The Washington herald., 1916-02-09
German and Turkish High
Officials Said to Have Vio-
lated Neutrality Laws.
TEUTON CALLED LEADER
Conspiracy to Blow Up Tun-
nels and Obstruct Num-
tions Trade Is Charged.

Department of Justice yesterday
that the Federal grand jury at San
Francisco had voted indictments
against German Consul General
Bopp and two men named Won
Setback and Kaufman, attached to
the German consulate, and Turk
ish Consul General Hall on charges
of violating the neutrality laws OF
the United States.
This information was conveyed
in telegram received at the De-
Partment of Justice yesterday aft
ernoon and made public by As
sistant Attorney General Warren.
The grand jury voted to include
Consul General Bopp in the indict-
ments returned in the so-called
CrOwley-Non Brincken case. and
charges him specifically with yio-
lating section l of the Sherman
antitrust law and section 13 of the
Penal Code.
Linked with Explosion.
This case involved alleged conspira-
cies to blow up tunnels and obstruct
commerce In munitions of war on the
part Of Crowley. Won Brincken and a
man named Smith, who. IT is under
stood. will become the governments
witness in the case. The German Con-
sui general is said to have been the
leading spirit in the conspiracy.
Some weeks ago an explosion occur
red on a British ship in the harbor at
Vancouver. B. c. 1t was understood
yesterday that the Secret. Service
agents Of the Department OF Justice
have developed evidence point
Ing to the implication Of the men
named in this explosion. 1t is said
TO have been ascertained that the ex-
pIosion was accomplished through the
ignition of a mass Of gunpowder on
the British vessel.
The Indictment against the other two
members Of the German consulate force
and Of the Turkish Consul General Hall
involves their alleged conspiracy in the
fitting out Of the steamer Sacramento,
which is now interned in a Chilean port.
The Sacramento cleared from San
Francisco Hsrbor several months ago.
The government has ascertained that
,ka sak
IN command by the officer in charge of
the wireless aboard her. The govern
rnent Is said to have evidence that this
wireless operator was a German naval
reserve officer. According to the gov
ernnent's information, the wireless op-
orator took the ship slowly down the
American coast and when of the north
east coast Of South America proceeded
to get into wireless communication with
German warships then operating in the
Pacific Ocean.
Twenty Others Indicted.
The Sacramento is said to have Joined
the German vessels as a result Of an
understanding reached through wireless
communication and the Germans con-
voyed her to an island in the Pacific
under a show of compulsion. Her cargo
Of food, coal and munitions, which It
is alleged was taken aboard for the
direct purpose OF supplying the German
warships, was transferred to these ships
at the island mentioned.
According to the statements made at
the Department Of Justice. the sacra-
rnento then continued her voyage to a
Chilean port and her commanding Of
fcer stated on his arrival there that he
had been captured and deprived of
his cargo by the German warships.
The Chilean government regarded the
circumstances as suspicious and ordered
the interument OF the vessel.
Twenty other persons besides those
named have been indicted in the sacra-
rnento case by the grand jury at San
Francisco. II was reported in the tele-
gram received at the Department Of
Justice yesterday.
San Francisco, Feb. s.-The grand
jury has voted new bills against Bar
on wilhelm Won Bricncken, attache of
the German consulate; Charles c.
Crowley and Mrs. Margaret Cornelk,
agents of Consul Bopp, three of which
have already been indicted.
Among those who do not attain to
official Importance who have been in
dicted are Johnnesan Koolergen. agent
Of the German consulate, now in jail
in Canada. who las confessed that he
was employed by Consul Bopp to dy-
Mantle railroad lines I'm Canada and
construet bombs to be used to cripple
or destroy ships bearing supplies to
the aIlieA