Show ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 i. i MAN TOO ACTIVE L 1 J. J WASHINGTON U Juno 17 tive Humphrey of ot Washington Introducer to of- of f the tine ship subsidy bill Inthe In th the horse hous upon various forms of com- com J amonG among foreign ste steamship lines I f touching American ports porIa and anel referred to discriminatory rates Tates charged for tor tending sending American products abroad He charged that certain forel foreign n lines were represented represented In Washington b by a a. member of or the tart of tho the Associated Press In that i the following was Issued by bythe the thc Associated J Press t i It having ln acme to the tho knowledge of or tho the executive officers of or tho the Associated Press that an employee In Washington has been engaged under tinder salary by two 10 steamship lines to furnish them with certain certain tain classes IK of Information an Investigation In tion Ion tion has been made It has been disclosed dis dis- disclosed closed that while whilo such employment did not not at Qt an any time Involve any act upon the part of the employee which could In an any anyway anyway way affect the Integrity of or the service nor not even cen Interfere with his legitimate or proper work for tor tho the Associated Press nevertheless such employment Is so BO subject subject sub sub- to misconception as to seriously Impair imI Im pair air his usefulness and his r relation to the Associated Press has In consequence ceased by the acceptance of ot his tion This termination of his long long- useful and honorable ble service does doos not Justify any as- as assumption as as- that he has been consciously guilty of ot any misconduct nor that In the work he has haR performed for the steamship companies he has done anything which not connected with the tho Associated might have done with perfect propriety propriety pro pro- This Is what Mr Humphrey said on the Hie subject The Mired lured representative 1 of ff HeT Bailin and his Interests is here hereIn In Washington today on the staff f of of tho the Associated Press the thc greatest test ering agency In the tho world orld This gentleman gentle gentle- man name Is Jerome J. J Wilbur and hen when you ou remember how close the Gorman Gorman Gorman Gor- Gor man man merchant marine Is to the German navy Y It gt Is la at least suggestive that this representative of or this giant foreign steamship trust should also be the representative representative rep rep- rc a of the Associated As Press as assigned as- as signed to our state war and navy depart depart- ments When he was wan aft on the witness s stand the theother other day he ho refused to testify as to the amount of money that he ho was being paId for tOr his service The next day after that Mr Boas of New York American general general general gen gen- eral manager of or the tho Hambur Hamburg American Packet racket company was as upon the witness stand and ho ha- testified that Mr WI er s compensation was a year car What docs ho ha do what are the tho services that he h. renders this company Mr h Humphreys Humphrey's statements had refer reter- eneo ence nc to testimony given gl before the house housa committee which has been In Investigating the alleged existence of a lobby In opposition op op- p position to tho the ship subsidy pro project eat |