New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-25
Gift to Cox
Covered Up,
He Charges
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campaign fund of 1915. as brought out
by Investigations of the income tax
bureau of the Federal government.
Statement BY Lockwood
In explanation of his charges, and
summarizing them. Mr.. Lockwood made
the following statement:
The Dayton Metal Products Com
rany, Dayton, Ohio, holding company
for aircraft concerns enjoying large
war contracts, on June 20, 1918, gave
check for $5,075 CHECK No. 12341
in ostensible payment of the personal
note OF James NJ. Cox, for $4,000, with
three months interest. This note is
IN the possession of the Dayton Metal
PRODUCTS Company, cancelled, with no
explanation Of the payment Or evidence
that Mr.. Cox had performed any serv-
ice IN return therefor.
An examination of the circum-
stances would seem to indicate that
this was a campaigns contribution of
the corporation to the Cox campaign:
indeed: that is the most charitable ex-
PLANTATION of the transaction. There
was no reason why Mr.. Cox should
raise money by giving an unindorsed
personal note, and no reason apparent
Why the corporation should have paid
the personal note Of the then Governor
or Ohio. without visible return of serv.
ice. The president of the DAYTON Metal
PRODUCTS Company was also president
of the City National Bank Of Dayton
to which the note was given.
The name Of the president of the
City National Bank Of Dayton and of
the Dayton Metal Products Company
IS II. E. Talbot, Dayton, Ohio. From ali
the circumstances, a corporation con-
fund is indicated. The facts can be de-
veloped by calling MIR. Talbot with q
request for the hank and metal prod
ucts company records mentioned.
Alleges Gifts to Brewer
Second The Dayton Metal Products
Company contributed checks aggre-
raised by Adam Schantz, Dayton
brewer; ggregating s37 900, for use in
Cincinnati and Ohio River counties in
the campaign of 1915. 1t was claimed
that these sums, paid in corporation
checks, were charged to three stock.
holders of the company, Colonel Deeds
Of airplane fame; H. E. Talbot and C.
F. Kettering. That it was corpora
ton contribution. however. is indicated
by the fact that later the funds of the
Dayton Flood Prevention Commission
were looted by means of fake vouchers
for service by dummies in a sum suffi-
cient to repay the contributors to this
fund, and in the case Of the money
pany's checks restitution was made d.
rect fhet rorporatinp
Adam Schantz. the brewer, who
raised this fund, later had to pay over
money 20 meet the increased income
taxes of the dummies in order to square
their accounts with the Federal govern
ment. In this case two questonab Die
transactions took place: First, the con-
trihution of the Dayton Metal Prod
ucts Company to a campaign fund
second, the looting Of fund raised by
popular subscription for food proven
ton in order to reimburse corporate
and other contributors to a Cox-Wilson
campaign fund.
The facts can be developed by calling
Adam Schantz, H. E. Talbot, c. F. Ket-
tering and Colonel Deeds. Of Dayton
Ohio. It can also be learned in this
way whether the large checks given by
Colonel Deeds toward paying for the
Cox special train to San Francisco, with
the accompanying band and several
barrels of 2.75 beer, was on behalf OF
himself or of the corporation"
Campaign Manager Indicted
Should general investigation into
Governor CoX's previous campaigns il
Ohio result from the charges made to.
day by Mr.. Lockwood, William l.. Find
ley, Cox's campaign manager in 1917
and 1914. who was indicted, pleaded
guilty and was fined for the unlawful
collection of campaign funds from
civil service employees, will be calico
to testify.
Mr.. Lockwood also gave the Kenyon
( committee leads" regarding the Elk
Of United States Senator Underwood
in the primary election in Alabama thi:
year, the disfranchisen,ent of voters il
the Southern states and the use of Fed
eral patronage to defeat former Sena
tor Hardwck in Georgia and Unitct
States Senator Gore in Oklahoma. TIL,
committee showed no disposition t.
i follow these "leads" at ono, however
and it is probable that investigation o
them will be postponed until after tn,
election.
Facts concerning the charges mad
against previous Cox campaigns by Mr.
Lockwood were brought out by tn
Frear Congressional aviation stiga
ton committee Of 1918.
According to testimony before III.
Frear committee that was not made par
Of the official records of the committee
because it developed that. the alleget
campaign contributions had nothing t.
do with r4ne aircraft program during
the war. Governor Cox gave his not
for $4,000 to the bank in August, 1917
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