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Show CASE AGAINST DISTILLER ENDS BY FEDERAL FINES LOUISVILLE. Ky . Oct. 13. William Wil-liam F. Knebelkamp. former secretary secre-tary ut It. E, Wathen and company, distiller, liidlrted in federal court on charge of Violating thu war-time prohibition pro-hibition act, entered a pica of guilty Tuesday und was fined $1000 on eat h of five counts, seven being dismissed Mr Knebelkamp'l Indictment nnd that of R- E. Wathen, president of tlie i-riniputiv, fullowi il seizure of scv- erui hundred eases of whisky at Versailles, Ver-sailles, Ky. The firir. f? distiller and other property vniueei at more than 11,000,000 were seized hy federal agents as shipment was traced to tht distillery. This property was released i ;--.v week ,i:;o wln-n tli- e.is.- against R. K Wathen was settled m Washington Wash-ington bv payment of $115,090- as compromise- in amount of taxes -said to brt due the government. oo |