The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-11
GRAVE CHARGES
ARE PREFERRED
Prominent Publisher And Co.
workers Are Served With
Warrants
(By Associated Press.)

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San Francisco, July 10.-Warrants
for the arrest of Charles X. Field,
editor Of the Sunset Magazine; Rob-
ert ]. Fowler, an aviator: Riley A.
Scott. writer, and Ray S. Duhem. a
photographer, were issued today at
the request Of John w. Preston, Unit
ed States attorney here. The charge
against all four is the disclosure Of
military secrets. The penalty is ten
years imprisonment or $4,000 fine
Tor such disclosure If made abroad
and one year, or $1,000 fine, If made
In the United States,
In April Sunset published an article
entitled Can the Panama Canal Be
DESTROYED From. the.1Air,,,.
Repr odnctions z-of autographs TAXI:
en- from an. aeroplane and showing
some of the Qualifications of the canal
zone and nf the San Francisco presi-
diO accompanied the text. As soon
as copy Of the number was called to
the attention Of the war department
1t requested Preston to investigate.
Mr.. Fields defense today was that
the photograph showed no actual for
tifications. only preliminary work for
fort. To this MIR. Preston replied:
by the act Of March 3. 1911. con-
b COB AhaoO IL u tlOfdlAOu III u pldln
statute for q civilian to take or pub
lish photographs of any fortification
whether complete. or In process of
construction"
Warrants Served.
Field, Fowler, Duhem and Scott
were served with the warrant. and
taken before United States Commis-
s;oner Francis Krull. they were re-
leased on their own recogniz;lnce.
At the special session of the federal
grand jury tomorrow, the government
will present its evidence and indict-
ments.
The editorial comment of the maga-
zine on one Of the photographs.
against which the war department
particularly complained, was as fol-
lows:
"This is one OF the most significant
photographs ever. published in this
country. Below the aeroplane from
which the picture was taken lie the
Naos Islands. In the bay OF Panama,
on which the United States govern
ment Is mounting batteries of the
heaviest artillery in the world, to
protect the. Pacific approach to the
Panama canal.
"On the island, almost directly un-
der the aerOplane, can be seen the
emplacement for the most powerful
weapon ever constructed, the first 16
inch disappearing gun. which has an
effective range of about Twelve miles.
Here is, the Significance of the
photograph: The aeroplane might
have come IN time OF war from a
battleship out Of range of the big gun,
flying a sale height and carrying 500
pounds Of high explosive instead Of q
camera. Would not the big gun be
helpless against sp;h foe?"
Describe CT .umsfances.
The editor described. the ctrcum-
stances in which the photograph was
taken and who took 1t, adding:
Shortly afterwards President VIII
son issued an executive order forbid
ding such flights under heavy penalty.
The photographs made on this flight
are probably the only pictures that
ever will be taken OF the canal from
tie air. except for purposes Of war.
Washington. July 10-Today'e ar
rest at San Francisco marked the be-
ginning OF the first criminal prosecu-
ton under the national defense act OF
March 3, 1911, for disclosure OF mill
tary secrets. The war department in
the past has warned some newspaper
publishers becatse Of the element OF
intent to do mischief wes lacking, no
attempt was made to prosecute.
The fact that the pictures complain
ed of In this case were taken from an
oeroplane raises for che first time an
interesting. point OF Jurisdiction BY
the national authorities over the ,ur
per air. q !