Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-08-18

providence Journal prints the follow
Ing: "Ofncials of the government
have been investigating leaks in the
state and treasury departments, from
Doth OF which information has con-
tinually gone to the German embassy.
AT least two persons in the state
at least four connected with the treas
ury department.
The government is said to have In
its possession proof that these leaks
have been constant, and that import.
ant and valuable Information, par
ticularly In connection with investiRa-
tons. has constantly found It's way
into the posesston Of Count Won Bern
storn ana Captain Boy-Ed.
There have been numerous con-
ferences among cabinet officers With
regard to these leaks for several
weeks. Secretary McAdoo and secre-
tary lansing have conferred constants
ly with secret service oficials and
every possible effort has been made to
stop this trafnc in state secrets.
Named a. Horns Employer.
The government has In its posses
sion an af1davit signed by Captain
international bridge at Vanceboro.
This afndavit not only tells the entire
story Of Horns attempt. but declares
that he was ordered to do what he did
by his superior officer In this country
In the employ Of the German govern
ment. The secret service authorities
who have this document In their pos
session have proof that the individual
referred to 10 Captain Franz Won Pa
pen, military attache Of the German
Captain Horns statement declares
that he was brought from South
America to do either this work or
work similar to It; that he came un-
der orders from and in the pay Of his
superior officer In this country. His
confession goes into detail with regard
to the methods he employed in at
tempting to blow up the bridge. It
declares that before starting from
Vanceboro with q satchel containing
eighty pounds Of dynamite he pinned
German flag to each Of his arms SO
that II captured he could declare he
was In German uniform.
Horn says that the scheme was to
blow up the bridge 80 that the lives
that his superior had given him an
incorrect time table Of trains, with the
result that just before he was about
to light his fuse he discovered pas
senger train making for the bridge
and abandoned his attempt until it
had passed. Then. to complete his
work, instead Of using q long fuse as
intended, he made 1t short and threw
the rest Of 1t off the bridge and on the
shore. The part Of the fuse that he
declared he had thrown away was
subsequently discovered by secret
service officers.
Details Horns Confession.
Horns confession states that, act.
ing under instructions. he bought .
second hand suit OF clothes in New
York to disguise himself as a laborer.
dershirt without any collar and heavy
f1ob-nailed boots. In this disguise he
travelled on q limited train between
New York and Boston, with the result
that every man and woman who saw
him on the train remembered him.
When asked by the secret service Of
ficers why, after making such elabo-
he had made the mistake Of travelling
on limited train, he replied:
am German and a German Of
ficer and travel no other way
The confession was not secured
from Captain Horn until he had been
notified by the secret service ofhciala
that they had positive knowledge OF
his connection with the German army.
The facts that brought about thil
knowledge reveal in .. startling way
the direct connection Of tho German
embassy with all passport frauds that
have been perpetrated In this country
Secret service officials, posing al
the men conducting these frauds, met
an attache who had been sent directly
from the German embassy at WASH
ington with q letter to the ringleader
Of the gang of forgers. Believing that
he was dealing with these passport
| men, he handed letter to one of
them, stating that It was most import.
ant. When opened by the secret serv-
ice officers tho envelope was found to
contain q list Of over thirty prominent
German army officers in this country
for whom fraudulent passports were
desired. q
AT the head Of this list VISA the
name Of Captain Horn. The govern-
ment has ascertained that the German
embassy's reason for attempting to 90.
sure forged passport for Captain
Horn was its belief that he would be
allowed out on bail and that no could
be shipped away from this country be.
fore his trial came on. Since securing
possession Of this list the government
has run down the name Of 0vory Of
ficsr on It, all OF whom have been
shadOwed for several weeks and ar0
still under sprveillance. The govern
ment 10 convinced that before the
sinking Of the Lusitania representa-
tives Of the German embassy In wash