Evening star., 1924-06-02
DAUGHERTY PROBERS
BAR FINK TESTIMONY
Decline to Permit Him to Air
Charges Against Wheeler
and Others.
ALIEN PROPERTY CASE UP
Stock of American Metals Company
Declared Held by Neutrals.

Before the Senate Daugherty COM
mittee resumed work on the Amer
ican Metals Company case today, 1t
peaceably disposed for the time being
of the Intervention of a. L. Fink.
who claimed the right Saturday to
testify. An attorney who said he
represented Fink was told by Chair
man Brookhart that Fink was not
under subpoena and that the COM
mittee did not wish to hear him. The
attorney left.
On Saturday Fink claimed the
right to tell the committee that at
tempts were made to induce him to
in allegations about liquor furnished
by Senator Wheeler to RoXie Stinson.
Says smith Backed Urion.
Adna r. Johnson. special assistant
attorney general, assigned to the
alien property office, was recalled by
the committee and Senator Wheeler
got him to identify Howard Naming
ton and Alfred r. Urion, mentioned
in the fight film and other cases. Jess
Smith recommended Crion very
highly" at the alien property office,
Johnson said, and as an attorney
cases before the office. Manington,
though said in previous testimony
not to be a lawyer, had "a brief" in
one case before the office, johnson
added.
The committee prosecutor then
turned to the metals case. Previous
testimony has been that the value of
the German stock holding in the
during the war, was returned to a
Swiss corporation. The amount was
S's;HDsHSE Senator Wheeler asked "on what
made. and Johnson said that s5 per
cent of the debenture bonds of the
Swiss corporation were owned by
neutrals."
"There was nothing in the files to
show the Swiss company was in fact
subsidiary of the German corpora
tion," the witness said.
Handled 1000 Cases.
Didn't you find in the files this
contract, dated May IS, 1918, between
Henry Bruere and the German
owners. in which they contracted to
sell this stock?" asked Senator
Wheeler.
That's the first I ever saw Of it,"
said Johnson.
so you took part of the files
and decided the case?"
I'VE took what was submitted to
US. 1 had no knowledge of the exist
ence of any other records"
Richard Merton, the principal agent
in the negotiations, was first refused
a return of the s6400,000, Johnson
said, and then made a trip to Eu-
rope and produced additional evil
dence.''
What additional evidence did he
bring back?" Senator Wheeler asked.
II have worked on 1000 cases; l
don't remember" johnson replied.
Says Preference Banned.
Senator Wheeler got the witness to
read the list of fifteen directors in
the Swiss company. and to identify
nine of them as German. Johnson
insisted, however, that "95 per cent
of; the beneficial ownership was
Swiss"
There was an indebtedness to
Swiss neutrals," he said, land we
were satisfied that 95 per cent of the
people who would get the property
back were neutrals."
Paul Rowland of counsel for. H. w.
tion, saying he wanted to consider
the Inference that certain attorneys
had pull with the Department of
Justice"
Alfred r. Urion, out of five cases
in the alien property Office, got prop
erty back in two cases, and lost
three. Johnson said. John Todd,
former law partner Of Daugherty,
won one and lost four Thomas b.
Fielder lost one, and so did Howard
Manington, Johnson said.
Il was instructed by the Attorney
General to treat all people alike"
Johnson said