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Show FRENCHMAN DENIES AMERICANS GOT MONEY PARIS, Dec. 23. Tn view of a possible congressional investigation in the United I States Into tho Panama canal purchase. M. Le Marques, receiver of lh- old company, com-pany, made tho following statement today: to-day: ' "While I do not desire to go Into details, de-tails, I do not hesitate in speaking from personal knowledgo to brand the story of the existence of an American syndicate syndi-cate to which tho purchase money is supposed eventually to have gone, as a fable Invented out of whole cloth. As an officer appointed by tho court, it would be Improper for mo to say more." |