Bisbee daily review., 1910-08-13
WANTS
OVER MILLION
FOR DAMAGES
Bill introduced in the House
Would Give Missouri Mag
azine Publisher Reparation
for His Big Losses.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Aug. IL
Near the close OF the recent session
of congress. Representative 3artholdt
| introduced a bill in --ic mouse to
cause the government 10 make re-
paration to the Lewis Publishing com
pany Of University City. Mo. to the
amount of $1,000 600. for injuries al
legged to be wrongfully inflicted upon
the company by the United States
authorities meaning the authorities
of the postoffice department and de-
partment OF justice
The bill is accompanied by a brief
a copy OF which was placed in the
hands of every member Of congress.
The brief explains how the company's
business was unlawfully limited at
publishers mail rates; how its publi-
cations the Woman's Magazine and
the Womans Farm journal were an
lawfully excluded from the mails al
together and the company's business
closed up for many months; how the
company's money, to the extent of
many thousands of dollars, was ex-
torted upon a demand for an unIaw-
ful postage rate: how the company
was unlawfully prevented from fal-
filling its contract with hundreds Of
thousands Of the readers OF its maya
zines; how 10000 copies Of one of
It's magazines were unlawfullv seized
and coniiscated; how the company's
fully paid outgoing letter mail was
uniawfully siezed and detained: how
spurious indictments Of the officers of
the company were brought about and
now spurious civil suits for collection
of an unlawful postage rate we're
brought and never tried-aH to the
material injury Of the company and
/ its business.
Ihe matters brought in this bill to
the attention Of congress occurred
under the administration of Postmas-
ter General Corteyou. The brief is
signed by Edwin c. Madden who was
then third assistant postmaster gen
eral and who is now attorney for the
company. The brief speaks of a DOS
sible conspiracy Of the officials TO ef
feet the acts complained Of. and the
case OF President Lewis Of the COM
pany is compared to that OF Drevfus
Z OF France. The brief states that the
efforts Of the officials we're to land
MIN in the penitentiary on misrepre-
sented law and misrepresented facts
Ihey did not get him into prison. and
/ the indictments of him and the other
oIlcers Of the company we're dismissed
without coming to trial. but not until
tney had stood for years to the dam.
age and the prejudice of the COM
panys reputation with the public. and
TO its injury in the many ways re-
cited.
Several OF the indictments were for
conspiracy to defraud the govern.
heht OF postage On the magazines
Others were for fraudulent use OF the
mans In promoting the PeopIe.s
United States Bank OF University
city. Mo. The indicted men bad
great difficulty in getting any OF the
cases TO trial. After two years one
Tor fraudulent use OF the mails wss
tried against Lewis When the gov.
ernment's evidence was all in. the
United States Circuit court ordered
tne jury TO bring in verdict OF not
guilty and dismissed the case and
'ne opinion of the judge. very favor
aoie to Lewis is cited. subseauent1v
an other indictments of that KIND
were also dismissed.
me company now asks congress TO
sena tne case to the court of claims
- De neard on its merits, and to
I'm ~ pensa'e the company according to
- iinoinss OF the court. The com
pany states that il is not now con
eeansu es. IN the question Of whether the
o..iciais o were In conspiracy to ac-
.Sl.p.isn me unlawful purpose but
That. If the government is. il viii sur
n'sn evidence on that point. The
move is intended to oDen n, IN
whole matter in fha c~.....