Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-24

DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO
AMOUNT OF $750,000.
Prosecution in Opening. Says
Defendants Rode Rough
ShOd over Every Law and
Treaty Of United States,

conspiracy of several Hamburg Ann
erioau steamship line officials to de-
ceive aud deiraud the United states
hy sending neutral relief ships with
coal and other supplies to German
men of war Ian the Atlantic ana PACT
iic oceans at tho beginning OF the Eu-
ropom war captain *. Boy-Ed Ger
man naval attache with headquarters
az the German embassy in Washing
ton played leading role according
Go witnesses who testified In the fed
eral court here today one of these
witnesses sworc that Captain Rpy-Ed
personally directed the expenditure
OF Approximately $15O,000 which, un-
solicited uud unexpected had been
deposited to the witness credit In ID
New York banking house early IN
september 1914. of this money the
witness testified $3.50. 900 was tele-
graphed to The Nevada National bank
al san Francisco In one lump sum,
S2l3,000 was paid I'm several amounts,
to the North German Lloyd steam
shin line here about $4,000 20 the
Hamburg American line here and by
cable money order i'm Hamburg aud
some of the remainder was still ON
hand All OF these disbursements
this witness asserted, were made hy
order Of captain Boy-Igd.
"Rodc Rough Shod over Law"
This witness. GustaVc y, kulcn.
kampff. German importer and eX-
porter with offices here, ana others
testified n the trial of Dr Kari Buen7
Adolph Ilachmeister George koitel
and Joseph puppuRhuus, an officials
OF the Hamburg American line whit
are charged with conspiracy in hav-
ing directed the loading and dispatch
Ing of sixteen vessels 10 the relief Of
Il half dozen or moro German war
ships isolated from supplies In the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The
testimony which virtually opened the
governments case followed short
address to the jury by Roger b.
Wood assistant United states district
attorney, I'm which Mr. Wood said
that the government would show that
"the defendants rode rough-shod Ov-
er the laws aud treaties OF the United
States as contemptuuusly as II those
laws ana treaties had hoen mere
scraps of paper
William Rand, consul for the de-
Pendants, offered to Concede certain
charges of the government Involving
twelve steamers and IN his cOnces-
sion admitted that Dr lluenz and his
assistants had sent out the vessels as
charged to meet German Narships in
the Atlantic and deliver their sup
plies But the government lawyers
rejected tho concession and sought TO
prove their case out Of the mouth of
witnesses.
"Dcfcusc Smothcrlng facts"
THE defense iH not willing to ad-
init the facts. II is trying 40 smother
thnu," was Mr WOODS rcturt 70
Mr. Eand'a offer.
quite the contrary" replied Mr.
Rand, smiliuglN we are willing to
admit The S750,OOO has been spent as
the government is trying so hard to
prove Why we are willing 20 10
nHeh luIlhel lnan tnat--We "lll ad-
lIllt lnal tS,VVV'VVV oI ''Iulah nouey
""s NP'I' ~ 'Il3i 'r' l'lh uhu supply
lns Vessels loI IeII'I Oh HeiHluh war
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a, "nu no" 'i'ue" iiloI' "Hheo MI
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u ~ uu' "",Il'' ,''I lniV',l W u'cVlNe OF
,',,. ~ y, "a =" P'' '"''c'-
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huleHKanlplI aloiJ on inc witness
slanu was tllat ne had been summon
go hy telephone TO the hamburB-
q american llne "lilces mere on the att
elhooh OF august %, iyl !, ana there
nad met Dr. buenz. John y. Cans,
no" dead, kotter ana Hachmeister
hcy had told him that they wanted
n H. 3
.hc Lorenzo ana inc berwind loaded
WIN coal "lth an possible speed
mar AFTERNOON. ~ thoh lacked only
laIt an hour oI Closing time al the
'ustolns mouse ana kulenkomp'f hes-
thttd to do as they asked, because
le was nor in the custom OF clearing
jhlps.
Decided to accommodate Them"