Evening star., 1917-09-23

is now the editor Of Bull. recently shut
out Of the mails for publishing seditious
matter.
Many inventors. some Of them OBJ
viously cranks.s are represented either
by correspondence or. notation as hay-
ing plans Involving the use Of sundry
devices of destruction. One entry Of
the sort merits special attention be-
cause OF the notoriety Of the individual
involved. Here it is translated from
June Is. 1915. Sender. G. S. vier-
eek. Contents. inquiry as to bombs:
supply .a9I offer. Told to send further de-
Possibly the further details are in
dicated in another entry OF four months
later:
Sender viereck. Contents. offer of
picric acid"
high explosives. Mr.. viereck is editor
Of the pro-German weekly Fatherland
Of New York. now changed in title 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 Sewick-
ley. Pa. and New York city, urging the
merits Of the semple aerogrenade. Dr..
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where he thought it would do the most
good, viz. to Won Igel.
Wanted to Blow Up Factories.
Carefully preserved tfor what Dur
pose one can only conjecture) are two
letters written early in 1915 by T. ].
Dowling Of 1o7 Franklin avenue, Hart
ford, Conn. to Count Won Bernstorff
the German ambassador. explaining a
little plan of the writer's to get rooms
near various munitions factories and
blow them up. Specifically, he ex-
pressed willingness to destroy the
scoville Manufacturing Company and
the Chase Mills Of waterville, Conn. ::
the Remington Arms Company and the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company, fac
tories in Bridgeport. Conn. and when
that was completed he thought that he
might go out to Port Huron. Mich. and
blow up the Grand Trunk tunnel near
that place. AS all these constructions
are still standing. it is obvious that Mr..
Dowlings plans failed to commend
themselves TO his distinguished corre-
spondent. His present whereabouts are
not known.
Other would-be destroyers of Ger
many's foes were less definite. Family
pride was the energizing motive of Mr..
wrote that. being direct descendant
of Baron Won Waldron. he was deeply
Interested in the German cause, where
fore he proffered april 10, 1870
shell of his own invention. It was not
accepted.
A Note of Grim Humor.
William J. Ruff of Quincy, Ill, whose
letter OF July 26. 1915, to Capt Won
Papen suggests new methods of blow
ing up trenches and planting mines for
ships. My sole idea," explains the
ingenious Mr.. Run, "is to help and
save lives" (D Nothing in the Won
Igel archives supplies evidence that
Mr.. Ruffs singular life-saving prac-
tices were adopted.
OF more direct military interest to
this country Is the espionage enter
prise limited at in secret code mes
sage OF April II, 1915, signed 1922
4672S 1913" addressing Won Igel to
this effect:
Herewith respectfully send an ex-
tract regarding the troops stationed in
California and the armament of tho
coast Notifications"
Journalists. lecturers and publishers
were literally employed by Won Igel
and his associates for the purposes Of
German propaganda Among them are
two magazine writer's and war corre-
In Washington, and Edwin Emerson,
said to be in Africa. The following
curious entry appears in Won Igels Of
fetal records:
Pure War Expenses.
Edwin Emerson. 900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun. $4,000
Fair Play { 500
Marcus Braun. 81 900
~. Archibald. 81. .0o0''
Concerning the identity Of the last
but for a signed receipt from J. r. J.
Archibald acknowledging the sum Of