Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-05-02
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Governor Warren T. MeCray was
convicted last Monday in the Federal
court of Indianapolis for using the
mails to defraud. The penalty which
is to be fixed by Federal Judge An
derson, may be fine of 81 900 and a
prison sentence of one to five years.
Amos d. Morris, former cashier Of
Kentland, Ind, bank, of which Gov
ernor McCary was president until his
financial collapse, was named with the
governor and pleaded guilty.
Fifteen other indictments have been
returned against McCray by the
Marion county grand jury and may
provide ground for further action
against the governor in case he Is not
sentenced to the penitentiary as re-
suit of the recent trial.
The case which has attracted WIDE
attention because of the prominence
of the defendant, should be a sum
cient warning to other spectators.
Governor McCray apparently without
intention to defraud his creditors,
overstepped the line in scores OF
transactions, believing that he would
he able to retrieve himself from imam
cial embarrassment before the crash
came. Thus an honest man became
The line between legality and lille
qalitv is very close. The step from
ono ia the other is of common occur
renee in business deals, and because
of the success which many have IN
nutting over close deal, the clrcun-
STANCES are never made public. IL Is
only the man who fails who Is caught
"plast Trans l15 in Mine" is
headline appearing In metropoiitai'
papers this week. Early reports III
dicate that few if any OF the en-
tombed miners will be rescued from
the Benwood mine of the "heeline
Steel Corporation where an eNpios,oi'
occurred which reared a barrier pc
tween the miners and freedom. A ie"
ubo were taken frop1 the mlne ailEe
died shortly afterward. -
Mine hazards continue uhapdteu'
Mn owners. because of the expense
nacesarv , in providing adequate pro
.ontion for miners, dodge the respo!l-
eib;i;tv and are upheld by the govern
1aont nno Only public sentiment demands
- III safeOuarding of miners from az
rooet certain death, and pubic senu.
ment has not yet reached the pIias Tans
If nublic indignation. "hen II uo'S
tbere will be a reform.
Metbodist ministers in Chicago are are
~ harmony with all paclhsi,
ins nos ~ preliminary to the genera
ennfsrenee which meets TINS hlont" n.
he ministers of Chicago heid = IN me- ON
inc inc To prepare recommenoa,liooaliESf oaE fer' ~.
nar ,"s to be read at the generai eoi'is
ence session. u. u,or svstem,"
"" % %1rominent clergyman OF thlS
salo q Zion. ave are. therefore an
uenat ueni6ets but the doctrine 81 3i4orent nen
assistance il an enIireiy liIo nf the
Ivbiect from the atutuoe oi
oSnTcb and government on wal, az svs.
'hSISt. AVE- merely condemn the wal 5eI,n ey
nn-Christian as we cohueiihln .hn
telh Te,Sr traffic Every man Ti'o
the ~ n4og, ,'n to the bar and TOOK
walkeu 2 ~ not un-Christian, nor are
the men who have l,, peen N am per-
my 9As for my own theory, L.aaIoog dnt Of
to.tiv willing to take my tneoIoN son We
lec.is r from General sherman, ms
~brase war little differently PfgSer SSer.
pnrase pm war Is un-Chrislan. onei
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The .t to''f the general conference