Evening journal., 1918-08-15
SAYS HEARST TRIED
TO BUY THE MAIL
N. Y. Attorney General De-
clares Editor Sought to
Hide Ownership
RUMELY ARREST
WAS FASTENED

Il
10 delay the arrest OF DR.. Edward A.
Rumely. formerly Of the Evening Mail,
and that one OF the Hearst editors made
an effort TO buy that newspaper. sat
fed that an effort was being made TO
turn the newspaper over TO the controi
OF Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Lewis said he hast
ened the arrest OF Or. Rumely.
The intlmation that one OF the Hearst
editors sought to purchase the Evening
Mail on condition that the fact that 1t
had previously passed into German
ownership was concealed, was made
yesterday morning In an editorial
printed in the New York Tribune. The
editorial after quoting Arthur Bris-
bane's defense Of Mr.. Hearst regarding
the visit Of Count Won Bernstorff and
Bolo Pasha 10 Hearsts home, printed
In Mondays Evening Journal, said:
when few weeks ago Attorney
general Lewis's Office delivered to the
Federal authorities the legal proofs that
The Evening Mail was owned by Ger
many, and the fact was about to- be
disclosed through proceedings to con-
nscate Il as enemy property, the gov
ernment was surprised TO receive an Of
fer TO buy Il, provided the proceedings
were discontinued-that is to say, pro-
vided the damaging fact OF its being
owned by Germany could be suppressed.
"And this offer TO buy zone OF the
dying newspapers, gasping for circu-
lation and advertising like a little gold
fish out Of his bowl came from one
Of William Randolph Hearst's editors.
Attorney General Lewis declined to ap-
prove OF any Hearst purchaser. and the
facts about the New York Evening Mall
came out. Is this news to Arthur Bris-
bane7"
a reporter asked Mr.. Lewis yesterday
II he believed the statement indicated
a connection between Hearst and Ger
man influence. and whether such an In
ference could be drawn.
We'll" said Mr.. Lewis, ut satisfies
me-"
Regarding the assertion OF Mr.. Hearst
under the headline, "Lewis's Lie Backed
up by Ex-convicts," that Charles HUI
bert Jerome, who made one OF the eight
sfldavits presented by Attorney Cen
eral Lewis regarding the visits Of Count
Won Bernstorff and Bolo Pasha 10 the
Hearst home, had served a term in Sing
Sing for grand larceny. Mr.. Lewis
would have nothing 10 say, except that
that did not materially affect the case.
The man, he said, was in Mr.. Hearsts
employ. and his statement was backed
by the afIidavlts Of the taxicab drivers
who had driven Won Bernst0rf and Bolo
Pssha there.
Mr.. Lewis also quoted from the Nos-
sische Zeitung OF December :. 1914 in
which Professor Stein In an article en-
Titled Change OF Opinion In America
declared that it was "an especially
happy achievement OF Count Won Bern
storff that he succeeded during visit
10 William p. Hearst, the American
newspaper king, In capturing this SOW
ereign OF over GOO newspapers for the
German cause" Mr.. Lewis then made
this comment:
'It will be not stated Professor Stein
refers TO Count Won Bernstorn as the
master OF the situation" He says he
captured Hearst; that the capture is
equivalent 10 a battle won. He says
that Arthur Brisbane "has taken up
the German cause unreservedly." These
are the things that I have been charg-
ing. / do not question the loyalty OF
Governor Whitman, but he IS avOwedly
a candidate for the Presidency in 1920.
VIII ne be able 10 stand up against the
pressure which Hearst Is likely to put
upon him in the event Of his re-elec-
tion?"
Mr.. Lewis said that a representative
Of the New York American called upon
him Yesterday and asked him Where
do YOU get the money to pay your hotel
bllls2"
II told the young man." said the At
,ornev General, "that ! would answer
,is question provided he would agree
n njblish my answer as | made Il. He
aid he could not guarantee that his
editor would permit it to be published
I then said that the expense OF main
tanning my headquarters had thus fsr
been paid from contributions OF per-
sonal friends; that no contribution had
exceeded $1,000 in amount. and most con-
trIbutions were for very much smaller
sums The New York American this
morning does not carry my answer 10
its representative"
Mr.. Lewis said that inssmuch as II
had been claimed by both Governor
Whitman and Mr. Hearst that ne Was
the candidate OF the liquor dealers II
was apparently hoped that the question
would prove embarrassing.
"The subject Of contributions by Inc
liuuor dealers and brewers" he con
tinued, "ls a subject upon which Nj;
Hearst and his alter ego, Mr. BRISBANE
are very sensitive. They know some
thing about the money Of the liquor
dealers and the brewers, particularly
the brewers. The public Is not advised
as fully as 10 the relations between Mt
Brisbane and the brewers as they may
be later on. II has been observed ina
since It's acquisition by Mr.. Hearst o.
his satellite. Mr.. Brisbane, The WASH
lpgton Times has been a vigorous al
vocate Of the use OF light wines snl
beer. ! would like to ask Mr. brlsDsn'
a question. VIII he answer It frankly
and candldly2 Who furnished IN,
money TO buy The Washington Times
Il became known yesterday that par
of the governors campaign materla
will be in the form OF moving pictures
my Four Years in Albany VIII D'
the title Of a fllm soon TO De seer
throughout the state. Secretary o
State Francis Hugo has signed con
tract with the Universal Film Compan!
TO make the picture. The whole hepuD
llcan regime is TO be reviewed and IN
production Is described as being a slz
Ellng campaign document
MILFORD s. 5. CONVENTION.
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