New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-14
THREE In TEUTON
CORPS TRACKED
Continued from page I

Abraham Cummings, of Ferry Hill Viii
lage. Durham County, England. He
told the police-and they believed him
that he had no evil intentions and
that the explosive, which is 81 per cent
dynamite. was harmless without fuse
or decorating cap. He pointed to the
absence of these necessaries as PROOF
of his innocence.
The discovery of the explosive was
due TO the care with which the luggage
of all persons taking passage or all
vessels leaving this port Is searched
Two grips of Cummings had been
searched.
"The third grip is just like the 9TH
ers." said Cummings. =.
well, well search it just the same
said James Kennedy. one Of the Ameri-
can Line baggage searchers.
Cummings will be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Houghton
Monday. The charge against him
purely technical in order TO permit the
authorities 10 check up his statements
is that Of transporting an explosive
from Pittsburgh to this city without
declaring that he was carrying II.
Those we'll informed with respect 70
the activities Of the United States Sc
cret Service and the agents OF the De-
partment OF Justice in the running
down OF Teuton agents in this country,
look forward 70 the indictment OF a
prominent German-American. who Is
known TO the United States authorities
as the "bagman."
II IL said that IL has been his duty
20 furnish the spies Of the Central
Powers with the wherewithAl 10 do
their work.
The name Of this man Is likely 70 be
brought out when the case Of Carl
Buenz, managing director % the Ham
burg-American line, and other en-
ployes OF this German steamship line.
under Indictment for technical viola
tions Of the customs regulations, IL
called next week n reality these men
are accused % secretly furnishing
I German commerce destroyer, with sup
plies while cruising IN the North md
South Atlantic.
A new turn 90 mo invesfigaiion Of
the German Austrian agents vas 'A'-en
yesterday In the inquiry into the &C
,ivi'y II various groups ~ mon Who
have been posing as relief societies
These men have been holding balls, on.
ter'ainmsnts and rsflo' ostenslhly Tor
tho relief - widows and orphans and
other DEPENDENT ~ soldiers ard ssil.
ors yho have been Killed or wounded
In fghting tho Allies The charge has
been made that the money raised ~
these nFairs has been used fol'ly Tor
supplying spies With money.
An interesting sidelight on tho 90
titity ~ ne Teutonic propagandif's
vas furnished yesterday bY Milan
Yesilch. editor ~ tho Serbian daily.
In an intcryisr With a representative
~ The Tribune
There agents ~ Germany ndAustria.
Hungary nave stopped a. nothing said
Mr. Yestich. the friend - Protector
Michael I Pupin. the Columbia pro-
fessor ard tho Consul General 81
serbia They even tried 20 corrupt
Professor Pupin This came about IN
this way: little over year ago. when
the war fret started. mn educator
prominent In the Hungarian University.
~ budapest, wrote letter 10 Pro.
| fessor Pupip telling him that tho
| dclegatcs 81 Austria Hungary were be
l hind him 10 man a. their choice for
the Nobel prize IN 1914. This meant
tomething like a sum Of $4,000. Pro
I fcasor Pupin wrote back snying that
he could not agree 10 be their candi-
date, since hc was neither an Austrian
nor n Hungarian. but n Serb.
"The American people, continued
Mr.. Yestich, will be surprised when
( they learn Of all the activities of the
! Teuton agents. Explosions and in
ccndiarism have been only small part
Of their propaganda. Lying, deceit,
l l.. AZ - l. .f
| forte.
81 will cite you an example Tomo
/ Sargentich ie one of the lending Serbs
one Of our leading banks in this city.
He also Is treasurer Of the Serbian
Defence League. AS such he has been
largely instrumental in collecting large
sums Of money for Red Cross and
other relief work among the Serbs. Not
only has he received responses from
among the hundred thousand Serbs in
this country, but from their sympa-
thizers.
"You can imagine his surprise whom
| h. picked up The New York Times of
November 4 containing a letter bear
ing his name expoundiag sentiments
J injurious TO Serbia and Serbs gener-
ally. and helpful to the Teutons. This
letter was written by one OF the Teu-
ton agents, who forged Mr.. Sargen-
tich's name 70 il.
Now, there are three classes of
agents 81 the central powers Mt work
IN this country. The first are the
| direct agents. These either actually
do the work OF incendinrism or hire
others TO do II. The second are the
newspaper men OF Austro- Hungarian or
German birth, who are for the most
part subsidized. Their work IL cut out