Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRES V V In Springfield 0 last night tho Jury In tho case of George Yo Thatcher V charged with forging the name of tho JUte millionaire P II Mast to notes aggregating ag-gregating 30000 returned a verdict of acquittal i V The executive council of the American Federation of Labor has authorized an assessment of affiliated organizations for the purpose o aiding the striking machinists ma-chinists In their contest for C ninehour day VV V Notwithstanding the arrival l ofMaJ O lthBt l1Slhc II Ilelstaml San Francisco It Is probable prob-able that the Senate Committee on Military Mili-tary Affairs will not begin Its Investigation Investiga-tion of tho charges against him until some time In the autumn Moved by strong appeals for clemency tho President has granted ap ardon In the PlcslcnL Calvin V Joy Cress of California Cali-fornia who while a member of tho fourth class of the Naval academy wus convicted of hazing and summarily dismissed dis-missed from the academy London Dally News in an editorial discussing dis-cussing foreign encroachments upon British supremacy In the various forms of sport expresses the fear that the grand challenge cup may be carried away from Henley by either an American or Belgian crew |