The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
DAY VOUCHER CASE
WILL END TUESDAY.
Artist Rosenthal Will Be
Final Witness.
EARLY REPORT IS EXPECTED
subcommittee Investigating Expend-
itures in the State Department
May Make Report to Cover Probe
20 Date I'm Order to Get Campaign
Material Before Voters.

A final appearance Tuesday or Wednes-
day of Artist Albert Rosenthal, the ar
tist who painted the portrait of Justice
Day. former Secretary Of State, before
the House subcommittee investigating ex-
penditures In the State Department. will
close the committees probe into that
incident. 1t is probable that. following
Mr.. Rosenthal's testimony. tho subcom-
mittee viii make report of its findings
to that time to the full committee. which
may. in turn. report to the House. This
will not mark the termination of the
committees probing. however.
It is understood this action Is desired
by some members OF the subcommittee
as means Of getting lot Of good Dem
ocratic campaign material into the Con-
gressioDal Record and before the eyes
of the voters. Such action has not def
nitely been decided upon, but 1t is known
that at least one of the three members
comprising the subcommittee is in favor
of such a course. Chairman Hamlin re-
fused yesterday to commit himself on the
subject
include Three Gases.
The report If made will include the
findings in the DR. .Hollander. Day
voucher, and Hale appointment cases.
The Hollander incident hung on the ad-
mission by the latter that, while serv-
ing as fiscal agent for the United States
in the matter Of the Dominican
treaty, a service for which he received
$4,000 from this government, he also re-
ceived $4,000 from the Santo Domingo
government DIR. Hollander testified be-
fore the committee that this double re-
muneration was sanctioned by the State
Department at the time. This the State
Department ofhcials vigorously denied
asserting they had no knowledge of any
money received by DR.. Hollander for
his services other than that paid him
by this government.
The Day voucher case, which has been
the most sensational yet stirred up by
the committee, involved the drawing of
a voucher by the State Department for
g. $50 from the emergency fund of the
department. ostensibly for the purpose of
paying Albert Rosenthal, an artist, for
his portrait of william r. Day, formerly
Secretary OF State. Subsequent develop
ments showed not only that Rosenthal
received only $50 for his work, but that
number of decidedly irregular methods
were employed in obscuring the use of
the remaining $3.50.
Hale Appointment Case.
The Hale case, which was settled, as
far as the committee was able to settle
it. In q few days. involved the employ
ment OF Frederick Hale, son OF former
Senator Eugene Hale, OF Maine, by the
State Department for work in connec-
ton with the Canadian boundary COM
mission. For Mr.. Hale's services a spe-
cial addition was made by the State De-
partment to the estimates sent in for the
following years work by DR. o, H Tit
mann, head OF the commission, and with
out DR.. Tittmann's knowledge. DR.. Titt-
mann apparently knew little of any work
Mr.. Hale had done. Mr.. Hale received
S, 900 for his services.
The committee intends to devote its
attention in the near future to the pay
ment out Of the Boxer indemnity fund of
a civil war claim OF $350.00O. Former
Secretary OF State John w. Foster is
said to have received $50, 900 for getting
this claim through. The committee is
very anxious to ascertain how this claim
was paid out Of the Boxer money and
why Mr. Foster got such an enormous
fee.