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BIG PASSPORT PLOT IN AMERICAI•EGerman Embassy Attache Suspected to be Implicated in MatterHUNT FOR ALLEGED SPYComplications Said to Be Feared by Washing ton Authorities.and appearance. He held a .Mexican passport. Ho was instantly suspected and placed apart from the others under arrest and the remainder of the passengers. He is said: however, to have given a plausible explanation of his movements, his business and his destination. The Federal officials, none of whom; It, is said had seen von Wedeil, did ! not apprehend him, being afraid of 'making a mistake inasmuch as li® ’had a Mexican passport.! .Maurice Deicffi’s. lawyer, who wad arrested in Pliibd'Mehia on Saturday night was licensed of being on® of the leaders \u the compin''*;. va*■ arraigned yesterday before Commts-, — . . sioner Houghton. .Mr; (u ku.i-s was! Washington, Jan. 4.—Information i “presented by George (io; de n J5at-juas obtained here to-day from a tic, who asked that bail \-lt;: reduced source that compels attention that, from $2T,000, the amount bxed in !uu attache of the German Embassy. Philadelphia, to $r,o°n. }n view of here is seriously involved in the ai-jMr. Deiches’ good standing in the jjc^.d passport conspiracy to effect: community. The Com ir si oner grant-i the return of reservists for service:ed the request an.d sot Mr- L Me has* wiiii ihe army in the Fatherland- | hearing for next .Monday morn ng Fiom this report it appears th then* isreport it appears tiiatl District Attorney .MarhaU a •“it— more than mere coincidence ted that prior to his arraigm mnt in the Herald's information of to-1.Mr. Deiches had made a state ’ ent day that “the bund's agents have: to him and waived immunitv. ^r. been plentifully supplied with money, .Marshall declined to reveal the ta-and urged on by promises of reward j ture of the statement, nor would and that one of the alleged ccnspira- Mr. Rattle discuss it. tors is quoted as saying he was prom-j Charles A. Oberwager, counsel for ised the lr.on Cross. j Carl Ruroede, Sr.. and Gail ItmocdaIt is known that the Department -Jr., the former'held in $20 0«*0 bail of Justice is continuing its investi- in connection with the allegod con-gation of the connection of officialjs.niracy, -appeared before C'rmmis-agents with the alieged plot, but al-^'ioner Houghton arid asked th-L bail ready, the Herald is informed, it has:be reduced, Mr. Marshall obj-xked.advised the State Department of the'and during the afternoon Mr. t'ffier*connection with the conspiracy of . wager went before Judge Hand, vho this attache of the embassy. The1 granted a writ of habeas corpus, rdf Mate Department, indeed, is said tojturnablb be'ore him ill's afternoc ha\e unuer consideration a request! -Mr. Oberwager said ’hat Mr.. M ir» to the German government to recall i^hall told him he was opposed tothis attache.A very serious international situa-lowe.ring Ruroede's bail beca se “there are certain persons to whosetion will be presented by any such j interest it would be for him to dUJ-request, since the slightest connec- j appear.tion of even a subordinate attache- The more officials learn of the lif®-with the conspiracy must injure the j history of Von Wedeil the deeper prestige ot reputation of the entire'ihe mystery grows. Friends cf the German Government in this country, i alleged conspirator say that most of It would recall no doubt the state- 'the time he was in financial straits, ment of Charles A. Inglis, of Chica-! Yet, it was said yesterday by Mr. go, that his passport was kept in! Oberwager, who knew him that when, the German Foreign Office at Berlin, he married an artist several year* This passport was later found on aS° they made, their bridal trip to Carl Hans Lody, the German spy that j Europe and occupied a splendid was executed in London. A basis .suite on board the -Kaiser Wilhelm for representations of the most fieri-i^er Grosse.ous character would exist in such re-' Secret agents of the Departmentlations.The German Embassy refuses toof Justice »have discovered that h® went to Europe early in September1•discuss the case. continues to on. board the Noordam, presumablykeep the whereabouts of the Ambas-,going from Holland to Berlin. .Four sador. Count von Bcrnstorff, a pro-j weeks later Von Wedeil wa$ hack in. found secret. It is said that the Am-New York City, and then botnh hi*, bassador will soon appear in New|a^e£ed dealing in American citizen* York, but that until then his address : ship papers Lor the purpose of oh*taining fradulent passports.While no United States official would offer a conjecture yester-i cannot be given out by the Embassy.ESCAPED TO Sn/A.A worldwide search was begunyesterday for Hans Adam von Wedeil man of mystery and alleged German spy, who is said to have directed the purchase of falsified American passports which a German-American “bund” wras supplying to reservists to enable them to re-join the German army. Federal officials exday on the nature of Von Wedeil'* journey abroad it was openly hinted that he went to procure instructions from Berlin relative to hand* ling the passport situation.Secret agents learned yesterday that representative^ of an interna-* tional banking house in this city had recently been making inquiries for;i;ofc~e;y,y,y,ofmal• •o-11,alpressed the belief last night that voni7°? 77edell- One official said they Wedeil escaped secret agents of jja(*77'^the Department of Justice on Sat- Plentifully supplied with money afr urday night when they apprehended ^er I115 return from Europe.four reservists on board the Ber-gensfjord, of the Norwegian,America line. The police in Stockholm and other ports at which that vessel will touch have been asked to look for him, it was said.Thirty John Doe warrants were issued on Saturday for German reservists who heid falsified passports and German-Americans who were accused of being participants in the alleged plots. Secret Service agents thought they would find a score more of reservists on board the Bergensf-jord and were disappointed when they were able to make only four arrests.BYBROOK RACES.VALUE OF SOME OF THE PURSES TO BE REDUCED.Arrangements for the Bybrook, (Bog Walk) race meeting, which will take place on the 28th instant, are now* nearing completion, and everything points to a successful-meeting. Mr. Eustace McNeil, th® Secretary of the meeting, has been working sturdily as is evidenced by the fine order of the track and the interest that has been aroused.‘ The horses in Saint Thomas ye-Vale are now receiving the finishing? When they overhauled the Nor-(touches of preparation, and the par-? gian vessel after chasing her ish will he well represented.-The entries on the whole are rather promising. In the Welcome Handicap there are ten entries and in the St. Thomas-ye-Vale nine: but in some of the other events, the eaiwegianthrough the Narrows on board the Revenue Cutter, Manhattan, the Federal officers discovered among the passengers a man whose German origin was evidenced by his speech
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