The San Francisco call., 1910-07-28
Denials of Responsibility for
Mailing Charges Against
Curry Are Entered
Who VIII Be Most Injured by
False Accusations, PoIi=
ticianS Wonder?
Candidate for Governor Says
He'll Run Down His Ma
IiciOus Aceuser


M legal use of the franked en-
:: velope of United States Mar
shal Leo V. Youngworth, in which was
inclosed the circular attack upon
Charles F. Curry mailed to newspa-
pers supporting Hiram W. Johnson
and purporting to emanate from the
: good government league of Los An
geles?
The postofice inspectors who ferret
. out crimes against the federal statutes
. are trying to answer that question.
Who is responsible for the vile at
= tack on Curry's personal and official
character, and who will be most in
jured by it?
+ That question is puzzling politicians
from San Diego TO the Oregon line.
! Denial is the order of the hour. Mar
shall Leo Y Youngworth, whose Of
fetal envelope was used in fragrant
violation Of a federal statute, denies
any knowledge and all responsibility.
The managers Of Hiram w. Johnson's
campaign in Los Angeles declare that
the good government organization,
which is the name of their campaign
machine. has no knowledge of the
: origin OF the attack They also de-
. clare that the president of what they
call the defunct good government
= league Of Los Angeles denies response
bjHty for or knowledge Of the attack
on behalf Of that organization
RoweII Indignant
- Chester H. RoweH Of Fresno, presi-
dent Of the Lincoln Roosevelt league,
.sresents and deplores what he considers
All attempt to fasten responsibility on
p Johnson's supporters by the statement
e.. that the scurrilous circular was sent
only 10 newspapers supporting Johnson
a careful investigation. prosecuted up
10 a late hour last night, failed to dis
-cl0se that the circular had been sent to
any but johnson newspapers. Rowell
J: said that his investigation had not de-
veIoped anything TO the contrary. He
p. said that the Johnson people in Los An
geIes had advised him that 80 circulars
I: were sent out. but he was unable to
explain how they had learned the exact
- number Of circulars put in the mails.
~ Hiram ". Johnson furnished the
press with copies of NJ Lssner's tele-
+ gram on behalf OF the good government
- organization Of Los Angeles which,
. presumably, was the basis of his state
ment. made subsequently at the Star
1ieater, where he declared that the
:. newspapers had learned that suspicion
I of his organization was unwarranted,
but would not be admitted by the press.
Curry on Warpath
:. curry said last night that as soon as
he was able TO travel in company with
his physician he would go TO Los An
geles and participate in the hunt for
tle person or persons responsible for
the attack. He also said, significantly,
that II responsibility rested only upon
a tool, Imprisonment would be sufficient
punishment
THE public generally and politicians
particularly were thrown into fever
of speculation and unrest by disclo-
sures Of an attack on Secretary of
State Curry so vile and libelous that
no" decent newspaper would print it.
- II developed yesterday that there
u were at least two editions OF the sour
4ilous circular and that the sender, who
). saved postage stamps through the use
Of: United States official envelopes, used
rare discretion in the matter OF their
respective distribution. One edition
- accused Curry of a series of crimes
ranging from robbery of the city and
county Of San Francisco. Iooting the
state treasury and debsuching the leg
. islstures with whisky down to the en-
=. :1Ioyment Of notorious gamblers and
y drtinkards in the Office of secretary OF
state. IT was a copy of the milder edi-
..tion that was sent to the Santa Cruz
News. Editor DSvlin denounced it edi-
torialIy and turned it over to The Call
AmpIified Edition
=. -: There was another and amplifed edi-
Z fion. A copy Of that edition was in the
-. =. .1,7s6ssession OF the Lincoln Roosevelt
league managers in this city yesterday
y A. Dickson Of Los Angeles, one OF
the leaders Of the league movement in
the south, said that q member of the
executive committee Of the good gov
ernment organization had turned in
still. another copy and 1t was the am
nIihed edition that went TO Fresno. The
qualification consisted of a paragraph
in which Curry was attacked for his al
LEGGED relations with persons Of the
Jewish race and faith.
A Dickson of Los Angeles sait
that the circular attacking Curry hac