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Show HEFLIN ACCUSES FIVE LEGISLATORS BERNSTORFF SLUSH FUND SCANDAL SCAN-DAL TO HAVE AN AIRING AS RESULT. Alabama Representative Claims That Members of Senate and House Have Acted Suspiciously and Probe Will Follow. Washington. The Bernstorff $50,000 slush fund scandal took a new turn on September 27, when Representative Thomas Ileflin, of Alabama, created a sensation by naming five legislators and demanding information of what connection they had, if any, with pro-German pro-German activities. With his startling accusations he immediately removed all doubt that there will be a congressional investigation. investi-gation. Nothing can prevent it now, whether the administration wishes or not. Goaded to name the men he accuses, ac-cuses, he named these : Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Representative Fred A. Britten of Chicago, Representative William E. Mason of Chicago, Representative Patrick Pat-rick D. Norton of North Dakota and Representative John M. Baer of North Dakota. These names were brought out by Heflin when he appeared before the house rules committee which is considering con-sidering resolutions offered by Norton and Fordney of Michigan to probe the Bernstorff fund and its application to congress. When word came that he had mentioned men-tioned these five, sentiment demanding demand-ing an immediate and exhaustive inquiry in-quiry spread like wildfire through the membership of the house. Republicans Republi-cans and Democrats joined in demanding demand-ing that the house take up the matter and find out once and for all if Representative Rep-resentative Heflin had any ground for mentioning names in connection with his German propaganda cause. If the resolution is not reported soon any one of the several members Is likely to rise to a point of highest privilege priv-ilege and force either Heflin's proof or his expulsion from'the house. Of the men named, four were in Washington Thursday. Senator La Follette Fol-lette declined to answer questions concerning con-cerning the Heflin charges. Norton, Britten and Baer issued warm retorts. re-torts. Mason was in Chicago. In an impassioned speech Heflin demanded de-manded that the rules committee ask for a general investigation so that he might learn : 1. Where the money came from that produced literature supporting the anti-draft bill of Representative Mason. 2. Where the money came from that produced literature supporting the Britten resolution to exempt German-Americans German-Americans from military service abroad. 3. What congressmen are planning to line up with tlie Nonpartisan league that elected Baer and which is said to oppose the war. 4. Who was in the organization La Follette is championing that would leave the president without an army. x Why Norton . insists on turning over the proposed slush fund investigation investi-gation against lu'm, Heflin. Heflin has threatened to implicate others besides the five already named. He declared he would name more of the "suspicious thirteen or fourteen" before a committee and, failing that, 'before the house itself. Tlie threats, with feeling so high, make an investigation investi-gation certain. |