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Show CO OP CHAIN STORE LEADER IS ARRESTED SAN PRA.WI8CO, Calif.. April IS. Krnest ' . F. Amee. president of the Pacific I 'o-operatlve league, which op-orates op-orates a chain of grocery stores in s vera western states, waa arrested hi i Friday night on a telegraphic warrant from El Paso. Texas, resulting result-ing from a grand jury indictmenL Another msn Is being sought hera also for the El Paso authorities. A receivership for tho company re-eenly re-eenly was asked by Ames who said the company was not inaolvont but that bankruptcy proceedings were aeoegSAPy to settle Internal discord which had Interfered with the operation opera-tion of the stores. Ames obtained a writ of habeag corpus, returnable next Wednesday. |