Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-30
MEN Of WEALTH
CONTRIBUTED To
CAMP PAICN FUND
Of THE GENERAL
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
William WrigIey. Jr., A.
{. Mcneil and Others Are
Down On the List.
STATE ORGANIZATION
EXPENSES $432,926
Ohio Got the Largest Slice,
$128,3 800; New Mexico
Also Was Remembered
But Amount Is Not Stated
10y MORNING JoussAl SPECIAL LEASED w,ss1

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE
Washington, May ga cam
paign fund of approximately ST.
100000 has been raised for Major
General Leonard Wood, A. A
Sprague, of Chicago, treasurer OF
the Wood organization, testified to-
day before the senate investigat-
ing committee.
Mr. Sprague testified that the
whole deficiency, that is the differ
ence between the amounts con.
tributed and those spent was 1921.
600. Replying to Senator Reed.
democrat, Missouri. he said there
was no understanding with any
group Of rich men that this was to
be repaid.
Contributors to the campaign
fund, Mr. Sprague said, included
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., $4,000;
Wrigley, Jr., Chicago, $4,000; Fl.
NJ, Byllesby, $4,000, and c, D,
shaffer. Chicago, $4,000. He add
ed that William Loeb, representing
a New York committee, has for
warded $225,000.
Statement of Receipts.
Mr.. Sprague handed Chairman
Kenyon a detailed statement of
receipts and expenditures. 1t
showed receipts of $1,180, ,043. 20,
and expenditures s1,174,919.19 with
balance of S5,t24.01.
Expenditures on state organiza-
tion were placed at $432,92s for
hostage, spea kfg p trays ing eS-
penses, circulafi2lng, bihDoafds,
and telephone and telegraph, $377,-
437; and for newspaper advertis-
ing $204,650. Under a general
head of expenditures $160,905 was
included, of which the largest item
was salaries, Chicago, $42, ,977.6S,"
The Chicago headquarters ex-
pense was listed at $l11,798; the
New York headquarters, noted as
covering Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connect
cut, Rhode Island, New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Della
ware and Maryland" $137,500, and
Washington headquarters, cover
ing Virginia North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Georgia and
Alabama" $4,000.
Disbursements BY States.
BY states disbursements were
listed as follows:
Ohio, $12S.300;s Illinois, $120,800;
Nebraska, $4,000: Indiana, $45,-
Gel; Oregon, $4,000; Minnesota,
s2S,72O; Pennsylvania, $27,400;
West Virginia, $4,000; Montana,
$22,S00; Colorado, $14,SOO; Mis-
souri,, s10,450; Idaho, $9,O50;
.,~
Maryland, $500; Michigan, So
$50; Tennessee, $4,000; Wisconsin,
$1,000; Iowa, $7,400; Louisiana,
$3.50; Mississippi, $4,000; Texas,
$3,7OO.
Other states including Oklahoma,
Arkansas, California, Nevada, New
Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Wyom-
ing, Utah and Kentucky, $65,559.
Night Session Held.
Opening its first night session,
the committee turned again to its
quest OF the boom for william G.
McAdoo. Wilbur w. Marsh, treas
urer of the democratic national
committee, was called.
Chairman Kenyon gave a sum-
mary of newspaper and other state
ments before the committee to the
effect that assurances had been
given the democratic national COM
mittee at Atlantic City last fall that
a $10.000,000 fund would be raised
for the democratic national cam
paign If the nomination of Mr.. Nc
Adoo were brought about.
1T couldn't possibly have been
true; it's an absurdity," Mr.. Marsh
said
THE story Is that B. M. Baruch
promised this fund for the national
presidential campaign II Mr.. Me-
Adoo's nomination should be-
brought about" Mr.. Kenyon put
In.
Mr.. Marsh repeated his denial.
What was Mr.. Baruch doing
there 2" Chairman Kenyon pursued
Mr.. Marsh said that question
of raising $4,000 or $4,000 to
buy typewriters. electrical ma
chimes and physical equipment for
the national headquarters in the