Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — EX-KAISER'S AID IS HELD [ARTICLE]

EX-KAISER'S AID IS HELD

Fritz Von Pilis Arrested as Dangerous Enemy Alien. _ New York, Jan. 4. —Fritz Von Pilis, former employee of the- Prussian government, sometimes known as Baronet Fdererick de Pilis, was arrested here by agents of the department of justice, on orders from Washington, as an active ami dangerous enemy alien. Von Pilis came to this country in 1915 and was very active in spreading proAustrian propaganda. To carry oil this work he started the Universal Press syndicate.