The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-07-14
AMAZING STORY OF HOW PROVIDENCE
JOURNAL UNCOVERED GERMAN PLOTS
Met Guile With Guile and Spy With Spy and for Almost Three Years
Kept the Government Informed of Teutonic Intrigue
and Treachery in This CONTEMPLATION Tells
How It Was Done

by Mr.. Rathom why he had been fool.
ish enough to travel frst-class In such
shabby dress, Horne replied that he
was German officer and a gentleman
and always travelled In the best style.
Passport Fraud Outlined.
Another German scheme In which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred soon after in New
York also. A fraudulent passport bu-
reau, operated by German officials, was
discovered doing land-office business
In an Office building on Broadway. The
Journal-faking as public account
ant on the one side and a manufactur-
ers' agent on the other-sandwiche
the passport forgers between them.
Every word that passed in this Office
was recorded by means Of the instru-
ments used for that purpose, and re-
ported to the Providence Journal.
When sufficient evidence was gathered
the United States secret service was
notified and the three forgers were
taken away. As soon as they had been
removed three Of the Journals en-
ployees were allowed to take charge Of
the Office to receive the patrons. It
was not long after that Won Papen and
the German military attache at Tokyo
came In with list of names Of men
for whom they desired passports. The
name ut the top of the list was that
Of Werner Horne.
Journal Man Bernstorff's Secretary.
IA friend Of mine,' said Mr.. Rath-
ON, thinking himself very friendly,
but in a thing which I objected to,
went to Paris and while there bought
lot Of war relics. Among them was
one of the first iron crosses that had
been given by the German emperor to
major Of German regiment, who
died on the field and whose cross had
been taken from him and taken to
Paris. It was sold to my friend, with
statements as to whom 1t had belonged,
and my friend sent 1t to me. I sent 1t
to Bernstorn with letter, saying that
that mark Of honorable distinction 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 It could be
sent back after the war or at some
time to the mans people.
Tears Note to Pieces.
"'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 been
deflled by the hands Of American dogs,
that cross was Of no use to anybody in
Germany. I knew my man was telling
the truth, because the man had In
there reported the incident to me ex-
actly the way he did. Incidentally I
might say that the individual to whom
I refer was In the German embassy
II months as one Of the ambassadors
secretaries, and the ambassador had
no knowledge that he was not what he
pretended to be until the Frederik 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..
Bernstorff had no idea of that mans
identity or whom he was serving until
he left New York. And he wrote let
ter from Halifax to a friend In New
York, which he attempted to get sent
back, but which was intercepted, tell
ing some of his friends what he
thought Of this individual.
When Huerta Met Boyd.
""The famous Huerta case, the at
tempt Of the German government to
embroil us with Mexico, an attempt
that 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 embassy say my man; you must
pardon me for that; mean our man,
because I am not the Providence Jour-
nal-was ordered by Captain Boyd
to 60 to New York and get suite Of
six quiet rooms In hotel where Boy
Ed and his people could meet Huerta.
Naturally enough, my man, being loyal,
could do nothing else than select the
rooms we selected for him, so he went
to the Manhattan hotel and got suite
of rooms which he rugged up with the
apparatus I spoke Of and. to make as
surance doubly sure. got another man
| to act as chauffeur on the auto that
brought Huerta.
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