Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16
Seek "Man Higher Up" in
American Company.
INDICTMENT MAY FOLLOW
Another Big Refiner Prepared to
Settle With Government.
NATIONALS HEAD ADMITS IT
James n. Post States That Com
pany's Books Have Been Under
Fire for Months.

NEW YORK, December 16.-Sensational
developments in the sugar scandal follow
ing thick and fact upon one another We're
supplemented today by rumors Of other
important disclosures impending. One
of these related to the reported finding
of an Indictment against ''man higher
up in the councils of the American Su-
gar Refining Company, and the further
report that the official probers into the
underweighing frauds through which the
government has been cheated out of mil
lions were about prepared for a disclos-
ure that would fix responsibility in still
higher quarters.
Concrete developments, following yes
terday's payment by the Arbuckles of
nearly 100000 to reimburse the United
States Treasury for deficits due to false
weighing, included the announcement that
another of the big sugar refining COM
panies was prepared to settle with the
government. as the Arbuckles had done.
as soon as it had been officially informed
of the amount the government claimed to
be due. This compa was the National
Sugar Refining Company. next to the
American Sugar Refining Company in the
extent of it's operations.
Owes Government 100000.
The Nationals president, James II.
Post. stated that the government inyesti-
gators had been going over the books of
the company for months past and recent
ly have informed him that the company
owes the government more than 800 900
In uncollected duties
No demand for restitution has been
| made upon the officials of the National
company up to today. President Post
stated. however, that at conference
with the governments special counse.
today 1t was prOba BILE that If adequate
proof were presented an agreement
would be reached upon an amount
which the company will turn over to
meet the claim of the investigators
Arguments were heard today in the
trial of the six employees Of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company for alleged
conspiracy TO defraud, and it was ex-
pected that the case would GO to the Jury
before night.
The government has now received the
following voluntary restitutions and fines
from importers of raw sugars:
| The American Sugar Refining Company
| (voluntary). $2,0O0.OOO: the American Su-
gar Refining Company (fine imposed by
| the COURT, $135, 900; Arbuckle Brothers
voluntary. s695573. Total recovered
s.. $50. 573.
Statement by Government Counsel.
The announcement yesterday of new
| Irregularities in the sugar industry, ram
| flying into quarters never suspected by
| the public, was made during a recess of
| the criminal trial Of six employees of the
American Sugar Refining Company.
Messrs. Stimson and Dennison. special
! counsel for the government, then gave
out a statement in part as follows:
'In June last we commenced an in
vestigation as to the weights on which
duties were paid on sugar landed on the
docks of the sugar refinery of Messrs
Arbuckle Brothers. in the port of New
York. The members Of that firm volun-
| tarily gave us access to their books, and
thorough investigation was made Of
| those books and of the customs house
| record.
| LAS a result a shortage was reported
| to the members of the firm, and as soon
as they had verified the government s
| figures. they voluntarily offered to pay
/ this sum, without suit, into the Treasury
| of the United States government"
The statement purposely omitS any