New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Copyright. 1917. international Fila compaay)
Above-Drilling without uniforms
A citizen army in appearance
as in fact.
DEMONSTRATING dishes after mess.
Sand, excelsior and elbow
grease do the trick.

larger, attracted attention. Each con-
tanned a small electric battery that OPP
crates on fluid, and after given time
brings this fluid in contact with an
other chemical composition. with the
result that intense heat is produced.
Further, a number OF boxes appeared
to contain chewing tobacco IN parcels
marked with the trade mark 'Skandla.'
Then there were some small OBJ
iects that appeared to be Gig
arettes and others which looked like
pieces of chalk similar 10 those
used to write on blackboards. They
were marked Johann Faber' (the re-
nowned manufacturer of lead pen
ellis in Germany. These pieces of
apparent chalk contained pulverized
carborundum pressed together with
wax. Corborundum is, next 10 the dla-
mond, the hardest substance known.
This pu!veriZed carborundum was TO be
smuggled into the grease cans OF steam
ships the carborundum would then de-
story the axles and other parts Of the
engine and put it entirely out of COM
mission.
There were 33 pieces of Chewing
tobacco 80 pieces of chalk and 81
cigarettes all carefully pack ed.
This explosive matter had been
shipped to this place in four large and
three smaller travelling trunks. The
large trunks were SC heavy that it took
two very strong men TO carry them.
at is now known that the first trunk
arrived in February of this year. Most
of the stuff was undoubtedly 10 be used
for destruction of Norwegian ships ana
American ships sailing from Norwegian
L hn q
United States for use by German spies
in that country
II Is needless TO add that the Nor
wegian peope, to a man, Were Mortified
BY the en6Ymty of the satanic plot and
amazed at the gross insult offered 20
Norway by the Kaiser's government.
Tho master minds of the spy forces
are, oil course. Germans. But the pol
lev appears to have been TO employ
native talent wherever possible, prefer
entiaily Norwegians in Norway, Swedes
in Sweden and Danes in Denmark. Or
course. all the Scandinavian people feel
il is a deep disgrace that there should
be men Of their own blood who would
sell themselves to perform such de-
testable work. who would send coun-
trymen to their death for the Judas's
price of thirty pieces of silver. But
| there probably never was country
without a traitor.
TIL. chief Of the Maritime lntelli-
/ gene. Bureau was a certain DR.. Felch-
| ner, a man of some scientific attain
ments who was received in good faith
| by Norwegian men of science and let
| tiers and with frank hospitality by some
| Of the best people in Bergen. While
he was enjoying these courtesies he was
busy organizing his spy net and direct.
! ing the work, protected by the mask OF
an innocent scientist and friend. When
at last he smelled rat he suddenly
disappeared, leaving his Norwegian
tools to their fate. As stated above,
their light punishment aroused great
publ, Indignation. If it had been left
to popular opinion to sit in judgment
upon them they would all have been
hanged.
Baron Won Rautenfels," German
courier arrested in Christiania at the
same time the cache was discovered, is
a German citizen of German blood, but
of Finnish birth. His real family name
is Won Gerich. His father, a well known
and highly esteemed professor in Hell
singfors, Finland, had emigrated from