Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-07
PROBERS TAKE UP
Toilette FUND.
Wisconsin Senator's Accounts
Filed With Senate Campaign
Contributions investigators.
SIX WITNESSES READY TO
TESTIFYBEFOREC
Resume Inquiry After Rest of
Several Days-chas. Crane
May Be Called.

WASHINGTON, Oct. six wit
nesses were ready to testify when the
Ciapp committee investigating cam
paign funds resumed work To-Day.
They were Louis Hammerling, Ogden
Mills and Charles Edward Russell, OF
New York: Charles r. Crane, chi
cage: Matthew Hale. Boston, n for
rner Senator Nathan B. Scott, west
Virginia.
An ccoun of the receipts and ex-
penses of Senator La Follette's cam
naien for the Republican Presidential
Nomination was filed with the com
mittee today. showing the senator col
Iected 1858, 969. SO and spent s63,e61.56-
tCharles r. Crane, as the largest
contributor, is credited with $23,boO,
given In several instruments, extend
ing over the period from December
Ia. 1911, to June IL, 1912. Clifford Pm
chot. Amos Pinchot and Representa-
tive william Kent, of California, each
contributed $40, 900: Alfred S. Bake
aave $4,000; Rudolph Spreckels, 49,
600: william Finn, of Pennsylvania,
$1,000. and Senator La Toilette him
self $1,000. The account contains en-
tries of two loans, one of $L,oO0, by
Medili Mccormick, n one OF $o0O
by Senator Gronna, of North Dakota.
Both were marked repaid" The &C
count shows $10,817.03 was paid for
the Washington headquarters and
the Chicago headquarters spent SlO,-
450. LaFollette expenses at the Re-
publican national convention were
$l,55e. 13, ano the Progressive confer
ence, held in Chicago last October,
cost the La Toilette managers s838.76.
Louis N. Hammerling, president OF
the Association of Foreign News
papers. said his only knowledge of 1912
campaign expenses concerned an ad-
vertising contract of $4,000 by the
Roosevelt managers, covering adVer-
Using In thirty-four newspapers for
Roosevelt delegates" in the New
York primary fight. The committee
excused him after four minutes in
the witness chair.
Charles X. Crane, of Chicago. told
the Clapp committee today mat he
gave nearly SOS, 600 to Senator La Fol-
lette's campaign and $1,000 to Gov
ernor Wilson's. Treasurer Hooker, OF
The Progressive party, testified last
week that Mr.. Crane gave $4,000 to
Wilson and LaFollette at the same
limo.
John j. Hannah, secretary of Sena-
Tor La Toilette, referring to e. II.
Hooker's statement that Charles r.
Crane had given $4,000 to the La
Toilette fund, said the only amount
he knew of Mr.. Crane giving, over
and above thai entered in the accoun
presented, was So, 1S4.4O, included In
the statement of the Chicago bureau
snd given to make up a deficit. There
We're funs, he said, in States with
which he had nothing to do. Mr..
Hooker testified that Mr.. Crane had
siven S7O,0 600 TO the La Toilette fund
ut the same time he a given SiO,O0O
to Governor Wilson'S campaign. In
Ohio Mr.. Hanna said Walter W. Pol
lock. j.. A. Barber, of Toledo; z. FL
Elder. of Columbus. andJ B.. Fack-
rer handled funds not reported to the
La Toilette national headquarters.
George s. Lotus. of Minnesota; ID.
N. Turker, of Courtney, N. d., II
Al. Il. Blake, of Huron. S. D., were
named as those who could account for
expenditures in the Dakotas. In Ore
gon. Thomas McCuster, of Portland.
was In charge.
THE expenses of h California
campaicn,' said the witness, were
borne largely by Rudolph S~preckles,
who made no accounting to me-
Senator Poremene called attention
70 the statement by Hooker that Mr..
Crane had up to a certain late given
100000 to the La Toilette campaign.
There was no such arrangement;
there was no such amount contrib
uted." said Mr.. Hannah. He men-
toned personal contributions made
to senator La Toilette, n of 81 $500
by MIR. Spreckels.
Charles r. Crane testified he gave
t26, ss4.40 to Senator La Follette's cam.
paign and $4,000 to Governor Wood
row Wilson's fund before the Balti-
more convention. Mr.. Crane was APP
pointed minister TO China in 1909 and
recalled by President Taft before he
assumed the office.
Arc these all the contributions you
made, either to Senator La Toilette
o. Governor Wllso?" asked Senator
Clapp.
eyes. sir"
He said he gave the $4,000 for Gov
ernor Wilson to William F. McCombs,
bis anage in two instruments,
March IS and April 80. 1912. He denied
having told Hooker he had contrib
uted $40, 900 TO each.
~ lust wanted TO have n pro-
xressjve succeed said Mr.. Crane; Il
dent eare which one it was
MIR. Crane said ne had been at
tackled throughout the Vest during
the campaign as head of the bath