South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-19


still and 5O-gallOn barrel of mash
and whisky still warm from the
stove were taken, confessed Wednes-
day afternoon and is out on bond
pending opening of circuit court
His daughter, charged with intimi-
dating an officer with a loaded shot
gun was sent home to her young
children and will appear August 30.
GRAND RAPIDS-A recent re-
port of the Grand Rapids Railway
company shows that il operated at a
deficit Of S1,452.73 for July.
HASTINGS-Farm bureaus Of Or
angeville and Prarieville will have a
picnic at Shelps' resort, Pine lake,
Wednesday, Aug. "a. The speaker
is James n. Mcbride president of
Michigan Wool Board association
and connected with the state wool
department Of the Michigan Farm
bureau.
SAGINAW - Increased demand
for Saginaw Valley coal for indus
trial purposes has made possible re-
sumption Of capacity operations at
the Uncle Henry, Riverside and Shi-
awassee mines of the Consolidated
Coal company A slight increase in
domestic demand also is noted.
CALUMET-By ripening the wild
berry crop three weeks earlier than
usual, nature defeated plans or the
Calumet Chamber of Commerce for
the establishment of a community
canning enterprise this year.
KALAMAZOO-The new manual
Arts building of Western State nor
NAL here viii be ready for Occu-
pancy with the opening of the fall
term The shop facilities of this
building are said TO rank with the
finest in the country One of the
big features Will be an auto mechan-
les shop.
KAIlAMAZOO-The city council
has approved the installation of an
oil separator to salvage oil, said to
sometimes reach a depth Of six
inches in the city's sewage system,
and prevent it from communicating
the water of the creek. City Engi-
neer Clark told the council the oil
would be suitable for road dressings.
FTINT-After many years active
service in the ministry Rev. j. NJ.
Crandau, aged so. pastor or the
Methodist Protestant church here
for the past year, has announced he
will retire He and Mrs Crandan
have goae 10 their home at Three
Rivers, where they will reside.
misdoing Of somebody other than
the RergdoH family and their i'm
mediate. personal assistants. 1t Is
hoped that their reports bares TO
congress the others who are more
guilty even than the BergdoI FAM
lily. Shall they so unwhipped of JUS
tice2" Tn committee declared that
every direction which looked to-
ward Bergdou's safekeeping was re-
jected by Hunt and everything that
might facilitate his escape was done
without question or quibble."
In commenting on Hunts trial the
committee said that Col. Cresson the
prosecuting judge advocate, gave no
tice that he would not prove that he
did not furnish a Sufficient guard Il
he was bribed not 10 do so.
"The inevitable conclusion" the
majority report states, lis that Berg
doll bought his way out; vet Col
Cresson. the prosecutor boldly an
nounced that ne would not prove
that 10 be the case even If he could.
prisoners in making escapes use
Indifferent Instruments Some use
crowbars. some files. some saws and
some false keys. The instrument
used by Bergdon was money.
The minority OF the committee
placed the primary responsibility or
BorgdoIFs escape on Mai. Gen. Peter
q. Harris. advocate general OF the
army. but stated that Harris had no
improper motives. 1T IS apparent
however" the report said. that his
(Harris) mind was readily over
come by the strong statemefNs or
Anseu and the one essential con-
dition. without which nothing could
have been accomplished, and the es-
cape as Planned would have been i'm
possible. namely. an order from the
ad3utant general permitting Bergdol
20 leave prison could not have been