The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-01
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THEY'LL TESTIFY
Kirby and Parry Wlrs That They VIII
Postpone Trip to Now zea-
land II They Are Needed
Hero.
TELEGRAMS WE'RE SENT
Secretary OF National Association Of
Manufacturers Says Only TWO
Witnesses VIII be
Needed.

Needed.
| limited Press Leased Wire service.l
SAN FRANCISCO, July John
Kirby, Jr., president of the National
Association OF Manufacturers, and
David M. Parry. former president OF
the association, will both testify be 4
fore the senate lobby commission re-
/ garding the charges of M. M. Mulhali
that the association for years has
i financed gigantic lobby. They an.
nounced today that they had tele-
! graphed the sergeant Mt arms OF the
senate stating their willingness to
testify, but asking that their appear
ance be postponed until after their
return from Australia. They ara
} scheduled to sail for the antipodes
this afternoon. but IL the senate com.
mittee wishes them to appear immed.
ately they will postpone the trip.
Parry. Kirby and J. P. Bird, Of Plain.
, field, N. j.. general manager OF the
National Association OF Manufacture
ers, received identical kilograms last
night, summoning them to appear
!, Tuesday, July s. Bird Immediately
wired back:
!, "You bet your life I'll testify. I'll
) be on the iob." He will leave for the
east this afternoon.
Parry and Kirby told the newspa-
per men that they had never had any
Q correspondence with Colonel Mulhalt
t lwho made the charges that a gigantic
v lobby has been financed by the Ma
d itienal Association for ten years,
r They said they know him only as
l. mo. II"
Q Nothing to II.
s SPRINGFIELD, H., July IF G..
a Schwedtman, secretary OF the Ma
0 tional Association of Manufacturers,
+ said today he had not been subpoen-
i aed to testify in the lobby inquiry in
g Washington. 81 may be subpoenaed,
s he said, ''but don't expect to testify.
d After the congressional committees
have heard John Kirby. Jr., and w.
: A. Emery, the whole matter will ap-
& pear in such different light that no
n ether witnesses will be necessary
n Schwedtman Is vice president and
!. manager Of the Racine Sattley Plnw
e works here.
d j
cannon's Reply.
DANyLJE, Ill.,, July 1.-Former
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon today re-
fused to comment at length on the
oI confession" of Colonel M. NJ Mulhan
d regarding the activity Of the manu-.
a facturers lobby at Washington, plead.
y ing that he had not had time to read
e the Mulhall statement in full
d .Tf Mulhall has been doing for ten
wears the contemplate work he ad-
nits he was doing, would not be-
lieve him any quicker than I would
J believe any other blackmailer," said
t, Cannon.
Q. More DenIaIs.
y SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 1.-Cle-
sr ment Studebaker of the Studebaker
p. corporation, denied today ever giving
a. Colonel Mulhall money In the Watson
state campaign. Il was not for Wat
SON. he said.
2, ]. D. Oliver, The steel plow man.
I'd denied ever having presented Mulhali
It. with a list of contributors to the
TX Watson gubernatorial fund.
fl. 'I may have met Mulhall, he
ID said, "but I did not make out any list
1t for him. never heard of one OF the
Id men on his list"
Some Of MuIhaIPs Charges.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-Senator
IL overman, chairman of the lobby In
al vestigating committee, was today pre-
lg pairing to follow every angle present
,e ed, in connection with his alleged
ed activity in behalf of the National As
Of sociation of Manufacturers Overman
lie lis anxious to get at the bottom of the
he allegations that the manufacturers'
association not only sought to influ
ence but aided materially in the cleo
ton of congressman. He wants te
us learn the identity of ten Baltimore
M men representing ten different organ
he ization in Baltimore fayoring former
as Senator Foraker for president, In 9
ne letter to Foraker In 1907 MulhaIl ad
l. vised the senator that these mer
ne would call upon him.
ok According to Mulhall. money wat
FURNISHED for Congressman John ]