Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1911 — BRIBERY CHARGED IN CUBA [ARTICLE]

BRIBERY CHARGED IN CUBA

Alleged that American Financiers Attempted to Corrupt Gomez. Havana, Sept. 15.—The newspaper El Dia, which opposes the government, alleges that a Mr. Stanton, a representative of Farson, Leach & Co., of New York, has attempted to give a $2,000,000 bribe to President Gomez and others in authority to approve a $28,000,000 loan which the currency council approved and the mayor vetoed, the loan being passed over the head of the mayor. It is said that President Gomez appointed a committee to determine whether the matter was a proper subject for legislative action and hat it is apparently his determination to approve the loan.