| Show EDWIN C 0 I RISES TO EXPLAIN Third Assistant P M fyi MI Gen Writes P Ii M Gone Gen Payne t c Alleged lie Ilo Ij I Let l t Them Tush So o i i 10 a Avoid A I lorun lor br usi un h hIrol Detroit Irol ilich 1 Juno J no Assist Ar rint I ln c C Mad rad Maddon Mil don vim hols liO is I Ir in 11 this Ihl city today tent smut a ut buoy M lor to Payne denying Ilen ln that hr he Ii let a U tot for paper hoper for the dl 11 of or tine the without tutu competition and amt asking n tine thi post to Immediately Investigate Iny tI gate tatI the tho story and und UN JIll source The rue letter IH is no follows tollow C l Payne Puyno al at This mornings Ire Free lr of oC this thus city toils tells t ItH Ha readers In Inan Inan inan an article with scarce mend brad Third Is to ho bce It U is nl ml alIC IC td that I drew of ot con eon for supplying the tue department with carbon paler J anti that 1 they thuy were so n fl t tO allow of ot no competition The Tine article makes lib Ms V nim 1110 say HI that he merely merly ns me w u routine mat mal mattor matt tor II t r H It given the tine loa that thai tho the is to otic otie over O r which till this third thud It lm InnS ton oil all nOi 1101 t tush t Ie la Is a Il inroad broad i that limit I i you OU consider the i The hue whole statement In lii to ro far 1111 us IlS It U to Involve me in Ia UI faire falt I 1 hUll hud nothing to do I thur IIII date tin of the his contract J drew no sum peM Mentions I did inI not Initiate I rj 1 not hot signi l n In hi tact fact I 1 never neer taw tutu the contract If It Is 11 one eta iSy ity solo ule 1 lion with the t Is 19 limited to in III au expression II ot ct approval of ut the par pau particular IJU I carbon cn paper in l ho o prune e It Is IA and hi iii other vols a n t over o r the old ohl style tl pw II si and much touch letter better pr serves riH tho the n Ot of the postal po and this approval Va not It given Riven until cinCh litter after nil all Investigation owl and cereal to mo one by b my uny superintendent dent of registry tr system toad and ti a l cereal recommendation by Iy the superintendent of di division vision isbn I of It I supplies of tim that II office The rhe contract If there thero be bl one erie was ns both drawn antI and let I l by L the of or the first assistant as anal with It I limit had absolutely nothing to do exam lIt Pt that before stated If It these thene statements printed were werl given the Free Prosit correspondent torn tin the of or the th first or Oi the fourth as ns assistant sista at they ro rent nt the Ihl facts and tine the publication especially In my home lInw city Is calculated to 10 put nut me In ha a n position In Ir tine tho city elt In Iii which I have lived Ih d for lor of ot 40 yearn eara and Where I 1 nave have earned what reputation I have hl It Is I 1 cruel and without the tine slight c 1 t I Justification JU i Ikno know you OU too well tech to believe ellee that thaI you sou will sanction this attempt to III In and besmirch mo nil unjustly smut and I beg bec b g ou oti not only as sue pain man to man but as asa n a due tu to my nu to In iii Institute an au and an do what ht xo volt 1011 vail cnn to ascertain a whether these th s i false faire nut state mont were actually given glen out nt at the e department and by whom or they tile are purely the Invention of the writer I n k that the th publication lion tion of the trials facts he hc not hOt tardy R F 0 C 1 MADDEN MADDUX Third Assistant l MJ MU POn Held at nt Hc In City New Jersey June e 23 The funeral cervices over Maj Jurors Jarnes Pond were teero ero held lucid today leda at al the tho family JIT Jr say scy SO City The funeral rites of ot the thus Orand Irand Army Arm of ot the tho Republic n wore were per por performed performed formed by b the tho of ot Lafayette post of or if which Maj Pond waso waco member Tho The Interment will be bo private In Wood Woodlawn lawn cemetery tomorrow KANSAS nor Cloy Halley tri Its Appropriation allon ailous for or Topeka Kan I an June 2300 BillIe Dailey said Mill tonight ht that his message nI I e to the lie legislature would not 1101 exceed 1200 words He lie declined to Rive give nn an lion Ion about Its itA contents Ip session will convene tomorrow I IThe The governor Is using his hla bl Influence In against the plan to 10 appropriate half halt a n million dollars or any an aiu other su un to tin give Ie to 0 flood sufferers Ht Ut II believes an nn appropriation Is rot not necessary lUll and It ItIs ItIs itIs Is lill huta opinion that an un I would result re In harm lauren rather than good Prorated among among tine the tho the money would not nol go far fill fara a fI few fw 11 dollars to each family No family would receive ns III mud ni i It R ought to have havo to relieve Us till distress old ad all would be That Is thin the ROV joV go notion of ot the Ihl matter He lie would have the legislature puss the necessary easy sary sl nets to enable enmities countIes ind elites citIes to rebuild bridges tp t them pee peo people hie who are In hit anti and to strength strengthen en banks of at rivers Arid and creeks munch and then adjourn Senator F T D Smith has hns prepared a abill abill bill legalizing thu tue t lo loin loan of oC state money to 10 Hood sufferers to be bo paid back In four tour years without Interest U Servian SerIous Paris June Jun 23 Although the lie French minister at Belgrade was not lIven given specific ordem to 10 withdraw the lie urn officials here hero say the Instructions sent nent en I gave 1110 him him full tull liberty to adopt such a II course If it the majority of or his hll diplomatic colleagues left len the lie Servian Servion capital Qwing InK ing to the tile growing complications In the situation It tras deemed desirable to 10 give him hint complete liberty of ot action to 10 meet macat any an circumstances circumstance unsung |