The Washington herald., 1918-12-05
WITNESSES AFFIRM
ALLEGIANCE TO U. S.
IN BREWERS PROBE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


&C. Feigenspan, $500. have never
met him.
Julius Lehman. s25,OOO. have
never met him.
~. c. G. Hupfel, $500. I think l
met him once on the street, years ago.
Jacob Rupert. $4,000 ! do not
know him. l think l met him once
many years ago.
Joseph E. Cihlein. $4,000. l know
him. but met him last ten years ago.
Edward Lansberg, Sl5,coo l have
never met him.
Reuter- & Co. $4,000. I have never
met Mr.. Reuter-.
l am connected with him by marriage.
met him only on rare occasions and
MOSTLY by accident.
Fred Miller Brewing Co. $1,000
1 know Mr.. Miller. The last time
met him, however, was about twelve
years ago.
&c. Schmidt and Sons. $500: F.
A. Poth and Sons, Eo,0oO; United
States Brewers Association. $1,000:
Bergner and Engel. $4,000. l don't
know any of these concerns"
HammerlinE Testifes.
Il have never discussed with these
persons or with any other persons
the purchase Of the Washington
Times or of any other paper" During
konta's testimony Arthur Brisbane,
the reputed owner of the Washington
Times, was in the committee room.
1t is expected that Mr.. Brisbane will
testify today, following the compile
ton of Mr. Konta's testimony.
Louis Hammerling, president OF the
American Association of Foreign
Language Newspapers, completed his
testimony at the morning session with
a vehement denial of any but the
most loyal sentiments toward the
United States, and with a review of
the war work he had done in the
interest of this country and the allied
nations.
Mr.. Hammerling admitted his re-
sponsibility for the appeal to the
munitions workers in the United
states to strike, but declared that
the appeal had been published in
good faith in the cause of human
ity. He declared that the editors
of the various foreign language
publications had given him the au-
thority to sign for them in the
/ transaction and produced the writ
ten authorization. Question as the
value of the signature may result
in the examining of the entire lot
by a handwriting expert. Thirty
six publications, out of the four
hundred and some, have written the
subcommittee denying their sigma
lures.
Hammerling told the subcom-
mittee that Lenine and Trotzsky had
come to his office in search of funds
and had been thrown out by Ham
merling. The witness declared that
his naturalization before he was
legally eligible, was in keeping with
the common political custom in the
anthracite coal regions to secure
votes.
Dushan Poppovich, editor of the
Serb Sentinel, testified that he had
refused the munition appeal and
dropped from Hammerling's adver-
refusal.
Arthur Gabryle, a former employe
! of Hammerling's and vice president OF
! the American Association of Foreign
Language Newspapers, declared thai
Hammerling had been fully aware
that the munitions. against which the
appeal was made, were being sent to
the allied nations, and that he had
been sent to Bethlehem TO investigate
! labor conditions. The witness declared
that he had warned Hammerling that
the Polish people believed that the
association was being supported by
German money. and that Hammerling
had told him that what 'people don
{ know. won't hurt them"
Gabryie declared that he had seen
Ambassador Bernstorff going into
Hammerling's private ONCE, and at
one time Hammerling had called Capt.
Poy-Ed and Won Papen on the tele-
phone when Gabryle was in the office.