Show YOURE YOU'RE A LIAR FORBES FORGES SHOUTS TO ACCUSING WITNESS IN VETERANS BUREAU INQUIRY Former Director Declares He Refused To Honor for De- De Delivery De Delivery General Sawyers Sawyer's Requisition Calling livery of 20 Barrels o of of Whisky To Hospital WASHINGTON W Nov No 14 PICC log Ing out details detail of his Ms of th tM charges charge against him 1101 former tor Charles It R Forbes of the tho ft crans eft ft bureau thrills In into eran crane put new s to the enate veterans Investigation tion today by flatly dally the testimony of or se eral pre lou a ses Ho He paused passed tho the He lie to Elias If of or Bho Philadelphia ho had ha told tHe investigating In commute that under lorbes confidential Information was vas fur fur- furnished fur furnished certain contractors contractor regard regard- regardIng regardIng record Ins Ing proposed hospital sites sates It Ir Mortimer Moi timer states tee that stId ld the former director he he states as a lie Then ho bo turned to n I ho 0 was seated coated at a la table ble with nith the tho counsel and exclaimed you aught ChaIrman Reed of the commit commit- committee committee tee Interposed You You are testifying to the corn com com told the chairman dad and It ItIs ItIs itIs Is not necessary for tor you ou to address otho othe i Persons person The witness also contradicted dl- dl directly di directly tho testimony or of o Di Ds Char Char- Charlee Char leu lee les r Sawyer 81 er friend and lh of or Pr President Harding Sawyer had testified that Forbes was dIsmissed by the president re Jar for Jarnot not obeying obe lne Ing an order t ostop sur plus cur plus property sales at Perry old Md but the tho former torm director de- de declared declared de declared today that Mr Sir Harding had given him authority to release loaded cars cors at Perryville Perry after artor the first atop stop order was as Issued l sued Jam James s S Smith Lasby-Smith Smith counsel coun eltor for read road Into the record a requisition on the veteran bureau for fOl supplies for the tho soldiers homo homot t to l Dayton made by General Sawyer It called for 20 barrels or of whiskey 20 barrels of alcohol sheets towels towel 60 50 blankets blanket yard yards or of orI I goose gaue and an lards arda of or The requisition Forbes said he refused to fill Why hY asked the committee I chairman Senator Reed Recd Republican Republican can anla onla I The quantities were ere I Forbes responded TakIng up th the purchase of the Excelsior Springs Mo hospital site from j n r L Liv Moise Noise promInent prom- prom prominent 1 in I Republican n poll poll- tic poll tics Ues Forbes said there had been beena beena II a definite by the treasury treasur department to purchase pu the property properly and establish a 0 hos- hos hospital hos hospital pital es In congress Ic cane to me and olId explained the sll- sll 1 he lie continued I In turn discussed It at the White House The witness as absolutely false the tho testimony of Mortimer that the tho Thompson Thompson- Thompson Black mack Black company of Chicago which timer Mortimer saId he ho represented wee as furnished with n confidential list listor or of proposed d sites for hospitals so oIt It could select the one on on which It preferred to build Questioned about his relations with Mr and Mrs rs l I Mortimer For For-bea bes bea said LId he met Mrs Mortimer first at nt the veterans veter ns bureau and soon SOOIl afterward ard was wa introduced to Mortimer He lie denied that Mrs Mr rs Mortimer was os at nt the tho bureau on sol aol sol soldier Idler dier welfare work worle saying Ming she the WOos was there thore to visit a 0 woman Asked about the tho testimony or of Mortimer that Forbes had I d stated that while he was as in an capacity In lall Hn he had fixed things so o nobody lost lot money mone For For- Forbes bc bes exclaimed Again Mortimer lies Try to restrain yourself warn worn warned warned ed Easby Smith I 1 am restraining myself m elt re- re returned returned re returned turned |