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Show JiLLJ ! iFi'Ll Six Texas and Four Lot Angele Operators Are Charged With Illegal U.e . of Mail in Schemes LOS ANGKLES. Aug. T. Ths federal grand Jury which yeatsrday Indicted ten oil operator!, alx of Texas and four of Los Angeles, and one Los Angelea corporation, on charges of using the malls lo defraud, de-fraud, has adjourned, aubject lo call, and Is not expected t con. vene aaln until September. Iiavld V. Cehtll. orerlal aaelstant ntiorney general, who presented ths CNio.i lo the grand Jury, has been srtmlttert- to prsctlse In the United Stales dlatrlrt court by Judge William Wil-liam P. James. Ha will prosecute the defendants when their caaes coma to trial, according to present arrangements. The Tetana Inolcted were D. H. Oianin. Glenn W. Blark, H. W. o nd. John H. Mauldlng. George H. Wipley and Jack Carlllo. They are arcuaed of having falsely represented rep-resented land In Zapata and Webb counties. Texaa. as rich, fertile and worth from 1 18.000 and 120,000 an acre berauae of Indications of oil, while the government declares it Is worthies from any viewpoint. LA. MEN INDICTED. Ths Los Angeles men Indicted were Martin J. and Bernard T. Cul- )en, Thomas V. Kins; and Robert A. rannlson, all connected with tha Oreat Anaelua Oil and L-snd corporal corpor-al ion, which also was named In ths bill. Thv sra charged with having; hav-ing; mireprefir'nt'd sa oil-bearinf land a tract In tha Antelope valley In tne northern part of IxS An-ge1e An-ge1e county. It bM-H m known XofFky that ln-vejii ln-vejii KStora for tha national vla itnnt mmmliiM of tha Associated A'l va-rMains; t:itiba of tha World, HH h' n.itHisrtei s In New York. have I "it ir, the California oil fields for t i it ttiree week, attempt-it attempt-it ' a t aliened fraudulent r-is,.fi' "us in tha sale of oil .mi - : ,.tm P. Green,, assool-a'e assool-a'e m Tfrinr .f ths committee, Is In ch''i" of tha Investigation. 'J rinniittce ta said to have hen iiriiv in Texas during the fnvw! vMiiffl recent drive SKtflnat . a li .' -I f' itittlntent oil slo'k promot fm tn thtt n-nie. SITUATION PROBED. "" " ' tr siirvev of the California slt-v: slt-v: ti in complete, ' aald Oreen. ,nn Hie extrnt to which oil iin"i mA h' n,(i rdIiJ tn waye unfair tn ' p-ii .-. hut the rnethoda by n e intend to correct the sit- iii''ii s' nt a mutter for puhiie i an n.f-nent at ttna time. The r.r ,t jnow r.f the si (nation In Call- : f'-r-i a is tMcit so many units are, B-.ri i,rt repieisentatlona which don't !.-r In biark and white. People nifxj .4 ri'nrk up on what salesmen v. if oei-fptjon Is suspacted the , cortMirs r ion rommlaalon I he nniiftei. Ronietirnea the -t cue uncovers tha biggest . ..i - ... I t i' iiin tn tha ten Individuals : .,( f.t.na ( ,n porat inn indicted venter-t;.,-. i (tiHnr) Jury lutit Week ln-i ln-i i 1 on Bwi.Mar charges two cor-'i'i cor-'i'i thirty-one Individ-i Individ-i - itK-m.l ng lr. Krederlck A. who oix-e proclaimed himself i .!it.'ii.n-r of the north pole. All . f ;n's previously indicted were - ) he or'-t-ating In and around X t "r'h. 1 . |