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40 WRONGFUL INFLUENCE usEg
oeoIares Tia, Some OF the Statements
Made by Congressman LilIey Are
Malicious L'eo-Name Of Senator
Buckley Now Dragged Into the Case
Lake comoanys Proposition.
Py Association Press,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March III -
lsA'ac L. Rice. president OF the Electric
/ 'oat Company. today made sweo,i-
ing denial OF The clarges prefessed by
Representative George l.. i.llley. or
connecticut before the special CON.
mitrec that Is investigating the charg-
as, He denounced Several of The
statements rs malicious Hes and said
mat others were too absurd To an
swer. 3f
He testified that he had been an
preached by agents Of, the Lake Boat
Company With propositions for ths
nlecirlc Boat Company 20 buy out the
LAKE. Conip1pS. the negotiations TO be
CONTINGENT on the stopping ofathe In.
yes'igatlon. Those who nnnroaehed
Mr. Rice. according to HIS testimony.
lwere us. Grant nrown and Charles
Flint, both Of New York. but MI nice
lstdd lis, aid not ,t.n0w beyond Mr.
Brown b ,statement that.t latter was
sssf's's.'a y nj the Lake Company. Whom
Wni 10 be stopped, mi..i s,srvoaaiuotion
| sils brown faja It could be ,ston,,.
by United Stntes Senator BnckiSy. 81
Connecticut.
~ c'hNi IVY WILLINGNESS Oh THO 0RY
were John p. Kellogg. assistant states
attorney for Connecticut, and VIII
liam p. Gordon OF Midland. Mich.
both attorneys for the Electric Boat
Company. They denied knowledge of
any wrong influence being used by the
ElectrictBoat Company to secure leg
islation in Congress.
MIR. Lilley today presented n request
10 he committee that Admiral Capps.
chief of the bureau of construction OF
tho navy department, who testified
last week, be- recalled and all his
questions propounded in tho order in
which he had prepared them.
Reoueats b. MIR. LlIIey. ~
MIR. Lilloy also asked that expert
accountants be appointed by the com.
inittee TO examine the records, ac-
counts, vouchers. checks, and other
documents that may be brought be-
fore the committee, and he further
suggested that such experts. II ap-
report basis alone upon which
thorough investigation and accurate
report, basis alone upon which alone
your committee will be. able to fully
interogate the witnesses when placed
upon the stand
the first witness examined today
was John =. Kellogg, of Waterbury,
assistant states attorney for Connec-
ticut, and representative of the Elec.
iric Boat Company In that state. His
testimony dealt with conversation,
In 1887, with Mr.. Lilley, at which he
III 1907. with Mr.. Lilley memoran-
dunn prepared by Mr.. Frost. providing
Tor blank appropriation for submar-
ine boats. the boats TO be submitted
to competitive companies. The mem
orandum said the Electric Boat COM
pany did not want anything but
fair show.
Mr. Lilley said this was fair prop
osition.
Mr.. Lilley. he said, knew that he
was representing the Electric Boat
Company.
Mr.. kellogg did not confer with any
other members of the naval affairs
| committee.
did you ever seek to bring any pa-
iitioai influence to bear OH Mr.. Liliey
~ "S"aii VI suDHarlle ieSisl1tiOnf
Never"
In reply to questions by MIR. How
ard Mn. Kellogg said he did not con-
slider Mr.. LiIley's interest in the lake
Boat Company ut all reprehensible.
He did noS believe that Mr.. Lilley was
in favor of a monopoly concerning
contracts for submarine boats. His
talk was not in favor of any one boat.
Rice's Emphatic Denials.
Mr.. Olsmstead read the charge made
by Mr.. Lilley that the CONTINUED and
repeated efforts made by representa-
tives of the Electric Boat Company TO
Influence the navy department and
such offices in the past were so per-
sistent aud notorious as 10 call for
the condemnation and criticisms ot
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