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Show LOAN RUMORS CAUSE RUN ON LOUISVILLE BANK LEXINGTON, Ky.. Jan 6 Alarmed by rumors that the Bank of Commerce of Lexington, an ir.htit nt Ion with a Capita stock of $3u0.000. was over- i louded wi'h tobacco notes and pam r. 1 depositors started a run on that Institution Insti-tution this morning A crowd of sev- 'rnl hundred persons was in front of the bank this noon and tollers were! paying out money as fast B the could luunt it. The run was cheeked shortly before 1:30 o'cloqk iin afternoon, At thai hour the line Of depositors was oon-Bldepably oon-Bldepably lonK'-r than thi- line of those withdrawing funds. Heavy deposits de-posits of cash by business men and; other hanks were credited w-ith QUiel lng the depositors, many of whom are amontr the jjooror residents of the city. |