The Washington times., 1915-12-20
CONFESSION BARES
CANAL CONSPIRACY
Aide of Alleged Chief PIptter
Says Strong Guard FoiIed
Plans.
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were in the corridor OF the Federal
building today waiting to go before the
grand jury
The arrest Saturday Of Frederick
Scheindl. a clerk in the National City
Bank, charged with selling Information
to Koenig today resulted in an invesu-
cation of all its employees by the bank.
similar inquiries We're made by nearly
all big financial institutions here haN-
Ing trade with the allied governments.
SChcindl is said to have been on l<oe-
nigs pay roll as "clerk' at Va
week. His name also. was mentioned
today In Metzler's confession, the Gov
ernment said.
\ woman entered the canal dynamit-
ing conspiracy Investigation today Wheh
Mrs. Herman Fuchs. aunt OF Paul
Koeng. accused head of the Hamburg
American lines secret service. arrive"
hero in response to n Government sub
poena to go before the Federal grand
jury.
Subpocnacd with Mrs. FuChcs are
Count r. Ncihaus. ID. W. SchcWartz'
andNIIans Schwartz. employed IN a bur
falo power plant. All are residents OF
Niagara Falls. Buffalo is said by Gov
crnment investigators TO have been the
operating point for the conspiracy 10
dynamite the Welland canal.
Summary of Events.
TO put in review the events that have
resulted in disaster for the Germans:
Three men now are serving sem
tcnces either in the pcnitentiary on
Blackwells Island or in the Federal
prisou in Atlanta for passport
frauds These schemes were nippcd
in their inCipiency, but they cost the
conspirators at least $4,000
The project of Capt. Franz Eon
Rintelen. special agent of the kai-
ser. to put Gen. Nictoriano lIuerta
back into power in Mexico came to
disaster with the arrest OF tn" for
mer President Just as he was about
TO cross the border. RaSing the fig-
llres on the cost of the ammunition
shipped and coniiscated in Havana
and the brides paid to followers OF
Villa, the cost of floating the enter
prise to the point where Huerta
could return to Mexico was not a
penny less than Swr"p.
Waste of $2,OO,OOO.
Tho Hamburg American paid out
5000 900 for the equipment OF a
fleet OF SUPPLY vessels to aid the
commerce. raiding cruisers OF Ger
many. OF the twcl"c vessels that
were fitted ont Only one delivered
supplies at tho destination planned,
and even these Wer" If no avail.
because the cap Trainlgar. ahoar'
which they were SHippeI. was
sunk 4 few hours after the leading.
DR. Karl RucnZ. manhgin% director
OF the Hamburg American. and
three other officials of the line have
been convicted aud sentenced 20 At
lantA Denitentiaiy.
lieut. Robert. r'nv enlisted group
OF men ana sj0WfO for his ,plHn to
attach ms" rinc !nineS '" the h,Ills OF
vessels carrying munitions. nc vas
| I, ,ie al p,,nl
also were arrested, before a sin%i"
mine mad been set They are await
| ing trial.
Wilton For Strikes.
| For the organization of labor
and the fomentIng of strikes among
unions the German agents have eN-
! pended more than sl.000.OoO. None OF
these inspired. strikes assumed Sc
| rious proportions The corruption
| of labor involved only a few minor
| leaders. TODAY the Federal grand
jury will begin taking testimony to
ascertain the scope of that Conspir-
acy. samuel GomDcrs and other Of
ficers of the American Federation
of Labor are TO testify.
The force of thirty men that koe-
mig had at his orders and the am
bilious size of the plan to blow up
the Welland canal argue sl.0oO.000 a
! fair figure for this plot, the Federal
investiga tors calculate. This plan,
4 too. was frustrated before Il blow
had been struck. and four men are
| under arrest in connection with 1t.
Beyond these results. consisting
almost solely of arrests and expense,
the most cOnsDicuOus effect of all
these conspira cies has been the re-
call of DR.. DumbH the Austrian
ambassador. and of Captain Boy-Ed
md n ntni Il ~
the German embassy.
The Justice Department believes tha
the backbone of bomb plots in thi
country has been broken with the ar
| reSt of paul Nnenim and the first of hi