Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-27 | Page 11 | 100,000 Fail to Heed Mail Fraud Order

100,000 FAIL TO HEED MAIL FRAUD ORDER Notwithstanding the issuance of a fraud order which prevents the receiving of mail by the National Mail Order Brokerage Broker-age company of Minneapolis, thousands of letters containing money still continue to roll into the Minneapolis postofrice. The local post office officials are authority for the statement that 100.000 such letters let-ters have been received in the Minneapolis Minne-apolis postoffice monthly. One of the chain letters involved in the fraud was received by Mrs. G. Spen-j Spen-j cer Chambers, wife of the superintendent .of service of the local postoffice. The al-'lurement al-'lurement is held out to her that if she will write five letters like it she would be given a valuable underskirt for 10 cents. Postmaster Noble Warrum has called the attention of the Washington oifieials to the matter three times. Other fraud orders announced vester-day vester-day were against the Up-to-Date 'Really company and George F. Muth of La Salle, 111.: the O'Conner corporation and its officers offi-cers and agents as such, 6317 South Hal-stead Hal-stead street and 6309 South Ingleston avenue. Chicago; the Bankers Underwriters' Under-writers' association and its officers and agents as such, IS South Ta Salle street. Chicago, and the Imperial Silk company and its officers and agents as such, box 3.15, Boston. Mass.