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I Palmer Fails to Have H Libel Suit Dismissed jH new yokk. April 13. Attorney jH Oeneral Palmer failed today to have IIH dismissed a suit for damages hroueht agalnal him b the Forstmann and Huffman company woolen manufac-turers, manufac-turers, of Passaic. N. J., for alleged sLBt libel in his having caused to be wrif- tm i en and published, while alien proper amjF ty custodian, an article stating that gSVl the company was enemy owned. Fed- Ieial Judge Hand overruled the attor ney general's demurrer In the suit, which was directed against Mr. Pal mer and the Frank A Munsey company, com-pany, which published the article. The attorney general argued in his demurrer the article was privileged a because it sae , general populai -if count of the work of the office of the aline property custodian, and that it vas ot j id in administering bis office oo |