South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-25
ARMS WERE SOLD
TO TEUTON AGENTS
One Thousand Rifles and Mil
lion and Half Rounds of
Cartridges Are Intended For
Batavia, Java.

barge on shipments Of arms from
this country to the allies, German
agents in this city, it developed
Thursday, have been secretly buy
ing vast quantities Of rifles and am
munitiOn from the very plants which
have been filling orders for the al
lies.
This fact came to light when Nor
ris J Ahearn, a driver employed
by Walter C. Hughes. a truckman,
was arraigned before Magistrate
McQuaid in jefferson Market court,
charged with violating a city Ordi-
nance by storing arms and ammuni-
tion without a permit at 200 W.
Houston st.
Ahearn said he was told to 90
TO Pier IS, East river, where he got
900 Springfield rifles, and 800
600 rounds of cartridges. He did
not know the ntmes Of the consigner
or cOnsignee, he said, but had been
instructed TO deliver the goods at the
West Houston street address.
Permit Was Obtained.
During the course of the hearing
IL developed that a permit had been
obtained for storing the goods and
that it had been taken out by Henry
Muck, who is general manager for
Hans Tauscher of 800 Broadway.
Ahearn was thereupon discharged
and the case dismissed.
Muck would not admit in court
who had bought the rifles and am
muIitiOn although he said they were
consigned TO a man named Won Cliff
To no n on %
steamship Djember, now loading at
Pier 3, Bush Terminals for Batavia,
Java.
The sudden need of 900 rifles
and 800. 900 cartridges by the usu-
ally peaceful Japanese was not dis
closed by Muck. An investigation.
however, disclosed the rather signi-
ficant information that Muck and
Tauscher are the accredited agents
in this country for the largest Ger
man manufacturers KrUpp and
Enghardts. among others and have
been handling many mysterious con-
signments since the outbreak of the
war
Consigned To Far East.
These shipments. il has been
learned, have all been consigned 10
the far east Whether they have
made their way into the hands OF
the insurrectionists and were the
means of the recent sanguinary
mutinies in Singapore and other
places under British rule in that
part of the world is unknown.
When a reporter called at Tausch-
err Office he found the place filled
with Germans He walked in unan-
nounced and his presence was suffici-
entity undesirable for one of the men
10 peremptorily order him out with
out even asking the nature of his
business. Inquiry was made for
Muck
There is no Mr. Muck here-we
never heard of such a man" was
the reply delivered somewhat hotly
by German whose bearing did not
believe the suppOsition that he had
once been in the army
Filled With Guns.
The room was filled with guns and
ammunition of every descriition.
Cases containing hundreds of rifles
lined the walls and on the floor we're
boxes filled with revolvers and car
tridges
The man who had denied knowI-
edge of Mr.. Muck had just been call
ed by that name by the stenograpber
the reporter entered the room
and had replied 10 il. While he was
vehemently denouncing it another
German entered.
Without looking around he took
off his coat and sat down to occuDv
himself with some mail. The man
who denied knowing Mr. Muck ran
over 10 him There was a whisper-
ed conversation in German and the
recent ARRIVAL tall blonde man al
so of military bearing got up hast
lily from his chair.
Pinned to his vest were two dec
OratiOns One was the familiar iron
cross and the other resembled the
red eagle
II am seeking Mr. Muck and Mr.
Tauschef said the reporter as the
tall man strobe toward him.
we never heard of either man.
II that is all. get out.
Fitted Description.
The tall man fitted the description
of Mr. Tauscher even 10 his decora-
tiOns. which had been given By the
elevator attendant in the building.
The door bore the names of Tauscher
and Muck. The blonde man refused
10 discuss the court case.
Tauscher. it developed on inquiry.
is the husband or Madame johanna
Gadski. the opera singer. He was
an officer in the German army for
many years and has been on the
most cordial relations with the rep
resentatives of Germany in this
country
Where the previous cOnsignments
were sen. from this city is matter
OF conjecture IL could not be
learned whether any of them were
taken on board the steamer Djember
which is not 10 steam for several
DAYS
SUES FOR SISTERS DEATH