| Show MAN O N TRIAL f FOR n rl 1 Ico N so I I I I IN T By Br Associated Pr Press 10 to T The Th i S SAN N FRANCISCO Dec 4 Franz Bopp German Gelman consul general general gen eral here and attaches of f his o office office of of- f fice together r with other defendants defendI defendants defend defend- ants alleged to ha haVe c been em em- I 9 li ta face W t fat dal J n the tin s df tri o on n charges of f conspiracy neu ne ag eu u I o of the United States Bopp an and d I his compatriots are alleged by th thI the e I government to have planked to blo blow blowup blowup w wl up plants in America an and l Canada and steamships steamships carrying carrying supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies to the allies together with railroad railroad rail rail- l road bridges brides and military trains The activities of Bopp and the other othe r I defendants are alleged to have extended extend extend- ed to various cities throughout th the e United States and Canada and to have hav e had their Inception at or shortly after atter r the beginning beginning- of the war The case cas re e attracted nation wide attention earl early y cast Jast ast year when the alleged conspiracy y and the various outgrowths of it were e unearthed by government agents Two actions are cons con's consolidated in t the he present proceeding before William WilHam M. M f Hunt sitting as United States district distri ct judge the Informal charge being a n conspiracy against the neutrality la laws ws of ot the United States Specific Specifically the charges are a violation violation violation viola viol 1 tion of the act of July 2 1890 by conspiring conspirIng con con- to restrain Interstate and foreIgn foreign foreign for for- eign commerce by destroying factories s railroads and steamships The other action is for tor violation of sections 13 and 37 of the United Stat States es criminal code in conspiring to begin n and set on foot toot and provide and pr prepare prepare pre pre- pare means for tor military enterprise to tobe tobe be carried on from Crom within the United unite tod j d Slates States against the territory and d dominion doI do do- o I I minion of the king of Great Britain n ni and Ireland 1 I Besides Bopp the defendants I in- in n- n i- i Continued on page 2 21 1 CONSULATE OFFICIALS Continued from page 1 elude Baron Barol E. E M. M yon vice I consul Baron Wilhelm von Brincken J. J F. F van er Margaret l t E E. Cornell Comen Cha Charles Ies C. C Crowley and Louis LouisJ J J. J Smith The latter will be one of the CI chief I f witnesses for the government having been promised immunity for giving his IllS testimony Van probably will not be present as he ho succeeded in getting out of ot the country his offense not being extraditable One of the specific acts of ot violence charged against the defendants was the blowing up of a barge of war munitions in Seattle harbor in May l 1915 These munitions were alleged to have been consigned to Russia Rusala Crowley a former former for for- mer head of a detective service of the Southern Pacific railroad and Smith were accused of being directly concerned concerned con con- In this Grand Jury investigation of the al alleged alleged al- al conspiracy was had about this time a year ago the Indictments being filed fn i February 14 14 1916 and March l 4 4 I 1916 It is estimated estimate there there will be 2501 I witnesses examined in the trial now going on and that the proceeding will require at least five weeks weeks to con conclude lude I |
