Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-06-15 | Page 1 | Vare Champaign Used Only Cash Plan Adopted to Keep Mellon in Dark, Primary Probe Shows

VARE CAMPAIGN USED ONLY ONU CASH CAS Plan Adopted to Keep Mellon in Dark Primary Primary Fri mary Probe Shows By PAUL R. R MALLON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON June 15 The The Vare Yare organization handled in cash most of the half million dollars it spent in the Pennsylvania Republican I can primary to keep the Mellon in inter interests in- in ter from knowing how much it was sp spending Harry A. A Mackey state campaign manager told the senate investigating committee this afternoon William Villiam S. S Vare Yare Republican senatorial seri sen atonal nominee in Pennsylvania today admitted he signed a a. note for a friend to contribute to his campaign I This with the reluctance reluctance of of Thomas F. F W Watson Yare Tare campaign manager to reveal where he ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed he admitted was In his safe three months before the campaign opened featured the morning session of the sixth day of the senate primary inquiry A At t first Vare Yare told the committee he indorsed two notes one notes for Al Albert Albert Albert Al- Al bert M. M Greenfield of Philadelphia ia for tor and another for his law in George D. D Groves for OOOO Later Vare Yare switched his testimony testimony test test- mony to admit that the Groves note wa was hi his own and that Groves was only a messenger in the trans trans- action Tl Tills ls admission came after Chairman Re Reed ft 1 had d opt to the tn Groves jr was not listed In his books His testimony however brought th the total amO amOnt nt he spent personally personally person ally any or stood tood good for tor to Watson told several se stories as to where and why he put in his safe sate lon long before the camp campaign but finally said he knew neither where he got It nor why he put It Itin Itin Itin in the safe The committee will decide later whether to summon all Watsons Watson's books and papers