Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-06
BRISBANE TAXES STAND TO TELL
 OF PAPER SALE
Washington Newspaperman Before Senate to Give De tails of Loan From Brewers Association
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WASHINGTON, Dec. ,. - Arthur
 Brisbane explained today to the sen ate committee investigating brewers and German propaganda his purchase of the Washington Times with money loaned by brewers. He also was questioned regarding his business re lations with William Randolph Hearst, sentiments expressed in his editorials and other matters.
 Mir. Brisbane tcld the committee that he arranged the loan for the pur- chase of the Times with c. J. Feigen- span. a brewer of Newark. N. J.; that the transaction was a business affair entirely and that he did not know the other brewers who assisted Feig- enspan in underwriting the loan. The brewers advanced S375,OO0.
 The witness denied allegations of pro-German sentiments in editorials he has written, saying he always has supported the cause of the United States and strongly opposed Ger many Excerpts from editorials ap- bearing in Hearst newspapers were produced by the committee and Mir. Brisbane was regarded as their author. Since only portions of the articles appeared in the reprints, the witness was not positive as to their author and he was given the excerpts with which to go over the files to de- termine whether he wrote the orig inals.
 If there was anything in these favorable to Germany I know l did not write it." the witness declared.
 Mir. Brisbane said William Randolph Hearst knew nothing of his purchase of the Times until after the transac- tion was completed and that Mir Hearst at first objected to it. be- cause Brisbane's contract with Hearst stipulated that the. former give his time to inc Hearst papers at salary of $2000 a week. The witness said he told Mir Hearst that if the Wash ingtOn Times interfered with his work Hearst could take over the Times at the price paid to Frank A. Munsey.
 Senator Sterling of South Dakota questioned Mir Brisbane about edi- torials in which he said that England has not always been renowned for her unselfishness."
 Now isn't that reference to the principal ally of the United States calculated 10 reflect on the United States?" the senator asked
 No. do not think SC" the witness replied. "I thought then, and think now, that England has not always been renowned for her unselfishness. ! That is not a reflection on the United States"
 Brisbane said that A. Mitchell Pal mer, whose charge that brewers had financed the purchase Of the Times led to the present inquiry, offered to sell him the New York Evening Mail, |, after that property came into Palmer's ! hands as alien property custodian. ! The price fixed was s75O,O00, the wit ness said, but he declined to purchase 1 it because it was losing money.
 The only other newspaper he owns, | MT. Brisbane said, is the Wisconsin l News. He said he purchased the Wis ! cOnsin Free Press and News and con | solidated them and that brewers were . not involved in that transaction.
 The witness told the committee that i his attitude toward the use of beer | and light wines brought him in touch f with brewers. He said he asked Mir. ' Munsey to sell him the Times and let , him pay for it out of its earnings. but | the request was refused He then i went to Feigenspan.
 q said to him." declared the wit ness, you know my attitude on beer. You know how l feel toward your business"
 Brisbane then laid before Feigen- span the plan for a loan to purchase the Times and the brewer said he be- lieved that would be a good invest ment. The witness went on to say that Feigenspan said he did not know that he could advance the full amount but that he would raise the money among his friends