Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-16
WHY HEWAS RECALLED
Won Ho11EBEN BooMED CERTAIN
: MAKE OF WINE. =..s>-.
Launching of Meteor Gave Rise to
/ Peculiar Business and Diplo.
+ matte Complication. =

! The New York World says that. from evil
dence brought out In! the United States
Circuit court, ut appears that Emperor
Williams sudden and mysterious recall OF
Baron Won Hollehen. German ambassador
at Washington, closely followed charges
that he had used his official position to ad-
vertise a certain wine. This wine had been
urged In vain by the embassy for use in
the christening Of the erhperor,s yacht Me-
teor by Miss Alice Roosevelt
Herbert Limburger, member OF the law
firm of Hoadley. Lauterbaca Be-. johnson,
who figured In the litigation in the circuit
court at Milwaukee, returned to New
York. says the World, land told for the
first time that these charges against Am
bassador Won Holleben were presented in
person by Edward Lauterbach to Secretary
Hay: that President Roosevelt had directed
an investigation of the charges. inasmuch
as he himself had taken a conspicuous part
in the launching of the emperor's yacht
and his daughter had broken the-bottle of
wine at the christeninSs z,,sas
"Mr.- Limburger says that Count Won
Quadt, secretary of the German embassy,
admitted on cross examination that Ambas-
SadOr Holleben had received letter from
the producers of a certain champagne of
fering him twenty cases IL he would desig-
nate that Wine for the christening Of the
Meteor.
Importuned by Count Won Quadt.
Wallace Dowhey, who built the Meteor.
testified that he. was repeatedly importuned
by Count Won Quadt, secretary Of the en-
bassy. and by the secretary, of the German
consulate. to use a special brand of wine
at the christening. He had already bound
himself to use another brand and he re-
f1lQp 70 hrao h9o
that the emperor himself had requested
the use OF the wine designated by the Sec
rotary of the embassy
When seen by reporter at his home
MI Llmburger gave details of the affair."
IT Is true. said he, that charges were
MED last summer against Ambassador Won
Holleben with the State Department at
washington, accusing him of using his
o1nclal position to advertise a. certain wine
and further accusing him of having sent a
wiilfully false telegram to the agent at MIL
waukee the night after the launching of
the Meteor. saying that his wine was used
at the christening, when, in fact, il was
not
Presented to Secretary Hay.
:" These charges were presented TO Sec
rotary Hay in person by Edward Lauter-
bach of our law firm. representing our
client The reason why they were not made
public sooner is that we received express
permission of Secretary Hay to make them
public only a few days prior to my leaving
ior the west to try the action between the
two wine agents. f','' 'A
We shall make public the accusat .ons
IN detail in few days, when l receive a
transcript Of the evidence taken. l have
| been Informed that. after the filing of these
charges, President Roosevelt had an investi-
CATION made. Some time there after Ambas-
sador Won Holieben was recalled by the
Count Won QHadts testimony was
taken in Washington and CORE spondence
between Ambassador Won Hoileben, Count
Won Quadt and others was Introduced The
testimony of the secretary OF the German
consulate was taken here in New York
Count Won Quadt's Admission.
Upon REORGANIZATION Count Won
Quadt admitted that no instructions had
been received by the German embassy from
the emperor, but that Ambassador Won Hol-
leben's action in urging the use Of GER
tain wine was instigated by a letter to him
from the makers of that wine in which
they offered the German ambassa
twenty cases of their wine II he could des-
,fgnate 1t for the christening Of the Meteor
by Miss Alice Roosevelt.
United States Court Judge Seaman, in
Milwaukee, after hearing all this testimony
in the Milwaukee circuit court, instructed
the jury that the report which had been
made public that this wine of German
make had been selected by the emperor and
another substituted by trickery and subter-
fuge was Hbelous and false, and that our
client was entitled to damage for the cir
culation of that report. The jury on Sat
urday afternoon brought In a verdict for
damages. said to be the largest ever award
ed for libel in the state Of Wisconsin, ("