Show LESE IESE CASE PUT PHI OVER TILL OCTOBER Government Expects to Put Norman Mack and Frank H ek on Stand SIGNIFICANT REMARK I BY JUDGE ANDERSON I INFERENCE THAT THERE WAS WRONGDOING IN CANAL DEAL JUSTIFIABLE Indianapolis Ind md June 2 Prominent financiers fiRa lers politicians and government officials must testify in the criminal libel Ithel case caM of or the government against Delavan Smith and Charles R Wil Wll Williams hams liams owners owners of or the Indianapolis News Judge Anderson today continued till tm Oct 11 ii the hearing of or the case growing out of or the publication n of the Panama Manama graft charges This was done on the governments contention that such sueh de delay delay delay lay was necessary In order that the wit witnesses nesses flosses might be heard Those Tho e whose testimony is sought in include Include clude elude Frank M Hitchcock former chairman of or the Republican national committee Norman K 11 1 Mack chairman or of the Democratic national committee c George Cortelyou certain members ol at atthe the office staff starr of J J R P I Morgan 8 Co and various government officials Defense Protested The defense defence protested against a con continuance continuance continuance saying 88 the government gt g should have been prepared to submit its evi evidence evidence dence deuce and nd the court at first seemed to approve On a statement of or the govern government government government ment counsel however as to what It was expected to prove by the new wit witnesses nesses flosses nes es the court decided to hear the further evidence District Attorney McNamara said he h would prove by HitchcocK and Mack that they had made public an announcements announcements that the Panama story of or offered offered to both of them was a fake take wig originated originated mated by blackmailers at first hoped to get money from William Nel Nei Nelson Neisen Nelson son sen Cromwell but failed The Tile stor soot was published In the New York World Worl l land and the same paper on Oct 3 printed Mr denial Mr McNamara saM said he expected to o prove that the fIe ie e had knowledge of or the denial wh when heR n they prepared their editorial ar articles tides for the Indianapolis News The By members of or J Pierpont Morgans staff s he lao stUd kIhe h expected to prove that The lite the United States paid paM for or the Panama canal caal was paid directly to the two to old French companies ana eno at once onte distributed to about holders holden of the stock In France and that no got a cent ut of or profit Judge Anderson had expressed doubt as to the relevancy of or further evidence saying 8 he hI himself was impressed by b the fact tact that Mr Cromwell bad had refused to tell teU the senate enate investigating committee the names of his clients who composed a syndicate for Americanizing Americanising a plan pan that afterward wa was abandoned The public might justly infer the court said that there was something wrong some somewhere somewhere somewhere where in the transaction In which 40 of its money mone was expended |