The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-25
NEW TURN TAKEN IN
 CAMPAIGN PROBE Did Interests Prevent Action of Congress in 1909? CANNON MAY TESTIFY Perkins Asks That Hilles Explain Statement That Roosevelt Spent
 Millions of the Harvester
 Trust Money
MAY TESTIFY

Washington, September 24.-An investi- contributions had anything to do with the refusal of Congress to revise the woolen tariff in the special sessions Of 1909, has been started by Chairman Clapp of the Senate committee investigating campaign expenditures. It Is understood he Is preparing to submit to the full com mittee a list of witnesses, including the names of former Speaker Cannon. Rep resentative Mckinley of Illinois and Rep resentative Weeks of Massachusetts and representatives of various branches ol the woolen industry with the recommen- dation that they be questioned as to any knowledge they may have of campaign funds furnished in the congressional fight of 1908.
 WOolen Men See Clapp
 A number of eastern men interested in various branches of the woolen business, particularly in the so-called icarded woolen" industry, recently have been in conference with Senator Clapp. The sen- ator declined today to say whether he had any specific information relative to campaign contributions by wooden inter- ests. The worsted manufacturers have been charged in Congress with being especially favored by the tariff, as dis til guished from the carded woolen manu- facturers.
 The purpose in summoning the three congressman named 1t is understood, IS to ascertain facts surrounding confer ence said to have been held In Boston in 1908 between members of Congress and men interested in the worsted woolen manufacturing business. Worsted manu- lecturers are said to have had a confer ence later at Chicago over tariff mat ters with representatives of the sheep raising interests of the western and Rocky mountain states, and it is believed this also will be the subject of inquiry by the Senate committee.
 Perkins Is Riled
 Senator Clapp has received letter from eGorge w. Perkins asking that Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the republican national committee, be called to testify fully as to the charge that Colonel Roosevelt had spent millions of dollars of International Harvester Trust money"
 Senator Clapp said MT Hilles would un- dcubtedly before long would be called be- fore the committee. He said he would be called on the general subject of cam paign contributions.
 A plan for the opening of next week s hearing was outlined today by Senator Clapp for presentation to the full commit tee when it meets. The first witness probably will be Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr., and the second c. c. Tegethoff, private secretary to the late E. H. Hartman.
 These two men will be called upon to produce any papers belonging to the estates respectively of Cornelius H. Bliss and MT. Hartman that might throw light upon the charges made by John D. Archbold that the Standard oil company had been aselxd to contribute to the Roosevelt fund of 1904.
 Telegrams received today from New York signed by members of the National Retail Tobacco Dealers association de- manded of Chairman Clapp an investiga- ton of the relation of the American To- bacco company to campaign funds of recent years.
 The retailers asked that the Senate committee investigate affairs of the so- called tobacco trust,' and of large in- dividual companies, to determine whether they had contributed to presidential or campaigns.