New-York tribune., 1918-11-12
80 Enemy Aliens
Hear News of Truce
On Way to Camps
Internment Order Carried
Out. Despite Protests
That "War Is Over"

Shackled and under heavy guard,
thirty y-eight Germans we're rushed
through the Pennsylvania Station yes
terday to start for the intcrnment camp
at Fort Oglcthorpe, Georgia. Thou
sands in and about the station
paused in their celebration of the
signing Of the armistice TO shout in
derision as the Germans passed
Twenty-one others will be picked I'D
b. the irternment special en- route,
making total Of fifty nine which will
reach the camp to-day.
lhe prisoners were taken from the
Tombs and Federal building by dep
uty United States marshals in patrol
Deputy Joseph McDonough against
being sent away when peace vas SO
near and Germany beaten, It was in
timated at the Federal building that
the government contemplates deport-
ing the enemy aliens as soon as con-
ditiors permit.
Plot Leaders Sent Away
y, julius Printer, president of the
Transatlantic Trust Company, which
was taken over by Alien Property Gus.
todian, and Guido Won Steer, the di-
rector Of the confidential agents of the
bank, We're in the party that left for
Oglethcrpe yesterday.
Printer came to this country some
years ago, and with capital furnished
by the Austrian government organized
the Transatlantic Trust. Printer. it
IS charged, was the leading spirit in
the dissemination of propaganda of the
"defeatist" and religious type, which
was designed to keep Austrlans from
working in muntion factories or enlist
ing in the army
Won Steer was sent 70 this country.
1t is alleged, to direct the Austrian
espionage system. On arrival he was
made director of the confidential agents
CT the Transatlantic Trust, and i'm
mediately. it is charged. reorganized
the Austrian spy ring which was op-
Grating under the Austrian Embassy at
Washington.
Stahl Also Prisoner
Among the other important prisoners
were Rudolf Hull. the manager of the
Boston branch Of the Bayer Chemical
Company, which has been taken over
by the Alien Property Custodian, and
his three New York associates. Arthur
F. +. Mothwurf, DR.. Robert Pabst and
Herman Seebohn.
Gustave Stahl, the German who
swore to the famous affidavit submit
ted to the State Department by Count
Won Bernstortf that the Lusitania had
guns and munti ons aboard on her last
| trip, was also in the party. Later he
pleaded to perjury when prosecuted
for making this affidavit and served a
prison sentence. Otto Pritsche. an
other German, "ained a place for him
self on the internment train by boast
ing that he was ever ready to do the
will of the Kaiser.
A special military guard took charge
of the Germans at the terminals,
Those from New York included: Gus
tave Stahl, Augen Will (alias William
Brown. Andrew L. Gomary, Guido
Steer, Max Gunzler, August Nobrirht
Anton Scheller, Otto Fritzsche. Edward
Warnke, Carl Fahrenholz, John Pinck.
ernell, Ludwig Sachs, Carl Helm
stadt, Max Schmidt, Christian Schroe
der, Rudolph Neuman, Anton Ge1
(alias Antony Guy), Herman Abs
hoff, Reinhold Wurm, John Hoza
Jacob Adam Druck (alias John
Adams. Herman Weitzei, Lucas Vrch.
ovski. Fritz Otto Braun, Carl Miller
(alias Carl Schultz), Charles R. Cha
tillon, Theodore Heisse. Adelbert Segir
and Arthur Franz Felix Mothwurf.