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GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 30, 1920.
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1 -
f JUH STOCKHOLDERS
1' PLEASED WITH 1920 FAIR
'At Annual Meetm Last Niht
It Was Unanimously Decid
I! . ed to Continue the ; Fair If
! - Location Can Bo . Secured-
'- ; .Officers Chosen. ' -; :;. . .
U TTnanunotiBly deciding tht the , ig
jiii8tod County Fair must , be contiijuod.
If it in possible to secure grounds by
ileafle or purchase at a reasonable figure,
delighted with the showing made by the
1920 fair, both jn exhibits and .financial
ly, 'and electing officers for the ensuing
3rear, the annual meeting of the stock
Jiolders of the Gaston County Fair Asso
ciation was held' at the offices of the
Chamber of Commerce Monday-afternoon
,-with 2,545 shares of the 4,700 shares of
toek represented. John Trank Jackson
presided orer the meeting.
;; Following a preliminary meeting of
the .retiring board of directors, which
transacted routine business, the stock
holders met and received the reports of
the secretary treasurer . A vote of thanks
mas extended fny who were helpful in
making the 1920 fair the best yet held.
Col. T. L. Craig was re-elected pres
ident, W. T. Rankin, re-elected Tice
president, and John L. Beal, B. Grady
Bankin, A. G. Myers, John Frank
Jackson, V. E. Long, CM. Crowder,
were re-eleetjejd directors. New direct
ors named are B. II. Parker, Fred L.
emyre, 8.. N. Boyce, C. D. Gray and
J. H. Matthews,
The new board met immediately after
tiie adjournment of the stockholders
tttaeting- and re-elected Fred M. Allen
aecretary-treaaurer . A committe com
posed of , the president, vice-president
Wd aecretary was authorised to consider
the grounds proposition. Keconunenda
tioas f the secretary for improvement
f the premium list for 1821 were ap
prored. 7170 rAXE m:m
; ' SHOOT WIVES TO DEATH
i. tmmm
IUrciir Crimes Committed
by Charia. DarU, : Who Was
. Dnmk; and S. P. Shadrick,
- Ravin Maniac.
Greensboro News.
Q RALEIGH, Nov. 29. Charles Davis is
'lying in Wake county jail paralyxed
ilrunk and 8. P. Shadrick is gibbering
accounts of his domestic madness while
neighbors are searching for any reason
that led Davis, a farmer, and Shadrick,
a tenant in northern Wake, to shoot to
death their wives this morning.
; Davis fired five pistol shots at his wife
and three bullets went through her head.
She "was still living late this evening,
fihadrick blew half the head of his wife
n and it fell in a stove, he says. Others
declare it was wrapped in paper and
placed there. Davis has lain on the jail
floor without twitching a muscle for (16
hours. Shadrick declares he "shot his
wife when he found a man with her."
Shadrick is a discharged inmate of the
state hospital and, of course, there is
nothing against his dead wife. Ho has
gone crazy again. He is far above the
average of the tenantry in education and
talks aV times luminously. Mrs. Shad
rickjs people live in Mullins, 8. C, he
ays. He has a son 16 living at home
and a daughter three years old. The
infant is named Nell Cropsey, after the
Elizabeth City girl whose drowning sent
Jim Wilcox to prison for 30 years.
The two farmers killed their wives
aly. this morning. Nobody seems to
have, any light to throw on 'Davis, who
Wa monkey rum enough in him to make
cuiik every prisoner who breathes the
lalodorous fumes. The coroner went out
1$ miles to the homicide and held an
inquest over Mrs. Shadrick. The sheriff
says h was necessary to batter in the
4oor to eater the house. Shadrick, he
says, was sitting in the kitchen with the
6ildren and watching the body.
. ,Dftvis and his wife never had any
Vipcbfe f .which the neighbors knew.
jrriek 'was several months in the state
Jpttst. He waa not "right'; this
jreblng, he says. But he thought fee
ft well when be left the hospital Ha
Vroa ia Ids wifs until 1m found ber
nus. aaa'lis' tells his ronatieal story
tfrt destroy It with another feaEuci
s sarin. 'vfs , t t .
$xka sobering f Davis tomorrow may
gvrs sons Hgnt: bKAffair, which has
um& tas county; beyond measure.
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ALBIGH, V, 0,, , Nor. f 50.-Crs.
CUtfes K Dark, who -was Ihof through
fka head early yesterday morning by bar
fcsabaad, prominent and weaShy Wake
.tjubty farmer, died at 7 o'clock this
Grain g. Davis, who was placed la jail
yesterday in an tmeonscious condition as
ks result of drinking liquor, tha exam
Ssiisg physician said, was able to be up
tbis norning bat has made bo statement
regarding the shooting.' The eoroner will
na an inquest tooay. f
FORMER GERMAN EMPRESS '
' IN CSITICAL CONDITION.
'AMSTERDAM, Not. 29. - Former
rmprees Augusta Victoria, of Gsrmany,
To .has suffered two heart attaeks in
4 1 ' 'i f Zzjs, is in a critical eondi-
1 1, -cor"i:rg to the latest bulletin is
i ! rt r rm Castle. ' '- '
LOlOli IS HEAVILY.
?i GUARDED iGAiaSt ,
v SO FECI ATTACKS
All Public Building's and Hous
;.v es of Parliament Are Under
' ' Watchful Eye of Uniform-
ed Men. v.
(By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Nov. 30.f-Publie buildings
in London and in many of the other
larger cities of England were - closely
guarded against apprehended Sinn Fein
attacks by heavy detachments of police
and detectives last night. In this city
the patrol was not limited to the streets,
but , armed ', motor boats moved up and
down the Thames in front of parliament
buildings. With Downing street and its
immediate neighborhood shut off from
the rest of the city by a high fience,
which was constantly under the eyes of
uniformed men, and with the parliament
buildings sentinelled, government sec
tions of London today assumed tho at
mosphere of an armed camp.
There is nothing to connect the Sinn
Fein with tho explosion of a bomb in a
warehouse in Old Swau Lane, this city,
early this morning, but the people of the
city ascribed it to that organization.
Tho bomb which apparently was carried
into the warehouse in a traveling bag and
left there to explode by means of a time
fuse, was heard over a wide area .of the,
city and blew, out the windows of build
ings nearby. It started a fire, but police
and firemen succeeded hi extinguishing
the flames before tney gained headway.
The street where the warehouse is situat
ed has been closed by the police. It is
a narrow thoroughare near London
Bridge and contains no dwelling houses.
Several men suspected of setting fire
to warehouses in Liverpool on Saturday
night are, under arrest. It is claimed
by the police that American "gunmen'?
are in that city, and assertion is made
that men wanted in Ireland for shooting
policemen and soldiers have crossed the
Irish sea to Liverpool. The financial loss
occasioned by Saturday night's fires in
Liverpool is estimated at a million
pounds sterling.
The killing of 15 police recruits at
Macroom, Ireland, yesterday, has already
been followed by reprisals by the ' ' Black
and Tans," and it is reported her there
is an exodus of frightened people from
towns near whore the recruits were at
tacked. Masked men entered and set fire
to the building housing the Dublin fire
men 's journal last night. Considerable
damage was done the building. Scores
of new arrests have been made in vari
ous districts of Ireland, among the
places raided by military forces being a
lunatic asylum near Ennis.
Glasgow and the Clyde shipbuilding
district have been placed under close
guard and it is declared by the authori
ties that many 8inn Feiners arc known
to be in Scotland.
JUDGE PRITCHARD IN
HOSPITAL VERY SICK
His Friends Are Worried Over His Con
dition Confined to Bed for a Week.
(By The Associated Press.)
ASIIEVILLE, Nov. 29. Friends here
ore worried about the condition of Judge
J. V. I'ritchard, presiding officer of the
United States circuit court of appeals
for the fourth circuit, who was today re
moved to the Mission Hospital. Judge
Pritchard has been ill for some time but
had sufficiently recovered to be able to
get out until about a week ago when he
was again confined to his bed. His con
dition grew worse and he has now been
taken to tho hospital, where he will re
ceive treatment It was stated at ;the
hospital tonight that he is resting easier
but it was understood that .he is very
sick.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND MAT
WASH HARDS OF GREECE
(By The Associated Press.)
ATHENS, Ndir. 6 Franco and Great
Britain may permit the. return of,, former
King Constantine to bii throne, baUears
ars expressed, that , the two-nations will
wash ; their bands of the Greeks, either
by concluding an arrangement with the
Turks separately or using Genera Baron
Wran gel's army, 1 sow .reorganising oa
the island of Lemnos, for a 'spring cam
paign against the Turks; Should either
of these steps b taienbyFranee or
Great Britain there is apprehension they
may abandon Greece financially .
George Bhallis, premier, and Demetrios
Gounaris, minister Of war, are holding
frequent consultation, and it is believed
the attitude of Great Britain is being
elosely examined. Both are very reticent
regarding the situation, but M. Bhallis
states be hopes for the. return of Con
stantine. The Yenixelist newspaper Eleutheros
Tips today made an attack upon the cab
inet, declaring it had "done away witb
the legal regency," and asking: 'fWhy.
not tell the people the greatest danger is
to have th British say: 'Settle the dy
nastic question as you choose; ire are bo
longer interested in Greece," (
"--ner many friends - will regret to
learn that Mrs. Ned Hayes continues
critically ill at the City Hospital
THIS WEEK CRITICAL
l!i LEAGUE ASSEMBLY
Many Important Questions to
Be Disposed of on Floor of
Assembly.
'By The Associated Press.)
GENEVA, Nov. 29.-May delegates
to the meeting of. the assembly of the
league of nations regard the coming
week as the most critical period in the
history of the organization. Questions
which have been settled in committees by
a majority vote, after stubborn con
tests in some cases, must be decided in
the .assembly by a- unanimous vote. The
only exception is in the case of the elec
tion of new members and amendments.
If the assembly proves capable of a
groeing without a dissenting vote on the
difficult problems to be placed before it
during the next few days, it will in the
estimation of some of the leading mem
bers, have passed a most dangerous
point.
The council of the league was engag
ed during its entire session yesterday
with the question of mandates, and
could not proceed to the election of a
successor to Sir Reginald Tower as high
commissioner at Danzig. ,
It seems probable that definite solu
tion of the question relative to the eco
nomic blockade will not be reached at
this session of the assembly. A resolu
tion passed by the sub-committee on
blockades be appointed by the council,
and this body shall report to the assem
bly the measures it would put into ef
fect against an aggressor,
GOVERNORS WMWt
STATES MEET TODAY
Goy. Bickett Displaced on Pro-
5 ram For Response to Ad
res of Welcome.
(By The Associated Press.)
HARRISBUBG, PA., Nov. 30. Gov
ernors and governors-elect from many
states arrived here today for the. annual
governors' conference, which opens to
morrow. Fifty-four state executives
and governors-elect accepted invitations
to the meeting and all of them were ex
pected to attend one or more of the ses
sions, which will continue through Fri
day. Pennsylvania- state officials will act as
an official reception committee and Gov
ernor and Mrs. William C. Sproul will
keep open house tonight at the executive
mansion .
Several changes in the program have
been announced. Governor Thomas- E.
Campbell, of Arizona, will respond to
the addresses of welcome by Governor
Sproul and Lieutenant Governor Beidle
man, of this state, instead of Governor
Thomas V. Rickett. of North Carolina.
Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas,
speaks Wednesday on industrial justice
and on Thursday Governor Sproul will
speak on state income.
The housing situation in various states
is expected to be among the important
topics discussed at the conference.
AUTO BANDITS ROB MAN
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Chief Orr of the local police depart
ment deceived a phono message yester
day from the desk sergeant of the Char
lotte police department to the effect that
s man had been held up and robbed
some time in the forenoon near the Paw
Creek bridge, Mecklenburg county, by
auto bandits who made their escape.
Chief Orr and his men were asked to be
on the lookout for the auto, the license
tag of which was described as being in
verted. Efforts of the local police de
partment, however, to get a line on the
bandits proved fruitless as did also the
efforts of the Charlotte officers.
This morning 's Charlotte Observer
contains no reference to the reported
hold-up -but the Charlotte correspondent
of The Greensboro News says: . O.
Sing, of Paw Creek township, coming to
the city. Monday, was held up by three
white men who covered him with pistols
and robbed kirn of $100. The
fled."
XL E.
CHURCH EDUCATIONAL'
COMMISSION IN SBSSIOK
(By The Associated Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 30. Tho edu
cations! commission of the Methodist
Church, South, met here -today with mem
bers of the College of Bishops and lead
er of educational and mission work to
man out a plan of co-operation to pro
mote the campaign for religious educa
tion to be undertaken by tne enuren.
Representatives of the Sunday school,
Epworth League, the board of missions
and woman's missionary council ia addi
tion to members of the College of Bish
ops and educational secretaries represent
ing all of the church conferences attend
ed th meeting which will be in session
two days. . ... . . ,
s Mr . Alex Sherman has cone to Co
iambi! C ' on business . He will
probably retura tomorrow.
GASTON MILL MEN
NOT HOSTILE TO POWER
COMPANY'S RATE REQUEST
Textile Officials Meet With
Representatives of Southern
Poyrer Company Favor
Fair Return Upon Invest
ment For Company.
-At a conference here, Monday of the
cotton mill officials of Gaston county
held for the purpose of conferring with
representatives of the Southern Power
Company concerning the proposed in
creases in power rates, the sentiment of
the body was that it should not assume
a hostile attitude toward the company
with respect to its recent request for an
increase in rates. On the .other band the
textile men went on record unaimously
as, being in favor of an adequate and
just return for the Southern Power Co.
Tho meeting which was held in the
directors' room of tho First National
Bank was largely attended by the mill
men of the county. Practically all the
mills in the county were represented.
Messrs. Lee, Burkholder and Marshall,
of the Southern Power Company offices
in Charlotte were present by invitation
of the local officials.
WILL NEAR APPLICATIONS
FOR BAIL DEC. 7
Attorneys For Mrs. Elmer, Her
Son and Sister Claim That
State Has Not Produced Ev
idence of Guilt.
(By The Associated Press.)
MACON, GA., Nov. 30. Hearing on
applications for bail for Mrs. F. E.
Elmer, of Jacksonville, Fla., her son,
Ernest Hopson, and her sister, Mrs.
lone Henry, charged with the murder in
connection with the death here June 1
of Fred D. Shepard, former husband of
Mrs. Elmer, and wealty Houston county
peach grower, has been set for December
7 by Judge Matthews, of Bibb county su
perior court. Application for bail for
Mrs. Annie E. Cutts, wife of an attor
ney of Fitzgerald, arrested late yester
day on a warrant charging murder, had
not been filed early today.
Attorneys for Mrs. Elmer, her son and
sister, applied yesterday to Judge Mat
thews for bail, the petitions charging
that the state had not produced evidence
of guilt. An immediate hearing was
requested but this the justice refused.
The authorities early today had made
no statement as to the alleged connec
tions of Mrs. Cutts with the case. She
formerly resided in Abbeville, the home
I of Mrs. Elmer before she married Shep-
ani, and tnc two women were said to
have ben intimate friends. Shepard
and his uife were visiting at the home
of Mrs. Henry, in Perry, when he be
came violently ill three d ays before his
death, which the coroner's .jury said re
sulted from poison.
WOULD CONTROL SPEED OF
FIRE-FIGHTING APPARATUS
Special to The Daily Gazette.
RALEIGH, N6v. 30. Realizing that
excessive speed in responding to fire
alarms by motor fire appartus is both
tempting and dangerous, Insurance Com
missioner Young has proposed to Cap
tain J. II. Wood, of Asheville, president
of the North Carolina Firemen's Asso
ciation, that he take the matter up with
the chiefs of all fire departments for the
purpose of concrete action.. .
While assenting that fire departments
should not be held to the same traffic re
strictions as tho public. Commissioner
Young suggests to President Wood that
the chiefs should lay out the routes for
their apparatus to various parts of the
towns and cities, choosing the nearest
and least used way and see t&at exces
sive speed is. not used, . only -such, speed
as gives the driver complete control of
his machine..?. Otherwise, he-' says, chan
ces of accidents and failure to reach
the fire are greatly increased with the
result of injury to persons and property
on the street, apparatus, driver and fire
men, or of not getting to the fire at all.
He thinks it better to get to the fire a
minute or so later than to run the risk
of sot getting there at alL with a dam
aged machine and injured firemen as
penalty.
JAPAN WILL HOT ASK -
FOR RACIAL EQUALITY
(By The Associated Press.)
GENEVA, Nov.' 30. The Japanese
delegation will not make any 'proposal
for racial equality at this session of
the assembly of the league , of nations, it
was announced. by Viscount Zshii at this
morning 's session of the assembly .
''Japan will patiently bide her time,"
said Viscount TshiL "until an opportune
moment shall present itself. "
The Japanese delegation, be added, al
so bad decided to withdraw its protest a-
gainst annual meetings of the assembly,
although it requires fire months time for
a delegation from Japan to make the
long" journey and return.' He . reeonv
mended that meetings once ia two years
with special meetings in emergencies,
but said he would not jreea the point.
DANIELS FILES STATEMENT
IN CABLE CONTROVERSY
( My The Associated I'res.)
WASHINGTON, Nor. 30. It always
has been the jtolicy of tne American gov
ernment "to prevent the laying of any
cable on the shores of the 1'nited States
which connected with a foreign country
in which the cable company had a mo
nopoly of cable connections,' ' Secretary
Daniels says in a statement filed today
in the District of Columbia supreme
court.
The statement is a supplemental an
swer to the suit of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, which seeks to en
join the naval secretary from int erf er
ring with the laying of certain short
cables over Biscayne bay, near Miami,
Fla.
Mr. Daniels says that the proposed
cable from Miami to Barbadoes is to be
laid for the purpose of connecting with
the system of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, a British corporation
which has a monopoly for inter-port ca
bles in Brazil, to the exclusion of Ameri
can companies.
"For this reason," the secretary con
tinued, "the president last July directed
the secretary of state to secure the co
operation of the war, navy and justice
departments to prevent the landing of
the Mia mi-Bar Dadoes cable, and thest
instructions were communicated to the
navy department with a request for as
sistance. The line on the causeway over
Biscayne Bay from Miami to Miami
Beach, is a part of the cable system, the
cable station being in Miami city. This
line includes the short cable running un
der two drawbridges, covering navigable
water.
"The telegraph company denies that
the president has the right, in the ab
sence of statutory authority, to either
permit or forbid the landing of a cable
on our shores, which connect with foreign
territory, but the right has been exer
cised ever since the first cable was laid in
the '60s, and permits have always been
asked, as was done in this case. "
BISHOP HORNER VISITS ,
ST. UARK" CHURCH
On Sunday, Nov. 28, tho Bt. Rev.
Junius B. Horner, Bishop of Asheville,
visited St. Mark's church, preaching at
both morning and evening services, and
in the afternoon preached at St. An
drew 's-church, Bessemer City. Tho Bev.
J. W. C. Johnson, reetor of St. Mark's
church, presented seven persons for con
firmation at tho evening service.
In tho morning the bishop preached
from the text, Phil. 3:20, his subject be
ing "Christian Citizenship." His mes
sage was a strong appeal for Christian
fellowship, the secret of life being found
in the double fellowship, fellowship with
God and fellowship with man. He: spoke
of tho spirit of that notable gathering of
bishops of tho Anglican communion
from all over the world at the Lambeth
Conference in London during the past
summer, which he attended. The key
note of that great meeting was this one
word, "fellowship" that word fellow
ship which unites not only those of like
thought but all tho human brotherhood,
in the true spirit of sympathetic helpful
ness and love. This idea is prevalent
and potent throughout the world today.
ne made the personal appeal to every
Christian to help carry the message to
a world perplexed and suffering under
its burden of sin, because it has lost the
clue of this secret of God's purpose.
At the evening service :us text waa
Bom. 8:14, "For as many as are led by
the Spirit of God, these are the sons of
God." Ho spoke in mora detail of the
Lambeth Conference, and of the won
derful spirit that pervaded its 'delibera
tions, the spirit of God that -wiped out
all individual and personal differences in
a unified effort to help forward the uni
versal message of Jesus Christ in all the
world. But only through the united and
true fellowship of the church can the
church win the world to fellowship with
Christ,.' A yearning for a reunited
(Jonsteaoom baa tsaen bow oz sae nearrs
of meaand has been intensified by the
comradeship of suffering through four
terible' years of war. The church must
take into account ad forms of human
fellowship that unite men of different
rlsiwrs and traditions, and must direct
men ' vision to that true fellowship with
God and man. Through us God is work
ing out his purpose. It in simplicity we
give ourselves to Him, He will work with
us beyond our understanding, and we
shall have eontnouted to tne xeuowsnip
of man because we have been working in
fellowship with God."
.Monday Bishop Horner, accompanied
by the Bev. J. W. C Johnson, visited St.
John's church, High Shoals.
.Mrs. J. M. Holland has been quite 01
for the past tea days at her, home on
Lee street. Her hosts of friends will be
glad to know that ber condition sh6ws
improvement and that she is better today
than at any time since she became ill
Her brother, Dr. W. C. Boydea, of China
Grove, was here to see her yesterday. ,
R. W. BOILING TESTIFIES
BEFORE WALSH GOrJTTEE
President's Brother-in-Law De
nies That He Has Ever Ta
ken Money For Influencing:
Disposition Machinery Coo
tracts.
( By The Associated Press.)
. NKW VOKK, Nov. ."0. A denial that
he had ever taken money for influencing
tlie disposition of contracts or machknerj
by the I'nited States shipping board, as
charged by T. K. Sands, former Wash
ington banker, coupled with a request
that all of his business transactions with
bands be investigated ''both for my
own and my family's sake "-t was made
before the Walsli committee here today
by R. W. Boiling. President Wilsoals
brother-in-law, and now treasurer of the
shipping board.
Mr. Boiling told of business associa
tions with Sands dating back to 1916
and earlier years, out of which grew sev
eral financial transactions. He told the
committee that his personal records were
all available to its inspection- Sands
has testified that he received $40,000
from the Downey 8hiibuildinir CorDors-
tidh for "representing" it before the
board, out of which he paid money to Mr.
Boiling.
Mr. Boiling said tost af ter banking
with the institution which Bands' was
conected with for several years, he had
taken a contract in 1916 to build a house
for the banker, and in making a settle
ment for its cost with Mr. and Mrs. .
Bands had foregone any profits because
of objection by tne Sands to a charge for
extras.
"I volunteered to cancei my share of -this
charge, which figure ($600) -repre .
sented most of the profit I had exp)aet4
to make on the entire transaction Mr, .
Boiling said in his statement, " because '
of their unpleasant attitude. Mr. Sands
agreed to this settlemeht, and gars me '
his note for $600, which I endorsed and
discounted. 1
.'However, a short while afterward
Mr. Sands told me that he did not waaa
me to lose any of my commissions for
building the house, and that hs had ac
cepted this reduction only because his
wife was very much worired that the
house should have cost more than they
had originally planned,- and that he 'in
tended paying me the additional $600
above referred to. ,
"Karly in 19i8 Mr. Sands sent a Mr.
Craner to see me in regard to some maf
chinery, which was to be used in con
nection with construction of vesesls. Mr.
Craner told . me that the machinery ia
question was ' bending rolls,' and was to
have been shipped to his company from
the factory, but at the last minute soma
other company succeeded in baring the
order changed, and that this machinery
would be diverted to them, that a great '
njustice was being done to his, Mr. Cra
ner 's company. I knew- nothing about
the construction division, so in the pres- -
ence of Mr. Craner I called up Mr. Les
ter Sisler, who was then secretary of the
shipping board, and explained the matter
to hun. He said he would look into it.
and subsequently told me that he found
upon inquiry that the rolls bad been
promised to Mr. Craner 's company, ahd
would be shipped to them.
"A short time after this Mr. Sands
told me that ho had made, or would
make, $1,000 in connection with this
transaction though he now states he has
no recollection of the matte and .that
he was going to 'take care of me,' I
told him I would accept nothing. H4
then mentioned the $600. which he still
owed me in connection with the changes
made in bis house, saying that he' had
not forgotten it, and would pay it, I
gave no tought as to what Mr. Sands'
relationship was to the principal, but
looked upon him as the vice president of
s large bank, and a man who was iuatpy
indebted to me. I therefore told him
thst I would be glad to have him pay ma
what he owed me, but that it could ia
no way be connected with fees or. com
missions involving government work
and this he clearly understood. Upon my
request he paid me subsequently the
$600, as follows: February IS, WIS,
$300; June 26, 1918. $200, and August
9, 1918, $100. I have no knowledge of
where this mohey paid me by Mr. Sands
came from. '
"Mr. Sands also made me a loaa af
$300 oa May 21, 1918. for which I gave
him my note. This was repaid by as.
to him July 14, 1919, with interest, at
which time Mr. Sands said he was Unable
to find my note. However, I have ary .
cancelled check bearing his indorsement.
Tnis represents every cent Mr. Sands has
paid me sihee December 31, 1917.
"Of the $40,000 which Mr. Sands
was paid for procuring contracts 1 never '
heard of until it was mentioned ia anon
ymous letetrs, coupled with threats that
unless something was dons to atop the
proceedings of the department of justice
against Mr. Sands, that my name would
be brought into Uv: Upon the receipt f
these letters I personally reported Ca
matter to the departmea , of justice, re
questing that an investigation be na' -of
my. transactions with Mr. Fan'j.
. 'I feel that it is unnecessary for r
to say that I never, by word w
tried ia ahy. way' to assist the Tro '. '
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