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Show GERMAN SPY PROBE TO BE CONDUCTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY New York, March 7. Department of justice officials were preparing today for presentation to a federal grand jury tomorrow of evidence concerning con-cerning the German spy conspiracy in this country. Important documents docu-ments arrived by messenger from Washington which it was believed would further connect Dr. Ernest Sc-kuuiia, Sc-kuuiia, a German chemist, and Dr Chaudre Cliakraberty, a Hindu "physician," "phy-sician," with Wolf von Igcl, attache of the German embassy, who sailed with count on Hernstorff after indictments in-dictments against him had been dismissed. dis-missed. Dr. Sel.unna and Dr. Cliakraberty, Cliak-raberty, according to police, confessed con-fessed that they ha 1 plotted under direction of n 1 yul to invade India with a military force by way of China. It is disclosed that on February 28, Dr. Sckuiina .u"l Dr. Chakrabertj filtrl in the coumy clerk's olt.c litre trade sljle certificates to p-cr.Ue p-cr.Ue under the names of the "On-enlal "On-enlal society" and t'lr "'), mi.il Kitchen" as well as to conduct a monthly magazine, which it was represented, rep-resented, would be devoted to "art, science, literature, politics and commerce, com-merce, especially of India, China, Japan, Persia and Turkey," and be known as the "Oriental Review." Headquarters of the Oriental society and the Oriental Kitchen were to be in this city. After searching the quarters of the two men, the authorities announced an-nounced they had found a letter written writ-ten in code which indicated Dr. Sc-l.'uiiua Sc-l.'uiiua had been iu communication with persons iu Ik-rim, l' trograd and Paris. As near as they could i learn, they added, the Utter pertained per-tained to a nerve preparation for which Dr. Sckuiina declared he was the selling agent here Agents of the department of justice pointed out, however, similar oct. -pations on the part of German spi . had been found to be ruses for th 'i to operate oper-ate without attracting u 'ue attention. |