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

Lewis to find the source Of Bo!o
Pachas funds, said yesterday:
81 have traced more than s5O,oo0,oo0
in funds and securities that were at
the disposal Of Count Won Bernstorf."
The Attorney General confirmed Nr.
Morse's statement. The largest and
most important banking and brokerage
houses Of the city carried portions OF
this corruption money.
An Incredible Hoard
II Is almost incredible that so enor-
nous hoard should have been see
aside for this purpose, yet the tran
script Of the investigation conducted by
the Attorney General and his associ-
ates furnishes at least partial confirma-
ton of the fact.
Hugo Schmidt, American representa-
tive Of the Deutsche Bank, testified be-
fore them that every amount mentioned
in wireless messages TO and from Ger
man agents in this councry should be
multiplied by 1000 to bring it up to its
actual value.
1t will be remembered that Secretary
Lansing gave out on September q
message sent by Count Won Bernstorf
to the Berlin Foreign Office last JAM
uary. when the nation was turning tow
ard war as last resort. This read:
II request authority TO pay out up
10 $4,000 in order, as on former occa-
sions, 20 influence Congress through
the organization you know OF, which
can perhaps prevent war
According TO Schmidt's Interpretation
of all German diplomatic dispatches,
the amount with which Won Bernstorf
desired 10 influence Congress was not
mere $4,000, but s50,o00,000
Mr.. Morse's statement that he found
this exact amount at the disposal OF
the German Ambassador opens up
many strange paths for conjecture.
Proof that the amounts OF money
cited in wireless messages To and from
German agents in this country stood
for 900 times the figures mentioned is
found in the transcript Of the testimony
which Schmidt gave during Attorney
General Lewis's inquiry into the ac-
tivities Of Bolo Pacha in the United
States.
Schmidt Reveals Code
Schmidt swore that the code name
william Foxley" meant the German
Foreign Office, Charles Gledhil" stood
for Count Won Bernstorif, Fred
Hooven" was the code term for the
Guaranty Trust Company. During
Schmidt's examination several wireless
code messages were read 20 him for
translation. In each case, he said, the
figures mentioned were 20 be multiplied
by 1000.
Excerpts from the record, which has
been forwarded to the French Ambassa-
dor. VI. Jules J. Jusserand, read as fol-
lows
Q.-Then on March l3, 1916, you
sent a wireless via Sayyille as fol-
lows:
"Deutsche Bank Direktion Berlin.
your wireless received paid
Charles Gledhill five hundred dollars
through Fred Hooven. Gledhill
requires further eleven hundred dol
lars which shall pay gradually.
"HUGO SCHMIDT.
Charge: John II. MeClement
March 18th, 1916"
Q.-That was sent by you on that
date. was IL? A.-Yes, sir
Q.-And the meaning OF Charles
Gledhilp again was Count Bern
storff? A-Yes; and three decimal Is
were omitted.
Q-The meaning Of $500 was $780,
600? A.-Yes.
Q-And the meaning Of Fred
Hooven" was Guaranty Trust Com
pany? A.-Yes.
Q.-And the meaning Of 81, 100 was
Sl,l00,000? A.-Yes.
Subsequently, and on the 18th
Of March, 1916, you received the fol-
lowing wireless from the Deutsche
Bank OF Berlin:
"You may dispose OF Fred Hooven
on behalf Charles Gledhill seventeen
thousand dollars"
A.-Yes; you see, that is a conirma-
tion of the former telegram, and for
safety's sake they confirmed il.
Q-Again, Fred Hooven" meant
Guaranty Trust Company and
Charles Gledhill" meant Count
Bernstorf? A-Yes
Q.-And seventeen hundred dol
lars" meant sl,7O0.00O? A. Yes.
Q.-Then on March Is you sen, .