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Show NEW YORK WORLD PLEADS NOT GU1LTV New York, March 15. The Press Publishing company, publishers of tho New York World, through its counsel, Delancev Nicoll, pleaded not guilty before Judge Holt in the federal court today to the charge of criminal libel in tho Panama canal case. Counsel for Caleb Van Hamm, an editor of the World, has entered a plea of not guilty to a similar charge in behalf of Mr. Van Hamm Counsel was granted one week to prepare a spe clal pleading as to the jurisdiction of the court. Mr .Van Hamm was paroled in his attorney's custody. No question of Jurisdiction was raised rais-ed -by counsel for the Press Publishing Publish-ing company, but Mr. TIntermeyer, for Mr. Van Hamm, said he wished leave to withdraw the plea of not guilty for his client, and arguo apart from tho Tegular plea a special plea as to jurisdiction. juris-diction. The court held that the special spe-cial plea must be argued within a week. Mr. Untermeyer said that the question ho wished to bring upon the interest of Mr. Van Hamm, was to just where the publication of the alleged libel took place. |