TWIN CITY DAILY SENTINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1915
20 Pages 3 Sections
4 o'clock Edition
price fivtc cunt
33rd Year
IM STEAMER SUNK
j GERMAN SUBMARINE;
MANS HARD PRESSED
TWO MEN ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGES
WITH MRS. WARREN
The Capture of German Jroops at Neuve Chapelle
IIP SENT 10
i i .. uvptl After
in ami "
in Hours -of Helpless
Drifting.
LciITKVIM; TOTAKh
kllHIKI. 1 OKT11 K ATION
KtiirdinK Peace He
len Austria anti iiussia
(irowinu Greater.
Utreport, France. April iu
French three masteu snip,
teaubriant from London tor
York with a cargo or cnaiK
sunk by a Gcman subma-
off the Isle of Wight at 1 1
Thursday. The crew was
pt. Crondin and nis crew
men iv."C nun mn-
launci tne.r bents. At-
ar.J thai nigm in dii.ci
withojt food the crew
ted the French coast yes-
lay and landed safely
be Chateautiriant, tvzy tons
London April 4.
FE-MASTED
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(CITEMENTTODAY
IN STOCK MARKE
T
AS PRICES SOAR
Cotton Up a Dollar a Hale Over
Yesterday With New
Hiffh Record.
NOW WORTH $15 A RALE
MORE THAN IN WINTER
Wildest Scenes This Morning on
Stock Exchange Since Mem
orable Year 1909.
c
NOTED SCULPTOR IS WERE IMPLICATED
GEKMftN PRISONCU8 h;klVlNO iH LANCASHIRE AFTEsl THE ATTACK ON NEUVE. CHftPf.LL6
KILLED IN AUTO
IT
IN STATEMENTS
ACCIDEh
IDE YESTERDAY
station
to
New York, April H. Cotton went
up a dollar a hale in nn active anil
excited market in the first hour of
trading today. Top figures touched
$2."0 a hale ahove the low level of ,
yesterday morning anil a new high I
record was made for the year. Values,'
today soared to $15 a hale more than j
the Ion- prices of last December. An J
avalanche of buying orders swept the!
I market. Wall street anil commission.
ri,,. ,-,,n,...iitrnti,m c.-iini) fur ficrmaii prisoners at Hnndfortli. Kaiglund, U linked up with the rnlinuy
l,v Lalf a mile of country roadway, which dips down between I lie fields to the sheltered alley where the vast build
ii,.w ,,f Hi., (.nun iro situated Alomr this road recently marched i',oo German soldier
,1., tiw. ii,.i.- ,,,, vnv flmiielln. Thev suffered no hiiuilliiilioii, aifd only n few
in pu-iiii
farms bordering the toad watched them march past, wunt struck one most tnrciiuj
fitness iiiiil we'l clad appearance of the prisoners. A few of the prisoners inilit be
a light, strong step at the end of u long day's journey. Others were perhaps n
withverv few ex eplinn. lisplaye'd the full vigor of youlii. Several wen
ho er ' i apl un
illlKlllillllllS of
was the
1 excel
d in t!ie I rem he
tin lott.'iues mi,!
si ii nl.i
iver forty
t more Hi. in
slnokill i ig.iretles.
I m t they lea relied ill)
eighteen, hut they. too.
and liiwanl the end of
the column one of the older men found manifest bolaci; in a Pig (ieiiii.in pipe
houses bought heavily.
SWISS NEWSPAPERS WILSON GIRLS WON
A.irii I"
t 111,'
:ie
( I
t!lf I' re
I'lMSri'S:
I.Ti'.-Slire
in;,!, i
lhr,'a:er
M.il i, III
vVuvei
Umiii
un th
idle
,-,l hv
Tiie r'rench with
Kpares have oh
in;ii:i olijei'ts of
ca-l.iard of Ver
il.iaiiaaies the
c a:ul its oecup.i
;s aiiiuiiini'ed o!'
jmi Verdun hringis
ilertnans hold
tiie :;int:herii
tin Frencii ad-
: iw ( :i 1 '.
-aAloiisson and
field
fv;,i-nt tin;
hi i
er ; i
ri.in
ij n.s.
I i,
n in' this
mans are
They
nae points.
I i,t- French are
in capture St.
hiis been a dan-eil-ie
as driven
ill..- hat at the
i aid Russia hv
1 of Herman
o: I lie aard press
rinaii lorces in the
Nw York, April lu. Scenes of wild
excitement attended renewal of op
orations at the stock exchange today.
The trading floor was crowded with
members and the galleries were lined
with spectators, many of them women
In gay attire. Overnight buying ord
ers and a further stampede Of the.
short interests lifted prices thruout
the list, gains extending from one to
three points in speculative paper and
specialties.
Tiie first hour saw more than half
a million shares change hands, break
ing all records since 1WK, the year of
the great speculative boom. Vnited
States steel, leader of yesterday's
spectacular movement again was the
chief feature, 117,110(1 shares of this
stock clninging hands during the first
hour.
hi:
A :
.,r,c
IH e
I re;i-,
'ri.i i about to
la.-e grows in
I he.-e are ac-
ee- Mat Italy 's
:,e,i.-;iiie.--i over
IE
HEAR NEWS FROM
THE FRON
T
(Jrnevn. April in.
abandoned the idea of
fresh ofiensive against
will remain strictly on
Austria has
launching a
Servla and
the defensive
mencan Cotlon
run.. I
Destroyed.
tho.isaii'i
' 'i al)oar,l the.
were destroy
er here ye.ster
icaleil at $JIIII,
aiiil troops were
' Uanie.- hel'ore
Killed in
A ;ir. I '
'' :r..:i, p,
''ie i,i.r;n
-re k,l!e,
' r,i i n cirri
Til.
Accident.
' V si'tni-oflicial
!',id announces
'Hii its of hiKh
many injured
i'ie staff of an
'I in Poland.
RAI. I KAta K OPENS
I 01 It CITIES TODAY
WH lu. -The federal
"'ill ''tubs L'ot into ,.lln
' "" ',ll , , ..f .1.-
' ' "i, e oi llio
HI tile lli.Tli ;ill nn.l V...
1 L'; s iii Chicago,
1 'Ii' and lirooklvn
'- us follows: St.
I'n i -luirgh at Kan
'" Haltiniore; Huf-
e.n; H
t". K.m.
I - H III illll,.
II I'hiiano.
y- N".nk
""! ii.
RESERVE BANK SHOWS A
RETURN OF CONFIDENCE
Richmond. Va April 111 The Itich-
i
mond regional bank .discounts tn.s
week ending April 7 ainnuuffcil to $S1I" -7u7.1'i,
reducing its gold reserve to (in
per cent. Hank officers report rising
confidence in this region that will
show an even better record next week.
LEAF SALES ON STATE
MARKETS IN MARCH
Raleigh. April in l,eaf tobacco
sales during March reported to state
department of agriculture by L'l! mark
ets or the state aggregated 1,720,4-10
pounds lirst liaml for farmers and 2,
227.3HO including resales for dealers.
Winston-Salem led with 4-l.23
pounds for growers and 723.500 includ-ing-esales
for dealers. Reidville was
second with 2Sll,till!. Total sales.
Madison sold 17,298; Mount Airy, 8.
PSO; Walnut Cove, m.S'.i'.i pounds.
IT A LI A NM ASS M E ETI N fiS
TO HE HELD ON SUNDAY
Home, April HI, Moth the parties'
which favor Italy's intervention and
those who favors neutrality have made
plans to hold mass meetings Sunday
hut the police have forbidden such
gatherings. Leaders insist the meet
ings will he held either privately or
in public squares. . The authorities
already arranging measures to prevent
disorder.
PRESI DENT DECLLN ES
TO ATTEND MEETING
Washington. Apiil 10. - President
Wilson has declined an ii vitntion to
attend Iho waterways mci ting at l.a
Salle, III.
MAD PRESIDENT SUGGESTS A
NEW MEMBER OF PRESIDENT'S CABINET
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., . " v '' I'eii ,,nd llnrtrord
1':;ii; here before
-. ," ' ":a "":'' ' and the
: , ',r.' ,,'"'"r'1 I'oiinectlcut
';!!R'; Trouble.,
i-.lr ..a.V "': ,''""" "' "' Amer
. - "' l'ar,i'' ho
i., , ' , "n l-art of the
s'oe time to
r";";'!ilioii, thin'
l;i'WiM!ile con-.ll-
" " tile of result.)
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'I l,v
nlimmt
i :c ,,...
i ii-,;
Hi lie
Ijr It Is to tho
in order to send an additional army
to the Italian frontier. Papers say it
was decided at Vienna to sound Rus
sia on the subject of peace terms but
that It is impossible to learn the re
sult. The Russians made Important cap
ture of war munitions in the recent
Carpathians fighting according to dis
patches to Swiss newspapers. In the
county of Saros alone tney took two
batteries of 12 inch motors, our other
batteries, 20 miick lirerg and 1,2(10
shells for the 12 inch guns.
COMMANDER DENIES ANY
DEFECT IN LOST F-4
Honolulu. April 10. d.ient. Charles
K. Smith, commander (jf the subma
rine flotilla here, referring today to
statements thai the lost submarine
K-l was unlit when she made her hist
cruise, says: "If there wag anything
wrong on the K-4 nobody knew of If.."
A new motor, he said, was recently
installed on the l'-4 because of an
accident to the old motor.
A recent explosion on the F-4 was
not caused by any defect, he said, be
cause when the vessel was blowing
out and charging simultaneously n
screw driver caused a short circuit
and an explosion followed.
HUNGARIAN PRINCE SAYS
WAS CHASED 1JY GERMANS
New York, April in. Officers of
Ihe steamer Hungarian I'rlnce which
readied here today from Shleldx salil
the steamer was pursued February 24
by a Herman submarine off Deadly
Head on their homeward passage
from Hahuir Hlacha lor Ixjndon. The
weather was rough and the vessel put
on full steam and outdistanced the
submarine which chased it for some
distance.
WANTS TO KNOW HOW
PRISONERS ARE FARING
Berlin, April lu. iennany Is try
ing to learn thru the American em
bassy whether the crews of the Ger
man sulnnanncji held prisoners by
the Kngllsh are receiving the sanit
treatment as other prisoners of war.
It has been reported that they are
nut being so treated. If this Is found
to be true the l.okul Anzelger de
mands retailialion. j
ARCTIC ' EXPLORERSSAFE;
ACCORDING TO LETTERS
Sioux City. Iowa, April 10. The
Southern party of the Canadian Arc
tic expedition is safe according to
letters received by Mrs. R. .M. Ander
son from her husband lr. Rudolph M.
Anderson. The letters were written
from llerschcl Island. Sept' mber 111,
Hill.
STATE DEBATE OF
THE HI H SCHOOLS
Winston-Salem Failed to Pull
Thru the Second Prelimi
nary Yesterday.
PEAC
E IN EAST BY
MAY. THINKS ONE
NOTED GERMAN
El
GREAT ENTHUSIASM WAS
MANIFESTED IN FINALS
Marine Subsidy Was the Subject
Handled So Ably by Girl
Team From Wilson.
public Interest to apply the so-calle 1
anti-trust law to the transportation
business.
"Well-organized, prudently man ! MILLION DOLLAR PLANT
aged and wisely regulated combina j TO STUDY NEW DISEASES
tions of railroads may In the long I
run produce greater efficiency and! Princeton, N. .1. April 10. The
service to the public than excedslvej Rockefeller foundation announces to
competition, with the resulting dupll- day It would soon begin work on a
cation of facilities and Increased ex-'new plant here fur the study of am-
Ipensns. mill diseases. Ihe ground anil imllil-
"I believe It would be well to havjnigs will cost one million dollars,
a department of transportation, with a; - ..
secretary of transportation at the head KUl AI.IM INtn.M AI6K IS
of It. who should he a member of th SUSPENDED SECOND TIME
cabinet. Such a man would of neces-l
slty have to champion somewhat the! f'arjs, April 10 -The Royalist news
rights and privileges of the transnor j paper Ubre I'arole has len suspend-
tatlon business, such as the Secretar- j erf for 4H hours ror punilshlng news
les of the Treasury. Commerce and . not approved by the cenxors. This is
Labor speak for their particular sub-, the second time the paper has been
Jecta." suspended-
Chapel Hill, Aug. in. Misses l-ulla
Fleming t,nd Ktlu l Cirdm.r, Hi and
IT yeats old, rescctively, heaped un
diing glory on Cue Wilson high S' hool
and inscribed iluir names upon the
Aycock Memorial Cup us the champi
ons of 1 1 1 5 in the High School Debat
ing l uion of North Carolina. The linal
triumphant vlitmy iu the mammoth
contetrt was won from Slalsllle bign
school, represented by Stewart Cottlcs
and Cowles liristol. Tae winning team
championed the negative side of the
nuery: "Resolved. That the 1'niteil
Stales should udol l the policy of sui'
siilizing its nierihant marine engaged
In foreign trade.
The third annual debate .was held
in Memorial Hall, attended h "J.iiou
lisilors, snliool rim Spats, Mildinls
and inciiibeiK of tiie ('Diversity lac
ulty. Concentrated and vitalising in
terest from III North Carolina conn
ties, 2" high schools and InU n rte l
audiences of r.u.oun citizens of tin
('onimunweuMh centered on the liuai
outcome of he comprehensive Mnte
vvule debate. The winncrw triumpheil
over '.i!is other dcbaiers in Itl counties
and over 250 kcIioo,h.
The winning dil,te of (lie cham
pionship sericH v. Iiin.i had Us origin
nack in Mnrr.ii In the i relimfnarles
held over the state began at S o'clock
last night. President Kdwartl K. (ra
ham presided over the finals and 1.
R. Rankin was see ret..ry. The presen
tation of the Ayiock cup was made
by C. K'. Mclnli.hii. of the, Stale lie
partment of Kdu alion. The Judges
of the contest wen- Prof. II. II. Wil
liams. j. P. McCehee, W. S. Heinanl
and K. A. Oreelaw and V. P. Gra
ham i
The. jtldgen rendered a unaniimais !
decision in favor of the Wilson debat-j.
ers.
The Winwon-Sulein team tried hard I .
to win the second preliminary and I
SKike splendidly. They took their de-1 .
teat gracefully, and altho greatly dls !
appointed In their failure to retain the'
cup they won last year, they congrat
ulated the winners with (he statement
that WiriHton-Sulem would try Just u
hard next year.
SEPARATE PEACE IS-
GROWING IN
San Francisco, April 10 "Advices
which I am receiving here convinced
me that before May 1. Russia and
(iermany will have concluded an arm
istice," declared Dr. Ilugn l.leber, of
New York city, acting president of
the commission for German, participa
tion ut the p; rsmii exposition, and
famous radium expert.
Influencea for Peace.
"Influences for peace between (lei
many and Russia have been at work
for a considerable time," the dis
tinguished German und business man
continued, "and one of the ardent
ad mates for a movement of this
kind was the Russian statesman, 8er
gius Wltte.
"There Is no truth in Iho fanciful
cablegrams arriving here via London
that Austria Is asking for peace."
STRIKE OF DOCK WORKERS
IN LONDON IS HROKEN
New York, April 10 - Karl Theodore
Francis Hitter, chief of the depart
merit of structure or the Panama Pa
cific exposition and one of the best
known American sculptors died here
today from Injuries received when he
und his wire were run down last night
by an automobile on Hroadway.
Mr. Hitter was a native of Vienna,
came to America lu ISSli and made his
-home in this citv. He was 47 vents
old.
SOFT DRINKS NOW SOLD
IN ENGLISH SALOONS
London, April In. Tea. colTee and
souft are now off trod in t lit oidlnuiy
i barroom in Kuglund. and many of the
saloons keep open long u(U r the
1 hours when the sale of alcoholic II
jipiors is forbidden, offering Ihelr pftl
j rolls "soft" drinks of varolii kinds,
j but mostly these three faiorbs, tea,
I t offee and soup.
! It is generally predicted that the
I Kngllsh "public house" of tiie future
!wlll bear u (loser resemblance, lo lh
j continental cafe In its provision of
refreshment counters which will su
persede, the bar. ,
I The suloim keeper in many places
jlinds that by providing this character
l of refreshment ho Is utile to uraw a
i i onsidcruble Hinount of trsulo fouii the
Ii" tip restaurant and tea room, tunny
men regarding Uic u,!immplii'ie of the
I saloon as more "clubbable" limit the
I more formal und pretentious rest'iu
! rant. Moreover, beer, wilh the added
j war duty, has become somewhat ex
' pensive for the working man, wji"
llnils that n Mit of tea. with unlimited
'puiulities of hot winter for dilution,
' serves about the s.unt: purpose to the
Inner man aa twice or tlir.ee the
! same money's wortih of beer or spirit .
I NEGR0l)l:SPERAI)6SH0T
i TO DEATH IN A SWAMP
Plnwood, SC., April to. -Joi I Green,
a negro desperado, waa shot to dentil
by a posse tmlay after lie had been
Herd in u swamp hy liloo.llioumls. He
berlously wounded .1. ('. Hoiiblus, state
m nltenlliiry guard, iu an encounter
with his pursuers.
Green was wanted on a charge ol
robbery. He was c hased Ihe swamp
lust night. He wss armed with n shot
gun and two pistols utul nore a steel
breusl plate.
II.
London, April I". Formation of ,t
dockets' battalion, collided with the
threat of Ihe union to suspend th.
strikers, had tin- effect at Hirketihead'
today Tile week end strike of dock .
ers collapsed. j
After refusing for six weeks 'o
work overtime or on Saturdays l he I
men have given in and the entire!
body Is helping today to relieve tiie:
freight coin1' si ion
IT
SOUTHERN TO SOON
RAI
E
RATE ON
T
WILSON SENDS HIRTHDAY
GREETINGS TO ALI5ERT
Washington, April 10. Illrthday
greetings lo King Albert of Belgium
iiete sent by cable to Havre yeste rday
by I'nsi, leiil Wilson In the following
I message :
Li t me extend on this occasion of
'tin ; iiiuvcisari of your majesty's
bit Hi (. reelings of friendship and good
! Mill. WOODKOW WILSON."
U
ASK A WILL VOTE ON
PROHIBITION (H'KSTION
j Juneau, Alaska, Apr,! I "-The Alas
1 kVn senate yesterday passed a bill
I n-,il, milting the prohibition (iiestlon
lo tile voter.- lit. Hie November, IHI'1
j election.
Washington. April H. Lincoln
Green, freight traffic manager of the
Southern Railway announced todav
that his road proposed to Increunu
rules five per cent hy the new Cuts
Ins amendment lo the rute law ef
fective June 1!,
The Increase will be, nine effective
October I and will affect both cl-uss
I and commodity. Kxemptloti will be
mad" In some cases.
R. II. Scott, general attorney oi
the Ihirllligton, speaking for the we-e
tern roads said he would nut say .in
Increase of 10 per cent was Justinf'
but did think the roads wo oil be sub
jec ted to severe Injury by Ihe Cum
mins law and wiine Increan; jthould be
allowed.
P. Christy and Clifford Stone
street Are Held in Jail As
Accomplices.
ONE ARRESTED HERE;
OTHER IN TEXAS TOWN
Ollicers Relieve They Are Rapid
ly Weaving a Strong Chain
of Evidence.
S. P. Christy, the man of mystery,"
the alleged principal In the murder of
J. (J. Warren. I languishing In Jitil at
Grand Saline, Texas, the irreit having
been made by the town constabl. In
i espouse to a telegram received from
Chief Tbomim, conveying the luformu
tion that Christy was wanted hf re on a
charge of murder. The ricsmm was
seta immcdlulcy following the Identi
fication of the body taken from Mud
dy creek In a decomposed condition In
August as that of Warren, Menage
were sent to officials of aevural towua
and cities thruout tho WW, where It
was know that he had lived In former
years, and where it waa thought that
he might be watting forth mystery to
le forgotten.
Another Arrett,
The third person directly Implicat
ed iu the rase, Clifford 8tontsLrt,wa
arriited hurt, night. Sloneatrl la
son In-law of Mra. J. O. Warren, and
while he may not have taken an act
ive part lu the tuklng of Uie life of
nis stop-father-in-law, he l directly
charged with aiding ami abetting the
crime hy concerning Information which
would have led to the yrosectution of
the guilty person or perorlB. (Uoiw
sirect bus been living with, hla wlfi
at the Piedmont Hoarding House, hold
ing the position of collector for Ihe
Piedmont Furniture Company.
Some dais ago the officers hud In
formation that Htnnnritrrpt was wear,
lug Warren's waU-h, but when aeaxch
was made tho watch could not be
found. Following Ihe trrixtt of
Mrs. Warren, Chief Thomas
and Sheriff Flynt went to eo
Stonestn-et at his room and demanded
that he produce the watch. Thla he
Immediately did. Ho was not arrested
until last nil. lit because the officers
were awaiting further development.
Ktoncstrectt has been ke.pt under the
eyes of thn officer for some, time.
Christy Native of Iredell.
Christy, who is believed to have fol
lowed Mrs. Wurrrn ard her husband
to this city from Texas, prompted by
jealousy, which so preyed upon hla
mind us to cause him to deliberately
plan, and probably with others, to take
Hie life of the husband of hM former
friend, 1st a natlt of Iredell county.
IIIh people live tiir Trootman, about
ii n miles rrom siaiesvine
It w as several years ago that Christy
became a section lianil on the Wlu-
Mon Salem and Mooreavilln branch of
the Southern. He moved hii wife and
children to Cleinmotis, where they re
sided for some time. HI work took
Christy In the neighborhood of the
Hall home, and there he met Ida Hall,
now Mrs. ,1. G. Warren. They became
!l, Initialed olid decided to elope. Chris
ty deserted hi family and with tho
woman went West. They drifted to
Texas, w hero they lived for some time
at Grand Saline. In the meantime, Mrs.
Christy secured a divorce, and baa
(Continued on page five.)
FAVOR
Milan, April lo. A special dispatch
from Petrograd says the reports
heard In the Russian capital of nego
tiations for a separate peace In Aus
tria aro based on the supposition that
Gallcla and probably some other ter
ritory would be exchanged with Russia
for guarantees of tho preservation of
Austrian Integritv In the Transylvan
ia n provinces. Sentiment In Xavor of
separate peace with Austria Is said
to be growing.
SACRIFICES DIVING TITLE
TO AID HIS FATHERLAND
Chicago, April 10. Instead of
defending hn title as National
A. A. U. indoor diving cham
pion Conrad Wohlfeld, of the
Illinois Athletic club, it fighting
for hit native land a a lieuten
ant in a German regiment.
Wohlfeld left during the winter
for Germany, and Coach Bach
rach, of the I. A. C. swimming
squad, sai dtoday Wohlfeld had
written him some of his experi
ences with the army.
Wohlfeld won the indoor
championship at New York last
May and the outdoor meet in
Chicago last September. In ad
dition, he won the Olympic div
ing championship at Stockholm
in 1912.
.BIG SPY CENTER IN THIS COUNTRY
DECLARE OFFICIALS OVER IN ENGLAND
CARRANZA AND VILLA IN
RIG SOUTHERN BATTLE
On Hoard 1'. S. Ship Colorado. Muz
atlln, April 10. A battle between Car
rana and Villa forces has been rag
ing for two days at Lamuerlla Sins
lao, south of Mnitatalan. The Car
ranza men are said to have taken
the Offensive.
; New York. April In. lndon ra-1
' l hie to the Sun says
J The story of Hie arrest and up
, I proiu hlng Irlal of Anton Kuepferle, a
naturalized German American citien
jwho lived in llrooklyn, on a diargc
'of high treason. as discussed lor
the first, time
i The arrest occurred some weeks ago
on the eve of K uepfei le s Intended
i departure foi lb" continent, but the
Iracl of his arr.-il und the various
'hearings before a police magistrate
hllle been kept secret Oil ai ' oulll of
,thc extreme impiitlatin- to ihe "late
of the matters involved, and the en
ideavor lo ileal tid.''iu'cl with wide
: rumllli atlotis or German espionage In
Kngland which, it is asserted, Kuep
' 1 forlc's apprehension discloses
Headquarters Believed Here.
1 The ailtli'ii i'les consider Kueplerle's
arrest the most important of lis. Kind
since the outbreak of the war. enab
ling them t" lay hare. II Is alleged,
a most elaborate system hi obtaining
must wilualile infiii ma'loii of military
and naul plans and i ratistiiltting lliern
to the enemy The worst feature of
the c ase, so oITm ials iisscit, is that It
reveals that the most dangerous head-
' quarters for dispatching spies to Eng
land are located In the United States,
The revelations by 8tegler, sent to
jail In New York for his connection
j witli passport frauds, have an lm
portant corollary. It Is said. In th
i present ease. Kuepferle, who Is ell-
gaged In the woolen business In New
; York, landed at Liverpool, and almost
' immediately traveled to Ireland, yet
within five days, It Is reported,, he
j hud accumulated so much Information
i that he considered hla mission ended
and attempted to leave Kngland for
! Holland, where, it Is alleged by th
Kngllsh government, he Intended to
i deliver bis Information to responsible
I chiefs of the foreign intelligence de
I parmetit.
Say He Had Reports,
! When Kuepferlit was arrested ex
' treinely vital information was found
; In tils possession, it Is said here,
j He was equipped, the authorities
declare, with all the paraphernalia
! which modern spydom regards as es
sential, such as reports, Invisible Ink,
codes, addresses. Instructions, etc.,
thereby laying before the authorities
the most complete plan of German
i splintage which Kngland bus yet dls
covered.
i