Show GOULD COULD DENIES STORY Of A fiGHT HIM HIMI l' l lIH I IH Knows of no Eff Effort to Wrest Missouri Pa Pacific Front From H Him m. m NEW YORK Feb 15 The The contest for the control of the the Missouri Pacific railroad which the Kuhn Rockefeller Lo Loeb b interests are aro said Mid to be attempting attempt attempt- lag ing by the tho ousting from the the tho presidency of Geor George e Gould was a 8 matter of general genral genral gen gen- eral ral discussion today in banking houses and on tho the stock stoc exchange e. e On the floor of tho the exchange the stock of Missouri Pacific was hea heavily ily traded in at rising prices Thirty eight thousand thousand thou thou- sand shares were dealt in in the tho first hour Mr Gould called at tho the bankin banking bouso of Kuhn Loob Loeb Co today and joined in a a. conference there thero with mom memo bers hers of the tho banking firm Neither Mr Gould nor the tho Kuhn Loeb bankers would talk of the reported contest but it was intimated that a a. statement would bo be J given Jen en out later G George org orge J. J Gould president of et the tho Missouri MIssourI Mis MIs- Pacific Railway company this alt aft noon em-noon Issued Isue l a statement regarding the tho reported contest for control of the Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- Pacific In which hel he stated he would retire from tram the presidency of ot the tho road and become chairman of the board oi of directors Gould Interests Large Mr Gould Goud and hi his associates s are now the accredited owners of the Missouri Pacific controlling it lis is said between and oo shares of the total capital stock ox S of approximately shares Mr Gould is credited with shares Kuhn Loeb interests are aro said to hold to shares and John D D. Rockefeller from to I shares Stock of Missouri P Pacific sold 46 on January 11 and since in e then has riS risen n 17 points on an nn increased cd volume of trading Today it sold Bold at 63 When Mr Gould could oud was seen later ater he be was naked about the reported contest and he replied that be ho knew of no DO effort on tho the part of any anyone one to wrest the tho control of the Missouri Pacific from him bim It is if believed behaved in in Wall wan street that the tho Kuhn Standard Loeb-Standard Oil interests will be granted increased representation tion on en tho the Pacific directorate |