Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-20
Henry II. Rogers Said to Have
Taken Steps to Shut Off
"Frenzied Finance" Articles
CRIMINAL LIBEL PROMISED
Publishers Of Everybody's Magazine
Warned Not to Place Latest Edition
On Sale With Lawson Article, But
They Disregard tho Challenge
Other News.

Now York Dec. 20.--Thomas W.
Lawson's sensational articles on ffeh-
lied Finance" were the cause yesteToas
~ /, sensational move by Henry II.
paar. +o shut them off. The latters
attorneys, Samuel Untermeyer ana
james M. Beck, sent a letter 10 lhe
American News Company which said:
1--WE are instructed by our clent' fien-
nv I. Rogers, to advise you that lntor-
nation has come to him to the eftect
that in the Forthcoming issue OF Every
bodys Magazine January NUMBER 10
included an article by Thomas W. Law
son. entitled 'Frenzied Finance, con-
tanning grossly libelous statements
concerning Mr.. Rogers, amountlhs' as
we are advised, to criminal LIBEL.
1--WE beg herewith to direct your at
tention to this article and respectfully
to notify you on behalf Of Mr.. Rog-
ers that your company and officers VIII
he held liable for the circulation OF the
magazine containing the offendlng ar
ticle."
This letter was submitted to the
Ridgeway- Thayer Company pupilsh-
ers of the magazine. and they at once
told the American News Company 10
go ahead as If the letter had never
been written, guaranteeing the COM
pany against any money loss or dam
npes thew may sustain. The maya
zine was put on sale today in every
section of the country as far west as
San Francisco.
Mr.. Rogers had already made fi-
tile attempt to have the magazine
barred from the United States mails
but the postoffice authorities IN WASH
ington refused to interfere.
What his next step will be, follow
ing the refusal of the news company
! to cease the sale Of the magazine, MS
LAWYERS refused to give any hint. MT.
] Rogers is a fighter of the aggressive
TYNE and that he will throw up his
hands and quit after the first setback
is not expected by those who know
| him and his bitter anger against Law
son In the present fight. ~.
District Attorney Jerome practically
pledged himself to take up the prose-
cution Of Mr.. Lawson under section $50
Of the penal code, which makes IL a
crime for any person to circulate false
] reports concerning a corporation TO
/ affect the price of it's stock. The de-
4 cision was reached at a conference
with Charles Maitland Beattie, coun-
sci for Henry w. Wack, who owns LOU
! shares outright Of Amalgamated Cop
per Company and who is determined
4 to fix definitely the truth or falsity OF
/ Lawson's charges concerning that cor
4 poratlon.
After the conference 1t was learned
I that others than Mr.. Wack or Mr..
Beattie had been to see the district at
i torney last week and had asked him
! to have the grand jury indict 4lr. Law
son under the same section.
/ The Identity of the men who maze
| this request was not officially reveal
ed. but 1t was understood in the GRIM
inal court building that they were act
| ing for Mr.. Rogers, and the other STAN
dard OIL interests in Amalgamated
Copper.
The district attorney refused to en-
terrain the complaint made by these
men. telling them that such prosecu-
ton would have to go thru the regular
channels-f1rst by making complaint
to magistrate, getting a warrant for
Mr.. Lawson's arrest, and then produc-
ing evidence at the preliminary exam
1ination that would warrant the pre-
sentation of the complaint to the grand
/ Jury.