Show I I It REPORTERS I i CALLED To Testify Before Federal Grand Irand Jury Regarding Canal Stories 1 Jan 16 Six Washing Washington W ton correspondents of out of oC town pa ra papers pens pers and anti local news bureau were to today toda today day da subpoenaed to appear next week before h fore federal grand Juries and testify presumably in connection with state statements monts ments appearing In their publications pu n bearing hearing on Panama canal pur purchase purchase purchase chase I AlII So far as it has been possible to ascertain there were tho the only ones ones elated Otto C Charles S Ambert and E Jesse Conway of the New York World James Tames Horn Indianapolis 1 News Jeremiah Matthews New ew York Sun Harris M 31 1 Crista Brooklyn Eagle and William Smith a newsboy of oC Washington engaged in selling soIling NewYork New NewYork ew York papers p pers With the exception of oC Mr 11 Crista who is commanded to go SO goto goto dI dIto to New York and anti present himself to today today today day before the federal grand rand jury the parties are directed to appear before the federal grand jury jur of the District of Columbia next Tuesday The World men also wore were were directed I to bring with them thorn flies files of the paper for September October November and amid December 1008 IOOS in the case ot of the tho United States Slates vs s fi the Press Pub Publishing lishing company compan publishers of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York World There Is in no doubt that the subpoenas u I nas all have to do with a suit for libel which it is believed has hn been brought I by br the lie government in New York against foo no World The publishers oC ot 1 the Now New York Youk Sun and arid tho ho Indianapolis News N ws Mr Ir Laffan Larean and Dea ns were wera denounced by tho time president in a letter dated December 1 I last to W mV A Dud Dudloy Dudloy Dudlo J loy lo Foulke In his hl special message mOi ase to congress of December 15 regarding tho time charges pf corruption the Uw preat president pres dent announced that tithe t ni y son n noral oral had under consideration time tho t 10 form formIn In which proceedings for libel against Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New Nw NewYork W York World should be brought No Nowhere Nowhere o oI I where In the annals annais of oft tho government I has such smith action before been taken taJi n as the government suing for criminal libel The Time president in his message was most emphatic In saying sain that It should 0 not be left lert to a n private citizen to ou on outer enter ter tel suit and was particular to state that foat he lie did not wo we should I concern ourselves with the particular Individuals who write the lying and an Iiii I I libelous editorials articles from cor correspondents correspondents respondents or articles s In Iii news col eel columns The real offender is Mr Ir Jos JosI I 1 Pulitzer editor and proprietor of oC the World 6 It therefore is Inferred that the time cor correspondents correspondents t respondents wore were summoned as wit witnesses nesses and amid not with ith file no ultimate idea c cof of making malting them codefendants All An efforts to get any rny n information regard regarding regardIng ing lug the time statute under which tho time suit has hilS been brought rought failed That every effort enort was made to pre pro prevent vent vc t a leak in New ew York before tho the subpoenas were cre rc served is i evidenced h the foe fact act that thuat the Crista subpoena i c I was wan directed d to John Crista the in indorsement later being written upon It that John rohn was a fictitious name Tho Time fact that Mr Ir Crista has been or 01 ordered tiered dered to appear in New York is re no regarded i n gardei as mis evidence that tha t If nuy any purpose had been be n entertained to bring such uch an action In New ew York state stale commits it itI itI I had nad been abandoned aban one I I Grand Grant Jury jun proceedings In the time Dis District of Columbia are arc always conducted d I with greatest secrecy Additional Interest is lent to the Iho till case casC by the time presence here of Wm Vm I I Nelson Cromwell Il who represented the tho canal company in the t negotiations I with tho the government Several at attempts atI attempts tempts were wore made to reach him at his hotel hut but all callers were Informed l i that lint he was not in |