The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-20

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Julius Lehman, $4,000.
! -. HufcI. $500.
Jacob Rupert. $4,000.
Joseph r.. Uthlein. $4,000.
! Edward Iansberg, $4,000.
Reuter- & Co.. $4,000.
"A. j. Houghton Company, sic, 900.
William Hamm. $4,000.
20. Pabst. $4,000.
Fred Miller Brewing Company
$4,000.
Shares for this check to be made up
as follows:
! Il. G. Miller. $4,000 F. A Miller. 49,
/ 600 r.. r. Miller, 50 600; Mrs. c. A. Mil
/ Ter $4,000; Mrs. f. x John. $4,000: c.
/ schmidt and sons, $1,000; r. A. Poth and
! sons, $4,000; BerEnor and Engel, *fe,-
. 600: L. : Il. A. $4,000, L. s. b. A. Adv
$4,000. Total. s407.5oo
! Total advanced TO Growing Circula-
tion company $3.50
/ difference, cash on hand includin z
/ $4,000 advanced by the advertising
! fund, S32,5o0.
! Il hold memorandum in the shape
I OF note given to me by the Growing
I Circulation company. A copy of which
! is enclosed
/ The difference of $500 which you
( will note between these two items is
{ the matter to which called your at
/ tentton 10 the last meeting and for
! which no note has yet been given
! to me.
Il was called on the telephone the
same afternoon that you were in New
York. but the party stated that he
would see YOU in Washington as his
/ phone message to me was after the
! time OF leaving of your train.
Yours very truly,
&C. w. FEIG ENSpAN"
+ Then follows a statement by {. W.
. 49,
I 30, last, in part as follows
mutual Interest"
I During the month of June. 1917, to
! the best of my recollection the matter
/ of the Washington Times became of
/ mutual interest to Mr.. Arthur Brisbane
! and number of brewers. Mr.. Bris-
! bane, as l have been informed by him,
/ had an option to purchase the Wash
! ington Times from Mr.. Frank A. Mum
! sey for a sum which recall as being
/ $4,000 The terms of the sale re-
/ call them were that s250.00o was to be
! paid down, the balance to be paid in
/ instalne nts of S50,00 each every six
! months
! In order to bring about the pur-
! chase Of the Washington Times, | a
: various times, advanced MIR. Brisbane
/ funds through the Growing Circulation
I corporation, n corporation which I he
/ heye IN either owned controlled by
Mr. brisbane. The aforesaid funds
we're advanced on the dates and in the
| amounts hereinafter specified and in
! the follow ing manner. | first drew a
! check or checks on the account at the
Federal Trust company. which stood in
! my name trustee. such checks or
| checks being payable to the order of the
| Federal Trust company. the Federal
| trust company then would in turn de-
iliver to me a treasurer's check payable
to bearer, which treasurers checks in
turn delivered to Mr.. Brisbane person
/ ally"
This statement Includes note to
MIR Brisbane from Mr.. Fefgenspan set
! ting forth the terms Of business ar
ranEement by which Mr. Feigenspan
and a Number of his friends agreed &c
supply capital of $5an, 900 for the pur-
chase and establishment of newspa.
per by Mr.. Brisbane.
Mixing Propaganda.
! In conclusion the statement of Mr.
Palmer carried two letters from Alex
ander Konta 20 Exchange Place, New
York city. one under date of April ,
lal5, is addressed to Captain Hans
! Tauscher. $50 Broadway. New Yorl
icity, complaining about the failure o
pr nernhurg to acknow ledge reeeip
tof a letter from Mr. konta. which h
had written regarding the purchase o
/ q newspaper suggested ny Or Dern
- burg and seeking Captain Toncher's ait
in the recovery of the original, ant
another under date of March 81, 1915
to Dr. Dernhurg at the Ritz Carlton
! New York city, in which Mr.. konta
and lists the daily newspaper proper
. ties which he believed could he pur
> chased.
IN THE LETTER THE SUGGESTION
Is MADE THAT THE BREWERS y
THEIR FIGHT AGAINST PROHIBI
r TIoN. NIGHT CONTINUE TO THU
SUPPORT OF A NEW SPAPER WHICH
t WOULD FIGHT PROHIRITION AM
G Al THE SAME TIME SPREAD GER
$ Wan PROPAGANDA.
. MT Brisbane in m editorial in tn
= Washington Times yesterday. under tn
e caption THE Times Belongs to A. Rris
hane," said.
Here's Brishane's side.
r Tho Washington Times Is 100 pc
- cent my properly
p III was purchased from Frank A
Munsey for 100000. Of which sum
as has been previously stated in Thu
% column-S25o.o 600 ia still due Mr.. Nun
. sev. And he holds in his possessio
the entire stock of the Washineto
= Times as security for the payment q
: the balance Of the purchase money du
Z him
- ITO buy the Times and put 1osin
property on a paying basis. / require
e approximately half a million dollars.
Mr. G. W. FeiEenspan, president c
n the Federal Trust company. OF Newark
2, ~ j, is a friend OF mine and a brewe
- As every newspaper editor in the coun
- try knows | have for more than invent
:, years advocated, as temperance meas
n ure the suppression OF the whisk e
traffic and the encoura cement of ligh
# wine and light beer.
n at my request Mr.. Feigenspa
agreed that he would arrange for me
loan of $500 600 1t turned out that
- required less amount-s375.0 600 wa
: sufficient for expense involved in pu,
ting the Washington Times on a payin
, basis.
u The amount I borrowed from NJ
y Feigenspan between June, 1917, an
November. 1917. and the money in du
course viii he repaid with interest.
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