The Washington herald., 1918-10-29
By DwIG

he was the sole owner of The Wash
ington Times" just before A. Mitchell
Palmer, United States Alien Prop
erty Custodian, revealed the fact that
sixteen brewers and the United
States Brewers Association had put
up the money with which he bought
the paper.
Brisbane now announces that he has
bought two Milwaukee papers, The
Evening Wisconsin" and The Daily
News" also an evening paper. An
nouncenent that he has also bought
The Morning Free Press" is expect
ed at any time. In addition. he has
an interest-how large is not known.
but II is great-in The Milwaukee
Leader" The first two he has al
ready consolidated and he is pub,
fishing The Evening Wisconsin and
Daily News" as a typical hearst,
Brisbane sheet in appearance ano
policy. As when he first bought
THE Washington Times" with the
brewers money!, a daily feature has
been series Of welcome" from
more or less prominent citizens. 1t
is noteworthy that in spite OF the
wide acclaim that has been given Mr..
Brisbane's advocacy of the use OF
light wines and beers. there did not
appear during the first week any
welcome from any Of the thirty-slx
officials of the brewing concerns OF
! the city.
Circulstion of Papers.
The four papers enumerated give
according TO the statements filed
with the Postoffce Department on
April 1. 1915. a daily circulation Of
tlH.3ls. The other papers in Mil
waukee have the following circula-
! tIOns:
The Journal" evening. ,SSS, and
The sentinel" morning and evening,
57.275. a total of 1858, only a little
more than that of the others. There
: is also German-language paper
The HeroId." with 1856 subscribers.
Thus the Brisbane papers" will have
nearly half the English circulation
! Of the city. at least on paper. ana
they. with the German paper, Will
have more than half
Brisbane's first entrance into the
{ Milwaukee newspaper field became
known early in April. 1917. when the
/ puhlica ton Of the circulation and
ownership statement Of The Leader
showed that The Albert Brisbane
Fund, of New York. supposed TO he
wholly under his control. had becons
a stockholder in 1914. The Leader
is the Socialist organ of the city. or
rather the organ Of Victor l. Berger,
the Socialist boss. former Representa-
tive, and now under indictment for
disloyalty. The Leader" has been
denied second class mail privileges as
a result Of editorials II published since
we entered the war. in spite OF per
sonal plea made for II by Brisbane
TO Postmaster General Burleson. 1t
is still being published and distributed
J locally.
There was considerable shifting
of the stock ownership Of the Social
Democrat Publishing Company. which
prints The Leader" and also the
weekly "vorwarts," at the time Bris-
bane bought in. Up TO that time the
list had been headed by Berger's
name, but he disappeared. There also
disappeared from among the security
holders the Brewery Teamsters'
Union, No y. the Beer Bother
Union. No. 2l3. the Milwaukee Fed
Grated Trades Council. F. Dietzen, of
wiesbaden. Germany. Helen Phelps
j Stokes. Brewers Union, No. 2. and
United Lodge. No. Is. I. A. of NJ. A
new name on the list beside Brls-
bane's was that of the International
Union of United Brewery Workmen
Since that time and to April l. lslSI
there were no changes among the Sc
curity holders mentioned, though
there were always a few transfers
, appearing. This fail The Leader,
having lost its second class mail priv
ilege. publishes no ownership state
ment. but the ''Vorwarts" which
printed by the same company, show
all the above still on it's list.
! Attacks of "The Leader"
The Leader" as BerEen's orga
has attacked almost everything
Milwaukee except the brewers Tht
Berger has avoided. In 1sI0 when
was publishing only the tVorwarts