Show COMMISSARY AiT FRAUDS IN MANILA MacArthur cArthur M Says 8 Ys Reports aro are crated nod and Misleading HAS 1148 lAS MADE INVESTIGATION nail nimit Officers anil a NUI her ber of ot 1111 Tien 11 Washington April Apri IS Tho following cablegram wile was WIS public today Manila Adjutant General Washing Washington ton With reference r to your our telegram of tIme tho press reports grossly ex misleading matters therein touched tou h t upon Ulon regarding officers of ot sub subsistence department fully tul full Investigated Proceedings mulled mailed by 1 transport Sheri Simon Sheridan Sherilan dan lan Regarding time the commissary stores s tho timo amount of ot which was grossly gross exaggerated Berated by press Ires reports report I Immediate amid most Ilot drastic measures have havo already beon been applied Three and nut n a num number number ber ben of at enlisted men are being tried by h Number of oC citizens by military commission MAC ARTHUR No statement was wa made that the time re report reo report port of MacArthur was satisfactory although It all n ii along has been tIme the theory at nt the war tie that tho the reports tram from rota Manila Mani Il a rera exaggerated exaggerated At tho the same time line there I is h cause for tor regret In the time department that oven even under time the best construction that can be placed upon the time dispatch three e and n a number of ot enlisted men and n a 1 number of ot civilians have conducted themselves In such ouch a 1 man manner ner imer ler as tS to necessitate n a n or a trial by b a military commission lon In Inthe Inthe inthe the case ense of at civilians cllon It I Is said Halt how however however however ever that even It If these Ileo persons were ivere being tiled tile there might be ho exaggeration lion tion ton In regard to the offenses with which they the were rero charged MR Nil vANS EVANS l IAmS VENIAl Chicago April Apri 18 Thomas K E Evans I of ot tho time firm Irm of ot Evans 1 Co Importer and financial brokers broken at Manila who arrived In Chicago o en route to Wash Washington lIsh ington today tolay denied dented the reports from tram Manila that his firm was concerned concer ell In Inthe time the commissary sary department frauds Mr Enne Ean said saIl that It Il seemed almost impossible to him that any 1 such frauds ns as arc nrc reported could bo be perpetrated under UI er time the strict army regulations In vogue ogue Mr wilt will leave leavo for Cor Washington tomorrow |