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Show HEARST PERFIDY IS MADE PUBLIC Entertained Bolo Paaha and Count Von Bernstorff and Was Involved in Propaganda. Pro-paganda. NEW YORK, Aug, '11 Merton E. Lewis, state attorney general, declared in a statement tonight that he could show by a series of affidavits that William Wil-liam Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, had received at his home, at the same time, on two or more occasions, oc-casions, Bolo Pasha, who was recently recent-ly executed by Franco for treason, and Count von Bernstorff, the former German Ger-man ambassador. Moreover, Mr. Lewis asserted that ho was "prepared to show, by many affidavits, that Count von Bernstorff was a frequent visitor at the Hearst home at about tho time of Bolo's visit to Now York In the spring of 1913, when Bolo obtained $1,683,000 from von Bernstorff with which to cRrry on tho same German peace propaganda in France that Hearst was then conducting con-ducting in America." Mr. Lewis claimed that It had been shown "by the testimony of Hearst's Paris correspondent, Bertelli, given on the trial of Bolo for treason, that Instead In-stead of Hearst meeting Bolo only once, he met him 'many times." These meetings, according to Mr. Lewis, occurred oc-curred whon "Hearst entertained Bolo at luncheon; Bolo entertained Hearst at tho Sherry dinner and Hearst entertained en-tertained Bolo at a theatre party and supper." Included in the statement were copies cop-ies of nine affidavits regarding visits to the Hearst apartment house alleged to havo been made by Bernstorff and Bolo. Somo of these affidavits were made by chauffeurs, who said they had driven Bernstorff, Bolo, or both, to the Hearst home at 137 Riverside drive, on one or more occasions, while others included those by tho doorman, superintendent and elevator boy at the apartment house. An affidavit by Harry Block, a former for-mer taxicab driver, now employed at the Brooklyn navy yard, said that "on one and possibly two occasions 1 remember re-member distinctly driving Count von Bernstorff to No. 137 Riverside drive in company with a stranger whose photographs aro shown annexed" and "waited. for them about forty minutes." (These exhibits wero said by Mr. Lew-1 is to be photographs of Bolo.) Carl J. Frederlcksen. another chauf feur, deposed that he could idontify photographs of Bernstorff and Bolo as those of two mon he had driven together to-gether to the Hearst home "during 1016." Thoy remained thcro two hours, according to the affidavit. Alexander P. Gazollo, now a privato in tho nationay army at Camp Dcv-ens, Dcv-ens, In his affidavit, said he was an elevator boy at 137 Riverside drlvo, asserted he took Bernstorff to the Hearst apartment five or six times and Bolo three or four times and "recalls "re-calls distinctly" taking Bole to the Hearst apartment once when Bernstorff Bern-storff was still there. Asserting that employes of the houso had nicknamed Bernstorff "Duke de LaBrew" and Bolo "Duke do LaCar." Gazollo's affidavit added that ho remembered seeing an invitation sent to Bolo for a costume party given giv-en in the Hearst apartment, but that he did not know whether he attended the party "for the guests arrived in fancy dress." Charles H. Jerome, superintendent of the apartment house, stated In his affidavit that he recognized "the man shown in the photographs as a gentleman gentle-man who called upon Mr. Hearst on at least two occasions to my knowledge, knowl-edge, and was known as 'the pasha.' " Mr. Becker said that Viereck told him sovoral papers were considered. Viereck claimed he did not know whether there was any connection between be-tween these conferences and the latter purchase of the Now York Evening Mall, by Dr. Edward A. Rumely. Mr. Hearst late tonight issued a statement in which he declared the Intimation In-timation "that Count von Bornstorff and Bolo Pasha met at my house is a characteristic falsification" by Mr. Lewis. Mr. Hearst said Bolo had brought excellent credentials that he "was courteous to him just as I have been courteous to Lord Northcliffe or to any visiting journalist of any Importance" Im-portance" and that he "did not know that Bolo Pasha would turn out later to be a spy " "I had met Von Bernstorff several times, and I had also met Jusserand and Spring-Rice, the French and British Brit-ish ambassador " said Mr. Hearst. "So did innumerable other good Americans Ameri-cans including the president of the United Slates. "I do not recall ever having met Von Bernstorff at my house, and I think that the only time he calkd there was at an afternoon tea when I was away. "But all of this occurred bofor the entrance of the United Sialcs into tho war and I had as perfect right to meet the German ambassador (hen or any other ambassador. "If Mj-. Lewis has the scintilla of pu'Wngnt or competent eviri-.nce ngainst me, refl?ct!.ng Olroctly or indirectly in-directly upon mo or upon my papers, let him r produce it and let hini act upon it in his official capacity. 1 charge definitely and directly thtvt Mr. Lowis is using the prestige which should, under any of cr occupancy, atlfeoh to his high oflice for. ths grati-ficat grati-ficat on of his pcr30jaal enmities and for the satisfaction' "of the financial intercuts and the liquor interests tbnt own him and operate him-" Former Governor Involved NEW YORK, Aug. 11 Oscar B. Col- space of flvo, hasn't got leisure to discover dis-cover that her husband isn't a romantic roman-tic hero, or that she is misunderstood. Neither has the woman who is holding hold-ing down a good job. She has got something more important to think of than whether aho thrills with the samo old thrill at the sound of a footstep. The government owes it to the women wom-en of this country to save them from themsolves, and to suro them of their laziness. Let every woman be called to tho colors. Make her show that she is performing tho high patriotic task of making a good Amorican home for an Amorican man, or raising good American Amer-ican citizens, or that she Is doing some useful work for her country, or else conscript her for government work. It would do moro to save the country coun-try than any other ono thing, not only now, but for the future quitt, former governor of Texas; Dr. Bernard Dernburg, German propagandist; propagan-dist; Bernard H. Bidder ,edItor Of the Now Yorker Staats Zeitung, and George Sylvester Viereck, formerly editor ed-itor of the Fatherland, conferred at one time on the purchase of a New York newspaper, according to information infor-mation which Deputy State Attorney General Becker announced tonight he had obtained from Viereck, during his investigation of the German propaganda propa-ganda movement in this country- |