Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
HOW NEWSPAPERS
EXPOSED A SERIES
OF GERMAN PLOTS

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iron crosses that had been given by
the German emperor to a major OF a
German regiment, who died on the
field ana whose cross had been taken
from him and taken 20 Paris. 1t was
sold to my friend with statements
as To whom IL had belonged. and my
friend sent II to me. / sent II to
Bernstorff with a letter, saying that
that mark OF honorable distinction
OF a man who had done his duty for
his country belongs TO his family: l
gave the name of the man and the
name OF the family, and begged him
to take care of the cross so that 1,
could be sent back after the war or
at some time to the mans people
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 defiled by the hands Of Ameri-
can dogs that cross was Of no use to
anybody In Germany. ! knew my
man was telling the truth because
the man I had in there reported the
incident to me exactly the way ne
did. Incidentally / might say that
individual TO whom ] refer was in
the German embassy IT months as
one OF the ambassadors secretaries,
and the ambassador had no knowl-
edge that he was not what he pre-
tended to be until the Frederick VIII
left New York for Halifax. He said
to my man. You had better get
aboard or you will lose your boat,
and he replied: i am safer on this
side Mr.. Bernstorff had no idea
of that mans identity or who he
was serving until he left New York.
And he wrote a letter from Halifax
to friend in New York, which he
attempted to get sent back, but which
was intercepted, telling some of his
friends what he thot Of this indi-
tidual.
When Hucrta Met Boy-Ed.
THE famous Huerta case, the at
tempt of the German government TO
trlbroil 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 l am not the Provi-
dence Journal-was ordered by Cap.
tain BoyEd to go to New York and
get a suite of six quiet rooms in a
hotel where Boy-Ed and his ueople
'Ouli ul'tl Ia. tllouEbi
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 a suite of rooms which
We rigged up with the apparatus l
spoke Of; and to make assurance
doubly sure, / got another man to act
as chauffeur on the auto that
brought Huerta. They had their con-
ference, and at the conclusion OF that
conference every word that was ut,
tered-uttered thru an interpreter
because Boy-Ed did not speak Span
ish-was sent down to the department
of state next morning. They had the
entire facts before them, and knew
everything, and for several months
later, when Boy-Ed and Bernstorfi
were frothing at the mouth and ut
tering denials, the state department
had the very words that were uttered
Romance Among the Spies.
Another incident" he continued
that is Of great interest came when
one of our most valued and keenest
stenographers in our own office, a
girl that came to US seven years ago