Arizona republican., 1910-12-17
Postal Inspectors Gather in
 Nineteen of Them MISUSE OF THE MAILS
All But One Are Charged with Promoting Frauds of One Kind or Another One Deposited Improp-
 CT Matter in Postoffice.

Philadelphia. Dec l6-Nineteen ar rests were made today by the postal inspectors in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the governments crusade against persons using the mails to defraud. The defendants were given hearings before the federal commis- sioners and were held in bail for fur ther hearings
 Seven defendants were given hear ings in Philadelphia. Of these, four were officials of the chain of shoe stores syndicate, with offices here: two constitute the Pine Heights com pany, New Jersey land and i'm provement concern, with Philadelphia connections. and the seventh is a To- cal physician
 The chain of stores syndicate mem bers are: Louis L. Rice, president, Philadelphia; Andrew c Patterson. first vice president. also president of the Excelsior Trust company, Phila- delphia; Edgar Pohlig. second vice president and treasurer; George H. Brooks. third vice president Phila- delphia
 Each was held in s1 ,OOO bail for fur ther hearing
 The Pine Heights members are: Robert G. McMorris of Philadelphia and Harry F. Stanton of Ocean City, N. J. They waived hearing and were held in $500 bail each for trial.
 The other individuals were: pr. J. B. Hornstein of Philadelphia, Charles B. Mckee of Huntingdon, Pa; J. S Lepach of Ridgeway. Pa; John A. Weitzel of Lancaster Pa Abram Stauffer and Oscar A. Stauffer of Palmyra, Pa; William & Leam of Lebanon. Pa; Ira C. Webster of New ark, N. J.; Oscar GustavesOn of Jer- sey City. s. Joseph Slverman of Pittsburg, Lewis Conrad of Canrad Lots, William Bingham of the off cers of the Correspondence Institute of America at Scranton. It has no connection with the International Cor respondence School
 The government alleges that the chain of shoe stores syndicate sold stock through fraudulent representa- tions. Dr. Hornstein. a Philadelphia physician. is accused of sending through the mails circulars advertise ing a remedy and making fraudulent statements in his literature Conrad and Bingham are president and sec retary- treasurer of the Correspon- dence Institute of America.
 The postal inspectors allege that this concern procured lists of high school students, wrote them that their names had been recommended as those of persons of artistic talent. On this account the institute offered SAP course in art instruction under a faculty of fine artists for S1S.50. It is said that there was no faculty of artists. but that 60.OO0 students were enrolled on the books of the concern.
 Mckee was arrested in Hunting don, Pa, where he traded as the Charles B. Mckee Commission com pany and the Huntingdon Fruit and Produce company. It is alleged that he bought produce from the farmers through the mail and failed to make payments.
 Lepach. a jeweler. is alleged to have defrauded the Adams Express company by false claims for $3.000 damages.
 Weitzel is accused of buying bronze and' neglecting payment Gustaveson is said to have sent improper litera- l ture through the mails. Silverman | is alleged to have collected money | for a supposed charity. using the | names of Pittsburg people without | consent
 The arrests were ordered by the | postmaster general, who has had pos tai inspectors at work on the cases for | month and a half.