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Show IE GERMAN IL TRACEDjm VlERLtf Editor of Fatherland Made Big Profits by Reason of His Activity. NEW YORK, July 27. Evidec,, that George Sylvester Vioreck, wbos claim to Americanism is being investi. gated, obtained $100,000 for his o, uses from pro-Germans who belicvej they were contributing to improve the status of enemy aliens, has been obtained ob-tained through examination of wit. nesses and of his bank accounts, it waj announced today at the office of iler-ton iler-ton K. Lewis, state attorney general About half this sum was invested in German war bonds and muuicipal securities. se-curities. After America entered the war ami Viereek changed the name of hiiyiv lication, the Fatherland, to Vieret Weekly, his source of revenue, whiejV was the German government, was cut j off. To carry on his alleged German activities, it was charged by Albert Becker, deputy attorney general, he employed agents to collect funds under the representation that the money ku to be used to finance the agricultural and industrial labor relief bureau, which he said was organized to aid ru-employed ru-employed enemy aliens. These agent,, called as witnesses, told of their work in all parts of the country and of obtaining ob-taining sums ranging from $5 to $800. According to Mr. Becker, the evi-dence evi-dence indicated that Viereckvpaid himself him-self a salary of $700 monthly, and that the labor organization placed $400 to $500 worth of advertising in Viereek'! Weekly each week. In these two way; Mr. Becker declared; Viereek apparently appar-ently obtained personal possession o: virtually all the contributions. Transcripts Trans-cripts of his bank accounts are said to show he purchased, through Hu, Schmidt, German war bonds and Berk elevated and subway company bonds. It was Schmidt, now interned, who acted for the German government it placing millions of dollars in Americaj banks to the credit of former Ambassador Ambassa-dor von Bernstorff in connection with the Tiolo Pasha case. Incidentally, Mr. Becker declared, r. has been discovered that when The Fatherland was launched just after the European war began, Count von Ben; storff was the first contributor, plat ing $1000 in Viereek 's hands. Betweer that time and America's entry into tie war, the German government finance; the weekly to the extent of $100,00'!. Mr. Becker said the evidence showed. Viereek was examined regarding th; labor organization he. operated. Hetes tified that when America entered tie war he desired to aid this country. At first he thought of "entering a munitions muni-tions plant,"-but decided he could better bet-ter realize his ambition by helping to solve America's labor problem bvjj: ing on farms and in industries et aliens thrown out of employment. Viereek is said to have conceded , agents raised $60,000 "or a 11 more." H$ claimed he furnished ft ployment for a thousand persons,' or 90 per eent being Germans anihe others "Englishmen, Frenchmen ud Chinamen." Other witnesses said the number of aliens given work was not great. Agents testified the money the; turned over to Viereek after holding out their own commissions, generally amounting to 40 per cent, was never paid in checks. While the labor bureau exists toda;, Mr. Becker said, contributions have dwindled as agents have been too timid to continue soliciting. Dr. William Bayard Hale, in a statement state-ment issued from his summer home at Ashland, N. H., tonight denied that he had edited the speech attempting t justify the sinking of the Lusitania, delivered by Dr. Dernburg in Cleveland, as charged yesterday by Attorney Gen; eral Lewis. Dr. Hale "declared he had no "part or lot" in the speech. |