The Washington times., 1915-11-26
ATTACKS ON BOY.ED
BANNED BY LANSING
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Suppose that captain Boy-Ed did ask
us to transfer supplies to the Maria
QueZsada. Does that show any conncc-
ton OF the Hamburg American Ifne
with her clearance paDerS?
Judge Howe ruled that all evidence
regarding the Maria Quezsada he stricK-
en- out at tho conclusion OF tho Gov
crnmcnts case. unless the Government
links the steamer up with the men
on trial. on cross-examination the
witness admitted that so far as he
knew the Hamburg American officials
had nothing to do with the ship.
The trial was resumed today. despite
rumors that tho Government intended To
move mistrial.
Interest in tho trial was bclghtcncd
as II result Of the admission by CAPTAIN
RoN-Ed. German naval a'taChc. Of the
existence Of huge "cincrgcnCy fund.-
which. tho Government charges. was
used to tit up the relief ships sent out to
the raiders.
Assistant United States District At
| forn"y Wood denied that the Govern
mcnt had evidence that made II undo
| sirable for one Of the Jurors in the Ham
burE-A american trial to continue t. sit.
Tells of Trip.
Capt. Olaf Nielsen OF the Norwegian
steamer Nepos. was the first witness
today. Nielsen said he commanded the
| Nepos when she was chartered by tho
| IIamburgAmerican line. He was In
| troduccd to Adolph IIochmeister. one
of the defendants. by the supcrcargo
| in Philadelphia.
THE supcrcargo told me we were to
| sail for Tcncrirc and that we were to
meet certain ships Mt sea-" testified
Nielsen. Il thought 1t couldn't be done.
but he insisted lie told me | would re-
| 81, t,it nd ion In,
case anything happened. lie said there
| was no risk"
Nielsen admitted signing the manifest
| for the Nepos.
I'VE cleared for MoHrovia. in Africa
| via Tcneriffc. he said, I'VE were to
stop first at a point marked on the
supercargo's chart refused to go to
the Cape Verde Islands. My offices
also objected but finally consented aft
or talk with the supercargo. Mr.
! F'lorer.
when we set out to sea. we decided
to go direct to Teneriffo. FlOrer asked
! II was willing to go to another point.
but told him ! would not: lie told , me
not to worry. that the German consul
and the steamship line would protect
me II the Nepos were seized
Sought Kronprinz.
The Nepos' real purpose was to meet
the Eronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm. one
Of the German commerce raiders which
put into Newport News after an cXcit-
ing career
| But our coal cargo caught fire. said
Nielsen. "aud the supplies We intended
for the Kronprinz Wilhelm were dam
aged. We sold the cargo at Teneriffe.
! then received word from NV home Of
flee that the charter had been can
| Celed.'
Captain Boy-Ed admitted the existence
OF the great emergency fund provided
by the German government. from which
the on the chSf wriys snnW G%e nn
sent out by the Hamburg American n
| line. 1t was necessary. he said. for
| foreign representatives of frst-clasS
| powers to be supplied with large sums
| Of money to look after the interests
! of the countries they represent.
To question as to how the money
| in question had been transmitted &c
him. he replied:
am not a financial agent OF my gov
crnmcnt. MY part in this matter has
been made sufficiently. plain. and d,
not care to say more.
| Captain Boy-Ed was talking In hi!
suite at the German Club. where h'
makes his home. He calls it a work
shop. and he keeps about as busy there
as he does at his office In the Ham
rg-American Building. When h
leaves the latter at 3 o'clock each after
noon. his secretary is burdened viii
papers to which they devote a consid
erabc part of each evening at the club
When DR.. Dernburg who came tC
) this country as the agent of the Ger.
man Red Cross. but soon took on tn,
duties of spokesman for his govern.
ment. installed new system OF de
partment and interdepartmcnt report
at lierlin. Captain Boy-Ed had charge
Of the work in the admiralty.
Nearly thirty years ago DR., Dern
burg served an apprenticeship witt
Ladenhurg. Thalmann & Co. tn
New York bankers, and the system h.
! nut In for his government was base,
largely upon the things he learned here
Captain Roy-Ed proved ono of the mos
efficient of his associates. and he work
! here in the same waY.
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