Meade County news., 1917-10-04

| AhuidH TeNOluIlOHIStS.
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 One entry of the sort mer-
its special attention because OF the no
toriety of the individual involved. Here
| Il IS, translated from the German record
of correspondence:
June 10, 1915. Sender G. s. viereck.
Contents, inquiry as to bombs;2 supply
offer Told to send further details"
Possibly the further details are ind:-
| Gated in another entry OF four months
| later
Sender Vereck. 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 virulently pro-German
weekly Fatherland of New York, now
changed In title (but not in purpose) to
'Viereck's Weekly"
Just what interest DR.. L. A. Dessar of
% Broad street, New York city. had in
German aerial warfare is a matter for
speculation.
In the Won Isel archives appears a
letter from r. L. Scovile of Sewickley.
Pa, and New York city urging the mer-
its of the semple aerogrenade. Doctor
Dessar evidently forwarded the letter
where he thought II 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 Isel and
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
+. ]. Archibald. now In Washington, and
Edwin Emerson. said to be in Africa
"Pure War Expenses
Edward Emerson ........................$1.0 900
Fair Play (Mr. Braun) .................. 2,0oO
Fair Play tMr. Braun .................. 1900
]. Archibald Observation-Disclosures 5000
Concerning the identity OF the last
entry there might be room for doubt but
for a signed receipt from j. F. j. Arch
ibald acknowledging the sum OF 5000
from the German embassy for propa-
ganda work. What return Archibal Id
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
tney ueclneu 10 accept II.
That Emerson also overdid the cause
to which he sold his pen and his profes-
sional honor (the record indicates that
he was paid $1,000 for travelling ex-
penses") is suggested by the fact that
he was expelled. or alleged to have been
expelled from Berlin for a violent at
tack upon Ambassador Gerard. Emerson
has had a picturesque career In many
parts of the world. and once eabled to
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
tanned by false representations.
Fair Play Well Paid.
Fair Play" that misnamed organ OF
Teutonc inspiration appears to have
been subsidized quite disproportionately
to its value, snre 1t received in an 81
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. lie is supposed
himself to be a Hungarian. His asso-
ciate in Fair Play was one J. F., Bryan.
Even WIFI SOcn Dneri1 support 'fHlr
Play" did not fiji the bill for. In Janu-
ary' 1915. letter was written by +.
Schroeder, a German newspaper corre-
spondent in Toxic, to the German diplo-
matiC 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
n publication. 49,.
Viereck and Others.
Frequent hints of George Sylvester
Viereck's 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. ,a'...'. .... .
The lecture platform is represented
by Ray Beveridge the California artist.
and sister of Kuehne Beveridge, the
prominent sculptor In one entry PriNy
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. f. G. Wood
ford, an old British hater. appears to
have received sundry sums of money
for service unspccified. The following
letters found in the Won Igel papers re-
fer to Colonel Woodford:
Holland a Way Station.
1t has long been an open secret that
Holland is merely a way station for
shipments of contra hand into Germany.
Here is official confirmation from the
Won Igel records which would seem to
indicate 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 NUM-
tions to their own country. The mes
sage in code, with interllnear transla-
tion. is entered as "a 2493" ana headed
German Embassy, Washington. d. c.,
Anril G. 1916" 1t runs as follows:
''Telegram from Berlin by secret
roundabout way for Carl Heysen: Con-
sent sale Holland 100000 chests Gear
tridges) and 200 tons powder. Please
get in touch with Holland commission.
sender war minister. foreign office. in
representation. HATZFELDT'
While chiefly concerned with military
affairs in Europe the representatives
Of a supposedly friendly nation were
keeping an Interested watch on our
own activities in that line. A secret