New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-09

at AZ Cedar Street on the eighth floor
and had direct telephone connection
with a prominent trust company. When
persons interested in the activities 81
Won R.ntelen learned Of his business
address he moved his Office TO 81 LIB
erty Street, close TO those Of Andrew
d. Meloy. the promoter who recently
turned states evidence.
Agents from the Department Of JUS
tice learned that while here Won Rente-
len had received from Germany and
had sen TO the imperial German gov
eminent much correspondence which
was taken TO and from Berlin by mes
sengers. Whether any Of these let
tiers had been intercepted is not made
known Just now, but the government
expects 70 bring one Of the carriers
of the correspondence before a Fed
eral grand jury.
New Strike Fund Clew.
II was learned Yesterday at the Fed
eral Building that several days before
n. Snowden Marshall, United States
District Attorney made public ms
statement that Won Rentilen and David
Lamar had been dealing for strikes
with Labor's National Peace Council,
Representative Robert Fowler. counsel
for the council, had visited his office.
According to the lniorna,iOu OBJ
tanned at the Federal Building. Mr..
Fowler and Henry B. Martin. secretary
for the council. had visited the Federal
clerks Office and made Inquiries con
Germ 80 the governments dealing with
MifI Catherine Foley, young stenog-
laNer who had been In the employ OF
Martin in Washington.
The men inquired Of the clerk If the
young woman had been brought there
under subpoena. Snd he was Informed
that she had lie was then referred to
Roger B. Wood head Of the criminal
branch Of the prosecutors Office.
my visit 20 the Office of the United
States Attorney" said Mr.. Fowler last
night" was made entirely on behalf OF
the parents Of Miss Catherine Foley Of
Washington. A week ago her parents
IN Washington called me on the tele-
phone in this city and told me the
girl had been spirited away. They
suspected that the government had
sought her and asked me 20 inquire
about her and to inform them. This
did"
II went to the Office Of the clerk in
the Federal building accompanied by
Mr.. Martin and there was confronted
with startling secrecy. When ] spoke
TO Mr.. Wood ] found that he was
emphasizing this secrecy. He admitted
that Miss Foley had come here and was
being protected b. the government.
Peace Council Defended.
81 first met her though my own
stenographer, who il her chum. MY
visit was purely philanthropic. Labor s
National Peace Council had been guilty
Of no wrongdoing, and | myself have
been guilty Of no wrong, In the mat
ter of shipping OF the disturbances IN
plants Of American industries. ] came
here about two weeks ago IN the IN
terest of peace generally. never
knew or met Won kinteleE.'
MIR. Marshall left hurriedly for Wash
ington late yesterday to confer with tho
Department of Justice on matters relat-
ing TO the activities of the Hamburg
American Line and Captain Boyd IN
the clearance Of neutral merchant ves-
sells TO supply German raiders with coal
and provisions. The indictments OF Max
Breitung and other alleged eonspirators
and the alleged dickering of Franz Won
Rintelen with Labor's National Peace
Council may be discussed.
Ii was said that Captain Guy Gaunt,
naval attache Of the British Embassy,
was on the same train.