Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-07
100000 IN WOOD
MONEY HELD BY
ONE MAN ALONE
Primary Campaign Funds Dis
tributed Somewhere, All
Right, but Where?
PROCTOR GOT $4,000 BACK

| CHICAGO. July IA history of the
financing Of the Wood campaign for the
presidency was given the senate cam
paign investigating committee here to-
| day by William Loeb, Jr.
Loeb said he was the "depostary' for
100000 collected for the Wood campaign.
| He sent $225,000 to the Chicago head
| quarters of the general. he said $780,
! 600 TO eastern headquarters and $4,000
| to the New York headquarters.
| Lately he sent check for the balance,
| $4,000, to Col. w. c. Proctor, Woods
/ manager.
"Oh, the colonel is getting some of it
back, is he?" Senator Kenyon asked.
"Yes, much to his surprise" Loeb
replied.
Maj. A. A. sprague, Chicago. was
asked by Senator Reed what had be
come of the difference between the $500
| Colorado leaders admitted receiving and
the $4,000 reported to the committee as
/ expended in that state. Sprague said
he did not know.
STRANGE DEARTH
OF INFORMATIoN.
There's a most remarkable dearth OF
/ information around the Wood headquar-
1 ters," Senator Reed interjected.
II know enough about campaigns TO
! know that some one around headquarters
I knows what became OF the money
Asked wherr the money he handled
( for Wood came from, Loeb prefaced MS
testimony with a story Of the forinA-
tion of the Wood management
He said after John T. King was
dropped by Wood his advice was asked
as to what II would cost 20 make
campaign from Maine 10 California
Il said upwards OF 81 100000 Loeb
testified
/ Appeals were sent the original menu
/ hers Of the Wood for president move
ment and later a league Of fifty WAS
/ formed IN New York to get the money
! Names Of contributors were exacted
/ from Loeb with difficulty. Naming J.
1 r. Duke. George ". Perkins and II.
( II Rogers. as heavy contributors, he
/ said he disliked 10 mention the names
/ since many OF them passed along sub
scriptions which had been given them.
/ Perkins gave check for $4,000. but
said Il was not his subscription, accord
T ing 10 Loeb.
I In the same way Rogers handed over
$4,000. he said
MIssoURIAN TELLS
or LpWDEN MONEY.
T. W Hukriede, Warrenton. No, re
eeived s2050 Of "I.owden money" during
the presideatial primary campaign, he
+ told the senate committee today.
/ Hukriede filed formal statement with.
Z the committee. He said the money was
given him by f. L. Morse. Excelsior
Springs. No. He satd he spent the money
touring six Missouri congressional dis
( tricts for Lowden.
Hukriede asserted he had nothing 10 be
ashamed of-that more money was spent
/ IN other -eampaigns than In the Lowden
primary effort.
Senator James A. Reed, member Of the
investigating committee. said he might
have something 10 say later on n report
/ that the committee will hear allegations
( that money was expended to bar Reed
from the democratic national convention
The presence of number OF Missouri
democrats gave rise to the report. The
charge, It was said would be that oppo-
nents Of Reed were given their expenses
/ to san Francisco.
/ !. L. Babler republican national com
mitteeman from Missouri. Mt the request
Of Senator Kenyon, gave an itemized
/ statement Of his receipts from e l..
/ Morse. representing Gov. Lowdeu." He
! said his disbursements exceeded re
ceipts.
/ a