The Washington herald., 1918-10-29

-. roxoor - newspaper. more
w a,h ocialist members
- - I-,.aa. elature had voted
'oi 'ne I a bill opposed
~ erger rushed to
them to reverse
Ma the Socialist ad-
H'Ls; el he city Joseph
rilI - s Brewery. was
made public
Berger's advi a, 18th r
mon, former man
fhi e. ils o The Leader" who
aee rger because they
Means, as well as
Sns,aItH,. e. @ =. ted frequently Of
- s-iss.,.I-K Brisbane. and has
-Is - Ko him for funds
spon p was in straits,
49, - He has declared
80 ..rSN ~ could never fail,
p.LE supply all funds
- nXy, and on one oc-
ens;or & he ~ on OF getting 5000
-, Ton estimates that
" in from SIS. 900 to
90 m 80 "I,as AS the capital OF
49, fss small. he believes
osssk controlling interest
40 q. a. III "a in stock-and thu
.,1nts give Brisbane as
H.ant,LaIEly and not as q
80 Ter. In local Socialist
49,. 80 kr's opponents have
repeatedly A' "
trolled by
Rumor. e-beer hc'''i'''
III. ,sxtk arance of Brisbane
-. Wisconsin" deal. in
-h,.L ~ Represented by Theo-
an attorney who has
r. 80 & work for the Schlitz
-Erests and who has
go Gin The Free Press, /,
- rS;ah p ater. About the time
~, ,ho Eumors OF a prO-oeer.
-" 80 Ean to circulate last
- - received a message
oL,,a ofbint-1ent for a confer
rhk held in his Office in
,hs weus{ s{Sing. and among those
taS,,g nGre his brother. Ernst
GIitor OF The Free
prass." Trostel. q business as
sooiata oEeph Uihlein. general
nenagsrke Schlitz brewery and
- Kof $4,000 to brisbane :
..u~esbin1 ~ Times" fund; John
uannan te secretary to Senator
- EoIIs d r. G. Wagner. whose
sbinning rany was so frequently
c.Iiing American protection
sr.inst nd during the early
,,,ortbs be war At this time
..Tbs ress" was reported in
snancis ple, and this trouble was
soon stB Bened out. The Free
Press" vigorously supporting La
FoIIetta was under fire for his
sttitud4 4rd the war.
FarIy hummer The Wisconsin 0
was so& Mrs. Harriet L Cramer,
a wonk st 20. who inherited con-
troll on bath of her husband some
wears 10 W. II. Park, former
bushes nager and half owner OF
The 1t was generally under
stood Park was acting as agent
for sol ther parties. and among
those bned were the Cihlein in
terestsE Ech control a great deal
Of Mi lee property besides the
SchIir ery: the Brumders. who
oontroI German-language paper,
and m Hbstels, who are associated
with ihleins in business and
have tock in The Free Press
5,,r;r eAirne when its policies were
most TO suspicion OF disloyalty
ON hit OF the Federal author
ities. erences connected with the
das, place in the Free Press"
ofHceE Albert o. Trostel and II
O ri r. were both said TO have
been bit. II was from Park. the
prino n this deal, that Brisbane
boug& paper.
IT T&isconsin' has always beer
the conservative, respectable
and paper in Milwaukee, witt
a I'd lon above reproach. and q
secu not noisy place. Its name
is hich will for years give
cred and standing 10 anything
ybi publlshed under its headings
II rchase Of The News" in
whix rk at one time owned halt
inta followed shortly. The
Ne,x as practically moribund was
seld een on the streets, and had
a but rather steady subsCrIp'
rio4 Its purchase by Brisbane
cle he afternoon paper field fo'
hin nuch as possible, assured that
No krfval could get an Associated
Z Pr anchise and gave 10 him q
fe, usand more subscribers with
VII ) start business NJ. A Hoyt
thl or. had owned IT for some
Frec Press" tho purchase Of
VI by Brisbane Milwaukee is eN'
"a to be announced at any time
VI mplete his string. the othel
nd not being purchsssble. ''Th'
n ress" is morning paper
II il is understood that Brisbane
a ot Tlau to continue u long
attempt to transfer its circu'
land advertising to his evening
The Free Press" has beer
ID carefully by the government
me time. and at one time wal
Iger OF having its second-clas'
Jrivilege taken away.
Free Pres" has had a check
4areer. Founded originally Il
the political fortunes Of l.
te, il passed into control a
Stephenson through repeated
hds upon him for financial aid
bn his retirement from politics
but on the market in October
being bought by a newly formed
uPress Corporation, with a lsrg'
er OF stockholders. the gres
kity being Of distinctly Teutoni'
Is. Theodore Kronshsge wal
i president and in practical con
and his brother Ernst was made
r, with full power over all ma
that went into the paper. Th'
surer was Gustav J. 4. Trostel
edy mentioned as a business as
ete Of Joseph Uihlein. Of th'
4itz Brewing Company.
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