The evening world., 1914-03-12
ADMIRAL BOWlES
'1AccUSED0F CANAL
!. TOLLS LOBBYING
81 .--
-Dut Denies Charge That He
I hAid to Push Legislation on
~ american Exemption.
sa'
SENATORS HEAR STORY.
~ Knight Says He Had Con.
kact On Panama Bnl, With
fOhicer, Ship CompanyHead.
SENATORS HEAR STORY.

9 WASHINGTON, Aa100 19.@ThAt
- contracted with former Rsar-Ad.
0lral Bowies, President Of the Fore
Aaves ship Building Company. for
oa.oee and . oontinssat - Of $4,000
- work for toll exemptions for Amer.
lean coastwiss ships In The Panama
Canal act was charged to-day by
Clsrsnee W. Do Knight bseors ths
senate Lobby Committee.
For his services In behalf Of the
Fore River Shipbuildins ComrSny
before the Senate Canals Committee.
whom the Panama Canal law was
nader confederation, Dc knight tes-
tihsd' hs was paid only the $1,000.
despite the fact that the tolls exemp.
tion was included In the bill.
He demanded the $4,000 contingent
fss from President Bowiss after the
bill was passed. but thought the
reason he did not get It was because
tAs. bill did not 20 through In such
1orm that the Fore River shipbuild.
Ing Company was to build some
ahips.
did your contract cali for . con.
tngsncy whereby the bill was to in
dude . provision whereby the Gov.
eminent was to contract for ships in
sass the toll exemption was
Sfantsdr' asked Senator Reed.
"a don't think o." said Do knight.
4 don't exactly remember the con-
engsncy. I was to get the $4,000 II
he bin went through In . certain
Way. Anyhow I know that Admiral
3ovists company didn't build the
digs. ] never threatened 10 sue The
0Att9 Was dropped there and am
01ll retained by the company In con-
nection With some claims caseA"
coLLgcTgo 4%o,ooo IN IS YEARS
FROM ARMY MEN.
De Xnight charged that there VA
aAimus bohind IN effort 70 discredit
BIN. He added that the animus arose
RON his discharge of . woman stem
lSyNpher. whose naule he coupled with
B Newspaper man In . further charge
,oo0ator Overman produced . copy
% . contract In which retired volun-
toor officers and enlisted mon Of the
civil war service agreed to pay De
Knight fifty.per can't. Of anv increases
IN pay they might receive should q
bill for such increasos now before
Congress be passed. Dc knight testi-
f3od that he had drawn such . con-
tact and promised TO inform the
ccnmittee how many Of such con-
tracts had been signed BY officers
now In the Government service.
Dc knight testified he had repre-
sentsd chief warrant ofncers OF the
navy In q bill to give them O COM
missioned grade. and In fifteen years
had collected $4,000 representing men
Of the army and navy on increases Of
pay. 6enatorS Overman asked II De
lenight had threatened to expose any
o0cers for making such contracts
With him whom they refused to pay
commissions. Do knight said he only
had sent them Ordinary collection
letters"
Il was developed that the list OF
etvil war veterans who would be bene.
.fited by q pending bill had been held
secret by the War Department. Sen.
atop Reed asked where Dc knight
got them from Congressman
Barchfeld Of Pennsylvania" said d
Knight He wrote to Secretary
9timSon stating that they might pf
valuable for campaign purposes. Then
! got the list from him."
"Then. when you got the list" con.
tsnued Senator Reed. you conceived
the idea Of this bill, had Barchhelt
Introduce It and then started to wort
writing letters to these old men to In.
tsrest them in your contracts?"
"Yes. Mr. Barchfeld introduced thu
bill and / wrote TO the men,"
The bill has not passed the House
but did pass the Senate.
BOSTON. March 12.-Rear-Admira
Bowles, President Of tho Fore Eivel
Shipbuilding Company. to-day deniet
that he had employed Clarence w
Dc knight to work for toll exemp
tions for American coastwise shipl
in the Panama Canal act. as testi'
iisd to by Dc knight before the Sen
ate Lobby Committee at Washington
Fl employed Mr.. Dc Knight in con-
nection with Section II Of tho Pan
ANA Canal act, which has to do will
the jurisdiction Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission over cana
shipping," the Admiral said. "Th'
provision concerning tolls 10 Sectiol
jS Of the act. and with this I hat
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