Show Senate Committee Brands Hearst Documents Spurious Fraudulent Investigation Will Be Continued to Learn I Identity de 11 of Forgers Reed Ree Says Say WASHINGTON Jan 11 Ii AP AP- AP Pronouncing as spurious and fraudulent the documents documents' published published pub pub- In Jn Hearst newspapers rs purporting purporting pur pur- porting to show creation n of a 1 Mexican fund for four tour United States sen senators tors the time senate Investigating committee reported today that it would go ahead Jn n n an effort to 10 learn the identity of or the forgers Chairman n Reed said ld he suspected Miguel Avila who procured the material material ma ma- for the time Hearst papers of hav m manufactured the documents In a a. partial report of the them them- Investigation in investigation In- In delivered to the senate Senator Reed Republican Pennsylvania Penn- Penn sylvania chairman of ot the committee commit commIt- tee reiterated that It was the f unanimous opinion of or the committee commit commit- tee that no senator was approached directly or Indirectly In connection con wl with h such a a. plan Senators Borah Norris Heflin and andLa La Follette Toilette were the senators named the inference being behig t that at their Influence on be behalf behalf behalf be- be half of at Mexico was sought The committee said it had been Its satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- unable to determine to faction th the j identity of the manufacturers manufacturers manufacturers manu manu- of at these spurious documents documents documents docu docu- ments and suggested it would be advisable to continue the committee commit commit- tee for a a. while Senator Reed declared the Committee committee committee com Com- had several clues which It now was pursuing and there was a hope that the Identity of or the forgers forgers forg forg- ers era might be learned by intensive secret wor work He lie ga i insurance assurance Continued on pago page 8 8 S. t Senate Committee Brands Hearst Documents Documents' Spurious Fraudulent Continued from page 1 that this work would be pushed to the limitOne limit One man manell Well ell known know n to the com com- is under suspicion as ns the actual actual writer of or some of ot the docu docu ments but the committee Is certain that more than one person was sas in In- In voled There is not a scintilla of evidence evi dence the the- committee r reported ported that any United States senator 1 liag aa accepted accept d. d or oras Was as promised or was of offered directly or indirectly any eny mone money or other valuable by any any officer or representative of ur the lue he government of ot Mexico 1 The TIme pretended evidence that 1 1 was withdrawn from the Mexican treasury and sent to the Mexican cons consul l general genera in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City to be jJ paid ld to United States senators is not g genuine but butIs butis butis is spurious and fraudulent and Inso in insofar inso so so far as it Jt purports to be signed by the president 4 f Mexico or the secretary of or the ti treasury of ot Mexico it is forged REVIEWS EVIDENCE the evidence taken by the committee Senator Reed need re- re Jated that William Rand Randolph lph Hearst publisher of ot the newspapers printing the documents had testified tied fled he had Imd no evidence that any senators received money and and that he believed none none of ot them was s ap approached approached approached ap- ap In regard to alleged transaction He recalled the de denials denials de de- nials of ot each of ot the four tour senators n named l me The he documents lid had been 10 pro pronounced spurious an and nc the signatures signa signa- tures of or president Calles and other Mexican officials on on the documents declared forgeries by experts of the government and private ate ones ones nes employed by Mr Hearst at the ther re request quest of ot the theco co committee tI the Hie e report said USED EXPERTS Eminent scholars of the SpanIsh Spanish Span Span- ish isle language w ere re employed it was explained to study th tho many mistakes mistakes mis mis- takes of ot grammar spelling and punctuation to be found In the pa pa- pal pers Cognizance was vis' vis taken only of ot th the errors pronounced by the experts experts' as as unusual and unlikely to oc occur ur in the writings of pt several different different dif dlf- dif dif- ferent ferent stenographers in different offices and in different cities The committee believes believes' It to b be inci incredible edible for lor example the time report continued that so many different stenographers In seven se different offices in Mexico and New York should all abbreviate you as as' af ud comma an an error equivalent equivalent equivalent lent to the use tf Mr comma Instead Instead in instead In- In stead of or Mr period as as the abbreviation abbreviation ab ab- ab of ot the English word mister |