The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-10-25
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!, NINE MONTHS
JUDGE WADE SENDS WILLIAM
ALLISON TO JAIL.
TUSCALOOSA MAN DENIES GUILT
The Walker Damage Suit Against
Iowa Central Railway To Be
Tried In Federal court-Rev.
Kelly To Be Retired.

Ottumwa, Oct. 23.-Nine months in
the Wapello county, Jail was the SEN
tence given William Allison by Fed.
eral Judge Wade after Allison plead.
ed guilty TO the grand jury's indict-
ment charging him with failure to
register June under the selective
service act of congress.
Before he went TO jail to spend the
greater portion ofethe next year Mr..
Allison was required by the court to
register He was taken before the
county auditor and his papers filled
out.
Mccarty Denies Guilt
Floyd McCarty of Oskaloosa. in
dicted on similar charge, pleaded
not guilty and his trial will probably
come up the latter part of the week.
The case of Charles Poncey. indict-
ed last term for breaking and enter
ing ralroad cars in interstate tran
sit, has been continued over the term.
George Taylor has been indicted
for selling liquor without owning a
government tax stamp and has been
arraigned but has not pleaded. John
Graham, indicted for violating the
Reed amendment or bone dry" law
pleaded not guilty.
H. t. Schoonover and Mrs. Addie E.
Clemmons, accused OF censpiring to
violate the Mann white slave act,
have entered plea of not guilty to
heir indictment. II is probable that
leir trial will be reached tomorrow.
Walker CAGE On Today.
The court and jurors touched on
the law docket today when they be-
gan the trial of William Walker. adj |
ministrator OF the estate of Allen
H. Walker, against the Iowa Central
railway company. 1t will probably |
be finished in day and half. 1t
is damage suit originating in Ma /
haska county and the majority of the
counsel is from that section of the
state.
Louden Is Acquitted.
Robert d. Louden of Fairfield, who
was on trial in the local United /
States district court for three days
last week on the charge of making
false shipping bills in order to obtain
lower rate on interstate commerce.
was acquitted by the jury, which re-
turned verdict TO Judge Martin ].
Wade at 4 a. nj. yesterday after being
out since o'clock the evening be-
lre.
y Probing Davenport juries.
Davenport, Ia, Oct 20. - United.
States secret service men were again i
very active today in their endeayor
to unrayel the mystery and get at the /
core Of reports which they have in
their possession alleging lone juror /
held up the espionage act violation I
cases and that Inat lone juror was c.
tertained by the defense. The cases |
referred TO are those against DR.. (
Walter Matthey, Attorney Fred Voll.
mer, Charles Wiese and Albert H. |
Miller. In statement wired here |
today United States Attorney Porter
said il there is anything crooked
about the jury business he win do ev-
erything in his power to bring guilty
TO justice. He said from present in !
II ibOhNh lInt t2CllJA2
charges may be preferred.
Kelly To Be Retired.
Red Oak, Ia, oct. 3D. At o'clock |
this afternoon Judge j. B. Rockafel- |
low set Nov. II as the day for the
re-trial of the case Of the Rev Lyn |
G. J. Kelly, charged with the Villisca
AK murder. Judge o. d. Wheeler
viii hear the case.
Judge Rockafellow also this after
noon vacated the order of Judge
Boies granting change Of venue
from Red Oak to Logan for the trial
OF Attorney General Havner, charged
with expressing the witness, Alice
Willard, who was before the grand
jury at the time of the Indictment of
EaIlv II hsfC not vpt hapn decidpd