The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-27

representatives. This society Is still en-
tant. and jeremiah A. O'Leary, Its NOV
ing spirit, Is now the editor OF Bull, re-
Gently shut out of the malls for publish.
ing seditious matter
Enter Viereck: George Sylvester.
Many inventors, some OF them obvious
ly cranks. are represented either by cor
respondence or notation as having plans
involving the use OF sundry devices of
destruction. One entry of the sort mer-
its special attention because of tie no
toriety of tn individual involved Here
1t is, translated from the German record
of correspondence:
June Is. 1915. Sender. @. 8. viereck.
Contents, inquiry as to bombs;2 supply
offer Told to send further details"
Possibly the further details are indi-
Gated In another entry of four months
later.
Sender. viereck. Contents. offer OF
plcric acid
Pierre acid is a constituent OF many
high explosives. Mr. Viereck is some
thing of a high explosive himself having
been editor OF the virulently ro-German
weekly Fatherland OF New York now
changed in title (but not I'm purpose) to
"Viereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DR. r.. A. Dessar OF
% Broad street New York city, had In
German aerial warfare Is a matter for
speculation
In the Won Igel archives appears a
letter from r. l.. Scoville of Sewickley,
Pa. and New York city urging the mer-
its of the Semple aerogrenade Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where ne thought it would do the most
good. viz. to Won Igel
The following curious entry appears In
Won Igel'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
writer's and war correspondents James
r. j. Archibald. now in Washington, and
Edwin Emerson said to be In Africa.
"Pure War Expenses
Edward Emerson .,..............,.......*l,
Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. 1900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. 1900
Marcus Braun ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
j. Archibald ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Concerning the identity of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for a signed receipt from ]. F. J. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum OF 5000
ganda work. What return Archibald
ever made in service is not clear. 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
ha paid stra
penses'D is suggested by the fact that
he was expelled. or alleged to have been
expelled, from Berlin for a violent at
tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Emerson
has had a picturesque career in many
parts of the world. and once cabled to
a New York newspaper a picturesque but
account of his own death in
the far East under painful and inter
esting conditions. He was born in Ores
den, of American parents. and is now
travelling under American passport OBJ
tanned by false representations.
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnamed organ of
Teutonc inspiration appears to have
been subsidized quite disproportionately
to its value since 1t received in all 81
500 in the course OF a few months In
1918 Marcus Braun. who appears as
its editor, Is known as political leader
among the Hungarians of lower Second
avenue in New York. and has been
connected with the fringes OF
the publication world. He is supposed
himself to be a Hungarian. His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was one j. p. Bryan.
Even with such liberal support Fair
Play" did not fill the bill. for in Janu-
ary. 1918. letter was written by F.
German newspaper CORE
spondent in Toxic, to the German diplo-
matte representatives lamenting the
lack OF genuinely influential weekly
In New York devoted to Teutonic inter
ests. and suggesting that one Borsodi
mi ght be the right man to conduct such
a publication.
Viereck and Others.
Frequent hints OF George Sylvester
Vierecks journalistic activities appear,
and there are a few notations of Pear
son: Subject, Press" which may refer
to Parsons Magazine. OF which the
editor. Frank Harris. is strongly pro-
German, or may indicate a secret agent
named Pearson who is the subjet OF
other entries.
The lecture platform is represented
by Ray Beveridge. the California artist.
and sister of Kuehne Beveridge. the
sculptor. In one entry Privy
Councillor Albert acknowledges receipt
of $4,000 from the embassy to finance
Miss BeWrdge'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
reports. Col. F.. G. Wood
ford an old British hater, appears to
have received sundry sums of money
for service unspeciied The following
letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland a Way Station.
It has long been an open secret that
Holland Is merely a way station fe-
shipments of contraband into Germany.
Here is official confirmation from the
Won Igel records, which would seem to
Indicate suspicious and confidential
relation between the Holland commits
sion" and the German diplomatic OFF,
cials accredited to this country or pos
sibly a belief by the Germans that they
could not successfully get the NUM-
lions to their own country. The mes
sage in code, with interltnear transla-
ton. is entered as "A 2493" and headed
German Embassy, Washington. D.. c.,
AprI 6. 1916" 1t runs as follows:
Telegram from Berlin by secret
way for Carl Heysen: Con-
sent sale Holland 100000 chests Gear
o0O tons nOwder Please