Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-07-28

III the UnlteO states. AS Is well known
now, he was caught. When asked later
by Mr. Rathom why he had been fool
ish enough to travel first-class In such
shabby dress, Horne replied that he
was German officer and a gentleman
ana always Travelled In the best style.
Passport Fraud Outlined.
Another German scheme in which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Ieutons occurred soon after In New
York also. A fraudulent passport bu-
reau, operated by German officials was
discovered doing a land-off1ce business
In an office building on Broadway. The
Journal-faking as a public account
ant on the one side and a manufacture
ers' agent on the Other-sandwiched
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. 1t |
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 at the top of the list was that
of Werner Horne.
"A friend Of mine, said Mr.. Rath-
om thinking himself very friendly,
but In thing which l 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
a major of German 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 1t had belonged,
and my friend sent it to me. / sent 1t
to Bernstorff with 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 1t could be
sent back after the war or at some
time to the mans people.
Tears Note to Pieces
1.-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 American dogs,
that cross was of no use to anybody in
Germany. knew my man was telling
the truth, because the man | had In
there reported the incident to me ex-
actly the way he did. accidentally l
might say that the individual to whom
refer was In the German embassy
II months as one of the ambassadors
and the ambassador had
40 knowledge that he was not what he
to be until the Frederik VIII
eft New York for Halifax. He said to
ny man, "You had better get aboard
Or you will lose your boat" and he re-
)lied: II am safer on this side" Mr..
Bernstorff had no idea of that mans !
IDENTIFY or whom he was serving until
he left New York.
Another incident he continued,
that is of great interest came when
me Of our valued and keenest stenog-
'aphers in our own office, girl that
,ame to us seven years ago from about ,
wenty miles outside of Providence,
vas given a position in the Office of
he Austrian consul general in New {
York city. She had never been In New '
York before, but she was ahead of |