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Show ; TWELFTH JUROR IS REJECTED San Francisco, Feb. 24. The prospect pros-pect of completing a jury to try Patrick Pat-rick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads, upon an Indictment charging charg-ing bribery, was indelinltely postponed today, when, after accepting the twelfth juror, the attorneys Introduced evidence and arguments in support of challenges which eventually vacated vacat-ed two seats In the box. John Scollard, a hotel proprietor and shoe dealer, was dismissed from the jury under challenge by the prosecution, prosecu-tion, and Arthur S. Holman, an Insurance Insur-ance agent, whose right to try tho caso was questioned by the defense, succumbed to a challenge after somi vehement declarations concerning his opinions of public service corporations corpora-tions and their relations with municipalities. muni-cipalities. Before the hour of adjournment, ihe prosecution Interrogated two other Jurors, who were not challenged, and tho fato of David Holzberg, another juror, was still in Issue when the proceedings pro-ceedings wero Interrupted by the day s adjournment Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney disqualified Mr. Scollard because be-cause the latter had been rrleudly with Former Mayor Eugeno fc. Schmitz In Alaska and because the Juror had expressed opinions hostllo to the prosecution prior to the trial. |