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V $ ( ^ / * THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. If You Don’t Read The^CIinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The NEWS VOLUME XIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAI 1st, 1919 NUMBER 1 ¥ h- 0ARYAN TELLS OF HUN MASTER SPY Alien Property Custodian Describes Hoiw Germany Abused American Confidence. (New York, April 25.—Under “The Master Spy,** Of. Hugo Schweitzer, German agents In this country, re ported to Berlin by code every detail of, America’s business life, kept f^ori j the allies four million five hundred thousand pounds of explosives and sent overseas the formula for the deadly mustard gas which laid low thousands of American soldiers, ac cording to Francis P. Garvin, alien property custodian, who delivered an address at the annual banquet of the National Cotton Manufacurers’ Asso ciation here tonight. Mr. Garvan declared he had for 19 months been making “a study of Ger man industrial JUfe and its manifesta tions in the United States.” As a re sult, he said, he was also able to re veal the far reaching machinations of Dr. Schweitzer, former president of the Bayer company; which was taken over and re-organized by the alien property custodian. “True it is that the Hamburg^Amer- ican line and the North German Lloyd kept faithful tab for Berlin on a thousand details of our business life which-came under their observation; that not a ship left our harbors, not a cargo was loaded or unloaded, but that some member of its organizaton watched and reported every detail to be sent by code to the German govern ment,” said Mr. Garvan. “But greater than all, and forming the foundation of her entire espionage and propaganda system, stood the dye industry. As long as you were sup plied by the 'big' six’, your business had no secret unknown to Berlin. In Berlin you will And a Card index sys tem which recites every fact connect ed twith each and every one of your concerns that can be of any possible value to your rivals over there. “The head of that system in this country for years before the war was Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, president of the Bayer company. He was given his secret service number by the imperial minister of war—963,192,637. He came to this country, became a citizen on the instruction of the German gov ernment, eventually was made the head of the Bayer company and led the espionage and propagandist move ments here down to the day of his sudden death in November, 1917. “Schweitzer was the inventor of the idea of the purchase of the New York Evening Mail. Schweitzer wa sthe in ventor of the idea of the German publication society. Over thirty train ed chemists, hi* lieutenants, are now interned.” » Asserting Dr. Heinrich F. Albert, commercial attache at the German embassy in Washington, had turned over about $1,500,000 to Schweitzer, Mr. Garvan said the latter had form ed the Chemical (Exchange by which all available phenol supply in America was turned away from the manufac ture of picric acid for explosives for the allies, with a profit out of Ameri ca’s pocket, to Germany of $1,650,- 000. In praising Schweitzer’s work, Albert 4s -quoted by -Mr. -Garvan " as^ saying: “Now one should picture to himself what a military coup would be accomplished by an army leader if he should succeed in destroying three railroad trains of forty cars, contain ing four million, five hundred thous and pounds of explosives.” Mr. Garvan added the Germans “hoped to corner” bromine, produced only here and in Germany, and deadly in itk effect when combined with ni tric gases. "At Bogota, New Jersey, in the New Jersey Agriculture Chemical Com pany, Dr. Schweitzer employed Dr. Walter Scheele, who was the inventor, in that little town of New Jersey in 1913, of mustard gas, the formula of which he transmitted through Cap tain Von Papen to Germany as soon as jthe war broke out,” continued Mr. BURLESON AGAIN ON “WAR PATH* Postmaster General Reiterates Charg es that Criticisms of His Administra tions are Selfishly Designed. Washington, April 25.—Postmaster General Burleson tonight continued his attacks against what he recently termed an organize deffort to destroy him, by issuing a statement reiterating charges that criticisms of his admin istration were not designed to work Improvements in the postal and wire r service, but to obtain the repeal of the zone system or rates on second class mail matter. The Postmaster General said the issue arising from the critic isms presented a test which he wel comed. “The news reaches the postmaster general this morning,” sSys Mr. Burle- osn, in his statement, “that Mr. Burle son’s methods as applied to the postal and wire service yrill be the subject matter of discussion today by the American Newspaper Publishers’ As sociation. “While this association is putting in the entire day by talking about Mr. Burleson and his methods, the thought# -of certain Selfish‘ members thereof during that time will not be on Mr. Burleson’s methods or on de sired improvements in the postal and wire service, but on their share of the $72,000,000 they have been enjoying as an annual postal subsidy for many years, and as to how they may recover the part of which they were deprived by congressional action and how to remove the danger of losing more of it. There may be little ^ald by them about this legalized graft, but it will be uppermost in their minds just the same. “It is now insisted that this issue be not obscured to deceive the American people. The real issue is whether cer tain newspapers and magazines shall continue to filch from the postal reve nue $72,000,000 each year and impose that burden upon other users of the mail. This presents a test. I welcome it “It is noted that Mr. C. J. Post has promptly identified himself as the chief lobbyist of this coterie of selfish pub lishers to whom I referred in a recent statement. The others to whom I re ferred in that statement will be at this meeting. They are invited to disclose their identity and to repeat what they said to me. “Mr. Post actually developed hy steria about 'Prussianlsm and vicious one-man censorship established in the postofflee.’ The basis for this panic is as infamous a falsehood as was ever published, to wit, the alleged refusal of the postmaster general to have transmitted over the telegraph wires certain matter criticizing the postmas ter general. - The New York World knew that this was a base lie when it published it. Mr. Post knew this was a base lie when he reepated it. As they well know, the postmaster glner-, al never at any time directed the ex- clnsion of any matter offered for t^ans- missipn on the wires, but on. the con trary, has ordered that even libelous matters against him shall not be re fused, though the sending of such mat ter is prohibited by rules of the com panics enforced for many years. “Mr. Post falls to disclose th< amount of money raised by him to re 000,000 to be borne by other users of the mails in an unjust tax upon them. The postmaster general believes that this is outrageous and indefensible', and has said so. The congress has partly corrected the wrong. The post master general has refused to ac quiesce or aid In reducing this actlbnT' PROHIBITION LAW WILL BE ENFORCED Garvan. "This is the mustard gas which laid low your brothers on the plains of France.” Department of Justice Announce Lit eral Enforcement of Law will be Made. New York, April 24.—The govern ment proposed a literal enforcement of the war-time prohibition act, including a ban on prroduction.and sale of all beers and wines, whether, or - not they are intoxicating, the department of justice announced through special representative in the federal court here today. ■While no steps will be taken to pre vent brewing, pending a court deter mination of the law’s constitutionality raised by brewers of the New York district, manufacturers will operate in -peril oLiutura prosecution, accor ding to the statement of *Williatn C. Fitts, special counsel, appearing for attorney General Palmer in the beer litigation. The attorney advised Judge A. N. Hand, who heard arguments on the government’s motion to dismiss the sult brought on befalf of thenational brewers by the Hoffman Brewers Co. to restrain the federal authorities from interfering with Jta production of 2 3-4 per cent beer, that the de partment of justice did not know' and did not care whether beer of the strength indicated was intoxicating. The law prohibited sale after June 30, of distilled beverages as well as manufacture after April 20, and sale after June the 30, of “beer” wine and other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors for beverage” pending the de- mobilzation of the military forces, he sgid. The words “beer” and “wine” were not qualified, in the opinion of the govermqnt, he added, and the ap parent congressional intention to stop the “w’aste” of grains and fruits in their production in any strength would be enforced. of confusing the public if the postmas ter general can prevent it. 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