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Show TWO GERMAN SPIES ARRESTED IS SALT UKE WEDiESQftY After having been under the surveillance sur-veillance of federal officers for nearly a year because of his avowed sympathy sympa-thy for Germany and it having been established to the satisfaction of the United States government that he was an agent of the kaiser, engaged In recruiting Gennaits for the imperial army, Alfred Frederick Hust, mana- ger of the Monroe photographic studio, stu-dio, 122 1-2 'South iMain, was arrested in this city yesterday on a warrant issued is-sued by the president. iH is now being be-ing held at the county jail, and as soon as his photograph and general description descrip-tion can be made a part of the government govern-ment records Hust will be interned at the war prison, barracks at Fort Doug-laa. Doug-laa. v Was Never Naturalized. Hust is a native of Germany, having Leefl born at Caarbruecken OLor-raine), OLor-raine), November 10, 1882. He has been a resident of the United States since May 22, 1905. While he claims French parentage, he claredT on numerous occasions in public places in public places In Salt Lake, during the last year, both before and after the declaration of war by the United States, that Germany was his native land and that Germany would always have his sympathy and aid. It was learned last night, following his arrest on a presidential warrant, that Hust had been found to be actually ac-tually an agent of the German government govern-ment and lor many-months has been engaged in recruiting men for the German Ger-man army, working in connection with German agents in Mexico, shipping the recruits by the way of Mexico and paying their transportation to Germany. Long before war was declared by the United iStates against Germany, Hust, it is charged, boldly asserted his allegiance to the fatherland and on numerous occasions in an East Uroadway inn he declared his sympathy sympa-thy for the kaiser and expressed the hope that Germany would win in the conflict. It was these utterances which caused the department of justice jus-tice to keep a close watch on him and for those who heard his declarations to keep the federal officers Informed as'to his actions. Max Graeske, a native of Germany, and enemy alien, was placed under arrest ar-rest yesterday on a presidential warrant war-rant served by the United States marshal, mar-shal, charged with disloyal conduct. He will be held at the county Jail until un-til photographed and his description Is entered in the government records. Graeske Is a sausage maker and until the time of his arrest was in the employ em-ploy of the Success market. Graeske Is 31 years of age and was given a permit to remain within the bounds of the restricted district last June. He was born at Warlubln, West Prussia. Germany, July 22. 1886, and has lived in the United States for seven years. At one time he was a brewer. 'When he was taken to the county Jail yesterday afternoon by Deputy United Marshal myth, Graeske was at once recognized as a prisoner on parole from th state ,- penitentiary, having received an indeterminate sentence sen-tence for a statutory offense about three years ago. |