New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

Tie SAID, TO what officers DO you
refer"
81 said. I sm told that Vice -Presi-
dent Allies or Wee President Father. or
both Of them. '0sDlrcd tho statements
~ The Tribune
"Nr. Glover said: r do not believe
e IS true Suppose We ask Mr. Allies
and Mr.. Father TO come over here.
'I said would ask my secretary, Nr.
tookscy. Co telephone them 30 Mr..
G.ovcr's rar7c 90 come 20 my Office.
shortly thereafter Nh. Alles and Ny
Father came ! said % them what J
had said 20 Mr. Glover. about having
been informed that officers Of the Riggs
Bank were responsible for the articles
thGt had recently appeared in The
Tribune attacking the Nunsey Trust
transaction and tho Treasury Depart
mc8t Mr.. Allies and Mr. Father each
separately denied having been respon.-
sih'e for the articles IN question. ]
then said 20 Mr. Allies:
Threatens TO Produce Proof.
at do not want 20 be unfair. and !
therefore want 90 say that l may ne
able 90 produce The proof that you did
inspire tho publication Of these articles
! want 80 ask you again y you had any
thing 90 30 with them
Mr. Allies denied that he had. !
asked Y he had seen the articles be
fore thcv were published. he asked
me 10 what articles ] referred. !
handed him the copies OF The Tribune
Of December and Z. lie glanced a.
them and then said: q believe the
statements IN these articles arc true
and admit having told the reporter that
/ believed them TO be true.
81 SAID: Then YOU had seen the ar
tc,os before they were published
Ny. Ailcs replied again: 1 believe
tho statements IN the articles are
true"
Thercupon Mr.. Williams said;
Mr. Allies. these articles are It's
sue Of falschoods, and you know them
"Nr, Allies then, addressing Mr..
Williams. said:
Regretted Williams's Appointment.
"'Nr. Williams, when you were ap-
pointed Assistant Secretary, eight
months ago. ] rotoiced, but / have re
GREETED 10 ever since. You arc preJu-
diced against ne because | was elected
Il director Of the Seaboard Air Line.
He intimated that Mr.. Williams was
antagonistic 20 him and was trying 10
iniure him. To this Mr.. Williams re-
Piled:
THAT is absolutely untrue
"Nr Allies then became more often
sive toward Mr.. Williams and began 20
say things rejecting upon the depart
ment. and ! Iuterposed and said: Gen
t!cmou, there must be no controversy
Of this character here. ! will not per
nit it,
"Nr. Allies would not be deferred,
however, and continued IN an offensive
manner TO address Mr Williams, when
] said: Nr. Allies, will be damned i I
Will permit this in my Office, and If YOU
persist in II shall have 10 order you
out
81 remained sitting when said this
and at no time advanced I'm men
scing or other manner toward Mr..
Allies. then arose from my chair;
everybody else arose at the same time,
and / said TO Mr.. Glover:
"'Mr. Glover, ! am glad 10 acqut
you Of any part in these publications.
7 wish YOU would stay, as ] would Ike
70 talk TO you q little further about
this matter
Denies Threat at Bank.
"Nr Glover remained. Mr. Glover
and / continued the conversation IN an
entirely friendly manner ! explained
TO him my anxiety about the effect of
these publications and said that felt
sure that f ne could control them they
would not continue. ] also stated 20
him that he could readily understand
that i confidence .u the local situation
was again disturbed IL would be a seri-
GUS matter for all the banks in Wash
iugton. Possibly il is from this state
ment that Mr.. Glover gathered the i'm
preston OF drew the Inference that !
mad SAID 'Mr. Glover, YOU know what
this means 20 the Riggs Bank
81 said no such thing and nothing
ia substance 20 that effect or that
could be construed into the meaning
tua. he has cndcavorcd 10 give TO my
language. Mr.. Glover agreed with me
fully about the matter and treasured
me that neither he nor any Of the Of
GERS of the Riggs Bank were encourag-
uc The Tribune 90 continue these at
lacks.
I'VE parted in a thoroughly friendly
maunc~. have not seen Nh Glover
since. lie remained with me about
tfteen minutes after Mr Allies, Mr..
Father, Mr. Williams and Mr.. Elliott
had gone
Bank Issues Statement.
ID a statement issued tonight, 70
plying 20 the charges made i'm the
treasury officials afHdavits, the bank