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Show LANE MAY BECOME COAL FIRM MEMBER (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) CHIC ACO, Doc. 13. Franklin K I.ane, secretary of interior In Presiilent Wilson a cabinet may, when he resigns, come to a hit-It official in the P.abody Coal company, occorUL.K to rumors In Chicago today and reports from L'"-vlllfl, L'"-vlllfl, Ky. It Is well known among their ncnuulntances that Mr. Lane counts Fran-J csS l'eabody as one of his warmest friends. Uoth are Democrats; during the war they worked together, while , Mr. vabmly was laboring on the task of distributing dis-tributing coal throughout the country and later in directing work in the munitions assignments to factories. Durini! that time a friendship sprang up that was recognized in Washington as a Damon and l'ythlas relationship. - |