New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-06

been received BY the Hesrsts at their
home in Riverside Drive.
That morning William A. De Ford,
counsel Of the Hearst newspapers, and
l.. !. O'Reilly. secretary TO Mr.. hearsI
called on Attorney General Lewis;
Speaking of their visit. Mr.. Lewis SAID
Yesterday. just before returning TO Al
bsny:
"O'Reilly and De Ford tried TO get
me 20 sign statement they mad WIN
them. ! refused. gave them, how
ever, the following letter, addressed TO
Mr.. De Ford:
"In compliance with your request
am handing you herewith copy OF
the statement which | gave TO the
press last evening. This is the only
written statement | have made Tor
publication. made no verbal state
ment except that. in.reply to new
paper mans inquiry. sara 10 MN
that. according to the testimony OIL
witness. William Randolph Hearst
and his wife were present at SO
Aial dinner given by Bolo Pacha at
Sherry's.'
"This statement" said Mr.. Lewis,
was not published by the Heart news
papers
Thursday an American reporter
asked The Tribune reporter II he
meant to say that Captains Boyd and
Won Papen were at the dinner at Sher-
rvs. lie was informed by The Tribune
rcporter that Captains Boyd and Won
Papen were then out Of the country
and could not have been at the DIN
ner, and that the oply use made OF
those names in Th5 Tribune was to
- fvtn al
Pavenstedt. German agent and q
director of The "Staats-Zeitung,' and
Bolo Pacha's go-between, who attended
tho dinner. The next morning, how
ever. Hearts, American published the
following:
AS an evidence of The utter dis
regard OF truth in the publication OF
the account of the dinner, the New
York Tribune stated yesterday that
Mr.. Lewis had a record showing the
presence at the dinner OF Captain
Boy-Ed and Won Papen.
THE dgte of the dinner was the
middle Of March. 1916. The records
show Captain Boyd sailed from
this country on the steamship Rot
terdam On December 2S. 1918. and
that Won Papen sailed on the Moor
dam on December %. 1915. Neither
returned 20 this country
The Misrcad Paragraph
This is The Tribune paragraph re-
ferred TO by The American exactly
reproduced:
The records compiled by Mr..
Lewis show that at the dinner given
TO William Randolph Hearst by Bolo
Pacha there were also present Adolf
Pavenstcdt, friend Of Count Won
Bernstorfr, and his directors of bomb
plots. CAPTAINS Boyd and Won
Papen; Mrs William Randolph
Hearst, Mrs. Owen Johnson and
Jules Bois.'
Captains Boyd and Won Pspen are
not said in that paragraph TO have beer
ut the dinner. They were menuonec
as friends of Won Bernstorf and Paven
stedt. The only one of the four al th'
dinner was Pavenstedt.
In the same story The Amertcor
! gave the following list Of the guests a.
! Bolo Pacha's dinner: Jules Bois, Mr.
and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst
! Carr Van Anda, managing editor o.
THE New York Times; Mr.. and Mrs
Julian Gerard. Bolo Pacha, Mrs: over
/ Johnson, Miss Helen Smith, =. +. Der
/ tell and Adolf Pavenstedt.
OF these thirteen, five were connected
with either the Hearst or the Riddei
/ newspapers. Adolf Payenstedt Is d.
rector Of the Herren Rider news
/ papers; c. +. Bertelli and Julian We
/ rard are employees Of Hearst; and MT
/ Hearst himself
Concerning this dinner. Bolo Pach'
boast.d 10 Payenstedt, according to thu
latters sworn testimony;
"No such dinner was ever given De
fore at Sherry's. You know had te'
! famous poet OF France there and I'M
leading newspapermcn OF Amerlc1, sn'
vou-fne intimate friend Of Won Sern
storf."
c. V. Van Anda, managing editor o
The Mem York Times, asked to STAY
his recollection Of the dinner. saln
"Sone time in the spring of 1916 I
+ Bertelli. who five or SIX years az
was the Paris correspondent OF IN
Ne,D York Times. invited me to ain
with him at Sherry's. | went on IN
appointed evening, and found anon
tbe other guests Mr.. Hearst, NJ. julie
Bois and q Frenchman whose name
aid not catch when the introduction
were made. The dinner was served
the public dining room, and afterwar
the entire party went to a theatre
was apparently merely pleasant e el
tertainment, and if anything or IN
slightest public interest was SAID o
done during the entire evening 1t e'
capped my observation. | do not re
member Bolo Pacha or Mr.. Pavensted
and it was not until after the names Q
some of the other guests at the Dol
dinner were published that ! recot
nized it as the dinner to which ] ha
-. ;.....4oL h. Mr. Rnrtelll.-