Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-06

MESSAGE
SHOWN BY KELLY
Publisher Of Sioux City Tribune Pro-
duces Evidenne TO Show Bold politi-
cal 1rick-Harding's Friends BIundsr
by Using Western Union Blank Not
in Existence Until Three Years Later
Than Date Of Alleged Telegram.
Special to Times Republican,

ISpeclal 10 IlTnes-1hepuotiS1H'
Sioux City, Oct. s.-The Harding
campaign management is accused by
John c. Kelly, publisher Of the Sioux
City Tribune, with forgery in circulat-
ling a copy of WHIST was purported to be
a telegram sent by Kelly to Senator
Hunter IN 1911 n which Kelly opposed
the five-mile limit bill. The Harding
campaign literature and Harding In his
speeches have claimed that Kelly As
q hypocrite to censure Harding now for
trying to save the saloons In Iowa City
when Kelly, himself opposed the same
bin with his telegram.
I Kelly comes backs charging Harding
| or Zen Salinger, his manager, or the
Harding headquarters with committing
forgery in their alleged copy Of his tele-
gram and he submits as proof Of his
statement that the Western Unions tel
egraph blank photographed by the
Harding crowd was not in existence
until three years after the alleged date
Of telegram, He then publishes an
authorized Interview from former Sem
|ator Hunter, in which Hunter says that
he did not receive the telegram alleged
to nave been photographed and that he
understood Mr.. Kelly's position to have
been exactly opposite to that shown IN
the telegram reproduced, and then
Kelly reprints an editorial from his
newspaper published four days after
the date Of the alleged telegram in
which he censures the legislature for
defeating the fve-mile limit bill.
Proof Convincing.
The proof of forgery is quite convinc-
ing. The Harding crowd had sent out
what was presented as Photographic
copy OF telegram addressed to Hon.
Robert Hunter, March 80, 1911, and
signed by John c, Kelly. The telegraph
blank with all the telegraph company g
memoranda was reproduced. 1t seemed
to be an exact photograph of tele-
gram, Western Union blank and all.
The blank showed the names of the
telegraph company's officers. among
whom was that Of "Newcomb Carlton,
president" Kelly then shows lin his
newspaper that this blank never came
into use Dy the western Union until
1914, when Newcomb Carlton became
president, therefore the telegram, held
before the camera by the Harding
crowd had been written on telegraph
blank which was not In existence in
1911. The telegraph blank In use by
the Western Union in 1911, when the
alleged Kelly telegram is represented to
have been sent, contained the name OF
"aTheo. N. Vail, president Vail was
president of the Western Union until
April, 1914, when he was succeeded by
Carlton.
Kelly charges that somebody IN
Harding's interest has forged this tel
egram in order to make a Photographic
copy.
The Harding crowd Is using their al
LEGGED telegram as counter irritant Il
the Photographic reproductions Of
IHardings letter to Del C. Huntoon, POI
litical agent for the saloons, and the
Photographic reproductions lot the letter
from the Iowa Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton boosting for Harding; however
these Photographic reproductions have
never yet been denied. Their alleged
| copy of Es!.y's telegram !s now brand