The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-18

/ W d0ulUS SIou, Jan. IN.. DIN w dHIlu-' |
ton correspondents of out-oftown pa.
/ pcrs and local newsboy today re-.
| cc.y,d subpoonas to appear ncXtl
/ week before the federal grand jury
aad give testimony presumably in
/ connection with statements appear
ing iu their publications bearing on
the Panama canal purchase. So far
as it has been possible to ascertain
/ these we're the only ones cited.
OTTO Carmichael Charles 5. Albert
and H. Jesse Conway all Of the New
| York World staff. James Hornaday |
Of the indianapolis News, Jeremiah
/ Matthews OF the New York sun. Har-
+ rs VI Crist Of the brooklyn Eagle
aud William Smith. urwsboy Of
| Washington engaged iu selling New
I York papers
with The exception of Mr. Crst
/ who is commanded 90 20 Co New York
and present himself Monday morn.
/ ing before the grand jury Of the cir
cult court for the Southern district
/ the persons are directed 10 appcarI
before the federal grand jury OF the
/ District Cf Columbia next Tuesday
morning The World staff also were
directed 10 bring with them files OF
the papers for September October.
November and December. 1908. lin
the case Of the United States vs..
Press Publishing company" publish
ers of the .>ew York World All
when interviewed declared they wetc
wholly ignorant Of the nature of the
case regarding which they were call.
ed on 20 testify.
There is no doubt here that the
subpoenas all have TO do with suit
for libel which 1t is believed has
been brought by the government in
New Yorl, against the World.
II was the publisher of the World
and the publisher of the indianapolis
News, Mcssrs Joseph Pulitzer and
Delayan Smith. whom the President.
. in a letter dated Dec. / last. to VIII
liam Dudley Foulke in response TO
one from him. severely denounced.
and in his special message to Con.
gress of Dec. - regarding the
charges of corruption by or on behalf
OF the government in the matter Of
the canal purchase the President an
nounced that the attorney general
had under consideration the form in
which proceedings for libel against
Mr.. Pulitzer should be brought
Nowhere in the annals Of the gov
crnmcnt has such action been taken
as the United States government su-
ing for criminal libel. The President
In his message was most cmpnatlc in
saying that it sNllld not 5a lnf. to
a private citizen to enter the suit and
he was particular . state SHAT hc liI
not believe w. should ,oucnn our-
selves with rhc "a 'u'I1 a. iudi,:luus
who wrote DE- lNiuE auC hl,l1as ,di-
tarials articles 'rJm 90. .prrurs
or articles ~ 'ha ncy3 columes Tho
real offcuds' Is 1csnph Pulitaor, ,ri-
tor and prp1raro' Of The Weld"
Il is therefore inferred that the cor
. respondents were summoned as wit.
ncsscs and not with the ultimate idea
10 Of making them co-dcfcndants
As soon as the subpoena was
' served upon Mr.. Carmichael he got in
10 touch with his office in New York
and left ON an afternoon train for
- that city, where he will hold a CON
ference with his superior ohicers.
Z. 81 don't know what it is about"
said Mr. Carmichael before leaving
- and have had no information from
the Office about the natter
, That every effort was made 10 pre-
vent amy leak in New York before
, the subpocras were served is eyi-
j,uc,d los Tine fact that Mr. Crists
subpoena was dirnctod 90 John"
Cr.st the Endorsement later being
. written upon .. that John" was a f.c-