Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-06-24
ED HUCHESDlD
NOT MAKE LOAN
TOT. PACKARD
Smith, Erstwhile> Reporter
For The American,
Called aLiar. 4
Hughes Denies Story and,
Witnesses Declare He Did 1
Not'G Give it to Smith.

bismarck, NJ d., June Z4.-4AssiS-
tants Attorney, General Packard today
AS evidence Of the kind Of cam
paign being waged> by Townley and his
Socialistic advisers. I offer the fol-
lowing: '5 i5g'sS
The North Dakota Leader in their
last issue published the following ar.
Frank Packard member of the
state tax commission, approached Ed.
Hughes, the Bismarck electric light
magnate. and, an avowed enemy of
the league during the winter. This
was before Packard deserted the
league. Is
HE wanted to borrow $500 from
Mr.. Hughes. Mr.. Hughes expressed.
surprise that. Packard should come
were not trotting in the same crowd.
Packard admitted the fact but
stated, You. know I am a member of
the state AK commission ~:
"Mr: Hughes thought of his big in
terests and at once made the loan to
Mr.. Packard. Mr.. Hughes also says
he figures he, received very good re-
"Mr. Hughes tells of the Incident
himself. Mr.. Packard has not told
the story, SO far as the Leader has
learned. r.
"Mr. Packard is now Attorney Gem
eral Langer's assistant. and with such
good training .as a, loan negotiator.
there should always be a little pin
money in sight"
attention of e. A. Hughes (designat-
ed in the article as ed. Hughes'')
and he made the following statement
which was corroborated by two per-
sons who heard the conversation:
Bismarck, N. D.. June 90, 1919.
"Mr. F. r. Packard. Bismarck, N. D.
Dear lsir;-Regarding IN inter-
view appearing in an Nonpartisan pa
per with reference to your securing
money from me for taxation purposes.
This interview is absolutely false.
"a newspaper reporter repre-
senting a. labor paper pub
lished at Grand Forks. called
on me few days ago and stated I
could give him a good story with ref
ence to MI. Packard. L informed
him 1 had a lawsuit with Mr.. Pack
ard of the, tax commission over our
books and I won the case:' further
than that I know. nothing about Mr.
Packard except what Governor Fraz-
Ter told me a year ago and that was
that Mr.. Packard was a most capable
and efficient officer. In this state and
probably the most efficient tax com
~ LA OA4NS az LAG
replied: You ought to talk to Gov
ernor. Frazier now and left the Of.
flee. Yours very truly,
e. A. Hughes"
I'VE. the undersigned. were present
in the Office Of the Hughes Electric
company whenJthe foregoing CONVEX
sation took place between Mr.. e. A
Hughes and a representative (name
unknown) of some Nonpartisan pub.
lication and ~alleReathat the foregoing
Is a correct resume Of the converse.
ton which occurred. The represen.
tative of the ~NonpaEtisan newspaper
began the conversation by Saying thai
he wanted to get something on MIR
Packard and he understood, that he
had borrowed $500 from Mr. Hughes
some time during the past winter, and
that he (Packard) had led Mr.
Hughes to understand that if he
loaned him the 5000. he would see
that his takes were reduced. Mr.
Hughes replied: that he had not loaned
Mr.. Packard $500 during the pas,
winter MOI at any other time. y The
conversation vas very brief and clear.
" set forth in the letter by Mr.
Hughes. % St 49,, ~ S.s.E.3
Wv. T. KRAFT
Robert Dutton." u
There may be a more yellow news:
paper man in the world than the one
Ewho wrote and sent in the above ar.
ticle to the North Dakota Leader, .bui
the probabilities are that the man
Smith, who engineered this interview
and wrote the article. is the cham.
pion, handpicked liar of newspaper.
Herald Wants Bring Results.