Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-17
WHITE IS ACCUSER
Wireless Promoter Turns on
Former Associates.
MAYER CHARGES DENIED
President Wilson Defends Honesty
of United Company.
INACCURACIES POINTED OUT
He Declares Most of Post Office In
spector's Statements
Are Not True.

NEW YORK. June 17.-Abraham White
| postage stamp bidder for government
and city bonds and organizer of the De
Forest Wireless Telegraph Company, is
the chief reliance of the United States
government in its campaign against the
| United Wireless Telegraph Company, it
| has developed.
| White was in conference yesterday aft
ernoon with Chief Post Office Inspector
| Walter S Mayer, VINO issued tyrewrit-
ten attack the United Wireless
Wednesday, following tA arrest of its
President. Christopher C. Wilson, vice
president, Samuel S. Bogart, and William
| w. Tompkins. chief of its stock-selling
force.
When Abraham White emerged from
| Inspector Mayors room he admitted that
| for four months he had been working I'D
a case against the wireless telegraph men
| in cooperation with the post office in
| spectors- What his purpose was in getting
the United States government to prosecute
men who had been his associates in the
wireless telegraph business White refused
| to say.
In the offices of the United Wireless
| Company it was said that White had been
| Ousted from the presidency of that com.
| pany soon after its organization.
Reply TO Mayors Attack.
President Wilson Of the United Wire
| less issued a statement last night in
which he took up many charges con-
tanned in the typewriter attack made
| by Inspector Mayer, and declared them
| false. The truth of some OF the allega-
tons made by Mayer he admitted and
sought to justify.
| He said the advances of the market
| price of United stock were justified by
the company's increasing business. He
denied it had ever issued statements
claiming ownership of a large amount of
| Marconi Wireless stock.
| He also denied that INSIDERS" could sell
| their stock. while the outside public
| could not sell until February II. 1911.
President Wilson said Mayors charges
that the operating expenses have been
greater than the companys receipts is
untrue.
logical statement" he added, that the
| stock had decreasing value because the
business had been money-losing one.
| for the stock was only advanced in value
as new stations were erected. additional
| ships equipped and new plants con-
| structed.
| The treasurer of the company was
quoted as admitting that 100000 of, the
S317,4Ss.To, representing cash in treasury
| and treasury agents, was fictitious. Such
a statement was never made by that Off
| Ger, and there is no basis for such
statement. 1t is also charged in the
statement accredited to Mr. Mayer that
| the valuation placed upon the patents
and patent rights, to wit. $500 233. CO.
was unjustified.
In view of the existing conditions and
prospects of the future of wireless teleg--
raphy this estimate is exceedingly con-
sentative taking into consideration the
vast number of patents owned by the
company and their great commercial
value.
This Statement False, He Says.
I'VE can see no justification. therefor.
on the basis of fairness or truth, in the
following statement accredited to Mi.
Mayer, Whenever a nSw contract was.
| obtained from ship or line of ships the
stock would he increased So per snare.
| We challenge the production of proof to
establish this cutrageously false state
| ment.
If the statement accredited to Mr..
/ Mayer is true, then. in view of the fact
| that within the last eighteen months 100
| ships have been equipped, concededly on
Mr. Mayors own premises the present
market value Of the stock would be $500
| per share.
I'VE agree with air. Mayer in the state
ment accredited to him, that the real
| sets of the company consist of land sta
! tons, patents, manufacturing plants and
real estate, but observe that either
! through ignorance OF the facts or with
| intention to mis!ead he omitted very
| important asset, namely, the number of
| ships equipped. We deny. and it is alb
surd IN the extreme, that any one officer
or all the officers put together have
cleaned up $30O0,Go0 and possibly Sl0.-
0G0OGc,' and deem the statement not only
utterly false but libelous -
Says He Saved Company
Abraham White said he voluntarily. quit
the presidency of the United Wireless