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Show Injunction Suit Filed Riggs Institution of Washington Claims to Be Victims of Official Persecution Washington, April 12. Secretary McAdoo of tho treasury and Comp-troll'or Comp-troll'or of tho Currency John Skelton WUUams woro mndo defendants today to-day In proceedings begun In tho District Dis-trict of Columbia supremo court by tho Rlggs National Dank of Washington, Washing-ton, D. C., which alleges that these ofilclalfl havo combined nnd conspired to wreck that institution. Temporary and permanent injunctions injunc-tions to halt th0 alleged conspiracy and to prevent the comptroller from making what tho bank charge's aro unlnwful demands for special reports of various kinds are sough't from the court. Ono portion of the prnyor seeks to restrain John Durke, treasurer of tho United States, from payment Into the treasury of $5000 declared to bo duo to the bank as intorest on $1,000,000 of tho United States bonds deposited with the comptroller ngalnst its note circulation. This Interest was withhold with-hold to cover penalties of $100 n day for failure of tho bank to make certain cer-tain reports. Onco pnld into tho treasury, trea-sury, only an act of Congress could get tho $5000 out, and Justle McCoy lato today granted a temporary Injunction In-junction on this phaso of tho caso. The Justlco then set April 10 as tho day for answer by the defendants defend-ants to show cnuBo why permanent Injunctions should not bo Issued. Say McAdoo Threatened Tho bank's bill of complaint cov-ers cov-ers olghty-slx typewritten pages and contains thlrty-sovcn specific allegations allega-tions designed to show that tho comptroller comp-troller has adopted unusual and log-ally log-ally questionable tactics In dealing with tho institution. It recites that ovldenco of an unusnl doslro for information in-formation concerning tho bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after af-ter he assumed the ofilco of comptroller comp-troller more than a year ago and has continued ovor since. Prior to that timo In December, 1913, it say Mr. McAdoo charged offlcors of tho bank with responsibility for publication's regarding tho official conduct of Wll Hams as assistant secretary of tho treasury. When this charge was denied de-nied by tho ofildals, tho bill asserts Socrotary McAdoo cursed Milton B. Alios, a vlco president of tho bank, and said to C. C. Clover, Its president: presi-dent: Deem It Threat "Mr. Glover, you know what this means to tho Rlggs National Dank." "Meaning thoroby," tho bill adds, "that from that timo on tho power of tho treasury department would bo aggressively ag-gressively used for tho ruination and destruction of tho plaintiff bank in order to satisfy tho personal mallco and )U WH1 of defendants Williams and McAdoo, and Bhortly afterward tho said defendants Williams and McAdoo began a serlos of persecutions persecu-tions ngalnst tho plaintiff or destroying destroy-ing its said business, thoroby prostituting prosti-tuting their high public offico and violating vi-olating their oaths In order to vent tholr personal vlndlctlvonoss against tho officers of tho plaintiff bank." 1 |