Arizona republican., 1918-12-21
BECKER AND REED TILT

(Continued from Page One) considered a supporter of Whitman and Senator Reed sought to show that Lewis and Becker intended to damage Whitman by attacking Hearst.
 Senator Reed read from a New York newspaper of July 31, 1917, a story telling of Bolo Pasha's attention to metropolitan opera singer, a Spanish woman, whose relations with Bolo were declared by Becker to be entirely blameIess. In this story was a letter from Bolo to the singer mentioning My friend. Mrs. Millicent Hearst MT. Becker admitted having given. to the papers the statement containing this letter.
 Reed and Becker Spat.
 What was the purpose of giving it out at this particular time" in quired Senator Reed.
 Tt was an interesting item of news which I thought the public would be glad to read" MT. Becker replied, smiling.
 Was. there no purpose to connect Hearst with Bolo?'
 q had regarded the purpose to show the connection of Hearst with German propogandists as more interesting to the public than the disclosure of Bolo' s attentions to the opera singer.
 Becker added, shouting to drown Senator Reeds voice:
 T think it should have been done a long time before
 Senator King of Utah, then asked;
 Did you attempt to prejudice the public against Whitman by showing his connection with Hearst v Mir. Becker replied:
 Tt was Lewis, campaign committed which did this
 Telling about a meeting in Carnegie | Hall, New York, in 1915, under the aus pices of the central federated union 1T l the interest of keeping the United l States out of the war Becker said g 1 New York woman, whose name he t.C not mention withdrew an agreement 1 to pay $500 for use of the hall wher ] she discovered that William J. Bryar | was to be one of the speakers. 1 Sarcasm Used Freely
 Senator Reed asked the witness if ht meant to infer by his reference to MT Bryan that objection was made to hi: i persence at the meeting because of hi: being a representative of the govern 1 ment.
 No" Becker replied. T hope vol do not think that I will be held re sponsible for any wild reference tha may be drawn by diseased minds" Do you mean to say that my mint is diseased?" asked Senator Reed.
 No. That is another wild inference, Becker said.
 Becker told the committee that s33, 763 was collected by the citizens com mittee of New York for food shipment to Germany, but the money wa checked out of bank and the checks de stroyed, and only $500 worth of foo was sent to Germany.
 The witness testified that the lat Dr. Hugo Schwilzer of New York re ceived S1,47S,SS2 from the German em bassy having acted as depository fo a part of the embassy funds. He sai evidence showed that s150,000 of tha amount was paid to Dr. Edward Rumely and used to pay expenses i connection with the New York Evenin Mail
 Brewer Propaganda From Berlin
 MT. Becker read a letter from Georg Sylvester Viereck to his father in Der : lin, intercepted by British censor, asking the father to forward the text ( a German court decision to the effeC that beer was a food rather than luxury. This decision later was re ceived. Mr. Becker said, and was use extensively as brewers propaganda i the United States.
 A catechism of the war entitle 1.-Two thousand questions and an swers.' published by the Review ( Reviews company after the Unite States entered the war and criticize by the National Security league, wa taken up by Mir. Becker. He read passage referring to immoral condi tions in Paris and said he considere those German propaganda because it in