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Criminal Proceedings to Follow
Civil Action—Many Secur
ities Worthless.
CHICAGO, June 18— Astounding
revelations, showing just how the La-
Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
was looted by the William Lorimer;
interests and the C. B. Munday 'n
terests, which controlled the bank’s
affairs, were made in a petition for
a receivership for the bank filed in the
Circuit Court to-day by Attorney
General Lucey.
The petition directly charges that
the Lorimer and the Munday Inter
ests looted the bank and left it al
most bare. It makes criminal prose
cutions probable. !
Conducted Fraudulently.
The Attorney General's petition
charges: “
1. That the affairs of the bank were
conducted in an illegal, fraudulent
and uasafe manner,
2. That the directors of the bank
had been guilty of gréss and culpable
negligence, and that they are directly
liable to the depositors for all losses
that may be suStained.
3. That the total liabilities of the
bank reach the enormous figure of
$5,104,048.
4. That listed among the bank's as
sets are bonds to the amount of $917,-
660. That of the bonds found in the
bank’s coffers, $255,385 are good. the
remainder of no market value what
ever, or if they have a market value
suclh value is doubtful and problemat
ical. Pl
5. That the books of the bank show
geventeen real estate loans to have
been made, to the amount of §85,175;
that only six real estate mortgages
can be found, and that the remainger
of these securities are missing.
Not Proper Credit. !
6. That the transit account of the
bank showed a balance of $357,260;
that of this sum $270,174 represents
accounts between the LaSalle Street
Bank and C. B. Munday & Co., the
People's Bank of East Alton and the
Bank of Smithboro, and that all of
these to the total of $270,174 are not a
proper credit for the bank.
7. That the boeks of the bank
showed $137,235 cash on hand on the
day the bank was closcd by the
State: that there was only $32,098 in
actual cash in the bank; that of the
balance of the cash items $32,703 is
good; the rest of no value whatever.
8. That the value of the bank
building is shown on the books of the
bank to be $462.995; that no mention
is made of a $200,000 incumbrance
said to be on the building.
9. That the large amount of securi
ties of doubtful value found in the
bank are largely Lorimer and Munday
securities.
10. That a large amount of bonds
of the Illinois-Louisiana l.and Com
pany were found; that the Illinois-
Louisiana Land Company was organ
ized by C. B. Munday, and that the
bonds are not a proper or a safe in
vestment for any bank.
Traction Firm Insclvent.
11. That the Southern Traction
Company is insolvent; that the con
tracting firm of Lorimer-Gallagher
Company built the road; that. the
LaSalle Street Bank financed the
road, and also the Lorimer-Gallagher
Company; that these loans appear:
Southern Traction Company, $120,474;
Lorimer-Gallagher Company, $162,-
000: William Lorimer, Jr., & Co.,
$119,000; J. F. Gallagher, sloo,ooo—a
total of $501,474; that the bank also
held bonds of the Southern Traction
Company to the amount of $330.735.
12. That the loans made to William
Lorimer, Jr., & Co., and to J. Iz Gal
lagher were in reality loans made to
the Southern Traction Company and
to the Lorimer-Gallagher Company,
and were so made for the purpose of
evading tho statutes of the State.
13. That the loans to the interests
dominated by C. B. Munday, vice
president of. the_bank, included loans
to C. B. Munday & Co,, Bank of
Smithboro, Litchfield Milling and
Elevator Company, Sidney Long &
Co., Truax, Greene & Co., Charles E.
Ward and totaled $610,572.
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200 Are Entombed in
Belgian Mine Blast
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LIEGE, BELGIUM, June 19.—Two
hundred miners were entombed alive
to-day when fire broke out in the
Viellemarthaye Colliery. The fire was
caused by an explosion. When the
accident occurred, 400 miners were
underground, but 200 escaped.
Rescue crews were immediately or
ganized in an attempt to rescue the
entombed men.
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Slim Women Bathers
May Wear Bloomers
CHICAGO, June 19.—Women bath
ers if they are slim, may wear bloom
er bathing suits, according to First
Deputy Superintendent of Poilice
Scheuttler.
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEES
MRS, ALSOP IN NIGHT
POLICE COURT AGAIN
\ Mrs. Effie Pope Hill Alsop.
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Former Georgia Belle Went to
Sleep in Taxi Making Round
of Tango Cafes.
NEW YORK, June 22.—Mrs. Effie
Pope Hill Alsop, the former Georgia
belle who left the South to become
the dashing young wife of an aged
Pittsburg millionaire. Edward B. Al
sop, to-day is trying to recollect the
sequence of events in a gay taxi pil
zrimage that began early last night
at No. 245 West Forty-seventh streel
and culminated in the midnight court
of Magistrate Murphy.
All reports indicate that the pretty
voung woman’s tour of the tango and
cabaret palaces was inaugurated in a
quief and unostentatious manner. It
gradually approached a climax of
gavety and revelry, and, having
reached this point; diminished until it
dropped to the unexciting stage w here
Mrs. Alsop was soundly asleep and
sncring in the taxicab which had been
taking her from place to place in her
round of pleasure.
Driver Takes Her to Station.
“Mike” Hays, an urbane and so
phisticated taxi driver, was the driver
of the car. His wide experlence told
him that lif he wished to make certain
of his fare that was registered on the
merrily clicking dial he had best take
the sleeping beauty to the police sta
tion. This he did, and a charge of
intoxication promptly was lodged
against the elegantly attired young
woman.
When she opened her eyes on things
worldly again she was being led from
the station to Magistrate Murphy’s
court. The Magistrate looked over
hig judicial glasses and recognized the
yvoung woman Wwho had startled
Broadway not more than six months
ago by insisting on doing a tango
among the crowds that were on their
way to the theaters and other places
of amusement -
Melts Court’s Severity.
Mrs. Alsop gazed on surroundings
that looked familiar, Arraigned with
her were the usual catch of prisoners
made by the police on night beats. A
rather stern-appearing judge was
looking down upon her. Tears gath
ered in her eyes just as they gathered
six months ago and melted the se
verity of the Magistrate.
“I know who you are, madam,” said
Murphy. “I krow all about you. I
had hoped mnever to see you in my
eourt again, but I am going to let you
go.”
Tears changed to smiles. The young
woman flashed a look of triumph at
the taxi driver and vanished from the
courtroom. She stepped into the open
air to find herself surrounded by a
cordon of newspaper reporters. She
beat a quick retreat. A gallant court
attendant volunteered to save her
from the young information seekers.
That ended the exciting adveniures
of Mre. Alsop fer one night.
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Georgia Postmaster
Sued for $lO,OOO for
Breach of Promise
REIDSVILLE, June 18. —Charging
preach of promise to marry., Miss Den
nte S. Harlan. of Lawton, Okla., has
just filed suit in Tattnall County Su
perior Court for $lO,OOO damages against
P. B. Sandifer, Postmaster and a prom
inent business man of Collins. this
county.
Miss Harlan alleges that Sandifer had
been courting her for a long time; that
they had contracted to marry and that
he had written her letters filled with
protestations of love and devotion until
within a few days of his marriage last
March to a woman in Mississippi. She
also alleges that she had purchased a
part of her trousseau, paying $3OO there
for.
This is the first breach of promise suit
ever filed in Tattnall County. It has
arecused much interest.
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Girl Resigns; Doesn’t
Like Public Job
SANDUSKY, June 19.—Announce
ment of the appointment of Henry
Brown as postmaster at Venice, near
here, brought about the discovery
that Miss Mary Jane Fitz, who, when
appointed some weeks ago, was be
lieved to be Ohio’s youngest postmis
tress, resigned without assuming her
duties.
Miss Fitz explained she did not «n
-joy the notoriety; that she objected
particularly to having her picture in
the newspapers, and being mixed up
in factional fights of which she knows
nothing.
MAN’S LONG LEGS DITCH CAR.
TRENTON, June 19.—Three men
narrowly escaped death when an au
tomobile in which they were riding
plunged down an embankment. J.
Roderick O'Conner of Millstone, the
owner, was severely injured. The ex
ceptionally long legs of McCullough,
the machinist, extended far beyond
the steering gear, and when they be
came entangled with the steering rod
he lost control of the machine.
Sixteen Thousand Ton Steel Or
der From Australia Reported
by Secretary Redfield.
WASHINGTON, June 19.—General
business conditions, with special ref.
erence to the report that industrial
depression is increasing, was the
main topic of discussion at the Cabi
net meeting to-day.
Secretary of Commerce Redfield
brought a large number of documents
showing that conditions were far bet
ter than painted by the “alarmists.”
He pointed to the fact that the Mary
land Steel Company recently received
a 16,000-ton order for steel rails from
the Queensland Government Railroad
of Australia. He stated that this or
der must have been won in the face of
the keenest competition from Britich
concerns, and that it was ample proof
of American ability to go after ex
port trade.
Secretary Redfield showed that a
car shortage in many sections of the
country was holding up business, andd
that it was largely due to the fact
that cars are being concentrated n
the Middle West, where a recosd
wheat crop is expected.
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Wilson Shakes Up
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Consular Service;
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Changes Dixie Men
WASHINGTON, June 19 —Presi
dent Wilson to-day again shook up
the Consular Service when he made
the following nominations:
Robert P. Skinner, of Ohio. now
Consul General at Berlin, to be Con
sul General at London. Eng.; Julius
G. Lay, of the District of Columbia,
row Consul General at Rio de Ja
neiro, to be Consul General at Ber
lin; L. M. Gottschalk, of New York,
row Consul General-at-large, to be
Consul General at Rio de Janeiro.
Frank Deedmeyer, of Alabama, now
Consul at Prague, Austria, to be Con
sul at Chemnitz, Germany; Wilbur
T. Gracey, California, now Consul at
Progresso, Mexico, to be Consul at
Seville, Spain; Charles S. Winans, of
Michigan, now Consul at Seville, to
be Consul at Nuremberg, Bavaria,
( harles K. Moser, of Virginia, now
Consul at Colombo, to be Consul at
Harbin, Manchuria.
Henry H. Batch, of Madison, Ala,
to be Consul at St. Stephen, N, B.;
George K. Donald, of Mobile, Ala., to
be Consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela;
William L. Jenkins, of Pennsylvania,
to be Consul at Guadaloupe, West
Indies;: George S. Messersmith, of
Dover, Del, to be Consul at Fort
Erie, Ont.; Harry G. Seltzer, of Ham-
Furg, Pa., to be Consul at Breslau,
Germany.
Sociologist Warns
ogist W
0f Decline in Births
MADISON, WiS., June 19— One
fifth- of the American-born married
women will be childless in 1915, accord
ing to the present ratio of births, ac
cording to E. A. Ross, professor of so
ciology in the University of Wisconsin,
testifying before the Anti-Vice Commit
tee of the Legislature here. He quoted
statistics showing the rapid increase in
sterility among women, due to dis
eases.
The brainy. successful business men of
America, declared _Professor Ross, are
the ones who centribute largely 1o the
existing disorderly houses,
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