Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of Hie Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and towns —Matters of Minor Mention from Many Place*. CONFESS TO LI REL OF K. OF C. Men Who Distributed Alleged Oatli of Catholic Order Plead Guilty. Philadelphia, January 30. —Pleas of guilty and nolle contendere were entered into court here today by Charles Megonigle and C. H. Stage, w’ho had been indicted on charges of and conspiracy to libel the Knights of Coluimhus in printing and distributing what purported to be an oath taken by members of that organization. Jaanea W. Flaherty, supreme knight of the order, told the court that the Knights of Columbus felt that they had been vindicated by the pleas entered and said the order would be satisfied if the court would discharge defendants under a suspension of sentence. The court granted the request.