The sun., 1918-07-17
BECKER ANSWERS
CARVETH ATTACK
Assails Chemical Officer Who
Charged Hearing Had
Political Motive.
O. r. SEITZ IS WITNESS
Lawyer Describes How He Eff
fectcd Transfer From Ger
mans.

The inve stigation into the character
three chemical companies in this coun-
try to the men at their head by German
shareholders in February before Alfred
l. Becker, Assistant Acknowledgement.
before the close OF the session when Mr..
Becker asked II DR.. II. r. Carveth OF
the Niagara Electro-chemical Company
was present.
NO" replied William A. Hamann.
who has testified before in the investiya-
ton, but we can get him. Do you
want him as a witnessy'
Well" was the reply. ''he has given
out an obnoxious interview about this
investigation and has been quoted in
the Buffalo Express as qualifying this
hearing as newspaper trial being con-
Quoted by the Attorney-General for the
purpose of aiding his campaign"
DO you believe all that you see IN
the newspapers" asked j. ". clifford.
counsel for the chemical companies.
Believes Quotations Correct.
II believe that DR.. Carveth has said
the things quoted In the Buffalo papers.
This interview was printed last Sunday
but we have had no letter from this
! man denying Il. Nor has he apologized
I for his SANDER"
| "Dr Carveth Is a fine gentleman e
offered Attorney Clifford. "He was a
professor at Cornell for years and Is a
! high class. refined"
|. Mr.. Becker expressed a rather pointed
opinion of the doctor, and the hearing
was adjourned until Tuesday morning
next at 40 o'clock
| In the earlier part OF the afternoon
Oscar r. Seitz. the American lawyer
who went to Germany to secure the
controlling stock interest for the Ameri.
can organized and operated companies
the Observation-Disclosures Company, Nj.
agara Company and the Perth Amboy
Chemical Company, continued his story
or how he managed to persuade the
German holders OF that stock to let Il
go at a comparatively low figure.
He testified that after a rumor had
been printed in Frankfort newspaper
extra" that diplomatic relations witt
Germany had been severed by President
! Wilson-he previously testified that In
arrived in Germany February 1. 1911
he renewed his efforts with the German
Anstalt Company. which has been men
toned as the mother Of the American
, concerns under scrutiny, and that after
| many conferences the transfer of contro
was effected for $500. 900 or 81 .ooO. 900.
incidentally he testified that the Ger
man stockholders chose the men in tn,
American concerns who would receiv,
tho stock.
vVhv II nlAV,t NJ
He said six sets ot duplicate origina
transfers were prepared and that fiv,
Of them were sent 10 different deposi
taries In Germany and Switzerland.
The sets which were deposited II
Switzerland, he said. he handed to hi
sister with instructions to deposit then
In different places. and then he returne,
to this country by the southern At
lant!c route.
Where are those three sets OF dupli
cate original transfers now?" was tn
question.
Il left them with my sister. I aske,
her to deposit one with a notary, one II
II depositary and one with responsible
person"
Pressed for an answer to a question
as TO why he made no effort TO brin
any of the sets back to New York tn
witness said that he had arranged witt
tho New York chemical men to deposi
them properly and then make his affi
davir to that effect. He also said tina
when travelling In the war zones 1t wa
wise to avoid carrying papers of an
description.
Joseph II. Choate. who Is examinin
! the witnesses for the investigation bu
reau OF the Allen Property Custodian
office, did not look through the safet
: deposit box which he told Mr.. Haman
, at the close OF the preceding sessio
the company still retained. but he ex
poets to do so to-day.
The Republican state Convention q
Saratoga neceseitated the putting owe
, J o: the hearing.