Imperial Valley press., 1928-02-11
SCANDAL
TOUCHES
c. 0. P.
Missing Bonds Said To
Have Been Used in Pay
ing Party Debts.
TO QUIZ LEADERS
Will Hays and Delaware
Senator to Be Summoned
Before Committee.
by United Press Lensed Wire

WASHINGTON, Feb. II. - The
senate Teapot Dome committee has
received information that some of
the missing bonds of the mysteri-
Gus Continental deal in 1921 were
used to pay debts of the Republican
National committee, Chairman Nyc
of the senate investigating com
mittce announced today.
Nye said Will Hays, former chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, Senator T. Coleman Du-
pont, Republican, Delaware, and Of
ficials of the Empire Trust Com
pany of New York, would be called
to tell what they know about this
information.
A committee investigator has as
certained, Nye said, that at least
$4,000 of the missing bonds of the
Continental Trading Company of
Canada were used by Dupont to pay
off two loans to the Republican Ma
tional committee by the Empire
Trust Company.
The serial numbers of the missing
Continental profits and those of
bonds allegedly used by Dupont cor
respond, Nye said.
This sensational information, sup
porting rumors which have been
current in Washington for three
years came after John d. Rockefel-
Ter, Jr., had testified for an hour
and promised the committee every
possible assistance in its work of
tracing the bonds.
Basil Manly, who has been an in
rcstigator for the LaFollette group
in Washington for a number of
years, met in private conference
With committee members.
He said he had been working with
n private investigator employed by
the committee and had traced the
serial numbers of the bonds.
When Hays was on the stand be-
fore the committee in 1923, he said
Harry Sinclair had given the Re-
publican National Committee $75,.
000 in cash as a campaign cOntribu-
tiOn.
''It is the committees opinion
that all of that $4,000 was in bonds
of the Continental Trading com
pany," Nyc declared. "The serial
numbers of only $4,000 however,
Shavc been checked thus far but
enough has been learned to lead to
belief that the $4,000 contribu-
ton of Sinclair was made through
Dupont in the bonds of the COnti-
nental.'
HAYS will not find it convenient
to appear before the latter part of
February and he probably will not
be called until then, it was said.
Believes Charges.
Manly told the committee that
he had learned from Leon w. Bald
win, president of the Empire Trust
company that Dupont was director
in the trust company. The Republican
committee owed the bank 100000
and paid $4,000 of the debt in
Liberty bonds through Dupont,
Manly said he had learned from
Baldwin.
Nye said this Interpretation of
the transaction corresponded with
the testimony of Baldwin before
the committee in 1923. Baldwin also
will be subpoenaed, Nye said.
He declared he believed Manly s
charges were authentic.
eve intend to go to the bottom
OF it" he said.
Manly's statement was not made
under oath. Senator Dupont has been
iii since the opening of Congress
carly in December and has not been
present at Senate sessions. Physic-
ians have reported that his physical
condition is precarious. He is at
his home in Wilmington Delaware.
Nye said that for that reason the
committee would consult Dupont S
wishes before summoning him and