The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-02-11
HIGH OFFICIALS
TO Be ARRESTED
GERMAN CONSULAR AND OTHER
OFFICERS INDICTED AT
SAN FRANCISCO.
VIOLATE NEUTRALITY
Federal Jury Makes Investigation
And Many Arrests Will Fol-
low as Result.

San Francisco, Feb. 9.-Fifty-
nine Federal MISUNDERSTANDING
two charging violations of American
directed against German
officials here, the Turkish
consul general and steamship agents,
and twenty-seven against immigra-
ton officials in connection with the
smuggling Of eighty-six
Chinese into the United States last
from the Pacific mail
steamer Mongolia-were in the pos
session today Of the United States
District Attorneys office. It was
said they would be returned In open
court tomorrow, when arrests would
follow.
The indictments against the Ger
man consular officials. who include
Franz Bopp. the consul general, were
voted yesterday by the Federal grand
jury es a result of nationwide I'M
vestigation by the Department Of
Justice into bomb plots and neutral
ity violations, which involved inter-
ference with shipments Of munitions
of war to the allied governments and
the furnishing of coal supplies 70
German warships in the Pacific.
The indictments are the first the
has attempted to obtain
a gainst official representatives Of any
foreign powers in connection with
its efforts to curtail the activities Of
persons engaged in the alleged plots.
Searching Inquiry.
The indictments voted against i'm
migration officials and steamship
men followed searching inquiry in
to reports that wholesale traffic in
aliens was being carried
on with the help of steamship Off
GERS and the connivance of Federal
officials. United States District Aa-
torney j. w. Preston said that w.
F. Boyce, Assistant United States
immigration Commissioner; four i'm
migration inspectors, w. H. Thorn
ley, customs house broker; M. H.
Hunt. Robert Paul, ]. ]. Richards,
w. s. Scott. officers Of the Mongolia,
as we'll as fifteen Chinese, were
among those indicted.
While the indictments against the
consular officials were not unexpect-
ed here. some surprise was manifest
ed today over the large number Of
true bills. which indicated that the
government had completed the San
Francisco investigation of the con-
spiracy plots. The following were
among those against whom indict-
ments were voted:
Franz Bopp, consul general of Ger
many; Baron E. H. Won Setback, vice
consul for Germany; H. w. e. Kauf-
man. chancellor for the German con-
sulate; Maurice H. Hall, consul gen.
eral for Turkey; Frederick Jebsen,
former owner of the steamer Mazat-
Ian; Johannes H. Won Koolbergen, al
legged agent for the German consul
late; John and julius Rothschilds,
grocers; George and James
Flood, steamship agents, and Robert
general agent of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company.
Boston Used AS Base.
Boston, Feb. 9.--Federal authori-
ties were engaged today with re-
ports that Boston was being used by
German sympathizers as base for
the direction of hostile activities in
Reports of this character have
been current for a long time, but
lacked Official confirmation. Today
Tor the first time 1t was admitted by
! government employee that typewrit-
ZEN copies were made of dictagraph
records alleged to have been obtain
ID at meeting place Of men under
suspicion. This admission was cou-
>led with the assurance that 1t would
De denied II the identity of the au-
hor was made public.
George w. Anderson, United
States District Attorney. went to
ON Monday. Yesterday
Edmund Billings. collector Of the
,ort. followed Mr.. Anderson to the
'spitol. Their local ofhess would