The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

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the committee on public information
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'''7' Jane anu IAN
iela are members OF the committee
and George Creel is chairman.
I'm bulletin stvled "Official F,xnose
the cor,r,i,too Quotes ,,,,,o,o,,.. ,o,.o,.
''' az 30 - o''' '7''e' Se'@e" W ''e
department in April. 1916, in raid
on the New York office Of Wolfe Won
/ igel
Won Igel i'm carrying on his manifold
lpro-German and antiAmerican activl.
ties the documents show was IN con.
s.ant touch With tine German embassy
and with Count Won Bernstorff. the
then German ambassador TO the
United States.
Some OF the Acts.
'l1 the form of letters. teleglams.
no,ations checks receipts registers
cash books cipher codes, lists of spies
and other memoranda and records"
the committee says. were found indi-
cations dnsome instances of the
vaguest nature. in others Of the most
damnng conclusivenessD that the
German imperial government through
its representatives in a then friendly
nation was concerned with:
Violation Of the laws Of the United
states; destruction of lives and prop
IeIty .n merchant vessels ON the high
seas; Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain; fomenting m feeling
against the United states in Mexico;
sunoraatioa Of American writer's and
lectures; financing Of propaganda;
maintenance Of spy system under the
guise OF a commercial investigation bu-
reau; subsidizins Of bureau for the
purpose Of stirring mp labor trouble
n munitions plans, bomb industry and
other related activities
Holland Is Guilty.
! The committee has this 90 say con.
ceruing Holland,
10 has long been an open secret that
Holland is merely a waystation for ship
men,s of contraband into Germany
Here is official communication from the
Won igel records which would seem 70
indicate suspicious and confidential rela-
ton between the Holland commission
land 'ne German diplomatic officials
credited to this country. or possibly d
belief by the Germans that they could
not successfully get the munitions TO
their own country The message in code
with inter'inear translation is written 10
'-l'a. an1 headed German Embassy,
| washington h O.. April o. 1916. IL
IruEs as follows
Telegram from Berlin hy secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen' Con.
sent sale Holland three hundred thous.
and chests .c3rtr.d-es' and TWO hundred
tons powder Please get in touch with
| Holland commission. Sender war min.
lister. foreign office n representation.
1signedl HATzFELDr'
Prince liatisl1t was an official Of
! the German embassy.
Another Spy Nest.
Iha tiamoursAmer.can lines bureau
of investigation the committee states
an innocent pretending agency was
al thr outset tine secret service of the
Hamburg American steamship company
Under Pau. Noenie IT'S manager IL be
came "n a.lu1rt oi the German diplo
matte secret service. a letter dated
July -o' 1870 from one of It's operatives
i' '0'' 'cn""eierNei 10y the com
mlie' ass captain Won tapen. FORMER
German n'il'"il ''l''"el Tells ol nay
ment To am unnamed person under prop
or precautions 'lir' tne recipient mad
in'"' ihis statement.
ho'hhN heSehhie 'oa''
ln'eh' '' cause serious damage to
NtSreis ui lN' "ilI'S ittNlhS porls OF tht
United Su'tes Toy plae'ns pomos which
am making myself ON poaru' Ihes'
! bombs reseinnie ordinary humps ol Goa
7 ana l am plannng To nave them con
ceaIed in the coat 20 oe laden ON steam
ers oi the allies
Money apparently went Irom German
sources IN the United states through
embassy channels To Sir Roger Case
menl the irishman executed M Lon
don.
SsNefal lines OF communication be
tween the German diplomatic servic'
ana ihe illsh revolutions are indicated
ln the captured documents the state
menJ continues John peVor OF New