New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Senate Committee to Hear
Alfred l.. Becker's Story
of Bolo Pacha Intrigue
Untermyer Is to Testify
Capt. Lester, of Intelligence
Bureau, to Further Ex-
pose Enemy Propaganda
Nec York Tribune
WASHINGTON Rnrenu

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. .11.--A promise
Of further sensational disclosures of
German propaganda. probably including
revelations regarding William Ran
dolph Hearst, which may rival the
Palm Beach kilograms, was given this
afternoon in the announcement that
Captain G. B. Lester, of the Military
Intelligence Bureau, and Alfred L..
Becker, Deputy Attorney General of
New York State, will go on the stand
before the Overman Senate Committee
investigating German propaganda and
its friends
The announcement came after an
almost all-day conference between Mr..
Becker, Captain Lester and Major Z.
Lowry Humes, counsel for the commit
tee. Captain Lester has been assisting
Major Humes since the beginning OF
the hearings and is now engaged in
preparing evidence which the Military
Intelligence Bureau has secured in ad-
dition to that given by A. Bruce Bic
lashi, chief of the Bureau of Investiga-
ton OF the Department of Justice.
Among the material on which he is
working is a big pile of the bound
files OF the Hearst papers.
High Tribute to Becker
The nature of the testimony which
Mr.. Becker may be asked to give has
been intimated at previous sessions of
the committee. Mr.. Bielaski paid a
high tribute to Mr.. Becker as the man
who had unravelled the skeins of the
Bolo Pacha affair in this country and
traced the devious channels through
which the money had been paid
He also said that Mr.. Becker had
continued to assist the Department of
Justice and had secured much valu-
able information regarding the Amer
lean connections of Bolo. When
asked for details of these connections
he said he would like to get Mr.. Beck
ers original records, and it is likely
that the committee decided to have Mr..
Becker bring them himself.
Captain Lester will go on the wit
ness stand Friday morning. Mr.. Beck
er, who returned to New York this
afternoon to collect his material, will
not appear till Thursday of next week.
On Tuesday another witness whose
appearance promises to attract wide in
terest will be heard-Samuel Inter
myer, the well-known lawyer and poll
tlclan, who was mentioned in Mr.. Bic
laski's testimony. Mr.. Untermyer has
issued statements to the press denying
the allegations made against him, and
wired the committee asking that he be
given an opportunity to be heard.
Untermyer To Be Questioned
Mr.. Untermyer will probably be per-
mltted to put in a formal statement
replying to the charges against him and
explaining the evidence that has been
produced. But, having asked for a hear
ing, he will be at the disposal of the
committee for examination, and there
are number Of matters about which he
will be asked
1t is interesting to note that of all
the scores of men whose names have
been brought out during the hearings
so Tar only five have asked to be given
.AN-A ~ * al IICI DIlSDdHe appeared
before the committee at his own re-
quest. Alexander Konta, who wrote the
letter to DR.. Dernburg outlining
scheme for a German brewing paper.
also asked to appear, but failed to come
~hen the opportunity was given, and
unally was subpGnaed. Professor AL
pert Bushnell Hart appeared at his own
request yesterday, and cuis Garthe. a
washington newspaper man, who was
involved in "The National Courier"
winch got support from Bernstorff, has
asked for a hearing. Mr.. Untermyer
makes the fifth.
Further Newspaper Revelations
;, One of the matters about which Mr..
Shtermyer Is sure to be examined is his
deals concerning certain Jewish papers
on New York's East Side-the "War
nelt' and the Leader" Louis E. Mil
ler editor of first one and then the
other OF these papers, sent to the COM
mlttee a letter, which has been put
mt. INTO the record, in which he charged
mat Untermyer had tried to get CON
,,rol of the Leader" and that he (Mil-
ler) mad let the paper die rather than
permit this; and, further, that stock
IN the "Warheit," which the committee
mas been told was pledged to Inter
myer as security for the loans with
wnlch 1T was bought, had. instead, act
uaiiy been put in the name of Inter