The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-09
ALL READY TO
BLOW UP AMERICA
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said the stranger questioned him
closely about the route OF the New
York aqueduct through this section
and the number Of national guardsmen
patrolling 1t.
The stranger insisted on leaving
Judge Seeger before he could be
steered to police headquarters. The
.wc hundred aero trac: CT LAID Il:
Dutchess country purchased by Sc
Kunna for bungalow sites" is situat-
cd south of Beacon. opposite this city
on an eminence and commands West.
Point. Sc Kunna is known to have
been In Beacon February %, In con-
nection with the purchase Of the tract.
Wireless In Brazil.
Thy a B. Robertson. United Press
Staff Correspondent.
no DE JANERO, March S.-Can-
destine wireless stations on the Bra
silian coast are believed to be IN
operation by Germans. Searching IN
vestieation by the BRAZILIAN author
tiles to prevent violation OF neutrality
has resulted in this bit OF deduction
on the part Of officials:
On February eight there was an
enxaxement between British warshi2s
and German vessels off the island OF
Fernando De Norogna, on the north
Urn coast Of Brazil.
Within a few hours after, innablt-.
ants OF this island reported seeing
the flashes Of big guns and hearing
the cannonading. German interest IN
Rio De Janeiro gave circulation to
story that the British cruiser Anne
thist had met three raiders of the
coast and had been sunk.
The story was denied by the Brit
ish consul No information was OBJ
tainable from the Brazilian ministry
of marine Notwithstanding this
the German interest circulated very
circumstantial and detailed story OF
the whole battle.
Aweek later-about February 15--
the British cruiser Glasgow put into
port and from one of its officers was
obtained a story OF the sea engage
ment agreeing in almost all particu-
lars with the report the Rio Germans
had the day OF the battle, except as
to the Amethist being sunk.
What has struck the Brazilian OIL
ficials with particular significance Is
that the Germans were completely
advised regarding this battle on the
day IL occurred. The suspicion Is
therefore fairly we'll grounded that
some German wireless station prob
ably reported it to German sources
The fact that such wireless stations
operated by Germans could be de
pended upon to give possible sea
raiders exact information as to sail
angs and arrivals OF allied merchant
men at Brazilian ports, as well a.
furnish other information. has led u
redoubling of the governments Ell
Aai,- md fnrNt
sheir dismantling.
May be Taken East.
NEW YORK, March 9.-Alfred A
Trttzen, arrested in Los Angeles to
day. in connection with German
plots, may be brought back to New
York for trial as one Of the plot
tiers who attempted to destroy thu
Welland canal, it was stated here
On March 80. 1915, the fedora
grand jury here indicted Alfred A
Fritzen, Captain Franz Won Papen
Captain Hans Tauscher, Wolf Vol
Igel and Constantine Covain, on thu
charge of setting on foot militar.
enterprise. 1t was claimed they pro
cured dynamite for the purpose o
blowing up the Welland canal.
Tauscher, German reservist Off
Ger, agent in this country for Krupp
and husband Of Madam Gadski, tn
singer. was tried and acquitted. al
though it was admitted he had pro
cured dynamite. However, the jur.
believed his evidence, which was t,
the effect that he had done nothin,
with an intention of violating tn,
laws of this country, having aidet
Won Papen on the latter's assurance
as soldier and gentleman that h.