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Show DENIES TRYING ' I TO EVADE PROBE I OF 'SLUSH' FUND I Horace C. Stebbins, Eastern Treasurer Witness at Campaign Cam-paign Fund Inquiry TELLS OF COIN SENT BY WILLIAM L0EB List of Contributors Promised; Says Most of Money Goes to Publicity WASHINGTON, June 4. Horace 0 I bins, of New York, eastern treason-, tor the Wood national campaign M committee, explained to the senate campaign investigating committee to-day to-day why officers of the senate had been unable to locate him to serve a subpoena for his appearance at the inquiry. I .sutning could be more false than the implication that I have been evad-lihS evad-lihS an appearance here," he said. "I have been on a trip in the Canadian woods, which waa planned long ago, which look me more than sixty mile from a telepnone or telegraph line. I Tho idea that I have been trying to I Bids Is ridiculous, : 1 anilU Persecuted . U "ifyTamlly and business associate I have heen absolutely' persecuted by I 1 niied States marshals and subpoena I servers. They could not tell wheru I uas. I didn't know always myself." I itOr VomerenSi Democrat. Ohio, remarked there "were two sides to Asked to explain the eastern flnanc-i flnanc-i k i 1 h W ood campaign, lie said he V had reci 1 ed money which was sent 'Am ilwough William Loeb and his aSSO "I paid it out by authority of Colo- nel Procter and Mr. Loeb.'' ftiH Wants Mo Duplication. Mr Loeb S nt 1226.000 from New York to Chicago' Chairman Kenyon Interposed, dues that appear in your H aci 'Hints'."' j 1 don't want to get any duplica- ll tlon." the witness replied. "That $225.-000 $225.-000 was included In both my accounts and those ut Chicago.'' "I received between Pebruarv 20 mWMw and May IT 120-.OVO from Mr. Loeb." mm i" continued. rhen 1 teceived $75.- mwmt lo) from hicago." he said, "and fH iniuL ?40.u0 from the ways and VauM means committee in New York City." Inhere was a general discussion be- lH t--en the committee and the witness H 1 1 1 determine t be total 9 kv'ood n tional account sir, Stebbins said that he could not absolutely set- jH tie the point until tho books weio audited. inc total us given iv Mi. WM Spracue was fl.'lsU.OOO. 'bou t you know the contributors tO th lund Mi. Loeb raised.'' Chan- mW man Kenyon asksd, liisi 01 Cuntrlbtitors. "No. 1 don't," Mr. stebbins replied. Ho promised the committee a tra script of the full conn ibutors' list out-aids out-aids of this fund. were larger Hi 111 JJuU'i Asked 11 independent Wood fundi W were no' raised or state use in New 'B Mr. Stebbins said ther.- Wei'S some ;u..i expenOitureSi but mat thej were small. 1 ne witness said that in general evehty per cent of "the money spent mmmt Croin mj accounts went for publici- "The committee Is thoroughly sat-fatted sat-fatted that you had no Intention - of mWM avoiding examination,' Chairman K iyon told Mi. Stebbins, i hen I114 mWM examination was completed. |