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Show PROBERS GILL FOI CAMPAIGN REPORTCGT. U Both Parties Must Open Books to f ".e Public Before Election i LEAGUE TP ENFORCE HEACE INVESTIGATED Scores of LeUers From Files Cause Stir at St. Louis Hearing ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 19. Five days ' before the coming election on Thurs-1 day, October US, ocmnleta roccrds of j the collections iuid ilisbursements of I the ii publican and Democratic parties' Will be submitted to the public The renatc committee appointed toi Investigate 'campaign L:penditures mooting in r. yeaterdaj directed the I chairman of the national, senatorial: and congressional committee of the two parlies to file such reports at Chicago Chi-cago on that date. The reports are to cover all acjLivllfee since the party chairmen testified at the committee hPiirir.L' m Chicago several weeks ago. The commUtee asked for complex II: is ot id! siibscrlpllons in excess of' (100; detailed iigures on expenditures! aii'l also a list of all pledges, promises rr underwriting. Senator Re. d specif -k;;11 asked for ihe latter in an effort i" learn wucther any arrangement -had bci ,i made to meet the deficits Which ii baa been reported, both parlies par-lies will fac after the election The senatorial committee recessed after yesterday's session Rnd does not expect lo meet again until after No-irember No-irember 2, provided the parly chairmen agree lo file the information asked for In evenl the refuse or fail the senators sena-tors decided lo meet in Chicago prior to the election and subpoena? t lie chairman of the committees LEACUE PROEED. ST LOUIS; Oct. 19 Scores of confi dential letters from the files of the League to Enforce Peace, of which William H. Taft is president, were introduced in-troduced into the record of the senato committee Investigating campaign ex penditures here lale today. Names of a number oi prominent New York bankers were mentioned in the correspondence. corres-pondence. Dom. II Hunt, attorney fcr the committee, com-mittee, who investigated the activities of the league, reported that, "in my estimation." es-timation." officials Of the league have violated Ihe Logan act, which prohibits American citizens carrying on negotiations negotia-tions v.ith foreign governments or their agents regarding disputes or con-troveralea con-troveralea without ihe permission of-the of-the United States. The act carries a penally, upon conviction, of fines of not more than $5000 and imprisonment of tn,m six months to three years. HUNT INVESTIGATES. The senato committee sent Hunt lo j New Yelk i '.rial days ago to investigate investi-gate the activities of the League lo I Enforce Peace. Hunt conducted an iutjuiry for five days in ihe league's offices there; read' all the correspondence in its files and' examined employee and officers of the organization. His report, a voluminous document embracing copies of all letters which he thought had a bearing on the cam-! paigu expenditures investigation, was; presented today ( ( vi i(. ORDERED. Before adjourning telegrams were j dispatched to ths chairman of the Re-; publican uni Democratic national, senatorial sen-atorial and congressional committees! directing them to rile complete state-, minis of their receipts, expenditures and pledges at Chicago on Thursday, October 28. The reports will be made' public at that time. The report of Mr. Hunt's Investiga-J Hon of the League to Enforce Peace proved the sensation of the day. Dozens Doz-ens of oonfldentiol letters between Mr ! Taft. George W. Wlckersham. Theodore Theo-dore Marburg and others were given. in his summary Mr Hunt said that Herbert S Houston testified befor.- the committee that he had talked With Hi . Rourgoixe. the German chancellor; Lord Robert Cecil and David Lloyd George Ln regard to the United States! entering the league of nations, and Kd- ward A, Pllene Of Boston, who has be n abroad on a similar mission, is I now "in Germany on a mlssiou to get' Germany into the league." VIOLATION is LLLEGED. "The correspondence and data which follow hears out the charge which I am about to make." Mr. Hunt's report re-port say, that this organization has. through its officials, by correspond-; ern e and conference, taik.-.i with 'various 'va-rious officials of foreign governments (Continued on Page Two.) Probers Call for j Campaign Report t( ontlnned "Youi Peg m.- i ...out getting this and other countries' Into tlii league of nations pen e 'reatj j al) of which. In my estimation, is In I violation of th- lxj:in act." Mr. Hunt also reported that William I Short, st-crclao of thr league, took from the files certain 1. ttcrs between i Mr. Short and Georjy. W. Wlckcraham In which Mr Sh.iri proponed a earn-' i.ilr;n in the interest of Governor Cox,! wJ Mr Wlckersham "agrr'-d in part" i Mr Short refused to give, up the ll tten the report slates, on the ground that ;hey were personal letter from Mr "li krrshiim toj Ml S'tn.rt (tutr-rl l.ilv In 1 A .. v ! "Thank fOU, my dear Mr- Short, for .Arthur Swcft.ifr's memo. It Is very l'ii;lcul and sound. How much better wji- Oovrrrmr Coolldge'n speech of a -, ceptance than thut of Senator Harding's." Hard-ing's." ther correspondence shows that former President Tnft threatened to resign from tm iir.-vidency of the le-ipue If it took a partisan part In politics, and reiterated his b lief tint Senator Harding will be elected and that "the one hope of securing th" l irue with the ldg- reservations It through the Republican candidate." The Hunt report amid that the lesgU to enforce peace spT.t tJT.OO to fl-n.iiK. fl-n.iiK. i liter sent by Samuel (jumper ( f.fi.nOO local unions akin; the union members to bring pressure to bear on senators to have them vote for the igue of nations. lither Items of expenditure given .n Hunt's report Include bills for nuMi-cation nuMi-cation of udvertisement in forty-four cltle:i throughout the country ana twv hills, one of SC4.:.s3 2r. nn.l the othei 110,614.11 from the Western Newspaper Newspa-per Union. A utter from Theodore Marburg of Baltimore to Secretary Short, dated August 12. 1920, say thnht the "mbsi direct road to ratification (of tin treaty is the complete defeat of the political parl which has suffered the i-onsclencelcss senate bund to rub It neck." oo |