Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-12-15 | Page 1 | Hearst Explains How Documents Were Uncovered

i I I Hearst Explains How D Documents Were Uncovered Papers Were Submitted to Coolidge and U. U S. S Embassy Embassy Embassy Em Em- bassy Before Publication Publication tion He Says I WASHINGTON Dec 15 AP AP- AP William Randolph Heart today furnished furnished fur fur- a sen senate en te inv investigating committee com committe corn com fur I mitte with documents purporting to show that a slush fund was provided pro provided I vided by President Calles for four i United St States tes senators Taking the tho stand ISland as the first I witness in the the- committees committee's Inquiry into tho the charges Mr 11 Hearst said E. E B. B Coblentz one obe pf his New NewYork NewYork York editors decoded the documents documents docu docu- ments meats which were vero In code and andi which be Jie claimed claimed- d' d came arne from tram the Mexican 0 official I archives Mr Hearst said that some sonic of the documents came to him bim about May this year and land some as as' late as a a month before the publication S 'S NAME to to make malo Mown known the tho nal name nano e person J. h gave them to huh him he tv uld not be healthful for this man manIn in Mex Mex- ico Ho ic gave the name In secret to the committee on a slip sUp of paper Chairman Reed Rep Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanla questioned Mr 11 Hearst about Continued on page 9 Hearst Explains How Documents Were Uncovered Continued from page 1 1 the documents which have havo been appearing In Ia the Hearst newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers and which have been declared de- de de declared to be forgeries by Mexican officials They have havo dealt largely with alleged propaganda efforts by Mexico against the United States Explaining further how he be got ot the documents Hearst said This man I have havo named to you ou communicated information that those documents were available indicating In Indicating In- In unwarranted Interference He gave this word to Edward Clark manager of my mothers mother's estate Finally U he said that for the expenditure dituro of 1000 or 2000 he could get copies of ot the documents relating re re- re lating to the United States senate This man never said he ha had seen them Lat Later r I 1 auth authorized expenditure of about 1000 That was vas In April of this tills year This secret man and John Pa Page e a Hearst reporter produced about ten documents Hearst said They were original documents and seemed of Ot great Importance ho he declared They said they had made every effort cHort to determine their authenticity They said they had submitted the documents to ambassador Sheffield and to the counselor of the embassy and had had been unable unable unable un un- able to find anything wrong They said the persons who delivered delivered de de- livered them from the archives bu reau were going t tb tc leave eave Mexico and probably would bring other documents with them I told them I would like any further documents the o clerks might get tending to O those we already had Page Pago and the other man met these clerks at San Antonio and got more documents Hearst said the method to taken-to get the tho papers was unknown n to him Alter After getting the San Antonio documents Hearst said sald the situation situation situation sit sit- was increasingly serious I SHOWN TO COOLIDGE I I was pondering what to do I he be said I r asked Clark to take them to the summer White House He He did r I understand he was vas informed Informed in informed In- In formed there that although th the tho president believed tho the accusations serious that tho money never reached of those any named Are Arc you jou ou sure any senator accepted accepted accepted ac ac- the money Reed asked No Mr 11 Hearst Hearst replied I have no evidence nor do I 1 believe bellee they did get the mone money Ito llo said in all he be paid about or I for the docu docu- ments Replying to Senator Robinson Dem Arkansas Hearst said he thought he lie owned some large business business business busi busi- ness interests in Mexico mines and ranches Ho lIo did not recall the names or location of the mines Only one was good he said Mr Hearst electrified the committee committee com com- room by saying that the documents not only had llad been submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to the American embassy in Mexico City but ut had been called to the attention of President Coolid Coolidge Cool- Cool idge id go publication The president said laid Hearst thought the charges made were serious but refused to believe that the money ever had reached the senators named I