Arizona republican., 1920-09-25
COX GOT S5OOO
 IN CONCEALED ' CONTRIBUTION
 WITNESS SAYS
Dayton Firm Gave That
 Amount to Campaign
 Kund In 1918, Is Charge PROBE COMMITTEE TO
 INVESTIGATE CHARGE
Editor Tells of Plan For Financing Republican National Weekly
lRepubIican A. p. Leased Wirel

Republican A. p. Leased Wirel
 WASHINGFON, Sept. 24.-An inn piled charge that Governor. Cox had received in 1918 a concealed campaign contribution Of s5000 from the Day ton (Ohio) Metal Products company gent the senate campaign Investigating Sommittee on a wholly new track On demand of Democratic members of the committee. immediate inquiry was or dered, although the Ohio state cam paign, 1t was agreed. was outside the committees jurisdiction. Officials of the metal products company and of the City national bank of Dayton were called to appear tomorrow with any papers relating to the transaction in- volved.
 No direct charge was made Citing as his authority an examiner for a house air craft investigation commit tee, George B. Lockwood. editor of the National Republican, volunteered the statement as Head" which the com mittee might follow that a certain check drawn by the Metal Products company June %. 1918, Was to t.pay q personal note of James M. Cox
 Claims Check Fund Contribution
 The effort was to make it appear that this was an obligat ton that Mir. Cox had entered into with the City na- tional bank of Dayton some time be- fore,' Lockwood said. But it appears
 
 1t must have been contribution from this corporation to MT. Coxs fund"
 Lockwood named II. F.. Talbot. who he said in 1918 was president of the metal products company and of the bank as the witness who should be called and a message to Talbot was sent immediately.
 "It does not come within the pur- view of this committees business, ' Senator Reed said, ssbut am going to insist that this matter be immediately investigated and that we get out of the realm of deduction into that of fact.
 The committee ranged over a wide field of inquiry today. It heard volun- teered statements from assistants to Attorney General Palmer, who were in San Francisco during the Democratic convention that they had travelled on official business which they. said justi- fled the expense accounts submitted and approved. It failed to find any similar accounts in the postoffice de- partment, the disbursing officer certi- flying that there were no trips to San Francisco at government expense re- ported for the convention period. Ii heard something of the industrial grouI organization plan of soliciting cam paign funds employed by. New Yorl city workers for the Republican na- tional committee It explored the financing of the soldier publication Stars ana StTlDGS. QeNoIODlUS d pOS- sibie connection between the paper ant the Democratic national committee. l heard the charge made that the Amer fcan Legion Weekly was controlled b. the Republican national committee. l listened to a charge that Senator Edge New Jersey, Republican member of tn committee, was in some way connecte' with A campaign against the Stars an Stripes, and then to an admission tha the charge had no basis but speculation and rumor.
 Employers Pay For Paper
 It heard in detail from Lockwood O the financing of the Republihan Ma tfonaI Weekly and of the bulk cir culatin1 methods by which the pape reaches employees at the expense 0 employers but without knowledge c the recipients of the employers shar in the matter; and 1t went deeply int khe financing and activities or th Ieague to Enforce Peace
 E Tn addition, the committee heard als from Lockwood that the document presented by Senator Reed, whlc nrompted his investigation of the Ma tionaI Republican, were stolen from In . files of his office in Ohio. An employ told him. he added, that "he had pee offered a large sum to sell out cert sdi material and asked for "a cerla> amount of money not to do it.
 q sent word to him that he was hIacInai1er and to go to heii-or . 20 to this committee" Lockwood aoqe'
 Senator Reed said the papers ha been referred to in the Chicago test mony by F. II. Moore and adoeu' -t And they are here as evldeilce' ie sneak for themselves.
 Lockwood said he had referred 10 IT .lIaeed theft of his papers oniy q republication" for calling the cotIiiiI' n tees attention to the incident or lt Metal Products company ana tite O' note. o,,,
 Senator Reed again said he wou insist on going into that matter, Wha ever the Jurisdiction of the commit te
 Saws League Wholly Non Partisan eve are ready to go to the po.to of it. Chairman Kenyon SaId; iie .,, .llo ordered the subpoena for Halpot seH Poosk of the League to Enforce Feae n-esented ,bv Herbert C. Housto treasurer. showed total collections
 ss51. 900 in the five years since t les-.aae1Ie was organized. All of thls ht bseesen expended. Houston said exec a haIance of about $60.OOo. He add' +hat the league had stopped sohclth sI1de in May, 1920, and did nor pr nose to resume until after the pres dential election under its artcIes
 5rcorDoration forbiddinS political pro
 gar5a of a partisan character. Su 65,IIetins as have been issued since yatioaal conventions. he Sald' id been designed to furnish informant and not to influence voters ln th' choice. . 4,,r la, O rested committee members. W
 rorcd over the books and sought
 dc-.'(v thc large contributors Inc included F. 1T. Barurh. torfnor I,rG
 se--t rart Charles II. ScnWab' l-d Ford J r. >iorGan. neIlpeI3 "i
 NI-,-or,nf,.< family of ChcaSo' a' 
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