Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-01-22 | Page 5 | 1000 Passengers Are Probed by U. S. Agents

woo PASSENGERS ARE I II I PROBED BY U. U S. S AGENTS I IBy II I I IAN By International News Service AN ATLA ATLANTIC TIC PORT POnT Jan 22 Further indication that Ule tie uie government is taking seriously reports leports that German German German Ger Ger- man agents are planning widespread I destruction at American ports was seen here today in reports of or passengers ar arriving arriving ar- ar I riving here on the Fall Pall River liner I Plymouth One thousand passengers I were questioned by naval officials be before be fore they were were ivere permitted to board I be-I the ship and every piece of baggage was minutely inspected I As a result of the governments government's precautionary precautionary precautionary pre pre- cautionary measure the vessel was more than an hour houri late leaving an an Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic port As far as could be learned nothing of an incriminating nature was found on the passengers Fall River line officials said they were without information as asto to the cause of the governments government's action but stated state l it was wag probably due to the many I unexplained fires and explosions ls that have recently occurred in parts of ot the country I