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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

Within Il short time the second car
reached them and. as train time was
approaching rapidly, kciSS ordered his
nNe rSt-SQuau men into il and dI
rccted they be rushed TO the railroad
tracks. This WAS done. and the play
crS set out on the walk for NoSwell,
while the car returned for coach and
substitutes. RciSs and the other men
came within sight OF boswell in time
TO see the regulars catch the rear plat
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

There were two very interesting
games of soccer played in the Rich
nond Association Foo; ball League ycs-
.erday afternoon. Both resulted in lin.
sport and in encouraging attendances
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

A!Iad"Irhla may wiz no pcunanta
.n'. S.aSon hut She has tho diatinc-
~. ni housing model murder and
hist gam" Of 1871
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

nj mas been introduced in Tho
"i"fad" Leg stature which Is designed
20 prevent boxing contests Ike thn
WT,rlSn Whit" contest last Labor DAY
~" hill would terminate the urac,icc
81 licensing clubs 10 stag" .hoxiug
I"Ht'StS. colorado already has n
statute against prize fights"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

B!!I Bingham. last years track cap
!a'H al harvard, and now on the Bos-
con Athletic Associations group Of
Hth.e'cs mas accepted ii business offer
rom me West, and is expected to leave
Boston within I; few days
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

i:co Harris. for a decade past as
SoClate IN football matters with Glenn
:, warner, Will give technical football
coachlnE 10 the Carlisle Indian eleven
curing the coming season.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

THY Shafer. the tempcramcntal third
haseman who quit the Giants three
;ct'S aEo' mas not answered McCiraw'S
lcttcr as yet. Mctirnw believes that
tnr longer Shafcr waits to write the
better the chance is of him changing
good.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

Mlk" honlin says he il glad Of tho
nance. TO take managerial shot In
,nH minors. Mike, Won know. is 70
p.innt me M"inrhts club mex, summer.
AZ" M appointment as manager has
liIrd him with mor" than his usual
amount of ginger
How do You like the idea OF going
We minors" Mix" was asked re-
Like. it,, said Mike I'm ,ick1ed
!" d"aih The greatest opportunity In
S.""L H.s III III" minor leagues. II
- 'he acih test FOR any fellow who
wants TO become II manager have
many IDEAS that ! want to work out,
hhG confidently believe they will 90
Memphis into Il chamrionsiip"
IN" 'r"uhl" with our amateur attn
."''S Gems 10 be that they are ali
J. y llourh'on received 81. 900 from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

Like a great many major league
St"tS Roger fornSby. of the Cardinals.
COSY ms owners a small sum. Hornsby
Vas hus out of the bushes by Bob
"MnerE. the Cardinal scout. and was
Win a Eim in st. Louis uniform. and
vas easily the most sensational young-
S'er brought out by the old league last
S'nS"n; Any club in the league wouIu
give $4,000 or more for Hornsby now
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

The refusal OF Roy *. Wilkinson
and John W. Campbell. Of the con-.
meTcial League. TO stand for recollection
Nil be regretted b., many of the local
INA teurs Both officials have given
."uSh tme and thought 20 the ANA
teurs and have aided them ,raterIa.iv.
= meeting Will be called shortly 10
select their successors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

LNerett Bankston. who was with tho
!iichmond international League loan,
!ast season. Informed President Smith
Ee%teiuaE by letter that he was con
tehip!aunE refusing to report 10 III.
A1kees this spring He is dissatis
ned with his, contract and threatens
l" 'eIre to his fathers farm unless
more liberal terms are offered him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

The meeting on Wednesda night or
the Amateur Baseball Commission VIII
ne one OF the most important amateur
gatherings OF some time, ana all mem
hsrS OF the commission have been
urged 10 attend. Adoption OF the re
NiScu bylaws and the formation OF
plans Tor the approaching season will
ne the more important matters to be
considered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

Richmond College opens it's basket
ball season Wednesday when mo In,
EefSitE OF Virginia quint is encountered
Games with staunton Military Acad-
SI'E' Washington and Lee and the V
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

communicate with his sureriors, Re-
,olvors were drawn by the Secret Ser.
Sice men. They produced no effect
pom the intrepid Won lCel.
This IS German territory NE
shouted "Shoot me and you will brint
N war"
There was no shooting. But after n
rotracted struggle the defenders were
overpowcrod and the papers seized.
The German Embassy at once entered
rs protest. These were official papers.
They were sacrcSauct. The diplomatic
arerogativc of a friendly nation had
aecn overridden and the person Of it's
representative iuSultcd.
To this the State Department re-
oiled that the invaded premises at 60
Wall Street were described in the CON
tract as a private business office for
ne CARVING on of advertising. and that
Won Igel had NOT been formally &C
credited as German representative.
When the papers were examined ny
She Department Of Justice the reason
Tor Won lgcls determined fight became
apparent Here. in the form Of letters,
kilograms. uotationS, checks, receipts,
icdgerS, cash hooks. cipher codes, lists
Of spies and other memoranda and rec
crds. were found indications in some
Instances Of the vaguest nature, in
others Of the most damning conclusive
ress-that the German imperial gov
eminent. through its representatives in
a then friendly nation, was concerned
with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

munitions concerns innocontly wrote
the bureGu for workmen (Which, of
course, were not furnished and con-
tinues in reviewing later conditions In
the munitions industry:
The commercial employment bu-
reaus Of the country have no supply
OF unemployed technicians. -. Many
disturbances and suspensions which
war material factories have had TO
suffer and which it was not always
possible TO remove quickly, but which,
on the contrary, often led to long
strikes, may be attributed to the
energetic propaganda of the employ
ment bureau"
$50 for the Labor Fund"
Won Igcl's close connection with the
enterprise is indicated by a number Of
items. For example. there is nota-
tion 70 the effect that II. Hanson had
established a Liebau branch office in
Detroit, an entry of $50 paid TO Dr..
Max Niven, of Chicago, in February.
1916, for the labor fund" and an in
odiry addressed by bureau official to
Won Igel. asking whether The Bosch
Magnetic Works manufactured fuses
for shells, the bureau having evidently
been applied to for workmcn for the
Bosch plant. The reply. in the mega
tive. stated that the company was uni
VERBALLY known for its friendly attitude
for the Germans"
1T has long been an open secret that
Holland Us merely way station Tor
shipments of contraband into Germany
Here is Official confirmation from the
won lgcl records, which would seem 70
indicate suspicious and confidential
relation between the Holland commits
sion and the German diplomatic otfi-
cials accredited 20 this country. or
possibly a belief by the Germans that
thoy could not successfully get The
munitions 90 their own country. The
message is in code, with interlnear
translation, rs entered as a 2493,' and
head d German Embassy, Washington,
D. { o., April 6, 1870 It runs as fol-
lows:
Telegram from Berlin by secret,
roundabout way for Carl Hcysen:
Consent sale Holland three hundred
thousand chests (cartridges) and two
hundred tonS powder. Please &c. in
touch with Holland commission. Send
or. War Minister, Foreign Office in
representation.
"lsigred) HATZFELDT.'"
Prince hatfield was en- official OF
the German Embassy.
Several lines of communication be-
tween the German diplomatic service
and the Irish revolutionary movement
are indicated in the captured docu-
ments. John Dewey, of New York City,
now editor Of "The Gaelic American,
a violent anti-Britsh paper, was one
of the active agents of this connection.
Significant entries appear mere and
there; references to messages from
the German Embassy at Washington
and the German consulate at New
York; mention of secret code to be
employed N communicating with him
and OF q "cipher Dewey; also nota-
ton the details of which remain undis-
covered, concerning communication re
manufacture hand grenades."
Dewey II was who acted, for O time
at least, as go-between for the German
secret service dealings with Sir Roget
Easement, executed by the British for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

British government Of tho revolution
gry plot and Easements part therein
T...x,u, ND Catalan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

treason. There are several references
10 money and messages for Sir Roger
Easement. or, more briefly, ". -, ana
ono record Of check for ~ ,OOo ior
Easement, evidently handled by De7oy'
Dev0y's intimate connection win inc
German cause ig disclosed In two let
tors TO Ambassador won Bernstorh, the
texts of which follow: .
New York, April 2, 1916.
The following communication from
confidential man John Dewey was duiy
transmitted:
Letter dated March 90, delayed by
censor, seems conclusive that hrst
messenger arrived safe with proposal
TO send supplies end that cable was
suppressel Second also safe. Third,
with change Of plans, due about
April IL. "
John Dewey further requests that
the following telegram be dispatched
to Sir Roger Easement:
mo letter now possible. All funds
sent home. Sister and MS family
WELL 49,,
Should Sir Roger be absent or III
then j. u. requests that the telegram
be delivered to John Monteith. am
CSigncd) X. n. ST.
To His Exccllency,
the Imperial Ambassador,
Count Won BernstorH,
Washington. d. c.
New York, April Is. 1915.
Herewith inclosed - report
received by us o-day from John Dewey
Kindly order further steps TO be taken
The important parts OF the report
we're sent there to-day per telegram
(Siened) X. N. ST.
To the Imperial Ambassador,
Count Won Bernstorf,
Washington, d. G.
In view OF the involvement OF these
prominent Irish American leaders II
The Easement plot and its German ram
ifications, IL is little 10 be wondered ~
that they should have endeavorod tc
shoulder upon the American govern,
ment the responsibility for the arres,,
Of Easement. "Tho Gaelic American,
Devoy's paper, and the sympathetic
Germ American press charged thus
government with having, on the
Strength of information obtained iron
the seized Won lgel papers, advised th'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
subscriber" and asks for the instruc'
tons.
Check Signed by Won Papen

The document is lettered at the foot,
40. +. TO 70OO," indicating that the Sc
cret agent known as 40. r. had trans
mitted II 70 Won Papen.
Now for the proof, direct and unes-
capable. Check l46 on the Riggs Ma
tional Bank has been traced and added
10 the Secret Service collection. II IS
payable to Koenig and signed by Won
Panen. Therefore Won Papen stands
convicted, on the evidence of report
claimed as an official document by the
Germans, of paying money to a plottef
designing 10 blow up merchant ships
sailing from the port of New York.
The person who made this report is
known TO Department of Justice Off
Gals.
Compare these documents with the
following authorized statement from
Berlin, transmitted by wireless for
publication in The New York Times
in December. 1915:
"The German government has, natu-
rally. never knowingly accepted the
support of any person, group OF per
sons, society or organization seeking
to promote the cause OF Germany in
tho United States by illegal acts, by
counsel of Violence. by cortravention
OF law, or by any means whatever that
could offend the American people in
the pride Of their own authority"
koenig Spy Planter
Destruction was not by any means
tho sole interest Of Koenig's energetic
bureau. It concerned itself also with
spy enterprises. To Koenig wrote
Otto West, an American citizen and
proprietor of the Hour Glass, at 3y3
Tor 3G3) Fifth Avenue. recommending
8 relative of his who. according TO hi
description. must be an interesting and
somewhat formidable figure. Mr.. Vests
description, somewhat curtaiied, FOL
lows;
ale is a grandson Of the late 0ber-
horprediger Strauss, Of Berlin;
brother Of the present Militar ODER
pfarrer Strauss. of Potsdam; nephew
Of the late Admiral Won Schleinitz;
the late General Won Mantey, etc.
This gentleman changed his name
some twenty-odd years ago to an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

bcrod s35IG, and inscribed at the top
every Secret"
"No. 39b/l8.
"Very secret.
New York, April II, 1916.
"Judye Cohalan requests the trans
uission of the following remarks:
"oTbe revolution in Ireland can
only be successful II supported from
Germany. otherwise England VIII DC
able TO suppress it. even though 1t ne
only after hard struggles. Therefore
HELM il necessary. This should corr
aist. primarily, of aerial attacks IN
England and a diversion OF the Meet
simultaneously with Irish revolution
Then. if possible, landing OF troops;
arms and ammunition in Ireland, ana
nossibly some officers from Lcppe-
Inns This would enable the lrIsn
por,s TO be closed against England
md tho establishment Of stations ioI
submarines on the Irish coast ana
tho cutting off OF the supply OF 1000
for England. The services OF the
royolution may therefore decide the
war 49,,
"Ho asks that a telegram to TINS
effect be sent 20 Berlin. oo
0lDs ''''
"To HIS Excellency
"Count Won Bernstort,
Imperial Ambassador
washington, d. c.
One Innocent Dispatch
Along this same lire IL code mes
sage by wireless to Banker Max Moe
bins. Oberwallstrasse Berlin, when u
interesting chiefly as showing the coae
method OF important communication
practised by the German official plot
Tors In this country. The code trans
lation WAC found with the copy o. me
message among Won Igel's papers. The
original is a German dispatch when
beinr translated into English, sounds
like an Innocent business transaction
viz: ,.
National Gcrmanin Insurance
contract certainly promised. TX
ecutor Is evidently satisfied win
proposition. Necessary steps have
been taken. -
"HENRY NEUMAN."
Not so innocent and harmless as u
looks, for what the message really
means is this: nj,
Irish agree to proposition. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

British government Of tho revolution
Rry plot and Easements part therein.
Easement and Cohalan
The Department Of State and the De.
partmcn' Of Justice promptly refuted
the charges. when the von lgel papers
we're seized in New York the District
Attorney and his assistants busted
themselves in search for Information
10 sustain the indictments which they
had Obtained against Won lgel, and
overlooked for the time being the great
mass Of other evidence which pointed
incriminatingly 20 others.
DEPARTMENT Of Justice officials admit
that the papers relating TO Easement
were sent 10 Washington the night be-
fore Easements arrest was reported,
but thew were not received by the At
.orney General until the afternoon OF
the day upon which the British au-
thoritie5 picked up the Irish leader, and
were not presented 70 the State De-
partment until o'clock that evening.
Meanwhile Easement had spent several
hours in an Irish prison.
Il 10 not improbable that In. sigma
ture N the bottom of the extraordinary
message which follows Is in the cipher
Dewey" referred 20 in the Won lge'
papers. New York Supreme Court JUS
tice Daniel T. Cohalan has long been
prominent in Irish-American circles,
though he has never been directly idcn-
titled with violent action.
That Judge Cohalan. however, IS held
In high favor by the pro-German ele-
ment Of this country is evidenced By
the fact that "Yiereck's Weekly IN
making selections recently for the
most important political offices in this
country. puts him forth for the posi-
ton OF United States Senator from
New York.
Asked Aid for Ireland
The communication as translated into
Won Icel's record is typewriter, line
FOR line. below a cipher, except for the
signature, which remains untranslated
from the original cipher figures. II IS
dated New York, April II, 1916, mum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

near various munitions factories ana
blow them up. Specifically, he on.
pressed willingness % destroy the ga.
Vile Manufacturing Company and ,sa
Chase Mills, Of Wsterville, Conn. The
Remington Arms Company and N.
Urion Metallic Cartridge Compsny
factories in Bridgeport, Conn, ,r..
when that was completed he though.
trat he might go out to Port Huron
Mich, and blow Up the Grand Trupp
tunnel near that place. As all these
constructions are still standing. II Ia
obvious that Mr. Dowling's plans failed
10 commend themselves 70 his dis,in.
guishcd correspondent. His pr,ser>
whereabouts are not known.
Other wOuld-be destrOyers OF Ger.
many's foes were less definite. Family
bride was the energizing motive ~
{. !. Waldron. Of Medusa, n. Y, Who
wrote that, being a direct descerden,
,f Baron Won Waldron, he was deeplv
Interested in the German cause. where.
fore he profered april 10, 1879
hell OF his own invention. Il was no,
accepted.
Other figures o. more vague impor.
drif' into light here and there in the
Won fgel papers or the Bureau Of In.
ycstigation reports. Colonel Z. G..
Woodford, an Old British hater, an.
pears to have received sundry sums o,
money for services unspecifed. The
following letters found in the Won Ig.l
PAPER refer 10 Colonel Woodford
"Nev York, April 4, 1916.
His Excel!ency Mr.. Won lgel,
New York, n. T..
According to letter received
here to-day the Imperial Embassy is
of the same opinion "a myself--thst
money should not be paid 20 Wood
ford.
please act accordingly and inform
Woodford, IF he should show Up
there again, that Berlin mas received
the letter regarding the sum to be
paid and has besides again been
asked by telegraph whether money
should be paid.
Until answer is received from
Berlin. nothing more can be paid.
"(SignedD PRETZELL."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Colonel Got His $500

Colonel Woodford appears. however,
from the following letter 70 have re.
ce.ved the sums promised:
New York, April 10, 1916.
"His Excellency Mr.. Won lgel:
"Please pay the remainder Of $3.50
10 Woodford He is 70 receive $500
according to order from Berlin
please have the inclosed receipt
attes;ed.
"(Signed) Pr"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Deep in Many Plots

a., Violation Of the laws OF TIE United
States.
, Destruction Of lives and property In
merchant vessels on the high seas.
2 Irish revolutionary plots against Great
} Britain.
A -FomcntirF III feeling against the
United States in Mexico.
-Subornation q American writer's and
q lecturers.
e-Finsneing OF propaganda.
-Naintenancs Of spy system under
the gu;ss OF a commercial investigation
bureau.
Substituting Of a bureau for the pur-
pose OF stirring up labor troubles in
munition plants.
q The bomb industry and other related
activities.
Perhaps the most illuminating single
document in the collection is a letter
Of July 20. 1915, here reproduced as =
appeared upon the stationery of the
bureau of Investigation" This inno-
cent pretending agency was at the
outset the secret service Of the Ham
Durg-American Steamship Company.
Under Paul kocnig, its manager. il be
came an adjunct 70 the German diplo-
matte secret service. "XN&" is the Sc
rret designation of Koenig, who is now
under Indictment on criminal charges
in connection with his diplomatic
work. and is interned at Fort Ocie-
thorpe.
Got Won Papen's Number
The person represented by the fig
r.
mer military attach6 Of the German
Embassy and the practical executive
of its underground system. The docu-
ment, as may be seen in the rcproduc-
ton, describes the suhtcrfuges Of
~XXX" lKoenig) so that he might not
De identified by the mysterious -----
when they met "NNN' states that
money was 90 be drawn for the pay
-nent Of $3.50 20 the unnamed person,
under peculiar precautions, through
Check No. l46. on the Riggs National
Bank. Washington, dated July Is, pay
able TO . signed , amount
$3.50. No reason was given as 10 why
the payment was made says the re-
port.
Several days after the payment. the
recipient called az the passenger Of
fee Of the --- Line and made a
statement which ia thus embodied in
the NNN report:
"My name Is --. ! have an Of
ice at the - Building, but I do
not care 20 state my local address
( intend to cause serious damage TO
vessels Of the Allies leaving ports Of
the United States by placing bombs,
which am making myself, on board.
These bombs resemble ordinary
Jumps Of coal, and am planning to
have them concealed in the coal TO
be laden on steamers Of the Allies"
Finally. xxx states that "the caller
brought with him sample bomb, "sucl
as has been described TO you by tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

Ta ne signed receipt from j. Archibald acknowledging that
he received 600 from The Embassy for doing propaganda work
the Cenira Empires.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

No by ""
On evident von stand a Of
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the notoriety Of the Individual ~,
volved. Here il il, translated from 'h'
German record Of correspondence
June 10, 1915. Sender, q. s. Eletech.
Contents, inquiry IA 20 bombs; supply
offer. Told to send further details
Possibly the further details arc IN.
dicnted in another entry Of four mon'h'
later.
Slender, vlrreck. Contents, offer OF
picric acid"
Picric acid IS a constituent Of many
high explosives. Mr.. Viereck IS some
thing OF a high explosive himself, haV-
ing been editor of the virulently pro-
German weekly "Fatherland," OF New
York now changed IN title but not IN
purpose to "Viereck's Weekly"
lust what interest DR.. L. A. Dessar,
Of % Broad Street, New York City, had
in German aerial warfare is matter
for speculation.
In the Won lgel archives appears
letter from K. l.. Scovllle, o. SewieS-
lev, Penn, and New York City, urging
the merits Of the Semple aerogrenade.
DR.. Dessar evidently forwarded the let
ter where he thought it would do the
most good, viz. TO Won lgel.
Ready for a Big job
Carefully preserved (for what pur'
peso one can only conJecture) are TWO
letters written early in 1916 by J. j.
bowling, of l07 Franklin Avenue, Hart
ford. Conn, to Count Won Bernstofh'
the German Ambassador, explaining
little plan Of the writer's 70 get rooms