Show LOBBY LOOBY PROBE I TO PROCEED TOMORROW After Conference With the President Over Developments Chairman Overman Decides to Renew Activities at Once LOVETTS LOVETT'S CHARGES FIRST ON PROGRAM Steps Taken to Get Possession of Letters and Papers Bearing Bear Bear- ing 1119 Upon Alleged Operations of Col Mulhall as Lobbyist II Muckraking Taft Attack Attack Taft j I Sew cw lEaven Haven Conn June Tunc 30 1 Former President William II H. i Taft today declined to discuss the lobby charges made by Martin It except to lo send wor word through his secretary that he re- re re-i re the tho statement as as one of I those muckraking attacks that I I occupying public offices are I IJ subject to J f WASHINGTON T June unc 30 Iii O.-Iii- In- In vy of lobbyists and lobbies by the Senate will wilI ill reopen r Wednesday with a it number of prominent prominent prominent prom prom- Wall Tall street men as witnesses Overman of the special l d cl r a talk falk with ith f res Jd informal conferences with ith his committee committee com corn associates to renew activity at once instead of waiting until July JulyS S R as ns he had planned The claims daims of Martin M. M Mulhall of Baltimore that as lobb lobbyist for tho the thoN N National at A Association of Manufacturers J lie had for years maintained close relations with certain members of Congress on engross dud financed their campaigns cam cam- for election re-election has so 80 intensified fied fiod th the feeling in congressional cirdes circles cir dr- cir cir- cles dC's des that the lobby committee has determined to proceed at once and to interrogate ate all persons connected with nn any of the recent lobby disclosures disclosures disclosures dis dis- dis- dis closures as aa rapidly as they can be hearth heard The witnesses es for Cor 1 Wednesday In Include In- In dude clude Paul Cravath Cra and Lewis Cass Ledyard Led prominent New ew York attorneys ne s 's and David Lamar Inmar a Wall nil street financial man Tho The Investigation In will center about aboul the chor charges es made recently re ro- ro- ro b by Robert S. S Lovett of oC the Union enlon Pacific railroad that many New ew York Continued on Pago PaSO 2 Column 1 1 tUBBY INQUIRY TO BE RESUMED WITHOUT DElAY Committee Will Renew Activity Tomorrow Instead of July 8 as Planned Continued from Pa Page 1 1 ti r financiers and J had been 1 p- p preached d o over I the telephone b by Jobb lobby lobbyists and ond persons r representing th in- in selve to be members of or of Congress J. J ll this branch of ot the Inquiry Is im I disposed of tho the committee probably will not take taJ up ull the more recent disclosures dis db- closures ures of or Mr Ir which have hav I thus far appeared only onh In n newspaper reproductions of his personal state m meat nt and facsimiles facsimile of letters Jetters ho he claimed to have o received containing references to the time efforts effort to to control contro I and anti Influence members of ot Con Congress res Mulhall Is Js under to appear Jul July S S. S Steps already have haye been taken by bytho tho the Senate committee to get posses possession 8 sio sion Ion of or the letters and nd papers paper Ir Ir Mulhall pre preserved bearing upon his alleged operations as a lobbyist Sub- Sub penas were Issued toda today for James A A. Emery Emer whom Mulhall described l. in his his- article as the chief lobbyist Jobb for the National Association of of Manufacturers ers frs at Washington ton for J J. II IL Mc- Mc former f page of or the Jou House e. e who Mulhall claimed was wat In the employ of oC the manufacturers a association tion and for fot or a n number of ot persons whom nhom nar named narried aa as being active n the affairs of the association find and in with efforts to Influence e or control elections eJections to Con- Con rp Demand house e rollf Demands from members of ot the ouse for tor a separate Investigation n of or ofte ore ofle te le Mulhall charges b by a special com com- corn corn- of or that body were made mado toda today In tho Representative named Mulhall article as one whose hose hOBe support port was expected on certain legislation declared the House should proceed at at once with Its o own n investigation In Reso- Reso lotions are expected l at the session Wednesday calling for a special committee com com- e of Investigation The Senate committee has announced towe er that It will not hesitate to firo o o Into every phase of oC tho th Mulhall charges harge Including the he efforts to In Influence Influence In- In fluence elections eJections of t members of ot the House The S Senate natA committee mem- mem l ers believe the they have ha the n c necessary sar Into the these authority to go JO I and nd It If the they do ale 0 not not find find the they have th they y will n ft ask k for or additional power from the Senate Senat n Heed fled fd Trip rip to fe o N fT vr York Senator nc Reed d of Missouri a a. Demo- Demo member r. of the tie committee went I Ito to New Xe York Tork late this afternoon It was b believed II ed here that hat his 1118 hurried hurrle trip was In III connection with the tho securing of or witnesses SeA or te testimony bearing on the more more recent developments that thal have l follow cd the lobby probe Pre President Wilson Ilson talked briefly with Chairman Overman l during a visit to the capitol this afternoon and anal expressed ex ex- cx- cx pressed keen keon Interest In Iii the developments developments develop develop- ments that have ha toll followed owed his statement state state- ment ot or several weeks ago aKo In which lIe he made tho the first t official charge that lobb lobbyists were bus busy In Washington ton Earlier In the d day the President Informed In Informed In- In formed callers at the White House that hi he bell believed v d the lobb lobby Investigation tion had tully oily served sr its purpose In disclosing the opposition that existed to certain features of the thc tariff bill The Time char charges cH made b by by- Mulhall are arc backed ld up It Is said paid b by thousands of oC letters etters telegrams circulars e expense p ma statements tat eme n t S S and ii d re receipts p ts su supporting p rt I ma g his statements as ns to the active c part he took for 01 or ten years In tr trying to shape J legislation gl In Washington In In behalf of tho the National Association of Manu Mann These documents the thc Senate Senate Sen Sea ate committee to secure as official records Late today McMichael lc former chief page pago and now nO nOa a capitol elevator Operator operator oper Oper- ator was taken talen Into custody b by Deputy S r Sergeant at Arms Hal Halscy Halsey e anti ami carried before Chairman Overman He lie was r sad released on promise to appear when lien tho the committee meets Jul July S but bul nominally he hf will remain In the custody cus cus- tody of or the tho sergeant at arms John Kirby Jr o of Dayton 0 O. former former former for for- mer pre president ld nt of ot the National Association Association J tion of ot Manufacturers who vho Is now In InS S San n Francisco was sas asked h by tel telegraph raph tonight to appear before tho the committee committee commit commit- tee on July S. S or aa as soon thereafter as possible I he committee a also Iso telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- graphed David ld A 01 M. M Parr Parry of Indian Indian- polls a a a- former pre president of the asso elation asking him to testify I Wetson Says Lied IId Ind md Juno SO A 30 A wicked diabolical lie was the then n way former j Congressman James E 13 E. Watson atson characterized char char- the statement l b Martin M. M L Mulhall that Watson drank sIx sK cocktails cocktails cocktails cock cock- I tails In Mulhall's room In a a. hotel in Indianapolis during clueing the tho campaign oCI of oC I OS Mr Ir Watson reiterated t rl his statement of or Ja last t night that he ho had land been becia employed em cm- I on only 1 b by the time National Association tion of oC Manufacturers to further the lie movement for the tariff commission at atthe the tho extra session of or Congress In 1909 and that his connection with the as association as- as ceased with the tho adjournment I as-I of or the special s session In speaking of Mulhall's trip to In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In I diana during Watsons Watson's campaign for governor Mr Ir Watson atson said Mulhall I told him that he had had considerable experience In La organizing workmen for 1 political purposes and Watson aton said he J would be glad to have the thie benefit of or his experience along that line but It was not true hue that either cither Mulhall or orthe orthe orthe U the manufacturers as association f fi financed I- I him personally or the Watson Vatson tI 1 campaign in 1908 1901 |