South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-29
MAN HIGHER Up
IN PLOT KNOWN
Outbreak of Fire on Munition
Ship Causes Search For
PIotterS' Cache.
NEnS/ Nep

NEW YORK. oct. 29.-The out
break Of "A mysterious fire on the mu-
milton ship Harovian today, caused
secret service men investigating the
activities of Robert Fay and his as
sociates in the sO-calied bomb plot
TO seek the whereabouts of the great
er part of $50 pounds of chloride of
potassium. purchased by Fay, but
never found.
Detectives believe it probable that
the missing part of the explosive was
made into incendiaIy bombs Whch
caused fires o n ammunition ships
during September.
Federal agents investigating the
pro-German conspiracy to damage
ships at sea and 10 blow up ammuni-
ton factories declare that five more
arrests may be made soon.
The Evening World today says:
The man higher up in the Ger
man bomb plot is known. United
states secret service men and detec-
tives are familiar with his activities.
/ They know things he has caused to be
/ done to help the blowing up of Ameri-
| can munition factories and of ships
carrying war supplies to the allies.
But they have not yet any proof OF
| his direct acts upon which he could
be held as a conspirator. 1t is be-
IL
| furnished in a short while. The man
! is an American citizen of great wealth
who has avOwed his sympathy with
' the Germans"
WASHINGTON, oct. %. - No evil
! dence of any character to detract from
/ the authenticity of Robert Fay's con-
! fessiOn that he is an officer of the
kaiser's forces has been received here,
I according to positive assertions or
? state department officials.
4 Because of this. diplomatic repre-
| sensations to Germany are regarded
as imminent unless proof is forth
! coming that Fay acted only as an in
! dividual in his participation in the
plot to wreck cargoes destined for the
allies.
The only eventuality which can
! change the international aspect which
! the matter now presents, it Is de-
clared. will be the absolute disap-
/ proval of Fay's confession by the
| German foreign office.
Until proof develops that Fay is
! incorporating his connection with
/ Germany, the officials of Mr.. Ian
sings department declare they can do
nothing but accept the statement of
the prisoner
In connection with the probe now
! being conducted by the agents of the
! department of justice, Asst. Atty. Gen.
/ Charles Warren will leave for New
! York Friday. On Saturday he viii
confer with United States Dist. Atty.
| Marshall. He will go over the evil
dence I'm the case and learn the de-
tails of Fay's arrest and the evidence
against him at first hand.
The only comment that Mr.. War
rem would make Thursday upon the
/ general situation was:
! THE plots appear to be more wide
| spread than sporadic. 1 do not in
tend to stretch existing statutes so
| that they Will cover what they were
not meant TO cover. If we can pro-
coed legally against Fay then of course
| IL will be done"
! It was Indicated here Thursday
night that the interest of the state
! department in the case of Fay and his
] fellow cOnspiratOrs has been increased
} by his revelations that the plans in
I which he was engaged also embraced
interference with munitions plants
and railroads in the United States as
, well as the wreCking OF munitions
carrying ships.
/ Therefore. it is believed that the
present investigation, so far as the
/ department of state is concerned.
| must proceed along the broad lines
which a few weeks ago caused the
expulsion of DR.. Constantin Dumba
| and ii is pointed out that Fay's state
ments reopen that point, considered
/ settled with the retirement Of the
Austrian ambassador-the plan 10
wreck the munitions plants in this
| country.
The state department Thursday
pointedly denied that Consul-Gen.
1 7 -
bringing any documents in reference
TO the Meloy-Rentelin arrest in Lon
/ don. or 10 the pending cases in New
| York