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Show (IHR IS CALLED AS np He Stoutly Denies That His Sympathies Favored j Germany. By Associated Press. t j I WASHI(iT(iN, fer. 17 - Samuel j IT'nterniyer of New Yrk. whose name i h;is been men turned Xq Uie Invest u;a- j lion of Herman ptop:tg;indn. appeared i i tnd.iy before the ten;tle I ti vent iga 1 1 nc j i rnnimitte to aiiFWrr what he described an innuendoes itfid irnplirat inn which J 1 made It appear that previous to March, B J9I. hi nympnthlei wore pro-f ierman ( I Mr. rntermyer ntafd that he had j ' declined, after helnn solicited, tri art ' I : an rounsel ftr the Ccrmau t-mhasny. j ! and added. . i I I "Tlwre Did a chred of tmstfi for j th'Me ;it"ic ImplU-ations " I Kef-rrlnic tn hift letter In Ir. If. V j I Alhert fn l-Vhnj-iry. regardlnK the pure haw of a New York newHpaper.il ' Mr. t'ntermver atd he had diactiffaed it .lU a. Uhuiulm ifcliMiM, nanm it lud t mentioned. COMMON GOSSIP. I " The talk ahotit the evening nd S I morning paper hetng In tlif market trnd j Iteeorne commnn poasip fur a lonK j time." he naid, "and 9,4 ware am-J am-J kiua to a'crpilre It on proper termn. I 1 had dlactiKsed It in 1913, ImiK tefore I th K urn pea n war. with (he same ! ; friend. We ha been and. are still ' hi negotiation fr another paer on j j hi behalf." j j The committee wanted the name of , ; the friend with whorn Mr. I'ntermver j j diHCHKJted the purchase of a New York ; newwpaper, hut he asked to he ex- ; i t'uaej. The name, however was written writ-ten on a filip of paper and handed tn Chairman Overman. SUN IS PAPER. ' J After writing Albert In Pehruary, 191. rnnertiina the purchase, he received re-ceived a communication from him nay-Injf nay-Injf the proposal had been referred to Iterlln I 'ntermj er told the committee com-mittee today they had In mind the purchase of lh New York Run. "Didn't you know that AlUTt wad tn Kt the money from Merlin for the purchase of the newapaper ?" asked Senator Nelson. "I did not know where the money hh (n Come from, and 1 did not rare 9 In ISI." he replied. "I assumed that i have to connect with thern." STATEMENT DENIED. Mr. Untermyer denied that he had Hldtril lit Alll ll l'roocrt v uwlodian , I 'aimer lhat lie Would purchaae the I New York Kvenlng- Mail provided that Its being 'Ifrnian owned wan not dm-cloHed. dm-cloHed. He mi I d he represented the American bondholders of the Mall and I In endeavorinsT to protect their Inter-eata Inter-eata he asked I 'aimer not to give publicity pub-licity to the German Interests In the f paper. Much publicity would injure it 1 financially, he said, and he asked it for I the protection of the I Mere a of his client. ' Mr. I'ntermyer an id he had met Count von Bernatorff. but had never discuaaed with him the purchase of the newspaper, and that he did not know lr. Karl Knelt r, an aaalatant of lr. Albert. "Then. If Dr. Kuehr'a diarv aaya that he conferred with you about the purchase pur-chase of a newapaper. It ia incorrect?" aked Major Humea. "It la lie. There mav be a great . many other Ilea in hia diary iooL he replied. |