Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-09

Continued from Page One) S. S. Mcclure newspaper corporation to secure the loans.
 ''Dr. Rumley in his report to the alien property custodian, made no dis closure of his relations with Albert or Von Bernstorff, or the imperial German government. Instead. he re- ported that he owed S100,O00 to Her man Sielcken, now deceased, upon a note, and he also reported that the notes which he had given Rensworff, Lyon & Co.,, accompanied by a pledge of the stock of the s. s. Mcclure news paper corporation had been surrender ed to him in exchange for the S1OO,- 900 note in September, 1917. In other words, by giving his note for S100,0OO he had obtained a return of notes az gregating in excess of S1,30O,OO0 and stock representing controlling in terest in the Evening Mail.
 "Rumley has claimed recently that it was Sielcken who put up the money in the transaction. Previously he lad stated Mrs. Busch had contributed to the fund. Mrs. Busch, however, denies it. and the Columbia Trust company executor of Hermann Sielcken as well as Mir. Sielcken's partners in the firm of Crossman & Silecken, stated that SO far as they knew Mir. Sielcken had nothing to do with this transaction"
 Attorney General Lewis declared that Mrs. Busch. referred to in his statement, was Mrs. AdOlph Busch. widow of the St. Louis brewer, who krr ment officials upon her return from Germany.
 Dr. Rumley's interests were varied. for besides being engaged in the newspaper business, he was secretary of the NJ. Rumley company of Laportc, Ind. which manufactured agricultural implements and, as founder of the In- terlaken school, of which he is presI- dent. had written several books, em- bOdying novel ideas of educational matters.
 Moreover, after having attended the university of Notre Dame and the Uni versity of Heidelberg. he studied at the University of Freiburg which in 1906 granted him the degree of doctor of medicine.
 Although the attorney generals $ statement termed Dr. Rumley vice president and treasurer. of the Mail and Express company" the newspa- pers editorial page shows him to be viee-president and secretary.
 The bond holders of the Mail and Express company will take possession Jf the Evening Mail tomorrow morn ng and we will see to it that the rue AmeTicanism for which we stand will be reflected in the columns of he paper" said Henry L. Stoddard, resident Of the company, in state ment tonight.
 In statement issued late tonight, Assistant States Attorney General Becker said:
 "The entire amount which went into the purchase of the Evening Mail was derived from the sale of German war bonds in this country, and American .itizens furnished the money to ac- luire the paper which was to be used ,or the purpose of carrying on Ger nan propaganda.
 While the deal was made with Hen y L. Stoddard for the paper, tEere is 10 evidence that MT Stoddard knew 1t was German money.
 MT. Stoddard retired from the man lgement Of the paper and still held most of the outstanding bonds. When the United States declared war against Germany, Mir. Stoddard threatened to ioreclose the bonds unless the Even ing Mail expressed loyalty to this country in every way.
 Mir. Stoddard said that he had known for two weeks the government vas searching the source of the funds-
 ut he was astOunded to hear the money was obtained in the manner charged
 '-ust before this country entered he war. I insisted to Dr, Rumley that he course of the paper should be un- ;wervingly, unhestitatingly and az 'ressively patriotic and loyal" said Mir. Stoddard.
 T told him unless this was done the ponds would be foreciosed at their maturity on October 1. 1917. From hat day to this, as the government states. the paper has been strongly and helpfuIly for the war and for the principles for which we are fighting.
 Mime and again when l asked Dr. Rumley where his money came from in view of the rumOrs abroad, he gave me his word of honor every dollar or it came from American citizens of German percentage. He insisted that I'D to the time of our entering the war. all that he wanted to do was to be fair to Germany, as against Eng.