The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-09-28

''Viereck's Weekly
Just what interest DR.. L. A. Dessar Of
Is Broad street. New York city, had in
German aerial warfare Ii a matter for
speculation.
In the Won Igel archives appears q
letter from r. L. scovills of sewtcklsy.
Its Of the semple aerogrenade. Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where he thought II would do the most
good. vis.. to Won Isei.
The following curious entry appears In
Won IGers records:
Journalists. lecturers. and publishers
were literally employed by Won Igsl And
his associates for the purposes Of Ger
man propaganda. Among those thus
| tainted with the stigma OF dishonorable
writer's and war correspondents. James
F. J. Archibald. now in Washington. and
Edwin Emerson. said to be in Africa.
"Pure War Expenses'
| Edward Emerson ........................t1 ~ 100
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .................. 1900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) ................. 1900
Marcu. Braun ............................ LOCO
j. Archioald b,OU
Concerning the Identity of tho last
entry there might be room for doubt but
| for . signed receipt from J. F. ]. Arch
ibald acknowledging tho sum of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
| ganda work. What return Archibald
| ever T1aue IN service ID not Clear, 0xCopt
| that certain war correspondents for
which he contracted with New York
| newspapers was SO obviously prejudicsd
| 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 profss-
sional honor tthe record indicates that
he was paid 1900 for travelling sx-
penses''> is suggested by the fact that
| he was expelled. alleged to have been
| cd I'll F1r vital =
| tack upon Ambassador Gerard Emerson
| has had picturesque career In many
| parts OF the world. and once cabled to
| a New York newspaper picturesque but
| imaginative account of his own death in
| the far East under painful and inter-
| esting conditions. He was born in Dres-
den. of American parents. and Is now
travelling under American passport OBJ
tained by false representations.
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnamed organ OF
Teutonic inspiration appears to have
been subsidized quite disproportionately
| to Its value since It received In all ~
| 500 in the course of q few months In
1918 Marcus Braun. who appears as
Its editor is known as a political leader
among the Hungarians Of lower Second
avenue. In New York, and has been
variously connected with the fringes Of
| the publication world He In supposed
| himself to be Hungarian His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was one j P. Bryan.
Even with such liberal support "FRil
| Play" did not fill the bill. for in Janu-
| ary. 1918, letter was written by r.
| Schroeder, German newspaper CORE.
| spondent in Toxic. to the German diplo.
| matte representatives lamenting the
| lack of a genuinely influential weekly
| in New York devoted to Teutonic inter.
ests. and suggesting that one Borsod!
might be the right man to conduct such
| a publication.
vIereck and Others.
Frequent hints OF George Sylvester
| Viereck's journalistic activities appear
| and there are few notattons of Pear
| to Pearson's Magazine. of which the
| editor Frank Harris. IL strongly pro.
| German. or may Indicate a secret agent
named Pearson. who Is the subjet OF
| other entries.
The lecture platform 10 represented
by Ray Bevsridge, the California artist
and sister Of Kuehns Beveridgs. the
| prominent sculptor. In one entry Prtvy
| Councillor Albert acknowledges receipt
| of So 900 from the embassy to finance
| Miss Beveridge's lecture tour. German
| war pictures were also to be furnished
though the alleged scope of the lscturss
was to be comprised in topics allied ts
| Red Cross work
| drift into light here and there in the
Won IRel papers or the bureau of in.
vesti CATION reports. Col e. @. Wood.
| ford an old British hater, appears tc
| have received sundry sums of money
for service unspecifed. The following
| letters found in the Won 1gel papers rs.
| fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland a Way Station.
1t has long been an open secret that
| Holland Is merely q way station for
| shipments OF contra band into Germany
Here Is onicial confirmation from ths
| Won Igel records. which would seem to
| indicate a suspicious and CONFIDENTIAL
relation between the Holland commits
sion" and the German diplomatic ON
ciala accredited to this country. or pos
| sibly a belief by the Germans that they
| could not successfully get the NUM-
| tfons to their own country. The mes
| sage in code, with interlinear transla-
tion. is entered as "A 2+s3" and headed
German Embassy, Washington. D. c..
Anril g. 1916" 1t runs as follows:
| "TeleEram from Berlin by secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen: Con-
sent sale Holland 100000 chests Gear.
trideeD and 400 tons powder. Please
get In touch with Holland commission.
Sender. war minister, forelgn once. IN
representation. HATZFE ELDT."
While chiefly concerned with military
anairs in Europe. tho representatives
of a supposedly friendly nation were
keeping an interested watch on our
own activities in that line. secret
code message OF April II, 1915 signed
1872 4s729 4es1s." addressed Won Igel
to this effect.
Herewith respectfully send an ex-
tract regarding the troops stationed
in California and the armament OF the
coast fortihcations."