New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-16
BOOM GOLD Mine ON
SENATE STATIONERY
Promoters Action Forces
Overman and Chiffon to
Seek VindicatiOn.
CONTROLLER OF
CURRENCY NAMED
Sent Chief u. S. Assay Expert 10
Examine Property, 1t is
Alleged.
Irrom The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington. June I5-Yielding to the
demands OF Senator La Toilette anu
others whose names appeared as MEM
hers Of n Senate committee on stationery
used in the exploitation OF Nortn Caio-
lima gold mine, Senator Overman INTRO
duced resolution to-day calling TOT .he
investigation OF the incident to clear MINI
self and his committee colleagues from
suspicion. Senator Chiffon, VINO also au-
mitted that he owned stock in the enter
prise. and who found himself In SINH
lar predcament, Joined In the request
The chalrmen OF the Census Committee
and the Rules Committee. the stationery
OF which was used to boom the property
OF the Gold Hill Consolidated Company OF
Gold Hill, N. c.. laid their troubles 10
their clerks, VINO, they said, had oeen
unwittingly prevailed upon TO use the
official stationery in making copies OF
communications relating TO the soiu
mine. They insisted that this had been
done without their knowledge.
/ The members of the committees whose
names appeared on the letter heads
Senator La Toilette in particular-were
not in an amlable mood when the case
was brought TO their attention. Senator
la Toilette prepared a resolution for an
investigation, which he would have In
troduced had not Senator Overman volun-
teered to act.
The resolution introduced by Senator
Overman calls for an investigation py
special committee Of five members. Unoer
the rule, It was referred to the COM
mittee on Contingent Expenses for re-
port before It could be acted upon by the
Senate.
It is expected that the investigation VIII
disclose unusual activity TO induce not
only Senators but employees OF the Senate
to invest in the North Carolina property
with the dazzling prospect or reaping
fortune. Senators Pomerene and swan
son have stock in the enterprise, although
their names are not connected in any way
with the exploitation Of the property Sew
erai clerks. II was said to-day have been
induced TO invest in Gold Hill stock The
report that It had declined in price with
the prospect of an investigation caused
CONSERVATION.
The letter on the Census Committee
stationery was addressed to Senator
Chiffon and signed by J. c. Williams an
economic and mining engineer. Inc
other letter was said to be identical.
According to the published report the
chief expert Of the United States Assay
Office was sent to investigate the mine oy
John Shelton williams. Controller OF the
Currency, several months ago. when MT
Williams was Assistant Secretary or the
Treasury. What purported to be repro
auctions of the letters appeared, carry
ing the names of all Senator'S on the
committee.
Some six or eight months ago." sald
Mr.. Williams tonight while was ASSIST
ant Secretary of the Treasury in charge
of the fiscal bureaus, including the Mint
Mr.. Newman called at the department
and requested that the Assay Office at
Charlotte, n. c., should be reopened TO
handle the bullion Of gold mine In
which he was interested. l referred him
to the Director OF the Mint, who sent an
employe of the Office to North Carolina
to ascertain II there were any prospects
that the business of the mine would JUS
tify compliance with Mr.. Newman's re-
quest. He reported that the property was
not sufficiently developed to justify the
reopening Of the Assay Office, and the
petitioner was so informed"