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First Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood, aide to his father, made it known that he had profited to the extent of $700,000 or $800,000 by speculations in Wall Street (TIME, Jan. 7). Last week Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas, made public letters accusing Leonard Wood, Jr., former Army Captain, the older son, of having "victimized" ex-service men and others by selling them oil and bank stocks which proved to be almost valueless...
...once Senator Caraway suggested that the proposed Frear investigation be broadened to include the activities of both the younger Woods. And everyone...
...Senator Caraway on the elder son : "I believe that this story, since it has become more or less a matter of public interest and might reflect upon the American Administration there, should be inquired into carefully. ... It appears very evident to me from letters received daily that Captain Wood used his name and that of his family to dispose of oil stock to private holders, and while such an inquiry has no direct bearing on the conduct of affairs in the Philippines it is eminently proper that Congress should make an investigation...
...following this disclosure, the two Senators from Arkansas, Caraway and Robinson (Democrats), rose to express themselves on the floor of the Senate...
...Caraway: "The President says he wants the road business in Arkansas investigated and I have no objection to its being done. I tried to get it done a long time ago, but if it is done I would like it made by honest men, and I know the Secretary of Agriculture does not want it done that way. I have every reason to believe that any crooked deal that ever was started in Arkansas had sympathetic cooperation here in Washington, and I said as much to the Secretary of Agriculture, because, when the investigation is made, if it ever...