The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-15
For Wilson, S2OS,193; for Harmon, $50, ,946, and for
 Underwood, S52,000
JUDGE PARKER GIVES
 BASIS FOR CHARGE
Says Col. Daniel s, Lamont Gave Information That Financial 1n- terests Had Organized to Se-
 cure Republican Funds

Washington. October 1A-upwards Of Sl0O-o0O was expended in the efforts of Governor Woodrow Wilson, Governor Judson Harmon and Representative Oscar w. Underwood to gain the democratin presidential nomination this year, accord- Ing to testimony today, presented to ths senate campaign contributions committee.
 William F Mecombs. who managed ths Wilson campaign. and his aide. William McAdoo, accounted for SeOS, ,193 Of this sum SS5,S00 was contributed, according to Mir McCombs. by "Cleveland s. Dodge and Princeton friends" Questioning de- veloped that the friends were Cyrus H. Mccormick, of the International Har- vester company, David B. Jones. Thomas D. Jones and Edward w. Sheldon, all of whom, Mir. McCombs said, had been trus- tees at Princeton when Mir Wilson was president of the university.
 Harmon Spent $150,946
 Of the sl50,9l645 expended in the in- terest of Governor Harmon, Hugh l.. Nichols lieutenant governor of the state, told the committee that s77O00 was con- trbuted by Thomas Fortune Ryan. MT. Ryan also supplied S3o.OOo of fund of $52OOO collected for the advancement of Representative Underwood's candidacy. Mir Ryan will he a witness before the committee this week. probably tomorrow.
 Alton B. Parker, democratic candidate for president in 1921. gave his basis for the charge, made on the stump in that t,1 fctt boH organized a committee to secure funds for and give support to the republican, ticket. He said the late Colonel Daniel $. Lamont gave him the information. He was corroborated by George F. Parker. who managed the democratic literary bureau in 1904 A
 Mir. McCombs, the first witness of the day. was particularly emphatic in the declaration that none of the contribu- tions to Governor Wilson's campaign fund reflected any promise, express or im- plied' He said he believed his accounts represented practically all expenditures for Governor Wilson. except s6575. ac- counted for by MT. McAdoo. who sup plemented the testimony of his chief
 Lieutenant Governor Nichols told tho
 
 tributed largely to his own campaign. He said si22ooO had been collected, but the expenditures amounted to Slf6,0o0 in the national campaign. and Governor Har- mon supplied the difference. Mir. Nich- ols filed a statement of $l,9i6.I5 col lected and expended in Ohio.
 Harmon Contributors
 The principal contributors mentioned in MT. Nichols statement were:
 R. M Thompson, 5000; Representa- tive Francis Burton Harrison, 5000; l.. e. Wheeler $S500 J. F. Tanning, 5000; William Dudley. s25OO; Thomas F. Ryan, s77,000, and J. Hill, $15.0o0. Sem |, ator Pomerene of Ohio, member of the Investigating committed, was cred- ited with contribution of $25o In the account.
 Under examination, MT. Nichols brought out that it had been charged in the campaign that ]. r. Morgan 6s contrib uted to the Harmon fund.
 Not dollar was received from either" he declared
 Senator John H. Bankhead, outlined to the committee expenditures in behalf of Representative Underwood The con- tributors mentioned in his statement were:
  Auerbach, s7500: s. R. Bertram. $25oo: J. II. Woodward, s2500 Small contri- buttons amounting to s2000 brought tho fund up to s52,000.
 Frederick c. Penheld of Philadelphia testified that his contributions to tho Wilson fund amounted to-Sl2.000 This orroborated MT IcCombs' accounts Senator Dixon of the Roosevelt forces, on the stand before the committee last week, said his information was that Mir. Penfield had given the Wilson forces about S4S000 MT. Penheld declared no other member of his family made con- tributions, although Senator Dixon had said the S48,000 gift might lave been in the name of Mrs. Penfiel'
 The democratic organization fight in Illinois dwarfed the presidential con- test in the recent primaries, according to Roger c. Sullivan. MT. Sullivan said he knew of no money spent for as- pirants to the democratic presidential nomination in the state, although he contributed s40,ooo or s50,ooo to the primary fund to maintain control of the organization.
 You were the democratic leader in Illionis?" asked Senator Oliver
 Yes You might call it that. When they are unfriendly, they call 1t a boss the witness replied with wry smile.
 Mir. sullivan said his contribution represented HI bl tic Iuouey spent on his side of the fight.
 Financial activities of Thomas F. Ryan in the democratic pre-convention campaign interest the committee, and during the afternoon session MT. Me- Combs was recalled to the stand.
 Ryan Investigated
 What candidate was Thomas F. Ryan for at the Baltimore convention?" ho was asked.
 T have no means of knowing he said. He was against us. I don't know who he voted for, but it was my assumption that he was against Governor Wilson,"
 The much disputed republican campaign fund of 1904 was the subject of lengthy examination of Judge Alton B. Parker and George F. Parker. Judge Parker placed in the record extracts from hts campaign speeches in which he charged that the republicans were backed by the trusts and corporations" referring spe- officially to committee" including James Stillman of the Standard Oil group; Daniel C. Reid of the Rock Island rail- road, Charles 2. Brooker of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; George w. Perkins of the New York Lifo insurance company. Robert Bacon of J. F. Morgan X co.; H. c. Prick and E. IT. Hartman. He said information a