The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24
RECENT ATTACK ' IS RESENTED
Montgomery Advertisers Act
 Amazes Party Leaders At < National Capital
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Il (csatIausd fsa Pass oas, by which W. T. Sheehan purchased ar interest in the Montgomery Advertiser used the following language in its yer dict:
 With regard to the conduct and activities of the brewing and liquor interests, the committee is of the opinion that the record clearly es- tablishes the following facts:
 That they have furnished large sums of money for the purpose of | secretly controlling newspapers and periodicals. .ts.
 That for the purpose of influ- encing public opinion they have at tempted and partly succeeded in substituting the public press
 That with view to using it for their own political purposes they contributed large sums of money to the German-American AL liance, many of the membership of which were disloyal and unpatri- otic." .,=s4.... :. s,.
 Investigation Ordered s-. ., Shortly after A. Mitchell Palnier had made his statement in 1918, Senator w. l.. Jones of Washington introduced resolution from which the following is taken:
 .'Whereas it has been publicly and repeatedly charged against the United States Brewers asso- citation that there. is in1 the depart meIt of justice evidence showing:
 That the said association has in recent years made contributions to political campaigns on a great scale without precedent in the political history of the country and in viola tion of the laws of the land;
 That in order to control legisla- tion in state and nation they have exacted pledges from candidates to office: '
 That in order to influence pub lie opinion to their ends they have heavily subsidized the public press and stipulated when contracting for advertising space with newspapers that a certain amount be editorial space; s.s.-
 Resolved, that the committee on judiciary of the Senate, or any committee thereof, is hereby authorized and directed to call upon the Hon. A. Mitchell Palmer to produce the evidence and docu- nfents; etc., etc."
 Sheehan Notes Revealed
 The. first case inquired into by the Investigating committee was that of the Montgomery Advertiser. The first witness was James Moore, assistant cashier of the Northwestern National bank of Philadelphia. He made public notes signed by William T. Sheehan and Charles H. Allen, together with collateral notes signed by numerous in- dividuals, who were later identied as brewers.
 The Sheehan note follows:
 Six months after date prom ise to pay to the order of the Northwestern National bank forty five thousands dollars, without de- falcation, for value received, and have delivered to said bank as col lateral security collateral attached hereto. Also policy of the Ameri- can Life Insurance company for ten thousand dollars and twenty five shares of the Advertiser Co, Montgomery, Alabama, with inter est at 6 per cent, payable at the Northwestern National bank.
 William K. Sheehan." The collateral attached to the note follows: -'4t.
 Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. IA, 1918. '.$47 ,500. .
 "One year after date we promise Yb pay to the order of the North western National bank, Philadel- phia, Pa, the sum of forty thousand five hundred dollars, in the individual proportions, as set forth below, without dedication for value received, with interest from date at the rate of 6 per centum per annum. It is coven- anted and agreed between the mak- CTS and the payee of this note, and each with the other, that the individual obligation of each of the makers hereof is limited to the sum set opposite their respective names, and interest thereon in like pro- portion, and the makers are not to be held liable by the payee in any greater sum by reason of any of them defaulting in their share of principal or interest.
 Liability assumed by Makers each maker Edward Lansbers $5,700 "Gustave Pabst 5,700 Henry Vahlkamp 2,S50 Aug. A. Busch 14,25O Eugene M. Keeley 4,750 John Moerlein 4,750 "The F. w. Cook Brewing Co.,, by
 G. Michael Daussman, president,
 4,7504- Peter s. Theurer .4,75O'
 Allen Note Made Public,
 The witness made public also. the note signed by Charles H. Allen for $45,000, in identic- language with the Sheehan note, save that the life insurance collateral was a policy for $10,00U in the Massachusetts Life In- ,surance company. Mir. Allen also de- posted twenty-five shares of the Ad- vcrtiser stock, and collaterad note at tached to the Sheehan note. The mak- CTS of the collateral note, however, were different men, as follows: rs~
 Liability assumed by
 Makers each maker
 "Edw. A. Schmidt $4,750 Louis B. Schram 4,T50 "J. Liebman 4,750 R. J. Schaefer, 4,750 Jacob Ruppert 4,750' 70. w. Feigenspan 4,150 George Ehret, Jr. $500 IN. J. and Nj. l.. Griel 4,750
 And as additional collateral se curity, certificate of deposit No. FfsnS Da,1t,