Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-17
1t Is Said 1t Was Caused by
His Misuse of Official
Position
ADVERTISED A CERTAIN WINE
Special Brand Urged to Be Used at the
Launching of the Meteor-charses
Were Filed Against Won Holieben
Last Summer, But Were Not Made
Public at the Time.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE World says.
That from the evidence brought in the
Grited States circuit court lit appears
that Emperor Williams sudden and
mysterious recall of Baron Won Hole
pen, Germany ambassador at Wash
ington, closely followed charges THAI
he had used his official position to ad
yertise a certain wine. This wine had
been urged in vain by the embassy
for use in the christening of the en-
perors yacht Meteor by Miss Alice
Roosevelt.
Herbert Limburger, member of the
law firm of Hoadley. Lauterbach d
johnson, who figured in the litigation
in the circuit court at Milwaukee,. re-
turned to New York yesterday, says
the World, and told for the first time
that these charges against Ambassador
Won Holleben We're presented in person
by Edward Lauterbach to Secretary
Hay; that President Roosevelt had or
dered an investigation of the charges,
inasmuch as he himself had taken &
conspicuous part in the launching OF
the emperor's yacht, and his daughter
had broken the bottle of wine at the
christening. Mr.. Limberger says that
Count Won Quadt, secretary of the Ger
man embassy. admitted on cross exam
nation that Ambassador Holleben has!
received letter from the producers of
4 certain champagne Offering him
twenty cases il he would designate that
the wine for the christening Of tn
Meteor
Wallace Downey, who built the Me-
teor testified he was repeatedly i'm
portuned by Count Won Quadt, secre-
tary OF the embassy, and by the sec
rotary of the German consulate 10 use
a special brand OF wine at the christ
ening. He had already bound himself
TO use another brand and he refused
to break his contract unless assured
that the emperor himself had requested
the use of the wine designated by Il
secretary of the embassy.
When seen by a reporter at his
loEle, Mr.. Limberger gave details of the
affair.
1T is true said he that charges
were filed last summer against Am
oassador Won Holleben with the state
department. at Washington, accusing
him of using his official position to adj
fertise a certain wine, and further ac
using him of having sent wiifully
'alse telegram to tie agent at Mill
vaullee the night before the launching
If the Meteor, saying that his wine was
lsed at the christening, when in fact
t was not
These charges We're presented to
Secretary Hay in person by Edward
4auterbach, of our law firm represent
ng our client. The reason why they
we're not made public sooner is that we |
received express permission of Secre-
airy Hay to make them public only d
ew days previous to my leaving for
he west to try the action between
he two wine agents. We shall make (
ublic the accusations in detail ia a
CIV days. when l receive a transcript (
f the evidence taken. l have been
nformed that after the fling of these
harges President Roosevelt had an
nvestigation made. Some time there
fter Ambassador Won Holleben was
ecalled by the German emperor
Count Won Quadt's testimony was
aiken in Washington. He admitted
hat no instructions had been received
Y the German embassy from the EN-
eror, but that Ambassador Won Hole
ems action in urging the use of
ertain wine was instigated by a let
er to him from the makers of that
line, in which they offered the Ger
ian ambassador twenty cases of their
lie if he could designate it for the
of the Meteor by Miss Alice
.oosevelt
United States Court Judge Seaman
/ Milwaukee, after hearing all this
astilnony in the Milwaukee circuit
ourt, instructed the jury that the re-
ort which had been made public tina,
,ls wine of German make had been Sc
'cted by the emperor and another sub
-ituted by trickery and subterfuge was
belous and false and that our client
as entitled to damages for the cir
llation of that report. The Jury on
aturday afternoon brought in a. YER
let for damages, said to be the larg.
st ever awarded for libel in the state
Wisconsin,