The sun., 1918-11-23
BREWERY INQUIRY
TAKES WIDER SCOPE
Senate Committee Will Seek
Evidence to Bare German
Propaganda Plans.
WOMAN AS "wET" AGENT
Records Show Denii' gs Of As
ISOLATION to Stem 'Dry' Tide
Next Session Dec. 8.

WASHINGTON. Nov 22.-The Senate
committee investigating brewery propa-
ganda decided to-day to take up pm De-
cember Q a general inquiry into German
propaganda. This followed adjourn.
ment OF the hearings to-day until after
the beginning OF the new session OF Con-
gress, December 2.
Additional records from the private
files OF the United States Brewers AS.
ISOLATION. showing methods adopted In
the organizations efforts to combat the
prohibition movement, were read into
the record Of the Senate Investigating
Committee to-day by Major E Lowry
Humes. who is in charge of tho inquiry.
These records dealt with the organiza-
tion and financing or the National Asso.
bursements to the German-American AL
lance, the employment Of special writer's
for beer propaganda and a suggestion
to Hugh +. Fox, secretary OF the associa-
ton, THAI the brewers offer a prize for
the best essay on the solution Of the "sa-
loon problem" with the cooperation OF
newspapers as a medium Of publicity.
The Hearst papers were suggested In
this connection.
Sought Ala Through Jurist.
Other records included a suggestion
that efforts be made to induce Federal
Judge Jeter c.. Pritchard of Asheville,
write a letter to n brewer soliciting
funds with view to discrediting him.
Other documents Included letters pur-
porting to show that a Miss Martin WAS
employed toe attend q meeting OF the
Anti-Saloon League in Atlantic City In
1914 to report the proceedings to the
brewers and that in August of the same
year she attended a meeting OF o Catho-
lie prohibition society in Niagara Falls.
was elected secretary. and subsequently
destroyed the records of the session.
She was on the associations payroll at
5000 month, according to the records
The committee heard only one witness
to-day. but before adjournment to De-
cember 3 II decided to take up at that
time general inquiry into German
propaganda. Alexander Konta OF New
York. who has been mentioned in con-
nection with the German propaganda
v,
probably Immediately after the Inquiry
IL resumed
How Vets Fought Prohibition.
contract between the United States
Brewers Association through it's presi-
dent. Edward A. Schmidt of Phlladel-
phia and Percy Andreae of Chicago to
organize and supervise the operation
of the National Association of Commerce
and Labor, = subsidiary of the brewers,
by which the brewers were 10 pay An
dreae $4,000 year for five years, WIS
placed In the record. Other records
showed that tho Association OF Com
merce ana Labor was actively engaged
in combating prohibition and that Il re-
ceived 100000 from the brewers assoc
citation and 100000 from the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association.
The suggestion regarding the efrprts
to induce Judge Pritchard to solicit
funds from the brewers was made ac-
cording TO the record. by Fox to r. u.
Schefer Of New York. a lawyer who
was one of the underwriters or the loan
for the purchase Of the Montgomery,
Ala. Advertiser. FoX's letter to Schefer
dated In February, 1919, read:
I'm view of the present situation In
North Carolina you can do n very great
service II you could induce Judge Pritch.
ard to write a letter over his own
signature soliciting n contribution from
you as a brewer