Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-20
M'FADDEN CHARGES
PROMPTLY DENIED
(Continued From First PaEe.)

CONTINUED From Flrst fascD
. Mr. McFadden that his most eXpedi-
. any charges he may have before the
> Senate Committee on Banking and
! Currency. which now has before il my
Z denomination. | ati scheduled to APP
pear before tina; committee on Monday.
Z but will chcerfuliy give place TO Mr..
McFaddcn and all the papers and other
ing OF his charges this afternoon. I
Immediately requested tho chairman
of the Banking and Currency Com
mittee OF the senate TO summon Mr..
tee on Monday.
s,atcs HIS situation.
+ Meanwhile. ii is fair that be al.
not the slightest financial interest in
Adoo. in March. lsis. wrote Repre-
sentative Pou. OF North Carolina, on
Law, Arm. OF Williams & Mullen, OF
Richmond Va. of which my brother
,n.aw. Lewis G. Wtiisams. is mem,
Company for the past hvc wears or
more. They are large contractors who
'ocntrqlled the Arlington property.
compensation. Wilisms & Mullen may
have received for their services in the
Arlington Hotel transfer. Whatever
fnef mny haxs Sharsed for 'hst
no participation whatsoever. That is
All the foundation | can imagine for
Mr.. McFadden's ins!nuations. which
and which have all the appearance of
being dictated by intense malice
III he thinks he knows anythins
Senate committee Monday--day after
tomorrow. Those who have given at
t"ntion to this matter will recall that
Pennsylvania bank, OF which MIR.
i
my official notice in an unpleasant
way. and that ! have expressed, both
Mr.. McFadden is Responsible for what
ever unfortunate conditions which
might there exist"
LEWIS {. WILLIAMS DENIES
COMPTROLLER IS INVOLVED.
+, Lewis &. Williams. member of the
law firm OF Williams & Mullen. who is
"a brother in law OF Comptroller Will
liams was asked about the charges
made by Representative McFadden last
night He authorized the following
statement branding tho charges as UNI
true and without foundation:
: My hrm represented Wilson & Co.
linston property In, Washington from
the date Of its purchase in 1914 as at
torneys. and organized the Arlington
Corporation, and its successor the
Arlington Building Co. Inc. and looked
after the legal matters in connection
with ne purchase. sale and consider
had been involved. for which we were
paid regular legal fees.
John shelton Williams had abso-
lutely no interest in nor connection
with the property and received moth
Ing from the sale of said property in
the form of commiss ions or otherwise.
The property. DID no, sell for $4,000
The sale WAS negotiated direct with
the Treasury Department by the own
ers and not through agents. The gov
eminent let contract for the erection
OF buildings on the lot at price of
sS1l9,000. The charges made by Mr..
Fadden are absolutely untrue and
without foundation.
House War Risk Bureau.
= The attorney further explained that
the building referred to In his state
mont Is the structure contracted for
by the Treasury Department TO house
the War Risk Insurance Bureau, which
is on Vermont Avenue between II and
! Streets 1t is tract OF one and
onc-third acres. and was formerly tho
site of the Arlington Hotel. Mr. Will
liams said that one matter of litigation
which the firm carried on with refer
ence to the property was the resist
ance Of an injunction by a party who
claimed an interest in the tract and
desired to restrain The owners from
selling. lie also stated that part OF
the building Is now in use by some
5000 clerks OF the bureau, and that
upon completion OF another section the
structure would accommodate $4,000
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