The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-26
CITY WILL HELP. lin BRISK DEMAND
Plans Made Provide Work for Manager Of Y
Idle Labor of Topeka. Journal OF Commerce
New Well at City Waterworks Tells Another Attempt to
Plant to Be Built Buy Papers Influence.
Topeka MEN ONLY.lAN OFFER OF $4,000.
Mayor Wants Those Homes Canal Sale
and Families to United States.
Much Interest in Effort to OBJ This Makes Five Instances of
tain Help for WOrkmen. Similar Kind.
Business Manager. Of N. !.
Journal Of Commerce
Tells of Another Attempt to
Buy Papers Influence.
AN OFFER OF $4,000.
To Support Panama Canal Sale
to United States.
This Makes Five Instances of g.
Similar Kind.

Washington Jan. 26.-Still another
attempt to buy the influence of the
New York Journal of Commerce in
addition to the four propositions adj
mitted yesterday was disclosed to the
house ship subsidy investigating COM
mittee today by Alfred Warren .Dods-
worth, business manager of that pa
per. All the propositions were de-
cIined
The latest disclosed attempt was an
offer of $4,000 to support editorially
the plan for the sale of the De Lesseps
canal property to the United States.
This made a total of ~$176, 900 offered
the paper, according to Dodsworth, in
definite amounts of three offers, be-
sides an unnamed amount from the
Spanish government and a check
which John Roach is alleged to have
told the elder Dodsworth he could fill
out with any figures.
Charles r. Williams. of the Indian
apolis News identified number of
editorials in bis paper concerning ship
subsidy and said he knew there was a
very active propaganda for merchant
marine legislation, but he knew moth
ing definitely as to any corrupting in
fiuence. - = ~ T
G. Waldo Smith. a member of the
New York Chamber of Commerce, said
he had known of strong rumors as to
influence of foreign shipping in COM
mereial bodies but he had no definite
information as to lobbying.
Pressed as to the 100000 PROPOSE
ton which he revealed yesterday, Mr..
Dodsworth said he had told the COM
mittee everything he could and that
he knew of no similar attempts to buy
the influence of other papers.
As to the $4,000 proposition from
a man who said he was a Washington
lobbyist Mr.. Dodsworth said he as
sumed the lobbyist represented ship
ubsidy interests. He said, however
that the lobbyist said nothing to show
evidence of responsibility.
AT the time De Lesseps visited this
country and was entertained by the
New York chamber of commerce, -
said Mr.. Dodsworth, "a representative
OF the Panama canal company, as it
was then, a French company made
our paper a proposition through nv
father. for editorial support and said
there was $3.50 of a fund that was
left that we might just as we'll have
as not, if we would support the pro-
position to saddle that property on
this government"
Mr.. Dodsworth had seen newspaper
statements alleging lobbies in wash
ington in behalf of both sides of the
ship subsidy question. The $4,000
proposition he said, "was an attempt
to get us into the ditch on the sub
sidy question and use our article
wherever those interests might think
it best" -.
Mr.. Dodsworth said the Dodsworth
family owned So per cent of the stock
of the Journal of Commerce and that
no stock was held by any one finan-
cially interested in foreign shipping so
far as known.