Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-01-30

company, three
OF the largest financial institutions in
Chicago, which closed their doors on
Dec. IS, 1905. All were under the abb
solute control of Walsh. To avoid a
panic committee from the clearing
house took over the assets of the three
institutions and paid the depositors in
full, advancing some 100000 in cash
for this purpose. Walsh was. released
on $4,000 bail. pending motion for a
new trial.
Bond Allotment May Stand.
The application of George w. Austin
of New York for a restraining order
against Secretary Cortelyou prevent,
ing him from allotting S21, 100000 of
Panama canal bonds to certain ma
tional banks has been denied by Judge
Gould of the supreme court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Austin charged
that the secretary had violated the law
in rejecting his bid for 100000 of
bonds and allotting the bonds to ma
tional banks and others at a lower
figure.
SAdS OStZSS afik vars.
The state of Texas has seized seven
teen more cars of the Union Tank Line
company, defendant in the Standard
Oil antitrust suits, and now has sixty
six impounded The cars will proba-
bly, average 5000 each in value, MAX
ing total of $50, 900. 1t is expected
that the receiver will lease them TO
some company.
Buses Must Abolish Signs.
The validity of the act passed by the
board of aldermen of New York city
empowering the municipality to re-
move the advertising signs from the
Fifth avenue electric buses has been
upheld by Justice Leventritt in the SUI
preme court of the state In render
ing his decision the justice, after de-
scribing the beauty of Fifth avenue,
with its churches, residences, clubs
and hotels, said: "It is amid such
scenes as this that the plaintiffs adj
vertising panorama of brilliant signs
moves. 1t is along this avenue of
churches that on Sundays these gIar-
ing billboards are driven. 1t is the
scheme of beauty which is sacrificed
to the demands of modern commercial
ISM
Immunity For Ruef Denied.
Last weeks report about the grant
ing of full immunity to Abe Ruef, the
former boss of San Francisco, in re-
turn for his testimony against the
bride givers has been contradicted Of
ficially by District Attorney Langdon,
who asked that day be set for the
trial of Ruef and said that every
charge against him would be pressed
to a conclusion.
Jail For Toledo Ice Dealers.
The supreme court of Ohio interfered
with the sentence of three ice dealers
of Toledo who had been sent to the
workhouse for forming local trust.
but only to decide that they should
have been sent to the jail. They are
ordered to be resentenced accordingly.
The term was one year and a fine OF
$500 each.
The Harvester Trust Fined.
Judge Dana at Topeka, Kan, Jan.
18 assessed a fine of $4,000 against
the international Harvester company,
which the court had found guilty on
forty-three counts of violating the
state antitrust laws.
Thaw Relatives Testify.
Under the ruling of Judge Bowling
the young wife of Harry Thaw was
required to repeat in detail in open
court the story she had told in the
former trial about her wrongs at the
hands of Stanford White before Thaw
oame into her life when the refrial of
the celebrated case was resumed at
New York. The story was offered by
the defense as what the girl had con-
fessed to Thaw In Paris and to show
additional reason for his unbalanced