South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-02
ARREST GERMAN
SERVANT AS Spy
Trunk Found Filled With Auto
matte RevOIverS and Cart
ridges = Other Round-upS
Repor,ad Daily. -.

LONDcN. Sept. although the
military and police authorities are
making TO announcements these days
concerning the roundup OF German
spies in London. news OF this kind OF
arrests, being made daily, are heard
from many sources. ones story which
reached here today is typical
certain American, his wife and
family, who have been living in Lon
don for almost 10 years in unpreten-
tiors style in the suburbs. had a Ger
man general housework servant who
has been with them almost as long
as they have been In England.
When the head Of the family dis
covered yesterday that his maid had
failed 20 register as an alien under
the new police rule. he promptly told
her that she must go to the police
station and register or run the risk of
being sent 20 Jail.
The maid protested on the grounds
that she was afraid of the police
The householder indulgently guess
ed" that IL would be sufficient If he
went in her stead.
At the police station, where he was
known by the officers In charge. the
householder. smilngly explained his
mission. which he was quite sure
was unnecessary in the case of his
faithful servant"
The police agreed that it was
doubtless unnecessary. but insisted
that they must see the girl herself
TO save her the embarrassment of
coming to the station. He was told
that two policemen would be detailed
20 go 10 his house.
On their arrival there the servant
faced them hesitatingly. When they
declared they must search her be-
longings she became panic-stricken.
Find 81 RevOlvers.
In her trunk in the attic were
found 81 automatic revolvers and a
large quantity OF cartridges. The
servant is now in prison.
The American embassy was in re-
ceipt this morning of a letter from
George Schumacher. now in the mill
tary prison at Dorchester Schmuetz-
Ter, it seems landed yesterday at Fall
mouth from the steamship Potsdam,
bound for Rotterdam. British SOL
diers compelled him TO accompany
them TO the military prison.
In his letter TO the embassy the
prisoner declares he is a naturalized
American. He enclosed a copy of his
record in the United States navy
which showed that he enlisted at
Omaha I'm June OF 1910 and had
served four years. He demands that
the embassy DTlnk ABOUT MS TeledSe
Immediately and that he be allowed
90 continue his journey to Rotterdam.
1t is probable that Schumacher
will be released il his records prove
to be genuine, but IL is very improb-
able that he will be allowed 10 pro-
coed to Rotterdam He probably will
he sent back home.
The United States embassy is much
worried about Asst. Secy. of War
a fHa n gzrfr11 on
attaches who are with him. Nothing
has been heard from Mr.. Brecken-
ridge since he left Berlin 10 days ago
for Vienna. Myron T. Herrick, Amer
lean ambassador at Paris has wired to
the London embassy asking the
whereabouts OF Mr. Breckenridge. but
there was no information here.
Meantime the u. S. s. Tennessee
and the u. s. S. North Carolina lie I'm
Falmouth harbor. II was whispered
about the embassy TODAY that the
North Carolina will presently set
forth on a long trip con an urgent
mission" but its destination and the
nature OF the mission cannot be as
certained. IL is believed she will go
into the Mediterranean TO rescue the
Americans stranded in the south of
France and in Italy.
The Red Star steamer Lapland sail
ed for New York today with a ca
pacity passenger list and with the
usual percentage OF wealthy Ameri
cans in the steerage.