The Washington herald., 1913-08-28
music PUBLISHER
GIVEN A HEARING
A. D. Hayworth Is Arraigned
Before Commissioner
Taylor.
CIRCULARS ARE SHOWN
Government Produces Pamphlets Sent
Out by Concern, Promising to
Make Composers Famous.

An interesting account of alluring ad-
vertisIng, designed to point out to musi-
cal composers and lyric writer's the sure
path to fame and wealth, was unfolded
yesterday afternoon, when A. d. Hay
worth, proprietor OF the Hayworth Music
Publishing Company, at 63S G Street
Northwest, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Anson S. Taylor on
a charge OF using the malls for fraud
ulent purposes.
The case was brought against Hay
worth as the result of activities Of the
Postal Inspection Service. The attention
of the Postoffice Department was called
to the operations OF the music publish
ing concern on August Il by two Bos-
tonians who had read the advertisements
and submitted songs for publication. In
spector Frank R. Barclay was assigned
to the case, and on the following day
secured enough evidence to justify the
issuance of a warrant for arrest. Hay
worth was taken into custody. and re-
leased on sl,ooo bond.
Show Magnificent Building.
Yesterday afternoon he was arraigned
before Commissioner Taylor for prelimi-
nary hearing. The government produced
circulars that Hayworth had sent broad
cast advertising his publishing company.
On the front of these circulars was the
cut of a magnificent building, copiously
supplied with signs. indicating that 1t
was the home Of this publishing house.
The government pointed out that the
building as depicted does not exist, and
that the concern occupies only the
ground floor of a G Street building.
The circulars set forth that the con-
nf n
posers and lyric writer's, publishing pro-
ductions in its own printery, widely ad-
vertising the output, and paying big roy
aIties. They stated that the concern was
the only one in the District and one OF
the few OF its kind in the world.
The circulars also declared that the
house had 900 employees, including edi-
tors. composers, literary experts, print
ers. and field agents. The government
told the commissioner that only seven
girls. two white men. and a colored Ia
borer could be found at the establish
ment and that Hayworth admitted he
had no field agents.
Thanked for Check.
In June there was printed in a musical
magazine published by Hayworth a let
ter from ]. r. weathers, a clerk in the
Pension ONCE. thanking the publishing
house for a check for $21s.65, purporting
to be in payment OF royalties on four
songs published by the concern. A re-
production of the check was printed.
The government showed that Weathers
never cashed the check, and alleged that
the whole AFFAIR was concocted to bring
trade to the house.
When examined on the stand, weathers
said he was so grateful to Hayworth for
publishing the songs that be decided to
decline receiving payment for the check.
Several days ago Weathers deposed be-
fore assistant United States attorneys
that he knew at the time the transac-
tion was a fake, but yesterday he said
he did not remember making the state
ment.
The case will be continued at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. Assistant United States
Attorneys Samuel McComas Hawken and
James NJ. Proctor appear for the gov
ernment and the defendant is represent
ed by Attorney Alfred d. Smith.