The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-22
BREWERS DIRECTED
TO BRING RECOsOS
To FEDERAL COURT
Probe of Tee OF Bccr Money I'm Poll"
uCs VIII Go On Despite Des-
pexaaq Esfort@
J. y. MULvIHIIL Is
SOUGHT AS WITNESS
Hugh Fox Also Is Ordered To Bring
Books of United States Brewers
Neutrality-suspicious. Has No Casc.

Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. 21.-Offioials
OF the Pittsburg and Independent
Brewing companies were summoned
by the United States Marshal to ap-
pear az witness and produce certain
books and records of their corpora
tions before the Federal grand jury
Investigating brewery money in poll
tics
The brewers lost in Philadelphia.
in their effort to have the United
States circuit Court of Appeals grant
them the right 20 appeal from de-
cieion of Judge W. II. s. Thompson
denying a petition to QuAsh subpoenas
for officials of brewers associations.
The Circuit Court refused to hear the
case or the arguments of counsel for
the brewers.
c. Hanson RidaIl president of the
PittEburg Brewing Company; II. G.
Baximer, secretary of the Independ-
ent Brewing Company. and John A:
Kelly office manager Of the Brewers
Association of Western Pennsylvania.
were the men upon whom subpoenas
were served.
Seeking Afulythill.
Deputy United States marshals are
searching everywhere for James F.
Mulvihiu, vice president of the indie
pendent Brewing ompany, for whom
a subpoena was issued Wednesday,
It was stated at the Marshal's office
in the Federal building that no trace
OF Mr.. Mulvihili could be found.
In Philadelphia United States At
torney K. Lowry Humes was search
ing for Neil w. Bonner, president OF
/ the Pennsylvania Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association, to subpoena him to
appear before the grand Jury here,
Before leaving for Philadelphia TO take
UP the question in the Appellate Court,
United states Marshal Joseph w. How
! ley authorized Mr.. Humes to sub
poena Mr. bonner.
IT was learned from an authorf
tative source that the United States
attorney would summon at least
! twenty-five more witnesses before the
grand Jury during the coming week.
and among them will be several prom
inent local politicians,
! FOX To Bring Records.
! One OF the first expected to appear
z before the grand jury Monday morn
ing is Hugh r, Fox. OF New York,
secretary OF the United States Brew
ers' Association. AS the original duces
tecum subpoenss in the case. which
the brewers fought 70 hard to have
! quashed. still obtain, II is expected
! Mr. Fox will bring with him the
voluminous records OF the assoCia-
ton meeting rega riding which there
was so much talk during the hearings
on the petition to quash. Attorney
George Il. Shaw, of Reed, Smith,
Shaw & Beal. who appeared as chief
counsel for the brewers. stated at
one hearing that these records would
fill several railroad cars.
from pbifa aafnh{a 4.
ed that counsel for tho brewers ap-
( parently had abandoned their des-
( perate effort 10 prevent officials Of
brewers associations from appearing
before the grand Jury with the rec
ords OF their organizations II was
stated Mr.. Humes had arranged with
the brewers counsel the time and
dates for the appearance OF the wit
nesses here.
Lose Their Contention.
Regarding the effort OF the brewers
10 have the Circuit Court OF Appeals
take cognizance OF the case, the dis
patch from Philadelphia stated that
the question WINS settled In the cham
bers OF the appellate judges when Mt
least two Of the three jurists Joseph
Burlington. of Pittshurg, and Victor
p, Woolley. of Delaware. bluntly An
formed brewery representatives they
had no cage.
Judges ]. 3. Mcpherson. of Phila-
deiphia, the third member OF the
court. is said not to have expressed
an opinion. Judge woolioy. according
to talk about the Philadelphia Federal
building later. appeared inclined to he
indignant that the attempt at appeal
had b&en made
Judge Burlington started back for
Pfttsburg. II was believed. Just about
the time the arrangem ents for an APP
peal were TO be staged