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Show STOLE ONLY $150,000. Charge of Embezzling S5,000,000 Said to Bo Gross Exaggeration. LONDON, Nov. 28. Lord Rothschild, when questioned today by a representative represen-tative of the Associated Press regarding regard-ing the alleged embezzlement of $5,000,-000 $5,000,-000 bv Moses Blumenthal, said to have been the head of the bullion department depart-ment of the London house of the Rothschilds, Roth-schilds, was incensed at what he termed "such gross exaggeration," but otherwise other-wise declined to discuss the matter.' The defalcations occurred ln July, not a few weeks ago, as cabled to the United States, and It was stated at the time that the shortage was ln the neighborhood of 5160,000. The wholo matter wus settled privately shortly after the embezzlement was discovered. |