The Washington times., 1915-11-13

had been approached by the agent of a
foreign government and offered n bribe
OF $HU,OOO to bring about a general strike
OF iongshoremen. Such strike. the
would-be briber stat ted. would tie up all
shipping. on the Atlantic and Pacific
seaboards and prevent any ships from
being loaded with munitions for the
countries at war with Germany and
On every side there was strong evi-
dence today that the department. Of
the United Stateg Governments con-
cerned with the exposure of the various
plots had received orders to redouble
their energies to run down the various
allegations.
II was denied in official quarters that
tho President. who has been 'keeping In
close touch with all the developments,
had directed that the entire detective
work In connection with the piots
should be placed In the hands OF hiet
william ]. Flynn OF the United states
Secret Service. At the Department OF
Justice II was stated that while the
Secret Service handled the investigation
Of the charges against Fay, the Depart
ment of Justice agents are investigating
all the other plots.
- Telegram From Rathom.
Today the department received from
Editor Rathom, OF the Providence Jour
nal. a telegram stating that DR.. Joseph
Goricar. former Austro- Hungarian con-
sui at San Francisco. from whom the
Journal got the interview involving
Count Won Bernstorff. the German am
bassador; Consul General Won Nuber,
and other high German and Austrian
officials in passport frauds, would not
be available" for two or three days
The department had asked the Prov'-
dence Journal to inform 1t as to the
whereabouts of Goricar so that he
might be questioned.
1t was stated at the department to-
dya that the information which aori-
car gave concerning the Berko pass
port fraud was obtained by depart
mont agents some time ago, and that
Berko IL still under surveillance. What
the department is particularly anxious
to get from Coricar is confrma tion
Of his statements that the correspVnd-
ence which J. r. c. Archibald, the
American correspondent. was taking
with him TO Germany and Austria
for Or. Dumba and Count Won Bern.
storff was written In Archfbald's =
presence. Archibald has previously y
claimed not to have known the con-
tents of the letters.
Knew of Subterfuge.
According to Goricar, Geza de Berko
editor Of a Hungarian publication In
New York. known as the Napscana, OBJ
tained passport from the United
States Government to return to Europe,
that this passport was used by Capt
Pista Csiszar, an officer OF the Aus
thfan government, and that the sub.
terfuge was known to the officials OF
the Austrian embassy at the time II
was perpetrated. Berko. who has since
been quizzed by the Department Of Jus.
Hce, Is reported by the Providence
Journal to have declared that his pass.
port was stolen from him. The Journal
this morning published the text of a
postcard which. 1t alleged. was receiv'
ed by the Austrian consulate in Now
York from Csiszar, signed "Berko" and
written on shipboard. and OF a letter
signed by Csiszar himself. dated from
Belgrade.
Assistant Attorney General Warren
said the department was making
every effort to locate former Austrian
Consul Goricar, to question him par
ticularly withl reference tG the Archi-
bald case