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Show oo JURY DISAGREES IN FRAUD CASE Seattle, Wash., Dec. 1C Tho Jury dlbagrccd and was discharged today In tho case of Arthur M. and Clarence A. Mooro, officers of the Alaska Investment In-vestment company, charged with using us-ing the malls to defraud. Tho final vote was S to 4 for conviction. Tho case wus sot for rotarlal In March. The company had agencies In various vari-ous cities, promising employment to purchasers of stock. A large number of stockholders were sent to Nomo, Alaska, In 1909, to work on tho company's com-pany's Eldorado mining ditch, and, boung unable to get pay trom the company, thoy were stranded .in the far north with winter coming on. Urgent Ur-gent appealn caused tho United States to Bend a revenue cutter to rescue res-cue them, |