Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-02
Searchlight is Switched on
The Republican Cam
paign Golfers.
A STORMY SESSION.
Senator Penrose Has Representatives
at TOday's Hearing by Committee
Charges Against Flynn.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. ,2.-"The
war against preventable disease is a
struggle between the dollar and the
death rate. Most Of our communities
prefer E:gh death rate to a slight
increase in the tax rate" declared T..
L. RittenhouSe, conservation commits
sioner Of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Society, speaking before the N4-
tional Conservation Congress today.
Washington, Oct. Flashing the
Clupp committee of the Senate for
probing the Roosevelt campaign, but
sparing Taft and Wilson, Senator
Dixon, RooseveIt's campaign, mana
ger, for two hours kept the commit
tee i! a turmoil today. Senatorial
courtesy was flung to the winds. Dix
on charged the committee with act
inG unfairly. The senator anglily
demanded that he answer their quest
ions instead of making stump
speeches"
Dixon declared deiiantly that Roosc-
welt was not getting square deal"
Senator Clapp, Roosevelt worker, an%-
rily rebuked Dixon saying he (Clapp)
alone was responsible for the line Vt
inquiry.
Clashs, frequent and severe, in all
the committeeman, marked the hear
ing.
Washington, Oct. 2.-Spotlight
glare of the Clapp committee prom
ised to be switched today from the
Bull Moose TO the Republican cam
raien Golfers. A. feeting, prelim-
nary touch was also promised the
Democrats when the probing commit
tee convened at 10 O'Clock.
Four witnesses awaited witness
stand quizzing. They were Senator
Joseph Dixon. of Montana, chairman
of the Progressive national commit
tee and Roosevelt manager; George
r. Sheldon, 1908 treasurer of the Re-
publican campaign; j. G.. Cannon, the
New York banker, who audited the
campaign receipts Of Cornelius n.
Bliss, 1901 Republican treasurer, ana
Rep. Weeks, vice chairman of the Re-
publican committee four years ago.
Col. Roosevclt's train was scheduled
to fly through Washington just be-
fore the committee convened. He will
testify Friday, making special trip
here from Oyster Bay.
Senator Dixon arrived early this
morning. He came primed, he de-
clared. TO demand that the committee
put all the cards on the table
by summoning Charles =. Taft,
brother Of the President: Chairman
Hilles of the Republican NatIonal
committee; Chairman McCombs OF
Democratic committee, and campaign
managers of Speaker Clark, Rep. Un-
dcrwood, Governor Harmon and other
presidential candidates. Senator Pom
creme, of the investigating commit
tee. was HarmOnS manager.
Chairman CIapp pointed out today
that practically every man named by
Senator Dixon has already been "in-
vited" TO testify. Other members OF
the committee indicated some pecv-
ishness over DiXon's apparent threat
to involve the Democrats and Repub-
licans in the inquiry. They declared
the investigation was non-parNsan,
indignantly denying the evident i'm
plication of Senator Dixon that the
inquiry is exclusively a Bull Moose
affair.
Bill" Finn and other Pittsburgh
witnesses who appeared yesterday
were again in evidence today, await
ing recalls to the witness stand. SEN
ator Pomerene forced the Pittsburgh
ers to remain here, for possible re-e%-
animation. He refused to say for
what purpose he desired them to re-
main over.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
prominent in provoking the inquiry
and author of charges against Finn,
had a representative at the hearings
today. He was here last night for
conference regarding Films testi-
mony, with which he kept in constant
touch yesterday by long distance tele-
phone. He did not remain over today,
but promised to return soon. He may
also testify again.