Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-05 | Page 15 | Argentina Has Own Graft Probe

I I I I II ARGENTINA HAS AS I OWN GRAff PROBE i I BUENOS AIRES AmES Nov 5 Argentina i I has has been having a graft investigation as asa asa II a result of which it has bas bun ben found that I pesos have been unduly disbursed disbursed disbursed dis dis- dis- dis by former government officials who directed payments to contractors for I building the capitol here The present government has announced its intention of bringing suits to recover the money improperly perlY paid The building a magnificent structure of ot classic architecture marble facings and broad sweeps o of marble steps not unlike the capitol at Washington Is jestIngly jestingly jest jest- called in the newspapers El EI Palacio Palacio Pala- Pala cio do de Oro Spanish for tor The Palace of Gold It was begun in 1897 and was originally n to have cost pesos e bri It is not yet t entirely r finished and has s cost Recently a committee of the national accountancy department completed an In Investigation Investigation investigation In- In of the expenditure of the moneys mones paid for construction of the building and reported that 5 pesos had been unduly disbursed Buenos Aires newspapers told years ago of wagon loads of or building material that went in the front door of the structure I soon after came out the back door and andI then disappeared Charges were made I that marble was paid for but J concrete used for part of the construction and other accusations of graft were aired It Iwas I was then that the news newspapers apers began to toI call can it The Palace of or Gold I