Show DENIAL BY RICE PRICE Coton Cotton Broker Threatens Newspapers His Name NameS NameN S N New York York July H PrIce Price te the New York cotton broker to today today day declared that t he had no acquaint acquaintance ance wih with or knowledge of eiter either L L C Van Riper or M 31 Has Hess from whom he heis Js is sd said in a a report ot of the department of agriculture to have received concerning te the cotton crop Mr r said today tat that te the Wash Washington Washington ington report on te the leak ot of coton cotton st sta statistics was a complete surprise to him that he b bad d received no IntimatIon from the the department In any way that his nae name had been brought into the mater patter it he had received no In t 1 the te le T cc to i its re reI I r t ci T th t the J alleged statement of Secretary Wn Wilsn n St So far far as he has I it brought his name Into the mater matter only through th the testimony testimony mony of one Van Riper whom he did not ilot know and had never seen or pre previously heard of that until lie he was able to secure I a fuler fuller report on the sub subject he could not make his denial more exp explicit and that meantime any pap paper r mentioning his name in the mater matter did so at it Its own risk |