The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-14
GRUENING ADMITS
MEETING RUMELY
Disattached Managing Editor
of the "Tribune' Calls on
Federal Officials.
CARNIVAL OF DENIALS
EMAIL" Men Say They Did Not
Attempt to Buy Paper
With w. w. Mills.

DR.. Edward A. Rumely will not be
called upon to keep the promise which he
made to Senator King OF Utah Friday In
wire volunteering to appear at q pro-
jected Senatorial inquiry and tell where
he got the money used to buy the Eve
ming MoH Dispatches from Washington
yesterday said that the King sub-com-
mittee, on the advice OF the Department
of Justice, would confne its investiga-
ton to the foreign language press.
Oficials OF the Department prefer to
finish their work in secret, presenting
their facts only to the Federal Grand
Jury here.
DR.. Ernest Gruening. whose connection
with the New York Tribune as managing
editor suddenly terminated Friday night.
made a voluntary visit to the Federal
Building yesterday. After a talk with
Or. Gruening Harold Harper. the Assist
ant United States District Attorney,
who is directing the Evening Mau inves-
tigation. said:
This ONCE has no evidence whatever
that DR.. Gruening was connected In any
way with DR.. Rumely In the transaction
of the purchase Of the Evening Mail by
Won BernstorfY and the Imperial German
Government
Bill of Health for GrueninH.
"Dr. Gruenings name had been given
to me as a person who might possess
some information upon a particular mat
ter connected with the investigation of
the MoiI. DR.. Gruening himself has not
been under investigation by this office.
Y u e4t ~ n M hA 81 hA
| has not the information that I thought
he might have.
That Is his whole connection with
this transaction SO far as known to this
Office"
At the time Capt Lloyd OF the mill
| tary intelligence service CHANGED to be in
Mr.. Harper's Office. He said the military
authorities had nothing against Gruen-
| ing.
Although he previously had denied
ever having met DR.. Rumely, Gruening s
! memory served him better yesterday
About a year and half ago, he said. he
| and Rumely were introduced. Curiously
enough. considering that both editors
lived in the building at 324 West 103d
street, this only meeting OF theirs which
| DR.. Gruening recalls was In the Euenin Q
Mail office.
T. E. Niles. who was managing editor
OF the MdH; Joseph E. Chamberlain. who
was on its editorial stan, and J. c.
Cook. who was the papers business
manager before DR.. Rumely took hold
have Joined in a categorical denial that
| they ever were associated with William
| Writ Mills In a scheme to buy the Muil
| Repudiate story by Mills.
| Mills. who thus far has talked only
10 reporters, named these three as hav-
ing shared his ambition to acquire
Henry l.. Stoddard's interest in the Mail
subsequently disposed Of to Rumely
Not only Is Mr.. Stoddard sure that Niles
| never approached him on the subject, as
| Mills says. but Niles. Chamberlain and
Cook are equally certain they never
discussed with Mills any such PROPOSE.
ton as he describes.
II never went to Mr.. Stoddard with
a proposition to buy the Mail, either a,
an associate OF William Writ Mills o,
any one else" said Mr.. Niles 81 never
had any conference with Mr.. Mills ther
or at any other time was a vice
president OF the company and natural,
my only interest was In having the
paper succeed under Its old manage
ment This seemed impossible. in view
OF business conditions as they existed ir
those early days OF the war.
81 knew Mr.. Stoddard was making a
desperate fight to hold the property, anG
was surprised that he had been able
TO do 1t so long. II I had had any
financial resources I would have put
them at his disposal In the compan,
we had worked 80 hard for fifteen year.
to develop.
"Mr. Mills's statements are news &c
me. except the fact that there were
rumors Of German syndicate trying &c
buy Now York newspaper"
Mr.. Chamberlain and Mr., Cook sale
their first intmation that Mills had
notion OF buying the Mad came wher
they read his story.
There was an intermiseion yesterda,
in the Grand Jury investigation. which
will be resumed tomorrow and will con
tinue at least through the week.