Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-15
nothing NEW IS
KNOWN By KNOX
HE ONLY ADDS ANOTHER MNS
Terry TO VOUCHER PROBE.
TALK RUNS into PERJURY
Second Roscnthal Receipt In Evidence
secretary Welcomes In0-tign-
tiOn-As 10 the Finding.

Washington June A.-Thc sudden
discovery in the state department Of
the Day portrait voucher. found a
week ago on the floor Of the Office
OF the dlsbursIng clerk, Morrison, was
not cleared up when Secretary Of
state Knox appeared today before
the Hamlin committee in response to
the committees subpoena issued yes
terday,
The secretary explained, apparently
to the satisfaction of the committee,
the payment Of $1,000 to Frederick
Hale, son of Former Senator Eugene
Hale of Maine, for services in con-
nection with the Canadian boundary
negotiations Mr. Knox produced the
section of the treaty Of 1908 which
authorized negotiations and which
appropriated money for fixing the line
through Passamaquaddy Bay. Mr..
Hale was employed for this work. per
formed his duties to the satisfaction
Of Secretary Root and Secretary
Knox approved his bill of $4,000 a
few weeks after, having come into
control of the state department.
Mr., Hale was not employed act
ually to locate the boundary but for
the diplomatic work of agreeing on
the line through the Bay" said Mr..
Knox. When he failed to reach
an agreement with Great Britain, the
matter automatically went to arbl-
tration. Congress appropriated $l5,-
coo for that work, but Mr., Bryce and
| sat in my office one day and settled
enough value to go to the expense of
arbitration.
we reduced our agreement to
writing. 1t became a treaty between
the United States and Great Britain
and as such was ratified by the Sen
ate"
As to the voucher signed by AL
bert Rosenthal the portrait painter,
calling for S245O of which sum Ros-
enthal got but $3.50, Mr.. Knox could
give no new facts. A week ago he
said Mr.. Carr. chief OF the consul
bureau brought the voucher and pa
pers to him, saying they had been
found on the floor of Disbursing
Clerk Morrisdns office.
20 Did you make any inquiry to find
out how they got there" asked
Chairman Hamlin.
81 did" said Secretary Knox, "and
could learn nothing All | know
about the case is embodied in this
voucher and the papers attached to
it."
At this point Secretary Knox added
a new element to the mystery.
"You will be interested in another
receipt from Mr.. Rosenthal that Is
attached to these papers" he said TO
the committee. 1T was signed Jan
uary ls, 1904. and is for 800, with a
notation that $50 for the frame of
Secretary Days portrait had been
paid to a Washington picture dealer.
Mr. Hamlin took the papers
come FROM" he demanded.
81 found It with the papers, That
is all I know Of It," said Mr. Knox.
The members OF the committee up
on examination found that it was not
actually dated January is, 1904, but
read, received January is, 1904, the
sum of $3.50" with an explanation
of the purpose,
Mr.. Hamlln declared he believed
there was something wrong about the
receipt. He intimated that he be-
lleved It had been fixed up, at least as
TO the explanation written in ink at
the bottom after the present investi-
cation began.
do you mean that you suspect
some one in the state department IS
guilty Of committing perjury de-
manded Secretary Knox, with heat.
"There is no intention to reflect
on you, personally, Mr.. Secretary" q"
peturned the chairman, but ! am
strongly of the opinion that this was
prepared after this inquiry was start
ed"
Then you think that Mr., Rosen-
thai has written the last part OF this
receipt?" asked Mr. Knox.
Mr.. Hamlin replied that he thought
1t was curious receipt and that he
intended to probe the circumstances
TO the bottom,
II win welcome such an investga-
NlOni Sulu MI hlbNt anu u Nbu Nuii
show that anyone IN the state de-
.partment was cognizant of such an
act. there will he some vacancies In
the department"
Howard Sangston, the messenger
In Disbursing Clerk Morrison's office,
who found the voucher on the floor of
Morrison's office after the whole de-
partment had been searched for it,
was put on the stand. He said he
had found the envelope among lot
of crumpled paper near Mr.. Morri-
sons waste basket about four feet
from his desk.
Sansston said that Morrison al
ways threw crumpled envelopes on
the floor. and that In picking them
up at the close of the day he found
the envelope among them.
81 laid It on Mr.. Morrison's DESK
Sangston said "and he said, why
Howard, where did you get this
This Is the voucher that has been
.~causing so much trouble.
Sangston said that he had not put
the envelope there; had seen no one
throw It there. and had no Idea NOW