Norwich bulletin., 1920-05-27
PROCTOR CONTRIBUTED $500 .eoo TO
 WOODS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

Washington, May 26.-Colohel William Cooper Proctor, Cincinnati manufacturer who has been described as '.the angeF' of Major General Leonard Woods Ohio campaign, testified today at the senate investigation of pre-convention political financing that he had advanced $500, 900 to Woods national organization. He es- timated that contribution from all oth- CT sources would not make as much"
 The committee of inquiry also went in=l to the expenditures of three other candi- dates during the day. Former Repre- sentative C. c. Carlin of Virginia, man. ager of Attorney General Palmers na- tional organization, testified that it's cash expenditures had been S59,610. James W. Gerard former ambassador to Germany. has spent $14,e40-all his own money-as presidential candidate. &C., cording to his manager. s. T. Jones of Des Moines, Iowa, while Representative Louis Crampton of Michigan. said. that about S13,000 had been spent in his state for Senator Johnson, this total not being included in the Johnson national cam paign account previously fixed at $6S,- I3S.
 Mir Carlin was >Hestioned more exten- sively about alleged under-payments of income tax by the Crucible Steel Com pany and MT. Dupuy, former chairman of the board of directors of that com pany, than he was concerning campaign
 expenditures lie told the committee
 that the largest contributor to Mir. Pal
 nner's campaign was Mir. J. Guffey. who
 gave Sl0.000 and who was identified as
 q prominent oil man.
 This name became confused with that of Colonel James McClurg Guffey, a former democratic national committee man from Pennsylvania, and NIT. Carlin said afterwards that Colonel Guffey was Ehe same man he had in mind Ie de- veloped subsequently,, however, that the contributor was Joseph F. Guffey oI l Pittsburgh, also an oil man and a former democra tic national committeeman from Pennsylvania.
 l Colonel Proctor testified that besides advancing s50e.o to General Woods 1 campaign fund he had made a contribu- | ton of S10.0o0. He objected to naming | other contributors saying that the mer
 charged with handling the campaign finances would give names and exac' 1 amounts. Urged by members of tho | committee however he said that Am prose MoneI had giv~n S20.9o0 and tha' 1 William Wrigl } = - flow like me- ana I; "Nr. Byllesby ,i New York banker" haC been large contributors.
 The witness said that his own advance 1 of money to the generals campaign hat 1 been "as idealistic as giving to the Rec I Cross during the war and adced Una ! he eintended to advance as much mor' as he felt would be proper"
 l Asked if he expected the $5,ee0 to b repaid Colonel Proctor smiling said h. 1 though expect was putting it ittI too strong. He said however, that h l was pretty sure of getting repaid som of the total by General Woods friends
 A suggestion that the amount alread had been underwritten by "a group o very rich mem was sharply denied. Giving general details of expenditures , Colonel Proctor said that sixty to seV enty per cent. was spent on pubtlclt !. and educational campaigns. and tha
 the national organization had gone mt , forty-seven states, spending probably a average of sS.000 for each state. Locs
 organizations in eight or ten state financed themselves. he said. but he asai : indicated he would leave to others fu explanations.
 f "Nfen don't like their names used ! this connection" the witnesses said whe I pressed for rames of contributors, an
 it is embarrassing to me when there al F other sources"