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Show I ' William rC. Proctor of Cincin- 1 H nati Says He Advanced I 1 Half Million Dollars 1 HIS CONTRIBUTION WAS IH $10,000, HE DECLARES JM j Senator Reed Asserts Too Many Political Bosses Know Too Little About Funds WASHINGTON. May 26. William C. Proctor of Cincinnati has advanced Hfl ?500,000 to the campaign fund of Ma- H jor General Leonard Wood, he testl- H fled today at tho senate investigation Into pro-convention presidential caur- H paiprn financing. H Mr. Proctor said this advance was H "more than the total contributions" to H Geueral Wood's campaign. Ho added H that ho had contributed $10,000. Contributions to tne fund for Attor- jH ney-General Palmer's campaign for IH the Democratic nomination for presl- IH dent Avere -placed r6Qaysirr5uXBl'0"Tjr IH ; former Representative C. C. Carlin, of I Virginia, his campaign manager. jH i The largest contributor was James ll iMcClurg Guffey, of Pittsburgh, who IH gave ?10.000 and who was identified las an oil man and prominent in Demo- jH cratic politics in Pennsylvania. The IH next largest contributor was former Federal Judge J. Harry Covington, treasurer of the Palmer organization, who gave $2,000, Mr. Carlin said. Frank L. Crocker, of New York, was the second largest contributor, giving i $2,500, the witness said. I Mr. Carlin read from a list of con- . Iribulors and frequently was Inter-rupted Inter-rupted to identify the men. "This man Covington was formerly a federal judge and resigned to go with the alien property custodian when Mr. Palmer had that office, wasn't he?" 'asked Chairman Kenyon. ' JLm "I don't know exactly," ivas the re- i "And the size of the fee Mr. Cov-ington Cov-ington got at the time caused public comment," Chairman Kenyon con- "I've only heard a little about that," Mr, Carlin said. : Mr. Carlin gave the names of sev- ' eral other men in the east who gave IH 1 amounts ranging from ?500 to ?1500. Cnairman Kenyon asked for the ' identification of each man, but Mr. i Carlin said he knew nothing in detail i about any of them. I "Who does then?'' demanded the chairman. "Mr. Covington is treasurer," .tho witness replied. j Commltteo members sought to get details about the Pennsylvania party - fM 1 fight over the Palmer candidacy. Mr. Carlin said he had not participated. "Let mo tell you something, not in IH a personal way," said Senator Reed, Democrat. Missouri. "This committee has had too many managers who havo IH no information about things like this." "I would have known, but 1 was in- VM structed to keep my hands off Pennsyl- vania because the men there would jH handle the situation themselves," Mr. Carlin replied. When Mr. Carlin concluded, William C. Proctor, of Cincinnati, general jH chairman of Major-Gcneral Leonard Wood's campaign committee, was called to tho stand. Ho was delayed In arriving. Before that the commit- tee announced that former Federal ! Judge J. Harry ' ovington, treasurer I of the Palmer campaign fund, had I been summoned. oo mLw |