The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-20


ycar later after he had seen that
Hearst wa publishing a German pa.
per-" he mentioned II 20 the count
aud said. 4 guess you got those fell
lows" and he aatd. Well. irs work
ms 40 righ,. isn't it2"
The maker OF the affidavit said that
durinE hts conversations with Berns-
torff he observed that tho former
ambassador wa making % mental
note aud trying 20 find out all he
could"
The Inference I drew" said the
affidavit. was that he had. n he
40 stated. Hearst In mind as the nun
to carry on the German propaganda"
The affaint also said that In his
various talks with Won Bernstorff the
question OF shipment OF muritionr
came az. In one OF these converse
tons. he said. q man named Archi-
bald White WIS present and he be-
IicN ed. but was not certain, that White
once said that II would be easy 70
stop the shipment Of munitions by
buying the planfs az Bridgeport and
Bethlohem and after buying them -
shut them down. lie said that ne
understood that later Bernstorff took
the question up with the German gov
and that the German govcrn-
ment wired back that they wanted the
German ranks In the United states
70, do IL.
secret systcm.
Becker explained that the system
OF DR.. VI. r. Albert for maintaining
secrecy In checking cut sums from hts
various bank accounts ultimately
proves TO be the means OF disclosing
the entire operations Instead OF
drawing checks directly. he wrote 10
hanks in which he held accounts
asking them 10 draw cnshiers checks.
Tho letters were kept on file by u
banks and eventually turned over to
investigators.
Mr.. Becker said German Red Cross
funds collected In this country ana
turned over TO Count Won Bernstoru
were temporarily used Tor oe,mun
the German Red Cross got equiNal"nt
credit In Germany.
Tho relations between the GunrarN
Trust company Of New York ana
Hugo Schmidt. German commercial
agent OF the Deutsche bank OF Bee
lin were described by the witness.
TIL trust company, he said, obtain
ed large quantities OF London eN.
change In It's own name and ostcnsiDiN
for neutral interests although really
used by German government ana
commercial interests in the lnitcd
States and South America. He %.
.lared that John II. Mcflcmcnt ana
the standard Mercantile Agency %
Now York were uscd as dummies IN
this proccHs. He read a letter from
Count Minotto. . r~eprescnttuNe "l
The Guaranty Trust company. TO
Schmidt. urging caution in conctnllns
IN. German origin of bills or cN-
rhhngc cent from South America 10
New York for collection. spanish
dummies were used In South Amer
lean countrle TO endorse these pihs
by this process, the witness testified
more than zen, 0O0, 900 in l.oudon eN-
chnnec wis obtained by German IN
,erests before the United States en-
tered the war. lie said a few other
hanks maintained similar prerucei
b.t Tho Guaranty Trust company was
the principal agency.
Preferred EneiiSlt ~Ianguaac.
Iauritz Larsen, secretary Of the
NatiopaI i.atheran synod, sent a let
Ter 10 tho committee. outlining the at
tiiudo OF the council on the use OF the
German language IN lutheran
churches aud saying the council mao
adopied resolutions that the use OF
Inc English language be esta blished
where this can be done without ne
piectinU in any way the spiritual care
OF such as might have IN gospel
preached 10 them"
When Mr.. Becker undertook 10 ~
the committee additional information
on tho activities OF William Bayard
Hale. whose employment by the Ger
man government aE a secret agent
was disclosed In testimony some time
ago. he referred To him as having
been the biographcr OF President VIII
son. To this Senator Reed Of Nilsson.
ri interposed an objection, sayins "
was prepostcrons 10 bring the namc
OF II president into the discussion.
Il can assure the committee that
there 10 nothing in what | may have
to say that viii in any way reflcct
upon the president" said Mr.. Becker.
When the testimony finally was adj
mltted. ssnator Reed protested and
said lie would protest on the floor OF
the senate.