The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-01

Indictments charging violations of
the antf-trust laws and alleging COM
binatiOns in restraint of trade were
found by the federal grand jury at
Fargo late yesterday afternoon
against the GambleIRobinson Co. and
Nash Bros. of Grand Forks, both of
which are engaged in the fruit and
general produce business in this city.
The indictments are said To have
been found on complaints made and
evidence furnished by rival COM
mission house in this city. Former
Attorney General Henry J. Linde,
representing the defendants, was in
Fargo when the true bills were re.
turned, aAAd' heWihmediately entered
pleas nuf not guilty dnlfbehlf OF the
'Galuble- Robinson" Cox, U,nwhich has re-.
'tained him for its defense. Similar
pleas have been entered in behalf Of
Nash Eros. by Grand Forks attorneys
representing that CONCERN.
Complaint on Old One.
The complaint upon which the fed
eral grand jury acted is an old one,
having been preferred about three
years ago by A. r. Murray OF the Bis
marck commission house OF Murray &
Mclean. The direct charge is con.
spiracy in restraint of trade. Gamble
& Robinson have about 36 houses in
the northwest, including branches at
Grand Forks, Fargo, Valley City,
Jamestown, Bismarck, Minot and Will
liston, while Nash Bros. have 80
houses, their Bismarck branch being
the Stacy.Bismarck Go. l'M at nrsan
Henry j. Linde, counsel for Camille
Robinson Co., stated this morning that
while on it's face the proof against
the companies looks serious, any
agreements into which the concerns
entered can easily be explained and
justified. The suits will be the first
brought in this section of the north
west under the Sherman antitrust act,
and they promise to be The most inter-
esting and most important actions
ever tried in the Bismarck district
federal court, where they are expect
ed to come up at special term IN
December
To Be Tried Here
Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, Of st.
Louis, indicted by the federal grand
judy at Fargo for seditiousy utter
ances and an effort to restrict re-
cruiting, must appear before the fed
eral district court in Bismarck, prob
ably at the October term, tho pOssl-
bly, not until some time in 1918, to
answer to a charge Of violating the.
act of congress of June Is, 1917.
Mrs. O.Hare denies having made
statements attributed to her in her
address at Bowman and elsewhere.
II have made this lecture rs times,
and this is the first time its property
ever has been questioned" she stat
ed in Fargo.
Mrs. O'Hare is editor of the Social
Revolution a sccialstic sheet publish
ed at St. Louis, and is generally
known for her radical views on So
cia]ism. She was arrested last Sat
urday at Devils Lake on bench
warrant issued by the federal district
court after her indictment by the fed
eral grand jury. When arraigned,
she pleaded not guilty. DR.. b. c.
Stucks has interested himself in the
woman's behalf and is making ar
rangements to procure the $1,000
bonds required to lfberate her.
It was Mrs Lillian Totten's associ-
ations with Mrs. O'Hare which led to
Senator McCumbers charges against
the latter in the United States SEN
ate. Evidence against Mrs. Totten,
is postmistress at Bowman, was OF
cred the grand jury at Fargo, but it
is understood that no indictment was
found against her.
"a True Bills Returned
Out of "a cases which received at
tention from the grand jury, "a true
bills were returned, District Attor-
ney M. A. Hildreth advised yester-
day. ~.