The sun., 1918-08-04
RUMELY PROBERS
TO Be INVESTIGATED
Expensive Staff Of Correspon-
dents Excites Curiosity
of Becker.
STODDARD REFUSED POST
Wouldn't Go to Germany for
$4,000 and Write Series
of Articles.

The activities Of thirty OF more special
Investigators who were sent out by DR..
Edward A. Rumely after ne bought the
Sve~tno Moil in May. 1915. were the
subject Of an investigation begun yes
terday by Deputy Attorney General Al
fred l. Becker as part Of the general in
auiry into the affairs Of the former pub
Usher. .E.
The fact that the Evening MatI main
tained a largo stan Of special correspon-
dents and kept them travelling about the
country came to light during an exam
nation OF the books Of the Evening Mufi
by accountants of the Department Of
Justice The books revealed that these
correspondents during tho first eighteen
months Of DR.. Rumely's proprietorship
cost the Evening MaH much more money
than was spent on gathering news indc-
pendently OF press associations in the
local Geld.
DR.. Rumely was asked about this
phase OF his activities when he was ex-
amined before his arrest, and he ex-
planned that the correspondents were
sent out to obtain data for q series Of
articles on economics for the Epenino
AatL They Investigated crop and indus
trial conditions. he said.
Munition Plants Not Neglected.
LouisN. Hammerling. who distributed
alleged pro-German advertising among
foreign language newspapers. declared
during his examination that munition
plants At work on contracts for the En-
tente ALLIES were not neglected by DR.
Rumely's special investigators.
Mr. Becker said yesterday that he
could not understand why the Evening
Ma1 should have thought 1t necessary
TO maintain such an expensive depart
nent when other newspapers are content
to rely on the press bureaus for informa-
ton Of this character except on special
occasions The whole matter will be
gone Into thoroughly, he said.
A despatch from indianapolis last
night said that the Department OF Jus
tees bureau there had discovered that
Samuel Lewis Shank. former Mayor Of
that city. received an offer OF employ
ment from the Evening MoiI in 1915 as
a crop and market Investigator.
According to Shank, he was introduced
10 Or. Rumely by DR.. H. E.. Barnard,
Federal Food Administrator for Indiana,
who was then writing special food arti-
cles for the Evening Mol. Shank said
$4,000 year was offered to him by DR..
Rumely.
Offer to Stoddard.
Mr.. Becker declared yesterday that
Or. Rumely offered SIS. 900 to Henry L.
Stoddard. the publisher from whom he
bought the Erenin0 Mail and who re-
tanned a loose hold upon 1t through a
large bond interest, to go to Germany
ind send back series Of special articles
IN conditions stoddard rejected the Of
fer 8. s. Mcclure later became the
Ereai.g ho'ps travelling observer
Another subject Of investigation pro-
vtded by the accountants examination
OF the books of the Evening Mali was
the whereabouts OF 100000 that the
figures now available do not account for
The Governments figures. based on
transcripts OF the bank accounts Of
Count Won Bernstorff. the former Am
bassador. and Heinrich F. Albert, COM
mercial attache of the German Ambas-
sador put the total amount received by
DR.. Rumely as $1.661,100.
The books Of the Evening Mail ac-
count for $1.356.70o OF this, leaving a
balance Of $305,00o. OF this balance. It
is said that $205,000 went to Hammer
ling to distribute advertising in the for
eign language press arguing for the
Ilacing OF an embargo on the export of
munitions. The expenditure of the re-
naming 100000 will be looked into by
the Deputy Attorney General.
Mr.. Becker was asked yesterday about
statement given out by s. Walter
Kaufman of Hays, Kaufman & LIND
helm. special counsel for the German
embassy on Friday following his in
dictment with DR.. Rumely on the charge
OF conspring to conceal the German
Governments ownership of the Evening
Ndl
Mr.. Kaufman declared that the pur-
chase OF the EVentno Map had been
accomplished in perfectly legitimate
manner with money advanced by Her
man Sielcken. naturalized citizen who
had acquired large wealth here as a
'offee importer and retired to live in
Germany. where he died October 8.
Mr.. Becker replied that Mr.. Kauf-
MANS explanation was "preposterous."
He said that Kaufman admitted to him
that he had never acted as attorney for
Sie!cken except. as he alleges. in the
Evening Mol transaction. Mr.. Becker
said that Kaufman also admitted that
he has no evidence in writing that
Sielcken gave him authority to repre-
sent him In transactions In which he,
Sielcken. Is alleged to have lent more
than $1.300,oo0 to Rumely.
The Deputy Attorney General said
that 1t appeared singular that Sielcken
should have permitted Kaufman to rep
resent him and kept Eugene Smith, his