Show USED AllSTO DEf DEFRAUD AU Five FIte Men lieu In Xe ew One a n 4 by bt p Inspector to C Ce New e York Nov No 12 Five men in including eluding one described aa a the Rev ROV Claude Claud Severance were arrested arre by b bp p inspectors today toda charged with using u ing the mails malls to tu defraud through the El EI 21 ao Banana com corn company company pany and its Ita fiscal the International International Finance In addition to Severance SeveT nce e ers are Frank G 6 Watrous president of the Banana company Oliver W Vu V Sim Simmons St mons mong secretary ry and treasurer William Villiam L Senders Sanders president of ot the Finance company contay com and H L Harvey Harvay These Thea four tour were taken in a raid on the cop con concerns cerns offices Severance was arrested arro ted in Brooklyn When Simmons Sanders and Harvey were arraigned ed before a United States Commissioner all denied the tile chars of fraudulent use of the malls mall Watrous was held in hail ball and the others other in 2600 1600 each Har Hat Harvey Harty vey ty and Sanders alone almB surety According to the federal authorities the Kl Il Progresso so Banana company was projected in January 1909 by Vat Wat roub rous who was wan living in Denver at that time The company was organised un up under under der the laws of Arizona and had its headquarters in phoenix Arts Arie with branch offices in Houston Texas and has been selling stock in what is de do described described scribed as A banana plantation at La Celba eLba Honduras |