The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-25

Scene from "Mary's Ankle" at the
Jefferson, Thursday, matinee and
night.
Hearts," He had caught the trail of
Won Papen when this happened. Won
Papen. in the course of his duties here,
had accumulated a large mass of let
tiers, receipts, reports of plots to blow
up munition plants and American ships,
and other documents that would be as
useful to the United States and Eng
land as to Berlin 1--WE were still neutral
and the Kaiser still addressed the Pres
ident in friendly" messages AS they
often did, the Germans used the Aus
trian diplomatic channels to get this
treacherous correspondence to Berlin.
Hence Won Papen was packing his docu-
ments in a box in the office of the Aus
trian consulate-general in New York for
shipment on the Oscar II. The stenogra-
pher in the office had been on the job
only a few months. Before that she had
never done anything more exciting than
to take dictation In the office of the
Journal, though of course, that was not
mentioned when she applied for the
place She knew what was going into
the box and had reported it, and she
had instructions to mark the case so
that it could be identified later. The
day 1t was nailed up for shipment she
ate her luncheon seated on the top Of it,
When she was in the midst of her meal,
Won Papen came in He asked if he
might share her sandwiches She con-
sented They sat on the box together
He grew sentimental. She did not dis
courage his poetical mood. At it's height
she took red crayon pencil from her
hair and in a dreamy way drew, on the
packing box, the outline of two hearts
entwined. The susceptible Won Papen,
in the spirit of the moment seized the
pencil and with his own hand drew an
arrow piercing them. And so it was
that when the British secret service
agents inspected the cargo of the Oscar
Ii. when it touched Falmouth, they took
particular pains to look for the box
marked with two red hearts and an ar
rowland found it. And ultimately the
Providence Journal published such full
and intimate details of the sentimental
Won Papen's career in America that he
was invited to leave the country.
THE WELLAND CANAL PLOT
Episode No. 3, and the last to be told
here-Mr. Rathom, in his articles. will
tell others more Observation-Disclosures
not only one of the many methods used
to gather evidence, but also the cheer
ale just Americans, and of the most
loyal kind at that. Mr. Rathom discov-
cred that the offices of a great German
steamship company in New York were
in reality g. branch of the German gov
eminent and a hotbed of German in
trigue, end he determined to get access
to their records. One of his reporters
was little more than boy, the son of
German parents They were good Amer
leans, though, and the boy himself was
an ardent patriot. Under instructions
he went back from Providence to his
birthplace at Lima, O., and there he
wrote letter to the general manager of
the steamship line in New York He
had a brother, SO he wrote, who was
telegraph operator in Providence and ac-
Qualnted with one of the telegraph on
orators on the Providence Journal.
Through this channel he learned that the
providence journal planned to install
one OF Its men in the office of this Ger
man steamship company in the guise of
a janitor so that he might, in the course
OF his duties, become familiar with the
location or their secret files and take
from them such of their contents as
were of interest to the Journal. About
month later man did apply to the
Officers of the company in New York
&c, a job as janitor. The Prussian off
Gals were ready for him. They had de-
tailed the chief of their secret service
TO apply the third degree. This he did.
and under the machine gun fire of his
questions the applicant stammered hest
tated, tlembled, and finally confessed
FOR two days thereafter officers of the
steamship company We're jubilant and
they wrote an elaborate report of the
triumph over the hated Providrnce
journal to the embassy in WASHINGTON.
copy of which is now in Mr.. Rath-
om's possession.
some weeks later came another letter
ION me young man with a German
name at Lima, 0. He wrote rather MA in
lively that he had not heard from the
steamship company and so felt, of course
that the informa ton he had sent had
been valueless. Nevertheless. 50 he
wrote, he had done his best. He was
coming on to New York to seek his for.
tune, and, while finding his way about
mlgnt ne not nave clerical position that
would support him for a few months
He was assured that he could have tbe
1ob-by telegraph. THE young man FROM
Lima went through the files in tbe
offices in New York at his leisure and
supplied the Providence journal wifi
the material which fastened on the off
GERS of this line and it's secret service
agents the guilt OF the plot to blow ur
the Welland canal, gave to the .Iourpai
:
ton concerning the methods of securine
fraudulent passports for German anT
Austrian reservists, and also securaf
for his newspaper proofs of the criminal
| activities of Capt. Hans Tauscher. the
agent of the Krupps in this country and
the husband of Madame Gadski
CARD INDEX OF 1000 TRAITORS
So much for some of the means by
which the German governments treach-
cry has been unearthed during the last
three years. But let no one deccivf
himself with the vain hope that the iot
is done. Today, in the offices of tbe
Providence Journal, is card index ot
the names of 1000 people. hundreds OF
them American citizens dozens or tn an
honored leaders in professional and puh.
lie life, who are known still to be work
ing the Kaiser's will in every imnortant
city in the United States These traitors
are. many of Them unsuspected Nv
neghbors and friends who respect and
trust them. The government has been
informed of their activities The Journal
| is still following their movements. and
! every day checkmates some of them
| Thus privately, the Journal is doing q
! great patriotic service. Publicly If is
| attempting to arouse the loyal citizens
| of the country to the common danger
! and to show them, from its exper-
fence, how to combat this most deadly
| and insidious peril
Hops for Tobacco
| Berne.--From Frankfort comes the re
port that old hops. of which at least 200
coo pounds have been collected recently