In Chicago, is approaching the end of the egregious Veterans' Bureau scandal. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the Bureau, and J. W. Thompson, a contractor, are on trial for conspiracy to defraud the Gov- ernment in connection with the letting of contracts for veterans' hospitals. The testimony in large part was noisome if not nauseous; but it is important in that it will probably result in a legat determination of the charges of corruption in the Veterans' Bureau under the Forbes regime.
The chief witness for the Govern-ment is Elias H. Mortimer, who...
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