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Show CREDITORS AFTER . NEWMAH COMPANY A petition In involuntary bankruptcy for the Newman Bros. Shoe company was filed in the United ptates court yesterday by the Eastern creditors' of the firm. From the action it Is concluded that the showing of' the firm la unsatisfactory to the petitioners, the Dalton Shoe company of -Dal ton, Mass., Slater . A Morrell of Boston, Bart let t & Morrison of Havef-hlll Havef-hlll and W. J. A. Meyer of Hannibal, Mo. It is not likely that the proceedings will have any effect on the sal of stock and fixtures negotiated by John Q. Critchlow of the Credit Men's association! An examination ex-amination of the books shows that in March there was a . credit balance of ISOOO, while five months later, ; it Js averred that the firm confessed to a-deficit of a like amount. The petitioners ask for an explanation. ' |