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Show ANOTHER PRIVATE BANK IS CLOSED Tenth Institution in Chicago, Within Month, Is Placed in Receiver's Receiv-er's Hands. CHICAGO. Sept! 22. The private bank ot Campbell;, Dubia & Co., the tenth lo fail in Chicago within the last month, closed its doors todav. Creditors filed a petition of involuntary involun-tary bankruptcy against the institution, which was operated in tbe foreign quarter quar-ter under the name of the Industrial Savings bank. The petition gives the liabilities of the bank as $S00,UU0, and states that the assets, given as $900,000, have depreciated depreci-ated so as not to exceed $'500,000. Judfje Landis appointed the Central Trust company receiver for the Dubia bank. The Chicago Title & Trust company was appointed receiver by Federal Judge Landis today for the three private pri-vate banks of W. H. Parley & Sons, which closed their doors yesterday. The liabilities, it was said, amount to about $30P.U00. and depositors probably prob-ably not be paid more than' 30 coins on r dollar. Spread of alarm over failure of private pri-vate banks in Chicago tonight prompted State's Attornev llovne, whose announcement an-nouncement "f an investigation was followed fol-lowed by the bank crashes, to issue a statement declaring his office up to this time has not closed or ordered to be closed a si nglc private bank. ''This bank investigation was not. initiated in-itiated by me, but by the complaints of the depositors.'' IToyne declared. "1 a in rot condui-t ino t h 1? investigation for tite purpose of. any bank or institution, insti-tution, but for the protection of depositor.'1 deposi-tor.'1 When the vault oT the OuhiaV bank was opened tonight by a cents for t he receiver, rash and negiu iable checks amountinc only to wern found. A dpfiei r or ?n2.:'6S ..r,S has .heen for 1 no" by investigation of tho Pa Islf y chain f ; private banks, three in number, which 1 dosed yesterday, the state's attorney j announced. |