The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-10-04

lDalu acknOWledSlnB the sum OF S,WC
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 prejudced
on the side of the central powers that
they declined to accept It.
Even with such liberal support Fair
Play" did not fill the bill, for in Janu-
airy. 1916. n letter was written by f.
Schroeder, a German newspaper corre-
spondent In Toxic. to the German diplo-
matte representatives lamenting the
lack of genuinely influential weekly
in New York devoted to Teutonic inter-
ests, and suggesting that one Borsodi
might be the right man to conduct such
a publication.
Viereck and Others.
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
Viereck'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. Is strongly pro-
German or may indicate n secret agent
named Pearson, who is the subjet OF
other entries.
The lecture platform Is represented
by Ray Beverdge, 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 Beveridges 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 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. Il. G.. Wood
ford. an old British hater, appears to
have received sundry sums of money
for service unspeciied. The following
letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford:
New York. April 4. 1916
His Excellency. Mr.. Won lgel,
New York. N. Y:
According to n letter received here
today. the imperial embassy Is of the
same opinion as myself-that money
should not be paid to Woodford.
Please act accordingly and inform
Woodford. II he should show up there
| again. that Berlin has received the let
| ter regarding the sum to be paid and
| has besides again been asked by tele-
graph whether money should be paid.
| Untll answer ~ ItCelNeu iIoiH ipSIiih,
nothing more can be paid.
(signed) PRETZELL
Colonel Woodford appears. however,
from the following letter to have re-
celved the sums promised
New York, April TO- 1916.
Please pay the remainder of two hun
| dred and fifty dollars to Woodford. He
Is to receive $500 according to order
| (from Berln).
Please have the inclosed receipt at
tested Signed p Il.
How far the plot goes will probably
never be known. The spider, Won Igel
had scuttled away to his own refuge In
Germany His nest is destroyed. But
the strands OF the web that he wove
may stiff stretch over the city or town
which you who read this inhabit.
Holland Way Station.
It has long been an open secret that
Holland Is merely way station FOL
shipments of contraband into Germany
Here is official confirmation from the
Won Igel records which would seem te
indicate a suspicious and confidential
relation between the Holland commits
sion" and the German diplomatic Off
cials accredited to this country. or pos
sibly a belief by the Germans that they
could not successfully get the munl'
tions to their own country. The mes
sage in code, with interlinear transla
tion. is entered as "A 2493" and headet
German Embassy, Washington. d. c.
April 6, 1916" 1t runs as follows:
"Telegram from Berlin by secre
roundabout way for Carl Heysen: Con
sert sale Holland 100000 chests Gear
tridges) and 200 tons powder Please
get in touch with Holland commission
San5er war minister foreign office, II
representation. HATZfELDI'