The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-11-19
INVESTIGATING PLOT.
Department Of Justice Officials Are
Running Down Clews.

FestlgatiOn OF the Department G
Justice, left tonight for New Yorl
where he will confer tomorrow wit
John Rathon, editor of the Provi
dence. r.. l., Journal, concerning tn
disclosures made by DR.. Joseph Gori
ear. former Austrian consul in thi
sountry.
It is understood the department
has been assured by Mr.. Rathon tha
IT will be put in personal touch will
Or. Goricar. Before Mr.. Bielaski re
turns to Washington he will prob
ably hold a conference with the
former consul. 1t was stated at the
Z department this afternoon that the
whereabouts of DR.. Goricar are
known.
The Department of Justice is par
ticularly interested in the portion OF
the recent statement made by DR..
Goricar which declared that James
J.F. Archibald was in the Office of
Consul-General Won Nuber when for
naer Ambassador Dumba's cowe-
spondence and reports, which Archi-
bald attempted to carry abroad, were
prepared for him and that conse-
quently he knew the nature of the
documents.
Archibald was denied knowledge
OF the character of the papers and
the government had been unable to
obtain any proof to the contrary.
Archibald being an American citizen
and his attempt to deliver the docu-
ments, providing he knew what they
were, being a violation not only of
the neutrality of this country, but
OF specific provisions of the penal
code, the department is anxious to
make an example of him. The gov
ernment also believes if it can sue
eeed in obtaining evidence against
Archibald this may lead to dis
closures of even more vital impor-
tance.
There were strong intimations by
q high official of the Department of
Justice to-day that the case against
certain diplomatic and consular Of
flcials accredited to this country is
day by day. The
opinion was expressed that while
the acts which Fay and his associates
to commit were more
spectacular that the offenses of Franz
Melloy, now under indictment in
New York, the case of the latter is
If much greater importance in its
'amifications.
Melloy will soon be brought to
rial. The government has its evil
lence we'll in hand and believes con-
,iction will follow. Melloy was as
ociated with Rentillin, German
gent of prominence and influence.
4es started back to Germany with
the latter travelling under
false passport. Rentillin was ar
ested in England and imprisoned,
While Melloy was sent back to this I
ountry. The evidence against Mel {
oy, it was said to-day, has to do
nth frauds against American pass S
orts and the financing in this coun- i
ry4 of the attempted counter revolu- q
ion by Huerta in Mexico, for the 9
urpose of embarrassing the United :.
tates. :.
The evidence gathered for the v
of Melloy in connection 81
18th passport frauds carries the trail v
I violations of the neutrality of the p
nited States to the doors of certain C,
Ugh foreign officials, according to fs
ltimations of those who are instru- Ell
entail in working up the case. d,
1t was said at the Department of n
lstice that no report concerning OF
Ie confession of Fay has arrived.
oubt was expressed as to whether
ny would disclose the names of the l.,
en- under whose orders he operated
1t no attempt was made to discred- i,
the reports that a confession had N
en- extracted from the prisoner. N
At the State Department there are
dications that arrangements have
en- made to deal with the whole
NIB and munitions plot question Ct
pm much broader standpoint nj
an heretofore. 1t is held by legal co,
visers there that plots against mu- or
lions plants engaged in foreign
mmerce between the States comes or
der the Sherman antitrust laws g.
d that persons attempting to in do
'fere with their. business or injure 80,
eir property may be prosecuted for NJ
lspiracy in restraint of trade. n
State Department officials say the :.
" revelations concerning the al n,
ed actions of Consul-General Won -.
ber of Austria have not yet come -,
ore the department and will not
passed upon there until after a -.
report from the Department of
itice follows the Investigations