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w mr AST EDITION ONE' CENT, SOME HOT POINTS FOR JAIL REPORT ARE SUGGESTED TO INSPECTOR BY DAY BOOK THE DAY BOOK! ' 'An A(!lm Niwcpaper, Daily Except Sunday VDL.VNO.299 . v Chicago, Friday, Sept 17, 1915- 398 ROCKEFELLER TURNS DOWN THE ALLIES Wqn'tjSubscribe'to British LoanHas Rebuffed FrencK ;Vi and Russian Agents-Calls'War'Awful'and . -- ' Recites -Doggerel.'" (CopyrigHt, 1915? by. United Press.) Cleveland, O., Sept 17. John'D. Rockefeller,;,. Sn, has positively de- ' termined that he will take no parttin m lending tmoney' to carry on the, con flict in Europe Inan interview ob- tained with the.wcrld'sriehest man bythe TJpited 'JPress it -was learned "that-theoU kingas been offered on lnorunities tp enrich himself, further -byiending.money'to the warring-na-'tions'and'that'he has absolutelye fused. ".''. " " "Are you expecting a call from the .commissipn of- European banker? . now hvNew York to negotiate a.bfl-.Mon-dblalrwaiilOan for the-allies?" i"Hor"'he replied emphatically. "I certainly am jjot expecting a visiti from tlie, commission, nor ,dp .1 ex- p'6ct them to ask me for the war loan They know I would .not consider it Then,-' after a -pause - ""Both England- and Russia have asked me for loans. They were re Again Rockefeller was meditatively sllenta moment, then he exclaimed fervently:" "This war is awful f Don't you think it lawful?" During v the interview, which was granted at" the on king's 'Forest HiD Les'tate.kRockefeller did not mention Rockefeller was asked. ' khj$ scaIJ&wfayporJtod JjyfeA. Jk: -"y -g-a,.;