Show FOLLOW A TRAIL OF GERMAN GOLD IN INTRIGUES Dep Department of Justice Ferreting Ferreting Ferreting Fer Fer- Out T euton Plots in Nationwide Hunt By I International News Service WASHINGTON Oct 2 The The trail of ot German gold through the field of ot Intrigue in diplomatic circles spreadIng spreading spreading spread- spread Ing of sabotage and unrest doctrines In the labor world and the general molding of ot public opinion along un- un American lines were slowly being uncovered uncovered un un- un covered today The long arm of ot the department of justic was stretched to remote towns townsand townsand townsand I and cities to villages and hamlets to determine the extent of or the un- un American which have been used In the effort to array public sentiment against the participation of the United States in the effort to crush erush German autocracy The methods that are being used are unique Nothing is being taken for granted Men l whose names have appeared on checks seized in raids on headquarters of agitators on on- others obtained by the intelligence boards of the me state navy and army departments and on others taken from banks in which German agents maintained deposits are being interviewed interviewed interviewed in in- as to the reasons for the payment of money thus represented Many of these payments are in every way legitimate but the de department department department de- de of justice has reasons to believe that others were not And it is to jo uncover the latter payments and to reveal the beneficiaries that the agents of the department today were working tooth and nail The facts already established which can be made public show That two big banking concerns in New York City held checking and treasury accounts for German agents other than Count von Bernstorff during during during dur dur- ing the months in which the submarine submarine submarine rine negotiations were proceeding and also that these thes accounts were not closed when the ambassador was wat s sent nt back home That similar accounts were in ex existence existence existence ex- ex in Chicago Philadelphia New Orleans and San Francisco That money from these accounts was transferred to Mexico City and to South and Central American capitals capitals capitals cap cap- and there paid to German agents That many of the payments from these accounts while listed understatements understatements under understatements statements that seemed seem en legitimate on the surface actually were for much larger sums than could have been used for that purpose To 10 determine what proportion of the cash in question was expended in efforts defeat the objects of the United States the investigation that thatis thatis thatis is now in progress is being made nationwide Until it Is completed and indictments returned If the latter are responsible details will be bo withheld withheld withheld with with- held by the government |