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Russians knew nothing of their where
abouts, bur after secret investiga-
ton they discovered schoolnaster
using a telephone concealed In hat
box hidden among cast OF clothing.
I.ater It was discovered thathe actual
~ had a branch exchange in ward
robe by which he could communicate
with a number Of German officers.
Another story of device In which
the victims themselves sent the mes
sages is told of French regiment on
the march. while crossing bridge
they suddenly became the object Of
artillery fire from batteries two miles
away. How the gunners knew when
they were on the bridge was .
mystery. A search. however. showed
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,,a1,,. have telephone communications
from platform on the top to o
s,,snended platform below. This is for
the purpose Of directing the dropping
~ bonntos or when hostile airships are
sighted.
Used BY Spies.
Rut perhaps the greatest ingenuity
is displayed in the use made OF the
telephone by spies Anunber OF e1 s
amples have come to light recently
which show the Versatility OF the
worlds greatest time saver
A Russtan patrol found two men
dfreinr in a field. apparently for po-
tatoes. but when the cart was searcheo
nothing was found. One OF the ofncers
anally examined the nose-bag OF the
morse which seemed rather thick only
- discover that st contained tele-
phone transmttter Ems was a1tac NEG
to a wire running to wheel and then
through the high grass to cottage
where a. complete telephone station
was found.
Al another place small French
town. the French troops came across
a farm where the farmer declared
that he did all the work himself and
AID not need horses or assistants. His
actions aroused the suspicious OF the
officers, and after considerable
search an underground telephone to
the German lines was discovered.
At another time, the work OF the
Rnssian troops in Prussia was hands
capped by q leak" OF Information as
10 their plans and days were spent in
irving to locate the spy, but without
success. After a time a Russian OH
GER came to the conclusion that the
information was being sent by under
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~. their wires have been cut by shell
hre.'. From the report it seems that
the advance trenches were several
hundred yards from the support
trenches, and at a certain place there
was a wooden peg set up to mark the
spot where the telephone wires to
various points were intertwined in
bunch in case, foot or two below
the surface rhis peg was invisible to
the enemy or even to an airman, but
somehow one of the enemy's shells
struck that particular spot and the
junction box was destroyed and com
munfcation to the advance trenches
cut OF. The repair squad was called
and one man volunteered to do the
work of repairing the damage all
though he knew. it meant almost GER
tain death, With his Appliances
strapped on his back and rife In
his hand he crawled along the hoggy
earth like snake. The German bull
lets were swlshinE through the air and
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walt for another order. They never
see the men they kill nor are they
certain that the shots have been true,
but the man in the treetop knows and
sometimes lets them know. Occasion
ally a shrapnel shell finds the battery
and the gunners are killed. There IS
little glory or glamour about this
war" said German, ardlleryman.
1--WE never see the enemy unless he
passes us as prisoner or in the Red
Cross ambulance on his way to a
hospital, and he never sees US al
though some OF his guns do find US.
This war is too much like business
to have any charm. We fight battles
now by telephone"
It is the same way in the trenches.
for the telephone Is there to call for
extra men and to let headquarters
know what is going on.
Perhaps one of the best instances of
the value of the telephone in war is
told by man who happened to be at
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only concentrate our 1ar9 In the 0l-
rection OF the nashee OF the en6u4jss
pistols. but IA occasional suuea1. then
q Kroan or curse told rs that soma
OF our bullets had sped true TO the
mark One or more OF the nurE3Axa
had been hit we knew but lust how
seriously we couldn.t ascertain ut that
a battle no The Death.
But wounded or not the burglars
seemed to have an almost lnex1naustt-
BILE supply OF ammunition, Tor. their
automatic revQlvers kept an 1ncesNaut
hail of bullets whistling about our
ears. It was evident that the three
yegEn1en had taken refuge behind the
pillars or COUNTERS and their rattle
OF IRE in our direction was kept mp
more to keep US from naking = break
Tor cover rather. than In the hopes OF
winging us.
4 But our opportunity came after
what seemed to be tho longest session
of gun playsat such close quarters =
had ever engaged In. One OF the
burglars made q dash for the side VIM,
dow. and. IN a dying leap. went
through. carving the sash with HIM
As the others attempted to follow their
forms were clearly visible and two or
three shots dropped them in their
tracks.
4 y 1t was but the work OF q second to
leap upon our stricken quarry. but
wounded though they put up des-
perate hand-to-h hand struggle in the
course of which scars were inflicted
upon two OF the captors which they
VIII carry tottheir graves.
For Ave minutes, at least. we three.
detectives battled In that inlxy dark
store with the two wounded burglars.
1 Apparently their wounds only famed
! their wrath, for they fought with the
fury of demons. It was blow for blow
for a while, with the butts of revolvers
/ for weapons. It was not until the two
burglars dropped insensible In their
tracks that the struggle terminated.
lend we were able to look about US
I and ascertain the extent OF the In
iurtes.
| "Humpty'' Caught AtIast.
| when we struck a lightI was over
toyed to find that one OF the men. lying
/, before me was Humpty Williams, the
man had been sent to ind and once
1 found not to give up until / had him
/ right WELL had him right all
| right, for there In the sack lying near
his unconscious form were the gems
! worth upwards of 100000. but they
hadn't left the store!
Tiffany was the second burglar we
| had hauled over, while the man who
ned was Richard Vaughn. and we were
confident we would have no dimcultyi
lin locating hina again After sending
/ our wounded prisoners to e hospatAl.
we hurried to Hobolzen and there. as
we had supposed. we found Vaughn.
He was soon locked up and our Job
4 was complete.
When we brought this trio mp for
trial their conviction was . question
I OF but a few hours. Each was sem
itenced to States Prison for fourteen
| Thev were hne lot, a human life
meaning no more to them than that
Of q rat.
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191yy IT0Y1
from the telephone serves -.
life, and they have CERTAIN m prio proc. as
well as patriotism about keeping ene
line open.
Christening Outposfs.r
M, .,,,,a, s,,sta,oa ~. German has
ns ." me. =
aooeo may 4as',s - 49,.
ons ana 1netnoos' aug nc. sns tseAss
interesting OF these Is WHAT Is Is sknosvn q
as listening outp posts man VINO
tinds out Wnae IS e golng on ~ . .ne
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Copyright. 1915. By

AA ODERN mechanics are OF i'm
q estimable aid to the crack
y man OF today. Safe blowing
has now developed into q
trade. SO iue are the details and 80
proficient are the experts who engage
IN this nefartous means of acquiring
An 'seasy living" The strong arm
methods OF yesterday still are em-
pioyed to some extent. but the real
artist at this work resorts to higher
1nechantcs, thereby insuring a quicker
..get-away." larger profits and. at the
same time. minimizing his chances OF
3 capture.
For many years it fell to my lot to
keep track of all the safeblowers and
yegsnen who drifted in and out OF
! New York City. for this class OF Grim
1nal Is migratory. He comes to town.
s.locates''-h his Job, executes it and then
nits away as fast as steam can carry
him .'Clean up and beat it, is the
motto of the successful safe burglar,
Tor IN most cases his loot consists of
cold cash. and there is nothing to
deter an early start for some haven
already selected.
The old safe blower OF few years
ago. especially those of the yegg type.
were the most cold b1ooded and des-
perate, and relied upon their jimmtes
and nitro glycerine. or Soup" to gain
In banks and post offices. Nowadays,
electric drills and more modern and
powerful explosives have materially
reduced the actual labor attached to
blowing q safe that It IS task of
only a few minutes. The electric drill
can accomplish In fifteen minutes
what once required hours Of incessant
work to overcome.
shall never forget job was as
signed to once. There had been an
unusually large number Of safe blow
ing cases In New York and the In
spector In charge sent for me.
The Search For tHumpty."
.'Do you know Humpty Williams? Pc
he asked. Well, 1t doesn't make
much difference whether you know
him or not, here's his photograph and
i want you to get him, and get him
right. I understand he is hanging out
somewhere in the vicinity OF Provi-
dehce, r. I. He is a bad yegg. and
should be sent away. Once you To-
sight until you get him with the
goods
My assignment was rowing one to
be sure. My orders were never to let
this notorious yeggman out OF my
sight, no matter where he led me.
And yeggs, as rule, are not given to
remaining in any place longer than
they can help. I went to Providence.
and after ningling with those OF the
underworld for few days, found
my man. From then on my work was
cut out for me.
Williams evidently was fond of
travel and it was obvious that he was
literally supplied with money He
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3, cons,1n1mate this business and beat
L back to New York without the loss
OF q minute
We hadn't been IN Newark ten min
,1tes before our bunch gave ms the slip.
we had lost them clean and no mat
ter in which way We deployed We
couldn't nick up the tran. However.
We were certain that the little blind
alley was their objective. 30 we made
our way gingerly there
Creeping through the side street
and then hurrying into the blind ailey.
we proceeded but a short distance
when our attention was rtveted on
Feeble light that dinly streamed from
window about eight feet from the
street level. Slowly drawing ourselves
IN so that we could look through This
window. we recognized In It's interior
well appointed and richly stocked
tewelry store.
Accustoming our eyes to the dim
light, we finally discerned three forms
hard at work before the big vault. an
electric drill fast piercing circle OF
holes about the combination the
blast would soon follow. we realised.
so there was no time tosbe spared. But
the work was progressing more rapid
ly than we had supposed, for less than
ave minutes after We hrst peeped
through the window, q charge OF
..soup,'' or nitro glycerine. had been
placed. "A binding fash. followed BY
muffied roar resulted. and the door
Of the big safe fell from its fastcnings.
The job was complete.
saw Them BLOW Safe.
Jimnaies and sectional crowbars
were quickly brought into play. and
Il was hut the work ofseconds to force
theinner doors, which alone protected
the elietertng array Of gems within.
1t was fascinating. to say the least, to
watch the trio work. We had been
unobserved spectatorssf from the very
drst Not move had escaped us. and
in Justice to Humpty and his pals II
must be said that they were past
masters in the art Of wrecking 9
| burglar proof safe" There hadn't
sheen the slightest semblance OF waste
melton. every stroke counting heavily
L in the nights task.
At last the loot was being lifted
we had been Instructed to catch
aumpty red-handed. and that was
u,lat we intended to do. As the rich
horde of gems was being transferred
from the trays In the big vault to the
sack the craftsmen had packed with
their burglars kit. we crept through
the window. and. keeping close TO Inc
wall, CROPPED our way towards our
quarry. finally taking refuge behind 9
column.
when our revolvers had been drawn
and careful aim taken, sang out:
.sIIands up Humpty. and be damned
lquick about it"
But Humpty and his pals weren't
of a kind to quit without battle
several blinding flashes and an ear
splitting roar told us that the auto
mates of the cracksnien were in JUS
as good order as their electric drills
Bulets whistled past us some 50 closs
\ to our heads that we could feel ths
breeze.
| we gave them as good as they sent
| and for a few minutes the battle
waxed fast and furious. We could
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II
of cables used by the signal corps Is
carried on trucks. The lines are laid
on poles, trees or on the ground in dry
trenches.
Field stations are connected with the
existing telegraph circuits. OF course.
the signal corps men know exactly
where the wires are hidden. and on
one occasion a war correspondent was
surprised to see a German ofacer take
wire Taper from his pocket and
kneel down over a hower bed near q
German railway station and set about
giving orders. The wire was concealed
among the flowers.
Guns Fired BY Telephone orders-
Guns are fred by order of an omcer
who is perhaps five miles away watch
ing from a tree or building. He calls
down his orders to the men below
who have field telephone, the range
in which the gun should be set, and
the men at the telephone send the
messages to the battery which Is
usually concealed in a clump Of trees.
The men at this point are waiting for
the order and when it comes they nre
the gun as directed. then go back ana
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-16
How Battles Are Fought
By the Aid Of the Tele-
phone, and the Curious
Devices Used By Spies
In Their Communlica-
tons ToHeadquarters.
1915, by The international
Syndicate.
HE present conflict In Europe has

DIE present conflict in Europe has
~ shown remarkable advances
made in every one of the means
employed In warfare. Such
progress and improvements have been
necessarily due to the large scale upon
which these sanguinary struggles are
fought and the exactness with which
all the appliances must fit in with one
another in the work to be done. the
necessity OF Keeping in close touch
with each part Of the war machine,
and the importance Of quick service
80 that proper concert OF action may
be had, has made the telephone an
almost indispensable instrument to
those who are directing the move
ments OF the various forces engaged
in the terrible work of destruction.
There Is nothing of the romantic or
picturesque about the present conhict.
for even the dispatch rider Is seldom
seen. His place was for time taken
by the motorcycle corps, but as the
average life of o motorcycle war mes
senger is said to be about three weeks
ne L ely v=sS In the direst necessity
le .eepnone mas taken his place.
German Field Telephones.
While all the belligerents have an
excellent telephone service in the field
the Germans have reached a perfection
along these lines which Is little short
of marvellous Moreover, they seem TO
be prepared for all emergencies. and
the telephone men are regarded as
ideal soldiers. rislxing their lives again
and again to keep up the telephonic
communication.
The German army uses four prin-
cfpal types of apparatus. The drst Is
one with high frequency device and
Of light equipment, being adapted for
the calling of signals ana for com
al
{ appliances is used by the neld. artillery.
natroIs and the signal corps. This is.
81 course. portable apparatus. the
4 line Of insulated wire being carried on
lirht reels which may be readily trans
ported by the men.
me second type of Instrument en-
picys a magnetic coil and Is espeeiany
neryieeabie for military troops.
me :tI,ird machine is a sort of COM
bfnation OF the first two and 10 help
f,aI Tor communication between corps.
waiie the fourth IS loud speaking
2 . E
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and planting the burglars kit. which
was the case. Therefore. we redoubled
our vigilance the next day. confident
in the belief that another sortte would
be made at a moments notice. Our
dope held good. too. for later the next
evening Humpty and his two pals left
the formers house and set forth for
Newark: Casassa, Young and myself
close In their wake. There were no
delays this time. no loungtng around
the park, for the trio was on business
bent and It was evident they intended
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Receiving a Phone message IN As&3A~
man Trench.
that a contact wire and electric bat
teries had been attached to the
bridge. The guns had the range Of
tho crossing and when the men
stepped upon the bridge the wire gave
the Information and the Ernners
opened IRE. surelysthe war has de-.
welcomed the use of the telephone Into
a fine art. 1t might be added that
these telephone spies are usually
taken out and shot at once.
The German Crown Prince has the
most complete telephone equipment Of
ire German Array. ae Is Fintensely
interested IN It's workings and spends
much of his time studying its ctfece
ana encouraging his men 70 try new
devices to aid the Fatherland.
..rhe telephone 10 everywhere
w,-ites an English soldier TO an Amer.
Jean friend. I'm fact. the war = run
by telephone"
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for while we believed the crib was
to be cracked then and there.
It was with keen disappointment
that we shadowed the trio back to
New York. retracing our steps precise
ly over the same route we had taken
earlier in the evening.
First Trip A .Locater"
we had concluded upon our arrival
back in New York that the excursion
to Newark had been taken solely for
the purpose of. exploring the ground
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telephone apparatus. The high fire.
quency vibrator is arranged to be con-
nected with telegraph lines without
interfering with telegraph signals. In
order to do this each post is fitted with
the necessary sources OF power and
a length of flexible cable.
The heavier apparatus with It's coil
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the French headquarters when the
commander was informed that the
Germans were attacking a certain div
sion and that they were superior IN
numbers and reinforcements were
needed. The message was at once
taken to the chief of STAFF and he gave
the order for the achievements,
which happened to be only ten miles
away. within two minutes the assist
ance was summoned, and within I'VE
minutes more the harassed general
was informed that reinforcements
were onthe way.
HeroIc Repair Man.
At another place. a correspondent
heard the words over the telephone:
Send your repair squad to Trench No.
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the AlIies' sharpshooters were Hrihg
across the marsh One OF the ofa-
Gers watched the brave telephone man
and saw him hnaIly reach the place
where the peg had been and begin to
dig down in the earth. Then he saw
him pick UP a nest OF wires. and an
instant later communication was re-
stored. In a few minutes a battle was
on. and when it was over the brave
repair man was put down On the list
as Missing
Anv number of such Instances
might be mentioned. for the repair
SQUADS Of both the Germans and Allies
are regarded as among tho Dravese
=, a., a the army. They are all prac-
teal men-many of them being taken
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LAX ODERN mechanics are OF in
a estinlable aid to the crack
man OF today. Safe blowing
has now developed into q
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made in every one Of the means
employed In warfare. Such
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-03
La batalla de Ipres

Paris, Febrero g. (OfciaD. Duran
te la ]orrada del ~ lf,tno cfir1a eli cas
todo ell frente. ~ han ~.eistrado GO 6
bates de artiller1a, sinembargo, en- toda
la region al nordeste de Ypres. Los
alemanes iniciaron un ataque contra
nuestras trincheras al norte del Canal.
pero fueron inmediatamente rechaza-
dos por ell fuego combinado de nuestra
artiller1a infanteria. En- todo ell
frente del Aisne, entire la confuencia
Gle este rio con ell Disc hasta Berry -au-
Bac, nuestras baterlas mantuvieron un
certero fuego, consiguiendo destruir
varias trincheras del enemigo en- Was
de construction silenciaron en- varios
puntos los lanzabombas y pleas de ar
tiller1a del enemigo. En- Champagne, al
nordeste de Mesniles- -Hurlus, hemos
consolidate nuestra organization alre-
dedor del bosque pequeno de que nos
hab1amos apoderado anteayer En- Ar
gonne los alemanes parecen haber SUI
frido mucho en- los iltimos combates.
NADIA de particular ha ocurrido en- los
frentes de Woevre, Lorena los Vos-
gOs
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-03

En La prlmera de las mencionadas
casas empez6 a desarrollarse el fire
go por unos sacos vac1os amontona-
dos cerca del galEnero. En- este fu6
encontrada una tohalla, que no es pro-
pledad del senior Alvarez nj de su fami-
LA, 10 cual da a entender que por allf
anduvo gente extrana.
La polic1a fue avisada de 10 one ocn
rrla, acudieron ell sargento Jose F..
lrlzarry y ell cabo Pedro Caban. ouie-
nes empezaron a practicar la debida in
vestigaci6n.
DE los hechos Sc desprende que al
guno Q varios criminales de esos one
por perversidad sin benefcio Sc com
placen en- Ell NAL ageno, son los autores
de los frustrados siniestros, y la poll
ella la detective han tornado 4 s11 car
go su persecution.
La casa del seilor Alvarez Toro est5
asegurada en- ocho mil d6lares en- dos
mil la del sehor Ramirez
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-03
Las fechor1as
de johnson

Ell active detective Dario Suarez,
quien en- estos dfas ha prestado valio-
sos servicios, principalmente en- ell des-
cubrimiento de los robos de Carlos Or
tlz (a) Mondonguito y sus completes,
ACADIA de averiguar otra fechor1a reali-
zada por Francisco Reyes (a) johnson,
en- los altos del almacen de los senores
Hernaiz Targa y Co., de donde Sc llev6
varios objetos.
johnson esta actualmente cumplien-
do un ano de carcel por ell escalamien-
to que realizo el mes pasado, Y en- esta
semana sera llevado al Tribunal para
que responda de esta nueva fechor1a
que le ha descubierto ell detective Sua-
rez.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-03
CRIMINALES EN- CAMPANA
/ lncendiando casas en- Santurce /?

En- la madrugada de hoy, las dos
y ounce, hubo un conato de incendio
en- la casa nllmero ocho de Ia calle del
Hlpodromo, propiedad de don Rafael
Alvarez Toro, y en- la cual vive este
con STU familia
Los habitantes de la casa amenaza
ola afortunadamente sc dieron cuenta
a tempo del peligro que corrfan, E in
mediatamente acudieron al sitio incen-
diado, logrando evitar que ell siniestro
5omase incremento.
Mientras atendfan su casa, los fa-
miliares del senior Alvarez Toro pu-
dieron advertir que en- la casa contigua
a la Gle ellos, propiedad de don Rafael
Ramirez tambien hab1a fuego por de-
tras de la cocina por 10 cual avisaron
mmediatamente al Sr Ramirez ouien
logr0 igualmente dominar las llamas
que empezaban a iniciarse, sin sufrir
perdidas de consideration. como tam
POGO las tuvo importantes ell senior Al
vareZ