New Britain herald., 1924-04-03

ship with a Japanese student. He de- clared Mingle never had dollar and did not put a dollar into" the Stand ard corporation.
 Lane declared that the Mitsui com- pany. in financing the Standard, had charged in sl,6i9.O00. which "repre- sented a loss in financing the old Soan Manufacturing company" The government paid this charge in the Standard settlements, he said. He added that Mltsui loaned the Standard between s5.0O0,O00 and s6,OO0, GOO which they got back with interest 'to say nothing of this sl,619.OOo."
 In 19i9,, the government. Lane said. "by a sort Of a lump sum settlement, paid the Standard Aircraft about s3,- zoo. .000."
 T investigated" he went on, and thought the proba bilities were that the company had been oyerpaid al ready. I notified them they could not receive any more, and they came down with their officers and lawyers and bcsieged the office"
 Audits and claim preparations went ahead.
 '"Thcy got about .s3.4OO,O0O paid to them on their final claim" the wit ness said. That was the total sum. l. was a bad case" The files were scattered. some in New York, some in St. Louis, some in the air service.
 '1 completed my investigation and filed my report in August. 1919. rec ommending that the government sue the Standard Aircraft for s2,200, 900 after offsctting their claim"
 The total which should be recoy- erahle by the government was about s20o, o,o00,0 ,0O0. Lane said, but the gov ernment had ''fooishly paid for" ccr- tain property which disappeared. He had heard, he said. that 12o carloads Of material was shipped out" of the plant, he did not know where to.
 Gaston B. Means was assigned by the department of justice to assist Lane in Investigating. the witness said. and "got hold Of papers" the Mitsui company and Mingle had in safes and vaults.
 We found Mingle's private ledger" Lane went on, ''and among other items we found was that s1.6l9,000. lost before the war by Mitsui and in financing q Plainficld. N. J., plant, was charged into assets of the Standard Aircraft corporation, and the government paid it."
 WnkcrsI,am Active
 cos1 ha hn ment had sent the Standard case to the department of justice for action it had been done since Monday" so far as his office knew. The Wick ersham firm, as counsel for Mitsui, made a tremendous" assault on the government report, making an ex- tcnsiye review necessary, he said, and the review showed that tho govern ment ought to recover about s. o00,oo0 and had paid to the com pany about si.000.00O additional which it ought not to have paid"
 Both rent and depreciation" had been collected from tho government on the same property, Lane said, when anyone with one eye" could zee that one item or the other was false.
 "Mr. Mingle was found dead in tho aity of New York some time last Sep .ember," the witness remarked, say ng there was secrecy about the 
 The Standard company. he said. got sa,.00,oo0 es amortization of plant" he said notwithstanding the fact that 1t got from sales more than the plant ever cost
 "our final figure was that they were overpaid on amortization and de- preciation about SIC, 500, ,O0O," he add ,s.
 Bosch Magncto Case
 Taking up the Bosch Magnetic case. Lane said the government had paid hat concern s45e,000 when mot five cents worth" Of goods had been de- ivered to the government on the con- racts involved. The contracts were made with alien property custodian.
 Whatever the government paid his company was oyerpaid," thes said.
 Lane said sale Of the Bosch com pany by the alien property custodian 'or A.i5o.o00 had been closed de- 'pite the fact that his examination of Inc company's books indicated a value of i2,000,O0o. He did not know whether A. Mitchell Palmer. or Fran ,is P. Garvan made the sale. as alien property custodian.
 Lane said his record indicated that he war department Bosch case went Q the department Of justice in Jan- nary, 1929. He added that he had no of grand jury proceedings, md never had been called as a wit iess.
 Asked if he ever recommended hat criminal prosecutions be institut- d in the Standard case. Lane said hat was not his duty, that he was merely adviser.
 I.ane said the Bosch sale Of securi- ics was made "through the firm Of Iornblover & Weeks. but before Mir Weeks became secretary of war. Ii yas brought out that the Bosch case lad been sent over 10 the depart nent Of justice from the war depart nent after Mir. Weeks came into of- lee.
 Nolanlt Te~lifics
 Captain Noiandt then took the tand and testified that the papers he ook from Lanes brief case were of icial data" of the department. I:e 4.l1