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?sks Syracuse
To Bar Sale of
Hearst Papers
Alderman Will Urge Law
Against "Journal" and
"American" Monday
Wilson's Deleted
Message Is Cited
Alderman Charges Edito?
rial Looked Like Product
of Pro-Germans
SjMM?-l Dtepateh -_? The Tribune)
SYRACUSE. May 23. - Alderman Harry
C. Ostrander announced to-day that
he would introduc? an ordinance in
the common council Monday pro?
hibiting the sale of Hearst newspapers
in this city. He said that the attitude
shown by the New York "American"
and the "Journal" is such that action
is necessary immediately.
"In these times of stress and danger,"
he said, "when every loyal American
is straining to the utmost to aid our
beloved country in its death struggle
with the most ruthless foe civilization
has ever known, it behooves us to take
every precaution against every pub?
lication where there is a suspicion of
disloyalty or propaganda.
Reason for Ordinance
"I intend to offer this ordinance bar?
ring the Hearst publications, including
the New York 'American' and 'The
Evening Journal' became, on Sunday,
May 12, the Hearst editors saw fit to
delete from President Wilson's Decora?
tion Day proclamation, that part that
railed upon people to pray for the suc?
cess of our armies,
"Why that section of the President's
patriotic proclamation was deleted from
the Hearst paper, unless it was done
with deliberate intent to injure the
force and the religious appeal of the
President's plea, is something no
patriot can understand.
"I know that apologies have been
made, but they are not apologies that
convince. For the past year the Hearst
papers have given emphasis to the
strength of the German army; the
Hearst papers have made appeal after
appeal to keep American soldiers in
America. Day after day there have been
concealed within the Hearst editorials
allegations which sane men could in?
terpret only as the product of pro
tierman editors.
"It is time that Syracuse-showed its
patriotism by barring such publications,
at least for the period of the war.
Other cities have already taken such
action, tan we do less than follow
in their lead?
Must Show Loyalty, He Says
"Until we are convinced the Hearst
newspapers have indeed became truly
American, and are with t'he people
of this country in a fight to the finish
and are not covertly uttering words
which are comforting only to Germany,
we must bar these publications from
our city.
"The ordinance will be presented at
the meeting of the Common Council
on Monday. I expect that it will be
passed unanimously."
Naval Ensign Tears
"Journal"; Calls It
German Newspaper
A young naval officer walked hur?
riedly out of 2??) Broadway yesterday
afternoon. A newsboy held a "New
York Evening Journal" across his
path, inviting a purchase.
The young oj?cer stopped. Ho
i tared at the crimson Red Cross on
the "Journal's" front page. A flush of
anger heightened the healthy bronze
?>f his face.
He grabbed the copy of the "Journal."
He ripped the paper into four quarters,
and flung the pieces to the sidewalk
and gave them a kick toward the street,
Then he paid the startled newsboy
two pennies, the price of one "New
York Evening Journal.''
"Son," said the young officer to th.
newsboy, "you ought not to handle -
German newspaper."
The young officer proceeded dowi
I. roadway. Hut at the next news
stand he stopped. He bought a "Jour
nal." This copy he tore into si:
pieces.
Passersby stopped amazed. Som
grinned appreciatively. Others eav
verbal expressions of approval. "Goo
work!" exclaimed a man with a G. _
R. button, who insisted upon shakin
the naval officer's hand.
And from every newsdealer the your
officer met en his way to Brookly
Bridge ho bought one copy of tl
"Journal" and tore it up.
Another naval officer happened to 1
passing ?is he was ripping up tl
"Journal" which he had purchased ;
the edge of City Hall Park.
"Go to it!" said the other nav
i officer.
?When 1 see all that Red Cro
camouflage on Hearst's front page,
see ted," explained the young officer
the other officer.
"And after I tore up the first one
felt liki? enjoying myself some mo
I'm going to tell the men on the si
about it. It'll give them a new and
expensive way of having an afternoo
good finie in New York."
"Journal" circulation jumped ji
before the young officer descended ii
the subway a? Brooklyn Bridge,
played no favorites among the ne.
vendors. He bought one "Journ
from each of them. While two sei
or more home-goers stopped to wat
he rendered those "Journals" unre,
j;ble, one by one.
"Who is that fine looking yoi
man ." a girl asked.
"Why. he"- said r. man who 1
known the young officer in Hack
? ack. N. J., "Why,, that is Ensign
Scharff, of the United States Navy.'
Nations-Wide Drive
Is Urged Against
Hearst Papers
SUMMIT. N. J., May 23?A move?
ment was started in Summit to-day to
have the national body of the Sons of
the American Revolution take action
against Hearst newspapers all over the
?'"country.
There are 40,000 Son* of the .R?volu
tion in the United States, living in
virtually every town where Hearst
newspapers are sold.
H. Donald Holmes, president of the
Passaic Valley Chapter, S. A. R., is
head of the movement to have the or?
ganization join the Defence League of
New Jersey and the Summit National
Security League in the opposition to
the Hearst paper?. The Defence
League has pledged its 20,000 members
to do all to discourage the circulation
of Hearst publications in New Jersey.
The National Security League of Sum?
mit has asked Security League branch?
es all over the country to act like?
wise.
Mr. Holmes'? plan islo bring the mat?
ter first before the New Jersey state
body of the S. A. R., which meets at
Newark, June 3.
"At that meeting I shall propose a
resolution." said Mr. Holmes to-day.
"The resolution will ask two things:
First, that all Sons of the American
Revolution in New Jersey use every
lawful means to keep the state clean
of Hearst papers. Second, that, the ox
ecutive committee of the S. A. R. na?
tional body call a special meeting to
jecommend a similar action for all
I chapters in the United States.
"There is no doubt in my mind but
that my resolution will be adopted,"
continued Mr. Holmes. "Other mem?
ber's of the S. A. R. with whom I have
talked are of the same opinion.
"The Sons of the American Revol?.
! tion stand back of anything that is
patriotic, and stand against anything
that is not. I believe the Hearst news?
papers have shown a decidedly un
American attitude."
\ West Orange Council
Favors Boycott of
Unpatriotic Papers
WEST ORANGE. N. J., May 23.?The
j fight to bar seditious, unpatriotic or
j German newspapers from New Jersey,
! in which Summit took the lead, has
! spread to here. Two-resolutions, which,
j their sponsors believe, will bar all un
j sirable publications from the town,
i have been passed. The members of the
I West Orange Company of the New Jer
i sey State Militia Reserve have pledged
i themselves to see that the resolutions
j are made effective.
The first to be passed was that of
the West Orange State Militia Re?
serve, it was introduced by Harry E.
Pickenbaeh at the meeting attended by
about 100 members, and was passed
without a dissenting vote. The reso?
lution follows:
"Be it resolved, That, we will not
buy, subscribe for or read the Hearst
publications or German-language news
I papers."
In introducing his resolution, Mr.
Pickenbaeh, who was born in Prussia
and is a naturalized citizen, declared
he knew what the Hun machine really
is and that he believed anything which
j was not bitterly opposed to it was a
! decided menace.
Following the meeting of the Militia
Reserve Company, the West Orange
' Town Colncil met and voted unanimous
i ly to adopt the following resolution,
1 which was introduced by Councilman
! B. P. Laidlaw:
"Resolved, That it is the wish of the
! Council that the newsdealers of West
?Orange refrain from selling or offering
for sale unpatriotic or seditious publi?
cations. We also call upon all good cit?
izens to refrain from buying the same,
and also ask the cooperation of the Na?
tional Defence League."
The resolution, it was explained by
i one of the members of the council,
was worded in the form adopted so as
to keep well within the legal rights of
the council and/ to avoid the possibility
j of a suit unless the publisher of some
! paper wishes to accept for his publica
! tion the classification of "unpatriotic
! or seditious."
The action of the Town Council, Mr.
i Pickenbaeh said, was taken following
? the lead of the Militia Reserve Com
. pany. He addtfd that the sentiment in
West Orange was so strong in favor
' of the word and spirit of both resolu
? tions that he did not believe there
j would be any trouble in enforcing
I them.
Militia Reserve
Of Short Hills
To Bar Hearst
SHORT HILLS,, N. J., May 23.?
Newsdealers of this community decline
to handle William Randolph Hearst's
newspapers because of the mutilation
of the President's Memorial Day proc?
lamation and their decision was unani?
mously ratified this evening by the
local company of the New Jersey Mil?
itia Reserve.
At the end of their drill in the pub?
lic square the seventy-five or more
members adopted, without a dissenting
vote, a resolution indorsing the action
taken on Satuiday by the executive
committee of the Defence League of
New Jersey in pledging their efforts to
exclude Hearst's papers from the state
by all lawful means.
The dead silence that followed
Captain G. H. Wilson's interrogatory
"those opposed?" was broken by a rip?
ple of handclapping. The applause
came from feminine highwaymen in
Red Cross garb, who had deserted for
a moment their task of holding up au?
tomobiles to see what was to be done
; about the Hearst papers.
The Defence League of New Jersey,
whose executive committee passed the
"exclusion act" on Saturday, is com?
posed of the New Jersey Militia Re?
serve and the New Jersey Home
j Guard. It was represented on the
j parade ground here this evening by its
j president, Captain J. 0. Nichols, who
? briefly explained the situation and ex
I pressed the hope that the executive
j committee would have the support of
j the Short Hills Militia Reserve.
No doubt of the attitude of that
? body remained after the hearty "ayes"
| that followed the reading of the reso
| lution by Lieutenant William A.
| O'Connor. The action of the executive
i committee is approved and substan
' tial support is promised in refusal to
buy Hearst papers.
The newsdealers whose decision pre
' ceded tho formal action by the Militia
I Reserve to-night, arc actuated, they
. declare, by patriotic motives. There
? is also the conviction, according to
! one of the leading dealers, Joseph
? Fiegelstein, that for once patriotism
; and good business are hand in hand.
"It is pretty evident," he said, "that
the sight of the Hearst papers on our
stands was offending our customers."
Asks Writ to Halt
Barring of Hearst
Papers From Summit
ELIZABETH, N. J., May 23.--Conover
? English, an attorney of this city and
member of the firm of McCarter &
.-nglish, filed in Chancery Court at
\ Newark this afternoon an order to
show cause why Mayor Rufford Frank
j lin of Summit and nine newsdealers of
that city, as well as tho. Newark
Newsdealers' Association should not be
enjoined from interfering with the
| .ale of "The New tor*: American" and
"Journal" ih Summit. The hearing
will be set for some time next week
at Trenton.
T'.e briefs filed allege that the aale
of the publications in Summit have
j been interfered with by divera acts on
?the part of the ?c?eadaiUs cited. _?&?
Movie of a Man Arriving Home Early (For Once) . By briggs
lief is prayed for in the shape of an
injunction restraining any further ac- :
tion on the part of the Mayor and the !
newsdealers until the courts pass upon
the constitutionality of the action |
taken in barring the papers from the j
newsstands. The Newark Newsdealers'
Association supplies Summit dealers ;
with papers and it is understood the
Newark dealers are summoned because
they obeyed the orders of the Summit
dealers not to include "Americans" and
"Journal:." in the bundles sent out.
Police Sergeant Tried
On Charge of Sedition
Sergeant George H. Marxhausen, of
the ^Vest Forty-seventh Street police
station, was put on trial yesterday at
headquarters, charged with having
made seditious remarks. Decision was
reserved bv Deputy Commissioner
Goff, after several policemen had tes?
tified tb statements Marxhausen had ;
made to them and Marxhausen himself
had averred that the charges were a
job put up on him by a sergeant in the
department.
Patrolman William Morris testified
to hearing Marxhausen call President
Wilson "a damn fool." Sergeant
Thomas McAuley said that last Oc?
tober when some one spoke of the hor?
ror inspired by the mutilation of Bel?
gian women by German soldiers
Marxhause.n had said:
"It, is too damn good for them. Why
did they prevent the German troops
from going throuch Belgium?"
Marxhausen's brother is now in the
army, although, according to testi?
mony given yesterday, the police ser?
geant sought to obtain his exemption.
The young soldier was in the court
room in uniform.
Three Socialist Papers Suspend
ST. LOUIS, May 23.--Three St.
Louis Socialist publications announced
their suspension to-day. They are
"The Social Builder," formerly known
as "The National Rip Saw"; "Tho
Paladin," a weekly, and "The Melting
Pot," a monthly. Philip Wagner was
I the publisher. He declared suspension
| was voluntary.
HOW ELMIRA FIGHTS HEARST PAPERS
Exterior of the Temple Book Store in Elmira, N. Y., showing the sign
displayed by the town's Barbara Frietchie, Miss Harriet Hammond, fol?
lowing the Hearst deletion of the President's Memorial Day proclamation.
Charges Emerson Money Was Used
To Prevent Prosecution in Boston
(Continued from First Tage)
is not present at the trial; the two
Campbells, Theodore A. and George W.,
officers in the bankrupt concern; Rob?
ert Craie; llupp, the man whose sup?
posed prestige in the automobile busi?
ness, it is charged, was relied upon to
underwrite the project, as it were;
George B. Gifford, a director in the
Emerson Company, formerly manager
of the Standard Oil plant at Bayonne,
N. J.,who was billed in the Emersonian
advance literature as "general manager
of the Standard Oil Company"; Will- ;
iam A. Morgan, of Boston, a stock !
broker; Osborne E. Chaney and Henry ?
B. Humphrey, an advertising agent;
Frank B. Sturken, now drafted and ?
who has proceeded, via Camp Dix, to .
France; William Loomis and Bryson S.
Riess, of the firm of Loomis & Riess, :
the latter of whom, however, is another !
absentee, being engaged in ambulance
driving in France; William H. Stetson,
one of the New York selling agents
for the stock, and Robert P. Matches,
alleged to be chief representative of
Wilson in Boston.
Four corporations are indicted along
with these individuals: The Emerson
Company; C. R. Berry & Co., said to
be a stalking horse for Wilson; H. B.
Humphrey & Co., and Mr. Matches'?
concern.
In tracing the curious combinations
of circumstances which brought these
men together in the financial enter?
prise which involved scarcely a dollar
of investment on the promoters' part,
Mr. Osborne yesterday told of how
early in .1916, Robert C. Hupp found
himself with the Monarch Motor Car
Company, which he had organized to
promote a $1,295 automobile, fast dis?
integrating on his hands, and how at
this juncture he fell in with Theodors
A. Campbell and with him proceeded to
plan for the marketing of some inde?
finite sort of new car.
Coming to New York, this couple, he
said, was attracted by an advertise?
ment put out by Mr. Wilson, dealer in
-1
automobile stocks. They called at the
later's office in the Marbridge Build?
ing. Finally a meeting was arranged
with Nichols F. Wilson, at which
Campbell and Hupp stated their pro?
ject, and the prosecutor charged, the
scheme of manipulation which is fin?
ally being assayed in the United States
District Court, forthwith began to be
hatched.
Acording to the government's state?
ment, it seems that Wilson took the
lead from the start.
"Mr. Wilson." said the prosecuting
attorney, "asked Hupp and Campbell
how much capital they thought would
be needed to finance a company that
would, produce such a car as they had
in mind. They replied that they thought
about $3,000,000. Mr. Wilson replied
that he felt this was too large an
amount.
"At this point, though, he suggested
that a car which would sell at around
four hundred dollars, to compete with
the Ford, offered a big field, and, bring?
ing in for the first time th? name of
Hhe defendant Emerson, added that he
believed he might be able to interest
Mr. Emerson in such a project. He
suggested that Mr. Hupp and Mr
Campbell prepare estimates along this
line.
"And then," went on Mr. Osborne
"Mr. Campbell and Mr. Hupp returned
to the Hotel Marlborough, where they
were stopping, and overnight?over?
night, gentlemen, with nothing but Mr
Wilson's suggestion to go upon?pre
pared figures and estimates of a cai
to be sold at $395 and '_o net $69 profit.'
After that conference succeeded con
ference, and developments came thicl
and fast, the prosecutor said. Mr. Os
borne told that, as set forth in Thi
Tribune in October, 1916, a compan;
was formed, capitalized at $10,000,00C
and the stock divided into two blocks?
$3,000,000 preferred and $7,000,000 com
mon; how $3,000,000 worth of the lat
ter was reserved for themselves by th
promoters, who up to this point ha
not invested a dollar of their own, an
that on April 10, Wilson, Hupp, Camp
bell and Emerson signed two agree
ment3 whereby they bound themselve
to hold this stock as a unit for
period of three years.
Then, apparently, according to th
prosecution, it occurred to some on
of the men who were bent upon rev.
lutionizing the automobile world ths
it . might be a good idea to have
demonstration car to help the stoc
sales along.
"It had been suggested," said M
Osborne, "that each one of these me
contribute $4,000 toward this; but M
Wilson suggested that instead $50,0(
of the extra $1,000,000 worth of share
that had been set aside by the prt
rnoters be sold to the public so as 1
net the company $1 per share.
"These shares were put on sale c
April 20 at $_.50 per share. In ordi
to help merket them a statement wt
prepared signed by Campbell and Hup
and dictated in part by Emerson. Ar
this statement, gentlemen, formed tl
basis of all the advertising later doi
by the Emerson Motors' Company."
Round this sudden stock-sellir
drive, induced primarily to provide
demonstration car, it was stated, the
speedily developed an intricate ne
work of sales agencies. Chicag
Omaha and other towns were includ?
in the system?more notably Bostc
Here the work was placed by Mr. W
son, tho government declared, in t
hands of Robert P. Matches, who w
assisted by a man named J. J.'Mahon?
And it was in tracing the ramificatio
of Matches's operations that Mr. C
borne suddenly, without any w_.mii
sprung the big surprise of the d
with his charge ot lunds used i
the purpose of bribing the Boston D
; trict Attorney. /
By this time, the prosecutor said,
was far from well with the affairs
? the Emerson Motors Company,
many quarters the whirlwind campai
they had undertaken had excited si
picioni..
i "Finally, in September," declared _
; Osborne, "Mr. Mahoney, at Boston, v
visited by g person posingas a prosp
tive stock purchaser.
"Mr. Mahoney will testify to >
that at this time, in September, 19
he had been instructed by Mr. Match
in selling the stock of the Emen
Motors Company, to tell prospect
; investors that the company then v
i manufacturing 'two cars a day, and
: tended shortly to manufacture five c
: a day, when the true facts ?how t!
they had completed nothing but
purchase of these so-called demonsti
ing or sample cars; that they intern
to build four more and had abou
| hundred wheels or rims over in t
! factory at Long Island City, which tl
i then 4e8>Knated as their tempor,
; factory,
I "The entire conversation betw
this gentl&_a_wi. who ?safterwardi tur
out to be a police inspector, attached to j
the police department of the city of i
Boston, was repeated directly after it !
was had to Mr. Matches by his sales
man, Mr. Mahoney.
"Mr. Carroll, Mr. Matches's attorney,
told Mr- Mahoney that he believed the
sale of the stock was fraudulent, and j
Mr. Mahpney immediately got in touch j
with Mr. Matches and reported that ?
fact to him. I
"Mr. Matches assured him this was ;
not so, but Mr. Mahoney was not satis- j
fied, and later he came to New York, ]
arriving here on October 2.
"He came to investigate for himself,;
and the first man that he saw was the
defendant. George N. Campbell, who in?
troduced him to the defendant, Theo?
dore A. Campbell, who called in Mr.
Emerson. To them Mr. Mahoney nar?
rated his interview with the police in?
spector of Boston, Farrell. stating that
he wanted to find out what the true
facts were.
"Later Mr. Wilson was called into
the conference and Mr. Mahoney was
taken over and shown the plant, and
incidentally, at that time, a police in?
spector by the name of Silas Wait?,
attached to the Boston office, came
down to investigate the truth of the
statements being made by Matches's
agents in Boston relative to the sale
of this stock.
"After a conference with these gen?
tlemen Mr. Mahoney returned to Bos?
ton. He was here on October 2.
More Conferences
"On the same day Amos H. Stephens,
an attorney employed by and then gen?
eral counsel for the Emerson Motors
Company, on that same night, also went
to Boston. Mr. Stephens saw Mr.
Matches in the morning, and also Mr.
Matches's attorney, Mr. Carroll.
"The entire conversation that I am
now going to narrate to you," Mr. Os?
borne proceeded, "was repeated by
Stephens to the officers of the Emerson
Motors Company, including the defend?
ants, Campbell and Emerson.
"On that day, after Mr. Stephens's
arrival in Boston, Mr. Matches, by cer?
tified check for $6,500, drew out of his
bank his entire bank account, having
first inquired as to whether or not the
certification of the check would pro?
tect his bank account and keep people
from attaching it.
"After some consultation, at which
Mr. Matches was present, between Ste?
phens and Carroll, Mr. Matches's at?
torney, in which it was asked as to
whether the District Attorney of Bos?
ton?that is, the State District Attor?
ney?was considering the prosecution
of the Emerson Motors Company for
false advertisements, or the defendant
Matches for false advertisements, Mr.
Carroll informed them that he did not
know, but that he knew one man in
Boston that would know, if anybody
knew, and that man was a man by the
name of Daniel H. Coakley, an intimate
personal friend of the District Attor?
ney, and his carhpaign manager.
Tells of Talk With Prosecutor
"Mr. Carroll went out and got Mr.
Coakley, and Mr. Coakley 'phoned the
District Attorney and ascertained that
he was contemplating or engaging in
the undertaking of conducting an in?
vestigation as to the fraudulency of the
statements made by the defendants in
the sale of the stock of the tmerson
Motors Company?that was on Oc?
tober 3.
"That afternoon," continued the
United States Attorney, "Mr. Matches.
Mr. Stephens, Mr. Coakley and Mr. Car?
roll all called upon the District Attor?
ney^-and had some consultation with
him. After they left Mr. Coakley made
this proposition; they had another con?
ference and this proposition wag made
that the Emerson Motors Companj
should retain Mr. Coakley at a fee oi
$500; that they should bring $20,000 ir
addition, however, to Boston, which wa?
to be deposited in escrow in Mr. Car
roll's bank account, and that if Mr
Coakley succeeded in stopping th<
prosecution then pending the $20,001
would be paid him, and if he didn't thi
$20,000 would be returned to the Emer
son Motors Company.
"Mr. Stephens returned to New York
arriving on October 4. He reported hi:
conversation with Campbell and wit!
JSmerson.
"A check to the order of Cash fo
the sum of $20,500 was drawn, am
signed by the defendant, Theodore A
Campbell and cashed by the defend
ant. Theodore A, Campbell, and on tha
night, October 4, Mr. Stephens re
turned to Boston, carrying with hir,
$20,500 in bills.
Money Deposited
"On October 5, the next day, thi
money was deposited in Mr. Carroll'
bank account.
"On October 5 Mr. Matches wrot
to Mr. Wilson a letter that will b
introduced in evidence to you, in whic
he reported the fact to Mr. Wilso
that he had had to purchase back fro.
a complaining stockholder some 40
shares of stock that had been sol
by him. Matches.
"He says, however, in that lette
that, now that everything is satisfa?
ctorily se t tUd. 'I do no ^anticipate th a
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax
Well, the President is after the idlers
of the nation, but we'll bet that not
even the penalty of being forced to
fight is going to keep legions of New
Yorkers from spending hours superin?
tending the erection of skyscrapers,
supervising the raising of fallen
horses, advising men who are fixing
their automobiles and watching life?
belt demonstrations in drug store
windows.
? * ?
Our first candidates for the Idlers'
Battalion are the gorgeously upholst?
ered persons who stand like Major
Generals in front of Fifth Avenue's ex?
clusive shops. Who are your 1.0m
inees?
Heard on Broadway: "Well, you'll
have to work or go to war."
"Gee! I ain't a bit lazy!"
j Since cows have eaten up several of
i the government's best aeroplanes, the
! authorities who are training fliers in
. Texas have issued an order bidding
aviators to stick to their machines, no
matter where they land.
Texas cattle have developed insati?
able appetites for flying macnines, and
watch them longingly as they fly over?
head. The wings of the aeros are cov
; ered with a cellulose substance that
makes them airtight. It also makes
them eagerly sought by the cows.
More than once, student aviators
: have been forced to land, and on re?
turning with help, have found the re
i mains of their machines, surrounded
; by a host of solemnly chewing kine.
Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State
[ of New York, is of an optimistic tem?
perament. He admits it himself.
"When I began business, long ago,"
i quoth he, recently, "I determined to be
i as hopeful as the man who entered a
; restaurant and ordered an elaborate
meal, ' expecting to pay for it with
the pearl which he hoped to find in
the oysters."
I will have to do any more of this
that is, buy back any more stock?but
this came in before I had my alibi.'
"Mr. Matches also on that day in?
formed Mr. Mahoney that he had dis- '
covered a new way or a new method of ;
stopping the prosecution, and that was '
to find a personal friend of the District
Attorney and hold before him $20,000 ;
on a string, and at the proper moment :
cut the string.
"There was no prosecution in Bos?
ton; that money never returned to the
treasury of the Emerson Motors Com?
pany, and on October 6 the District
Attorney announced that there would
be no prosecution of the Emerson Mo
tors Company in Boston."
Chaney and Loomis were attached to '
the Wilson system, the prosecution al- i
leges, in the same capacity as was
Matches, and Mr. Osborne told of their
financial arrangements. He asserted
that Wilson was at no time really
liable for the stock, but simply took
it as it was subscribed for. giving,
when the price to the public was $3,
$1 to the Emerson Motors Company,
permitting the stock broker to retain
$1.15. while he put 85 cents on the
sale of each share into his own pocket.
Stock Prices Jumped
Backed by tireless and extravagant
publicity?in respect to? which several
subordinates formerly in Wilson's em
ploy testified yesterday?this stock
jumped to $2.50, to $3, to $4. finally to :
$8. Meanwhile, Mr. Osborne asserted,
the company rented a small place on
Thirty-eighth Street and turned out a
sample car by the simple process of
injecting bodily a Ford engine, with
identification m?_rks removed, into a
new body.
Meanwhile, the prosecutor said, for
publicity purposes, cuts were being
sent broadcast of "our thoroughly mod- ;
ern plant at Long Island City." Like
; wise for publicity purposes, an artist
'? named Stacy H. Woods, who also testi
fied yesterday, made a drawing of the
"Emerson car" with no other aid than
an automobile circular and much
ardent advice from Mr. Campbell.
On April 29 the. company was finally
incorporated in Delaware. On May 1
j Theodore Campbell was elected presi
? dent and Robert C. Hupp vice-presi
I dent, at salaries of $7,500 each?which
I amount, it was agreed, was to be in
I creased to $10,000 after January- 1.
On July 5 the sale of 100,000 more
I shares of the stock was authorized, and
j it was this issue that touched the $8
j price. Altogether, Mr. Osborne de
? clared, more than 200,000 shares of the
I common stock were disposed of, for
I which the public paid more than
$1,200,000. Of this it is alleged that
; $850,000 went to pay for advertising
and the various stock selling activities,
while $352,000 went directly to those
engaged in. making the sales
Meanwhile the company did turn
out nine more automobiles- again
disguised Fords, is the charge?and
34,000 shares of the preferred stock
were put on the market at $10, carry?
ing a 7 per cent dividend. But. Mr.
Osborne added, although an engineer
named Hamilton had at length been
brought on from the West to design a
car (Hupp, despite his reputation, not
being a qualified engineer), altogether
up to June, 1917, less than 300 cars
were turned out at the Emerson Com?
pany's Kingston factory, although all
profit estimates used in the advertis?
ing matter were avowedly based on a
calculation of 300,000 cars a year out?
put.
Mr. Osborne spent the better part
of the afternoon session in reading to
the jury specimens of the literature of
the Emerson Company and of C. R.
Berry & Co., Mr. Wilson's concern.
To-morrow Mr. Mahoney, of Boston,
is to be called by the government.
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Asks Whitman to Lift
Club Over Employes
i _
Lewis Urge? Governor to Give
Them Freedom of Action
in Primaries
ALBANY, May 23.?Attorney Gen
| eral Merton E. Lewis, a candidate for
' the Republican nomination for Gov
! ernor at the fall primaries, to-night
i made public an open letter to Gov
: ernor Whitman requesting him to is
| sue a statement to state employes
j that they are at liberty to support
1 their favorite candidate without fear
1 of retaliation. The letter follows:
"Several days ago I announced my
I candidacy for,the Republican nomina?
tion for Governor. Immediately there?
after I gave notice to all of my dep
' uties and employes that they are at
liberty to support you for the nom?
ination for Governor if they choose,
without fear of retaliation on my part.
Some of them doubtless will vote for
you in the primaries.
"There are employes in some of the
state departments who would like to
support me for the nomination. They
are reluctant to announce their pref?
erence publicly and fear that by doing
so they may give offence to you. Will
you not make public a statement sim?
ilar to mine? Such a statement would
result in freedom of action on the
part of Republican electors who now
I feel themselves hampered in the ex
1 phcBsiou of their political views."
Miss Stinson's I
Flight Halted
By Accident
Aviatrix Smashes Machine
as She Lands at Bing?
hamton
Pinned Beneath Wreck
But Escapes Unhurt
Made 783 Miles in 10
Hours; Will Fly Here
To-day
Letters in the mail sack that Jtiti
Katherine Stinson carried witjj h?
j when she left Chicago yesterday mora,
ing en route for New York will be de?
layed in transmission. At present ttwy.?
are in Binghamton, N. Y., where tkt'J
; aviatrix made an awkward landing l?!
! evening and smashed her machine.
I By good fortune Miss Stinson ?*:
not injured. Until the accident tit
had made t-xt/aordinanly good ti?^
covering the 783 miles Detween Chie_|?
and Binghamton in ten hours, better?
ing the record made by Ruth Law fcj
1916 by nine minutes.
She attempted to land in a field
the outskirts o? Binghamton, aftiff
circling the city for a safe plac? to ?
alight. Something went wrong as _fc? i
neared the ground. Apparently she
had taken too steep a slant in volp?a
ing down.
din 1
?ad I
m. 1
On? ?
The aeroplane seemed to
straight downward suddenlv ?,
struck upon its nose, turning over ud
pinning the aviatrix beneatn it. Ola
wmg was splintered and the proull?
was broken.
Men rushed to the assistan? jf .
Miss Stinson and extricated her ?.
hurt. Hundreds of automobiles ruti
to the field from the city and Miss
Stinson received a dozen offers of
medical aid. She refused, howev?
and did not leave the ground until her
machine had been righted and the ex?
tent of the damage ascertained.
Miss Stinson arose in the air at Chi
cago at 7:37 yesterday morning. S?
passed over Berlin Heights, Ohio, ne?
Cleveland, at 12:45.
It was her hope to be able to coa
p?ete the entire flight without descesd-;
ing for gasolene.
Though disappointed at the accident
she announced that she would atteaei
to complete the flight to-dav. A at.
propeller is being rushed to"Bingh_*
ton from Elmira and mechanics worW
all last night repairing the shattend
wmg.
The aviatrix announced that she hid1
broken the American 'cross-counbri
flightjrecord. The best previous flifb \
was 100 miles, she said.
Preparations were made to give k
a hearty reception at the Mine?.?
flying Field, yesterday. Several im
went up and remained circling aboil
until after dark, hoping to greeted
" ' si
Liberty Motors Used in
Airplane Mail Fligk*
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Lib?r*
motors were used in the Philadelphia,
New York mail airplane route to-dij.
Two 'planes equipped with the set
engines flew from New York to Phila?
delphia.
Manufacturers Oppose
Use of Metric System
The National Association of Manu?
facturers at the final session of it
three-day convention in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel yesterday adopted reso?
lutions condemning the recent revival
of agitation to introduce the metric
system into the United Slate.. Their
decision follows and is based upoi.
Great Britain's rejection of the sime,
plan after investigation by the British
Committee on Commercial and Indus?
trial Policy after ?he war.
The resolutions state "that we reprt J
the agitation for the establishment if
the metric system as particularly un?
timely, because of war taxation on
manufacturers, and because under
present conditions the overwhelming
activity of manufacturers in war wort
makes proper consideration of suck
a subject impossible.''
Frederick A. Halsey, Commissioner
of the American Institute of Weight?
and Measures, said he was pleased th?
the association had taken this stand.
Officers elected by the organizati?
for the coming year are: Stephen C
Mason, president; J. Philip Bird, ge_>
eral manager and assistant treasurer;
Henry Abbott, treasurer, and G-Oif?
C, Boudinot, secretary.
Charter Rate for
Seized Ships Cut
WASHINGTON, May 23. A redut
tion of 50 cents a ton in the chart*'
rate for requisitioned American ship*
operating on a bare boat basis, effective
June 1. was announced to-day by the
: Shipping Board.
The new rate will be $3.*.f. a dt*4
? weight ton for car?o shins i inclodinf
; tankers) under 11 knots speed, with i3
j addition of -.0 cents a ton for ever? ,
I knot or part of a knot over 11. F*
(passenger shins the new rate will h*
$2.25 a gros, ton for ships under ? >
i knots speed, with art addition of **
i cent, a grosy ton for every knot orf*1*
! of a knot above 11.
The new peale affect? vessels op*f*!'
'? ing under a form of charter in wkfc*
! the expen_r>s of operation are borniW
| the United States. Rat<-s for ship??P
; erating under the time form of chafM
I in which certain expenses are bons* W
i the" owners, are not affected.
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