Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1915, Page 4

Rockefeller Employe Confesses Sell- ing Cablegrams and Bank Se- crets to Kaiser's Agent. WOULD WRECK WELLAND CANAL NEW YORK, lwv 18 —Detectives following the trail of plotters seek- ing to destroy ships bearing ammnui- tion to the allles today arrested Fred erick Schleindl, a clerk in the Na- tional City bank, whom they charge with larceny of documents, cable grams and messages, which, it is al- leged, he turned over to representa- | tives of the German government. These documents, the detectives say, gave information as to which ships bore ammunition across the seas Schleindl is also alleged to have glven information to the German rep- resentatives as to what firms were manufacturing war supplies in this country and also the amounts of money placed in certain banks to the credit of the allles. Schieindl was taken to police mneadquarters for further examination. “Schleindl,”” detectives said, “confessed to having obtained information regard- ing shipments of munitions and other matters, saying that he d.d that at the direction of Paul Koenig, head of the bureau of investigation of the Hamburg. American line, who was arrested yester. day on the charge of plotting to destroy the Welland canal.” Detectives said they found in Schieindl's pockets a telegram relating to & ship- ment of 2,00 rifies to the allies. The mes- sage was from the Banque Belge Pour L'Entrangere to & New York bank. Schleindl told of meeting Koenig, who, he sald, used an allas last May, accord- ing to detectives, and having kept in touch with the German consul here since the opening of the war, The prisoner, who said he was a German reservist, de- clared that when he met Koenlg at an uptown hotel arrangements were made for him 1o obtain cablegrams and other documents at the National City bank. For this work, Schleindle told the police, he has been recelving about 3% a week. Police claim today that they found among Koenig's effects, papers Indicat- fng that he hdd bad relations with Schietndl, The arrests of Schleindl, Koenig and Richard Emil Leyenbecker, a New York antique dealer, were directly due to a fession made several weeks ago by orge Fuchs of New York, a relative of Koenig. Schleindl was held in $25,000 ball for examination Monday when arralgned today before a police magistrate on a short affidavit charging suspicion of grand larceny In conmection with the disappearance from the National City bank of papers and documents which the police sald were valued at $100,000, Detective Barnitz testitied at the ar- ralgnment that documents alleged to have been furnished to FPaul Komnig by Schleindl described in detall the cargo in No. 2 hold of the steamship Minnehaha when fire was discovered aboard the vessel while In midocean on a voyage to Europe. Paul Koenlg and Richard Bmil Leyen- decker were held in $50,000 and $30,000 bail, respectively, by United States Commis- sloner Houghton today when they were arraigned before him on charges of con- apiring to destroy the Welland canal. PLOT TO RUIN WELLAND CANAL Paul Koenlg and Three Other Men Are Arrested In New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Charged with conspiring in a military enterprise to de- stroy the Welland canal, the Canadian waterway which connects Lake Erie and Lake Owmtario, three men are under ars rést here today awaiting arrangement before a United Btates commissioner, while a fourth man is in the custody of the government authorities. Those unmr Atrest are: Paul Koenlg, formerly head of the bureau of investigation of the Hamburg- American line, who, it s charged, has been the head of the German secret ser- vice in the United States since the be- gloning of the war. Richard E. Lyendecker, a retaller of art goods in this city, & naturalised Amer- fcan, alleged to have béen employed by Koenlg. Frederick Metzler of Jersey City, re- ported to have been a clerk In the of-' fices of the Hamburg-American line and secrotary to Koenig, The fuurth man held in custody is George Fuchs, who was formerly in Joenig's employ and who has given the suthorities valuable information. S0 far as is known, he is not alleged to be a party to any conspiracy. The arrests were made last night under the direction of the agents of the De- partment of Justice. The evidence which led to the mrrest of the three defendants, was given by George Fuchs, who, it s charged, quar- reled with Koenlg over the payment of $15, which he claimg Koenig owed him. | The purpose of the alleged attempt to block the canal was, it 1s charged, to prevent the movement of supplies down the Great Lakes and through the Wel- jand canal and St. Lawrence river to the entente allies. . The names of workers in San Franclsco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Boston and other cities are sald to have been ' discovered among documents seized b, the authorities in & raid upon the offic of Koenlg and Lyendecker. The penaity for the crime charged m this case is three years in prison, or $3,000 fine, or both. YORK CITIZENS FAVOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PLAN THE if He Shows an lnclmatwn to Work Where can a hungry man without the | price of a meal or a friend in the city | ket his breakfast?” asked a woman who has had several callers at her back door nm weel best answer to the question was rumm...: by Captain Kline of the Salva- tion Army Industrial home on Dodge street. The captain says he has had many years' outers and was one of e upon a time.” thern himself At his Industrial home the work test is applied and the | applicant is given at least a *‘once over'’ before being fed. In substance the cap- tain said “We have various classes of men who come to us for breakfasts and other meals. 1 might say that fio man who is willing to work goes hungry, We have a class of men who work for us for a week or several weeks and wo furnish them meals and lodgings and pay them some- thing in addition, to give them a start. I am frank to say that if a man domes to our place and asks for breakfast and he appears to be a bum, we do not feed him. You can distinguish between the |really unfortunate man and the hobo. experfence with down-and- | | We feed men who are just out of a hos | pital without any question. We sell tickets to business men and others who | distribute the tickets tor | a1, the tickets being our place. I know of a recent case of a man | bought a book of 19 tickets and he dis | tributed every ticket, but only )m- lot appeared at our place for a meal, or meal and lodging, as the case might have been, the ninety asked for money with which | to buy drink and aia not care to come to our place for a meal. I realize the force {of the argument that it is no time to moralize and argue whén a man comes to you and says he is hungry. And I want to add that no man able and willing to work need go without his breakfast or any other meal in Omaha. But we do intend to head off the mouchers in order that we may assist those deserving of assistance.” Major McCormick of the Volunteers of to applicants honored at sixty of | Ameriean does not maintain a restaurant | At his headquarters, but he issues tickets on restaurants and maintains lodgings. Two years ago he conducted a “‘bread line” during the very cold weather and fed hundreds AUSTRIA'S REPLY T0 ANCONA NOTE (Continued from Page One.) nce to the special circumstances of the ineriminating events upon which it ftself lays stross, and why, in lieu thereof, it refused an exchange of correspondence, {which it has conducted with another government in other cases, "“The imperial and royal governmont is the less able to follow the Washington jcabinet on this unusual path, since it by {no means posscases authentic knowledge |of all of the pertinent correspondence ot the government of the United States, nor is 1t of the opinion that such knowledge might be sufficlent for it in the present cnse, which, in wo far as it Is informea, 18 In essential points of another nature than the case or cases to which the gov- ernment of the United States seems to allude. The Imperial and royal govern- ment may therofore leaye It to the Wash- ington cabinet to formulate the particu- lar points of law against which the com- | manding officer of the submarine al- leged to have offended on the occasion of the sinking of the Ancona. Knows of No Berlin Precedent, “The government of the United States has also.seen fit to refer to the attitude | Which the Berlin cabinet assumed In the above mentioned correspondence. 'The Imperial and royal government finde in the much esteemed note no Indication whatever of the intent with which this reference was made. Should, however, the government of the United States ‘Imnmhy have intended to express an opinion to the effect that a prejudice | of whatever nature existed for the impe rial and royal government with respect to the judicial consideration of the affair in question, this government must, in | order to preciude possible misunderstand- |ings, declare that s a matter of course it reserves to itaelf full freedom of main. taining its own legal views in the discus- sion of the case of the Ancona. In having the honor to have recourse to the kindness of his excellency, the am- bassador of the United States of Amer- fen, with the most respectful request to be good enough to communicate the fore- golng to the American government and on this occasion tb state that the impe- rial and royal government, in no less degree than the American government and under all circumstances, most sin- cerely deplores the fate of the innocent vietims of the incident In question, the undersigned at the same time avails himself of this opportunity to renew the expression of his most distinguished con- sideration to his excellency, the am- bassador. (Signed) “BURIAN. (Bigned) “PENFIELD." OMAHA SUNDAY The answer s that most of | professional | BEE SPEAK IN OMAHA Senator from Massachusetts Wires McKinley Club Press of Busi- ness Prevents Engagement. SENATORS OTHER INVITED Senator John W. 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Suppose your are considering the pu Suppose at the same time that you could invest your $16,000 in standard, tax free, 5 per cent bonds, running forty years Both investments are competing for you decide which is the more favorable? To begin with, every investor is entit turn of his capital with interest, The bond investment will return you with a return of the prineipal in & lump sum at the end of the term, all without expense of collection or management The flat investment is more compl: figuring and careful attention; but if wisely chosen, its returns are apt to be much larger, Next week's talk will be given over figuring the returns from apartment house investments, (8igned.) Such a bullding is assumed to have Series on Estate.") little business experience example of executors of high with them is apart- ng compares with some rpose of a four-family, your money How will led to safety, and the re- $800 interest each year, ex, requires more close to standard methods of E. R. BENSON, ¥. HARRISON, G. WALLACRE, Committee, - —— —— e~ -~ » 4 ¥