The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-11
SECRET SERVICE
EVER ON ALERT
Valiant Little Band of Patriots
About Whose Achievements
Little Is Known.
MEANS HEROISM UNREQUITED
Government Agents Live Lives That
for Adventure and Daring Deeds
Make BEST Seller" Look Like
furnished Imitation.

New YOrk.-Coinciden with the
! discovery of the Zimmerman note.
which disclosed the far-reaching plans
| of Germany to foment trouble in every
I part of the globe, and the subsequent
refusal of Secretary of State Lansing
to disclose how the note was obtained.
| because it would 'endanger blives,"
comes brief press dispatch from
Juarez, Mex, announcing the theft of
important papers" from the German
consulate there
To the average reader the Juarez
dispatch may seem unimportant, yet
In all probability it is merely another
| link forged in the great chain of I'M
known achievements of our valiant lit
tie band of patriots who throughout
the entire world are always on the
alert in the interest of our country,
yet who in time of danger cannot call
( on US for aid.
| This little band of men, who are
! known only to the state department,
and whose names appear in tho Sc
| cret archives of the United States as
All" or "C-2175," live lives that for
adventure and heroism make the av-
/ erage best seller" hero look like a
furnished imitation.
/ So little is known by the general
public of the secret agents of our gov
ernment that to the average person
| 1t seems probable no such body of men
exists. As a matter of fact, the vast
majority of the citizens of the country
seem to think the secret service, which
/ in reality is attached to the treasury
4 department, is entrusted with diplo-
matte work of the underground or
der. This, however, is not the case
Although it is the duty of the secret
/ service and department of Justice OBJ
I eratives TO run down plots of different
kinds that are brewing almost continu-
ally within the confines of our own Dor
ders, they seldom are sent out of the
country.
Busy in All Lands.
In far off Russia, in China, Japan.
! Germany. France England, South
America, and, in fact, every inhabited
part of the globe, there fits the dip
lomatic phantom, the secret agent"
| How many times he has intercepted
! just such documents as the thinner
mann note will probably never be
known outside of diplomatic circles.
/ but this particular feat is good ex-
ample of the work done by these
''watchdogs of the mist" Using fic-
| titious names and numbers, l viii out
line their work.
When the war broke out in Europe.
broke with all the suddenness of a
furious thunderstorm, it was no sur
prise to those engaged in the great
game of lodging death" In Berlin
a dapper youth of decided Teutonic
appearance, listed under our own ban
ner as Bis" was fully alive to what
I was doing.
On the Russian border Ivan Mus
| cOvttz, whose reports were signed with
another number and letter, straight
way informed Washington of the Rus
sian preparations, while in France and
/ England Andre lie Rene and Cyril
rockingham, respectively. reported
the doings Of these two great nations.
The youth of TeutOnic appearance
is killed by q taxicab. Plainly an ac-
cident, you would say if you had wit
messed the incident. yet the taxicab
had followed the Teutonic youth many
blocks and was in all probability driv-
en- by a decrepit old chauffeur who
is known to Wilhelmstrasse as X-997,-
6S1. and who had received notification
of the Teutonic youths activity in the
vicinity of some district of military i'm
portance
So died the Teutonic youth. on the
register at Washington By is
crossed off rs dead and Il X rushes
from Dresden to take his place. The
Teutonic youth is an American, born
and raised, fighting to protect his coun-
try, but even knowing that his life
is in continual danger, he can make
no appeal for aid He has done his
duty; he is dead.
Dies in Line of Duty.
In Mexico City recently a well-known
and devoted servant Of the United
States, well known because Of his un-
dying love for his country ana his
splendid nerve, was killed in q street
fight. Killed because he was about to
uncover things which were better kept
under cover, in the opinion of the
Mexican government
His friends knew why he was killed,
they knew he had been in the shadow
of death many times, but only his in
Inmates knew why he persisted in
taunting the grim reaper to come get
him.
A secret agent is q secret agent
in all that the word implies. He must
serve his country in silence. He may
do drawer deeds than those accom-
plished by the soldier or sailor in bat
! tie but the world cannot know OF