New Britain herald., 1928-02-13
TEAPOT COMMITTEE
 WORKS NEW CLUE
Investigators of Sen. Walsh Run-
 ming Down Confidential lip

Washington. Feb. 13 (UP)-The senate Teapot Dome committee set its investigators working today on [ confidential tip that . prominent oil man distrib1ted tl0.000 in lots ta stdte political organisations over the country several years ago.
 Subp0euas lasaod
 Senator Walsh of Montana order. ed that trial pursued as a follow-up to evidence that Harry Sinclair. in. dicted oil man. gave $76,000-part of it at least in Liberty bonds of the mysterious Continental Trading com pany of cansda-to pay off part ,oi the 1920 campaign deficit of tho re- publican national committee. | Subpoenas to- check on this evil dence have been issued by the com mlttee. and will be made public as soon .as they are served.
 Chairman Nye of the committee has received a communication from Win Hays, former chairman of the republican national committee. say ing he would appear any time the committee desired and adding he knew nothing of the existence oi the Continental company or of the deal which American oil men were supposed to have secreted in it an unexplained Liberty bond fund of $3,0SO, 900. 'i <. F
 Tracing Republican, Fund
 From that fund. the committee as- certained, Sinclair gave former Sec retary of Interior Fall $2s,o00 after Fall had leased him Teapot Dome, Other parts of the fund have been traced. but the committee has yet to ascertain where $1.9l0,400 of 1t went.
 Hays testified in the earlier inves- tigations that Sinclair gave the com- mittee a $75.000' contribution. Nye has announced the committee has evidence that the contribution came from the Continental profits. He be. lieyes Sinclair gave the bonds tQ Senator T. Coleman Dupont of Dela- ware. who cashed them and applied the cash on notes owed by the re- publican national committee at tho Empire Trust company. New York.
 Dupont is too i'll to testify. but Leon Baldwin. head Of the Empire Trust. Hays and other republican leaders are expected to be called when the committee resumes hear ings Wednesday or Thursday. Hays has indicated to Nye he would like to delay his appearance until tho latter part of the month. and this may be permitted.
 Adams' Statement
 John T. Adams, former republican national chairman. now en route to Italy on the Conte Biacamano, was asked by the United Press for . statement regarding the committee charges. His reply follows:
 know nothing of Continental bonds having been received by tho republican national committee. Treasurer Upham and his assistants raised the 1920 deficit after . stren- uous campaign Of four years. extend ing to every stAte.. and he gave the senate committee . complete list of the ten thousand and more contrib utors."
 With attention centered largely at the capitol as result of the latest Teapot Dome developments. the dis trict supreme court today also was handling two phases of the oil sttu- ation. An answer was expected from F ' r~''~rt w. Stewart. of the Stan dard OH of Indiana on his habeas },-. ,ls proceedings, arising from his arrest by the senate after he failed to answer committee questions A grand jury was also sitting on Stew arts case with possibility that il will return an indictment against him independent of the senate's pro. cedure,