Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-01-03

UNI Theater the blight Of October 9th
declared, when President Wilson's
picture was thrown On q screen,
ssthere's a real traitor" Mrs. Kren-
ming at the time said he had been
drinking during the day in celebra.
ton of his birthday.
This is the second time within two
months that intssests have attempted
through the inlnenee OF the Attor-
ney-Gensral to Bring about the dis
missal Of crimipat prosecutions in the
Federal Court III > before the cases
went to trial on. their merits. The
other case was Tat of the Bankers
Trust Company, in which indictments
we're pending against John E. Frank
lin and Charles S. Marsh, charging
them with using the mails to defraud.
At the direction Of the Attorney-G Cen
erai District Attorney Oliver dismiss
ed these cases December 10th when
they came up for trial after several
postponements,
A Post Dispatch reporter learned
from an authoritative source that
Krenning's defense had been hriefed
with arguments of his attorneys and
sent to the Department of Justice and
tbat representatives. Of Attorney
General Gregory had taken up a dis
cussinn of the case BY correspondence
with District Attorney Oliver,
District Attorney Oliver, when ask.
ed what disposition was being made
of the Krenning case, said: 81 cannot
discuss ! he details OF any correspond
ence | may have with the Attorney
General. But ! will say that the
Kyenning case will take the same pro-
cedure as any other so far as | an
concerned"
Jeptha D. Howe, attorney for Kren
ning, when questioned declared
neither he nor any friends of Kren'
ming had made any effort to use polit.
ical influence wfth Attorney Genera
Gregory. He said he had not seei
| the Acknowledgement In connection
with the case. He said Krenning ia
lysl American, has been pro. all.
: since the beginning of the war, ant
die not make the statement alleged il
the indictment.
Howe delayea that an examination
of the espionage act would show, an
that courts have held, that calling tn
y President dercgatory names or cpl
:, thets does not constitute an offenst
:, In view of this, he said, admitting tina
krenning had made the alleged state
ment, the prosecution never shout
:. have been undertaken. He said h
did not care further to Discuss tn
- case or any effort he was making i
behalf of his client.
i Several weeks prior to the dismissi
of the franklin and Marsh cases, tn
Post Dispatch exclusively told ths
powerful influences were at work
- Washington in III effort to save the
from facing trial on the charges TIM
:, they manipulated the affairs Of tt
ankers' Trust Company in such
'. way that it was made to appear th'
it was earning large dividends, and
this way boosted the market value
the stock, which was sold to hundre'
~ of investors at inflated prices.
y congressman from Missouri, Tex
and Colorado were said to have be-
" interested In the Bankers Trust case
franklin and Marsh were preside
and secretary, respectively, of I
Bankers Trust Co., which failed
1914 with enormous losses to stoc
holders.
After the dismissal District Attt
~ nsy Oliver, though refusing to disc'
the matter at length, said no wo,
W not have dismissed tle case on
" own motion, and that he would I
~ have caused the indictment Of Frar
lin and Marsh unless he had believ
there was sufficient evidence to &C
:" yict them. In those cases Oliver v
%, called upon for a stsrement Of his VI
u of the cases, as he has been called U
on for a statement regarding
Krenning case.