Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14

hICShy anu MCOOWen arc uapio 70 q me
OF from S1,oOO to $4,000 and Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for term not exceeding
two years or both the fine and imprison-
ment. Hartley is liable to a fine Of from
81 0OO to $4,000.
List of indictments.
Indictments were returned here this
morning by the federal grand Jury as fol-
loTs:
Against Davis H. Kresby of Kansas City,
a freight broker. charged with conspiracy
Go violate the Interstate commerce act in
the securing concessions on export ship
mcnts of -four sold by the J. A. Howard
Mil company OF wichita. Kan. 10 A. F.
Roberts & Co. Of New York for export
to Bristol, England. and Leith Scotland.
and which were shipped from Wichita 10
Kansas City over the Missouri Pacific, from
Kansas City to Chicago over the Chicago
& Alton and the Chicago, Milwaukee & 81.
Paul railroads and from Chicago to New
York over the Nickel Plate line
Against w. A. McGowen. agent az Kan
sas City Of the Nickel Plate Fast Freight
line Che New York Chicago & st. Louis
( Railroad company, for conspiring with
! ISresky to violate the Interstate commerce
act i'm granting concessions on shipments
Of flour destined from wichita TO the
1 foreign ports named.
Against Henry s. Hartley of Kansas City.
dealer in cotton seed meal charged with
accepting commissions and rebates on ship
ments made from Roh, !. T., to Tarkio,
Mo. and Plano, Ia, over the st. Louis
a. San Francisco and the Chicago. Burling-
ton q Quincy railroads. N}
what CHARGES cover.
The indictment returned today against
kresky charged him with manipulating the
routing of -four shipments from wichita
to New York for export in order TO secure
concessions below the tariff rate.
W. A. McGowen. the agent OF the Nickel
Plate who collected the rate for the ship
ment covering the entire distance and dis
/ tributed it among the participating rail-
roads, is charged with making a concession
Of 81 cents a hundred pounds on that
portion of the distance between Kansas
City and Chicago. II was shown that he
made a rate between Kansas City ana Chi
cago OF cents. when the tariff rate was
III cents.
Henry S. Hartley is charged with secur-
ing through irregular billing, concessions OF
and cents respectively on different ship
ments OF cotton seed meal from Indian Ter
ritory. One OF these shipments was 70
Humphreys & Goodwin of Memphis ana
another to David Rankin, cattle feeder
of Tarkio. Mo.
New York Case Continued.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S-The trial OF ths
New York Central and Hudson River Rail
road company and the American Sugar RE
hning company, charged with granting and
receiving rebates on sugar shipments. was
today adjourned until tomorrow.
Conference with Moody.
/ WASHINGTON Nov 13-Attorney Gen.
{ ersl Moody today held a final conferences
with Messrs. Morrison and Kellogg and
Mr.. Purdy, assistant 20 the attorney gen.
eral on Standard oil matters. while al
concerned are reticent as to the action Il
be taken, there Is no longer any doubt tina
suit will be entered within a Few days
against the Standard OIL company OF New
Jersey under the Sherman ANTITRUST law.
= Bribery of OF Jury Alleged.
FINDLAY, o.. Nov. 13.-Charges OF al
legged attempted bribery OF "A member oi
! members of the petit jury which sat IN
{ the probate court here in September durinl
the prosecution of the Standard OH case
: are being pressed al an adjourned session
OF the grand jury which was convened to
day Several members OF the jury VIII,
sat i'm the trial Of the case In which
verdict was rendered nnding the STANDARD
oil company guilty OF alleged violation d
the Valentine antitrust law were inter
rogated by the grand jury this Afternoon
While the utmost secrecy Is maintained
Prosecutor David, who conducted the prose
, cution Of the Standard Oil company, Is al
: rectng the grand jury investigation an,
stated this afternoon that all rumors Fl
connection with the alleged attempte,
, bribery would be gone into thoroughly. I