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Show SOU WON SY STOCKHOLDERS Judge Decides Salt Company Com-pany Officials Can't Pay Directors $10,000 In rendering a decision vesterdav in the rase of Gu-Ipv Holmirrv-n and other stockholders against ihe M. tollo Salt company. Judge George B Marker restrained the company offlc-from offlc-from p-.vlng the -lire. tnrM iinprox-Imately iinprox-Imately sio.ooo for "extraordinary rv . . . r. nderi-,1." Holmgren charged that Hi Officiala were planning 'o pay this amount to the directors, which he claimed was not due them. The ei'Se was heard last week In tne ill-.-trlct court. Judge Barker taking tak-ing inn en-.- under advisement at that time and rendering lUs decision yesterday He ordered that a permanent perm-anent Injunction !.- issued against any action of the company in paving the amount to the directors. !. . Holther r.-iu esenteil i 1 mgrm in the ra5c. vhll. C. J( Hollingsworth ncted as counsel for the wait combe com-be ny. ' 00 . MOREPMTESTS Citizens Claim Foreigners; Monopolize Best Apartments ! BERLIN June 10. (Bv the Asso j ciated Press i While complaints have been appearing In various quarters ofi price dlscrlmln it Ioti against to irlsts In' Germany, objections are now being raised in the li rmans to all-ged dis-! dis-! crimination In favor of foreigners In obtaining apartments. Cramped by the housing shortage. BerKners often ar.- forced t wait a I year before they can obtain independent independ-ent lodgings. The charge Is now heard (that doubtful methods and Inflated . value.s of their currencies enablH foreigners for-eigners to lease apartments that are Ibeyond. the reach of Germans. In j sunn- sections housing officials are blamed, and the Suggestion is made that the whole situation should be reg-i reg-i Hinted hv the foreign office f WRITERS ENTERTAINED I At the same time, consideration Is given to ih" fact thai some 2 000 members mem-bers of the diplomatic personnel must be provided with residences, because Ithe hotels arc not suitable to their siier in I needs Berlin Inhabitants are actively striving striv-ing to offset the impression that they have been discriminating against tourists. tour-ists. To this end the hotel keepers' association recently entertained the merlcan correspondents In order to i hear their complaints and to exchange views Such complaints as were presented pre-sented concerned mainly OVer-chargthg and discrimination In cities outside of Berlin. To these complaints the hotel men responded that they had no control con-trol over places outside of the apltol The hotel men pointed out that their prices were about half an high as those hi x t York, Paris and Ion- dbn despite the effect of llie CLghl- hour law, the high cost fsuppliesj unending un-ending tax levies, and other economic difficulties, They also denied that their rates varied as between foreigners foreign-ers and Germans. The sentiment of the German press favors clarification of the situation lest homeward bound tourists, especially merlcans carry on propaganda detrl-j mental to Germany. Trie suggc-etlon Is made that whether the discrimination! Is real or fancied there should be a' definite understanding that foreigners and Germans be charged alike in' ! hotels and shops. oo |