The Alaska citizen., 1917-08-13

l capacity for bluudernE T. was rhr story Of Werner Horne-ihc man who Was responsible for tho attempt 10 blow up the Vancrboro bridge. Horne had been detected as German -py . by one of rho Journal reporters in . New York In an effort to disguise . himself Horne allowed his beard to -row for three days. put on an old suit which he purchased for three dollars (eycn this detail was repor,eU and packed his personal effects in an old carpet bag Having carried | out these elaborate precautions he took passage for the point where the job was 10 be done. on one of the finest and most luxurious trains in the United States. A is well known now, he was caught When asked later by Mir. Rathom why he had been foolish enough to travel first class in such shabby dress, Horne replied that he was d 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 fraudulent passport bureau, operated by German officials, was discovered doing a land office business in an office building on Broadway. The Jourual-fakIng as d public accountant on the one side and a manufacturers agent on the other-sandwiche the passport forg- CTS between them. Every word that tpasscd in this office was recorded by means of the instruments used for that purpose, and reported 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 em- pIoyees were allowed to take charge of the office to receive the patrons, It was not long after that Von Papen and the German military attache at Tokyo came in with a list of names of men for whom they de sired passports. The name at the top of the list was that of Werner Horne.
 Journal Man Bcrnstorffs Secretary.
 "A friend of mine, said Mir. Rathom, thinking himself very friend Iy, but in thing which l objected to, went to Paris and while there bought a lot of war relics. Among them was one of the first iron cross es that had been given by the Ger man emperor to a major of a 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 it had belonged, and my friend sent it to me. sent it to Berns- torff with a letter, saying that that mark of honorable distinction of man who had done his duty TOT 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 1 sent, and threw the cross on the floor, saying that, after having been defiled by the hands of American dogs, that cross was of no use to anybody in Germany. l knew my man was telling the truth, be- cause the man l had in there re ported the incident to me exactly the way he did. Incidentally l might say that the individual to whom I refer was in the German embassay IT months as one of the ambassadors secretaries, and the am bassador 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. 1 MT. Bernstorff had no idea of that mans identity or whom he was serv- ing until he left New York, And he wrote letter from Halifax to a friend in New York, which he at