The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-10-06


Concerning the identity Of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for a signed receipt from ]. #. J. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum Of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
ganda work. What return Archibald
ever made in service Ii not clear. except
that certain war correspondence for
which he contracted with New York
newspapers was so obviously pre5udiced
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 1.-THE record indicates that
he was paid $1,000 for travelling sx-
penses") Is suggested by the fact that
he was expelled. or alleged to have been
expelled. from Berlin for 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
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 II now
travelling under American passport OBJ
tanned by false representations
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnamsd organ OF
Teutonic inspiration appears to have
been subsidized quite disproportionately
| 10 us Naiue, since IL received IN AL w.
| 500 In the course of few months in
1915 Marcus Braun, who appears as
| Its editor. Is known as political leader
| among tho 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 a Hungarian. His asso-
ciate In Fair Play was one J. p. Bryan.
Even with such liberal support Fair
Play" did not I'LL the bill. for in Janu-
| airy. 1915. a 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 Tsutonic inter-
ests. and suggesting that one Borsodi
might be the right man to conduct such
a publication.
viereek and Others.
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
| viersck's journalistic activities appear.
and there are a few notations of Pear
| son: Subject. Press" which may refer
to Pearson's Magazine. of which the
! editor. Frank Harris. II strongly pro-
German. or may indicate a secret agent
named Pearson. who IL the subtet OF
| other entries.
The lecture platform 10 represented
by Ray Bevsridge the California artist.
and sister of Ruehne Beverage, the
prominent sculptor In one entry Prtvy
Councillor Albert Acknowledges receipt
| of $4,000 from the embassy to finance
| Miss Be,Sridges 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 Gross work.
other figures of more vague import
drift into light here and there In the
Won Igel papers or the bureau of in
vestig CATION reports. Col. e. q. Wood
ford. an old British hater. appears to
| have received sundry sums OF money
for service unspecihed. The following
letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland a Way Station.
II has long been an open secret that
Holland Is merely way station for
| shipments OF contraband into Germany.
| Here liz official confirmation from the
Won Igel records. which would seem to
| Indicate a suspicious and confidential
| relation between the Holland commits
| sion" and the German diplomatic on
| Gals accredited to this country, or pos
| sibly a belief by the Germans that they
| could not successfully get the NUM-
tions to their own country. The mes
| sage in code, with interlinear transla-
| ton Is entered as "A 2493" and headed
| German Embassy. Washington. ID. c..
April 6, 1915" 1t runs as follows:
Telegram from Berlin by secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen: Con-
sent sale Holland 100000 chests Gear
tridges) and 200 tons powder Please
| get in touch with Holland commission.
| sender. war minister. foreign office. in
representation. HATZFELDT.
| while chiefly concerned with military
affairs in Europe, the representatives
of a supposedly friendly nation were
keeping an interested watch on our
| own activities in that line. secret
| code message of April IL. 1915. signed
1889 4672s 46s1s." addressed Won Igel
to this effect.
herewith respectfully send an en-
| tract regarding the troops stationed
in California and the armament of the
| coast fortifications."