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Show OFFICERS SEEK WEALTHY GERMAN Man High in Social Circles Indicted In-dicted as One of Five Wel-land Wel-land Canal Conspirators. New York, April 18. Agents of the department of justice sought today the arrest of a man described as wealthy weal-thy and high In German social circles cir-cles In this country, as ono of tho five men Indicted by the federal grand Jury yesterday for alleged conspiracy to blow up the Wellantl canal In Canada Can-ada in September, 1914. This man was Indicted with Captain Franz von Papen, former German military mili-tary attache at Washington, who was recalled at the request of the United States government -because of his alleged al-leged promotion of German propaganda. propagan-da. ' Others Indicted were Captain Hans Tuuscher, alleged agent of the Krupps in the United States and husband hus-band of Mme. Johanna Cadskl, tho prima donna; Alfred A. Frltzen and Constantino Govanl. It Is charged that von Papen planned plan-ned the conspiracy, that Tauscher supplied sup-plied tho explosives aud fire arms, and that Frltzen and Govanl can-ied the dynamite to Niagara Falls. Federal and city authorities said today to-day that they had taken steps to cooperate co-operate In the dealing with the criminal crim-inal activities of foreign agents. rm |