New-York tribune., 1918-09-20
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spsn and his admission Of the relations
between the brewers and Brisbane.
Feigenspan declared that the letter
he wrote to Brisbane outlining the
deal was dictated by Brisbane himself.
This letter, signed by Feigenspan, gov
ernment officials declared, actually
made a gift of the money to Brisbane,
if he chose at any time to accept it. 1t
cave Brisbane the right TO sell the
paper after purchasing it for a dollar
and cancel the debt by giving Feigen-
span the dollar.
What further action will be taken
could not be learned here yesterday,
but it is generally believed that the
matter will not end with the publica-
ton Of the documents.
The publication was due to Senator
Kings request that Mr. Palmer give
what facts he chose to substantiate the
charge made in a speech last week that
brewers bought a newspaper in the
shadow of the Capitol to fight prohibi
ton.
Senator Kings Letter
Senator King wrote in part:
My Dear Sir: Our attention has
been called to an address delivered
by you at Harrisburg. Penn. on the
14th instant. In the course of Your
address, as published, the following
appears. The Senator there quotes
Nr Pslmer's published statement
that newspaper in Washington had
been subsidized by the liquor in
terests
And say to YOU another thing
which is appropriate to be said at this
time III this great hour of the coun-
try's emergency. The organized liquor
traffic Senator Kings letter CON
tlnues. "of the country is a vicious in
terest, because it has been unpatriotic;
because it has been pro- German in it's
sympathieS and its conduct.'
You may recall" Senator King
continued. that in January, 1918.
bill was introduced in the Senate
TO repeal the charter of the National
German-Americen Alliance This bill
was referred to the Judiciary Com
miteee, and soon after this reference
a sub csmmittee. of which | was
member, was -SSnointed for the pur-
pose of making such Investigations
as were deemed proper. with view
TO reporting upon the bill.
100000 Fund in Question
Hearings were had by this COM
mlttee, and SIX or seven hundred
pages of testimony were taken. Dur
ing the hearings conducted bv the
subcommittee there was evidence pre-
sented tending to show that certain
Of the brewing and liquor interests
of the United States were in close
ASSOCIATION with the National Ger
man American Alliance; that a cor
poratlon under the name of the Ma
tlonal Association of Commerce and
Labor was formed by the brewing in
terests for the purpose of combat
ing prohibition. Mr. Percy Andrae,
who appeared before the sub commit
tee, testified that during a period of
three years this organization col
lected approximately S6OO,OOO and
that portion of it was paid to the
National German-American Alliance
to be employed by it in opposing pro-
hlbltlon movements in various states.
ne evidence before the committee
shows that the National German
American Alliance was very active
IN the State of Pennsylvania, and
mat there was a very close con-
nectlon between the activities in that
state and the liquor interests
Calls for Facts
Some of the testimony submitted
to the committee tends to support
some of the statements made by You
and above referred to. In view of
the testimony submitted to the COM
mlttee, your statement that twelve or
fifteen German brewers of America,
in association with the United States
Brewers Association, furnished sew
eral hundred thousand dollars for
the purpose of securing d news
paper, is of more than passing In
terest While the hearings upon the
part of the sub committee have been
concluded and report made by the
full committee, | feel that any facts
that you might care to give respect
ing the matters mentioned in the
portion of your address above set
forth, would be of interest to the
members of the committee, if
not to the country.
Accordingly, | am writing you,
and will be glad to receive any inror-
nation which you may care to give
or any statement which you may be
willing to submit concerning the
matter to which reference has been
made
Mr.. Palmer's Reply
Mr.. Palmer, answering. said, in part:
THE facts in reference to the
D1e"t4S 1uIHlSllHR money 10 Duy MS
brlsbane's) paper are shown by GER
tam documents, the originals Of
which are in my possession, as fol-
lows:
six checks of c. W. Feigenspan,
trusteT, payable to the order of the
Federal Trust Company of Newark,
n j., and drawn on said trust com
pany bearing various dates from
June u, 1917. up to January 81, 1918,
amounting in the aggregate to
$4,000
THE check of c. w. Feigenspan,
trustee, on the Federal Trust Com
pany, Of Newark n. j., to the order
or Robert Craine, and indorsed by
him. for $4,000
Drafts of the Federal Trust Com
pahy on the American Exchange Ma
tional Bank bearing various dates
rom June 2l, 1917, to January %,
1915, and payable to bearer, amount
ing IN the whole to S345,000.
these drafts are indorsed as fol-
lows:
,,'Pay to the order of A. Thursby,
Nfo"lng Circulation Corporation,
Per Pc L. B. Kreuse, vice president
T Tor deposit. pay to the Equitable
rust Company, Alice b. Thursby,
per L. Is. Krause, secretary
"A. Is. Thursby is evidently Alice
oflSOane lhuyShv ,vboce addrpcc or.