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MCGRATH, ALASKA. NOV. 25. 1021
Federal Judge Asserts
It the Duty of the
Grand Jury.
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New York.—Judge \V. K Sheppard,
of Florida, sitting in Federal district
court today, told the Federal grand
jury it had power and authority to in
vestigate secret societies which "are
reported to bo interfering with the
constitutional rights of citizens.”
‘‘Anv organi-H&ion,” lie said, "which
holds its meetings by-the tight of boF
Jires in secret places and thp members
of whi(^c^g| white suits/ and masks,
winch attempts to prevent orderly citi
zens from the enjoyment of their con
stitutional rights, freedom of speech,
conscience and right of trial by ttirv, is
:t proper subject for itatvestigation by a
grand jury.
"That is because such behavior on
the part of a secret society is a con
spiracy and the law can be brought to
bear upon them.” * .
Continuing bis charge, Judge Shep
pard said, in part:
"There is a law here that can be
brought to bear upon any groupof peo
ple or secret organisation which ad
min inters justice in she woods.
"It is not within the province of se
cret societies to say who is or is not a
desirable citizen. When they, by a
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demonstration of power, seek .to pre
vent others from theen jovment of their
.constitutional rights they are aman
able to prosecution in .-the Federal
court* through presenttneols or indict
ment by the grand jury.’;
Jmdgo. Sheppard remarked that, ac
cording to newspaper reports, there is
a certain organization now in exist
ence. t he members of which are under
tui-:+ng to censor the control of their
fellow citizens.
I “When you get to that state of af
' fairs, one may well ask what ililTerenee
'There i-, between the United States and
j bolshevism in Russia,” he added.»
Raiders Take Big Still,
1,350 Gallons of Mash
Detrois.—Officials of the Stale de
partment of public safety raided what
the} declare was one of the most com
plete and largesl'-stills in their expeti
ence Wednesday. It was- found above
the clothing store operated by
Nathan Cohen, at 23U2 CanitT street,
| llamtramck, according to F-.-Al. Slater,
first assistatM to Safety Chiof Cam pan.
A total of 1,350 gallons of mash was
confiscated. Slater said, as was the still
which he described as being “most
complete in every detail.” Slater snid
t hs was the largest quantity of liquor
he hail confiscated in his four years’
experience.
Two girls found in the place told the
officers they had been hired for -S25 a
week to- make the whisky.. 1 hoy were
held as witnesses. 'Cohen was arrested
under the law prohibiting landlords i
making liquor on their premises. Thir- j
test: empty- (tart-els on the premises
gave testimony as the- business done, ;
Slater said
Ex-Robber Argues
for Friend* in Court i
New York.— Al Jennings, whose pic
’.ntesCjiwa careet has included such ex
pert nees ;is train robbery, candidate
for governor of Oklahoma and, more
recently, lawyer and reformer, ap
peared in Tombs court Wednesday in
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defense of William Bailiff, wanted in j
half dozen middle western cities fur j
a! I eyed • jobberies.
Jennings, although, he is not a mem- j
ber of the Xew York State bar. sue-1
j
I reeded in inducing Magistrate Simp
1 s >n to grant a brief stay in which to j
make preparations to sue-out a writ of j
‘ habeas corpus. Be declared Bailiff i
; was a friend of hisi
Baiiift was arrested here August 31
' as a fugitive from justice from Chi —
jeago, where-it was charged he was im
| plicated in the robbery of an Illinois
| State Bank - He is also wanted, ac
| cording to the police, at Cleveland in
i connection with a bank robbery.
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Chicago Negress, 24, Deserts
Nail File for Flying Togs
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S New York.—Ten months age Missj
| Bessie Coleman, a 24-year-old negress, :
| left her home in Chicago, where she,
! had been employed as a manicure, for i
I Europe. Today she returned-to this
country on the steamship Manchuria as
a full Hedged aviatrix, said to be the
first, of her rarer The young woman,
I who attended an aviation school in
j France, plans to engage in exhibition!
flights in this couutry.
Washington—Wallace, former Amer
i
ican ambassador to France, has re
Iceived from Ambassador Jjisseraod, of
! France, the Ordetvpt the Grand Cross
of the Legion of Honor, the, highest
i decoration in the gift of France.
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