New-York tribune., 1920-11-02
nat the statement The Journal pub
'shred was made up in our newspaper

that the statement The Journal pub
1shred was made up in our newspaper
office
IN reply to that charge I am repro
huclng IN to-morrow's Gourmet q photo
graphic copy Of the statemar written
nd signed IN William Estabrook Chan
ellor's own handwriting and the attest
or Professor Elias Compton, dean of
W ooster University, who makes oath
,hat tre statement was signed by Will
liam Estabrook Chancellor in his pres
nee
The original Chancellor statement.
which Chancellor to-day denied he
made and which furnished the basis
OF his suit against the Journal, was
reproduced this afternoon in The Day
ton Herald, also owned by the Burk
nam Herrick Publishing Company, owr-
ers OF the Journal 1t reads:
"As to the Harding ancestry,
hereby certify that am in no way re-
sponslble for, never wrote, never au-
thorlzed any one to ysyrite and know
nothing whatever about the circulars
beari?g my name or any other paper
This g my signature.
"M'lLLIAM ESTABROOKE CHAN
CELLOR.
"October %. 1920"
Estate Of Ohio, County of Wayne.
Before me, the undersigned auth or
lty, personally appeared Elias Comp
ton who being first duly sworn says
that the above statement was signed by
William Estabrook Chancellor in his
presence. ELIAS COMPTON,"
Sworn to and subscribed to in my
presence the 28th day of October, 1920.
James r. Mclaughlin. Notary Sea "
In addition thiS tofo is do
by The Journal:
THE degraded cabal that made vile
var against the women of Warren G.
Hardlng's family, who hurled their
poison shafts at the freside of the Re-
publican nominee for President, have
played their last desperate card
AS the Democratic state committee
predicted Sunday night, suit has been
filed in the name of Professor Chan
cellor against The Dayton Journal, be :
cause that newspaper printed the
signed denial of Chancellor that he did
not make the vile statement
This signed statement Of Chancellor
is reprinted on this page. Read it.
If he repudiates it at this eleventh
hour, who induced him to do it? That
is for the people to judge.
"The vilfers have confessed their
last minute use suit against The
Journal to spread their vile attack.
THE suit is nothing but ele euth-
hour campaign vileness.
ut is the so-called 'bombshell' that
has been promised and threatened for
GAYS
1T reiterates the low attack on War
rem G. Harding.
ut has always been the tactics of
the slandere: to hide behind q court
petition.
1T is an old trick, common me4hoI j
to spread defamation and vicious lies.
The vilifiers in their desperation
rave used this method. Those who
stand for decency, those who stand for
far play, those who stand for the sane
thy Of the American home, can now see
the forces back Of this vile attack on
Mr.: Harding and his family. Chan
cetlor made his denials in every way
humanity possible by word of voice and
by signed statement. His signature is
Witnessed
"His suit and his alleged suit to re-
cant at the very last hour of the cam
paign indicate what elements are back
of the viification campaign.
The scandal cabal has given the
minutes to answer. That was their
purpose.
We reiterate that the allegation
against the family of Warren G. Har.
ding are lie.
I'VE reterate that it is the vilest
most shameless campaign of villany
ever perpetrated, and that the scoun-
drels in the Democratic party have
now confessed their guilt"