The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-17
SEEK HEARST
BRIBE CLEW IN
CADLEGRAMS
Reed Committee Digs Deep
on Challenge From Mex
lean Consul.
SMITH CASE UP TODAY
Delay in Senator Elects
Hearing Expected Tax
Bill Considered.
SMITH CASE UP TODAY

J R@ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE
Senate's Reed committee did Con-
gress' main business today
The Reed (Pa.) committee was
called for 1890 a. m. to get reports
Of cablegrams passing between
Mexico City and the Mexican con-
sulate in New York City. From
these, it expected to develop whether
some documents, printed III the al
legged Hearst Mexican bribery ex-
pose, were genuine.
Consul General Elias, called as a
witness in the inquiry, had branded
as forgeries the documents, alleged
ly showing plot by President Gales
to pay $1,200,000 to four United
States Senators. To--support his
statement, he challenged the COM
mittee to get the telegrams-and
this was ordered done.
Consider Smith Request
Meantime, the Reed Missouri COM
mittee was called to consider the
request of Senator Elect Frank L..
Smith (Rep), Illinois, to postpone
until after Christmas any hearings
in his expulsion case 1t was con-
Sidered probable the committee
would grant the request.
In the Senate proper, a report on
the deficiency bill was expected and
also the tax reduction bill. as
passed by the House was expected
in, for reference to the Senate
finance. committee.
The House was in recess for the
weekend, with one or two COM
mittees, however, planning to. keep
busy.
A brief adjournment of the COM
rnittee probing the Mexican
expose" may be taken after the
hearing today, to enable detectives
or Government secret service men
to start work. Senator Reed hopes
their work will provide the COM
mittee with evidence impossible to
obtain from witnesses now known
to the committee.
New Yorker Is Called
The committee called from New
York for questioning man whose
name was not divulged. He wrote
q Senator that he had some inter-
.esting information concerning the
documents, and the committee de-
sired to question him privately to
ascertain if his information is OF
sufficient Importance to warrant
calling him as a witness.
The Mexican embassy last night
issued a statement for Albert j.
Pani, former minister of finance.
now in Paris, stating that docu-
ments published by the Hearst
papers bearing his signatures were
forgeries.
1.-The charge is as ridiculous as it
is malicious" PAM was quoted as
saying.
The $289, 100000 tax reduction bill
as passed by the House goes to the
Senate today on the second stage
Of its way to the statute. books.
First to Committee
1t Will f1rSt be referred 10 the
Senate Finance Committee, chair
man Smoot of the committee favors
delaying tbs consideration until aft
er the Christmas recess.
After the bill is altered to suit
the committee, it will go to the floor
of the Senate for debate. Regular
Republicans fear an effort by the
Independents to make radical
changes.
President Coolidge thinks the
House bill provides excessive reduc-
ton. 1t was said in behalf of the
president that the treasury estimate
of $225, 100000 reduction was as fal
as Congress should go and that he
was confident the Senate would cut
the bill to that figure.