Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-07-20
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 Treaohery In This Country-EdftorT Tells
How Il Was Done.

In the United States. As Ii well known
now, he was caught. When nsked later
by Mr.. Rathom why he had been fool
ish enough TO travel 1rst-clnss In such
shabby dress. Horne replied that he
was a German officer and n gentleman
and always travelled In the best style.
Passport Fraud Outlined.
Another German scheme In which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred soon inter In New
York also. A fraudulent passport bu-
reau, operated by German officials, was
discovered doing n land-ofice business
In an Office building on Broadway. The
jOurnal-faklng as n public account
ant on the one side and u mnnufactur-
ers' agent on the other-sandwiched
the passport forgers between them.
Every word that passed In this Office
was recorded by means OF the lnstru-
ments used for that purpose, and re-
ported to the Providence Journal.
When sufficient evidence was gathered
the United Stntes secret service was
notified and the three forgers were
taken away. As Don as they had been
removed three Of the Journals EN-
ployees were allowed TO take charge Of
the Office to receive the patrons. 1t
was not long after that Won Pnpen and
the German military nttache ut Tokyo
came In with n list Of names OF men
for whom they desired passports. The
name at the top Of the list was that
of Werner Horne.
"A friend of mine said Mr.. Rath-
ON, thinking himself very friendly,
but In a thing which / objected to,
went to Paris and while there bought
a lot Of war relies. Among them was
one OF the first Iron crosses that had
been given by the German emperor Ia
a major OF II German regiment, who
died on the field and whose cross had
been taken from him and taken Ia
Paris. 1t was sold to my friend, with
statements ms to whom II had belonged
and my friend sent II to me. l sent II
to Bernstorff with a letter, snying thai
that mark of honorable distinction OF Q
man who hnd done his duty for hli
country belongs to his family. l gave
the name OF the nan and the name oi
the family, and begged him to TAXI
cnre of the cross so that II could b'
sent back after the war or at SOM
time to the mans people.
Tears Note TO Pieces.
""The ambassador tore the note I,
pieces, threw the note In the face o
the man | sent, and threw the cross OF
the floor, saying that, after having bee
dehled by the hands OF American dogs
that cross was Of no use to anybody II
Germany. / knew my man was tellln
the truth, because the man | had 4
there reported the incident to me eS
nctly the way he did. Incidentally
might shy that the individual to whor
| refer was In the German embass
II months MS one of the ambassador
! secretaries, and the ambassador ha
no knowledge that he was not what h
i. pretended to he until the Fredcrik VII
left New York for Halifax. lie snld
my man, "You had better get aboar
or you will lose your boat" and he r.
piled ~ nm safer on this side" NJ
Bernstornf had no idea of that man
y identity or whom he was serving ant
he left New York.
( "'Another incident he continue
r that is OF great interest came wh'
g one Of our valued and keenest steno
$ raphers Ia our w Office. n girl tn
$ came to us seven years ogo from abol
Z twenty miles outside OF ProvidenC
p WIS given q position In the office
Il the Austrian consul general In Ne
@ York city. She had never been In Nc
is York before, but she was ahead OF