Show COOKE MAY BE NEW DIRECTOR OF MINT KANSAS CITY Mo Juno June 21 It It Is Ja an announced announced announced an- an that Thornton Cooke of tho the Fi Fl- Fl delity delt Trust company of ot Kansas Kansa City had hd been ben offered the position of ot director of the mint by President Tart Taft dr h Cooke tacitly admitted that tho the place bind hod ha been offered him but bul would not state whether he would accept it U. The director of tho the mint has ha direct su supervision supervision su- su over the tho mints at Philadelphia New Now Orleans San Francisco and Carson City and receives es a salary of a n year |