Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-29
Valiant Little Bard oi Patriots
About whose Aeg1IE u9sS
Little is kt}oNa.
MEANS tiER0lSn uNaE0uTE.D


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oissssysyy Is tl3e 93agugnfsgaas aaSes
sgh}ss'l sl1ge3eHt} ghe tHeFeutf3lsg p1Au@
pf Germany to tssinoat trpah.a 10 every
past of slse globe aha sl5e NsstssaHgas
reEa@si of Secretary ~ state i-aAalaE
to eiialiass aIgR the nuse WaH obtained
heeause IL tgouiti ".ea5tjaAgeF liyes,
comes hfSes press dispatch tfstgn
9uRrez IpE. announcing tlse theft of
important papers frpta gle German
consulate thcre
To the aErangs Renter Ii4e JaHrpa
Dispatch nHy secgA unia,iartnnt. yet
Ia All plebabliisy 1t is merely anolheF
Ink forged In tite grrat chain sst aa.
known achievements az our valiant lit,
tie hau1 of patriogs ~ho throughout
the entire wagia are always Dn the
alert in the Interest NJ "nr country
yet Who iR tine aS danger esahat eBil
on US for aid.
This Hlftc band OF alen. who arc
knewt astty TO the state department,
ana whose names appear IN the se
cret archives Of the United States az
"A IA" Of "t%&iT5,' Five llgs.s that for
adventure and hegeisfa make the av-
eraee best seller here look lke "a
satni2hed imitation.
SO little Is Enovn by the geueraI
public Of the seeret agents Of our GOV.
ernalent thar 70 tiIn average pcrsttt
IL seetns probable no such body Of uen
exists. As matter af fact. the vast
majority IT tae citizens ef the country
seem 20 think the Secre, service, which
IN reality is attached to the treasury
department ls entrusted with dipso-
matte work Of tho underground" or
der. This, however, is NOT the case.
Although it is the autg uf the secret
service and department of Justice up.
erativeg 10 ran down plots OF different
kinds that are brewing almost continm-
ally within the confines Of our oVsn bor.
ders, they seldon are sens out of the
country
Busy in All Lands.
In far of Russia, In China. japan.
Germany, France. England, South
America, and, in fact. every Inhabited
part Of the globe, there fits the Dip
! lomatic phantom ttie secret agent. .
How many times he has intercepted
just such documents as the ZlulIner-
| iaann note will probably never be
known outside of diplomatic circles.
but this particular feat is good ex-
'watcltdpgs OF the mist" Using iic-
titioas names and numbers, / viii out
line their work.
When the war broke out In Europe.
broke with all the sutlsiesInesS Of ii
( furious thunderstorm, ii was no sur
prise 10 those engaged In the great
game of "dodging DEATH, In Berlin
ii dapper youth of decided I'eafonie
appearance, listed under our own ban-
ner as ''B-45," WIS fully alive to what
was doing
On the Russian border Ivan Mus
coyitZ, whose reports We're signed with
another number and letter, straight.
| way informed Washington of the Rus.
sian preparations, while in France and
! England Andre lie Rene and CrrtI
Froihingham. respectively, reported
the tfoings Of these two great nations.
The youth Of Teutonic appearance
is killed by a taxicab. Plainly an ne
cident, you would say if you had Nit
messed the incident, vet the taxicab
| had followed the Teutonic youth many
blocks and was In all probability driv-
en- by decrepit old chauffeur, who
lbs known to WiIhelmstrasse as X 1907. :
681, and who had received notification
OF the Teutonic youths activity lin the
vicinity of some district of military Inn
portance.
! So died the Teutonic youth, On the
register at Washington "B-45' is
crossed off as dead and .'B X'' rnshes
from Dresden to take his place. The
Teutonie youth Is an American born
and raised, fighting TO protect his coun-
fry, but. even knowing that his life.
is In continual danger, he can make