Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-10-20
ATTAUk ON TENER
WAS BOOMERANG
Reputable Editors Repudlate
journalistic MendaClty.
NOT A SINGLE DIRECT CHARGE
Candidate For Governor Helped Rather
Than injured by the Work Of the
Mud Singers.

ao-,rtns tho aisgrsrof,J iourpaIistic
a,t.-t.g ,hat ~, t,,..r made an Tobp
x ro,er thc ponpI,Iic,n nominee for
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,tt.-cr-oso,fsti,,s ,g a scapdaIous
cbar,etcr b,yc bsan pada in tbe AT.
TENT =, rpip tbe r,putatiop of Mr..
,rc,,rr hut ip,esfisqtirps into the facts
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F.. aetcd I'm , tbgr,uqrr. honorable
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t,r,usr which b. rorIfraI enemies
now. -,,,cbt o., rra,. him in a false
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nor H., b,yo 3, s,r.sr that Mir TaDcr
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tr.tf#s..- C,r-,r,.rf.... l,g ,1sa.r him.
solt f, , ,csi,i,, b., forfeit fre SIM.
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N.,t , e,iitgr,. fact ba. bea1 .pb
r,jttod sbov.f,g tbat MIR Toner .bouIl
ha ,rfti,ised fo,. .,,. act i'm rgIation tn
M .o,,,,,r. WIN. n fs admitted
tbot nm IN date tbe aDterprise has not
b,or nroftobIa ran,,tabIa business
,,,,r v,ho orc Interested in tba cor.
,,oroti,, aro convinced that II will plti.
r,ateI- bo ercres.f,,I
NJ Tenor mot the sttacI, uDor him
with q pro,nrt and svaenino disavowaI
Of o,,, ,,,rorsd,irg
"T, is a roInabla sttemnt n beemircb
nv, cboroIta,, D, sai5 no and to oues.
ton mn, intagritv ,-fthout tbe SLIGHT.
ast justification and without a scin-
,irIo Of facr IN heso mn intiuation of
uropgdoina rpop rp,. part
"The article " ne declared "is an Of
fort to promote the selfish and pocun-
iary interests Of a merCenary and de
generate publication. There is abso-
lutely nothing to conceal | became
connected with the company through
w. L. Christman, a reputable attorney
in Philadelphia. When found / could
not give the time to the company |
severed my connection with it abso-
lutely. never having accepted any of
its stock My relations with the COM
pany were entirely straightforward and
honorable in every respect
Mr. Christman. to whom Mr.. Tener
referred, is one OF the leading mem
bers of the Philadelphia bar and a
man of the highest reputation in the
community. He is now president of the
company, which was formed, among
other things, to construct railroad
on the coast of Oregon to open up
big lumber field. Mr.. Tener was voted
$4,000 worth of stock, but declined to
accept it. He was connected with the
company for but two months, when he
resigned
Men of Affairs Interested.
A number of we'll known business
men are on tho hoard of directors of
the company including simeon Mer.
reI. president of the Yost Nanuractur.
ing company. of Neadyille, Pa. Will
liam r. Nargerum. merchant in the
Reading Terminal market Philadel.
phia. GerereI RusscU Thayer who is
also a director in the PhilodalDbja and
Suburban Elevated Railroad comuanv.
Colonel William Render Wilson for.
merlv of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
and for whom the PENNSYLVANIA legis.
latura voted q medal of honor for dis.
tinguisbed services durinq Tho civil
War. w w Pinlerton of the pinl,er.
ton Construction comnanv. Frederick
Schoff a manufactured who has baen
nrominent in many civic movements in
Pbiladelphia and Thomas BROMLEY
.Jr. who is a member of the Commit.
tae of Seventv and has he-an active in
a number of reform novements in the
Quaker Citv General Thaver was
amonp tbe first to dacIare that Mr.
Teper's connection with tho companv
was entirely honorable He nredicts
the ultimate success of tho anternrise
Tbrouqhout the several nrhIications
care has heen exercised to avoid al.
rectlv CHARGING Mr. Tener with anv
snecific act of wrop edoing hut bv In.
uendo and NV linking hin, with nro.
moters who ware identified with tho
unsuccessful comnanies taken over bv
.he fuDilc Utli'tles corporation an ell
IoTt Is Ilaue 10 dlscreult MT. Iener.
NJ ran,r tho a4itr,. ot ~ p;t..t,,.,-
Gazette Times, among other things,
says:
mfr. Tener says his relations with