Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-06
.O'CONNOR "BR|BE'
TESTIMONY GIVEN
TO j. S. ATTORNEY
Committee Decides to Put
Campaign Case in Hands
Of Peyton Gordon.
R0ckEFELLERS HEAD
DRY LEAGUE DONORS
Names Of Wet Organization Con-
tributors Presented BY As
sociation's Head.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
The Senate campaign funds com
mittee today decided to turn over to
United States Attorney Peyton Gor-s
don the record Of the testimony In
the case Of r. X. o'Connor, q South
Philadelphia magistrate. for such ac-
tion as he might deem advisable.
O'Connor recently denied before the
committee the testimony Of Senator
Pepper and three Philadelpi1ia men
that he had told them the William s.
Ware organization had offered to pur-
chase his support in the recent
Pennsylvania senatorial primary.
The decision OF the COMMITTEES was
unanimous, Senator King. the acting
chairman. announced after an ex-
ecutive session.
United States Attorney Gordon was
not in town today. but his ONCE sug.
gested that the information on the
OiConnor case in all probability would
first be sent to the Department OF
Justice and then turned over to Mr..
Gordon, this being the routine course
In such matters.
Norm to be Called.
Senator King also said that the
sergeant-at-arms had been directed to
require the presence before the COM
mittee Of Representative NORM Of
Pittsburgh, who was western cam.
paign manager for Ware. NORM fail
ed to appear today after being sum.
moned.
IF necessary the sergeant.at.arms
will go TO Representative Morin's At
lantic City home and subpoena him
and bring him here said Senator
King.
The committee made public list
OF contributors TO the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment,
but publication OF q list of Anti. Saloon
League contributors obtained from
the records at league headquarters IN
Ohio was objected to by Wayne b.
Wheeler. and the COMMITTEES decided,
three to two, to make public only
those contributions which have been
In confidence as not gerInane to the
present inquiry.
Rockefellers Gave S20, 900.
d When a partial list OF contributions
70 the AntlSaloon League was made
public today by the committee It
was revealed that John d. HOcke-
kS1tSE anu Has S0Ils dUlh La JE.sN nave
contributed $4,000 since last January
1, 1926.
The committee refused, by d vote Of
three to two. to make public ,contribu-
tions prior to that date.
The Rockefeller contributions were
made on April IL, 1925. Joseph Foyer
1f Detroit was the next largest contrib
utor. with a total Of $1l,00O. The
North Woodward Avenue Methodist
Church Of Detroit gave $40.
600, ore-half Of which was supplied
by s. s. Kresge. the 10-cent store mag
nate.
The other contributions were:
III. M. Austin, no address, $4,000;
E. A. Peterson, ROCKFORD. Ill, $6..
500; a friend of III. II, Russell, no
address, $1,000: Harry q. Pounsfordi,
Cincinnati, $500; the Misses Colvin,
Lake Forest, Ill. $1,000; Thomas g.
Long (American Bond, no address,
$500; J. III. Baker. Frederick, Nd,
$500; Charles M. Cox, Dedhanl,
Mass, $500; Weymouth Congrega.
tional Church. Weymouth, Mass.
James S. Mckee, Muscatine, Iowa,
$1,000; g. O. Blood. Lynn, Mass,
81 900; Charles L. Huston, Coates
vile, Pa, $500; E.. @. Jameson, New
York. $500: Clarence II. Howard. st.
Louis, $500; Hugh Strange, Menosha,
Wis. $500; Paul Strange, Menosha,
Wis, $500. If
Wanted All Published.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
the chairman, and Senator La Fol-
lette, Republican. Wisconsin, were re-
corded as voting to make all the
names public, with Senator King and
raA....t.1i.-,- TEy.nak
Republican. Oregon, voting
Mrs. Barend van Gerbig Of New
Canaan, Conn, was listed as the
largest contributor to the headquar-
fers of Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment, with Mrs. Ma
rino de Brabant Of New York City
the second largest.
Mrs. Van Gerbig gave 5000 In nve.
allotments, while Mrs, De Brabrarf
gave $4,000.
The list covers the period from 1921
to 1926. william III. Stayton; national
chairman, said q list Of State con-
tributors would be furnished later.
Larz Anderson Contributed.
There were is contributors on the,
national list for q total 0f $I6,70O.
The names are:
Larz Anderson of washington,
former minister to Sweden, 1880;
r. Ambrose Clark, New York, $780,
Mrs. Marion De BraAraIlt. New York,
$4,000: Al. G. Gurnee, New York, $500;
Mrs. Edward s. Hardness, New York,
$500: Arthur Curtiss James, 81 900:
Henry Jansen and Ferdinand Thun,
Reading, Pa. $500: s. g. Miller. Louis
Vile. KY, $500; Harold 3. Pitcairn,
Bryn Athyn, Pa, $500; John "A. Roe.
bling. Bernardsviiie, N. ~, 81 600;
Siefried Rcebling, Trenton, N !. III, $780,
Hiram w. Sibley, Rochester, N. r.
$500; Mrs Barend Van Gerbig, New
Canaan, Conn, $500; William I.
waiter, New York, $500, and Fred
WehmilIer, st. Louis, $500.
Il When Mr.. NORM did not respond
to hts name this morning, Senator
King announced that he had tele-
graphed him yesterday to be here.
Find out where he is the acting
chairman told the secretary Of the!
COMMITTEES; we will have to issue b
warrant for him Il we cannot get him
here any other way. =
Says Pinchot Hired watchers.
Resuming It's inquiry, the commit
tee was told by g. Henry Walnut, q
Philadelphia lawyer. that 800 paid.
watchers were employed at the polls
III Philadelphia by the organization of
Gov. Pinchot IN the race for the SEN
ate.
Walnut. Who was Philadelphia man.
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