Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-14
HUN AGENTS SENT
OUT BEFORE WAR
lrRaM rAnE ONrA

tfNSM fAHk OSfN
cihls ~ German headquarters In
New YORK.. said Captain Lester
nioh inonn claimed that he had con.
fidenila' tvIdtionS with cabinet menu
hers that hc could get IN tho back
dN'r ~ M" white house. aud boast
81 that he was rcspuus h'r fur the
u.'iuf Ious ,,,k uu the peace note
captain Lester declared Tho Wit
ness admitted that records showed
bIrk lu~,n dli haNr considerable Ac
rurbiu ofu. Information ~ u con.
rdentpl nature and gnvc II to the
trrmuu representatives
captain l,ost,r continuing his ties.
'iWuny tomorrow. expects tu tell
how the German agents tried to stir
up revolt among American tcgtocr
Ia serve German purposes
Passenger lrnin Nr,<k'd,
WASlllNG IbN, nee - The
o'atc department WAS advised to-day
that ~ passenger train between Vera
trur ami McSiro CIty Was wrecked
yesterday b, Mexican rebels Their"
were uu ,tHutIiIr- ana the reports
dld not identify tho rebel band
ir,tur,-, Given.
Tn" intensive tiotmau propnEnn.
IA efforts had their beginnings, can.
tain l~.icr mli IN u series ~ lee
turcr given the chosen agents AZ
ncrlln hv representative ~ the for
cirn office and other Uormhn gov.
eminent agencies Elaborate mrm
utunda Vcro prepared on detailed
subjects ana armed with these. Si
ra He'd from Cope nhAgrn FOR the
United tShtes August I, lalt, ar
rlving August 10. on the sims boat
with Dr neinnetich Albert. pay.
master for the propngn forces
The only names ~ ,h"sc nen men
Toned by CAPTAIN l.sier we're Df
Adnlph Meek lenhcrg. nr Erirk
krnskc and Dr rhiip hnnn, all of
whom have returned 10 Germany.
llo explained that Tor military r"as-
orr other names could not be dis
cltsrd,
The group sent to America as we'll
ns those sent cl-ew here, had specific
functions laid cut for II one group
uf tho men was To deal with COM
mercial matters. Another with puli'
teal matters and "A thlrd was to
specialize I'm Japanese. chinese ana
south American and Mexican rela-
tipns.
Vicrlck Dirsctor.
The delegation on arriving In this
country established headquarters at
lt2 hrodwdy. arrangement having
been made In advance, Captain "a
ter snli. by George Sylvester Vie
rick, then publisher ~ weekly
known ns tho Natcrland. Mathew
H. ClauAs"n. publicity manager Tor
tho Hamburg American interests
tho witness tcstified. directed work
" the German press har~au At first,
but later was replaced by Hale.
Great sccrecy WIS maintained
the maintenance OF the
headquarters Captain Lester said,
n pass word, "hurgm els,cr,' being
required Tor aimlttance to Dr. Al
bortE office there. through part OF
the Hamburg American line ticket
officr~ This was tho frequent meet
Ing place ~ Won BernAiorff, Cap
tain lioy Ed. Captain Won Papen.
Wolf Won Igrl and other German
Representatives, according Ia the
witness ana direct wires wero main
talncd with the Sayvllle wireless sta
tion which communicated with the
radio tower ~ Nsuen, Germany.
German Literature Nsrtv~d.
Great quantities of German news
papers. magazines and books we're
shipped into the United tsatos for
upe of the pfopagnndAH and these
also went to Mexico and other coun-
tries A Mexico city newspaper. la
rciSa. described hy captain Jestcr as
violently German" reproduced
many ~ tho articles. which we're dH
iributed through the German minis
ter won Eckhardt
captain Lester read into the rec
ord "A cahlogram from Lord North
cllffc ,n Arthur Hrisb sbane In Dccem-
brr 1915 two months after tho IN
News ssrvice's cable
privilege had been revoked. urging
brisbane TO come TO England,
"sugg,si you como 20 England
fun authority read the cablcRram,
I'm the event given proper nssur-
nncea yoiH part. believe matter can
be 80 lsfzctorily adjusted. Best
wishrs fN 1911"
William lnyard Hale, Hnid Cap
tain .oster, became editor of the
sheets i~ued by The
.;orinRn pres. bureau early In 1914,
IN solicitation ~ Dr Dcrnburk. and
0ntlnu~i up Ia MAY, 1918, Cap
ain Lester said II was apparent tina,
.Ialo made efforts 10 keep his con
,ectionA secret The army intelll-
renee SERVER nhN no FNlnFH'"t wv
,itnes. declared. that Hale did work
ur tho Grrinun government after
no Tinted Stat~- entered the war
In May. 1919. Hal" went To iicr-
I'm aud. said Captain l~ster. as
pon "a he became Identified with |
hr urtrst service IN llerlin he cap
tnnyri hi. former connecuonH N
n.uIsi.r plcuipotentary 10 M"sicn.
... t,tnprs with presideut VII. |
an ana he was looked on nt herlin |
q ono ~ the S'ronrcit repr"renta-
ives America could have IN Ger
Many .
s.nafnr WoIco,t interrupted 10
sk whether Mr Hearst knew or
i,IrH au'l-AmcriCtn sentlm"ntA.
n'r'tug out tha' there was great
tff.rrn.c between being pro-d"r-
nan and positively nnil-Ametlchh.
Cnpinlu l.'strr replied
"Ilr must have n he read iialc'r
ahlos liH dispatches wore edi
iful aud la4iihiory ~ Dermany
a I