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Show NINETEEN ARRESTS" BY P. 0. JNSPECTORS PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1C Nine-teen Nine-teen arrests were made today by postal pos-tal inspectors in Pennsylvania and Now Jersey in the government's crusade cru-sade against persons accused of using tno malls to defraud. The defendants wore Riven hearings before United State- comraiKsioBcr and held In ball lor trial and further hearings. Soveu. defendants were given hearings hear-ings In Philadelphia. They were four officials of the Chain Shoe Stores Syndicate, with ofllces hero, two constitute tho Pine HelsMa compauy, a New Jersey land .Improvement concern con-cern with Philadelphia connections, and the seventh is a local physician. The Defendants. A list, -with, tho results of the hearings, hear-ings, follows ; Chain Shoo Stores Syndicate. LouU L. Rice, president, Philadelphia; Andrew An-drew C. Patterson, first vice-president, also president or the Excelsior Trust company of Philadelphia; Edgar Poh-lig, Poh-lig, second vice-president and treasurer; treas-urer; Geort-o H. Brooks, third vice-president. vice-president. Philadelphia. Each was held on $1,000 bail for a further hearing. hear-ing. Pino Heights company, Robt. (J. McMorrls, Philadelphia. Harry F. Stanton, Ocean City, X J.; waived hearing and held in $500 ball each for trial Individuals Under Arrest. Other Individuals arrested ' were: Dr. J. P.. Hornsteln, Philadelphia; Chas. D. McKee, Huntingdon, Pa.; J. S. Lepach, RMpeway, Pa.; John A. Weitzel, Lancaster, Pa.; Abraham Btauffcr and Oscar A. Stauffer, Palmyra, Pal-myra, Pa.; Wm S. Lcam, Lebanon, Pa.; Ira C. Webster. Newark, N. J.; Oscar Gustaveson. Jersey City, N. J.; S. Joseph Silverman.. Pittsburg, Pa. Lewis Conrad, Conrad Lotz and Wm, Bingham, ofllccrs of the Correspondence. Corres-pondence. Instltuto of America, at Scranton. This organization has no connection with tho International Correspondence School. |