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Show DEMOCRATS ASK I GIRLSFOR FUNDS, I REPORTER SAYS I Committee to Resume Inquiry September 22 in Eastern ' F0UR WITNESSES FAIL TO ANSWER CALLS Women Employes of Interna) Revenue Office Solicited, Investigators Learn CHICAGO, Sept. 11. The senate committee Investigating campaign o$- N pendltures completed Its inquiry here shortly after noon loduy and recessed jto meet either In New York or Wash- :,iiigton September I 'l.i n no ' ' .a IMttshnrp hsvn hoen BBBBBBbI abandoned. Chairman Kenyon an- N nounced. N Four witnesses who failed to ap-pear ap-pear today will be heard in the east. They are William Wrlgley. Jr., Charles Pies, both of Chicago; W A. Wood-ford. Wood-ford. Cleveland, and George T. Carroll. Elizabeth. N. J. Mv (.IHl.s, FOR FUNDS. How girl employes of the internal revenue office at Aberdeen. S. D.. were solicited to contribute to a Demo-cratic Demo-cratic campaign tund was described today to the senate committee invest!-.- hug campaign expenses today by Miss Eunice Coyne, a reporter on the Aberdeen Dally News. She said thi' gil Is were asked for $40 each by E M Watorbury. of Centervllle, S D., who cume to Aberdeen and described htm-self htm-self as an agent of Clarence M . i (her of J. Walter Mee. revenue col-lector col-lector at Aberdeen. Miss Coyne said the girls were also told that Clarence Mee waif chairman of a slate wide or-ganisatlon or-ganisatlon engaged In collecting Dem-funds. Dem-funds. According to Miss Coyne, the first Information on the occurrence came through a letter received by Miss Ma- .on Armantrout. a st-ynographer. which said that "office holders" were being asked to assist the Democratic treasury. She Identified a published opy of this letter, but said the orlg-llnal orlg-llnal was n fused her by Miss Arman-, Arman-, i routs mother. The witness named I.Ida Young, MaTlon Kennedy, Slgrid Holland, Jessie Burchard. Grace Cur-tis, Cur-tis, Ruth Kelly, and Dorothy Smith as other civil service employes of the revenue office who had received let-tors. let-tors. It then developed that the en-velopes en-velopes had been addressed merely "city" ami that the missives had been delivered at the girls' homes. SEN l oils SHOCKED. "There wns one cent due on each," Miss Coyne. "Wh.it" exclaimed Senator Kenyon, "did they even ask the girls to pay postage on the letters?" and he and Heed and I'omerene agreed that the episode was "despicable and inexcusable." The testimony indicated that the let-I let-I rs named no definite assessment, but that the young women were each ask-ed ask-ed for $40 when they. called on Water-bury Water-bury in response to the letters. Sev- H era! signed checks for the amount, H but others gave post-dated checks on partial payment plan. The salaries I of the girls were fixed at about $120 a month each. VOU M KY OKU KINf.. I Miss Jessie Hurschard. one of those W ho gave $40. described the iransac-Itlon, iransac-Itlon, however, us a purely "voluntary" offering Miss Burschard said the letters icquosted the girls to call on Mr, Wat- rloirv at a room In an Aberdeen hotel and that about a dozen of them went there together Six of the dozen. She said, gave $40 each at that time. .Miss Hurschard. whose home is in ..Minneapolis, denied she had been ad-let ad-let d by counsel not to answer the ommlttee's summons as reported to Ser.atoi Kenyon -ti-rdav. Chief of jl'ollco Walker, of Minneapolis, sent a patrolman to advise her to come to I lit ago, she said. EDGE STATEMENT. A Statement Issued by Senator Edge I last night declared: "I am convinced that the commit-t commit-t e Is simply becoming the vehicle for all types of Insincere political charges 'and rumors for partisan effect." In his opinion, he continued, and In the 'light of the evidence, "Governor Cox has been given even more considcrn-ftlon considcrn-ftlon than his irresponsible charges trranl It makes no difference what witnesses testify under oath, if such testimony displeases (tovernor Cox. he at once proceeds to villi f y them and apparently no one tells the truth but himself. The situation Is unparalleled in American politics, t'nder such cir- J eumetances what can possibly be gain- J i d by following his BO-called leads fur-tinr'.' fur-tinr'.' Governor COS owes It to the American people to withdraw his ex-vacant ex-vacant statements or stand convict-ed convict-ed of descending to the most desplos-l desplos-l ie type of professional politics imag- Senator Reed said In reply: "I have no comment to make on our investigation at this lime. The duty oi committee Is to investigate and report to the senate what it find when the Investigation Is over anil to pursue any other course Is in my opin- N Ion |