New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-08
bielaski Mentions Nine
Organizations i'm Teuton
Conspiracy Revelations
Milk Fund Formed
AtU ntermyer Home
Miss Ray Beveridge and
O'Leary Named; Plan
to Buy Papers Barred
New lorl, Tribune
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Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Evidence Of
the connection with the paid German
propaganda in this country OF a dozen
more men and of nine organizations
was presented to the Senate committee
investigating the beer and Kaiser rep
tile funds to-day by A. Bruce Bielaski.
chief of the Bureau of Investigation of
the Department of Justice.
Among the organizations named were
virtually all which have in any way
backed the German cause, and all of
them have most vigorously and per-
sistently denied that ther was any Off
clal money back of them.
One Of these, the iCtizens' Commit
tee for Food Shipments, best known
as the milk fund, again brought the
name OF Samuel Untermyer into the
record. This organization. "strictlv
neutral body" headed by DR.. Edmund
Won Mach, Harvard professor in Ger
man pay, was founded at meeting
held at Untermyer's house.
Senator Works in List
Most of the men wkhose names were
brought into the hearing already have
been moro or less under suspicion.
though there were several whose CON
nection with the German propaganda
was one of sympathy and not of finan-
cial interest. AS to some nothing WAS
shown more than that they had in some
way aided in the German work. The
list of names not before mentioned at
the hearing follows:
Senator John D. Weeks, of Califor-
MIA.
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, of the
Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Hoke Smith. og Georgia.
Frank Monnet former Attorney Cen
eral of Ohio.
Carl f. Schmidt, wealthy tanner Of
Detroit, chief hacker of the American
embargo conference.
CORTLAND Smith, manager of the
American Press Association.
George Barthelmi, Washington cor
respondent of the Cologne Gazette
Louis Garthe, Washington CORE
spondent of "1he Baltimore American"
George Fred Williams
Reginald Rutherford.
Jeremiah OLeary, editor of Bull"
Miss Ray Beveridge, woman lecturer
There were others, but of decidedly
minor Importance.
Bribery a Difficult Task
The sorrows of subsidizer were
brought out III telegram from Am
bassador Bernstorff, dated November /
1916, in which he told of the difficult
ties in keeping bribery secret IN Amer
ica, and stated that he had dropped
that method of procedure, except in
the case Of the peace~drives He said:
GAS you will have learned from my
previous report, we have, since tht
Lusitania case, endeavored to wind
up all the so-called German propa-
ganda and especially to get rid of
all dubious individuals. I can now
say with good conscience that we
are no longer compromised. Some
of the old affairs still hang on. but
we are more or les settled, although
they will cause some future expendi-
lures.
AT the beginning of the war many
things were undertaken by the Dern-
burg propaganda which would never
have been undertaken if we could
have seen that the war would be so
long, because nothing can be long
kept secret in America
"Since the Lusitania case we have
strictly confined ourselves to such
propaganda as cannot hurt US if il
becomes known. The sole exception
is perhaps the peace propaganda.
which has cost US the largest amount.
but which also has been the moss
successful.
'Lattery, have been using the
embargo association and some entire
ly reliable private Intermediates.
II have also made use of the Ger