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Show AlfflOOS NOTE LEADS 10 RAID NEW YORK, Oct. If. An anonym ons note sent to William Loeh dr., collector of the port of New York, precipitated the sensational raid yesterday yes-terday on the Filth avenue establishment establish-ment of Duveen Brothers, art dealers, deal-ers, and the arrest of two members of the firm. Benjamin J. and Henry J. Duveen. charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of more than one million dollars by uuder valuation valua-tion of imports. Mr. I ..nob made this announcement tonight. In the eveut of fines being Imposed on duties recovered from the firm or its members, the Informant will be in line for the reward given by the government for evidence resulting re-sulting in such conviction If the alleged frauds prove as extensive ex-tensive as customs olllcials hae stated, stat-ed, this reward will probably be between be-tween $luu, i00 and $5i.mi,0u". James Jarman, secretary of the Du veen firm, was taken into custody today, to-day, but was discharged when arraigned ar-raigned before United States Commissioner Commis-sioner Shields on the cround that ev-deuco ev-deuco to convict was lacking Jarman was a witness today before the, grand jury, which Is investigating the matter. |