Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

MEAT PACKERS ARE INDICTED Bills Returned Against the National Company and Subsidiary Firms. Federal investigation of the packing Industry in Chicago on charges of violation of the anti-trust law resulted in indictment of the National Packing company and its subsidiary corporations in Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. s Coincident with the return of the indictments, a petition to dissolve the National Packing company and its subsidiaries was filed by District Attorney Sims in the United States circuit court. PAYS $500,p00 FOR PICTURE Otto Kahn Buys Portrait of Franz Hals, Dutch Artist. By Himself. Half a million dollars—a record high price for a painting—was paid in New York city for the celebrated portrait of Frans Hals, Dutch painter, and Ills family, painted by himself. The purchoer was Otto Kahn, the banker, who secured the portrait from the Duveen brothers. J. P. Morgan bid between $350,000 and $400,000 for the picture.