The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-23
OFFICIAL EXPOSURE
 OF GERMAN INTRIGUE

 the American embassy at Rome now in | Washington.
 Captain Boehm himself was too loose 1 of tongue for the good of his service,
 it would appear from a report of the German military information bureau, dated March 21 1916
 Captain Boehm decided to leave after reports received here were submitted to ] him to the effect thap members of the press were informed as to his personality
 and the purpose of his being here. Too kgreat confidence in the silence of his | fellow men, especially the members or ] the American Truth society was probably the cause of his becoming quick
 y known here
 1 So the notorious American Truth so- ciety which SO strenuously denied it's pro- German associations figures as m directly linked up with Germany's secret representatives. This society is still ex- 1 tant and Jeremiah A. OLeary, it's mov- | ing spirit, is now the editor of Bull, | recently shut out of the mails for pub l fishing seditious matter.
 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 entrysof the sort merits special attention because of the notoriety of the individual involved. Here it is l translated from the German record of | correspondence;
 June 15, 1915 Sender, G. S. vier- eek. Contents. inquiry as to bombs; supply offer. Told to send further de- tails"
 Possibly the further details are indi- "ptpd in another entry or four months later
 sender, viereck. Contents, offer of nicric acid.
 Picrc acid is a constituent of many Iic,l, ICcitr NTt. p. hing of a high explosive himself hav- ing been editor of the virulently pro- German weekly Fatherland of New York, now changed in title tout not in pur- pose) to 'Vierecks Weekly"
 Just what interest Dr. l.. A. Dessef of 9 Broad street, New York city, had in German aerial warfare is mat ter of speculation.
 In the Won Igel archives appears a letter from R. l.. scovile of Sewickley, Pa and New York city, urging the mer- it's of the Semple aerogrenade. pr. Des- far evidently forwarded the letter where he thought it would do the most good, viz. to Non Igel
 Carefully preserved (for what purpose one can only coniecture) are two let ters written early in 1916 by T. J. Dowl-
 ra of 107 Franklin avenue. Hartford, Conn, to Count Von Bernstoff, the Ger man amba ssador, explaining little plan
  rious munitions factories and blow them up. Specifically h2 expressed willingness to destroy the Scoville Manufacturing eompa ar1- and the Chase Mills of Wa terviiie. Conn; the Remington Arms com panv and the Union Metallic Cartridge company factories in Bridgeport, Conn; and when that was competed he thought that he might go out 10 Port Huron, Mich, and blow up the Grand Trunk tunnel near that place. As all these con- s-ructions still standing, it is ob vious that Mr Dowling's plans failed to commend themselves to his distinguished correspondent His present whereabouts are not known.
 Other would-be destroyers of Germany's foes were less definite. Family pride was the energizing morIve of MT. c. J. Waldron of Medusa, N. Y, who wrote that. being a direct descendant of Bar on Von Waldron, he was deeply inter- ested in the German cause, wherefore he proffered (April 10, 1916 a shell of his own invention. It was not accepted.
 note of grim humor is supplied by William J. Ruff of Quincy, H., whose letter of July 26 1913. 70 Captain Won Papen suggests new methods of blow ing up trenches and planting mines for ships. My sole idea" explains the in genuous MT. Ruff, Ifs to help and save lives!'' Nothing in the von Igel archives supplies evidence that MT. Ruff's sngu- lar life-saving practices were adopted
 Of more direct military interest to this country is the espionage enterprise hint ed at In a secret code message of April Il, 1916, signed "13232 46729 46s1s," address ing on Igel to this effect:
 Herewith respectfully send an extract regarding the troops stationed in Cali fornia and the armament of the coast Notifications"
 Journalists, lecturers and publishers ;1,Ar IJ1yA x,xyU Tera1 his associates for the purposes of Ger man propaganda. Among those thus tainted with the stigma of dishonorable professional conduct are two magazine writers and war correspondents, James F. J. Archibald, now in Washington, and Edwin Emerson. said to be in Africa The following curious entry appears in Won Igel's officials records:
 PURE WAR EXPENSES. Edwin Emerson ......................$10 $1000 Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .............. 2000
 Fair Play (Mr. Braun) ............ 15oO
 Marcus braun ...-....-............... loOo "J. Archibald ........................ 5000"
 Concerning the identity of the last en- try there might be room for doubt but for a signed receipt from J. F. J. Arch ibald acknowledging the sum of $5o00 from the German embassy for propa- ganda work. What return Archibald ever made in service Is not clear, except that CcTldlH WdI COTIeSpOHucIcc lOT WHlSH he contracted with New York newspa- pers so obviously prejudiced on the side of the central powers that they de- clned to accept it.
 That Emerson also overdid the cause to which he sold his pen and his pro- fessional honor (the record indicates that he was paid 5000 for ''traveling cx-l penses'D is suggested by the fact that he was expelled. or alleged to have been expelled, from Berlin for violent at tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Elmer son has had picturesque career In many parts of the world, and once ca bled to a New York newspaper a pie turesque but ina ginative account of his own death in the far east under painful and interesting conditions. He was born in Dresden of American parents, and is now travelling under American pass port obtained by false representations.
 Fair Play" that misnamed organ of Teutonic inspiration, appears to have been subsidized quite disproportionately