Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — PRESIDENT FREES FUEL MEN [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT FREES FUEL MEN

Californians in Prison for Defrauding the Federal Government Get Clemency From Wilson. Sdn Francisco. Sept. 21. —President has pardoned James B. Smith and Frederick Mills, vice president and dock superintendent, respectively, of the Western Fuel company, who are serving sentences of 18 months each in San Quentin penitentiary for defrauding the. government, according to a telegram from United States Senator James D. Phelan to John S. Irby, surveyor of the port here.