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Show I Alaska Fraud I Cases Dropped t " B' Detroit, May 3 .On tho request of BBB' j tho attorney gcnornl of tho United B 1 States through his assistant Ernost H Knaobel, nn order of nollo prosequi BBBe was entered todny In tho bo culled B Alaska coal land fraud cases, which B had been pending in federal district BBH court horo since 1911. BBH Among tho dofendants woro W. W. B McAlphlno, Arthur L. Holmes, Albert B 11. Hoehm, Georgo W. Iloss, Mc- BBBJt Curdy C. Lobeau and Frank D, An- BBH; ilrus, all of Detroit. W I Indictments returned againBt tuo H ( 1 won by a fodoral grand Jury horo BBH1 charged that 640 claims to toal land BBBJi In Alaska had boon obtained through H, fraud. It was stated at tho tlmo that Bl tho land was worth $50,000,000. BBBj All of tho men Indicted woro mom- BBBJ bers of a concern formed to deal In BBBftt Alaska real estate, BBBF Tho action of tho prosecution, It Is BBBK , understood was caused by lack of BBBB evidence. BBBK BBBBi msBBBBBB9k BflfiflBV |