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Show uv II Q iOiV f I Endeavoring to Learn Composition of a High Explosive Washington, Aug. 7. The war department, de-partment, for the first time in manv years, Is perturbed over the case of an alleged spy in the array. Captain James "Watson, the army recruiting officer at Indianapolis, Ind., has advised the department that he holds affidavits charging Private George Peters with being an Austrian secret agent. The department is considering con-sidering the charges. This is the first case to be brought -j under the law passed at the last ses-i ses-i sjon, of congress to prevent disclosure F of national defense secrets Under l the law, those proved guilty may bo i fined $1,000 or imprisoned for one year or both. If an attempt is made to communicate any secrets of tie-? tie-? fense to a foreign 'government, the maximum punishment is imprisonment imprison-ment for ten years. U -s not believed that the charges, i rithough well founded, indicate that the Austrian government contemplates contem-plates future hostilities with America I1 The probable object of the alleged spy was to discover for his govern-i; govern-i; , ment the composition of the remarkable remark-able high explosive "Dunnlte" used In army and navy shells and said to be far superior to any other explosive. ex-plosive. One of the papers In possession of ' Captain Watson is an affidavit of Miss : t Clara A. Dyer, who had previously ; tried to obtain Peters' release from j ; the army, that Peters was an Austrian .' sny sent here to obtain the secret 1 1 of manufacturing the powerful ex- ' plosive used by the United States ; , government. Miss Dyer said she met j ', Peters on an ocean liner en route 1 from Europe last September, and later, during a visit of Peters to her ; Kentucky home, had become engaged to him. The girl turned over a num- 1 , ber of letters from Potors in which he told of his plans. Peters real . I name, she said, was Count Winlsch- r Greatz, whose home is at Prague, , Bohemia, |