South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-23

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Hunter 81 the ad5usant generals
office stated he did not ask for the
uH.tia a- Do was here ou hls own
initiative and was without authority
80 ash, Tor state aid unless requested
- make such "a request by county
officials
sIay Refuse To- Close
Col Hunter declared that one OF
.he conferences Do called. am ef-
COR, ta proven. the outbreaks. ~ D..
I.asker. owner or tine strip mine
81 there The breaks occurred when
asked 10 be- would close the mine. re-
pled.
"Tu he damned il ] Will"
Mr Iaskcr WAS reported 20 De- in
Ferrn Thursday u.Eht but could
NOT he located for "a statement.
4 checkup Al midnight OF casual
ties showed the following dead.
In Herriu morgue-17-
In Marion mOrgue-1
In private homes here-3
Six other bodies seen hy the Assoc
clated Press representative are be-
leved o. be etlll ln the woods
tie congregational record showed thaS
u hen the peace resolution was pend
ing Mr. 1fiLcr sought 90 persuade
the foreign affair committee OF ths
house Co write into The peace resolu.
tI0n "a proyi-.oa whach would con
firm. raufy and make iHcontestable
af law or in equity an seizures.
sales and So forth ~ his predeccss-
sors in Office as well as ia sales there
AFTER 40 De made" An amendment
fo this effect was proposed by Mr.
Miller. Rep. woodruff said. which
Ire committee. ~of course very
promptly rejected"
Received SG97 900.
Examination or the report re-
Gently Submitted 10 congress by
custodian Miller would show. said
Lr Woodruff. that tive Of the most
conspicuous OF the patriots serving
with the custodiaa'z department re-
ceived but the insignificant sum II
f697 .o00 for their prodigious labors
There IS only one good reason
th8t occurs 20 me at his time why
Ne should not investigate the mat
tors" declared Mr.. Woodruff, citing
the individual lawyer fees, "and
that as that the facts are TOO shame
ful 90 be exposed 20 public view"
Some Of these lawyers Mr wood
ruff charged. repeatedly represent.
ed claimants before the custodian
Office al the very time they were EN-
ployed by the custodian"
Mr. Woodruff referred 10 the case
81 Upmann & Company. bankers 81
Havana. as typical OF those which
required special investigation. Gu
ban newspapers estimated that the
concern had spent upwards of one
million dollars 90 secure release O
its property. the Michigan members
said. noting that this came one year
after IL was seized and despite the
positiveneSs with which the for
mer alien property custodian made
out a case justifying seizure H'
quoted from a Mitchell Palmer's re
port a. custodian. characterizini
Upmann & Company as the hes
ally Germany had in cuba"
$500 coo Discrepancy.
Another case described I'm detaf
By Mr. Woodruff was that Of l.
American representative Of an inn
portant German concern, whose en
tire business was taken over durill
the war one Of the lawyers retain
"a by the custodian I'm this connec
ton appears TO have rcpresente.
T. Vogelstein a. Company NJ tn,
same time" Mr. Woodruff said. an,
subsequently, received $4,000 q
fees from the custodian The prop
erty was released finally the speak
ct said, on the ground that the hhru
was mot enemy owned. but mereI
owed the parent company I'm Ger
many q certain sum % money"
As ar interesting feature" Of thi
case. Mr. Woodruff cited the reCeip
bv the ghen-cust odian of S&.0I6.OOC
"as representing the allesed indebt
ed1ess 90 the parent company Il
Germany while "the report OF TN
present custodian states the amour
so received TO be S3Ie4.0SS dis
crepancy or more than 100000.
I'M reply 90 the criticism as 20 fee
paid to eounsel. Mr.. Miller declare
his Office had disbursed $4,000 f.
This manner since March g. 1872
"as compared with over 2.0Oo 90
paid under the previous admin,
tra-on lie denied that any law
yer was employed by the custodi3
~ DO ou one side represented On
custodian and ON ,he other repre-
scented alien interests"