Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-09

, tic,~For five months they kept rec
ord OF these messages, and then the!
Get out TO find the codes and make
Revelations. OF the material they se
cured they used only . fractional
part. ~
One Of his women stenoEraphers
was sent and secured an appointment
IN the Austrian Consulate IN New
York. Other Of his workers were
constantly engaged In shadowing Cap
tain Boyd, Capt. Won Papen, for
mef Austrian AMBASSADOR Dumba
the German Ambassador BeFnstorff
and other German and Austrian Of
ficials. The two wireless plants un'
lceasingiy listened IN, two shifts OF
operators &C work day and night, on
Sayyfile and Nantucket, the two
wireless stations which were beine
used mostly BY the Germans TO keep
IN touch with Berlin, from where
they received instructions for ever
detail Of their plotting policy.
For the United States Government
the Brooklyn Navy Yard had had In.
Structiona 70 keep Q close watch On
the Sayville and Nantucket stations,
but nothing suspicious was ever re.
ported until Mr.. Rathom took some
lof the messages which he had re-.
ceiyed from his operators, 10 the
State Department Il was then
learned that the Navy Yard operat-
orr had been IN the pay Of German
agents IN America, and had been told
not TO hear too much.
ingenious Codes =.
The codes used by the Germans
were Of the most ingenious nature.
Many Of them pretended 70 be stock
quotations, and some were even done
up ~ funeral directions. In some
cases. however, the codes showed
evidence Of the green hiubber, re-
ferred to by the speaker, as on one
occasion when Mr.. Rathom was able
to 90 70 President Wilson and show
him copies Of eight separate mes.
sages sent BY the wireless plant
within nine days, ell relating that
little Emily had died Of such and
such On Illness, IN q certain part Of
Q room, had been buried In q certain
cemetery beside such and such q
previously, deceased relative. In
every one Of these messages the I'll.
ness, the part Of the room, the name
|of the relative, the cemetery, and 90
on, varied, and q clear code was de.
tectsd n each Of the messases.
Green Dlubber In Brain Il 4
The first revelation which = Mr..
Rathori told illustrated the German
capacity for laundering. It was the
story Of Werner Horne man who
was responsible for the attempt TO
blow up the vanceboros bird aes Horne
had been detected ~ q 36eff1an sny
BY one Of the journal reporters An
New York. In an effort TO disguf5o
himself, Horne allowed his beard 20
grow for three days, put on On old
suit which he purchased for three
dollars (eFen this detail was ~
ported) and packed his personal q.
fects In an old carpet bag. Having
carried out these elaborate precau.
fion6 be took passage for the point
where the lob was 70 be done on
one Of the finest and most luxurious
trains IN the United States. AZ Is
wei known now, he was, caught.
When asked later BY Mr.. Rathom
why he had been foolish enough to.
travel first class IN such shabby
dfess, Horne replied that he was q
German officer and : eentlemar. and
always travelled IN the best style.
The passport Fraud
Another German scheme IN which
the Journal reporters outwittad the
Teutons occurred soon after In New
York also. A fraudulent passport
bureau, operated BY German officials,
was discovered doing Q land Office
business IN an office building on
Broadway. The Journal taking 6sl
& public accountant On the one side
and q manufacturers agent on the
other. sandWiched the passport fcrg.
ers between them. Every word that
passed IN this office was recorded
By means Of the instruments used
for that purpose. and reported TO the
Journal. When sufficient
evidence was gathered the United
States Secret Service was notiiied,
and the three forgers were taken
away. Az soon % they had been re-
three Of the Journals en-.
ployees were allowed to take charge
Of the office to receive the patrons. /
Il was not long after that Won Papen
md the German military attache Ct
Toxic came in with q list Of names |
81 men for whom he desired pass-
ports. The name ct the top Of the |
list was that Of Werner Horne.
journal Man - Bernstorffe Secretary
"A friend Of mine,s said Mr.. Rath- |
,m. thinking himself very friendly, |
but IN . thing which objeCted 60, |
vent 20 Paris and while there bought |
/ lot Of war relics. Among them
vas one Of the first iron crosses that
had been given BY the German EN-