New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
Germans Secretly Arrang-
ing to Obtain War Sup
plies in u. S.
SEEKING CONTROL
OF BIG FACTORIES
Further Exposures by THE
World" of Wide Activities of
the kaiSer's Agents.

THE New York World" continuing
to-day its exposure of Germany's secret
activities in this country. gives evil
Gerce TO show that Germany itself has
been secretly planning to secure mum
tons, although protesting against the
shipment of such to enemy countries
since the beginning Of the war 1t
says:
Zone OF the most important features
of the CORES pondence is that which
, relates to the financing of the Bridge
port PRO- Company, at Bridgeport,
Conn, by Hugo Schmidt, the Western
agent of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin,
row assigned TO assist General Finan-
cial Agent Albert at New York in the
handling of large sums of money
turned over TO the latter by the i'm
rerial German government.
THE memorandum of the contract
with the projectile company, which has
American officers who are supposed to
control it, shows that the contract was
approved by DR.. Albert, Military At
'ache Won Papen and n. R. Lindheim.
the legal adviser of the German gov
eminent experienced in international
affairs. The contract was prepared by
Carl Heynan, formerly agent at Mexico
City of the neutrality-suspicious. Steam
ship Company, believed to represent
Herr Schmidt in the financing and man
agement of the Bridgeport Projectile
Company. Mr.. Heynan reported TO
Herr Schmidt from time to time re-
garding its affairs.
"The correspondence shows that the
projectile company received money
from the Guaranty Trust Company, act
ing on authority from the Deutsche
Bank; that in July last it contracted
for the entire output of smokeless pow
der Of the Etna Explosive Company,
the president of which is g British sub
ject and who s highly indignant at the
possibility of supplying Germany with
powder for use in the making of shrap-
mel for the German army.
After Carbolic Acid.
"In the correspondence the plans OF
Germany to buy l,212,OOO pounds of
phenol (carb bic acid, manufactured
by Thomas A. Edison, are also clearly
set forth. This correspondence is be-
tween the American Oil and Supply
Company of Newark and Hugo Schweit-
ger, German-Amerlcan chemist, at III
Hudson Street
an il the fact is clearly established
that the latter was acting for the Ger
man government, and that the supply
company transferred to il on June "
last its contract with the Edison Com
pany, and on the following day gave lts
recent to Herr Schweitzer for S1OO,OO0
to guarantee the performance OF the
contract.
Evidence is included in the CORE
spondence to show that the German
government is even now financing a
Dlan to insure itself the output OF
shrapnel castings of at least one con
Germ in this country, the manner OF
shipment and delivery not being dis
closed by the correspondence.
"The active parties to this undertak-
ing are Hugo Schmidt, room 1881, 100
Broadway, acting for Financial Dl-
rector Albert and reporting to him, ana
the Bridgeport Projectile Company, OF
Bridgeport, Conn. The Guaranty Trust
Company, of this city, through Assist
ant Manager Bolinger, appeared IN some
of the transactions in connection with
the secret acquisition of the concern.
Mr.. Heynan had direct charge of its
affairs. The Deutsche Bank, Of Ber-
lin, assumed responsibility to the trust
company, subject to the usual commls-
sion of one-half of l per cent.
"The contract between the proJectlle
company and Mr.. Schmidt was referred
to and approved by DR.. Albert, Cap
tain Won Papen and N. R. Lindheim'
Financing Factory Buildings.
at also appears that the German rep
resentatives we're to finance the con-
struction of factory buildings. ,
"One of the features of the project
was that the company was negotiating
a contract for the output of Etna's
smokeless powder from December o.
1915, for use in manufacturing NUM-
tions of war for Germany.
Another feature is that the proJec-
tile plant had secured offers OF anti
mony during May varying in price from
30 to 1914 cents pound.
AT no place in the contract, by the
way, are the names of the principals
disclosed. The projectile company IS
identified by the letter A. and MI
Schmidt, through Mr.. Heynan' rep
resenting Herr Schmidt OF the German 95 7,
the came memorandum that the con
Germ has succeeded in tying up the
production of presses of the sort con
tracted for. II is added that the Al
lies have had to place orders for shrap-
mel cases TO be manufactured from Dat
steel by boring instead of forging
which is declared to be an unsatisfac-
tory process.
To Get Edison Output.