The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-12
Begins His Testimony Be
fore Senate Investigating
Committee
WOOL MEN
EXPLAIN FUNDS
$4,000 to North and a Special
$4,000 Of Which No Rec
ord Is Shown

Washington, July 12,-Martin M.
AIulhall whose published allegations OF
his activities as lobbyist for the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacturers
have named many congressman as hay
ing been susceptible to influences OF a
lobby, began his testimony before the
Senate investigating committee last
night. Inasmuch as some witnesses in
the wool tariff phase OF the inquiry We're
waiting to be heard yesterday morning,
Mulhall was forced to wait. Winthrop l..
Marvin, secretary of the National As
ISOLATION OF Wool Manufacturers put in
synopsis of a statement showing the
financial operations OF the ASSOCIATION.
He was questioned about a special S2o,-
600 fund raised several years ago. He
said he had no record of how that fund
was collected or disbursed. He believed
+. F. Green OF Boston, who helped raise
it, could tell how il had been spent. No
record had been kept, but he was GER
tain the money had been spent in print
ing and travelling expenses.
William Whitman, former president
of the association, took the stand after
Mr.. Marvin. Mr.. Whitman explained
SIS 1000 gift made to s. \. d. North, sec
retary of the association in 1897, and a
clerk to majority members OF the SEN
ate finance committee. The gilt was
made after the Dingley bin passed Con.
gress. Many prominent wool manutae-
turers and Others are connected with
the association contributed to the fund.
The committee spent nearly an hour
trying to find the source of mistake
which Mr.. Whitman thought had been
made in the public document record OF
one of his letters. They then passed
on to consideration OF the salaries
paid to Mr.. North, and dramatic eli
max was reached when Senator Walsh
of Montana, who cross examined in
severe tones OF voice, read into the
record two or three expnse accounts de-
failing the travelling expenses of MIR.
North from Washington to New York
and Boston. These accounts were not
unusual, and after trying to make them
seem so, the committee went on to less
important matters.
Speaker Clark made d statement re-
lating to the use of his name by David
Lamar and Edward Lauterbaeh. He
testified he never had anything to do with
Lamar, Lauterbach or any OF the men
mentioned by them. j. Pierpont Nor
gan, he said, he saw at gridiron dinner
in Washington sevral years ago when
former President Roosevelt and former
Senator Foraker engaged in a joint de-
bate. at was the hottest debate ever
heard in this country" said the speaker.
Speaker Clark put in this statement;
'Ledysrd says that Lauterbach told him
that he was in communication with me
through Senator Stone. Lauterbach,
acknowling on the witness stand that
he had lied, said that Lamar gave him
the information. Lamar confessed the
whole tale was lie to force Morgan &
Co. to take Lauterbach back into their
employ. All OF them disclaim any ac-
quaintance or communication with me.
Senator Stone justly and properly char
acterized the Lamar Lauterbach tale as
lie. in which he was entirely correct.
He and I never in our lives eonyersed
about, or in any way mentioned, to
each other. Morgan 4 Co., or the steel
trust investigation"
The Lamar Case.
New York, July l2.-The federal
grand jury continued its investigation
yesterday into the case of David Lamar
under that section OF the United States
statutes which provides punishment for
the impersonation OF an officer or en-
ployee, OF the government.