South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-20
Gays BRE WERIES
HELPED BRISBANE
BUY NE WSPAPER
Many of the Largest Brewing
Concerns in America Said
to be Back of German
Propaganda Scheme.

WASHINGTON. sept. 2O-Docu-
ments 20 show that Is breweries and
the United states Brewers associa-
ton contributed $4O7,5OO 20 a fund
used by c. w Feigenspan Of New
ark. n. J.. in making a loan 20 Ar
thur Brisbane for the purchase Of
the Washington Times. WAS furnish
ed late Thursday 20 the senate ju-
dietary committee By A. Mitchell
Palmer. alien property custodian.
The money advanced Mr.. Bris-
bane, amounting TO $4,000, was
advanced by Mr. Feigenspan through
the Growing Circulation corporation,
which concern Is understood either
20 be owned or controlled by Mr..
Brisbane
some Of Contributors.
Contributions 10 the fund, from
which advances were made. were re-
ceived from the following.
George Ehret. $4,000; G. Feigen-
span. $4,000; Julius Lehman.
$4,000. J. c. c. Hupfel. $500;
Jacob Rupert, $4,000; Joseph z.
Ulhern. $4,000; Edward Landsberg.
$4,000. Reuter- and company. $15,-
900. A. j HOughton & Co. $4,000;
William Hamm. $4,000. G. Pabst.
$4,000; Fred Miller Brewing Co,
$4,000; c.. Schmidt and Son. $4,000;
r. A. Roth and Son. $4,000: Berg
ned & Engel. 10000; United States
Brewing association, $4,000. and
the United states Brewing associa-
ton. $4,000
Nab Damaging Letters.
other documents sent 10 the com
mittee by Mr.. Palmer included cor
respondence between German propa-
gandists in this country and certain
brewery interests relative TO the
purchase Of a newspaper 10 he an
tagonistic neither 10 beer nor 10
Germany. A letter signed by Alex
ander Konta, No 20 Exchange
place New York. addressed TO Capt.
Hans Tauscher. in which the writer
told OF having discussed with DR..
Bernard Dernburg matters regard
INK the purchase Of newspaper
and complaining that Dernburg had
done little or nothing 10 influence
the American people. was among
Followed senate Action.
Mr.. Palmer acted Immediately
after the senate had passed a reso-
luton introduced by Sen. Jones Of
Washington. calling upon the alien
property custodian 20 show proofs
on which he made his speech i'm
Harrisburg. Pa. last Saturday de-
scribing the efforts OF brewers 10
control a newspaper i'm pro-German
interest. 10 exert their influence
upon congress and finally he
charged the brewing interests had
advanced the money for the pur-
chase OF newspaper TO fight the
battle Of the liquor traffic under the
shadow Of the dome Of the capitol"
Mr.. BTisbane's Statement
Mr. Brisbane In published state
ments In the Times already has
stated that he bought the paper
with money loaned by c. ". Fei-
genspan a brewer. and president Of
the Federal Trust Co. of Trenton.
y J. Mr.. Brisbane also has pub
lished letter from Feigenspan de
filming an arrangement by which
The loan was syndicated to I ; brew
ers Mr. Palmer includes I'm his
disclosure that this letter and also
documents 70 support his assertion
that the loan was made in a way
to conceal its course and purpose.
Included I'm Nr Palmers papers
are copies Of letters written by
Alexander Konta. evidently a Ger
man agent. 10 Capt Hans Tausch-
err. VIGOROUSLY associated with Ger
man propaganda i'm the United
states and 70 DIT Bernard Dern-
burg. Gerr.any's chief propaganda
agent, upon the prospects OF buying
some great American newspa per.
Mr. Palmer connects these with his
declaration that the influence which
the brewers attempt 20 exert was
Thoroughly I'm the interest of Ger
many
Mr. Palmer Reticent.
Mr.. Palmer Thursday uisht de-
clined % say where his office OBJ
tanned the documents He added
that they spoke for themselves.
First among the documents is
letter from Feieenspan TO Robert
Crane whose office Is In the build
ing which houses AR Brishane's
Times detailing the distribution Of
the S4oT50O loan. 10 was divided
this way. George Ehret. $50. 600:
@ Feigenspan. $4,000; Julius Lieb-
mann. $4,000: J. c. c. HupfeI.
$500. Jacob Rupert. $4,000; Jo-
seph p Ulhlein $4,000. Edward