Show ONE SIDE OR THE THEOTHER OTHER Witnesses Examined in the Electric Submarine Scandal HOBSONS S CHARGE HARGE DENIED NEWSPAPER MEN CONTRADICT CONGRESSMAN LILLEY Washington March 17 The state stat statement statement ment of Representative Richmond P Hobson Hoson of Alabama before the special committee of the house investigating yie he be charges made by Representative c Lilley of o Connecticut that he had been approached by a representative of the Electric Boat company who offered to use his Influence with the e speaker to have Mr Hobson placed on the naval affairs committee if he stood right for submarines was contradicted before that committee today by Lawrence Lawrene Spear the former naval officer who Mr Hobson said raid had spoken to Mr Spear said he had not made any promises to cure the Influence of Speaker S Cannon or arvone else and that h never had tried to influence them in act he said he did not know the speaker Two Correspondents on Stand The other two 10 witnesses witnesses irl of the day di were A A Erly and Frank B B Lord two of the newspaper men who Mr Lilley charged he had been warned against as iq in the pay of the Electric Boat company compan Erly denied that he had ever been In Inthe Inthe Inthe the employ of the company compan but said that last summer he had distributed some articles on submarine boats to newspaper newspaper men for or Mr McNeil for foi which w he had been paid raid 36 ex expenses expenses He Be said Jie he had never received any further money from anyone anone con connected connected on with the Electric Boat com corn company company pany He said he had no knowledge of a newspaper lobby here as charged by Mr Lilley He said that as a result of Mr charges he had lost his liis place with the press press association by b which he was employed Prepared Special Sp cial Articles Lord denied that he had ever been beon in the employ of or the Electric Boat company compan although he said he had pre prepared prepared prepared pared some feature stories about submarine boats for or Mr which had been furnished to newspaper corre correspondents correspondents correspondents and published but in none of the papers represented by him These articles he said were not writ len ien with the view of influencing legis legislation lation laUon but were prepared as us he understood under understood stood It to meet the requests ones paper men for stories on submarines s sHe He denied that hp h belonged to a news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper lobby for the purpose of Regarding an interview which ho he said he had had with Mr Lilley in which charges were made against Rep Representatives Representatives Representatives Sherman GriggS Grigge and oth others others ers ore and which Mr Lilley had repudiated repudiated repudiated Mr Lord said eald the Interview was absolutely correct Mr Lord stated that as the result of Mr charges that he was in inthe Inthe inthe the employ of the Electric Boat com corn company company pany he h had lost his position In an Continued on Page 2 I S SONE ONE SIDE OR THE THEOTHER THEOTHER THEOTHER OTHER IS LYING i Continued From Page 1 to a question propounded by Mr My Littleton Mr Lord said that a com corn complaint plaint Mr Lake had made to his paper papera abut about a ut something he had written con concerning concerning thc this also may ma have been instrumental husti mental in having him ills charged Air Mr Lord said he could not remember the thc exact amount he Had received from fromM Mft M IP for tor writing the special sto ate stories stories ries but he ho thought it was rO 50 and The committee adjourned I until Thursday |