South Bend news-times., 1915-03-02

NEW YORK. March Al have
stated that emissaries of the German
imperial government watch every out
going and incoming ship. Every con-
signment TO the allies is reported. All
this information comes either TO Capt.
Boy-ed or another attache of the
German embassy.
The matter which worries Capt
Boy-ed most, however, is his plan to
fit out a squadron of Hamburg-Amer-
lean and North German Lloyd steam
ers in Hoboken and South Brooklyn
for a sudden raid against the British
commerce of the North Atlantic.
A torpedo factory in Brooklyn is
now manufacturing a torpedo gun
which, mounted on the deck of yes
sci, makes it as destructive as a sub
marine. To outward appearance this
torpedo factory is a machine shop. 1t
has been doing business as such for
years.
Placed on Ships.
I have been informed by agents of
Capt. Boy-ed that t,.ese guns are be-
ing placed aboard the German ships.
When the time comes these will try
TO dash out Of the narrOWS under
course along the Atlantic trade lanes.
The torpedo gun as explained to
me is similar to the ordinary cannon
aboard a Warship. Instead of an or
dinary shell, however, it starts a tor
pedO which skins along the water.
The torpedo does not of course have
any mechanism propelling a screw
like some other tOrpedOes. 1t is car
ried TO its goal by it's own momentum.
OF the 20 German ships in New
York waters the Vaterland is the flag
ship. 1t is coaled to fullest capacity
Fuel is even slowed in cabins. Divers
have cleaned its hull so that the ship
is in perfect readiness for fight.
High German officials have their
secret headquarters aboard the Water
land. There they are protected alb
sOlutely against a intrusion. Capt
Boy-ed holds frequent conferences
aboard the Vaterland.
Will Strike Last Blow.
1t is not planned TO send the torpedo
squadron out until it becomes neces-
sary for Germany to strike her last
blow. This of course is directed at
England. She believes England is vul-
nerable because she is insular
Capt. Boy-ed and his associates
never took me into their full conf
dence as to the exact plans for the
torpedo armed merchant squadron.
i OSSlDly capt. bON-6U nlInSelI OOeSn I
know exactly where its ships are to
go.
But 1 do know that instructions
came from Berlin to arm the German
ships and hold them in readiness. No
outsider is allowed within the Ham
burg-American and North German
Lloyd docks.
OF the 20 ships owned by the two
big German Ines about eight are
freighters and are not intended to be
used in the raid.
The fastest ships are the Vaterland,
Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Koenig, Will
helm H., Pres't Grant, Pres't Lincoln,
Prinz Eitel Frederick. Prinz Joachim
of the Hamburg American line, and
the Friedrich der Crosse, George
Washington, Crosse Kuefurst, Kaiser
Wilhelm ii. and the Princess Irene.
Lists Freighters.
The Hamburg American freighters
are the Allemania, Bohemia, NassO-
via, Pisa, Sarnia and Magdeburg. The
BarbarOssa is a North German Lloyd
freighter.
All told % German and Austrian
steamers are now in New York har-
Dor.
My wife was lured into a trap set
for her by enemies who would dis
credit my exposure of the German
spy system in the United States.
trust her implicitly. She did not know
that Miss Hoffman, formerly a friend,
was a decoy TO ruin her and me.
A great deal is yet to be told of the
German secret service in America.
The means taken to blacken my wife
and myself show the desperation of
the powerful people involved.
FIRES BURNING.