The Washington times., 1927-12-16

stenograp Iler employed In the
Mexican Chamber OF Deputies. In
1t, the stenographer swore he saw
the treaty.
i 1--WE have two other affidavits
bearing on Bolshevistic activities in
Mexico, but they don't bear directly
on the authenticity of the docu-
ments," said Page. 1.-THE affidavits
o fthe fromer member OF congress
and the stenographer bear on the
/ authenticity Of the documents,
showing treaty between Mexico
and Japan"
/ Accents All Correct
Page submitted evidence tending
to show the grammatical errors in
some Of the Mexican documents
were of common usage there. He
also explained that the so-called
misplaced punctuation In few OF
the documents were not wrong, be-
cause the accents" were marked
on the keys of Mexican typewriters.
| The accents used in these docu.
But these are some AGENTS left out
| that's hould have been used"
The committee then went into ex-
ecutive session.
Hinman Testifies
George Wheeler Human, jr., for
eign correspondent for the Hearst
| newspapers in Mexico City, was the
first witness today.
Human testified he had heard
rumors in Mexico city of the ex-
! istence of documents concerning
| payment to certain Americans
He had heard, he said, that the
records of the Mexican treasury
would show it. However, Hinman
said he never followed up tine ru.
mors and he never saw the docu.
| ments printed in the Hearst news
| papers until after he was trans.
| ferred from Mexico City to New
| York.
Official kilograms between Mexico
! City and the Mexican consulate in
New York were under subponea by
/ the senate today as the special
Reed committee continued its in
vestigation.
May Seize Bank Records
Bank records revealing the Mexi.
| can governments financial transac-
4 tions in this country may also come
under the scrutiny of the committee
in its efforts to get to the bottom"
of the sensational charges that the
Gales regime appropriated large
sums of money from the Mexican
treasury, ostensibly for distribution
| in the United States.
All Of the u. 8. Senators named
In the documents as the intended
recipients of sums running from
| $500 to $500 900 stood absolved to-
day from having received any money,
or even knowing that their names
were being used.
In rapid succession, Senator's
Borah R.) Of idaho. La Toilette R)
| of Wisconsin, Norris R) Of Ne
braska ana Heflin 3D. of Alabama.
| denied ever having been approached
| by the Mexican government, or any
| one connected with 1t, and the Senate
investigating committee expressed
| complete confidence in their inno-
cence and lack Of knowledge Of the
entire affair.
Executives Of the Hearst newspa.
pers, including William Randolph
| Hearst, joined with the investigating
committee in stating their disbelief
| that any Of the money alleged to
have been appropriated from the
Mexican treasury ever reached any
members of the Senate.
Used Names as 'BIinds
Mr.. Hearst said he reached the
same conclusion that President Cool
| idge was said to have expressed when
| the matter was brought to his atten-
| tion--that the Senators names
were used by INSCRIPTIONS Mexican
| officials as "a blind to cover up the
| distribution of the money among
| Mexican officials themselves. In
other words, the belief was expressed
| by several witnesses that the money
was "milked" from the Mexican
treasury and went to enrich Mexican
| officialdom.
A direct question Of veracity as
to the authenticity of the docu.
ments was raised between Arturo
| Elias, Mexican consul and fiscal
| agent in New York, and Miguel
| Avila, an American.born Mexican,
who secured the documents and
turned them over to the Hearst
| newspapers.
Avila swore that he saw part of
the documents taken from the secret
files of the Mexican government In
Mexico City and that he saw others
| taken from the office files OF Elias
| In New York. These two sets OF
documents, one obtained in Mexico
| City and the other in New York
were shown by Hearst executives to
dovetail with each othsr.
Declares Charges False
Elias swore that all the charges
| were false and that the documents
purporting to have come from his
office were forgeries. He expressed
the belief that the other documents
| from Mexico City also were false.
1t was in an effort to throw
! more light on this conflict that the
Senate committee decided to sub
poena the records of telegraph
companies and possibly later the
bank records relating to the bust
ness of the Mexican consulate in
| New York.
Until nearly midnight last night.
the investigating committee con-
tinued to delve into the intricacies
! Of the sensational case.
Elias was subjected to close ques-
tioning. While denying that he
had ever spent any Mexican funds
for propaganda" in the United
States, he did admit that the Mex.
Jean. consulate has retained two
lecturers" on its payroll In New
York at $500 month each. They
were identified as Roberto Haber-
man and Jose Kelly.
Document after document was
submitted to ELIAS by the commit.
tee, and in all cases he either de.
nounced them as forgeries or said
he was unable to say whether they
were authentic or not. On one oc-
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