Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1909 — SUBPOENA FORM HALTS HEARING [ARTICLE]

SUBPOENA FORM HALTS HEARING

Editors Fight Being Taken Before Grand Jury. NATURE OF CASE UNKNOWN Believed, However, That the Proceeding la a Sequel to President Roosevelt's Message in Which He Protested Against the Printing of Certain Names by Newspapers Which Criticised the Purchase of the Panama Canal Rights by Government. New York, Jan. 19.—The nature of the proceedings against the New York World and the Indianapolis News because of their charges In connection with the purchase of the Panama Canal was not disclosed at the brief hearing in court. Under instructions believed to have been issued by authority of the government, United States District Attorney Henry L. Stimson had subpoenaed William B. McLoughlin, sporting editor of The World, and J. Angus Shaw, secretary of the Press Publication company, to testify before a federal grand jury in an action which was not described in the subpoenas. The proceedings were halted by an order obtained by counsel for The World’s editors, calling upon Mr. Stimson to show why the subpoenas should not be quashed. Brief argument was heard by United States Circuit Judge Henry G. Ward on the motion to quash the subpoenas, after which-an adjournment was taken. Rayner Mentions Sedition Laws. Washington, Jan. 19. —Senator Rayner endeavored lo have adopted a resolution calling on the attorney general for information as to whether the president had ordered a suit brought against the New York World and the Indianapolis News. Mr. Rayner declared that there was no statute authorizing such legal procedure and that the attempt to sue the newspapers In the name of the United States, if entered upon, was an attempt to apply the sedition laws long since repealed.