Arizona republican., 1917-09-23
cause of his becoming quickly known

indirectly linked up with Germany's
 secret representatives. This society is
 still extant, and Jeremiah A. O'Leary,
 it's moving spirit, is now the editor
 of Bull, recently shut out of the mails
 for publishing seditious matter.
 Many inventors, some of them ob-
 viously cranks are represented either
 by correspondence or notation as haV-
 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
 the German record of correspondence: June l5, 19lg. Sender, G. $. Vier- eek. Contents, inquiry as to bombs; supply offer Told to send further de- tails"
 Possibly the further details are in dicated in another entry of four months later.
 picric acid.'
 Picric acid is a constituent of many
 high explosives. MT. Viereck is some thing of high explosive himself, hay ing been editor of the virulently pro-
 German weekly Fatherland. of New
 York, now changed in title Out not in purpoSe) to "ViereckS Weekly" Just what interest Dr. l.. A. Dessar,
 of 25 Broad street, New York city, had in German aerial warfare is a ] matter for speculation.
 In the von Igel archives appears a letter from R. l.. Scoville of Sewick- ley, Pa, and New York City, urging
 the merits of the Semple aerogrenade. l Dr. Dessar evidently forwarded the 1 letter where he thought it would do the
 most good, viz, to von Igel. Carefully preserved (for what pur- pose one can only conjecture) are two letters written early in 1916 by T. J. 1 Bowling, of 107 Franklin avenue, Hartford, Conn.,, to Count von Bern storff, the German ambassador, ex- plaining little plan of the writer's to
 get rooms near various munitions Iac-
 tories and blow them up. Specifically, he expressed willingness to destroy the ScOville Manufacturing Co. and the Chase Mills of Waterville, Conn; the Remington Arms Co. and the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. factories 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 MT Dowling's plans failed to commend themselves to his distinguished core 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 MT C. J. Waldron of Medusa, N. Y, who wrote that, being direct descendant of Baron von Waldron, he was deeply interested in the German cause, where fore he proffered April 10, 1916 a shell of his own invention. It was not i accepted
 A note of grim humor is supplied by l William J. Ruff, of Quincy, H., whose 1 letter of July 26, 1915, to Captain von Papen suggests new methods of blow ing up trenches and planting mines for ships. My sole idea" explains the ingenious Mr. Ruff, ''is to help and save lives. CD Nothing in the von lgel archives supplies evidence that MT. Ruffs singular life saving prac- t1ces were adopted
 Of more direct military interest to
 this country is the espionage enter
 prise hlnted at in q secret code mes
 sage of April II, 1916, signed '13292 46I2g 469l9,' addressing von Igel to this effect:
 Herewith respectfully send an ex- tract regarding the troops stationed in California and the armament of the coast Qualifications"
 Journalists, lecturers, and publish
 CTS were literally employed by von lgel and his associates for the pur- poses of German propaganda. Among | those thus tainted with the stigma Of dlshonorable professional conduct are two magazine writers and war cor
 respondents, James F. J. Archibald
 now in Washington, and Edwin Emerson, said to be in Africa. The following curious entry appears in von Igels official records:
 Pure War Expenses Edwin Emerson s1OOO
 Fair Play (Mr. .Braun) 5000
 Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .S150O Marcus Braun " S10OO cu niehiodiu .'....... ...- $5000" Concerning the identity of the Ia st
 entry there might be room for doubt but for signed receipt from J. F. l. Archibald acknowledging the sum of S50oO from the German embassy for propaganda work. What return
 Archibald ever made in service is not
 clear, except that certain war cor leSponuence Tor which he contra ct ed with New York newspapers was so ob viously 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 Den and
 hls professional honor (the record in
 dicates that he was paid 5000 for travelling expenses') is suggested bv 1 the fact that he was expelled. or all
 legged to have been expelled from Ber-
 In Tor a violent attack upon Ambas- sador Gerard. Emerson has had a picturesque career in many parts of
 the world, and once cabled to q New
 fork newspaper a picturesque but imaginative account of his own death
 Tn the Far East under painful and in teresting conditions He was horn
 Tn Dresden of American parents and 1 IS now travelling under American pass
 port obtained by false representa- tions.
 Fair Play that misnamed organ
 of Teutonic inspiration. appears to nave been subsidized quite dispropor-
 tlonately to it's value, since it received |