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Rounded Up With Three Of the
Gang After Attempt to Cash
Raised Check.
EXCITEMENT IN BANK.
Two Old Offenders Put Up a
Fight When Detectives
Trap Them.

Confronted with conviction as an
habitual criminal. which would put
him away for life, since his record
of forgery and theft goes back TO
1871 and he has already been con-
victed of felony three times, Charles
Fisher was arraigned In the West
Side Court to-day as one OF gang
Of four which. the police assert. has
obtained more than $500. 900 on forged
checks and bond certificates within
the last few months.
The men arraigned with him were
Doc" Doyle, whose right name IL
John W. Doyle. Louis Il, Wendall and
Robert Thomas. Thomas and Fisher
were arrested In the Colonial Bank
ut Broadway and One Hundred and
Third street. whether they had gone
with a check given by Charles Brand
slater of No. 902 Amsterdam avenue
for $l2s and which had been raised
to SIPS. The arrest was not made
without a struggle and a consequent
panic among the depositors,
Fisher, Doyle and Thomas were
held in $1,000 bail each by Magistrate
Simms after Fisher and Thomas had
pleaded guilty to "A charge OF forgery
In concert. Doyle demanded an ad-
journment for consultation with n
lawyer. A hearing was set for Tues
day.
Clerks from Thomas 'ook and
Sons. tourist agents. Identified
Thomas as the man. who, under the
name OF j. ]. Armsby. obtained $500
worth OF travellers checks and Il
ticket for Europe on thcm on n
forged check In December. The check
was from the cashier OF a Perth Am
boy bank on the United states Mort
gage and Trust Company. II had
been raised from Il 81 check so skill
fully that the trust company certi-
0nl In
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WOMAN DRUG VICTIM
BEGGED HERON FROM
HER BED IN HOSPITAL
Two Men Who Tried to Garry
II to Her Are Punished
by Court.

A letter from . woman patient In
the Neurological Hospital In East
Sixty-sevsnth street stating that she
would kill herself II she could not
get hold Of heroin. was read In
Yorkville police court to-day In con-
nsctIon with tho arraisnment of
william Morctxky OF No. 4is Grand
street and Samuel Mondxac Of No.
lb7 Clinton street on a charge Of dis
orderly conduct and having heroin
In their possession. Both men arc
slaves to the drug. II In said. AOnd-
rae Is . pickpockst with . record, the
police say. but Morstzky has never
been In trouble before.
MOretzky's people arc wealthy and
four lawyers were In court 10 defend
him. The lawyers disputed the con-
tention Of Detectives Brennick and
Murphy that the powder found on
Aoretxky when no was arrested with
Aondaxac on Thirty fourth street
cross town car last Friday was
her0in.
these young men," said Brennick.
admitted they were carrying heroin
to the Neurological Hospital for u
woman patient there who had written
to Moretzky. begging for the drug.
Tho woman In young and OF good
east aide family. She was sent to the
hospital to be cured Of the drug habit.
Moretzky and Mondzac told us when
we arrested them for opening q
woman's handbag on tho car that
they were glad 70 he put away where
they couldn't get the drug.
"And now" continued tho detective
"Ill read some extracts from a letter
we found In Moretzky's pocket 1t Il
from young woman named May--ths
hospital patient I mentioned 1t was
written on Thursday. March ~.
"'Dear Willie. the letter says. I am
torn to pieces because ] cant get the
stun. My nerves are all ripped apart
Good God. While. n you only knew
the misery l am In hers--if you only
knew how the hours drag and my SOU
keeps calling for relief from the pain
"'Wille, ] would give half my life
right now for some of the stuff Oh
II / could only hit the pipe 30 ] coulc
sleepl I haven't slept since they TOOK
the stun away from me
"'If you don't reach me with ths
stun by 4 O'Clock Friday afternoon
will Kill myself. l cant stand 1t any
longer. Crush It fno and get II In
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FATHER SEEKS DAUGHTER, IA


Giuseppe Lifrieri, contractor OF No.
1928 Edison avenue, Westminster. report
ed to the police to-day tho disappear
ance of his fourteen-year-old daughter
Louisa yesterday. He believes she has
been lured from home by former en-
ployee and is held captive.
Louisa. who is nearly OF the appear
ance Of a grown woman left home yes
terday afternoon saying that she was
going to call on her sister, Mrs. Rose
Mel., at No 49, East one Hundred and
Seventeenth street, and 90 to "A physi-
clan TO have her throat treated, None
of the family has seen her since.
Last year the girl complained that an
employee of her father WAS making love
IN her. The man was discharged and
later found employment in a hotel At
christmas cousin OF the man gave
Louisa "A silver mesh bag, and some
time later told her IL was really a pres
ent from him. The girl kept this from
her parents. A few days ago the same
cousin handed the girl 81 and told her
TO call the man on the telephone. In
ouiry at the hotel brought out that the
man left the place yesterday afternoon
Without notice and had not been seen
since by those who knew him.
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TWO OF THE GANG WELL CON.
NECTED.

Before going to the court, Fisher.
who was seeking to save his own
skin. Switched ON the gang, telling
all about it's workings throughout the
country. But the police already knew
great deal about him, since he had
served many years both In this coun-
try and in England for forgery. Wen
dali. according to the police, Is n mem
Der Of well known New York fam
lily. "Doc" Doyle. who IL another
Jail bird" having admitted that he
had served n year of six-ycar SON
tence for forgery in 1895. Is said to
be a graduate OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity and to have had charge this
summer Of the practices Of two New
York physicians who were In Europe.
OF Thomas the police say they know
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SUNDAY PHOTOGRAPHIC
NO VIOLATION OF Law.
Court Rules That Photographers
May Take Pictures Every
Day in Week.

There IL no law to prevent photog-
raphers from taking pictures on Sun
day. according to 4 decision rendered
by Magistrate Walsh In tho Adams
Street Court. Brooklyn. to-day. after
q consultation with Assistant DIS
trtct. attorney Conway. The police
In Brooklyn. A. In Now York. have
caused the arrest Of numerous pho
tographors. who do their heaviest
business on Sunday.
Tho first warrant issued In Brook.
lyn was obtained by Policeman Pool
or Of inspector Days stan for Err
nest r. Thomas. employed by Emil
Kernel Of No. Az Fulton street. be-
cause he took Pooler's picture Sun-
day. March !.
Sunday Photographic were necessary
for many people. MIR. Conway OBJ
serv cd, because there were no day
light hours during tho woek when
thoy could reach gallery.
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STONE KILLS W0RkM MAN.
Drous From wall Of New sub wa,
aud starts Panic.

stone weighing finy pounds.
loosen.d by the morning blast. fell
from the sid. wall Of the Lexington
avenue. subway AT one Hundred and
Twenty fourth street to-day. crushing
the skull Of Antonio Gerard. work
man. and killing him Instantly Fear
ing that the whole wall would cave In
the other work1ncn in taht section OF
spreading IA report that several had
been killed
Foreman Thomas Rogers and other
bosses carried out III" body OF Gerard.
which was taken 10 his late home, No
tl6 East one hundred and Twentieth
street. Roger rad lust warned the
men 10 be- Cur"ful when the stone
dropped on Gornrd's head.
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FIRE AT BUNGALOW COLONY.
Good work Prevents spread 80
BIms- ~ Hiii.dsi-. '. ).

Quick rcspons" to an alarm and good
work on the part of the fire depart
ment after reaching the nre saved the
bungalow colony on the Rich property
Mt Hilsdale, y, j, from bad con-
fagration early to-day chief Werner
and his IRE lighters confined III. blay.
To "A cottage In which II originated.
Tn. cottage Is the property OF MIR
W higgins Of this city and Ia the most
rastrrIy Of three ON the same plot All
tn. bungalows In the Rich section are
closed for the winter. 1t u supposed
that tho mr.. Was started accidentally by
tramps who invaded the Higgins place
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nothing back Of the present case.

nothing back Of the present case.
Fisher was at one time tho hus-
band of Jew Rachel" a notorious
bank sneak and forger. and when
she died he lost most Of his nerve
and gave up trying to pull or big
forgeries. contentinE himself With
swindling people out OF q few dollars
as he needed them. For q long time
he was q member Of the gang Of
forsers headed by Ellen Peck and
Ike Vail. who In 1877 tried to swindis
b. T. Babbitt. the soap man. out Of
100000 by forged letters.
MADE KEY AND ESCAPED FROM
CELL.
He served ten years in Sing Sing
for forging a check on the Chemical
National Bank In 1885. In 1895 he
was arrested In Cincinnati for forg.
cry and sent up. But he made a.
bread. fashioned q key from a knife
and got away. Then he went to
England and served six months for
burglary. After being returned to
Cincinnati. where he did his time. he
went again to England and did .
bit" of two years for taking I'm
pressions OF the mall box locks. In
1910 he had got down to forging .
check for Sc. and this cost him an
other two years In Sing Sing.
Doyle. tho police state. was tho one
who did tho scratching" or writing
Of the forged checks. Fisher was the
one who stood about looking im.
portant IN frock coat and silk hat
while the trick was being turned.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF GET.
TING MONEY.
For. several days Supt. David c.
Thornhill and Detectives Graham and
Donnelly OF the Pinkerton Agency
have been trailing Fisher. They say
ne and Doyle cultivated Thomas. On
Tuesday last. according to the detsc.
tivss. Thomas went to Charles Brand.
statter's lunch room, No. 902 Amstsr-
dam avenue. and induced Brandstat-
ter to give him . check for Si.2S.
This check. II u charged, was
raised to Sl2s. and with It Thomas and
Fisher went to the Colonial Banks
broadway and Ono Hundred and
Thirty-third street branch. Thomas
entered tie place and presented the
! check to George =. Carr, the paying
teller. Fisher. wearing . silk hat and
frock coat. stood out on tho sidewalk.
| When the money was handed over
to Thomas he was arrested by the
Pinkerton men. He put up night and
there was considerable excitement IL
the bank. Fisher was In the mixing
Just long enough to size up the stu.
| alton when he started 10 flee, bu,
three detectives nabbed him, too, and
all we're takon to the West One Hun.
dredth street station.
! Afterward Doyle and Wendail were
arrested in the Borough Restaurant
Seventy second street and Columbu,
avenue. Thornhill laid specifi,
charge OF forgery against Fisher
Doyle and Thomas.
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VICTIMS OF GAS METER.
Flow On aud on kiiIs Oae, Over.
comes Another While Asleep.

One man Is dead and another In the
Harlem Hospital. victims Of gas from
an open jet In their room at No. $50
East One Hundred and Seventeenth
street. The dead man Is Louigi Men.
mona. twenty-five years old. and the
other Is Anthony Cancclleri
Tho two had gone to sleep with the
gas lighted. The gas gave out at the
meter and the light went out. Later
some one went to the meter downstairs
and dropped another quarter in II and
the flow of gas resumed. over coming
the men,
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Mrs. Leavitt Explains She
Couldn't Stay There and
Keep Self Respect.
ASKS FOR SEPARATION.
Leavitt Too Attentive to a
Cloak Model and Cabaret
Singer to Suit His Wife.

Mrs. Florence Ksndrick Leavitt, a
Dcmber Of the wealthy Kendrick fam
~ OF fhiladelphix. says in papers
filed in the Supreme Court to-day in
connection with her suit for separa-
ton from George p. Leavitt, her coll
lego boy-husband. that his attentions
70 many women impelled her to
20 on tho stage. where she got
leading role in TOO Many Cooks"
Two Of these women whom Leavitt
admits he met while at Cornell Uni
versity are Katherine Thompson, a
cloak model. and her sister. Mae King.
. cabaret singer.
After two weeks OF life on the
stage Mrs. Leavitt-who by the way
10 only five feet In height and weighs
100 pounds-had to quit. She says
she accepted the engagement "in sor-
row and desperation. when my hus.
bands conduct made me realize that
! had little to hope for at home. either
In the way of society or support, but
lees than one week Of that kind OF
labor demonstrates conclusively that
I was unfit for the atmosphere, and
at the end Of two weeks l found
that I could not maintain my self
respect and continue the engage
,mSnt."
KISSES TO ENLlvEn AN AUTO
RIDE.
Other conduct on her husbands
payt that Mrs. Leavitt objected to
was his staying out until carly hours
Of tho morning. But 1t wasn't the
club life that kept him from home.
che says. It was new excuse.
Lsa~itt told her that he had to spend
the wee hours at the moving picture
studio of the Ruby Film Company In
Yonkers. In which company he is in
tsrssted,
Robert NJ. Fleming OF No. 1851 Pu.
lsold avenue. Philadelphia, in an am =
davit supporting Mrs Leavitt's charges
said that he accompanied Leavitt and
Miss Thompson and Miss King to the
Yonkers studio In an automobile anC
that all the way up leavitt Rugged
Snd kissed Miss Thompson.
A few days before last Christina.
Mrs.. Ieavttt says that her husband
! confessed to her that he loved the
beautiful cloak model and explained Il
har that II she would let him go ava,
FOR 3 few months and allow him Il
"sow his wild oats" he would be al
over II by that time and IL not sh,
could ret a divorce from him. Bu
Mrs. Leavitt did not want him to SOW
M Wild oats neither did she want t.
RI Q divorce.
CLOAK MODEL LAUGHED IN HER
FACE.
ON another occasion Mrs. Leavitt
savs that she went into the Cafe dc
P:ris with friends and found hel
husband seated at table dining
WITH Niss Thompson AZ the cloal
moSelS was leaving the CATO she
Walked psst Mrs. Leavitts table AND
iaaSSsd In her face. Lssvitt says bill
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Prof Dubois Is. Frishoe, for many
years a principal In public schools IN
New York. died yesterday Mt hts home.
No. 1910 Fulton avenue. the Bronx. In
the eighty second year OF his age.
Amons his pupils were many we'll
known men, such as Gouverneur Morris
and Dr. Joseph Hertz. who was recently
made chief Rabbi OF England. His
widow. "a sou and daughter survive
him.
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wife seemed pleased at this and en-
couraged his companion to laugh
some more at Mrs. Leavitt.
After reading the affidavits, Justice
Page to-day awarded Mrs. Leavitt
$50 week alimony.
Leavitt. besides being interested ac-
lively In the Aim company, Ia associa-
ted with his father In the George II.
Gilbert Woollen Company at No. 2S4
Fourth avenue. Mrs. Leavitt lives
at No. 523 West One Hundred and
Twelfth street.
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COTTON OIL co. RE0RGANIzES


The lines Of business conducted by
the American Cotton OH Company will
hereafter be divided and placed under
the control OF three allied compan MES.
according to an announcement to-day
by H. r. Munro. President. The bust
nuss OF r.fin,ng ana selling cottonsoed
oil Will DO conducted by the American
Cottonseed OIL Company Itself; the cot.
ing and fertilizer business will be con.
Quoted by the Union Seed and Fertilizer
Company. a subsidiary. and the manu-
facture OF ierd; soaps ana inc like by
subsidiary.
The company dcni-s that the reorsan.
ization has any connection with re-
norris that the Government had asked II
10 correct its affairs
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Turned On the Gas a nd Died.

The body OF James u. Webb. a care
taker In the house at No 27S West One
Hundred and Thirty-second street. was
to-day found on the floor OF the kitchen
there by his wife Florence, when she
returned after two days absence.
Webb had turned on the Jets In n gas
stove. lie was living apart from his
vile.
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WORCESTER, Mass, March N-Ira
N. Goddard. who was elected Town
Clerk of Milbury for his sixty-second
term on Monday. died late yesterday
after an illness OF two days with
pneumonia. aged eighty-four. lie was
the oldest city or town clerk In point of
service W the country.
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PARIS. March GA police court de-
cided to-day that q husband who dis
covers that his wife In living with an
other man has no right to enter the
lovers domicile forcibiy and take Violent
measures. A husband who did this was
fined 100 francs $500
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mitchell MAKES !
LAST STAND FOR !:
COCKTAILS Bills
Republican Assemblymen RAJ.
lied to Support Them as
Party Measures. s.s
STILL 81 VOTES SHORT.
Mayor Hopes, However, That
Something viii Turn De-,
feat Into Victory. 4
STILL 81 VOTES SHORT.

Mayor Mitchell 10 making ~
desperate stand to-day aSainst ~
defeat OF the Ooethals bills. He -
induced samuel Kosnis to sathsr ~
gether his I'VE Republican Asssmhay.
men In Manhattan. and jacob n LAv.'
ingston. Republican leader Of KiAOA
In In conference with his twelvs ~.
sembiymen. Conferences are be1n9
held this afternoon ana there WIN -
more tonight. ~
KoeniG and Livingston have bssa g.
cussd Of "soft. soapinG" the Nays. ~
they declare they want him b bslle1e
that they are ION the level" 0oae g
the Mayors friends are telling him ~
he II being double crossed" while ~
publican leaders insist that ~
are absolutely sincere and doing 49,
utmost to hold their Asssmblyman =
line.
Ssvsnty.six votes are needed - pAAD
the Goethals bills In tho Assembly.
II seems doubtful that Mayor Nttohol
gressive ranks. whore nineteen aro -
be had. Twelve Of these are undoe.
stood to be controlled by George ".
Perkins. who 10 boosting the 0ostAals
bills. but the others also will va1s
for the Mitchell legislation. Il y -.
derstood. Even II Mayor Aitahsl
should get the twenty Repube)oan
votes In Greater New York-vh1oh
many regard AZ doubtful-anA ~
nineteen Progressive votes As wo0lA
need thirty-seven votes more. 31e
up- State Republicans. unlsss thsy
can be Induced TO change thelS
minds, will not stand for the oosehals
bills.
NEW DEVELOPMENT eegMo 70
HAVE AROUSED HOPE
The Mayor practically gave no hsos
Of seeing the bills passed several dayU
ago. but something seems to hsvs
happened to give him fresh oouTAgs.
What new source OF hope thsrs u.
IL any, the Mayor would not say.
The Assemblymen will have %
show me why II they don't pass thess
bills" declared the Mayor. He -
thought to have told the Republlcan
leaders that he wants them to con.
slider his bills as "a party measure and
thus practically compel the revoltins
| Assemblymen to vote for them.
ITS the plan at to-day's confer.
ences to make the Cocktails bills party
mea sures." admitted tho Mayor.
Tho Mayor added that he stih
| thought the bills would pass. daspAto
| the fact that they have not ret
reached the Senate, whore the Att.
tude is said to be hostile. II he suc-
ceeds In putting his bills across ~
fore next Friday. when the I.egisla.
turs adjournS. his friends cay ~ viii
have done somsthinG very unnD0oA
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Preyents Gvtp-Cures Grin

LAxATIyE BROMO QulNiNE remo.,, tbs
Lsss tss SSAatsss u y. W. GkovE. s5s.-Aavt.
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ON another occasion Mrs. Leavitt
.ava that she went into the Cafe de
Pcris With friends and found her
Suaband seated at a table dining
vitN Was Thompson. Al the cloak
moSIeiS was leaving the CATO she
valkeA past Mrs. Leavitt's table and
iaNSScd In her face. Lssvitt says his
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few days there will be nothing left
on the magnificent spot excepting the
big Elm, which is TO be preserved.
Fences and the large. unsightly sign.
board alike will disappear this week.
Residents of that section OF the out
the pike district are jubilant over
the fact that the large bill boards are
to go.
II good weather prevails this week.
work Will be begun on grading and
laying out the streets in the big plot
The Improvements that are to be
made TO the new addition will cost
In the neighbOrhOOd OF $50. 900. and
Just as fast as workmcn can be
placed on the Job. the work will be
done. Roller 4 Conrad. local civil
engineers. have charge Of the work
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MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES
SURROUND DEATH OF WILLIAM
COllNTiNE OF GLEN EASTON
Died Early Sunday Morning-Iarse
sum Of Money Supposed 10 BE
With Him ls Gone.

William Golintine. an aged civil
war veteran. died some time be-
tween Il o'clock Saturday night and
early sunday morning under myster-
tous circumstances. al his late home
az Glen Easton. Marshall county.
house on the ridge with another man
ond man started for help and before
he returned GOlintine had died The
neighbors in the vicinity OF Glen Eas-
ton could not determine what caused
the death OF Golintine and Coroner J.
i. McCombs OF Moundsville was
called 10 the scene. A coroners Jury
Was impaneled and after an autopsy
was performed by DR.. W T.. Crow OF
Glen Easton. IL Was found that death
was caused by paralysis OF the heart
and such was the verdict OF the Jury.
IL was said that Golintine had
large sums OF money in his posses
sion. but after a careful search about
the premises only 81 was found. The
second man in the house testified be-
lore the corOner's jury that Golintine
had told him before he died that he
had taken the money TO a bank and
that he tGolintineD had been robbed
once before. The citizens of Glen
Easton are keeping "A close watch on
the premises in order TO ind a trace
OF the missing money which Colin
tine IS known TO have had. but which
cannot be located az this time.
Funeral services over the remains
were held yesterday afternoon and
lnterment was in Glen Easton Gene
terry.
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DROWNED
workman on Towboat Was Drowned
Early Yesterday Morning While
Passing Moundsvilie.

roustabout on a towboat. while
passing MOundsville early yesterday
morning. became tangled i'm the ropcs
ana was thrown overheard and
drowned. His body has not as yet
been recovered
me towboat. which was ON its way
up stream. was landed at Mounds.
Eule yesterday morning shortly he
Iore O'Clock and tho captain went
10 a telephone and called the offices
or the steamship company ~ Pitts
9urgh and reported the fatal acci.
ueh, me necessary papers were
boat proceeded on Hs way nm tbo
river The mans name could NOT ba
learned. but 10 a. said ne has sister
iiFinE az lniOntown. Pa. She was
immediately notified OF the affair
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SANDS MAY HEAD
PITTSBURGH BANK
NAMED DIRECTOR IN FiRsT-sEc
oNO NATIONAL OF
PITTSBURGH.
Reports Reaching Here Yesterday In.
dieated He Will be President Of
Reorganized Institution.

Information from Pittsburgh yes
terday was TO the effect that Law
renee p. Sands, president of the Ma
tional Exchange bank OF this city. will.
IN all probabilities. be president of the
reorganized First Second National
bank OF Pittsburgh. which was closed
Few months ago by order of the
Comptroller of Currency. MIR. sands
was named member of the commit
tee To reorganiZe the institution and
has since been included in a tentative
list OF directors which has been an
proved by the ComptrOlle- of Curren-
cy.
Definite announcement Is expected
soon in Pittsburgh that the First-Sec-
ond National bank will omen within
the next week or ten days, according
TO report yesterday u such an an
nouncement is not forthcoming then
II Is expected that the bank will re
main closed indefinitely The action
OF the Pittsburgh Clearing House As
ISOLATION in either giving or withhold
ing its approval of the banks opening
Will be the determining factor, IL is
reported.
The report current yesterday that
MI. Sands will be the president of the
reorganized institution. further had il
mat j. Il. Finley. OF Pittsburgh, would
De named chairman of The board.
The Comptroller of the Currency
mas approved the following tentative
iist OF directors: J. b. Finley, {. II.
Mckee. j. Rogers Flannery. A. NJ.
Moreland, +. J.. Crawford. John a.
seek, John A. Donaldson. F. y. Min.
lex, w. l.. Curry, J. "A. HUInan ana
David p. Layman. all of Pittsbnrgb /.
William III. Hearne and Lawrence y.
sands. OF Wheeling. w Va: William
n. Ramsey. Alliance. O.. and $. w.
! Morgan, McKeesport.
Efforts to see Mr.. Sands yesterday
We're unavailtng. as he spent the day
in Pittsburgh.