The Washington times., 1917-06-25
Papen FErted; Secrets Barred
Editor of Providence Journal Tells How leu
tonic Intrigants Were Unmarked AS Result
of Listening In" On Wireless.
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less plant within nine days, all relat
ing that "little Emily" had died OF
such and such an illness, in a certain
part Of q room, had been buried in a
certain cemetery, beside such and such
a 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 so
on, varied, and a clear code was dc,
tected in each OF the messages.
Green BIubber in Brain.
The FIRST revelation which Mr..
Rathom told illustrated the German
capacity for laundering. 1t was the
story OF Werner Horne-the man who
was responsible for the attempt to
blow up the Vanceboro bridge.
Horne had been detected as a Ger
man spy by one of the Journal re-
porters in New York. In an effort
to disguise himself, Horne allowed
his beard to grow for three days,
put on an old suit which he pur-
chased for S3-(even. this detail was
reported and packed his personal
effects in an old carpet bag. Having
carried out these elaborate precau-
lions he took passage for the point
where the Job" was to be done on
one of the finest and most luxurious
trains in the United States.
AS is well known now. he was
caught
When asked later by Mr.. Rathom
why he had been foolish enough to
travel first class in such shabby dress,
Horne replied that he was q German
officer and a gentleman, and always
Travelled in the best style.
The Passport Fraud.
Another German scheme in which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred soon after in New
York also. A fraudulent passport
bureau, operated by German officials,
was discovered. doing a land office
business in an office building on
Broadway. The Journal-faking as
a public accountant on the one side
and q manufacturers agent on the
other-sandwiched the passport
forgers between them. Every word
that passed in this office was record
ed by means Of the instruments used
for that purpose, and reported to the
Providence Journal.
When sufficient evidence was gath
cred the United States Secret Service
was notified, and the three forgers
were taken away. AS soon as they
had been removed three OF the Jour
Ears employees were allowed to take
charge Of the office to receive the
patrons. It was not long after that
Won Papen and the German military
nttache at Tokyo came in with a list
OF names of men for whom he desired
passports. The name at the top OF
the list was that of Werner Horne.
As BeFnstOrffs Secretary.
"a friend of mine" said Mr.. Rathom,
thinking himself very friendly. but in
a thing which objected to, went to
Paris and while there bought q lot OF
war relics. Among them was one OF
the first iron crosses that had been
given by the German Emperor to
ma or of a German regiment, who died
on the field and whose cross had been
taken from him and taken to Paris. 1t
was sold to my friend, with state
ments as to whom II had belonged,
and my friend sent il to me. / sent
II to Bernstorff with a letter, saying
that that mark of honorable distinc-
ton of a man who had done his duty
for his country belongs to his family:
/ gave the name of the man and the
name Of the family, and begged him
to take care of the cross so that 1t
could be sent back after the war or at
some time to the mans people.
The ambassador tore the note to
pieces, threw the note in the face of
the man / sent, and threw the cross
on the floor, saying that. after having
he hnn 81 Arnarfra -
dogs that cross was OF no use TO
in Germany. knew my man
was telling the truth, because tho
man had in there reported the Incl
dent to me exactly the way he did.
/ might say that the in
diyidual 10 whom / refer was in the
German embassy seventeen months
as one of the ambassadors secretaries,
and the2ambassador had no knowledge
that he was not what he pretended to
be until the Frederick VIII left New
York for Halifax. He said to my
man: You had better get aboard or
you will lose your boat" and he re-
piled: II am safer on this side"
Mr.. BernstorH had no idea OF that |
mans Identity or who he was serving
until he left New York. And he
wrote a letter from Halifax to a
friend in New York which he at |
tempted to get sent back, but which |
was intercepted, telling some OF his |
friends what he thought Of this indi- |
Vidual.
when Huerta Met Boyd.
pardon me for that: mean our man, |
Tempt of the German government TO |
smbroil US with Mexico, an attempt |
hat the recent Zimmerman letter |
proved beyond any doubt to be true, |
was already proved by us a long time |
before.
Early in the war my man in the |
say my man; you must |
pardon me for that: mean our man, |
because l am not the Providence Jour |
lal-wRs ordered by Captain Boyd |
% go to New York and a get a suite /
II six quiet rooms in a hotel wh<fe /
Boyd and his people could meet |
iuerta- Naturally enough, my man.
Deing loyal, could do nothing else /
han select the rooms we selected for
lin, so he went to the Manhattan
Hotel and got a suite OF rooms
which we rugged up with the appa.
'atus / spoke OF; and TO make assur-
Ince dOubly sure, / got another man