Brings Suit For Damages

Newark, O.. Dec. 15.- Two $10,000 flamage suits for defamation of character were filed Monday night by exLieutenant' Governor William C. Lyon, editor of The American. One of the suits is against Sheriff Chilcote and The Daily Tribune; the other against J. M. Ickes and the Newark Publishing eompany. .Lyon alleges that Chilcote wrote a letter appearing in The Tribune making false statements against himself.