Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-23
EVENING EDITION.
ton with Germany's hopes to wage n
successful fight against Americans
commerce. ri X
Reveal Treachery Of German Arncrss

successful fight against AneilsalAe
commerce. RI
Reveal Trenchery Of German Amer.
leans. q, r.,
Many Of DR.. Albert's personal let II
ters revealed much Of the itreaehe1.-s,
streak that was found to exist tn,sH
various Gernsdns living in this ui- /.
case Of Mr.. H, a prosperous bust
nessmnn, having Offices In iower
Broadway. He had come, years pre-
y~iously from 1 mart Of Germany neargS
the home Of J Dr.. Albert. Having.
here and gained much
wealth., his personal vanity led him
to hope that Albert might go back to
the home town and tell about now
well he was, doing.
Albert was looked upon as an III
tellectual and he himself, IN the otll-s
hand. was OF comparatively hum
BILE origin: He thought 1t would make.
a great impression upon his relatives
in the old country to, have Albert to
say that he. had become acquainted
gan to- pursue Albert with dinner in
Vitations. Albert, though not aIssnob.
seemingly paid little attention to
these, and he felt Obliged to use
more drastic measures, for %ingratiat-
ing himself pom Albert. He began
to write letters in which he volun-
teered the information that, although,
he had been living in the United
States for nearly a quarter of cen
fury and had been n~aturalized for
most of that time, he had only pro-
found contempt for all Americans.
In other letters he spoke at
length on his views on tho IIusi-
tania disaster and declared that
the Americans whose lives were,
lost rot no moro than their just <,
desert. After this letter had becn(
translated Inc vas sen for by
> government agents and asked s
casually about his acquaintance
and relations with Albert: He.
written to Albert. When the Z
letter in his hand, written and
bearing hts signature, was shown
to him and it was suggested that,
inasmuch a he had profound
contempt for Americans he
probably held his citizenship
rather lightly, in which case hc
papers akcn from him. 1t was
further pointed out that il he
were no longer q citizen he could,
be intesncd and when intcrned\
his property should be sold and
later he might be dcported from =,
these shores. This whole PROSE-.
. poet, particularly the danger OF
losing his property. SO stirred his
emotions that lie began to wall
m scream like n mad man. He Z
was ready to betray his mother
If only by SO doing he could save =
what he termed his 'famiiy hon
or" He was regarded as
OF the MOST lOnthsomc chalac-
tiers that the Albert letters
brought to light.
Here's a letter that was typical of
a large number found III the cap
tured German correspondence relat-
ing to the activities of the various
German agent and which led to the
arrest ola great many agents;
Imperial German Consulate.
Chicago, Ills, Sept. g., 1915.
According to a confidential COM
munication just received by me, an
order for 100000 rifles for the Lon
don armory was received by wire BY
the Winchester Arms Manufacturing
company of New Haven, on August
S, 1915, from London. =
"A woman who is in the service OF
the Postal Telegraph and Cable IN
pany in New York is said to have
given out the telegram in question.
Her name is Wanda Kreutzinger
(Postal Telegraph Co, New York;, II
Tie CCCdSlOu SilOulu arise Sl0 WOu1Q
be ready. to give still further verbal
information. MY confidential man
asks that this matter be treated
strictly as a secret so that the said
lady may not lose her position.
h administration Of the I'M
tperial consulate.
(signed, Won Raiswitx."
! T the Imperial Ambassador.
sCountt Won Bernstorff, E~xcellency,
"WaShfn6ton. n Cn
ca note in pencil on this letter
ITO the Military Attache."
Below, In ink, is the note:
Herr Won lgel."
This letter alone was not sufH-
woman and it was necessary to have
her caught in the act of trying to
give out such information to the
Germans. "A government agent was
sent to rope her and a clever rap
was successfully laid for her. The
story of just how this was done, an
interesting one. I hope to tell anoth-
Story Authentic. Declares Dewoody.
Charles F. Dewoody, when shown a
copy Of Mr.. Kelly's article said: II
regard the story as an authentic
one."
Mr.. Dewoody who at the end OF
the var became vice president, of the
MARIA company of New York was
Chief Of the special agents of the de-
partment OF justice for the New,
York district and in this capacity
had the custody Of the documents
referred to mi supervised by inves-
legations resulting therefrom.
IMPORTS WE'RE LARGE.
Juarcz, Mexico, Feb. 10.-(Mail.o-
Imports from the United States into
Mexico for the first ten months of
1919 aggregated in value s96,43l,981.
an increase Of 81 per cent over the
corresponding period Of the previous
year, according to a custom house re-
port. The principal articles imported
were shoes textiles, silks, furs, no.
tons and articles of luxury.