New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-10
L ederal jury
Takes Up Alien
Property Case
tcontieusd srem pas. ems,

.ne German agents here before the war
were selling for $3.50 to indiyidnsis
aho Sl.bo to the government. As tha
resui. OF the policy Of the Chemical
ronncation the price Of the drug has
1aiien to lS cents for the government
ana 90 cents to individuals. Accordine
20 information obtained from the Ora :,
BOARD records, said Mr.. Garvan. there
were 100000 persons in this coun-
try with this disease.
Mr. Garvan said that up to January
OF TINS year the profits Of the found.
auon from this patent have been only
ssu,o9o and the claims for some of the
FUNDS now held by the Treasurer Of the
United States. Out Of 400 neten me
heid by his firm, he added, about j GOA
nave expired, Only about 400 have evar
oeen suggested to be of any value. he
asserted. while only sixty-two have
brought in 90 per cent of the firm q
income.
Garvan Issues Statement
His statement reads in part;
pursuant to its policy of secrecy
ana Of representing only German inter.
ests, the Attorney Generals Office is
planning to begin grand jury proceed
lngs on Tuesday next. He has served
a subpoena for the production before
the grand jury of all the books and
papers of the Chemical Foundation.
II assume that this action is taken
either 0) to brighten us with a threat
OF indictment into Il betrayal of our
trust, or l2l. realizing that their pro
posed civil litigation is baseless, thew
oeileVe they can extricate them selves
from the position in which the dis
covery of the influence of the Open
r,te |.
posing upon the grand jury and in
ducing it to file indictments which
they will never dare bring to trial
They will neither brighten me nor anv
one connected with the Chemical
Foundations; and have full trust that
a grand jury Of the citizens of Wash
lngton will insist that America be given
q heaEing before them as we'll as Ger
many.
why all this secrecy and star cham
Der proceedings? Why is not the re-
port which deceived the President made
public? The Chemical Foundation
books and records have been open to
the public at all times since its organ
ization. We have offered to produce
them, and have willingly appeared our
selves before five Congressional COM
mlttees over a period of two years, and
an exact transcript of those books, with
every cent received and it's source and
every cent expended and for what pur-
pose, has now been spread for months
upon the records of the Shortridge In
vestieation Committee. For days was
under oath on the witness stand before
the Senate Committee, consisting of
Senator Shortridge and Senator Ster-
ling, and produced every record of the
Chemical Foundation and offered to
produce every person connected with
it. Senator Shortridge, the Chairman n,
again and again offered to allow any
one in the world to cross examine me.
but not one of our detractors dared to
accept the privilege.
Sought Cross-Ex animation
THE people in the Attorney Gen
erals office who dare not sign the
statement given out yesterday, and who
have imposed upon the Attorney Cen
eral and the President, did not dare
appear there and ross-examine me:
and, as Senator Shortridge himself has
said, they have never been near him to
obtain any glimmer Of the truth. And
why?
THE only investigation made by the
Department of Justice was initiated
and has been under the direction of
CASTOR B. Means, Z-13, as he was
known during the period when he
served Germany under Captain Boy-Ed.
up to the time that we went into the