The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-04
MIR, MICOUAW WITNESS
FORMER ALABAMIAN BEFORE IN-
 vEsTiGATING COMMITTEE.
Testines Tint He Served as Counsel for Boat Company Anonymous Letter Produced By
 Reporter.

Washington. April 3--The most i'm tsresting development of the day be- fore the House Submarine Boat Invest igating Committee was the production of another anonymous letter charging that an attorney of the Electric Boat Company had been brought out as a candidate for Congress against Mir. Loud, but had withdrawn on Mir. Loud s promise to vote for submarines.
 The letter was mailed from this city to The Detroit Free Press and was produced by Jesse Carmichael, it's Washington correspondent.
 Benjamin Micou. formerly of Ala bama. attorney for the Berger Sub surface Torpedo Boat Company, and F. R. Pemberton, of New York, who assisted in bringing the claims of that | company before the Navy Department | and Congress. testified as to the meth l ods used. which they did not consider | to he reprehensibls.
 Mir. Micou admitted making argu- ments before the Secretary of the Navy and the House Naval Committee. but l contended that there was no inproprie- | ty in such course.
 Mr. Pemberton. of New York. testi- | fed that he had been asked by di- i rectors of the Berger Company to as l sist in trying to secure a portion oi the sS,oo0,eoo appropriation for the | 6eFKfba DhPI Itft lOAN VI ito lhtNh | views with Secretary Metcalf regarding | the matter and said 1t was at the Sec | retary's suggestion that the company 1 laid the. matter before Congress.
 He talked with Representatives Lit | tlefeld and said the latter wanted ' introduce a hill.,f He,ewanted to tall I with Representative Hobson and haS found him favorable t" submarines . r.iIiey Files More A davits.
 washington. April 3.--Representatiye George E.. Lilley. of Connecticut. au' thor of the resolution under which the special committee of the House is Investigating the charges against the Electric Boat Company, placed in evidence an affidavit dated March 11 and signed by Samuel Ferguson. re- siding in Bridgeport, Conn.,, who swore that during the fall and winter oi
 1902 he served in the United States navy in the capacity of chief electric ian and that during that time he served upon several submarine torpedo boats owned by either the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, or it's success sor, the Electric Boat Company, and none of which were owned by the United States government, and thai many of the crew of these submarine torpedo boats were sailors in the Uni ted States navy receiving pay from the United States government In addition thereto received wages from the Hol' land Torpedo Boat Company.
 This statement was offered in sub stantiation of MT. Ltlley's charges that the Electric Boat Company had paid money to enlisted men.
 Mir. Lilley also presented an affi- davit from John c. Lake. vice pres ident of the Lake Torpedo Boat Com pany. dated at Bridgeport, Conn. March 16, to the effect that about two years ago he had an interview with Charles Ferry. representative of the Bridgeport Brass Company, fin which Ferry told him that President Bowles of the Fore River Shipbuild- ing and Engine Company. had urged him (Ferry). to use all influence pos sible upon a Connecticut Congressman to induce him not to use his influ- ence in favor of the Lake Company and to use 1t in favor of the Electric Boat Company; if he was successful in this the Fore River Company would make contracts with the Bridgeport Brass Company for goods to the value of about $10O,000.
 MT. Ferry, in his testimony denied any such proposition or that he had ever promised an order for securing any one.