The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-01


end of ;he year. or the sl55,O0o,0oO
spent for airplanrs and engines. s?5.-.
000. 600 was for overseas manufacture
$2l, 900. 600 in advances 10 contractors
1clopmrnt work. This left only $685.
0OO. 600 spent for actual production In
the United States. OF the latter
amount. S57 OOn. 600 was paid under fixed
price contracts and S49.0O0,U00 under
t-plu-cuntraCtS.
official estimates place at 2i.on9.no?
the loss 10 tlu, government on account
If the cundcnnatirE If two types OF
planes the Eristoi fighting machine. ana
tn" SJ-l training plane, including ABOUT
50. Inn. 0ar on the Bristol and Sl''aoO'V""
on IN" SJ-l.
Taking up the question OF faulty or
yanizaiIGn o. the sicual corps soon after
the declaration Of war Mr.. Hughes de-
clarrd Mr.. Major General George O.
Squ"ir had "ncth"r training or expert
;n,.r Tor such Il large industrial HHt'r-
prise
H,rcrring 10 c"lGncl Deeds Mt
Hughes cited Colonel Deeds own tcsti-
r.uny hat ne was Il stockh"id"r HIri
,frircr in n nunnrr of Dayton. ono
cone ms Nhich .,iI"r directly O: IN
directly w"r" concerned in the alrplanc
production activities about that city.
He was IN organizer. not n stockhold"r'
in the DAYTON Wriehi Hirra:ic company
and il was ip IL. t.. Talbot. an "tficer
in this cniApan: tn" report says. mat
Colonel Dr"GS sen: information m 4
i"linE of tn" Judge Adv'at" |'n'ra'
r"inlInf; Ia tn" appraisal OF 'ontra'tS'
after lie hal been commissioned IN 'he
.1mv. Other confidential C"mmunlca-
tons Ia Tnlhott and other business as
.ociat"!; in Dayton arc Q'I"t"l. nut theSe
had hr"n seat while Deeds WAS acl'hE
III at> Sury capacity IN Officers !"
Charge Of contracts. Fer r":lniG"ch-
trnC TiIn Talbot after he pecan" Il"
officer, III" invest Sal1nn NY "ou' ''''i'
tial was recommended. >,
Mr.. Hughes ais" disputed parts OF
Colonel D,"d'$ ASSERTIONS IN letter L"
the aircraft rroduc ri"n board '"'l WI
hclng commissioned hr had S'''rrd NE
connections with. ard transferred ii''
stock IN these concerns:
The i'njtrti Motors company OF Ne"
York. tho i1ayinn Engineering l-ap"rai"r-
ICES company. Dayton Metal PRODUCES
company ana The Domestic Huiih'hE
cnmrany If Dayton. H." transfers."
stock in tn" United Motors corpora
ton Ia his wife. the report says II w.
shown and book .Hrr"un's showing 'i''
time Of the tranfrrS Of other Stock ~
some rH&r$ says the reports were "'l'""
back to AECuSI "S when locus WIS 'p
pointed n colonel although nor ac'u'
made until later. Since Il Is no" P'"N''';;
however. that colonel Deeds lranstcte"
any business with. those firms before nc
Stn II
charges ar" mndc against h'l''
colonel sydney &. Waldnr ASSISTANT
t., Colonel Deeds when Il" was chlcl 'oi
tie equipment division of the sigma:
corps WAS shown. the report SES ~
HAY" been a stakeholder in the t''Nh'"
company. hut IL docs not appear ''i''
hr took part in any I'rnc"1"ln|S ~
vnlvInc government DEALINGS WIN nv
concern. Colonel Robert l.. M"n 'SonlnIA.
also held stock in companies '',"i"-
contracts for manufacturing OF alrP!n"cs
or parts. hut he did moi d"hl VIII" t"-''
I'm his capacity as IN nfficrr.
Lieutenant colonel Vincent for whom
criminal prosecution IL r'"''t,'htnu'u'
was shown the report says, I" nav ''u-
. thur;Zrd pnvmrni Of sums Ia IN" i',N
ard company. while he WAS Il Sl",n""''
or Lieutenant Colonel George NiNt*r'
. stockholdrr in the Cut,.SS a'rplah"
and Motor corporation. It Is ch"FE'u "'."
charge Of inspectors In that company
plant. Major Howard [. Ma q
signal corps officer is ais" cue" LOT
his connection with tn" Moro! NC "''u
dnrmnn cor,parIv of indianapolis. which
hold II ronIrorr fnr Liberty Motors. hut
since he had transferred his stock TO
his mother. the report holds. there 10
insufficient ground for criminal
charge against him.
Th" output OF Liberty motfs Is lar
behind the original schedule. says the
report. as is shown by the preliminary
estimates that 4.725 would be bullt last
May and AIS in Juno. az compared
with actual deliveries OF 5i1 III May
and l.G4S in Juno. During t4is month
alone, however, 1000 twelf-cylnder