Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-14

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wilson in December, 1918, Is IN ma
dsh a philadelphia suburb TO oirect tne
ns nns.nau plots against TINS country; aceor Gn,.,
=. ssto 10 statements coming from nish o'"c's'
sources' ,.o :, Elm, pov-
ber', IN the German capital
"a Ambassador Gerard on his way
ForIn, Forrnrs,noton after arriving In America
70 wrnrn,anv. said that Boy-Ed was in
rom oerncently." which wodld mean at
Bsrin ,oe weeks ago, when the American
leass le,s,,a, and his party left. Mr.. Gerard
diploma ssot he did not know where Boy-Ed
vas now
GARBARINo SILENT
T. Garbarino, chief special agent
recruitment of Justice in Philadel-
"e -.tuses to admit or deny that he is
enss,,rg a search for Boy-Ed.
siiecs Alexander Mackay- y-Smith, widow Of
,.,e bishop Mackay-Smith, of the
mis,,conal Diocese of Pennsylvania, whose
spNS,nr was reported engaged to Boy-Ed
dauesaso homo was under surveillance by
ena WI authorities denies that Boy-Ed has
ffu...s nor home since he was recalled by
ue ,hsse contradictory statements today
81 tangle of huge proportions. into
Psioh Secret Service agents are delving
wiz IN the belief that Boy-Ed has been
nrnI ~ this CITY disguised with a full beard
seen y, ,aose.cut Chestnut street attire sub
nv s,,oa for the straight-jack effect OF
,,n,sr den Linden
submarine s supposed to have fur
- the means of Boy Eds re-entrance
INTO this country
NV Ssnatch from Amsterdam today said:
wih $50 members of his party
3 count Won Bernstorff has arrived
Name" I'm Berlin. Dispatches from the
Garman capital today said he was met
ga welcomed back by representatives
~ the Foreign Office and numerous per-
soraI friends including Captain Boy
"a. former naval attache in Washing
ton and DR. Bernard Dernburg. once
chief German press agent in America
Only one comment was attributed to
pernstorff In dispatches received here
today. That was quotation which
tbe former Ambassador to Washington
mos said to have given to the Ham
burger Fremdenblatt and which read ,
~ American statements about German
intrirues in Haiti. Cuba and Colom-
bia are fairy tales; we strictly refused
10 mix in politics of the American Con-
tnsnt"
BISHOPS WIDOW DENIES
The report that Captain Boy-Ed had Sc
sretly visited Miss Virginia Mackay-Smith
vas branded as positively untrue" today
n the Mackay-Smith home l25 South
fwenty-second street.
The statement was made by Mrs. Mackay-
smith's negro butler Horace Jackson. rep
,esenting Mrs Mackay-Smith, who was Ill
IN he'd. and her daughter. who declined to
comment on the matter.
That is positively untrue" he said. when
told Of the reports that Captain Boy-Ed
had visited the house and had been in hiding
there.
II have been butler for years and I know
every nook and corner of this residence.
No man could conceal himself in this house
without my knowing of 1t.
II can swear positively that Captain Boy
I'd has not been here to see any member
Of the family since his departure for Ger
many In December. 1915. I believe he is
still in Germany and not anywhere on
this side Of the Atlantic. He was last here
eighteen months ago.
Mrs. Mackay-Smith takes this position
Che has decided to let events take their
course If the newspapers and the Federal
Government wish TO practice espionage over
her home In the hope of capturing German
agent that is their privilege. Mrs. Mackay-
Smith, however realizing the absurdity of
German agent hiding in her home, is not
alarmed at the prospect of spies about the
house"
MENACE TO GOVERNMENT
Boy-Ed's reported presence in America is
Of vital interest to the United States Govern
ment The Government, regretting that pre-
nature publicity was given last night in one
newspaper to the suspicion that his presence
here was matter of inquiry, deploring
that patriotism should not be the monarch
and newspaper enterprise the subject in
time Of national crisis, admitted frankly TO
EVENING N a
visited the various United States depart
ments in Washington that the Boy-Ed case
Is Of momentous import to these sub
DIVISIONS of the United States Government;
The State Department.
The War Department.
The Navy Department.
The Postoftice Department.
The Treasury Department
The Department Of Justice.
All these departments want to know all
soout Boy-Ed. They want to know how
ne got into America, where he arrived, the
ea& OF his arrival, how he managed to get
rom his port of arrival into the Philadel-
pnla metropolitan district. who gave him
asylum here, where he went, whom he saw,
wnat correspondence he sent and what he
iecewed, who his visitors were and what
mese visitors discussed with the ex-Attache
VI the German embassy.
ENDANGERs DEFENSE SECRECY.
=, The War Department wants this informa-
non because the War Department fears
ooy-Ed's presence in America as a menace
"ms defense and preparedness plans,
me navy Department wants this infor-
NATION for the same reason.
Ine state Department wants this infor-
msyon because the State Department con-
.paers Boy-Ed's presence here a menace to
american diplomacy