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Show noici-suppiy COMPAMFilAUfl SEATTLE, Wash.. June I. Bmar Noeldbera. manager of tn 0sttle branch of the Oreet Weetern Smelting Reflnlng company; W. A. Corderv man seer of the W, A. Corder Machinery Supply company, com-pany, and Edwin F. Meyers, chief clerk In . the aeneral storekeeper's office at Pugst sound navy yard, were arrested late Friday on Indictments returned by the federal Brand Jury at Taooma, charging charg-ing them with conspiracy to defraud the government. Indictments have also been relumed aaeJnet K. Silvers tone, a hotel proprietor, and J. A. Kettlewell. chief clerk In the navy pay office here. The alleged conspiracy relates to the furnishing of metal supplies to the Fuget sound navy yard. It la ehanred by the government that the defendants eon-aplred eon-aplred to manipulate the epeclooaUone en that only three firms could hid oa a eon-tract eon-tract for sine, rolled eheet metal and holler plate. . When the contract wee awarded to the Fowler Metal company It assigned the contract to the ureat Western Supply company. It le also chanted thet the price allowed al-lowed the Fowler company. I741T, waa exorbitant. Sllveretone was Indicted for foiaasy. the government charainff that In aaeian-tng aaeian-tng the check made In favor of the Fowler Fow-ler company to the Great Western company com-pany be forged the name of B- O. row Meyer and Kettlewell. the navy eterke, alao have beea Indicted on a ehanre of ooneptmcy In oonnectton with the allesred manipulation of base for tallow and atml-lar atml-lar supplies. |