Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-17
SENATORS DENY
M|SUS|NG OFFICE
Demand Thorough Investi-
cation of North Carolina
Mining Scheme.

Washington. June l6.-Several SEN
i. ors wela contemplating introducing
resolu. ions ;oGa5 Ior United States
seAa,e ie.,"s' ,4pGt III coAA32tion WIN
Tie promotion y. : god MN & ON
pany having properly ~ Cola ILL.,,
l.. Published reports To-Day ,.L.'~ nee
te4 paper III the senate Fule, UA-
CENSUS committe, lad been USED IN
The connection b'Gugnts ellis 1of N
vestigatipn from several seA@'2Ts
whose names appear upon the let,e;
paper as comm.itee members. Selsa-
tor Overman Z, North Carolina Is
chairman OF INC rules committee and
Senator Chit,o1 If West Virginia is
chairman OF .ae census committee.
One reso' ,.tiq: prepared also pro-
posed an - 5=sl:4Gt.oa Of the publish
cd repCy IS nat treasury depart lna4t
onp.oy5 had b1cn sent 10 cxam.ne
tee m.perty at Ike ofde: OF Jotn
.oke..2l Williams. comptroller CT the
CEr.eIcv.
sjo,ne OF the Facts.
Senators Overnan and Chiffon both
sid they were interested IN the
Cold Hill Company but denied any
knowledge Ct the use OF The senate
Sta. ionery TO hoost it. Senator over
man said a young lady in his office
lad made copies OF the Letter on
rules committee Paper at the request
Of Walter George Newman. s3ld to
To promoter Of the m.e, and Sena or
Chiffon said tina. William, the en&i-
neer. came to his office and go his
clerk to make copies On census Gem
mittee paper.
This mine is in my country said
Senator Oyofman. Before the war,
.at one time it was the largest gold
producing mine il the United States.
All assay office was established at
Charlotte. N. G.. to test gold from 1T.
Some time ago Newman, whom |
know nothing about went down there
and unwatered it. He said that by
prosecuting he had found a vein that
had bee. lost. | refused to have
anything to do with attempting to
have the assay office re-estaDlished.
Some did ask to have it re-establish-
ed and Williams sent man to see
if the production down there justified
the establishment of the assay Of
flee.
"In view of what | knew of the
ll!ile dUu WHdL vi NGWllldl TepOI leu,
Invested $4,000 in the stock. | have
alone nothing to promote it. All that
has been done in my office was done
by a Door woman who worked there
temporarily"
Senator Chiffon addressed the
Senate as soon as Senator Overman
concluded.
II yield second place to no one in
having money invested in gold
mines" he said. "All my life l have
fostered an idea that might get out
Of the habit of not having enough tC
pay my bills by. striking a gold mine
II felt interested and sent this
mining engineer, J. C. Williams
down there. When he returned he
told me about the mine and later
wrote me letter. One day Mr. Will
liams came to my office and said he
wanted that letter. That is all
heard of it. Recently | heard some
one had. on census committee paper
a copy of the letter. My clerk told
me that Williams had come in and
asked him to make copies and the
most convenient paper being the
census committee paper, the copies
were made on it.
II want the senate to make a
prompt investigation and If there is
ANYTHING to ccrsure ME for, l am
ready to take NV medicine"