Evening star., 1926-06-19
PROBE POSTPONED
IN PENNSYLVANIA
FUNDS TO MONDAY

CONTINUED from First Pace)
hours of fipa ncial probing had ended.
however. .'that he was expected to be
ready for fresh encounter with the
Senator's questions about the po-
liiical activities Of his organ MIA ton.
These had proceeded. when they were
stopped Thursday night because Of
N'heeler's health. through the policies
and methods Of the league generally
in its activities in Pennsylvs MIA dur
ing the primary campaign.
Five Have Replied.
At that time. while engaged with
the subject of payment of expenses
and sometimes an honorarium" TO
members Of Congress for making pro
hihition speeches. Reed drew from
Wheeler eight names-four Senators
and four Representatives. in connec-
tion with this practice. Since then.
five of those M med have made replies
IF varying nature.
In addition 10 Senator Willis, Re
publican. Ohio. who asserted he had
never been on the leagues pay roll. =
and representative Lowrey, Demo
crat. Mississippi. who had mo apollo
Gy to make" Representatives IJpshaW,
Democrat. Georgia. and Barlllev. Dem
ocrat. Kentucky, the two credited by
Wheeler with making the greatest
number Of prohibition speeches. and
Representative Cooper. Republican,
Ohio. made public their views last
night.
BarkleN declared he had never re-
ceived pay from the .tnti.Sa loon
League for any speeches. although 10.
cal organiza tions arranging for them
sometimes had reimbursed him for his
expenses and occasionally had added
"a modest amount as an expression
of their apprecia tion.'
Ipshsw Challenges Reed.
t,pshaw confessed" to accepting a
modest 'honorarium and conniered
with a challenge to Reed to plea Sc
enlighten the public how uaDv thou
sands he has made irving famous
cases since he became a Sena ator y
BarkIey. likewise. said he had re-
,ceived modest hunorariums' rom
ttocal ~ ganiza tions and churches. :"
and described az being as far@fetched
as il is contemplate" Reeds "iusinua
tions that Senators and members OF
Congress have been influenced to sup
speaking fees.
Chairman Reeds efforts fo uncover
further financial facts about the cam.
naign. meanwhile. added about S175.-
00G to the committees total for the
Pepper-Fisher coalition OFganlza ton.
hut this left it still several hundred
thousand dollars below the tentative
total of returns filed by campaign
committees with the State authorities
at Harrisburg. Calculations and esti-
matt made there last night served to
change the deslgna tion OF The est
from a "s2. 900 900 primary" as 1t has
come 10 he known. to 81, ,008. 900
primary" H
While these expenses we're being in
CURED into late Yesterday the com
mittee ma de side excursion In q vain
effort 10 trace 10 it's origin spurious
letter published by the Pepper Fisher
committee in western Pepnsylvan
over the signature of President Viii
liam Green Of the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor. indorsing John s. Fish
er for governor.
Tests O'Connor's Denial.
Through three reporters OF the Phil
adephia Public Ledger. the commit
tee also sought TO impeach the testj
mony of Frank Y. O'Connor. defeated
ca ndidate for ;he congressional non2i-
na ton in Philadelphia. who denied
telling the newsps per men that the
Ware orga nization had offered him
first SIS 900 and then $3.50. 900 TO with
draw from the race. and throw his
support 10 Ware for the Senate.
Determined TO get a the fnll amount
of money spent in the primary, the
committee Yesterday called for esti-
mates for taking photostatic copies of
all returns from county as well as di.
visional committees. made to the Sec
retarv of State Of Pennsylvania. If
this estaimate is TOO high the com
mittee either will so to harrisburg.
or send representative to examine
the returns.
Outside OF Phila deiphia and Me
Sheny counties. little information has
been given To the committee as to
monies collected and spent by the
county orEa MIA tions and without
that information it will not be possible
10 cast np even an approximate total
for the State,