Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-04-15 | Page 7 | German System Hard to Probe

GERMAN SYSTEM I HARD TO PROBE I Men Who Finance' and Direct I Conspiracy to Destroy Mu. I nitions Betray No I Secrets. H New York, April loV-Federal 1n I H vestlgators had mad llttlo progress- H ln their attempts to discover the Iden- H tlty of the men "who flnonoed and dl- H reoted the alleged fire bomb -consplr- ' H acy to deBtroy munltJonB flhlps. Ag H enta of tho department of justice Bald ' H today that the system of tho German ' H agentB alleged to he Involved in de- 'I Btructlve activities ln thlB country, H is bo perfect that some of. the ring- H leadere are disclosed. t H "Those who have a comprehenBlve ' ' !H knowledge of such an undertaking are IH high clasB men, who will neither oon- ' H fees, nor betray a single secret," said '' H Captain Wm. M. Offley of the deport- ' II ment. "Tho men who have confessed i (H are not entrusted with important sec- H rets. For that reason the six oonfes- . H slons we have obtained araot little ,' I value in going higher up." H The whereaboutB o Dr.-WteltQr T. H Scheele, the chemlBt who conducted jH the fertilizer factory in Hoboken IH where it Ib oharged the bombs wore filled with explosives has not "been 'H ascertained by the authorities. His ' 'H wife, who lives. ln Bogota, N. J.r eald i a I he had gono on. a two weeks -trip Into ' il the mining regions of Ponnflylvanla. i Federal Investigators aro oxonrlning h j I il the banking accounts of Dr. Sohsole, c In the hope of discovering tho source . j 'H whence he obtained the $10,000 check jH to finance tho operations ot the ioo- H tory.