Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28

Representatives. This society IA ftili sz-
| tant and jeremiah A. O'LeaTy, Its NOV
| ing spirit. Is now tbs editor OF Bull, re-
| Gently shut out Of the malls for publish
] ing sedftious matter
/ enter Viereck: George Sylvester.
MANY inventors some of them obvious
ly cranks, are represented either by cor
/ resnondence or notation as having plans
| involving the use of sundry devices OF
destruction. One entry of the sort mer-
its special attention because Of the no.
toriety of tbs individual involved. Here
II is. translated from the German record
of correspondence.
June 10. 1915. Sender. @. S. Viereck,
| Contents. inquiry as to bombs;2 supply
offer. Told to send further Details
Possibly the further details are ind-
| Gated in another entry of four months
| later.
Sender. viereck. Contents. offer of
/ picric acid"
| high explosives. Mr.. Viereck is some
thing of a high explosive himself, having
| been editor of the virulently pro-German
| weekly Fatherland of New York now
| changed in title (but not in purpose) to
"Viereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DR.. L. A. Dessar of
% Broad street, New York city. had in
German aerial warfare is a matter for
| speculation
In the Won Igel archives appears a
| letter from r. L. Scoville of Sewickley.
Pa. and New York city urging the mer-
! its of the Semple aerogrenade, Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where ne thought it would do the most
| good viz, to Won Igel.
| The following curious entry appears In
| Won Igels records
Journalists, lecturers and publishers
|
| his associates for the purposes of Ger
man propaganda, Among those thus
/ tainted with the stigma of dishonorable
| professional conduct are two magazine
writer's and war correspondents, James
F. j. Archibald now in Washington. and
Edwin Emerson, said to be in Africa.
"Pure War Expenses
| Edward Emerson ..-.....................$l,0 900
| Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. 1900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. $500
Marcus Braun ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loo
| j. Archibald ........................... 5,OOo
| Concerning the Identity of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for signe6 receipt from ]. F. ]. Arch
| ibald acknowledging the sum of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
/ ganda work. What return Archibald
ever made in service is not clear, except
| that certain war correspondence for
|
newspapers was so obviously prejudiced
! on The side of the central powers that
| they declined to accept it.
| That Emerson also overdid the cause
| to which he sold his pen and his profess
| sional honor (the record indicates that
| he was paid $1,000 for travelling Ox-
penses") is suggested by the fact that
| he was expelled, or alleged to have been
! expelled. from Berlin for a violent at
| tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Emerson
| has had a picturesque career in many
| parts of the world. and once cabled to
| New York newspaper q picturesque but
| imaginative account Of his own death in
| the far East under painful and inter
! esting conditions. He was born In Ores
| den. of American parents, and is now
| travelling under American passport OBJ
| tanned by false representations
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnameA organ of
Teutonic inspiration appears to have
| beer subsidized quite disproportionately
| to its value, since II received in all 81
| 200 in the course of few months in
| 1915 Marcus Braun. who appears as
| its editor, is known as a political leader
among the Hungarans of lower Second
avenue in New York. and has been
| yariously connected with the fringes OF
| the publication world He is supposed
himself to be a Hungarian. His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was one ]. P. Bryan.
Even with such liberal support Fair
| Play did not fill the bill. for in Janu-
/ airy, 1916. a letter was written by r.
| Schroeder. German newspaper corre-
! spondent in Toxic. to the German diplo-
matte representatives lamenting the
! lack of a genuinely influential weekly
| in New York devoted to Teutonic inter
ests. and suggesting that one Borsodi
might be the right man TO conduct such
a publication.
Viereck and Others
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
| Viereck's journalistic activities appear.
and there are a few notations of pear
son: Subject Press" which may refer
| to Pearsons Magazine. of which the
| editor, Frank Harris. is strongly pro-
| German. or may indicate a secret agent
! named Pearson. who is the subjet OF
| other entries
The lecture platform is represented
| by Ray Beveridge. the California artist.
and sister of Kuehne Beveridse, the
prominent sculptor. In one entr! Privy
! Councillor Albert acknowledge receipt
| of SO 1000 from the embassy to finance
Miss BevN,ridge's lecture tour. German
war pictures were also to be furnished
| though the alleged scope of the lectures
was to be comprised In topics allied to
| Red Cross work.
other figures OF more vague Import
| drift into light here and there in the
| Won Igel papers or the bureau of in.
vestigation reports Col. E. G. Wood
! ford an old British hater, appears to
| have received sundry sums of money
| for service unspecified. The following
| letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford
Holland a Way Station.
! 1t has long been an open secret that
| Holland is merely a way station for
| shipments of contra band into Germany
| Here is official confirmation from the
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