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Show GOVERNMENT FILES A SUIT Great Grain Exchange of U. S. Charged With Violating Trust Law Chicago. Feb 11 The Chicago boaid of trade, the great grain exchange ex-change of the United States, was Charged by the government in in; anti-trust suit filed here today with iolating the anti-trust law by arbi-l trarlly fixing, during the hours the evhange is closed, the prices of whea', i corn, oats and rye to be received in; Chicago. Tbe government s petition in equity aks the United States district court for a temporary restraining order, to be followed after final hearing with a permanent Injunction prohibit ng the 1 i i and more members of the board from continuing an alleged nn-lawful nn-lawful conspiracy to destroy competl-. lion and restrain interstate com- I merce Following are named as defendant' to the suit: Board of trade of the! city of Chicago, Edward Andrew, pre-Mdent , Frank B Rice and Albert F: Cross. ice presidents, and J. E Cunningham. David S. I.asler. Leslio P. Gates. John Garden Robert Mc-Dougal, Mc-Dougal, Joseph Simons Adolph Ger- i Stenberg, Benjamin 9 W ilson I. Harry Har-ry Freeman. Geoige B Qumn. lohn A. Rogers. John R. Manff and Wil-llam Wil-llam L. Gregsten, directors of tbe J board VCCOrdlng io the petition tbe board dominates and controls the grain mar- kei both as to price and the amount sold and shipped in interstate com-merce com-merce and In a largo part Of Illinois Illi-nois and adjoining states The petition is. signed bv Attorney1 General Wlckeraham, James a Fow-; ler, assistant to the attorney general ahd I nlted States Attorney James H Wilkerson of Chicago. |