The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-09-27

frequented during two years or singu-
larly quiet and unbusinesslike exist
ence chiefly by Germans who had noth-
ing whatsoever TO do with Advertising
The other was a large safe. bearing the
insignia of the German imperial gov
eminent.
One morning in April. 1916. govern
ment secret service men visited this
same Wall street office while Won Igel
was preparing a mass OF papers which
| he had taken from the safe for trans
/ fer TO the German embassy In wash
ington
Find Lists OF Spies.
When the papers were examined by
the department OF Justice the reason for
/ Won Igel's determined fight became APP
/ parent Here, in the form of letters
! kilograms notations. checks receipts
| ledgers cashbooks cipher codes lists
| OF spies and other memoranda and rec
ords were found indications-in some
! instances of the yaguest nature. In
others OF the most damning conclusive
ness-that the German imperial gov
eminent. through its representatives, in
then friendly nation. was concerned
with
Violation OF the laws OF the United
States.
Destruction OF lives ard property In
merchant vessels on the high seas.
Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
Fomenting III feeling against the
United States In Mexico.
subornatlon OF American writer's and
lecturers.
Financing Of propaganda.
Maintenance of "a spy system under
the gulse OF commercial investiga
ton bureau.
subsidlzlng OF a bureau for the pur-
pose Of stirring up labor troubles In
munltion plants
The bomb industry and other related
activities,
Koenis-Von Papen Commerce Bureau.
Perhaps the most Illuminating single
document In the collection Is letter Of
July 20. 1915. reproduced as II APP
peared upon the stationery OF the Blu
reau OF Investigation" This Innocent
pretending agency was at the outset
the secret service OF the Hamburg
American Steamship company Under
Paul Koenig. its manager. It became an
adjunct to the German diplomatic secret
service xxx" is the secret designa-
ton OF Kocnig. who is now under In
dirtments on criminal charges In con-
nection with this diplomatic" work
and is informed al Fort Oglethorpe.
The person represented by the figure
~ 900" is Captain Won Papen former
military attache OF the German en-
bassy and the practical executive of Its
underground system. The document de-
scribes the subterfuges of xxx (Koe-
| nigl so that he might not be Identified
| by the mysterious -- when they met
| xxx" states that money was 10 be
| drawn for the payment Of $3.50 TO the
! unnamed person under peculiar precau-
| tions. through Check No 146 on the
| Riggs National bank. Washington
| dated July 16, payable to----
signed --. amount $3.50. No rea-
| son was given as to why the payment
was made" says the report
Bombs in Coal.
I Several days after the payment the
/ recipient called at the passenger Of
/ flee OF the line" and made a state
ment which is thus embodied in the
/ Xxx report
! at the --- building. but do not care
| to state my local address. intend to
| cause serious damage TO vessels OF the
! allies leaving ports Of the United States
! by placing bombs which | am making
myself. on board These bombs re
semble ordinary Jumps Of coal. and |
am planning to have them concealed In
the cOal to be laden on steamers of
the allies"
Finally xxx states that the caller"
brought with him sample bomb
such as has been described to you by
the subscriber" and asks for the in
structions.
The document Is lettered at the foot
20. r. to 1000, indicating that the Sc
cret agent known as 20. r." had trans
mitted II TO Won Papen.
Check Is Traced.
Now for the proof. direct and unes-
capable Check l46 on the Riggs Nation
al bank has been traced and added to
the secret service collection. 1t Is pay
able to Koenig and signed by Won Papen
Therefore Won Papen stands convicted
on the evidence of report claimed as
an official document by the Germans, of
paying money to a plotter designing to
blow up merchant ships sailing from the
port OF New York. The person who made
this report Is known to department Of
justice officials.
Compare these documents with che fol-
lowing authorized statement from Ber-
lin. transmitted by wireless for publica-
ton In the New York Times in December
1915:
Tho German government has. nat
uraly. never knowingly accepted the sup
port OF any person group OF persons so
ciotY or organization seeking to pro-
mote the cause Of Germany In the United
States by Illegal acts. By counsel OF vi
ncnce, by contravention of law. or by
any means whatever that could offend
the American people In the pride Of their
own authority"
Destruction was not by any means
the sole Interest of koenig's energetic
bureau. II concerned itself also with
Hpy enterprises TO Koenig wrote otto
West an American citizen and pro
pretor OF the Hour Glass. at 9D3 COR
BOD tfth avenue recommending rcla-
tive Of his who. according to his de-
Hcrlpu0n, must be an interesting and
somewhat formidable figure Mr. Vests
| description, somewhat curtalled follows:
ole is a grandson OF the late Ober-
| ho'predger Strauss OF Berlin, brother
/ NJ the present Mllltar Oberpfarrer Strauss
/ Of Potsdam. nephew OF the late Admiral
/ Won S'hlelnltz., tho late General Won Man
I icy, etc. This gentleman changed his name
I some twenty odd years ago to an Amer.
/ lean name, and none Of his associates sus-
! poets his German birth or antecedents