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Show BIKING GOHf BUMULD LIE Rumor Carries Report That , Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Con- m trol Missouri Pacific. ! NETF YORK, April 30. Circumstantial ! rumors that control of tho Missouri Pa- if clflc railway, tho backbone of tho Gould u railroad system, Is In process of transfer R to important banking Interests wore to- vlved in the financial district today. Ut Kuhn, Loob & Co. are tho bankers men- in tloncd In connection with the roported jjfl chango of control. Members of that firm II declined to affirm or deny rumors con- w nectlng their namn with the project, but l& it Is known they long have been willing I to takj over financial management or re- H sponslblllty of tho road. representatives of tho Gould fanillv- 1 were noncommittal on the subject, ex- m cept to say that their lntcrent in Missouri m Pacific lies chiefly in the bond3 of that IE road and allied lines. It was denlod for 'j 'fi the Goulds that the recent heavy selling fl g of Missouri Pacific was for tho account j;i P of any member of that family, H ),B Shares of Missouri Pacific recently bav ill been selling on what Wall street calls A a "receivership basis." and new low rec- . I 5 ords for the stock and outstanding notes J ji were recorded today. . There aro $25,000,000 of threo-year n II per cent notes maturing on Juno 1, and 11 up to a fow weeks ago It was thought f I1 that payment of at least half of tho note? j would be met on maturity. A hitch camo II In the final stage of the negotiations, Iff however, since which time the various A'i Gould securities have fallen to lower i m levels. Missouri Pacific made soms re- I covers' as a result of today's reports. H I |