Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-30
.M|NOTTO SOUGHT TO GET
JOB IN NAVY DEPARTMENT
Ills Arrest and Trial, Looking to
Possible Deportation, Result
of This Effort.
soN-IN-LAw or LOUIS Il. SWIFT
Secret Service Men on His Trail Ar
rest Two OF His Associates, and
They Are informed on Ellis Island.
Wealthy Packer Comes to Rescue.

WASHINGTON. October 29.-Count
James Minotto. under arrest In Chi
cago, and soon 20 face tria; looking
to his possible deportation. is the man
who tried to get into tho naval in
telliBence service. His arrest was n
direct result of that episode, as 1t
set secret agents on his trail, with
the result tina. two of his close n3Jo-
ciates. Fritz Kuhn and George Won
seebeck, German bankers. of New
York, were arrested and informed at
Ellis Island.
Minotto, at .hat time had not yet
been arrested, so Secretary OF the
Navy Daniels, disclosing the story.
refused 10 give the name Of the prin-
cipal. To-day he admitted that Min :
otto was the man.
"All the evidence which the Navy
Department secured was turned over
70 the Department of Labor said Mr..
Daniels to-day. and that department.
is now handling the case
1t was brought out for the first time,
however, that Ninotto-son-in-l Ia w
of Louis F. Swift. OF the multimillion-
aire Chicago packing family-is Il de-
serter from the Italian army. He is
subject to draft there as reservist.
and while strongly avowirg his loyal
~ to democracy and his anxiety to
help America. he omitted to mention
that he was wanted in his own coun-
try to get INTO n uniform. It was ex-
pectcd here that his deportation hear
ing would be held In n day or two.
NATURALIZATION CHIEF
MAKES STATEMENT
This abatement OF the case was made
tonight by A. w. Parker, chief of
the law division OF the naturalization
bureau OF the Department of Labor.
Count James Minotto came to this
country on the Camrania on August IA,
1914. in company with Count Won See
beck and Otto Kuhn. Prior to his ar
rival In this country he was a repre-
sentative of one OF the large German
banks in London
''Hc was born in Berlin. his father
Claiming Italian parcntage and his
mother being German. He had lived
most of his life in Germany.
He secured employment with the
Guaranty Trust Company Of New York
shortly after his arrival in this coun-
try. and was sent by that company to
South America on business. He was
recalled, as nc was reported TO be so
pro-Gcrman tina, he WAS prejudicing
the interests OF the Guaranty Trust
Company In South America
lie was reported ms asaociatinE al
most entirely with Germans while in
South America. and as being intimat c
with Count Won LuXhurg, the German
charge to the Argentine He was re-
ported az expressing himself openly as
pro-GerInan, and to have stated that
he hoDed to he of some use TO Count
Luxburg In gettirg information.
After his return to New York from
South America he was taken out of
the foreign department of the Guar
a1ty Trust Company and. given POSI-
ton in the bond department at a
smaller salary. After staying two days
he left. When he left he was given
formal letters o. ommendation from
the officials Of the company. After
wards he worked for short time for
the Equitable Company in New York"