Bisbee daily review., 1920-05-30
l.4ssoc;otes P,lss Leassa Iv,r.)

investigations today of pre-conven- ton expenditures dealt largely with financing of Major General Leonard Woods national campaign and the Johnson-Hoover Republican primary fight in California, with further at tempts in between to get on the trail of the McAdoo boom.
 Holding its first night session and sitting in all eleven hours, day and night. the committee heard evidence that a national campaign fund of ST. 1S0,042,2O had been raised for Gen. eral Wood and that the national cam paign fund for Senator Johnson ap- proximated $2OO, 900. Charges that supporters of Herbert Hoover in Cali fornia spent "at the lowest estimate S30O,000" in the primary fight there against Senator Johnson also were made.
 A. A. Sprague of Chicago was the principal witness as to the Wood campaign He identified himself as treasurer of the Leonard Wood Ma tional Campaign committee and pre- sented a financial statement, which besides showing receipts showed ex- penditures of $1,174,919.19.
 Has Three Backers
 MT. Sprague's testimony disclosed that the financing of General Wood $ campaign had been done 'ergely by three men-Colonel William cooper Proctor of Cincinnati; A. E. Moneli of New York, and Mir. Sprague. Col onel Proctor, he said, advanced $ozl'- OOO and Mir. Mcneil $100,O0O, in ad- dition to a contribution of S2O'ooo' Two hundred thousand dollars was borrowed from two Chicago banks on notes endorsed by Colonel Proctor MT. Sprague said he was joint eh' dorser of one of the notes and ex' pected to pay it.
 Denies "Rich Group" Tale
 Total contributions were placed Dy the witness at $35S,76S with John D. Rockefeller Jr., of New York, the largest contributor with $25,OOO. MT Snrague said Colonel Proctor expect ed to get back his advances. but the witness expressed grave doubts that he would" denying that there was all understanding with any group Of rlch man that the deficiencies of $S2l,O0c representing the differences between the total expenses and receipts, was to be repaid.
 By states disbursements were list ed as follows:
 Ohio. s12S,3O0: Illinois, sl2O,SOO; Nebraska, $46,2OO; Indiana, $45,66l; Oregon, s39,O3O; Minnesota, $2S'72o; Pennsylvania. s27,4OO; West Virginia s26 900; Montana, s22,sOO; Colorado s14,SOO; Missouri, $10,45O; Idaho go O5O: Washington and Alaska, $17. 800: Maryland, $7.SOO; Michigan, ss' $50: Tennessee, $S,000; Wisconsin 1900; Iowa, $7,4OO; Louisiana, $4' $50; Mississippi, $4.5OO; Texas, $3,7oO
 Other states including Oklahoma Arkansas, California, Nevada. Ne" Mexico. Arizona, Kansas, wyoming ITtah and Kentucky. S65.559. Denies McAdoo Millions Wilbur w. Marsh, treasurer or th' Democratic national committee, was , one of the witnesses interrogated as to the campaign for William G. Nc Adoo. former secretary of the treas ury. He told Chairman Kenyon thai published reports to the effect thai ! the Democratic national executive committee had been assured last fai that a $1O.OOO,OO0 fund would be rais ed if Mir. McAdoo was nominated, was "an absurdity."
 Mir. Marsh denied that B. M. Ba ruch had promised to raise any suci fund and said that Mir Baruch was at the Atlantic City meeting of tho committee in question because the problem of raising s75,O0O or $S5.OOl for party headquarters expenses wa' i under discussion.
 "The people will be asked to fl nance the 1920 campaign" MT. Marsf said, adding that 1t was the Demo cratic committees plan to get con tributions from 3OO,00O subscribers and he advocated s1,000 limit.
 Regarding the reported effort Of MT Baruch to influence the nationa committee in behalf of any candidate