Show j LIBEL CASE CASE I i CONTINUED i TO OCTOBER Charges Conne Connected ted With Panama Canal Accusations Accusations Accusations Again Delayed SHOW PAPER KNEW i R STORY WAS FALSE FALSE FranK HitchcocK Norman Norma MacK and J. J P. P Morgan Named to Testify INDIANAPOLIS June 2 The The la Panama Pan Pan- ama libel case against tho the own owners rs of I the Indianapolis News was continued today in the federal court until October r 11 to give the government opportunity to produce as witnesses Frank Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock and Norman E. E Mack cert certain in members of tho the office force and J J. P. P Morgan and certain government officials officials officials i jn in 1 Washington Delavan Smith and Charles R. R Williams Wil Wily Hams liams are are re the owners of the Indianapolis Indianapolis In In- e ws char charged ed with criminal libel in publishing comments on the purchase of the Panama canal by the tIle United States Attorneys Mc McNamara amara and Miller l for the government stated that it was desired to call as witnesses Frank rank Hitchcock chairman of the Republican Re Re- Republican publican national committee and Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man E. E Mack chairman o of the tho Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic cratic national committee in th the tho last presidential campaign The govern government overn- overn ment meat attorneys asked for a continuance so that these and other witnesses I mi might ht be produced in court Reporters Were Warned They said it was their purpose purpose- to show that Hitchcock and Mack had bad warned reporters in the tho Chicago party headquarters that the intimations conta contained ned in a cable dispatch to the tho Chicago Daily News that an Am American j s syndicate had corruptly ga J rl iMS t if mense profit of in i a of tho the Panama canal to tho Alin l o Unit ft en States were States were without foundation in fact Yet et according to the government attorneys the Indianapolis News through Its representative in Chien Chicago o. o E. E I. I Lewin Lewis Les proceeded to reproduce the alle allegations and to give them then crt credence in its editorial columns column committing criminal libel J The Tho court gave its conception of tile the impression on the public mind of Morgan committees committee's inquiry inquiry- into time Panama ease case Judge Anderson said aid that when n William Nelson Keson Cromwell attorney for the French Canal company refused to tell the committee the names name of the members of the American syndicate formed to Americanize the Panama property but abandoned because tho the purchase seemed impracticable he gave ave the public opportunity to infer that there ms was sl something to to cover up |