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Show GERMAN SPY ORGANIZATION IS UNEARTHED Hound-up to Follow Revelations Mado by Chief on 1'nclflc Coast. Snn Francisco, liny 14. Vigorous action for tho overthrow of the German Ger-man secret sorvlco In America nnd tho arrest of ringleaders and subordinates subord-inates throughout tho country was begun today by ,tho federal authorities authori-ties acting on Information they said had been furnished by Rudolph Flam-lndlnghc, Flam-lndlnghc, nlleged German master spy on tho Pacific coast. Flamlndlnghe, under nrrest in Los Angeles, Is said to havo given tho government agents Information which, It Is believed, will result In tho Immcdlnto round-up of virtually every German secret service serv-ice operatlvo In the United States. According to federal authorities, tho United' States has been 'divided Into ten districts with a chief and subordinates opqratlng in each division. di-vision. Afraid to communlcato by mail or telegraph, members of the alleged spy ring havo developed an elaborate system of codes which nro carried by messengers from ono district dis-trict to another. After grilling Frnnk Wolf, alias Frank Fols, deserter from tho United States aviation corps at San Diego, under arrest hero as a spy suspect, tho authorities declared that Wolf had been employed by Flamln-' dinghc. Orders wero received from Washington today to hold Wolf In solitary confinement. Practically nil of tho Important members of tho spy organization aro I under survolllanco and simultaneous: I arrests aro oxpecte'd to follow tholr icxposuro by Tlamlndlngho's reported 'confession. |