New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-14
Hamburg-A m e ric an
Line Called Body of
Octopus-Like Plot.
SAY EMBASSY
SHIELDS PACT
officials Plan New Arrest
in Ship Conspiracy
Trace Girl in Case.

Four more German conspirators
who confessed that they had manu-
isc,ured bombs used for the destruc-
ton Of merchantmen of the Allies
we're arrested last night by Captain
Tunney. of the Detective Bureau.
They were taken from the North
German Lloyd liner Friedrich der
Crosse, berthed in Hoboken, where
they had made their implements of
destruction, and were brought to the
Office Of Captain William NJ. Offley,
superintendent Of the Department of
Justice. in the Park Row Building,
Manhattan.
The men, who are all connected
with the engineering department of
the Friedrich, are:
Carl Schmidt, chief engineer, fifty
Two years old
'~ Frederick Prsidel, thirty-three,
fourth engineer.
Wilhelm Pafadies, thirty-two, also
afourth engineer.
Frederick Garbade, a machinist.
Arrest After Arrangement.
Their arrest followed the arraign-
ment before Commissioner Hough-
ton Of Captain Charles Won Kleist,
superintendent of the New York
Jersey Agricultural Company, OF
Jersey City; Captain Otto Wolpert,
marine superintendent Of the Atlas
Line; Emo Bode. marine superin-
.endent Of the Hamburg-American
Line piers in Hoboken. and Ernest
Becker, a machinist on the Fried
rich der Crosse.
DR.. r. W. Scheele, president Of the
agricultural company that supplied
the chemicals for the bombs made on
the Friedrich, who is also sought,
vas not taken last night, but his ar
rest is expected some time to-day.
IL an effort 20 run down the woman
IN the case visit was made to the
home Of Miss Ruth Foss, eighteen,
whose parents reside at 1903 Bloomfield
Street, Hoboken. A young woman who
ssii she vas 2 sister declared that MISS
Foss had not been home for three days.
She said she did not know where Ruth
wss, but she also admitted that the
police had not been called in 70 aid IN
he search FOR her. From the young
xoman's talk j. was gathered that the
family was not sgitated over the ab-
s.Hee o. the girl.
Seek Woman in Case.
The sister admitted tina. Miss Foss
vas employed By a doctor. whose name
..as did not know or could not remem-
Der.
Persons in Hoboken who know Miss
Foss and who remember seeing the good
.ooEing stenogrspner employed by DR.:
ocnssle ~ the Office Of the chemical
company, a. Twelfth and Clinton
street, Ho50ken, claim there was
striking fcsemblance
A1cn difficulty was encountered IN
gs,ting the four Germans from the
fr.crcn % talk last night The eH-
animation vas conducted through an
h,srpreter While they admitted haY-
~ made bomb containers, they pro
,sssec % know nothing Of the purpose
''f which the bomb eases were 70 be
.ssd
After being On the grill for four
i'sfs they we're taken 90 Police Head
quarters for the night.
More Containers Pound.
while aboard the North German
ND vessel yesterGay Captain Tunney
made a search ~ the rooms Of the
N,orsrs and - the engine room ana
n,k away several bundles, the contents
u th.ch are believed % be parts o.
tefnb containers.
Ins intricate trails Of the far reach
y shd admirably organized bomb con
sDfsces vii eventually lead, - - bc-
'f.tc. - the Hamburg American Lane
2cysrnment official high in author
~ 10 ne prosecution Of the bomb cor
Iifsbfs ezpressed the belief yester-
ssI 'hsf ln time the local organization
y ne Ksner's favored line, the Ham
sTg.hmsresn. will be shown up a. the
|9n'Sin head " the efforts % destroy
..sfz> and passenYer carriers oi me
Aliisr
= variety o. apparently individual
b'I that have been uncovered during
mhs last eighteen months has beeh
...'fhfG W iae tentacles Of an octopus
~ body ~ which IN thought 70 be the
hamburg American Line.
Hamburg Line Trails.
y viii be recalled" shid The gov
'Dhtn' Official, "thst the Hamburg.
american Line admitted In court thst
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