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Show I HARDING DENIEJ5 " I SIBERIA STORY Nominee Says He Is Not Connected Con-nected With Vanclerlip Project in East fl MARION, Ohio, Oct. 27. Dlred dc- niftl was made by Senator Hardins Tuesday of report: reaching the state .iepartment that Washington l Van- derllp was acting as his agent in RQS- "I have never heard of Mr Yander-li)."' Yander-li)."' said the senator. "He is not my rni, and 1 have no ap.-nt. I kno H. absolute)) nothlriB about any such mat- H lif as is difccusaeil in these dispatcher. aim have no Interest in it whatever." WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. Secretarj H Colhv ;innouneed today that t'ommis- xionf r Vomit; at Riga had informed H -he state department that Washington B Vanderltp who recently obtained con- B cessions In Siberia. was reported to have told Nikolai l.enine. Russia Bol-B Bol-B shevlk premier, that he represented B Senator Harding, th? Republican pres- H nlenthtl candidate. H The commissioner's dispatch dated H October 20. said Lenine had informed M G. Wells, a British writer, that Mr. H Vandcrlip had made certain proposals to the soviet government at Moscow H looking to the recognition of the Bol- shpvlki government by the United i LOBY SI I n. Ml M H In making public the statement, So - H rotary Colby said H "The Wells referred to In the dls- ! i.ateh is undoubtedly Mr 11- G. Wells.! H the British writer, w ho bus latch ro- H turned to England from Russia, which, H I Understand he lsiiod to obtain first-' H band Impressions of c onditions in Rus- H ma. The Vanderltp referred to In the' B dispatch is projumaliiv Mr. Washing-! H ion D. Vanderllp. to whom reference! H i.'i made in the press dispatches of to- j H day from Rondon nnd Los Angeles, j H These press reports lend confirmation , H lo the object of Mr V andcrlip s actlv-j H i ties an revealed in the department': H official dispatches, ai d speak at length H of Important and extensive concessions, H which he claims to have received from' H the soviet government NO OTHER INFORMATION. V "The department has no Inform. i -1 iiH! Hon beyond thnt contained In the !.-- M patch, I might say, howeveri thai It! iiH i nmes without qualifying terms from H an official of the department, In whom H we place much d pi ndanco. He Is Mr Hl Evan E. Young, our commissioner at I Hj Riga, and is charged with the duly of: reporting to the department significant! Hl facts that come to his knowledge Tl.ej j report thai Mr Vanderllp h is madi j B proposals looking to the recognition of' the soviet government and is apparent-ly apparent-ly bargaining thereon for valuable con-cessions, con-cessions, makes it proper for me to state by way of warning, that, as the government of 'he United Slates has never rocegn.zed the Bolsheviki 'nne. American business men and in-; iH vestors should bear In mind that any eoncessions from the Bolshevik author-' itios would have no certainly of rc-' Iognlllon by tuture Russian govern-1 nients. "It furthermore would be most regrettable re-grettable If any confusion shoud arise in the minds of th soviet authorities! as to the attitude of this government' on the question of political recogni-1 recogni-1 tlon. This attitude has been stated In unmistakable terms "The receipt, however, of an offi-' cial dispatch conveying the Intelligence, that proposals looking to recognition; have been made, even If irresponsibly j makes n important that an opportunity should be afforJid to the numerous body of men reported from L"- nge-l les to be associated with Mr Vander-I Vander-I f but whose naces arc not published . io del me i : ir ; . t i. :.: If anj exist." M VTTER ri'i sn i ii ROS ANGELES, Oct 27. "The ?ii-uution ?ii-uution Is this," said Ree Phillips, insurance in-surance man. and a member of the; syndicate "Mr Vanderllp came to me and othcra ano reported that by I his long sojourn in STiberla, he knew Of the existence of rk h fields or minerals, min-erals, oils, etc He suid he believed ho could secure a concession If properly prop-erly financed We finam d tin trip. The first Information wrc rs i Ived from lum came through the press. I have my very serious d nbts thjt Mr. v.in-derllp v.in-derllp made any fa Ire representations lie had not authority from u? lis do so The project hai no political significance. signifi-cance. It is purely a business aff.-iir. " Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, said M Vanderllp represented rep-resented purel) personal business interests in-terests here and elsewhere In the west. "Mr Vandrjlp and those he represents repre-sents hae no connection, either personal per-sonal or political, with Senator Harding." Hard-ing." he said. I Saw Mr. inderlip only once " said M. H. Whlttler, oil operator "He came Into my office with a Subscription Subscrip-tion paper. He told me he hid been in Siberia and thought tln-re w.is oil there There were on his paper the names of some prominent men He f,-or my check and left. That Is the first and last time I have seen or heard of him If there is any political significance signifi-cance about it. I don't know it. I'm an oil man. not a politician " ' I know nothing about it whatever," rald F. w. Hiaun, wholesale druggist. "I have no information about What Mr , Vandcrlip as been doing. All I havi j learned about lt has reached me through the press " |