The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-28
GERMAN BABY MILK
FUND Is EXPOSED
Won Mach Tried to Keep All
for administration" Says
Young Woman Employee.
RUMELY WAS A MEMBER
OF $4,000 Collected, 500
Was Spent for Children, Ac-
cording to Testimony.

The workings of the Citizens Com
nittee for Food Relief, under whose
name Dr. Edmund Won Mach. former
Instructor of history at Harvard, pre-
sented narrowing descriptions OF the
plight Of German babies, who. he al
legged, were suffering greatly for lack
of milk in 1916 and 1916. were explained
by Alfred l.. Becker. Deputy State At
torney General, yesterday.
DR.. Won Mach was executive chair
man Of the organization. Mr.. Becker
says he founded 1t. Its letterheads bore
long list OF names OF well known per-
sons, with the assertion that they were
members. Mr.. Becker charges that the
names of two active members were
withheld from all publicity. These. he
says, were DR.. Edward A. Rumely,
former publisher of the Evening Natl
and Bernard Ridder Of the Stats
Zeifun1.
Mr.. Becker says Rumely and Ridder
were named as members OF the organ
ization by Homer II. Ladd. young
pacifst whose principal duty at the
woolworth Building Offices appears to
have been to lend his name to pro-
German propaganda sent to News
papers all over the country. These let
tiers were signed AN Indignant Anglo
Saxon American" and similarly
Miss Elizabeth Ross, young woman
Of American birth but German ante
cedents, was Mr.. Becker's source OF In
formation concerning the committee for
food shipments. She was employed by
the organization for five weeks in the
winter OF 1915.
Postage Cost More Than MIX.
Miss Ross made a statement to Mr.
Becker charging that although Slo.oot
in subscriptions was received while she
was in the office. only 500 worth oil
milk was sent to Germany. 1t went
by first class mail. she said. carrying
$3.50 in postage.
She declared that Won Mach directed
the publicity work of the organization
and that he sent out Christmas ap
peal for suffering German babies. ask
ing that all checks be made payable
to him personally. Miss Ross oo;ectee
to this. She and Won Mach did moi
get on we'll together. She said the mrs
thing he did was to inform her tha
in addition to his salary OF s,s wee
ne had made arrangements to be re
lived at the Holland House.
According to Miss Ross. Won Macl
arranged to have the contributions di
vided into two funds. for administra
ton and for milk.
He always tried to put everything
into the administrative fund.-" Miss Ros
said. but IL you caught him at 1t M
would divide so per cent The coilec
tons while she worked for the organi
cation she estimated at $4,000.
Among the names on the letter head
were Mrs. George Ehret Mrs. Carl Bit
Ter, Miss Alice Kauser, Mrs. Randolph
C;uggenheim, Mrs. A. Pagenstecher. Mrs
Hugo Reisinger. Mrs Herman RiddeT
Mrs. w. r. Shepherd. DR.. George c.
Hass. Dr. I. S. Moses and the Right Rev
Archbishop Mundeleln.
University League Activities.
Miss Ross also gave information con
corning the German University League
an active distributor OF pro-Germa
propaganda before the United States be
came a belligerent. She was employe
at the office of the league at 225 FIT
avenue before she went to work for IN
committee for food shipments.
The University League was the join
proiect of DR.. Otto Merkel and vo
Mach, Miss Ross said. She sent in
ouiries to professors at American uni
versites on points of international Law
Replies favorable to Germany were usec
the others suppressed. Among the cor
troversies upon which opinions wer
sought were the invasion OF Belgium an
several speeches by Sir Edward Grey.
Miss Ross said that DR.. Boldt. who's
son had been killed, supplied much {
the money to keep the University Leagu
going. She said he lived in Sixty -firs
street, near Fifth avenue. and was n
lated to the late George c. Boldt OF tn
Waldorf
Won Mach obtained much publicity fc
his milk project. He demanded in Eel
ruary. 1916. that Secretary Daniels al
sign warship to carry milk from tn
country The State Department al
swered with a report from Amoassad'
Gerard that, instead of suffering throus
lack of milk. the infants Of the Teuton
empires had an oversupply and the II
FAINT mortality rate was less than befol
the war.
SIR. Becker said yesterday he had a.
cepted an invitation to appear before
subcommittee of the Senate JudiciaI
Committee SEPTEMBER TO give his opil
ion on a bill to restrict the admission
foreign language newspapers to u
mails. He requested that the hearing
private. II have taken hundreds
pages of testimony relating to HUI
garian and Slovak papers and some ma
tiers must be kept confidential owing
pending criminal prosecutions" he said