ ing that witnesses oould not be had in that short Ume. It waa recalled that Dickeraon had been a wltneea at the flrst trial tut not at the aecond one. His abiMnce broke the link in tbe chain of corroborative evidence! It was hoped to produce him for the third trial, but Instead of that he is now under ball to tvppear as a wltnan for tha atata.
Thla devdopmant oam»-Ha»<Ujcfli^y evenlas, and it was well Into Sunwiy moritJnir before district Attorney Weeks and Asaiataat District Attorney Bd- n-ards had flnished gattine a story fnua nickenion tltat oKUsed the startling In¬ formation yeatarday that Dlekaraat had
London, May 10.—A new labor crinis menaced Great Britain today and Iho government acted to meet the revive^l threat of a general Btrlka in sympathy with the coal miners. The government Is making prepara¬ tions to take over Hyde Park and convert it into u great military and transportation center for the distri¬ bution of the nece.sslties of life.
Dublin, May 10.—.Six hundred nnd seventy-five persons have been killed in Ireland since January 1, according to the following casualty list com¬ piled here today:
Killed: Irish civilians and mem¬ bers of the Irish Republican anny, 441; British crown forces, 234.
Wounded: Irish civilians and mem¬ bers of the Irish Republican army, 333; British crown forces, 300.
London, May 10.—"Needless to say the AlllcR welcome the decision of the United States to re-enter the coun¬ sels of the Allied Powers, for 11 is an a.x!om that the true Interest of the United States lies in opposition to Germany," said the Morning Post today in commenting upon news from Paris thivt the .\nierlcan Ambassa¬ dor sat with tbe Inter-Allied Coun¬ cil of Ambassadors on Monday. The Morning Post editorial was headed:
"President Harding takes a hand."
Paris, May 10.—French newspa¬ pers today gave conspicuous display to an unconfirmed report cabled from Washington that American troops may participate in the occupation of the Ruhr if the Allies take over that district of Germany.
Boston, May 10.—Trapped on the third floor of their home at 26 Reed street. North Cambridge, early today as they frantically fought to escape the flames that roared up through the floor under their feet, four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Justine Trembly perished. The dead: Ledger Trem- hley, 21 years old; Ernest Trenibley, 19 years old; Warren Trembley, 14 years olil, and Lester Trembley, 12 years old.
New York, May 10. — A bitter flght Is to he made by American frien46''of China to prevent, if possi¬ ble, Afie confirmation of President Har<)ing'B nomination of Jacob Gould SClTurman, former president of Cor¬ nell University, as Minister to China.
"The nomination of Schurman, be¬ cause of his pro-Japanese speeches and stand, came as a bombshell to all true friends of China," today said Ouy M. Walker, financier, and author¬ ity on Chinese and Eastern questions and a confident of the Chinese Gov¬ ernment.
New York, May 10. — Federal agents here continued today their efforts to round up a gang of men and women who for some time have been reaping a golden harvest through an almost country-wide bo- gus postal money order scheme. It became known that other arrests been made In addition to that of a woman in Cleveland and three men here, but names and detaHs are wltb-
ooiofesMd to his perjured testimony on the flrst trial, and had said that he did it because Plant had asked blm to do .so, and be<»use he was obligated to Plant and wanted to pay oft that debt.
Because of what he told, the spec- t&toru In court yesterday saw {jlie un¬ usual request trotn the District Attor¬ ney that a witness tt^ the defence be held aa a witness for the state on re- trial.
Dlckdrson's bail was flxed at $5000 ahd was furnished by Earle Brown, of Rookville Centre, 'a character ¦wltnees Coir Plant, and James N. Whitehead of Lynbrook. .
Washington. May 10.—With a de¬ fense of preaent freight rates and a I protest against fhe conduct of the government during Federal control of the railroads, the railroad execu¬ tives opened their case today when the .Senate Interstate Commerce Com¬ mittee began a probe of the entire railroad situation.
VETERANSTOliUKE SECOND APPEARANCE
Unable to Obtain Baldwin Theatre For Rehearsals, Decide To Re¬ peat Show In Masonic Temple
RockviUe Centre, May 10.—Veterans of the Foreign Wars decided last night to cancel their bill at the Baldn'in Theiitrc and Instead they will .'t*j»pear aicaln next .Saturday night, at .Masonic Temple, this village. This detislon w.ii- arrlv.d at aft«'r a long conference fol¬ lowing tho failure of the Veterans to obtain the use of the Baldwin Theatre for a rehear.sal.
Afembers of fhe dramatic committer silent several hours moving truckloaiLs of .S(;enery und properties to Baldwin yesterday, but when the iil.iyev" rr.otor- ed there for a rehearsal, the theatre was occupied i.y another meeting. Tbc dlsiipiiointment ot not being able K' bold ,1 rehearsal before Wednesday since toniglit the theatre is being u.sed for movies, started the Veterans' on a sidewalk conference.
-As soofi as tlic.v had telephoned to .Tohn fiempsey and had contracted foi the use of Masonic Temple, tho V0t erans set this Satunla.v as the dait for their next iierformance. .Vt onr o'clock a motor truck was drawing tlieir material back to nockvllle Centre wliere a late reliparsul wa.s held.
.Vfter thf rehearsal, Charlea V. Ates- Heiigerj who plays the part of Lotta, said, "It's all rlRht for you fellows and our audience to laugh, but believe me there's not so much fun getlioK all llxed up every time a fellow has ti' take the part of a girl. Helen of Troy may have been a beauty, but Lotta of Troy. N. T.. is tlie bird who started all my troubles;"
The New Euvpcaa Caalict
Europe's newest War Theatre, In Upper .<!ile«ta, embrooea an area of about 300 sqtiare miles. It is gmd ually being expanded, however.
More than 13S,(K)0 armed men are embodied, including approximately 100,000 Poles. The Poles are oppos¬ ed by allied troops, chiefly It.ilians. and Germans.
The I'oleii have overrun all of tho mining and industrial oreas of upper Silesia, and Were reportetl at last advices to be extending their o<>cii- pation towards Kast Prussia.
Upper Silesia was part of tho ol<l German Kmplre. The Polish out break followed a report In Berim that the Inter-AIUed Control Com¬ mission in upper Silesia had decided to .iward the bulk of the province to Oermany as a result of the re¬ cent Plebluelte. The Plebiscite vote favored Germany In the Agricultural and Industrial Districts, but favored Poland in fhe Coal mining zone. Adelbert Korfanty, T. E. Polish, Commissioner In upper Silesia, de¬ clared Silesia a fr^e stale with him¬ self as dictator.
Fighting is still In progress along the "Upper Silesian Front."
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