Show BUTTE mm MISLED PRESIDENT Root Did Not Tell All Facts in Shepard Case Says Loeb Washington ashington March 13 The The following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing statement was made public to today today today to- to day by Secretary Loeb Loch concerning a published Interview of QC Jesse B B. Root a Butte attorney who recently tried to secure a pardon for Richard B. B Shepard of Salt I Lake Mr tr Root an attorney appeared b before tor the president asking him to pardon n n a man who ha had been convicted for Cor selling obscene literature Mr Root noot ml misrepresented r tho the facts to the president by stating at first that the theman theman man was Wag convicted for tor selling a De Cameron and one or two other boo books s of what he called classical authors As a matter of oC fact It was shown n that the man had been guilty guilt of ot disposing disposIng disposing ing of ot many other kinds hinds of ot obscene books books books-books books whose whoso cry ery cr were such that they ought not to be repeated re re- re- re In public The president ent spoke with severity to Mr Root about his effort to secure by deception de the pardon of oC a man guilt guilty guil gull t ty of oC such an This accounts for Cor Mr Ill Roots Root's falso false statements as re regards regards regards re- re gards the Interview Tho The president of oC course declines to accept any statement state stute- meat ment made by Mr R Root ot asI as calling for tor an any denial by him 01 or o for tor I aby further urther notice whatsoever |