The Colorado statesman., 1917-09-29

representatives This society is sun ex-
tant and jeremiah A. O'Leary Its NOV
ing spirit. 10 now the editor OF Bull, re-
Gently shut out of the malls for publish
ing seditious matter.
Enter Viereck: George Sylvester.
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. Ono entry OF the sort mer-
its special attention because of the no
toriety of thJ Individual involved Here
IL is. translated from the German record
OF correspondence:
June 10. 1915. Sender. @. s. Viereck.
Contents. inquiry as to bombs;2 supply
offer Told to send further details"
Possibly the further details are indi-
Gated in another entry of four months
later.
Slender. Viereck. Contents. offer of
picric acid"
Picric acid is constituent OF many
high explosives Mr.. Viereck Is some
thing of high explosive himself. having
been editor of the viruiently pro-German
weekly Fatherland of New York. now
changed in title tbut not in purpose) to
"Vereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DIR. L. A. Dessar of
% Broad street, New York city, had in
German aerial warfare is n matter for
speculation.
In the Won Igel archives appears
letter from r. L. Scoville of Sewickley,
Pa, and New York city urging the mer-
its OF the Semple aerogrenade. Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where he thought It would do the most
good. viz, to Won Igel.
The following curious entry appears In
Won Igel's records:
Journalists. lecturers, and publishers
were literally employed by Won Igel and
his associates for the purposes of Ger
man propaganda, Among those thus
tainted with the stigma of dishonorable
professional conduct are two magazine
writer's and war correspondents. James
f. ]. Archibald, now in Washington. and
Edwin Emerson. said to be in Africa.
"Pure War Expenses
Edward Emerson .......................S1.O 81. 900
Fair Play '(Mr. Braun) .................. 1000
Fair Play (Mr. Braun .................. 1900
Marcus Braun ............................ LOCO
j. Archibald o'VOU
Concerning the identity of the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for a signed receipt from j. f. ]. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum of 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
ganda work. What return Archibald
ever made in service Is not clear, except
that certain war correspondence for
which he contracted with New York
newspapers was so obviously prejudiced
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 (the record indicates that
he was paid 5000 for travelling ex
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 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 dsproportionately
500 in the course of few months in
1915 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 is supposed
himself to be a Hungarian. His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was one ]. p Bryan.
Even with such liberal support "Faif
| Play" did not fill the bill for in Janu-
airy. 1916 letter was written by r.
Schroeder, a German newspaper corre-
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 Borsodi
might be the right man to conduct such
publication.
Viereck and Others.
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
| Vierecks journalistic activities appear,
| and there are few notations of Pear
son: Subject Press" which may refer
| to Pearson's Magazine. of which the
| editor, Frank Harris. Is strongly pro-
| German. or may indicate a secret agent
| named Pearson. who is the subjet OF
other entries.
The lecture platform is represented
| by Ray Beveridge. the California artist
| and sister of Kuehne Beveridge. the
| prominent sculptor In one entry Privy
| Councillor Albert acknowledges receipt
| of $4,000 from the embassy to finance
| Miss BeVeridge's lecture tour. German
war pictures were also to be furnished
| though the alleged scope of the lecturei
| was to be comprised in topics allied ts
Red Cross work.
other figures of more vague import
drift into light here and there in the
| Won Igel papers or the bureau of In.
vestigation reports. Col E. G. Wood
have received sundry sums of money
| for service unspecihed. The following
| letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
| fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland Way Station.
1t has long been open secret that
| Holland is merely a way station for
| shipments of contraband into Germany
| Here is official confirmation from the
| Won IUel records which would seem to