The Detroit times., 1917-12-08

7 Nf. |lFfA A INHln tINAN NEaNt Won
Papon. the German military attache.
iiil he returned To Che hotel whors
h. was arrested. after his task was
done. he WAS under the soryeillance
of reporters from The Provldrnce
journal He went over 0n The east
sId6 of New York and dircd himself
olf i.ke a bum Ter his beard grow
for week and fhen started out
ON his mission I'M one of the most
exclusive limited trains running out
of Ncw York Two men started 10
'Fal him. and one OF them came
back
"Wbat are sou doing here. lose
the traHe' Mr Rainom asked.
one man can handle that job al
right Was thc reply "rhat fei-
/ IoN'- advertising his mission 20 the
whole world"
ANer Lieut. Horn had been safe
+ ly LODGED ia iail Nir Rathom asked
hm why he dressed as bum then
travelled llkc Is millionaire
ann an OGcor and a gentleman,
F anu never travel any othcr way"
wse 'he proud retort
Iha illustrates the weakness OF
thc whole German spy ystem, said
Mr Rath0m. Get them 0ut OF their
routine and they're gone The very
+ perfection Ol tbe system is its chief
/ weakness, jusr Ike the Tammany
ring n New York
: The German mind ls a state
mgdc mind lt can't understand
/ why statements given out By their
/ government agents here are not be-
Ia Il
/ LLlX- --L-Ii ratnrt-.iti At.- feei Hetief
/ f1 thcA can telrorize White people
with their dynam.fing tactics. They
believe Chat f they blow up fac
| tory nobody VIII over want % work
in t a4a.n They don't know
America
Another instance of Yankee in
efns'ty putting it over on German
brains was the manner In which
dr k7 HOm placed an operative in
thC Office uf he Hamburg American
lme tn set Information against Paul
Noeuie He first sent "a reporter 10
N.lts o. and from there the re-
r'er POSING as q poor German
lad wrote letter 10 the general
<u raGer or ibc liuc tipping him
0d to Jho lsct chat he had learned
or q plot 10 have q Providence Jour.
nal reporter secure a position there
as iarUor that he mighty spy on
ihe office
After d lapse of two weeks. a re-
porter was sent around 60 apply
tor Csc ianitorshp and make good
rHr riOt story He WIS COrnered by
! koenIc and the general manager
and given The third degree, Ho
hnaHy confess ed. as per arrange
meDf, that Ee was q reporter for
the journal and was ANONYMOUSLY
fred out of he Office.
a little later the poor German
hoy In Niles wrote another letter
4 saying ho supposed the plot story
had pctcred out and begging paruon
For troubling them about t. Incl
deulalb ho mentioned that he was
about Jo go east 20 look for work
Tine general manager wired for him
no come on a. once and gave hNn
job The reporter spent five months
In the Hamburg Offices
and Was ia touch with every phase
-nf- -tAe-N -Ntelland canal plot during
that time. securing Koenigs arrest
two days before 10 could be consun-
mated.
Among Mr. Rathom's cherished
possessions is letter, written by
tho general manager OF the Ham
American line 10 Count Won
Htrnslorif. former German ambas-
Fdd0T 10 Tho united states. relat-
in- how a reporter for the ProYt-
denCo Journal had been outwitted
in the act ot trying 20 palm himself
or on them as a ianitor.
When Won Papen was preparing
rackes OF incriminating documents
such as receipts FOR money paid
spies ard other choice bits or evi-
donce for shipment 20 the father
land. De made love 20 a little Amer
lean girl sitting on The packing case.
Hr didn't know, or course, that the
rrl was stenographcr IN Mr..
Rathoms employ detailed there for
the very purpose OF watching him.
Size had received instructions 90
mark the box SO that II could be
rccogui1cd AS Won Papen rayed
about she beauty OF her eyes and
the nearly Wilderness Of her teeth.
tho young woman aimlessly drew a
pair of hearts with a blue pencil
ON The end of The p3ckng box, ana
the uneuspect TeutCn SPY com
uiated the isauguishrg msrK W
drawing an arrow thrl thc center or
each heart
The box was easily singled out or
tho n4ctcls in thc hold cf vessel
ho nd Tor ucagal country ana
turned over f0 tfo American amosS'
ea Tor u London by he Nrlfisn gov