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Show 'mm of LAW CHARGED Seven Chicago Men Accused of Forcing Sales of Newspaper News-paper Subscriptions Chicago, i-vi. v. Indictments I against seven officials and former officials of Chicago, charging viola- tlor. of the civil service law through sale of subscriptions to a political newspaper backed by the city admin-! Istration and tickets to a picnic given! by the political faction headed Jiy Mayor William Hale Thompson were1 returned today by a special county grand Jury. Evident e submitted to the Jury was Intended to show that city employes virtually bad been forced to subscribe to the paper ami buy picnic tickets under un-der threat of losing their Jobs. One' of tho men indicted was said to have sold $5,000 worth of subscriptions bv i himself. |