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HUGE BANK CLOSES
Large Institution in Des Moines Shuts Its Doors Des Moines, Iowa Dec. 21.-Fail, ure of the Iowa Loan and Trust Company Bank here today. one of the largest and oldest banking Institutions west of the Mississippi River, has cast a blight on the Christmas spirit in many Des Moines homes. The bank had specialized in Christmas savings. The bank, member of the Fed. eral Reserve, recognized as one of the soundest in the Middle West with $500,000 capital, $500,000 surplus and $7,000,000 deposits, collapsed over the week-end despite efforts of 'other bankers and Des Moines business men to keep it going Heavy runs were made on practically every other large bank in Des Moines yesterday but these withdrawals were met with hundreds of thousands of dollars imported from Chicago and Omaha banks during Sunday.
Inability to realize on real estate loans, made over a period of several years, was given as the reason for the failure by officials. Huge throngs of depositors were congregated in front of the closed bank throughout the day and special squad of patrolmen had difficulty in keeping a traffic lane open. L. A. Andrews, state superintendent of banking. announced yesterday that the institution would probably pay sixty to seventy-five cents on the dollar.
MRS. DELLA O'NEAL DIED AT DANVILLE Danville, Dec. 20 Mrs. Della O'Neal, aged 68, died at the Gelsinger
Hospital last night at 11:50 o'clock. Heart disease which developed after her recovery from injuries sustained in fall at her home three weeks ago was the cause of her death. Mrs. O'Neal's elbow was fractured when she fell at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. L. Haus, 307 Grand street, the evening of November 30. She was taken to the Geisinger Hospital and her injuries had healed to such an extent that she was scheduled for discharge from the institution Wednesday.
She was up and about Sunday and seemed in excellent spirits. At 5:30 o'clock yesterday she suffered sudden relapse, due to heart failure. and death occurred just before midnight. Mrs. O'Neal WAS born near Hazleton, August 27, 1858. She had made her home with her daughter, for several years. Shickshinny, and had looked forward on July 16. to becoming a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church here when she sustained the injury to her arm. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Haus, Mrs. C. E. Crawford, Bloomsburg: Mrs. Chester Hitchner, W. Pittston; Mrs. Charles Coates, Philadelphia: Mrs. Florence Sanford, Buffalo, N. Y.: two sons, Walter O'Neal, Wapwallopen, Maurice O'Neal, Philadelphia, and one sister, Mrs. John Freed, Glen Lyon.
SAYS POLICE CHIEF AND MAZER MET AT MIDNIGHT Canton. Ohio, Dec. 21.-A midnight meeting July 15, between Floyd Streitenberger, ousted Canton policemand, and Louis Mazer, indicted with Patrick McDermott for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, was described by defense witness during McDermott's trial today. Mel-
W. Young, under cross-examination testified that a short time after midnight July 16, as he was fixing the tail light of his car, near the Streitenberger home, he saw an auto. mobile nearby. The headlights were being jashed on and off, he said, signalling and he testified he heard Streitenberger say: "Probably that man wants to see me." The car was Identified at Mazer's Streitenberger, Young testified, went out to the car and talked to the occupant.
Young's daughter, who lives near Streitenberger, corroborated her father's testimony.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martz, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Martz, Mr. and Mrs. Udel Kline and Mrs. Amos Kressler spent Thursday in Williamsport shopping.
