Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-30
c. D. P. FUND NEAR
3-M|LL|ON GOAL,
PROBERS ARE TOLD
$4,000 Raised in Pitts
burg District, Mellon
Testifies

lected $2,S29, 9SS in campaign contrl
buttons up to October 20, or within
S171 $50 of the 100000 total fixed
by Chairman Butler, it wash shown
Tuesday in figures submitted to the
senate investigating committee.
Total receipts were disclosed when
the committee submitted its report
of contributions and disbursements
for the period of October 16 to 20
In this donations were placed at
$623,5S9, which added to receipts
previously reported brought the
amount to almost the total fixed by
the chairman.
Further details of how the Rcpub-
lican funds were collected were
heard by the committee today from
several witnesses. Chairman Borah
meantime left for Chicago, where
branch hearing is to begin tomorrow
or Thursday.
Contributions amounting to $780,
900 have been raised in Pennsylvania
for the republican campaign fund,
it was disclosed.
Disclosure of the amount contribut-
ed was made when William L. Mel
lon, who has charge of raising funds
in the "Pittsburg district" testified
that $4,000 had been raised in the
district and $350,000 in the remainder
of the state.
Asked by Frank P. Walsh how
much more money you intend to
raise" Mellon replied:
IT don't know I might raise $780,
900 more. 1 hope to raise all they
need"
Cyrus TT. Curtis, president of the
Curtis Publishing company, of Phila-
delphia, testified late today that he
had taken no part in raising funds
for the Republican campaign, but
that $50, 900 had been spent out of
the corporate funds of The Country
Gentleman and the Saturday Eve
ming Post in advertising political ac-
tivities during the campaign.
Asked by Frank p. Walsh if this
sum was spent for advertising con
demning Democrats, Mr.. Curtis re-
piled: Eyes, and some condemnins
Republicans"
He added that he had been using
newspapers to advertise articles to
appear in his magazines for forty
years.
AS soon as it was assembled the
committee listened to another dis
pute between counsel for the Repub-
lican national committee and for
Senator La Toilette as to which
should be fiji st given an opportunity
to present its evidence.
Full Hearing Promised
Weymouth Kirkland, counsel for
the Republican committee, asked
that Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor,
and others be summoned in connec-
ton with his charge that enormous
sums are being used on behalf of
the La Toilette Wheeler ticket. He
named William M Johnston. presi-
dent of the International Machinists
association Edward Heating, a for
mer member of congress. and Alex
ander Kahn, New York publisher
to be subpoenaed.
Frank p. Walsh insisted that the
committee go ahead with witnesses
called in connection with the La Fol
lette charges of a huge Republican
"slush fund" Walsh said he had
enough witnesses drawn from hos
tile source to prove every charge
Senator La Toilette has made"
Senator Caraway. Democrat, Ar
kansas, presiding, said there would
be division of time to hear both
sides.
]. Paul Warburg, vice president of
the International Acceptance Bank
Of New York, said he was a mem
Der of the bankers committee en-
gagged in raising Republican funds in
New York, but had raised only $2S.
w. T. Galliher. chairman of the
board of the federal American Ma
tional Bank of Washington, d. c.,
testified that he was a member of
Republican ways and means commit
tee which had raised $26,6S6. He
said funds were solicited by circular
letters, and the money was sent to
the eastern treasurer in New York.
How much did Mr.. Hodges Greas-
urer of the Republican national COM
mittee) ask you to raise in Wash
lngtop," asked Walsh.
Fifty thousand dollars" the wit
ness replied.
Galliher said in reply to question
by Mr. kirkland that he had not
knowingly solicited from federal en-
ployes."
Thomas w. White, member of the
administration of finance of the state
of Massachusetts and member of
a committee engaged in raising Re-
publican funds. then testified that he
had signed a circular letter sent out
by the committee, and that less than
$50 had been raised by that method.
Caraway Reads Letter
. Senator Caraway read a letter
which he said had been sent out by
the committee saying that there
would be mo limit to the size of the
contributions" received from individ-
uals and that very large contribu-
tions would be so divided as to come
within full observance of the law
White said under questioning that
the stct-. Jaw regulated the size of
the contributions, but that he had
not written the letter and did not
know what it meant.
The Republican national commit.
tee reported to the Investigate
committee today that during the
period October 16 To 20 it had
spent S491,926 ana received in con
tributions $62S $50
The Chicago office reported con-
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