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Show PAN AUTOS ARE ! TO BE H1ITED; Machines Will Form Part of Evitlence in Trial of Officials. CHICAGO, Nov. IT. llemonHinitiona of (tit' l'an iiui-tom and anloinoLlL-s will he part of the evidence by the dffeimo In tin trial of thirteen ofilelala ot tin l'uti I .L top v'ompaiiy, vlmrijfd with oalna the matin to defraud. l'ennlsslon to parada the ean ftnrt tractors pat aom oomer near Judf j Lantlla'a oourtroorOi ' ths Jury win be abla to tee the m&chlnea in action, win j t'' soviKltt from t hi ctiUiii;o pilu. Proaecutlon attorney! tried tn ahow today1 to-day1 on the croM-eScamtnatton of M .siahi, tractor dealgnei of tin company, thai the tank tread tractor had heen pra. t.oaL I ly .Hinked and that u was reaaaetnhted i and put In working order nolcly to be uadd us tvldtncc In tin present trial. Mr gtahl admitted that the tradors Lad been tina.sse m tdeil mid that extra men u. ic put to work to them into vvoik-tn; vvoik-tn; order early itt October. u fL nrown, majtoMcturlns pjperln-lendent pjperln-lendent of the plant, on cross-examination ty covernmenl attorney today, wu askid to t p!uln an ad eitiint: ib-tnr- Whtoh wai described as an "alrplam- ; view" of the plant and which showed hnildtnas which had not yet been con-st,riuted. con-st,riuted. The witness said the picture was supposed sup-posed to show the proposed plans of the compa ny's plant. K. C. Woodwitnl of BllghtoO, Colo., a AepVty In t he assessment doiitrment of Adams county, told of buying stock and taV that the salesman did not promise dividends at any vKen time and did not represent that cars or tractors were be-Inj; be-Inj; manufactured at the time. C. L. Haekley. also of BrlfhtoiL an ; in: It-rue tit and h ntonubile drnbr. t si I tied that he bought Pan stock. He said that the low uear ratio of the car appealed ap-pealed to him aa an experienced automobile automo-bile man. He said he found conditions at the Pan Motor company plant at St Cloud. Minn., better than he expected. He admit ted that no oa ra w ere be i n a turned out when he was there. J W. Campbell of RrtaMon. treasurer of Adams count y, Colorado. tst!ilod to having bought fifteen aharea of stork In the company from an apent. Later he purdujiaed ten additional shares by mall. Other witnesses who testified to having Mn-.Lt sto k were C. K. Kluckner, h i' kk- ;er or ;r.Khton. iVlo.. u;iJ .luhet'h Hurke. Caatle Rtirk. Colo, R. H Moth, works enalneer Of the Pan Plant, wee the man who testified that he i was present u: the taking of part of fhe pictures and that only normal and actual conditions were photographed The cost of the buildings of the plant was mil at from $6$o,oh to 7M.oo. by Oie wltnesa He said that when the plant lias been completely finished accordm-; to the building plans It will be capable of turning eilt from SW to 40 cars per day. This testimony was Introduced to show thai PandolfoV claim that his propose 1 plant would turn out Phi, Den ears a year was not without a foundation 'if truth. About two times aa many forglnga as will be used in these 190.000 cars ran W turned out In the drop forgina department of the ?lant. according to Harry K. James, who Is In rhara of this department. depart-ment. Tliese figures, l-oth for the production pro-duction In the entire plant and in tbe forcing depa rt men t . art based on t hre shifts a dav. aecordlng to the wltnesa. He admitted on cross-examination that only about 400.000 pounds had been turned I out during the months of Aucus:. September Sep-tember and October. IM. while the department de-partment would have to turn out about ;.W0,ee0 In the same period In capaciU production. R H. Clark of Cantle Rock. Ook., declared de-clared hlraaelf to be satisfied when attorneys at-torneys for the prosecution told him that Pandolfo has received tSia.O'W for his services ser-vices with the company. He Is owner of 100 shares of Pan stoVk W 1 1. Shallerberger. also of Castle Rock, iuiUI that Hie Pn Mlesman made no rcprcu ntallona tonn rr.lni; hin dlvl-dt!iifl dlvl-dt!iifl wouM bo paid In '-lltn him thirty hari of th stork, and that lie did not lotlmai. that any can were bring inanu-faclureS inanu-faclureS at the time. "The 1'an rar It In rlaaa by Itself. teatllW-d C. W Burkholder of (i.leaburK. III., owner of nv- shares. |