The Washington herald., 1918-12-18
SENATE HEARS
BITTER DENIALS
BY UNTERMYER
Attorney Declares He Was
Never ProGermanE Even
Before War.
HEARST Is DEFENDED
Bradford Merrill, His Man
ager, Sends Statement De-
nying Disloyalty Charge.

Samuel Untermyer, of New York,
testsying before the Senate Judiciary
! Subcommittee yesterday. emphatically
denied that his sympathies had at any
! time. either before or after the United
| States entered the war, been pro-Ger-
man.
Mr.. Untermyer's name first appeared
| in the testimony before the subcom-
mittee in connection with the proposed
purchase of the New York Morning
and Evening Sun by German agents.
A letter from Mr.. Untermyer to DR..
| Heinnerich Albert, written on Febru-
| ary 10, 1916, introduced at an earlier
| hearing. suggests that DR.. Albert
| might be able to secure these papers.
This transaction, Mr.. Untermyer
explained to the subcommittee. had
been purely a business proposition.
I and of such slight Importance that the
/ incident had escaped his recollection
| when he was first asked about II.
Thought 1t Private Deal.
Later, under cross-examination, the
witness admitted that he knew that
DIR. Albert was a German agent, but
declared he believed the purchase OF
the paper to be entirely a private
/ business venture.
While admitting that he had had
several conferences with Albert and
| Bernstorff. Untermyer insisted thar
they had been entirely friendly in
their character, and that he had never
been connected with either of the men
! IN business.
Major Humes, counsel for the sub
committee, questioned the witness,
I concerning a letter of DR.. Alberts,
! in which the writer referred to a
certain article appearing in the New
York Times, intimating that Mr..
| Untermyer had been connected with
the publication of the article. and
/ closing with the statement that Mr..
. UrAermyer would find enclosed a
draft of a note to the State Depart
ment. MFR. Untermyer denied amp
tknowtedge OF either article or pote.
Makes Sweeping DeniaI.
The witness denied any connec-
| tion with other business transac-
( tions of Albert, referred to by the
! counsel for the esubcommitteeSst stating
Z that in several cases he had referred
Albert to other attorneys but in ev-
| cry case he had refused TO act.
Mr.. Untermyer stated that he was
| present at conference between
! Frank Vanderlip. of New York, and
! DIR. Albert concerning a proposed
business deal in Argentina, but de-
: clared that he had not listened to
! the discussion and was unable to
! state definitely just what the busi-
| ness had been. In a letter to Inter
myer from Albert concerning the pro-
/ posed conference with Mr. Vanderlip
! Albert emphasized the Importance OF
/ keeping Mr.. Vanderlip in ignorance
| of certain details of the deal and that
the matter be allowed to appear an
| ordinary commercial transaction.
At this point in the hearing Mr.
| Unternyer interrupted to suggest
! that Major Humes should not have
! "such a suspicious mind
at is difficult to go through these
! papers without becoming suspicious
Mr.. Untermyer," said Mai. Humes.
"Yes, major, but you shouldn't lei
it become an obsession." said Inter
| myer.
| Opposed Preparedness.
| Mr.. Untermyer declared he had al
ways been pro-ally though at one time
he had favored an embargo on muni-
-tions. and had been opposed TO pre-
paredness.
| In a lengthy defense read at the
| opening of his testimony. Mr.. Inter
myer declared he always had been ar
| IDENTIFY pro-American, and, despite his
German parentage, pro-ally He pro-
tested against certain portions of the
J cross-examinations as unfair" and
the ''veriest drivel"
! Judge Aaron Levy. of New York.
who had been mentioned In connec-
| tion with the Jewish paper, the War
heit. testified concerning the purchase
of the paper from L. f. Miller. He
stated that Miller's statement that he
/ had been forced from his connection
with the paper because of his pro-
ally sentiments had been pure fic.
tion." and read a number of MilIer's
editorials to prove the latter had been
/ pro-German.
/ Under cross-examination Judge Lew
admitted that the Warheit had been
! friendly to Germany. but described its
attitude as more anti-Russian than
/ pro-German.
! Hearst Man Asks Hearing.
In statement submitted to the sub.
committee Bradford Merrill. manager
of the Hearst publications, questioned
the authenticity of testimony offered
I by Capt. Lester. of the Army InteIi-
J sence Service, last week, and asked
/ for hearing by the subcommittee.
In his statement Mr. Merrill denied
/ that any Marshall Kelly, referred to
/ In Capt. Testers testimony, had ever
eeen sent by Hearst 90 buy the Bal
umore sun, and stated that he had
{ tust been informed by the editor of the
/ Chicago HeraldExaminer that there
had never been Marshall Kelly con-
necte@ with that paper.
Capt Lester produced documents
J showing that Kelly had been con-
nected with the Herald Examiner up
TO June of this year.