The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-26

0OoDyY1ghe 1871, BY United frcssJ
NEW YORK. Jan s6--'-rhe In
oinnaftnns against me are as false as
Judas. but they hwt-Cod knows
how they hurtr'
These were the words Of Charley"
Dchwab to the United Press as he sat
{ Erith his te-haired wife AT dinner
IN their Rivcrxide drive mansion only
= few hours after he had broken
down and wept on the witness stand
IT the shipping. board inquiry.
''Of course. I know and my friends
know. and believe the vast ma
5or1ty Of the people know. that am
Innocent" he continued But II Is
cruel that even one person should
kuspect. even for a moment, that
after an honorable business career
~ 40 years. / could entertain the
mere thought OF dishonesty. let alone
petty grating from my country"
The steel maSnate Aiil shows the
mental strain he has been under
~ptnce last Friday when Col. +. III.
hAdie. former comptroller Of the
Whipping board. testified that a
voucher for 1868. 900 had been found
"a
Steel corporation as schwab's per.
oonal expenses" s10o. 900 Of which
was charged to the government for
y ship construction. Subsequent testi-
Rony, verbal and documentary, prov.
"a that the S2ss. 900 was really charg.
"a To general expenses that the
800 900 was not billed against the
Rovernment. and that Schwab had
'*never collected a cent from the fed
eraI treasury, not even his dollar a
year"
" Schwab had every appearance Of a
sensitive boy who had been punished
I. for some misdemeanor which he had
mot committed. The hurt was evil
{ dent In his face. his voice and his
xWords.
y. s"why. he has not slept for four
nights" Mrs. Schwab interjected.
and there was a world of pity and
Understanding in her intonation.
Schwab leaned back In his chair.
fixed his brilliant eyes-the most
striking feature OF his rugged counte-
snance--upon the reporter, and said:
IL realize II In all settled now and
soon will be forgotten. But what n
prospect for public servants TO face
IN the future--the certainty that in
Accepting such service In an emery.
ency they will bare themselves 10
The bssest lies and intrigues. II
seems to have been the same In the
past. however. and I suppose II al
ways will be-"
Then Schwab. the Charley" OF tho
shipyards and the steel mills. and
&C. NJ. s." Of his BUSINESS associa.
lions, revealed the depth Of his moral
courage.
"If q similar crisis were TO arise
again." he declared, "and knowing.
- ! do now. the certainty that
could be misunderstood. maliRned
md pilloried, would not hesitate to
give my country everything ! pos.
sexs-ny fortune. my good name, my
life
schwab was asked to estimate the
amount Of his personal funds he had
spent on government work during
the ten months ne was director gen.
eral of the shipping board, back In
the darkest days OF the war. He
showed Some reluctancy.
Il don't know" he finally replied.
Fl Should imagine. tho. that 1t would
Be somewhere around 100000. You
zee there were the travelling expenses
OF my entire staff from shipyard to
shipyard, banquets, prizes 10 workers
and 70 on. IL all came out Of my
pocket"
MIR. Schwab has never been the
same physically since his service on
the shipping board" Mira. Scbwab In.
terposed. For a year after he re-
signed. he remained on his farm try