The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
SPIES IN TREASURY,
PAPER CHARGES
Leaks in state Department to
Germans Also Asserted
by Publication.
SAYS HORN CONFESSED

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PROVIDENCE. r. l., Aug. 1.-THE Prov
iaence Journal say to-day: 'Oficials
Of the national Government have been
for some weeks investigating leaks In
the State Department and Treasury De-
partment from both of which much in
formation in possession of the Govern
ment has continually rome to the Ger
man Embassy. At least two persons in
the safe Department are under sus-
melon and at least 6our in the Treasury
Department.
'The Government has positive proof
that leaks have been constant. and that
important information, particularly In
connection with Investigations. has con-
stantly found its way into the possession
of Count Won Bernstorff and Captain
Boy-Ed.
There have been numerous confer
ences among Cabinet Officers with re-
gard to these leaks. Secretary McAdoo
and Secretary Lansing nave conferred
frequently with secret service officials.
The Journal Is able to say authorita-
lively that these investigations are still
in progress. and that conclusive proof
OF the conditions in the departments
named has already been procured.
The Government has an affidavit
signed by Capt. Horn, who attempted 10
blow up the international bridge at
v~anceboro. This affidavit not only tells
the entire story OF Horns attempt, but
declares that he was ordea ed to do what
he did by his superior officer in this
country in the employ of the German
Government, naming him. .
Horn Confession Quoted.
capt. Horns statement declares that
ne was brought here from South Amer
ica 10 do either this work or work sim
liar TO it that he came under orders
from his superiors in this country. His
confession declares that before starting
from the village Of V~anceboro on his
p~erilous expedition with a satchel con-
tanning eighty pounds of dynamite he
pinned a German flag to each of his
arms so that II captured he could de-
clare he was in German uniform.
"He says that the scheme vas to blow
up the bridge so that the lives of nc peo-
pie would be in danger, but that his SUI
perior had given him an incorrect time
table of trains, with the result that just
before he was about to light his fuse he
NlsCONeItu a DdsstnseT Tram COUllIls To-
ward the bridge and abandoned his at
tempt until the train had passed then
in order to complete his work. instead Of
using a long fuse. a intended. he made
1t very short n 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 discov-
cred by secret service officers.
This confession was not obtained
from Capt. Horn until he had been noti-
fed by the secret service officials hat
they had positive knowledge of his con-
nection with the German army. The
facts that brought about this knowledge
reveal In a startling way certain phases
Of the passport frauds. Secret service
officials, posing as the men conducting
the frauds. met a man who had BEEN
sent with a letter to the ringleader of
the forgers. Believing he was dealing
with the passport ring, he handed a
letter to one OF the men, stating 1t was
most important. When opened by the
secret service officers the envelope was
found to contain a list of over thirty
prominent German army officers in this
country for whom passports were de-
sired.
Passport Plot Unveiled.
at the head OF the list was the name
OF Capt. Horn. The Government has
ascertained that the reason for at
tempting TO secure a forged passport
for Capt. Horn was the belief that he
would be allowed out o bail and that
ne could be shipped away from this
country before his trial came on. Since
securing possession of this list the Gov
inner has run down the name OF
every officer on It. all of whom have
been Swallowed for several weeks and
are still under surveillance
with regard to the Journals story OF
Sunday In connection with the German
plot TO finance a strike of longshnremen.
II " learned to-day that the Government
has In Its possession all the facts con-
terning this propaganda. The sum to be
paid for the creation of this strike was
N,IOO, 900 and arrangements were made
with the leaders OF the lon~gshoremen's
union pledging TO every striker $40 a
week az long as the strike lasted. This
attempt to tie up all freight work on the
0ocks Of New York, Boston, Galveston
and the ports of the Great Lakes and the
Pacific coast was part of the propaganda
by which the shipment of munitions OF
war was to be prevented.
"All the material with relation to this
matter, including the names of the men
involved, is now in the possession of Sec
rotary of Labor Wilson, who has been
INVESTIGATING the entire subject through
the secret service for several weeks.
The secret service has In Its possess
sion facts which prove beyond any ques-
ion that a great part OF the foreign
propaganda argued among the mobs that
gather at certain well known meeting
places on the streets Of New York Is
indirectly fomented and paid for by
German interests. A number OF these
as~itators, all Of them Germans and Aus
TRANS, nave bee traced directly to the
offices of George Sylvester Viereck, edi-
tor of the Fdtherldnd, where Govern
ment officers state, the agitators have
received money for their services.
Last week the Government was able
10 secure a bag OF documents which had
been left in charge of a high German
secret service official. These documents
reveal a great deal of information of a
startling character and also connect
PERSONS connected with the Hamburg
american Lime directly with the German
schemes that a been carried on in
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