Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-20
Names Furnished By Alien
Property Custodian Palmer
When Called Upon for Proof
of His Harrisburg Speech.
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
SCHEME is ALLEGED
Letters to Dr. Dernberg and
Other German Agents Pro-
duced Referring to Necessity
OF Controlling Some Paper

Ie' MoRmHa JOURNAL SPECIAL ts.s.,,.,.,
washington. Sept 19.-The fedaroi
custodian OF alien properly. A Mt.
~ faimef made public TODAY tha
haules or the fifteen brewers VIII
win the United States Brewers, as
sociauon, raised q fund OF S4o7 5oo
rom winch $4,000 was loaned to
Artnur 1 brisbane to buy the Washing.
Mrs Palmer acted immediateIv
IIlter the senate had passed a reso.
~ VI Introduced by Senator Jones
Iol washington, ealing upon the nron,
erty custodian to show the nroofs ~,
winch he made his speech in Horrss'
hurg, Pa, last Saturday doscrihing
the eliorts of brewers to control =
newspaper in pro-German interest. ~
exert their influence uDon congros,
ana finally on which he charged
that the brewing interests had ed-
Vahced the money for the purchase
OF q newspaper to flight the battle
OF me liquor traffic under the shadow
OF the dome of the capitol"
Mr., Brisbane in published sta,a.
ments in the Times already has etataa
that he bought the paper with money
ioaned Dy G. w Feigenspan, a brewer
ana president of the Federal Trust
company OF Newark N. ]. Mr.. Brls-
pane also has published a letter from
| Feigenspan defining an arranRement
by which the loan was syndicated Ia
Fifteen brewers
Copies of letters Produced.
In Guided in Mr.. Palmer's papers
are copies OF letters written by Alex
ander Konta. evidently a German
agent, 70 Capt. Haas Tauscher asso.
iciated with German propaganda IN
the United States. and to Dr. BERNARD
DernberG, Germanys chief propa-
Fanda aEent, upon the prospects OF
buying some great American news
paper. Mr. Palmer connects thes,
with his declaration that the influ-
enee which the brewers attempt to
exert was thoroughly in the interest
of Germany
First among the documents is
letter from Feigenspan TO Robert
Grain, whose office is in the bnildins
which houses Mr. Brisbane Times
detailing the distribution of the $407.-
300 loan. II was divided this way:
George Ehret, $4,000; c. Feigen-
! span, S25. 900; Julium Liebmann.
! $25, 200; j. G. G.. TIupfel, $500; Ja-
/ cob Rupert, $4,000 Joseph r. Uh-
lein. $50.000 Edward Landsberg,
s15,0OO Reuter- n Co.. SIS. 900; A. 7.
| llouton Co. $4,000; william Hamm,
$4,000; q. Pabst, $4,000: Fred Mil
Ter Brewing company. $4,000. (This
sum was collected from five individ-
uals at $4,000 eachl; G, Schmidt e
Sons, $4,000: F. A. Poth & Sons, si5.-
900: Bergner & Engel. 10000; Unit.
ed States Brewers association 500
| GOO; United States Brewers associa-
ton. adv, $4,000; a total of $407, 500.
Of this sum. Feigenspan's letter
stated, s375,0 was advanced to tho
Growing Circulation corporation (Mr.
Brisbans published statements place
the sum he borrowed through Mr..
Feigenspan at this sum-
Six Checks shown.
The course of the loan as il appears
to be shown by documents. the origi-
| nails OF which Mr.. Palmer states are
in his possession, show first six checks
drawn on the Federal Trust company
by G. w, Feigenspan, trustee. paya-
bile to the order of the trust company
aggrogating 100000 and drawn be-
tween June 81, 1917, and January 25.
1918. There is also a check for $25.-
600 drawn by Feigenspan as trustee
to Grain. Then follow five drafts by
the Federal Trust company on the
American Exchange National bank,
payable to bearer aggregating $s45.-
900. They are endorsed to be paid to
the order of "a. Thursby, Growing
Circulation corporation, per l.. r..
Krause, vice president: For deposit
pay to Equitable Trust company"
The documents then show a note
for 100000 dated June 81, 1917, pay
able five years later to feigenspan as
trustee and executed by the Growing
Circulation corporation. This is fol-
lowed by a receipt to Feigenspan, exc
cuted by A. Brisbane acknowledging
$3.50. 900 ito be used in the purchase
of Mr.. Munseys newspaper In
Washington by me" The re-
naming $40, 900 was to be paid later.
The documents then include state-
ment by Feigenspan, dated July 80.
1918, which says;
During the month of June, 1917.
to the best of my recollection, the
matter of the Washington Times be-
came of mutual interest to Mr.. Arthur
Brisbane and a number of brewers.
Mr. Brisbane, as ] have been informed
by him had an option to purchase
the Washington Times from Mr..
Frank A. Munsey for a sum which
recall as being $500 COO The terms
of this sale. as recall them, were that
$3.50 900 was to be paid down, tho
balance to he paid in installments OF
$50 600 each every six months
''In order to bring about the pur-
chase of the Washington Times, I at
various times advanced Mr.. Brisbane
funds through the Growing circula-
tion corporation, a corporation which
| believe is either owned or controlled
by Mr.. Brisbane. The aforesaid funds
were advanced on the dates and In
the amounts as hereinafter specified
and in the following manner:
"A letter from Brisbane 70 Fegen-
span, dcfinlng tho terms of the loan,
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