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Show PALMER IS INVITED TO COAL INQUIRY j ATTORNEY GENERAL IS UNDER ' FIRE IN CASE AGAINST OPER-, OPER-, ATORS AND MINERS. i Action of United States District Judge Is Said to Be Result of the Resignation Res-ignation of the Attorney In Charge 4f the Case. Indianapolis. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was advised In a telegram tele-gram from United States District Judge A. B. Anderson that an investigation investi-gation of the attorney general's connection con-nection with the case against 125 coal mine operators and miners would be made when the case Is called for trial In the federal court here on November 8. Mr. Palmer was Invited to be present pres-ent on that date. Judge Anderson assured the attorney general that the case of the coal miners min-ers and operators would be called on the date set, although to date only the Indiana operators and miners and those-of western Pennsylvania who voluntarily surrendered are in the jurisdiction jur-isdiction of the Indiana district court. No indication as to the scope or nature na-ture of the Investigation to be made was given In the telegram, but it was believed Dan W. Simms, former special spe-cial assistant counsel for the government, govern-ment, would be called to explain an alleged proposal in regard to the evidence evi-dence in the case said to have been made by Mr. Palmer and which resulted re-sulted In Mr. Slmms' withdrawal from the case. It was expected that United Unit-ed States District Attorney Fred Van Nuys, former District Attorney L. Ert Slack and department of justice agents would also be called. |