Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-27
TAGEBLATT EDITORS
UPHELD BY ALLIANCE
German American League
Raised $1,000 for Defense,
Timm Admits
IN G. o. P. 1916 CAMPAIGN
Secretary Challenges Proof That
Organization Ever Promoted
Disloyalty

Admissions that members of the Ger
rnan-American Alliance, which is now
fighting for It's corporate existence be-
fore the United states Senate had con-
Quoted campaign TO defeat the nom
nation of either Theodore Roosevelt or
Elihu Root for President by the Repub-
lican convention in 1916 "as individ-
uals. but not as an organization" and
that $1,000 was raised by the alliance
for the defense of the editors of the
Philadelphia Tageblatt have been made
by Adolph Timm, secretary of the Or
ganization.
A fine distinction was drawn by Timm
between the defense of the editors of
the Tageblatt and upholdlng what the
paper had published The editors, he
explained, were innocent until they had
been proved guilty. and there could be
no improperly in the alliance sustaining
them individually while refusing to take
any stand as to their editorial utter
ances.
DENIES AIDING DISLOYALTY
A challenge to prose that the German
American Alliance had ever promoted
campaigns of disloyalty toward Amer
lea. was issued today by Timm to "
A. Hajek. a private investigator of
this city. Hajek, who until "A few months
ago was attached TO the Bureau of
Investigation of the Department of
Justice In this city. alleges that he sue
ceeded in attending one of the secret
meetings of the Gernan-American Al
lance while disguised as clergyman.
At this meeting, Hajek alleges that he
heard doctrines relating to German
kultur" discussed.
Timm said today that he dared Hazel.
TO prove that anything was said at any
Of the meetings of the organization
OF which he is secretary that was con-
trary to the lawsbf the United States.
The following statement relating to
Uaiek's charges was made by Timm to-
day:
"In answer to the allegations of V. a.
Hajek, printed in the newspapers, that
he appeared at a meeting of the Phila-
delphia branch of the German American
Alliance, held behind closed doors. III
disguise as a German clergyman from
New York, do state that our organiza-
tlon, since its founding in 1899, never
held a meeting behind closed doors.
There never was In any of these meet
ings a German clergyman from New
York in disguise or not in disguise. II
Mr.. Hajek managed to sneak in at one
of our open-door meetings, I challenge
him to prove that anything was said
or done contrary to the laws of the
United States.
THINKS HAJEK "DREAMED"
."The Hajek story reads SO advent
urously that ! believe Mr. Hajek has
dreamed 1t. If confronted with him at
the hearing next Saturday at Washing
ton ] shall ask him the following ques-
tion: Is 1t not true that your connec-
tions with the Department of Justice
ceased after your testimony in one of
the cases was found to be untrue?"
officials OF the German-American
Alliance expect to go to Washington
Saturday to testify in the hearings be-
ing conducted by the Senate Judiciary
Committee on the bill by Senator King.
of Utah, to revoke the charter of the
alliance. Their defense. it is understood.
will be a general denial of the charges
that have been made against the organ-
ization embodied In the evidence given
recently by Gustavus Ohlinger. president
Of the Toledo Chamber of Commerce.
Evidence that members of the alli-
ance bought German bonds foated in
this country while the nation was still
neutral and that the proceeds of the
bonds did not go to Germany, but
were spent in the United States TO
epItdu pTcpdkdHud W "NdhSh lhN
tional spirit. to excite war between the
United States and Mexico. to purchase
and prepare bombs to be placed on AL
lied and neutral vessels in American
waters and to pay incendaries to burn
and wreck munition plants, factories
and bridge in this country, has been
laid before the Senate committee by the
State Department.
Part of this material was used by
Senator Swanson, Of Virginia, in a
speech on the floor of the Senate in
which he denounced insidious German
Influence in this country and declared
that the Small group of willful sena-
tors" who defeated the armed ship bill
were largely responsible for bringing
on the war by creating the impression
on the German mind that the United
States would not fight under any cir
cumstances ard that the policy of un-
restricted submarine warfare could safe,
ly be carried out