Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-19
SCHOLASTIC STANDING
BREWERS ADMIT
GIVING $73,495
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Neeper, who with Attorney Charles A.
Fagan. once more attacked the sub
penas issued by United States Attor-
ney Humes in the Federal investiGa-
ton of brewery contributions to po-
litical campaigns.
The subpenas attacked were those
demanding records of the Pittsburgh
and Independent Brewing Companies.
the first to be subpenaed in the in
quiry, and Judge Thomson last night
decided against the petitioners and
upheld the government.
The records, mostly check vouchers,
must now be produced, despite the
fact that Attorney Neeper disclosed to
the court a sensational list of the In
dependent Brewing Company's contri-
buttons to the brewery associations.
Following are the admitted contribu-
tions and dates for two of the associa-
tions:
1912
February 14--UnIted States Brew
ers' Association, New York, $4,000.
March 2-Peunsylvania State Brew
ers' Association, $5,27S.22.
September 14-Do.. $4,000.
October 22-.Do., $2,500.
November 25-Do., $2,55644.
December 17-Do., $4,000.
1918
January 20 - Pennsylvania State
Brewers Association. $5,27S.22.
February 1S-United States Brew
ers' Association, s5,00S.
July 14-Pennsylvania State Brew
ers' Association, $1,000
November 24-Do., $1O,667.9O.
1914
February 11-United States Brew
ers' Association, s5,1O1. D.,
March 20-Do., $5,l01.
June 10-Pennsylvania State Brew
ers' Association, Sc, ,564.01.
August lido, S6,564.61.
Other Contributions Made
Contributions also were made to
the Brewers Association of Western
Pennsylvania and the Westmoreland
County Brewers Association, running
from 800 to $1,000. The Indepen-
dent paid out to all brewery associa-
tions $40, O,225.66 in 1912, S24,971.12 in
1913 and $2S,29S.42 in 1915.
April 81, 1914, just before the State
primaries, this one brewing company
paid more than $1,000 to a brewery
association of one county, the West
moreland County Association.
The list was produced as a copy of
one obtained by Special Agent David
S. Frawley of the Department. of JUS
tice, whose examinations of brewing
company books precipitated the pres
ent grand jury probe. The govern
ment, United States Attorney Humes
declared, did not intend to make the
list public yet, outside the grand jury
rooms.
The petition of the brewing com
panies, denied by Judge Thomson
after arguments yesterday served,
however, to force the grand jury to
mark time and in addition gave the
brewers two and a half more days
of grace, as the grand jury last night
was dismissed until Monday at 1870.
Humes fought hard for a decision on
the petition in time to get the books
last night, but failed.
United States Marshal Joseph How
ley yesterday indicated that unless
]. P. Mulvihill, State leader of the
liquor forces, voluntarily returns to
the jurisdiction of the court shortly,
a deputy marshal will be sent in
search of him, armed with a bench
warrant for his arrest, instead of a
subpoena. This action is contemplated
because of reports that Mulvihill is
considering fleeing to Jamaica.
Women Deny Contributions
1t was reported that the books of
some of the brewers showed substan-
tial contributions to the antisuffrage
cause. Mrs. F.. n. Oil, treasurer of
the local Antisuffrage Association, took
exceptions to these reports, and said:
The liquor interests did not con-
tribute one cent to our cause. Our
books are open for inspection. All our
money came from the members"
Mrs. Eliza Armstrong, one of the
antsuffrage leaders, said:
I'VE are perfectly willing to open
our books for inspection, but we ask
that the suffragists do the same. We
have as much right to know who their
contributors were as they have to
know from whom we received con-
tributions"