Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-03-22

person with whom he was personally acquainted, and in whom he had con- fidence, whom I stated had personal knowledge of these facts, and who cor roborated my statement The Com missioner of Patents thought the gravity of the situation warranted his speaking to the Secretary of the h. terior about it, and he did so.
 I have no feeling of animosity to- ward MT. Oldfeld, and am sorry that his conduct has been such that l cannot support him. But l believe that the interests of the people of my state and of the country at large are in jeopardy when intrusted to him, and sincerely hope investigation will be made if your endorsement of his record in Congress is asked. Respectfully, (Signed) c. E. Kay. 1900 Massachusetts Ave, Northwest.
 The White House, Washington,
 February 25, 1916. Personal.
 My Dear Sir-Allow me to acknowl- edge the receipt of your letter of Feb ruary "A, and to say that it will be brought to the attention of the Pres ident when opportunity offers.
 Sincerely yours,
 fSigned J. P. Tumulty, Secretary to the President. Mir. c. E. Kay, 1900 Massachusetts Ave. N, w, Washington, D. c. United States of America, District of Columbia-ss. l. c. E. Kay, do hereby state on my oath that the above letters are true copies of the documents that they parport to represent, and that all of the statements made by me herein are true and correct.
 (Signed) C. E. Kay. Subscribed and sworn to before me, ! a notary public in and for the Dis trlet of Columbia, this 1st day of March, 1916.
 | (SeaN Edwd. B. Fox,
 Notary Public.
 Affidavit
 My name is (Miss) Elsie Hunt. ] live at 2618 Garfield street, N. w., Washington, D. c. was employed l by Congressman ". A. Oldleld ln January, 1912, as stenogfaphef ana typewriter, and remained in his em p!oy. with the exception of probably three or four weeks in 1913 until De cember l, 1915. I am at present an attache of the House Committee or Patents. and have held this position for two or three years under MT, Old field, while he was chairman of tpf Committee on Patents, and under MT Morrison, the present chairman Gf tht committee. MT. Kay was employee I in MT Oldfeld's office during the tlm' was until about March IA, 1915, whe1 he resigned his secFataryship ant 1 clerkship to the Committee oa Pat i ents and accepted a position WAh II tfl' Commissioner of Patents, think il April or May, 1915, and is employed in this capacity at this time Dutitlt tbe consideration of a copyright bill No. 21137, by the Committee on Pa' ents, in December, 19l4 about th first or second day 9f the month heard MT. Oldfeld suggest te MT. ha that if he would follow his lnStructtoA they could make some money out o that bill. I heard MT. Oidb6ta Sa that they ought to get ten thousah dollars for legislation as important d that was to tlae persons interested it. The parties interested in the bl Hwere George w. Ogilgie 9f New TOT and the G. & C. Merriam Company ( SprineGeld, Mass. They were DOL publishers of dictionaries, and tn legislation related to the use or lh name "Webster" respecting dlalol aries. I heard MT. Oldfield mentlo the matter of making some money ol of the legislation again in Januar about the 1st of January, 19l5, ana heard MT. Kay say that he would n' submit a proposition to anybody T garding a deal to affect leglslatio MT. Kay told MT. Oldfield this. ais heard him say to him, heard MT. hf say to MT. Oldfeld, that it would n do te make a proposition ike lhd MT. Kay knew that heard some the conversation, as l was sitting The committee table near the door inc next room. He asked me what heard MT. Oldfield say, and told Ill about what I have stated here. don't think MT. Kay knew that hea 1.-the conversation in December, D knew that I heard what was said
 Japuary.
 UnRed States, of America, DistTI of Colusabia.
 I, Elsie #unt, do hereby state
 my oath that my statements here made are true, and that I possess D
 sonal knowledge of the facts stat
 fSigned) Elsie Hunt
 Subscribed and sworn to before
 this 10th day of March, 1915.
 fseaD Rose M. Sefton
 Notary Public in and for the Distr
 of Columbia.
 My commission expires Septeml