SPECULATION IN AMERICA.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, New York, May 30.
Theodore H. Price, cotton operator, has been indicted in New York for bribing officials and making a conspiracy to defraud and improperly "making £150,000 through early information, due to leakage of Government statistics. Three others, eluding Edwards and Holmes, formerly assistant statisticians in Washington, have been charged with conspiracy with Price. A great gamble in oats and maize took place on the Chicago grain market. Patten, a speculator, made himself a million sterling'on a corner atfer a severe conflict with the Armours.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9160, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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94SPECULATION IN AMERICA. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9160, 1 June 1908, Page 5
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