Show I T E EON ON CONTINENTAL BONDS RE Chicagoan Disposed d of Worth Committee corn Com S itt e Hears rs SORE AT DEFICIT Were Part of Hays' Hays Lot J J. J S A A. Patten Patte Declares I WASHINGTON March 8 AP API AP- AP I J James m s A. A. A P Patten Chicago grain crain cram corn commission merchant revealed to today today to- to to j day to the senate senat Teapot dome ome committee com com- that he ie disposed d of of f t the e Continental trading company bo bonds ds which were turned over to the Republican Republic I national committee in in 1923 by Harry l F. F Sinclair These Thes bonds were a t pait of ot the which W Will l H IL H. former chairman of the R Republican p 1 national f l committee de to th the late inte Fred ed W. W Upham m ties treasurer r rr r of the Republican na national onal committee d during and nd aCt after r the the 1920 pi presidential iden campaign Pate Patten said on r 5 1923 Up Upham in called on hin hia told d him that there was wa a a deficit large deficit coming corning coming com com- corn com ing over ove from the c campaign and r that hata A- A lot of Stat States bonds had been put Jut ut up as collateral to secure the loans of the national committee B BECAME E IN INDIGNANT DIG NANT Ii lie He wanted me to put up 2500 and sell the amount In bonds Patten Pat Patten Pat Pitt- ten sald said I was indignant and mad ad at the size of the deficit it h he said Im afraid arald I Used bad language lan Ian guage ua e S That That wi will 1 be overlooked here said eald Senator Senator Walsh Democrat M Montana I ICan S Can I repeat the language Patten Pat Pat- ten asked as the crowd laughed I saw the necessity for paying aIng off the deficit he ho continued I went to my secretary and had him send a a. check I was very mad I hate to give up money to pay pai for a ad d dead ad horse I wondered why Upham Upham Upham Up Up- ham gave U the e bonds to ma met instead of selling them in New York the best market In the world GAVE TO HOSPITAL Patten said he pondered over what to do with the bonds bonds' and fi finally Ii fl nally decided to give them to the Jefferson hospital to fo which he had promised a contribution of 2000 I had no idea of ot the origin of S the bonds at the time he l said bald After all of this came out I had hadan hadan hadan an idea where they came from Asked by Senator Walsh as to the Chicago people who were the heaviest contributors to the Republican lIc lican n campaign funds the grain dealer named William Wrigley y Jr D E E. E B. B Eckhart a a. grain miller Ar Arthur Arthur Ar- Ar thur Cutten and the Walsh suggested that Cyrus E. E was a Democrat but butS S Continued on page 4 4 I V MORE EV EVIDENCE NCE ON CONTINENTAL BONDS REVEALED 4 Continued from page 1 q Patten Pallen said sald he would contribute to the Republican war chest Did you ou ever contribute to the Democratic fund asked Chairman Nye I would In the local campaign was the reply I 1 had friends running for of office rIca rIca- and they would come around and tap me V OWNS NO STOCK Patten Patton said hel he did not own a ashare ashare ashare share of stock in any oil company in the thc world He lie presented to th tho committee a statement and canceled f Checks sI showing 1 t that at from from- ro J 1020 20 to 11 4 be lie contributed a total of 91 al- 91 to Republican campaigns local state and national Included in lathe the total were contributions of ot to the tho 1923 primary campaign of Frank O. O Lowden and 2000 to tho primary campaign of ot the late hate Major General ral Leonard Wood and to the Hoover campaign in the tho same year The Hoover donation was paid to F. F H. H Rawson V William V. V Hodges of Denver treasurer of tho the Republican national nation nation- al e the next witness said that when he lie took toole office In 1921 Upham turned over to him a check for representing tho tim balance balance bat bal bal bal- ance to tolse to-he account of the national committee This was wason on June 28 letter President Coolidge had been nominated nt at Cleveland The Tho witness testified that Upham did give him some sonic memoranda as to contributions prior to 1924 Among th tho Chicago contributions during 1921 1922 and 1923 read from this memoranda by Senator Walsh were from J. J Ogden Armour Samuel Insull Albert L L. L Lasker Edward dward F. F Carey B. B A. A Eckhart James A. A Patten George Getz George M. M Reynolds 1000 E. E M. M Rosenthal Julius Rosenwald 1000 Silas H H. Strawn 1000 I Fred red W. W Upham William ViI eVil liam ham Wrigley and W. W A A. Warner PATTEN RECALLED Hodges Hodges' Hodges Hodges' examination was Interrupted Interrupted interrupted Inter Inter- while Patten was recalled for questioning as to a contribution of 31 5 appearing on the Upham memorandum Fred came to me and said Jim there is a blanco bianco due of and andI I want your check for it Patten Fatten said I thought that cleared it all nn allup allup up so I gave him my check I see that that after that you gave observed Chairman Nye Nyc Well Veil that was for the succeeding succeeding succeed- succeed In ing campaign Patten Fatten replied You know they need money every year You asked ed about Democratic contributions Fatten Patten volunteered That last 2500 V on the list to toI I Frank S. S Peabody was for the Democratic party |