Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-03-19
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Prohibition Commissioner Haynes;
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Blair; Elmer Dover, former assistant
secretary OF the treasury; assistant
Attorneys General John w. H. Grim
and Henry w. Anderson: H. H. Vo-
taw, prison commissioner and bro
Their in law of the iate President
Harding, and James A. Finch, pardon
attorney in the justice department.
Tonight committee members were
considering how they might be able
to bring Warrington before them. He
is understood to be in Paris. con-
nected in some capacity with Charles
CT Dawes, and it is possible that the
state department may be asked to
help in sunmoning him to Washing
ton.
In addition Secretary Hughes and
Postmaster General New, who have
issued statements about their pres
ence at the home here of Edward Is.
Mclean when the prize fight pictures
were shown there, may be asked to
come before the committee to eX-
plain conflicting stories as to just who
made up the company entertained
that night bv the publisher.
Mr. Daugherty's attack on his &C
cusers tonight took the form of
long statement. in which he review
ed the activities of his department
and declared that nothing had been
produced so far before the commit
tee bearing on the departments ef-
ficiency.
The testimony as revealed in the
hearings" he said, has consisted
of rumorS, gossip and unreliable
hearsay evidence emanatlng from
tainted sources"
The statement made no reference
to any of the specific points touch
ed on in the testimony or to Man.
nington, whose injection into the
story told today by Orr whetted the
curiosity of committee members and
opened up new leader which some
senators believe may prove very
fruitful.
A friend of Mr.. Daugherty. of
long standing, Warrington served III
the campaign headquarters at Mar
ion during the 1920 campaign and
after the Inauguration in the follow
ing March came to Washington. Orr
said he had been introduced to him
by Daugherty and had learned that
his headquarters appeared to be IN
the little greenhouse on X street.
The witness went on to say that he
n0u arranged Will PEI ldpo IL hoiL
dozen drug companies in New York
and Brooklyn to avail themselves OF
Mannington'S services to avoid ftl-
CATION" in regard to LIQUOR matters.
Orr said he could not recall the
exact amount of money he turned
over to Warrington in these tram
sactions. but after repeated question
ing he fixed the total at at least 3d.
600. He insisted under the pressure
/ of further queries that he had kept
none of it for himself.
Many times while he was on the
stand his answers were drawn out
reluctantly He measured his re-
plies very carefully and answered
hestantly. He repeatedly objected
to the form of questions asked him
and had several heated arguments
with the committee members.
The subject of lottery prosecu-
tions made its first appearance in the
inquiry through the testimony of
Maco Stewart of Galveston, a Texas
lawyer. He declared the justice de-
partmcnt had failed to prosecute
/ contract loan" companies which he
| contended were operating a nation
wide swindle. Although advised of
the operations of these concerns, he
said. department representatives had
acted only under the mail fraud
statutes. He named William Sacks
of St Louis as head of the lottery
ring"