Show SPIES A FREIGHT TIE UP Guards at Piers Shipyards and Terminals Doubled When h n Plot Is Detected New ew York Jan 21 Definite Definite Information Information mation matlon said to have been obtained hythe by hy bythe bythe the government that German 1 agents ha had been heen instructed to use all means to paralyze I the time effort to move mo fi eight and clear ships Is understood h here re tobe to tobe be responsible for the doubling of ur guards toda today at all piers shipyards anti and to terminals terminal rm I ima is Copies Coplea of or time the Instructions s sant nt to German agents by the heat headquarters of or the German spy system are reported to have ha been obtained h hy ill agents of ot the time United States government Orders Orders' were received here last laRt night to tn take all precautions to prevent pre attempts attempt to todo todo tb do damage damaso Guards of ot all kinds military an aim and private ate vate have havo been doubled at all where shipping and shipping interests are concerned In addition to extra guards it was learned that orders were also Issued to scrutinize with more mora than n usual tare the credentials l. of ot persons per per- sons seeking to pass the zones As S a a. result men prominently connected connected con con- with shipping and carrying on I government go s were to tolay lay heM held r t various piers until the they could h. h he Idea Iden titled by per persons onH qualified to vouch Men Men-I for tor them The orders cam caine from ton and were vele issued b by t telegraph le It was learned the they hey called r for r prompt ac as- as ac- ac tion It la is understood 1 lii they applied nut not Jill only to New York Yurko but to C every I port pOll porton on oil time the Atlantic and Gulf coasts |