Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-23
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krassauf was brought in, but Ida Vol
case for herself
She comes to America and at once
gets in touch with Pavenstedt, whom
Bernstorff used to camouflage thu
$50, 00O, 600 German "slush fund" il
the United States.
Another Link Welded.
Pavenstedt brings her into confer
ence with Meyer, whose Hamburg
American line offices in New York
were spy headquarters. She, used &c
living in hotels, takes a rom in quiet
rooming house on quiet out of the
way street
Colonel NekraSsauf, secretly com
municating with Bernstorff, likewise
takes room in this house, on the
same floor Just across the hall from
her room. The Russian colonel never
uses his room to sleep in. He lives
somewhere else. Why, then, this
room in this out of the way house?
See how it links up? Pavenstedt to
Papen, to Albert, to Meyer, to Bern
storff to this Russian colonel, the
member of commission in America
engaged in ordering and inspecting
munitions to be used against Germany
from the Hun spies to the Russian
traitor. And this woman, tossed cir
substantially into the Hun web. be-
cause five years before, seeking the
halo of literature, Adolph Pavenstedt
discussed books over a Paris dinner
table with her. She was then no in
trisuer, only a writer, devoted to her
work. And there are those who
scott at the thing called fate! ;
Gripping Russia in America.
From facts out of the files of the
office of Attorney General M. 70.
Lewis of New York, and information
furnished by his investigator, Perly
Morse, how because in 1910 she met
Pavenstedt at dinner party in Paris
and there began between them a
friendship based on q common interest
in the ARTS" Russian authoress in
1915 became involved 10y him in the
intrigue being carried on in New
YORK by Papcn and DR., Albert to Grip
pie, the work of the Russian commits
sion. this story was written. 1t in
cludes the diner at Long View on the
Hudson given to this woman by Paw
enstedt to meet the German conspir-
ators, Russian traitors and Austrian
and German agents who blocked the
manufacture of munitions for RuSsa
at n time when they We're most sorely
needed 1t reveals peace propagan-
da in America at the time Bolo Pasha
was due to start his in France.
Check Stub Leads to Woman.
In the check book of Adolph Paven-
stedt, that cautious clearing house for
imperial German moneys Perley
Morse, the attorney generals investi-
gator, discovered an interesting item.
Busy, at the time--it was october of
19f7--runnlng down the American ac-
tivities of Bolo Pasha for Attorney
General Lewis of New York state, he
was on the alert for any offshoots
that his investigation might uncover.
Such 'lead" was the fact that on
February II, 1918, Pavenstedt had
drawn a check for $900-to the favor
of "Elinor Van Schultz" Who was
she? why had Pavenstedt paid her
money? What had she done in return
for it? These points Morse called to
the attention of Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Alfred lie Roy Becker, who was
questioning the persons whom Morse S
investigation was turning up. And so,
on October "a, 1917, "Elinor Won
schultz, was brought before the at