Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — DENY SECRET IN SHIP DEAL [ARTICLE]

DENY SECRET IN SHIP DEAL

Seized German Vessels to Be Sold at Public Auction. z Washington, Feb. 13.—Despite a campaign launched against the sale of former German passenger vessels, the shipping board is proceeding with plans to sell them at public auction on Monday. The sale will be open and the ships will be sold to the highedl bidder. It is emphatically denied there is any “secret deal” by which all the ships will be sold to the International Mercantile Marine, whose British con-

nectlons apparently form the chief ground for the objections which have .been raised.