Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-09-28

cause the volunteer plotter was too old
though he has the best OF good viii
| and also because OF his known connec-
tion with the Gaelic-American and the
| Indian revolutionists.
Enter viereek: George Sylvester.
Many inventors. some OF them obvious.
| ly cranks. are represented either by cor
| involving the use Of sundry devices OF
destruction. One entry OF the sort mer-
its special attention because Of the no
toriety OF the individual involved. Hers
| It IL. translated from tho German record
| Of correspondence:
June Is 1915 Sender. q. 9. viersck.
| Contents. inquiry as to bombs:3 supply
| OFFER. Told to send further Details"
| Possibly the further details are ind!-
Gated In another entry OF four months
later.
Sender. viereck. Contents. of1sr Of
pieric acid"
Picric acid Is q constituent Of many
high explosives. Mr.. viereck Is some
thing OF u high explosive himself. having
been editor OF the virulently pro-derman
weekly Fatherland Of New York. now
changed in title (but not in purposs) to
"Viereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DR.. L. A. Dessar Of
3 Broad street, New York city, had in
German aerial warfare IL q matter for
speculation.
In tho Won Igel archives appears a
letter from r. L. scovills OF sewickley.
Pa, and New York city urging tho mer-
its Of the Semple aerogrenade. Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
whore he thought 1t would do the most
good. viz. to Won 1gel.
The following curious entry appears In
Won 1gel's records:
Journalists. lecturers. and publishers
were literally employed by Won Igel and
his associates for the purposes OF Ger
man propaganda. Among those thus
tainted with the stigma Of dishonorable
professional conduct are two magazine
writers and war correspondents. James
F. ]. Archibald. now in Washington, and
Edwin Emerson. said to be in Africa
"Pure War Expenses.'
Edward Emerson ................,......N 81 900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .................. 1000
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .................. 1900
Marcus Braun ............................ 1000
j. Archibald NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Concerning the identity Of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for signed receipt from ]. F. ]. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
ganda work. What return Archibald
ii4oue !A eef"'ce Is not cleaF, except
that certain war correspondence for
which he contracted with New York
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 OK
penses"2 is suggested by the fact that
ne was expelled. or alleged to have been
expelled. from Berlin for violent at
tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Emerson
has had picturesque career In many
parts oflthe world, and once cabled to
New York newspaper picturesque but
imaginative account of his own death In
the far East under painful and inter-
estins conditions. He was born in Dres-
den. OF American parents, and 10 now
travelling under American passport OBJ
talned by false representations.
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnamed organ Of
Ieutonic inspiration appears to have
been subsidixed quite disproportionately
to Its value. since 1t received In all ~
boo IN the course Of few months in
1915 Marcus Braun. who appears as
its editor, is known as political leader
avenue in New York. and has been
variously connected with tho fringes Of
the publication world. He ia supposed
himself to be Hungarian. His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was ono ]. p. Bryan.
Even with such liberal support Fair
Play" did not All the bill. for In Janu-
ary. 1915. q letter was written by F.
Schroeder. German newspaper corre-
spondent in Toxic to the German diplo-
matte representatives lamenting the
lack of genuinely influential weekly
In New York devoted to Teutonic inter-
might be the right man to conduct such
a publication.
Viereck and others
Frequent hints Of George Sylvester
viereok's journalistic activities appear,
and there are few notations Of ''Pear-
son: Subject. Press" which may refer
to Pearson's Magasine. Of which the
editor. Frank Harris IL strongly pro-
German, or may indicate Q secret agent
named Pearson, who is the subjet Of
other entries.
The lecture platform is represented
by Ray Bsveridse the California artist.
ana sister Of Kuehne Beveridge. the
prominent sculptor. In one entry Privy
Councillor Albert acknowledges receipt
Of $1,000 from the embassy to finance
Miss Beveridge'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. d. q. 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 Way Station.
It has long been an open secret that
Holland is merely q way station for
shipments Of contraband into Germany.
Here IL ofiicial confirmation from the
Won Igel records. which would seem to
indicate a suspicious and CONFIDENTIAL
relation between the Holland commits