Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-20 | Page 1 | Brewers Fund Used to Finance Periodical

i l S' S i f FUND rr USED s J R FINANCE t f IU I GAl CAL r L Loaned 1 E Editor I. I oane to Jo to to Buy Washington T Times r Camouflaged Says U. U S. S Alien 1 Property Custodian 1 1 T w w- Sept 19 The 19 The federal custodian of alien property prop prop- crt crt erty A. A Mitchell l Palmer lm made cle pub Pub- public lic toJa today the names of tho the fifteen bt brewers who with the United States Brewers Brewers' association r raised a fund fundo o from which was wasI I loaned n d to Arthur Brisbane to buy the theW W Washington Times Mr Palmer acted immediately after the thc Senate had passed a resolution in introduced introduced in- in traduced by Senator Jones of Wash Wash- agton ton n calling upon n lI custodian cus v di to show the tIle proofs roofs on ou which made his speech in In Harrisburg Pa last Sat Saturday urcla describing b the ef of- efforts forts o of brewers to control n a newspaper newspaper news- news paper per in pro German interest to feit their influence a upon P en Congress a a and d final finally I on which he charged that t the tic brewing in bre b interests had advanced the the money money for the purchase of a n nE' nE E ne newspaper to fight fig tho the battle of the liquor traffic traffie under the shadow of tb tb dome of the capitol r Bisbano In Jn published statements inthe n the Times rimes already has slated that ho hoh h Bought the paper with money loaned Liy by by C. C w. w a brewer and of at the ho he Federal Trust com coin company r pany ny of Newark N N. J. J Mr 11 Brisbane also OL o has published a letter from Fei- Fei defining an arrangement by whIch tb th loan was syndicated to fifteen l' l teen ceen ll brewers Mr Ir Palmer Pamer Includes in his dl disclosure closure this letter and also doe doc im to support lIpport his assertion that the 1 roan oan was Vas made In a way to conceal U Its Ili course ourse and purpose f i Cermon u Agent Letters letter Copied Included In Mr Palmers Palmer's papers are aro copIes Apples of letters written b by Alexander Konta onta evidently e a a. German Gorman a agent ent to C apt t. t Hans Ta faust her notoriously associated asso- asso with German propaganda anda In tho the united Stat States s and nd to Dr Ur Bernard Dernburg Dern- Dern l burg ur Germanys Germany s s chief propaganda anda agent upon the prospects of or buying omo some treat great American newspaper Mr Calmer connects connect the these e with his declara- declara tot Mon that th tho the Influence which the brewer brew brew- er tl attempted d to exert was wa thoroughly Interest of Germany Ir Palmer tonight declined to say Where hero his 0 obtained I nett lh the P. P docu docu- ments He Ifs added that th they y spoke for tor themselves es First nm anion among n the thc documents Js is a lett letter let let- t lr ter r from Feigenspan to Robert CraIn whose office Is Ie in the build building In which hOUses Mr Ir Brisbane's Times detailing l lne distribution of or the thc 0 loan n. It Il was as divided dl thin wa way George e Ehret C C. C F Feigenspan I n Julius Juliusc ebman 4 J J- JC C C. G G. G Hupfel tin c Jacob Ruppert Joseph E E. J onO nono Edward Landsberg Reuter l Co A A. A J J. Houghton William I Hamm G. G Pabst Fred Miller Brewing company compan 1000 this urn lam was allotted among five S nals at al 2000 each C. C Schmidt k Sons Rons F P. A Poth Sons Borgner Borg Borg- ner r In Engel 1 United States Slates Brewers Brewers' Br r P 8 association United Shies Brewers Brewers' s' s association a total otal of oC p R It ar orio Ol of t this ila suns sum letter sta stated stat stat- t- t ed w Was s advanced to tho Grow- Grow fag ng Circulation corporation Mr Ir Brisbane's Bris- Bris rIN- rIN banes bane's published statements place the om m he Jle borrowed through Mr 11 Felgen- Felgen n IP n at this thin amount Br lIr B- B r Palmers Palmer's documents quote the thc torp t ri directory director for 1017 In as dc- dc the thc Crowing GIo nr Clr Circulation cor- cor t r ns as bor being ff capitalized at 10 av ine nc officer it at No Xo 10 1 Nassau sau street dew dir tN York fork ork City and h having among Us Its t WilHam t A. A De Dc Ford John T. T t t dt and Thomas s win he II course ourse of Jf the thc loan as ns It Jt appears t vi- vi shown n r Y y documents originals of ot Ir r Palmer stales n r e In III his pos- pos Ulon iS d aho first six c. c checks drawn M v the Ir ral Trust TruIt company n h by C C. trustee payable to tho the thon rde t or of the trust cons company Compan any ns gregal- gregal rc nt- nt f f ng n 1 OOOO aid ind drawn between r t Tune Tunc I 17 fwd and T January n n Ual 23 23 1 There J Ji J Is h i a eh ch rk for far drawn b by rs III trustee to CraIn Then Io n o fl rc drifts b by the tho Federal Trust t Co Continued on rage 2 lr I 1 1 1 I I 1 1 I i BREWERS BREWERS' FUND USED TO FINANCE NEWSPAPER I Continued from pa page e 1 L company compan on the American Exchange o o e National Lark bark payable p to o bearer aggregating aggregating ag ag- They were Indorsed to be paid to the order of or A Thursby Growing Circulation corporation per L L. B. B I Krause Kranse rause vice president For I r deposit pl pay to Equitable l Trust company A. A Thursby Identified Thursby Mr Palmers Palmer's announcement announcement an nn- A says sars i Brisbane Brisbane Bris Bris- Is evidently c Alice bane ne Thursby whose whoso address according according accord accord- in ing to a record at tt the thc Equitable Trust Trust company Is care arc of Clr Arthur Brisbane 8 William street The documents then show a note for Cor dated datel June Tune 21 1 1917 i. i payable five tic yearn ro later to tl as trustee trustee trus trus- tee and executed by the Growing Circulation Circulation Cir Clr- corporation Is followed by a receipt to executed h by A. A Brisbane acknowledging to bo be used in the lie pur purchase of ot Mr 11 ii Munsey's ne newspaper In Washington ton b by me mc mo rile Tho remaining was to be paid later The documents then In include lude a statement statement state state- ment b by Fei Feigenspan dated Jul July SO 0 InS 1918 which says During the tho month of or Jun June I 1917 to the best of ot 01 nv y recollection the matter o of the Washington lon Times rImes became of or mutual Interest t to Arthur Brisbane bane and anda 1 a number of or brewers Mr Ir as 38 asI asI I I r have been heen In Informed L by him ham had an nn option to purchase the Washington ton Times from Frank Franl A A. A Munsey for Cor a sum which I T 1 recall as being beinS' The Tho terms torms of or this r sale as ns I J recall th them m. m were that thal was to bo Le paid down the balance t to to lie paid In Installments cf oa h every el sl six sis months Funds bonds GI en In order to bring about the purchase of or tho the Washington ton Times I at various allous times advanced Mr Brisbane funds through the Growing Growing- Circulation corporation corporation cor cor- a a. corporation which I believe Is either cither owned or controlled b by Mr 11 Brisbane Time The aforesaid funds were advanced ad on the dates and In the amounts as hereinafter specified andIn and andin In the following manner I first drew a a. check or checks on tho the account at tho the Federal Trust compan com conn- pan pany which stood In my 01 name a aa as 11 trustee such check or checks being payable to the thc order ord r of ot the Federal Trust company compan and the Federal Trust company compall then In turn would deliver to tomo mo a treasurers treasurer's check of or tho tiro Federal Trust company compan payable to bearer which treasurers treasurer's checks I In turn dc- dc delivered de dc- livered to Mr 11 Brisbane personally A letter from Brisbane no to defining defining- tho the terms of ot the loan Is next given I This previously has been published published pub pub- b by Mr Ir Brisbane It sets sels forth that a J. J number of ot brewers including read to loan Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane Bris Bris- were ready bane for tor tHo tile purchase and es establishment establishment establishment es- es of a newspaper and that at atthe atthe atthe the end of ot five j years cars so much was to tobe tobe tobe be repaid as Brisbane rJ determined as tho the business of or tho the paper warranted that th no Interest was to he be charged but that tho the loan was to bo ho returned If It the paper were s sold ld Mr Brisbane has stated that ho declined to accept the loan without Interest Note oe Only Security Ht His His- only security declares declares de do- clares dares in his statement to tho the alien property custodian Is the note of ot the Growing Growing- Circulation corpora corpora- tion lion 7 The alien property custodian lan makes no comment upon tho tiro documents but simply includes them In a letter to Senator King King- Kingor of or Utah tho the author of the resolution which canceled canceled the charter of ot tho the Gorman anse an anc c cand and then thon passes to tho two letters let let- tern b by Konta to support his charge In his ils Harrisburg speech that tho time organized organIzed organized organ organ- liquor traffic has been pro Ger man In Its sympathies and that these great interests actually have been willing to finance great newspapers forthe for forthe forthe the purpose of ot spreading German propaganda propaganda prop prop- alanda an and sentiments In this coun coun- try tn Konta's Kontas letter to includes some expressions of or doubtful complimentary complimentary complimentary nature as to lo Bernard Dern- Dern bergs berg's value a as a n German agent here Bernard but informs that at R request he has lias canvassed can tho the prospects t buying a newspaper Tho letter to ernborg written March 11 1 1915 1916 goes goes Into tho subject of or the purchase and publication of or a 0 dall daily newspaper paper in this country In to tho time In Interests Interests lm- lm of or Germany German and tho the German government o It proceeds to discuss s sv v various New hew York newspapers newspaper from the tho pont point of or their success S. S proceeding from that to m make ke deductions on tho the likelihood likelihood likelihood hood of ot their sale Prohibition d dext Next ext Konta took up the tho relation of the tho prohibition agitation to the question ques ques- question tion In hand and an wrote U Prohibition is seriously occupying nJ the minds of ot the thc brewers and n distillers distillers distillers dis dis- tillers of this count country It Is not a question of or temperance which the they ad advocate advocate ad- ad but of ot the actual prohibition by law lav of ot the sal sale al of ot beers beer wines nines and liquors A paper that would woul not be bc hostile to the personal liberty lIbert of oC the thc citizen to drink In moderation what wh he pleased could count upon the powerful support of ot the brewers and the distillers distillers distillers dis dis- tillers to command illimitable capital and ind what is more means of ot giving l the paper In Question a circulation large enough to attract advertisers Add Ad to lo this a discreet appeal to every German society In the time country for tor support sups sup port by its members and amI we could e easily count upon a national daily circulation of ot copies This to tobe tobe tobe be sure would be bc a circulation among among- Germans an and German Americans whereas what h Is wanted Is native American n ICa readers eT but If It this German circulation is built up dl as I Isu su suggest the men mCI In the time street will only be bt Impressed b by numbers A lar largo o circulation widely advertised would II Impress i the native Am American and lend lead him to take tae the paper An And meanwhile meanwhile mean mean- while a deficit would be changed Into a profit to tJ bo use used for Cor further gan ganda a. a Is IM Out Omit At t no time lime fl in n the Konta letters arc are Mr Ir Brisbane or tho the Times mentioned at all but hut Mr 11 Palmer it It was said In Included included In- In the time correspondence to prove his charge charse that the brewing browing Interests were wele furthering German propaganda and I that t tho the German alliance was really really- a aGerman German whisky alliance I Mr Palmers revelations rc of oC these documents shot hot a stir through Congress and official Washington which probably probably a ably Jl- Jl has not been approached since the thc declaration of or war Since his Ilar Ilat rl b rg speech Saturday a storm has hasIa Ia raged ed around round the ownership of ot Mi- Mi 11 Brisbane's Times It came to lo a climax yesterday rc with Brisbane's published announcement that ho he bou bought ht the papel paper paper pa pa- per pel with monc money borrowed from brewers brew brew- t ers Is CIS which was wan followed d today by b the alien property custodians c revelations re soon after niter the passage of or the Senates Senate's resolution Time The Senate Judiciary committee will meet Monday to consider the affair