The New York herald., 1922-07-10
CARAVAN SUMMONED
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Chemical Foundations Presi-
dent Says Probe Is Ger
man Scheme.
MEANS IS INVESTIGATOR
Justice Department Employee
Same Who Worked for
Boy-Ed.

Francis p. Garvan, president OF the
Chemical Foundation, preparing yes
terday to meet both a civil suit by
the Government to dissolve the foun-
dation and Grand Jury inquiry to
which he has been summoned for to-
morrow, asserted in a formal state
ment that the attack on himself and
his institution was based upon a So
called investigation by a time paid
agent Of the German secret service
in this country, CASTOR B. Means:
This is the same CASTOR B. Means
who was acquitted in North Carolina
in 1917 Of the murder Of Mrs Maude
A. Robinson King and whose number
in the German secret service was
"Z-13"
1t is Means who was paid $1,000 a
week by Capt. Boy-Ed, head Of the
German secret service in this coun-
try, and later 500, a day by Rudolph
H. Otto. Boy-Ed's successor. who
made the report, Mr.. Garvan charges.
and says the purpose was to deceive
President Harding. to further the
German scheme to regain properties
in America seized in wartime and to
raid the United States Treasury for
hundreds of millions OF dollars in back
royalties and damages for infringe
rnents Of patent in five years Of use
by the Government and American In
dustry.
Mr.. Garvan preceded his formal state
| ment by pointing to Means's testimony
OF January 7, 1919. before Senate COM
mittee that he received money from
Boy-Ed and Otto in 1915 and 1915. His
testimony showed he sent rubber and
copper to Germany In disguised forms.
and assisted in converting $4,000. 600
worth Of bonds the Germans held In
the United States.
Would President Harding have any
| thing to do with such a scheme or such
q man IL he knew the truth 2" Mr..
Garvan asked. THE whole business has
been conducted under cover aud In the
! dark. and that Is what l am going to
| break the light into. l am going to
for fair play"
Mr.. Caravans Statement.
| Mr.. Caravans formal statement in part
! follows:
Pursuant to its policy of secrecy
and OF representing only German inter-
ests. the Attorney Generals Office is
planning to begin Grand Jury proceed
ings 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 to frighten us with a threat OF
indictment into a betrayal OF our trust
or realizing that their proposed civil
| litigation Is beseless, they believe they
can extricate themselves from the posi-
ton in which the discovery of the In
fuence of the Oppcnheim Commission
has left them. by imposing upon the
Grand Jury and inducing 1t to file In
dctments which they will never dare
bring to trial. They will neither
! frightensrne nor any one connected with
She Chemical Foundation; and have
full trust that Grand Jury of the
citizens OF Washington will insist that
America be given hearing before them
as well as Germany.
Critics Dare Not Appear.
!
Office who dare not sign the statement
given out yesterday. and who have i'm
posed upon the Attorney-GeneraI and
the President, did not dare appear there
and cross-exarnine me; and, as SEN
ator Shortridge himself has eaid 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. whose whole service e
in producing perjurious afiidavits and
assisting Germany In many dark ways
were boastfully sworn to by him before
the Ovsrman German activities COM
mittee. With that record public prop
erty he was made assistant chief OF the
bureau Of investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice. and as such has been
willing to serve at So day in investi-
eating all fancied injuries TO his former
employers. When this appointment was
exposed he was apparently removed, but
in reality was only moved to room sos
in the Hotel Bellevue. next door to the
Department of Justice. where he has
continued In full control of this alleged
investigation and others being conducted
with a similar purpose
Answer Called False.
The statement continued:
THE only answer by the Attorney
Generals Office Is in statement issued
yesterday afternoon. unsigned and un-
sponsored by any specific individual.
Each paragraph is a falsehood. For
I instance:
THEY say that this sudden action was
taken because OF certain suits filed by
tho Chemical Foundation with only a