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Show TRIAL HALTED BY MISSING JUROR Absent Man Being Searched for by Officers While L W. W. Case Waits. JAIL FOOD NOT GOOD Defendants Claim Health Cannot Can-not Be Maintained Under Such Poor Conditions. CHICAGO, April 4. The trial of more than one hundred leaders of the Industrial Workers of tho World, accused ac-cused of conspiracy to disrupt the nation's na-tion's war program, was halted for two hours today while a battery of federal fed-eral agents searched for one of four jurors tentatively accepted yesterday by the government Federal Judge Landis ordered that every means be taken to have the absent ab-sent juror in court early this afternoon. after-noon. Pieces of dark bread and samples of coffee were carried into court today bv the eighty -eight prisoners confined in the county jail and a petition was presented asking Judge Landis to order or-der an investigation of conditions at the jail. The petition protested that the men could not be expected to remain re-main in good health and thus prevent further delays in the trial if the fare of dark bread and weak coffee for breakfast and the same for supper four , times a week remained in order. Organized Literature Barred. Organized literature which had been flooding the court room, was barred by Judge Landis after counsel for the government called attention to the distribution nf th "Daily 'Riillptin" attacking the public press and an- nouncing a big mass meeting here for raising defense funds. Since razors were furnished to some of the men, several flowing beards have disappeared. There also was a re -arrangement of seating the prisoners pris-oners today. Flaring waistcoats and other queer raiment were removed from the front row, which now is held by clean shaven prisoners, white collars col-lars and modest cravats. P. T. (Third Rail Red) Doran, a Pacific coast organizer whose scarlet beard, checkered maclrinaw, light blue trousers and grey eyeshade have made him a conspicuous figure, protested against changes. "This isn't a school of camouflage or a convention of movie idols," he said to George Hardy, secretary of the marine transport workers, who was given Doran's seat. |