Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-13
FOUR MORE LAND IN JAIL.
Lands Holds Es-Aid Of Mayor and
Rabbi in Consumer Case.

Chicago. March l3-Nightfall yester-
day saw three more promoters OF the
Consumers Packing company and one
woman "fhancier'' held TO the fedora
grand jury, each under 5000 bonds.
on charges ranging from perJnrv to
using the mails to defraud. and tn
company itself in the hands Of a re-
ceiver. as result Of the inquiry Fed
eral Judge lands is conducting irto
/ its affairs. All were taken into Gus
tody.
Those now In the same plight as Ed
ward J. Alder, lawyer and former sec
rotary treasurer and organizer of tie
packing company. and Eli Pfaelzer,
packer and it's former president. who
were held on Tuesday. are:
John ". Kantor. political lieutenant
of Mayor Thompson and former city
real estate expert. until recently stock
sales manaser of the company. Held
on a charge of conspiracy in further
ance of a scheme to use the mails to
defraud.
L. A. Davis. head Of L. A. Davis Il
Co. a commission concern organic 81
as a "milker" by Adler and his close
personal friend. Held on the same
charges as Kantor.
Abraham J. Messing, Jewish rabbi
and lawyer. who was one of the in
corpSrators of the company and super
intended the writing Of its '1iteraturj."
Held for perjury and using the mails
TO defraud
Miss Goldie Skolnik. Ader's private
secretary and an official in several of
his companies. Held for perjury and
using the mails to defcaud.
ANY additional orders / may have
10 make along this line WHY he deter
mined Friday" was the o;Ts;fiG;;., th?-ea:
the jurist held out as he left the bench.
after issuing a dozen orders 70. records
and moneys that have myster:ously
disappeared and declaring sternly that
some people are going to Jail il they
| aren't produced"
The days hearing, was replete with
rapid fire action. Some incidents here
and there were:
Joseph E. Davies. democratic ma
tional committeeman from Wisconsin.
senatorial candidate recently there
and former head OF the federal trade
| commission, VINO accepted $500 fees
from the company as an attorney for
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committee In an unsuccessful attempt
| to gain il war time permission to sell
| stock, was ordered to return that mon
ey.
| Kantor's automobile was seized BY
| deputy marchals on the judges orders
| as it stood with chauffeur at the helm
| and turned over to the companys re-
| ceiver.
| Attorneys John L. Fogle chairman
| Of the grievance committee OF the Chi
| cago Bar Association. and Thomas j.
| Symmes and Charles Czarnecki. who
| have appeared representing various i'm
| terests in the case, were instructed to
turn over to the court the fees they
| had accepted from the company.
| Secretary of State Emmerson was
instructed by telegraph 10 send to Chi
| cago Walker H. Flynn, a clerk who
| has had dealings with the company,
! with all records of the company.
The Central Trust Company. receiv-
er. was ordered to sue Guggenheim
Bros, as a result Of testimony show
ing that the firm received $4,000 iot
land costing $4,000 and that $4,000
| split" was 20 go to President Pfael-
ZeI. y Ill
Action is also to be ordered, 1t was
announced, against Attorney Moses
| Grossman Of New York with a view 70
recovering $500 attorney fees he col
| lected for services" in squelching a
threatened Investigation of the com
pany.