St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 3, 1920

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Named as Managers. $1000 A MONTH |W Mrs. Robins Asks Women To Wear Small Hats and Take Them Off CHICAGO, June 3. OMEN attending the Re- publican national conven- tion are asked by Mrs. Raymond Robins to wear plain, small hats and to take them off as soon as they are seated in the convention hall. Mrs. Robins is the wife o{ the chairman of the last Progressive party convention and a promi- nent worker for the betterment of women's industrial conditions. YEAR-OLD BOY FOR His CHILDREN {Il/ Ff) BY Al|T() Incomes Also Provided for Sister and Brothers—Es-| tate Expected to Total $2,000,000. The will of John Scullin, capital- Set, railroad and _ street railway buflder, which was filed today, creates a trust of his entire estate to be managed by his son, Harry Scullin, his confidential Charlies L. Gilbert, and cantile Trust Co. Scullin, the the Scullin Steel Co., day. He lived at 56218 South Broad- way and was 83 years old. It was said at the Mercantile exceed $2,000,000. The will provides the payments from the income trust: A monthly payment of $250 to his brother, James Scullin, 720 Belt avenue, during his life. A monthly payment to his brother. Iienry Svullin, and his sister, Kate Loomis, of St. Lawrence County, New York, of such amount as the trustees may deem sufficient to pro- vide for their support and to a them to maintain the farm, but tollowing of the thly payment is not to pobberh ¥ oer * _ The remainder of the income is to be divided as follows: : | advisor, | Mer- | who was, chairman of the board of directors of , died last Fri-_| nue, Mrs. Martha Reese of 704° Pershing | Trust Co. that no defnite figure on peeerory: the amount of the estate was pos- | sible, but that it undoubtedly would | ‘striking him, del of | DRIVEN BY WOMAN ‘He Is Said to Have Fallen’ Under Wheel After Driver. Ran Into Telephone Pole to Avoid Him. John Monihan, John Monihan Sr. 4 years old, 2932 Henrietta street, was run killed 1:30 o'clock this afternoon on Lafa- of over and at vette avenue, east of Nebraska ave- by an automobile driven by The boy started across the street in front of the approaching automv- bile. Mrs. Reese, in trying to avoid steered into a telephone picked up. Mrs. Reese was taken to the Sou- lard street-station. With her in the automobile was Miss Catherine Rie- 0204 Minerva avenue. =- —_—-- -_ GARDNER AGAIN ANNOUNCES HE HEYDT INDORSED son of | post. Witnesses told the police that she avoided striking him, -but that he ifell under the left rear whee! which. passed over him. Ne was chad when 'S. Lreland, ing was made to refund, as has been, ‘to WILL NOT oT RUN FOR SENATE Bee . JEFFERSON CITY, June 3.— Goy. Gardner today announced again ~One-fourth to Harry Scullin, pres- | he would not be a candidate for the ident of the Scullin Steel Co. '-One-fourth to his daughter, Eunice de Gheest. One-fourth to his daughter, Le- nore Madeline Clark, wife of Charles McLure Clark of 15 Hortense place. One-fourth to his daughter-in- law, Stella Wade Scullin, the late Charles L. Scullin. ' The will specifies that the pay- ments to these shall be at the rate of $1000 a month and that any ance above that a:inount shall be paid to each at the end of each vear. If the income from the trust is not suf- ficient to produce $1000 a month for each, then the principal is to be drawn upon for the difference. The trust will terminate, under the will, 21 years after the death of May | Senate. He issued a formal statement em- | phasizing the important work to be | done in the widow of. | State, and he refused to sign it. der the bal- | — —— + the last survivor of his children and. daughters-in-law and the grandchil- | a@gen now living, and then shall distributed in equal parts among all of his descendants then living. Other provisions Was dated Feb. In the event of a contest by beneficiary, the gift to him or her under the will is revoked. None of follow any 26, 1920, or assign any part of the in- e and none of the income shall liable for the debts of the bene- ries. All inheritance taxes are be paid from the principal. Any dividend shall be considered rt of the principal and not the in- Provision for Change. the death of Harry Scullin the bution of the income is to be equal parts. Eunice de Gheest, to her children: > Leonore| rie Lenore Scullin, each to Harry Scullin’s daugh- May and Eugenia. trustees are forbidden to in- any of the estate's income in lative securities. Daughter Resides in Paris. Mre. Charles L. Mercantile Trust Co. She re- at 6290 Waterman avenue. She Y a daughter, Marie Lenore Scul- Charles McLure Clark is the of Charles McLure Clark, a y broker, who served with Red Cross during the war. De Gheest is the wife of Charlies De Gheest, whose is of Belgian descent. They in Paris. Their son, Vicomte De Gheest, served with the in the war and was wound- | i the beneficiaries shall anticipate or | a ; | ’ ' i : be | and they sold at $2 - The will provides that in the event | e-sixth each is to be given to | and at her) ».. +». eline Clark, and after her death dent Wilson saw his brother, her children; Stella Wade Scullin.! wtson Harry Scul-! hour today. ‘3 wife, Julia Scullin. and a half’ House. Scullin was Miss | Marie Wade and is the daugh- | of Festus J. Wade, president of | ‘and decorated with the cross of | Legion of Honor. here. Scullin also lives at 5218 Broadway, his father’s home. lives at 3711 Hartford sireet has offices at John Scullin’s in the Security Building. He. associated with the Scul-. for 31 years. He frequently | i patch during May. ' market Senate but did not give any reason why he would not run. tering The petition filed by Kansas City- | ans asking that the Governor's name be put on the ballot was presented to | of Un- Missouri law a candidate's not be put on the ballot Mr. Gardner by the Secretary name may without his consent. fee will be City men. FIRST CANTALOUPES ARRIVE /;come The $100 filing | returned to the Kansas BLUEBIRD GO. FOR $300,000 OF DEBTS The Financial “Angel” and Vice President Was Paid at Rate March 5 Meeting. eel ALSO OWNS $100,000 — _ -—.--—-- — ' OF COMPANY’S STOCK Was Compelled by Directors to Refund $12,000 in ary, Kept $12,000 Cash. John B. Heydt of 4586 Forest Park boulevard, ‘of the BlueBird Manufacturing Co., now in the hands of receivers, was paid at the rate of $50,000°a year for ‘his services as vice president and financial director of the company until the eventful directors’ of March 56 last, when he was ¢ guired to refund $12,000 of this sal- ary which had been paid to him in ‘preferred stock of the company. - Up to that time he had drawn $24,000 in salary for the latter hatf of 1919, beginning in July. he had received $12,000 in cash and $12,000 in preferred stock. He was _perfnitted to keep the cash, but wus forced to refund the stock and $50,900-a-year salary was at the March 6 meeting. Heydt was one of the first heavy outside investors to go into the com- pany after it was organized by W. who at the March 5 meri t'- told, about $80,000 in “commission Salary’’ and to abrogate an arrange- ment by which he would have shared in the gross business and net profits the extent of $240,000 a on the basis of the company's opera- tions up to that time. Glittering Inducements. It was learned yesterday,that. glit- inducements were held to Heydt to bring him into the com- pany as its financial backer. | negotiations with him began in April, | 11919, and were consummated July, just before the company gan selling its stock to the public. in The net result of Heydt’s decision to. enter the company is that he is now ‘the sole indorser of more than $300,- 000 of the company’s indebtdness and holds $100,000 of its stock, the value of which depends on the out- of the receivership. He has drawn about $15,000 in salary and dividends. Heydt paid $100,000 cash for the stock which he holds, the ‘standing being that he was to hold it The first cantaloupes of the sea-': son and the first home-grown cher- ries have appeared on Row. The cantaloupes, ehipment of 200 crates, California. Dealers paid commission an express of the will, whic ‘ /men $6 for a pony crate of 54 small and $9 for a standard crate of 45 large ones. A West End offered cantaloupes this morning for 16 and 20 cents apiece, according to size, and a pony crate | 'cantaloupes for $6. Only a few trays of the home- grown cherries were on the market 50 ner 12-quart tray. A car of watermelons received to- Produce. came from | ;counts with the Bank of S8t. | day from Lakeland, Fla., are selling | wholesale at 8 cents a pdund. The average weight is 25 to 28 pounds | each. The retall price is 10 cents a pound. Peaches sold at $3 a case, consist- | ed and the fund divided into | ing of six baskets. ee ee —---2=+ —_—_ «= President's Brother Visits Him. Associated Presr WASHINGTON, June 3.-——Presi- Joseph of Baltimore, for half an On leaving the White Mr. Wilson said the Presi- | dent was looking ‘remarkably well } to send vour SUNDAY WANT ADS to the Post-Dispatch Get them tnto the MAIN OFFICE. or a DRUG STORE. early in a ~ FTERNOON—or before 4 na AVOTD SAT TRDAY NIGHT RUSH. | Thia witl ppaure better service on {04 prone. from the drugatiet. in ost-Diapatch office and serve rouR OWN INTERESTS BEST! CALL Olive or the Central 6600-—— i | our credit fe good if you rent a )' PHONE. Closing hour: . 9:30 ». m. at Main Office. 8:00 at most dru stores. | ‘ — — +e eee wea ee ee ONE OF THE REA- SONS: 90,132 Want Ads , published in the Post-Dis- Biggest in the history of $ by 3461- month the paper, Penenrrrrrrrrrrerrrnnrrrnrrrnr ‘not secured by Heydt’s indorsement | CTéW for W. 8S. company, lreland, and I’. E. Hazard, former manager and now president of the BlueBird Appliance Co.. who were to iave the option of buying it from him within two years for twice the price he paid for it. In addition to purchasing the stock, Heydt agreed | 'to assume personal Hability total of $400,000 for any indebted- | 'comfort of her crew than any other /ness Which the company up to a might con- tract or rad contracted in its ac- Central Nationa) Louis, the house Electric & Manufacturing Co. of Pittsburg and Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, steel manufacturers of Phil- adeiphia. It was agreed that Heydt should be put on the company pay- | roll at $60,000 a year, payable half. |in cash and half in preferred stock | camera. of the company. Other Claims Not Secured. Other creditors whose claims are & Richter Pattern | Goodrich Rubber Co., are the Reeder Works, B. F. | Coleord-Wright Machinery & Supply iw in Williams |Meyercord | | also the general management of the cor- | Co., Steel Sales Corporation, Sher- Paint Co.. Rome Brass & Copper Co., Stamford Rolling Mills, the (o., Superior Steel Cor- poration, National Acme Co., the U. T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co., and the Manufacturers’ Printery. In its pamphlet issued as an aid Foundry Co.. to the sale of its stock the company | had this reference to its “salaried | angel:"’ | “Mr. Heydt is one of the best! known and most successful business | ,men in St. Louis. He is vice presi- dent of the American Bakery Co., )} president of the Robinson Fire Ap- paratus Manufacturing Co., «vice | president of Osher & Co., bankers and brokers, New York City, and a director in many local corporations. _He devotes practically all of his time | to the interest of the BlueBird Man- ‘ufacturing Co. in the capacity of fi- nancial director." Heydt'’s Own Statement. Sellers of stock also showed to ‘prospective purchasers a letter signed with Heydt'’s name, one para- | graph of which read: “I am jtion of the tompany, my personal responsibility ,| poration,” Shortly after Heydt had agreed to | ‘assume liability for the BlueBira Continued on Page Four. of $50,000 a Year Until Stock Paid as Part of Sal-. salaried financial ‘angel’ : ‘ceremonies were set for meeting | ,she | battleship Of this‘ his | stopped | near the top of the forward ear, | iobserving enemy batt a prghw not gut | The | be- | under. | president of the. Westing- | has a handsomely linto service until Aug. -| tend Liberty , ‘that he would be a heavy stockholder and ‘bave taken over the financial direc- | which involves for WORLD'S LARGES WARSHIP GOES IN COMMISSION TODAY . Tennessee, $20,000,000, Most For- WHITE HOUSE SHEEP midable Craft Afloat and Has Comforts of Yacht. ALL OF CREW FROM STATE OF OWN NAME Super - Dreadnaught Has Printing Shop, Library, Motion Picture and Club Rooms for Men. By the Aesociated Press. . NEW YORK, June 3.—The super- dreadnought Tennessee, the largest and most formidable battleship afloat, went into commission today at yard. Formal 2:30 o'clock. 20,000,000 in 625 the Brooklyn navy Constructed at a cost of last word She is represents the architecture. feet long, a displacement of 32,500 tons. a pleasure Camera. ‘yield was presented to the Red) Cross. | Hi, the prize ram of the flock, who SHORN ; WOOL TO GO TO SALVATION ARMY 26 Sheep and 22 Lambe Yield| 185 Pounds of Fleece at Annual Shearing. the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June compulsion President Wilson's flock Costing of prize sheep exchanged their win- ter coats today for summer attire. The flock, which now numbers 26 sheep and 22 lambs, yielded 185 which will be given Last year the pounds of wool, to the Salvation Army. White House offices last a term of solitary invaded the week, is serving confinement. HOUSE PASSES BILL CARRYING ——EE———— (passed by lappropriation | Mississippi-Warrior |} passed by jtives today, ition of the experimer:t has a beam of 98 reet and | | terminals ‘the two rivers: —, ' i ' ; ; $4,000,000 FOR WATERWAYS Sundry Civil iecniude Males Possible Continuation of Experiment in River Transportation. bill, previously the Senate, providing of $4,000,000 for the waterways, was the House of Representa- according to a messae° received from Washington by Jamies ki. Smith, president of the Mississippi Valley Waterway Associatbon. The bill makes possible continua- to determine! whether river navigauion transportation, as appropriation is for transfer at the following points Kast St. Louis, The sundry civil is an eco- nomic of the an, | $2,100,000 on Cairo, ’ 3.—Under | —_——— >. ———- MISSOUR! CLOUD Illinoisan’s BLOWS IN OVER LOWDEN CAMP Be- Followers come More Disgruntled as Revelations of Expendi- tures Continue. FEELING WIRES WERE PULLED FOR HIM It Is Stated That After Hays, Memphis, Vicksburg. New Orleans) und Mobile. Transfer terminals are terminals ‘necessary to the free exchange of freight between the river and the railroads. They make possible the She is the next thing to yacht in the comfort of her appoint- ments for officers and men. She is| the first battleship to recruit her entire personnel from the _ State from which it takes its name, and she represents advantages taken from lessons learned in the battle of Jutiand and other important the world war. New Feature. naval battles of “Fighting Brain” A special feature, which dis- tinguishes the Tennessee from all other units of the United States navy, is the highly organized ‘‘fight- ing brain,’’ enclosed in a steel fort mast. Here are concentrated devices for RA ati ascer- craft. known in the enabling the in ee tain the poskion ® =, Special devices are Installed in this | from this fighting top can be flashed instantly to all parts of the ship, thus insuring instant correction of range and rapid fire. This ‘fighting brain” is tilled with mechanteal devices for range finding and other struments never before battleship. Can Change Speed Quickly. Another important feature ‘in construction of the Tennessee is her electrical control of speed, used on a shipment of goods from 'far north as the Canadian line to St. Louis by rail, transfer at ih: | Iilinois shore to barges and anothe transfer from the river to rails. It iwas the lack of thiee used by the Railroad Adminis- tration as an excuse for not anthor- izing the rates so much desired. py St. Louis—rates that would permit the St. Louis jobber to reach by river and rail at a rate was haul. ‘STATE DEPARTMENT TAKES UP turret which enable the crew to quickly train the 14-inch guns on the enemy before the crew of any | other battleship known could even |sight the Tennessee. This new de- vice consists of three decks and their ‘fighting complement is 25 men. By special signaling devices, con- ;nected throughout the ship, reports! a delicate in- | ‘having been the | enabling | he to quickly change from her ca-, pacity speed of 21 knots to an al-' most imperceptible motion. This is considered an important point from the standpoint of maneuvering The Tennessee is believed to have been built with more care for the world. Her battleship in the makes possible apacious§ lockers, baths and recreation quarters. She room and lIlbrary for enlisted men. She has a printing shop, with a lino- furnished club- ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS size | type machine and presses, on which | ;a daily newspaper will be printed. | The Tennessee is the first battleship | 'to be equipped with a motion picture She will not actually be put 1, practice cruise Cuba. Her will said on a to Cuantanamo, A large delegation of ‘folk was in New York today to at- the ceremonies. Gov. A. H. Roberts of Tennessee, who was ex- pected to be present, telegraphed unable to do so. Capt. R. H. Leigh is the commanding officer. CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW: NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE morrow; eee a a tempcrature. oO. > Missouri: Fair tonight and to- |'morrow, except y ¢ 'possibly showers - portion; Ja) much change in temperature. Illinois: ¥, , 4 ( ee | Fair j morrow, except! 7. | ‘June re possibly '3 in extreme south RO a Fs ’ - portion; temperature. Stage of the river at 7 a. m., feet, a rise of .1 of a foot. not | |'much change in} John T. Waddill, -for the State, today when she) present | of Tennesseeans numbers 631. | Tennessee | | to | | Se Bes og sewnen 6511 «. TM. ce ccecccecs RT | mi mecvecrestiee $B: | ethene, Official fore- | Some POLITICAL | cast for St. Louis | | |PLUM PICKERS (and vicinity: [ARE FALLING OUT | Partly cloudy to- | OF THE TREE . night and in extreme south | make a refund legally. not |schedule exactly 40 per cent of the tonight and to- | lows: 1917 laws in effect until Aug. showers | 219 days. not | much change in | ; 2Z)entire year, BURNING OF BRITISH FLAG Requests Statement of Fact Regard- | ing Demonstration by Women Sympathizers With Ireland, By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, June 38. - The State Department today asked the District of Columbia Commissioners for a statement of fact as to the burning of a British flag yesterday in front of the Treasury by women | sympathizers with Irish freedom. The departinent acted on its own initiative, officials said, no against the action of the made by the Kim bassy. No arrests were made flag was burned and none ordered. The women have when the has heen picketed the Treasury frequently and their Lurning of the flag passed almost unnoticed as ‘the presence of the saunas bearers at the Treasury Building had ceased to excite pub- lie Cations: State Department officers would not indicate what action would be)! reived. SATURDAY; NO EXTRA SESSIO Senate Approves Closing After President Gives Assurance Only Emergency Will Bring Call. Ey the Associated Press WASHINGTON, June gress will end its present session Sat- urday under a resolution of adjourn- adopted today by the Senate after assurances had been received from the White House that Presi- dent Wilson did not intend to call a special session during the summer unless a grave emergency arose. The vote on the resolution was 44 "4 Tt came after two attempts to amend the measure so as to pro- 3.-—Con- ment vide for a recess in the one case to! 12, and in the other to Aug. failed. July " o had ——— 40 PER CENT OF STATE INCOME TAX PAID WOULD BE REFUND Collectors to Be Used If Refund Is Authorized. to- Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, June 3.— issued a sched- ule by which tax collectors will be asked to refund excess State Income if Attorney-General Mce- the collectors can Under the taxes paid Allister finds amount paid will be refunded to each taxpayer. The schedule is arrived at as fol-) 1919. at % of 1 per cent, or for 1919 laws in effect bal-. ance of year 1919, at “% per cent, for 146 days. Total, 365 days. Two hundred and nineteen equal 60 per cent or three- fifths of 146 dave equa ‘cent, or two-fifths of entire year. territory us| | notoriety || not later than the first Monday | . . 9°0."" By a Staff Correspondent of the J 1% December, 1920. a . if Senator Pomerene is a mem- Post-Dispatch. o teeatnaiad CHICAGO, June 3.—"Liv’ Morse || Det Of the present Investigating : | committee. /hbas found a place in the sun _ of) and is enjoying the ex- perience. re here as thick as flies whoa : 'a honey terininals that) ‘den p Visited One Section, Men | With. Whom He Talked Worked for Lowden. | All the correspondents around pot want to meet the Low- the &yvmaster of Missouri, ‘naming of whom at Washington set | ‘off the have Texas | lower: ' than he now pays for a straight rail| Weunded, candidate. badly a wounded, probably a fatally | “Liv” iagfeynational.figwre in this ' jigsaw “i che st His intro- puzzie of a «onvention. goes Out when he is | due ed; he smiles and forestalls any request for a “‘statement’’ with the | demand: “Well, how did. you like ‘my statement at Washington?” It is ie * gs He's among “statements.” more he say of the fur itheyv lig@ht. protest ; women | British | The lv eve of a national convention. State | leaders who ordinarily would be. possessed of “inside’’ information comecupon the scene, shout, “I’m for Lowden," or “I’m for Wood,” or give strident voice to some other of the many possible preferences, and then ,the cr “Well, se T Jj ‘ ‘* posures have wr have “up in the Was the They taken after the report had been re- body knows. evident from his manner that himself was pleased with it. Willing to talk now, “just ourselves,” but is making no He told it all, | s, at Washington. Morse and the Missouri ex- furnished the theme bulk of the news articles thus itten out of Chicago because been most in the spot- Arrival. political wiseacres are frank- uir.”” Never, they say, situation so confused on the Johnson's retreat behind a pillar in yngress Hotel and whisper, who is it going to be?’ don’t know. Apparently, no- tongues has come no clear call for , any The candidate. Johnson triumphal entry to- _day led to the prediction among his friends that he ' chosen leader, | demonstration for him as there Was | would emerge as the but there was no such |for Roosevelt in 1912, and Roose- , velt was not the Republican noml- , nee. Pennsylvanians Indorse Sproul. The svivania |cussion today, dorsement delegation. Pennsyivania tion is ANOX, delegation comes might A a want they lot of waiting to get on the bandwagon of | the winner. whoever he may be, are watchfully waiting. to will | Pledges and }them in line for a few ballots, then | ' e the scramble. ate Official Prepares Schedule ond Pag teers will be name of Gov. Sproul of Penn- was injected into the dis- as a result of hia in- bv the Pennsylvania Observers famillar with politics know this ac- not necessarily prejudicial to but was taken to hold the together till the to throw its votes to Knox have developed strength. delegates obviously are they They jump too soon, but when the time instructions will It looks as right there with | the bandwagon boys. Cloud Over Lowden Camp. income tax expert} political Outstanding among the day’s | developments at Chicago was the settling of a deeper! ‘gloom over the Lowden Pp ‘as additional details of the Mis- ,sourl campaign fund discolsures | came from Washington. The bare, ‘outlines of the testimony before the Senate investigating committee were disquieting enough, from the Lowden | point of view, and fuller reports aug- i mented the uneasiness. ‘lobbies, In the hotel! in the corridor outside the) meeting room of the National Com- mittee, or | '‘foregathered, in all places where politicians the Missouri situation was easily the leading topic of dis- days cussion. The Lowden boom may not have feels I'm entitled to any compensa - | Robert Castatt. 1 40 per been punctured by the revelations of — eee "Continued on Page 3, Column — Out of the babel of | time - don't | jump | comes. | hold | | pose except Senate Is Asked to Extend Fund Inquiry > . Into Election Campaign WASHINGTON, June 3. HE Senate was asked today Tv» Senator Pomerene, Dem- ocrat, Ohio, to authorize the Senate committee now investi- gating pre-convention presiden- tial campaign expenditures, to extend its &quiry to the presi- dential and senatorial campatgn which will end with the elections in November. Senator Pomerene’s request was in the form of a resolution, which went over until tomorrow at the request of Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Republic- an leader. The resolution would direct the committee to investigate, “after the adjournment of the Democratic national convention and before the November elec- tion, 1920, the receipts and ex- penditures of the several politi- cal committees, and the receipts and expenditures of the cam- paigns conducted by and on behalf of, or against. the election of the several candidates for President and Vice President, and the United - States Senate, S ° * and make report of their proceedings to the Senate ‘COLE TESTIFIES HE DIDN’T GET CHECK ' AS LOWDEN MONEY first of the explosions that} ‘Testifies He Assumed $500 From | Burtt, left the Illinois Governor Morse Was Personal Gift for Third Mistouri Fight. By the Associated Prove * yy¥s ase ta WASHINGTON, Junie | | contradiction of previous testimony | campaign that he had accepted money to be! i businegs life he said he / | expended in behalf of Gov. Lowden’ «| “assistant ; 'eandidacy in quiry by W. L. Cole. ‘State chairman in Missouri. | The witness said: word said about Lowden,’ l.. Morse handed him a $500. He added that he had when E. 'gressional District. Cole was called because the testi- campaign | had | 50 of Harding funds Harding's M. Daugherty, ‘mony of Gov. manager, Harry shown that $12 ‘had been given to the Missouri chair- activities in —_——-~ man for Harding State, while Morse’s testimony had) shown $500 of the Lowden funds handled by him as also going to Cole | The witness he | Lowden's interest. ~ to explain. He said had met Mr. Daugherty in Washing- ton In November, 1919. exchanged on Cole's return home. “He asked me to meet him in St. Louis in January,” Cole continued. “No money was mentioned up to the time. He asked me about Harding's ‘chances. I told him the State was ‘sewed up for Lowden. | “Pate in the day he said would like to get something out of the State, and that all the work would be done through the organiza- tion. get the State on second choice. He | asked me to find out what the sentl- iment would be on that proposition. “He said, ‘Won't you undertake to find out what chance we have. We'll pay your expense.’ I finally agreed, offering to make a tour of the State ‘and send him a bill for what Id find. He said they didn’t want to do things that way. because after ithe campaign was over they would have all kinds of bills to pay. He ‘wrote mea check for $1250 and said ic 1 needed more to notify him.” Spent $500 or $525. Cole said he spent $500 or $525," making the investigation, in travel- ing expenses, hotel billa and com- ,in was asked my own salary.” he added. Cole was then asked about $600 of Lowden campaign funds paid him. | “We were having a campaign in ithe Third Congressional District,” he | said. “EE. L. Morse came to me and | gave mea check for $500 to be used. I supposed, tn the fight. “T never knew from that day until Mr. Morse’s testimony here that this was Lowden money, or for any pur- to help in that con- greasional fight.” The election mentioned, he ex- plained, was the special one called when Secretary of Commerce Alex- ander was appointed to office by | President Wilson. “Ralance of $700." “You feel that the balance of $700 of the Harding fund is compensation fodewd to you”’”’ asked Senator Pom- 'erene, Democrat, Ohio. “No, I'm going to hand It back to oe ee Mr. Daugherty in Chicago and if he. ne of | tion he can pay it.” Cole replied. “I. spent 26 days in the work.” Flat | ate’s . Missouri was made to- | day in the Senate campaign fund in- | Republican “There wasn't a that check for| | as- sumed the money was to be used as a personal contribution from Morse in| the fight in the Third Missouri Con- | the Letters were | they | munication. “Nothing was said about. bound receipt book. WOOD PRESENT WHEN. $500,000 FUND FO HIM WAS DISCUSS BOOKS SHOWN T0 SENATORS ASSISTANT: COLONEL Oc —_——_— es Witness Testifies That ing Was Held at Ambrose Monell of York to Take Up Fin ing of General’s Camr in November Last Y HOOVER LEADER | ALSO TO TES - ame - —_ eee ‘ ~ ee —— Will Follow Johnson _ porter, Who Told of C fornia Primary; Ed@ Won’t Attend Further § sions of Committee. — s By the Assoctated Press. he WASHINGTON, June 3.-—¥ assistant to Col, Cooper Procter, national | of the Wood Campaign C apf Was a witness today eed tte 1 sf pact and confidential for" Ambrose Monell of New who, it has been testified, heavy contributor to the Wood |paign fund. ' The Senators also heard test | Gen. Wood was present early meeting in the campaign when i'fund for him was discussed. — a plan to raise a_ half-million dolar Ao 4 . - 7 . t ‘Ng é -. aS 7 : a . oe a ee e * . 7 as DSR Fe SE *F,. 2s p a ie > ee ee, — ol! D2) re See ees >, er MSS wee ne | The investigation was interrupted | | while members of the committee pak i ticipated in the debate ay the Senate ‘fluor on the resolution providing | adjournment of Congress Sat The committee resumed its f this afternoon, and expects to wit up the present phase Cc hairman Kenyon said the com | tee would not summon any witnesses, but would hear those ready called and would await further decision of the Senate on policy to be followed in the futu | Warren Gregory, named as I ‘of the Herbert Hoover campal the California primary, alko is. ' pected to testify tomorrow. Rosseter, a Johnson supporter, ing testified late yesterday t ‘his knowledge, about $125,000 ‘raised by the Johnson forces for ‘in California and elsewhere. ' Suit Case and Bundles, | Burtt sald he had brought pa from the Wood National Com ‘and produced a sult case an bundles. The committee 4 He suggésted Harding might the showing of the various accougys with him. | Burtt sald one ledger okie j the requests for funds filed with National Wood Committee by and district managers and. a tion of the actien taken. Burtt eald $40,000 had been in Indiatm but explained other money on the State expenditures jaaying that unpald bills would ithe Indiana total to $58,000. | “In order to carry qut your in a business-like way.” Cha ‘Kenyon observed, “your comm found it necessary to have pr a blank form, headed ‘Requests i undsa.’ Chairman Kenyon turned to “Received from William March 29, 1920, $25,000." her Loeb has been mentioned tn vious testimony as having tra ted $225,000 from a Wood tee in New York. | ficavy Contributors. The names of William W Jr. and C. D, Shaffer of ‘previously mentioned as heavy itributors to the Wood fund, lread off the receipt books by | committee. | «. M. Duell of New York, was inext witness. He told the ‘tee he was associated with ‘Wood campaign “during the days and until the change in agement, which occurred tn J \when John T. King went out.” | “The first plan was to raise a mifiion dollare to. finance a na campaign.” “he continued. was a meeting at the home of brose Monell, where and myself } Continued om Page 3, Column # 4 3 tomorrow, J. / a ety