The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20

gray eyes that twinkled with mcrri-
ment or S~iistencd with sharpness. nc
always attracted attention. Polished
in speech he spoke English perfectly
courteous in II and in every
sense Of the word an aristocrat. he
had excellent poiSc. Rut when he had
,mbibcd too much vinn-and at the
New York Yacht club he was noted
for his knowledge Of rare old vintages
and his delicate taste he was won; to
taxi freely and loas,rullv IF the power
hc possessed. of his authority to un.
dcrtakc any project, regardless Of
81, her Germans here that might he
of aid TO the fatherland.
He vns essentially a I'm, he
also was an associate of Admiral Won
Tirp,tz. lie had boon scnt to this
country IN 1906 ur,sumabl. to repre-
sen, Germany at exercises ia
of John Paul Jones. In truth he came
here. after JOURNEYS 20 other countries,
,o learn financial and Industrial condi-
ions 10 tit himself for exactly the task
that devo we'd upon him al the time OF
his secret yisi, TO this country last
wear. using n Swiss passpor; unde the
name Of Edward V. Gaschc.
He was equipped with credits
amounting To- man, mill,us IL dollars
and he boas,ed when he imbibed wine
too freol. that he had absolute
/ authority to do ANYTHING to prevent
the ,Nt,nrt nf munitions. II was he
who said. IF I,can stop the export OF
arms and munitions shall hay. done
more than the army which captures
Paris"
The scope OF Rntelcn's work was
.u prpa, that for SIX months Ray
mond II. SIrfatv. Assistant United
states distinct Attorney. has devoted
his entir. limo Ia a study -! IN, e,,-
d,nce which has been dug M los can.
William NJ. Ofn.y of tire Department ~
Justice and t, a preparation Of this
material for presentation to tn. Grand
Jury.
The first scheme T.. snunhi 10 work
on was to call strikes ~ the impor-
tan, muu,,inn factories. Working with
David Lamar, "ihr Wo.f Of Wall
Street" he mapped odt the slan OF
furm;ny an organization ca led The
I.ahurs National Peace Council. scom-
posed Of ,a,ur leaders and union men,
with the idea Of protc>t Ug against the
manufacture uf var supplies ANA
munitions ON tle ground that such
work was promoting war. Ne handed
ont money freely. spending almost
81. 900 .o0u. FOR through the ~urGani2a-
ton he sought to hfihc labor leaders
to call strikes "a the he plants and
thus IaIt a brake ON IN" smoothly
moving plans If the Allies.
He H. accused OF having been behind
The plan for calling GA the 5000
lougshoremen on the Atlantic ana
Pacific coasts. Through eIr.Sshri"s Sc
lected 10y German agents Il proposition
was put To- +. V ptonuoI. president
e the luugshorcmcn's union, 10 call a
strike. Mr. VC"nuor was asked TO &c;
the men Ont for ono month. Though
tu- rules Of the organization require
that men on strike shall receive 81
4 week Val, oH >tr.k,. an offer of
$40 a month was mad" /" Mr.. 'tonnor
for every man called at on strike. In
other words NOR" than $1,000" 900 was
offered ~ him and IL was PLAIN that
TIE briberS did mo-; care whether he
paid the money 20 the mon or tucked
it snueiy away IN a bank FOR his W
Use.
Hnt her. again the patriotism OF
Ain,T.ca5 la.''r l.dd'lS aud tn" alert
ness "' tn" secret s'rtl,c lei - RNnte-
lens Hhd".nG I'll" " ~ IN" h'''
"i 'th" labor "Gahl2lt'"ns puirkIS
learned of tnr efforts II German man
ip~lgldtor> and i~n'iiGI"rs aud they TOOK
otfnrt~ to prevent strikes or - end
strikes which mad already h'"n called
! lN ire smaller mon IN iUs ORGANIZATION