The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-07

1--WE, the cemetery, ana so on. varied.
anu clear code WIS detected in
each of the MESA geS.
The first revelation which Mr..
Rathom told illustrated the German
capacity for blundering. 1t was the
tale of Werner Horne man who
was responsible for the attempt to
blow up the Nanceboro Bridge.
Horne had been detected as a Ger
man spy by one of the journal re
porters in New York. In an effort to
disguise himself. Horne allowed his
beard to grow for three days, put on
an old suit which he purchased for
three dollars even this detail was
reported) and packed his personal ey
fects in an old carpet bag. Having
carried out these elaborate precau-
tions he took passage for the point
where the job was to be done on
one of the finest and most luxurious
trains in the United States. AS is
well known now, he was caught.
VIII IN asked later by MIR. Rathom
VIII, he had been foolish enough 10
traa ell frst-class in such shabby
dres S. Horne replied that he was d
German officer and d gentleman, and
always travelled in the best style.
Another German scheme in which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred soon after in New
York also. a fraudulent passport
bureau. operated by German officials,
was discovered doing i land office
bus ness in an office building on
Broadway. The Journal. taking as q
public accountant on the one side anG
manufacturers agent on the other
--sandwiched the passport forgers
between them. Every word that
yaSsed in this office used for that
purpose, and reported to the provi-
dence Journal. When sufficient eyi-
dence 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 employees were al
lowed to take charge of the Office to
receive the patrons. 1t was not Ions
after that Won Papen and the Ger
man military attache at Toxic came
in with a list of names of men for
whom he desired passedpOrted. The
name at the top of the list was that
of Werner Horne.
"A friend of mine,' said Mr.. Ra-
them, thinking himself very friend
ly, but in thing which | objected
to, went to Paris and while there
bought lot OF war relics. Among
them was one of the first iron cross
es that had been given by the Ger
man Emperor to major of a Ger
man regiment, who died on the field
and whose cross had been taken
from him and taken to Paris. 1t was
sold to my friend, with statements as
to whom it had belonged, and my
friend sent it to me. | sent it to
BePnstorff with a letter, saving tha,
that mark of honorable distinction
of 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
be sent back after the war or at some
time tc the mans people.
THE Ambassador tore the note TO
pieees, threw the note in the face o.
thsAman / sent, and threw the cross
q \e floor, saying that, after hay
zen defiled by the hands of
\n dogs that cross was of no
- D. c cr.aaaay.- I-knew
d was telling the truth, be-
Zhe man | had in there reported
o. kcident to me exactly the way he
didt incidentally l might say that
Individual to whom | refer was in the
German embassy seventeen months
as pne of the Ambassadors secretar-
ies,l and the Ambassadorhad no know
ledge 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 yo Twill lose your boat"
and he replied: 4 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 at
tempted to get sent back, but which
was Intercepted. telling some of his
friends what he thought of this indi-
vidual.
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 long time
before. Early in the war my man in
the Embassy say my man; you
must pardon me for that; L mean our
man, because | am not the Provi
dence Journal-was ordered by Cap
tain Boy-Ed to go to New York and
get suite of six quiet rooms in a
hotel where Boy-Ed and his people
could meet Huerta. Naturally enough
my man, being loyal. could do moth
ing else than select the rooms we Sc
lected for him, so he went to the
Manhattan Hotel and got suite OF
rooms which we rugged up with the
apparatus I spoke of; and to make
assurance doublY sure l got another