U. S. Attorney McClear received word from the circuit court of appeals that the sentence of six years at McNeil's island passed here on Wm. Vane has been affirmed by that court. Vane was one of the men who held up the stage between Coolin and Priest River in the fall of 1914. When he was sentenced here, he appealed to the circuit court, and this appeal has been denied.
With the dismissal of seven men charged with violating the selective service regulations in not filling out questionnaires in February, 1918, the criminal calendar for the northern division was materially decreased today.
The men released by the action of the court were: Harvey Mayfield, Nick Pantella Caras, Adolph Hagen, Emil Esse, John J. Hansen, Fred Carlson, Frank Dasonick, Swan Swanson, and Mikki Wanni. When these men appeared before the court at the last term, E. R. Whitla, R. E. McFarrand, R. L. Black, and E. H. Berg were appointed to represent them. The defendants came into court after the war—what?
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