The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-07-20
STORY OF HOW PROVIDENCE
JOURNAL UNCOVERED GERMAN PLOTS
Nat Guile With Guile and Spy With Spy and for Almost Three Years
Kept the Government Informed Of Tsutonc Intrigue
and Treacher In This counry-Edtor Tells
How II Was 0one

" M. RAMON why ne nnd been fcOs-
ish enough to travel nrst-claas I'm such
shabby dress. Horne repiied that be
was German cfHcer and a gentleman
and always Travelled In the hast style.
Passport Fraud Outlined.
Another German scheme In which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teusons occurred soon after In New
York also. A fraudulent passport bu-
reau. operated by German oficials. was
discovered doing land-ofiice business
In an once building on Broadway. The
Iournal--faking 40 q public account.
ant on the one side and a manufactur-
ers' agent On the other-sandwiched
the passport forgsrs between them.
Every word that passed In this once
was recorded by means Of the instru.
ments used for that purpose, and re-
ported 10 the Providence Journal.
When sufricient evidence was gathered
the United States secret service was
notified and the three forgers were
taken away. As soon 40 they had been
removed three OF the Journals EN-
ployees were allowed 10 take charge Of
the Office to receive the patrons. II
was not long after that von papen and
the German military attache at Tokyo
came Ia with d list OF names Of men
for whom they desired passports. The
name ut the top Of the list was that
Of Werner Horne.
Journal Man Hernstorff's Secretary.
"A friend of mine, said Mr.. Rath-
ON. thinking himself very friendly,
but In d thing which objected to.
VEN, to Paris and while there bought
Il lot OF war relies, Among them was
one Of the first iron crosses that had
been given by the German emperor 20
major Of d German regiment, who
died on the fieid and whose cross had
been taken from him and taken 10
Pnris II was Sold to my friend. with
statements as to whom IL had belonged,
and my friend sent II to me. sent It
to BernstortY with letter, saying that
that mark Of honorable distinction Of q
man who had done his duty for his
country belongs to his famiIy. ! gave
the name Of the man and the name OF
the family. and begged him 70 take
care Of the cross 20 that II could be
sent back after the war or at some
time u NE mans people.
Team Nots 70 pisesA
.The ambassador tore the note to
picceA threw the note In the face Of
the man sent, and threw rhe cross on
the floor. saying that after having been
defled by the hands Of American dogs
that croes 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'
nctly the way be did. Incidentally !
nigh, say that the individual TO whom
| refer was In the German embassy
II months IA one OF the ambassadors
secretaries. and the ambassador had
no knowledge that he was not what he
pretended to be- until the Fredertk 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; Il am safer on this skie." Mr..
BernstortY had no idea Of that mans
or whom he was serving until
he left New York. And he wrote Q let
ter from Halifax 10 friend In New
York. which he attempted to get sent
back, but which was intercepted, tell.
Ing some Of his friends what be
thought Of this individual.
When husrta Met eoy.Ed.
.~rhe famous Huerta case, the at
tempt Of the German government to
embroil Us with Mexico, an attempt
that the recent Zimmerman letter
proved bcyond any doubt to be true,
was already proved by US long time
before. Early In the war my man 10
the embassy--l say my man; You must
pardon me for TINT; mean our man,
because I am not the Providence Jour
nal--was ordered by Captain Boyd
to 30 to New York and get q suite Of
six quiet rooms In q hotel where Boy
Ed and his people could meet Huerta. |
enough, my man, being loyal.
could do nothing else than select the
rooms we selected for him, 10 he went |
10 the Manhattan hotel and 90, q suite |
u roomA which be rugged up with the
apparatus l spoke Of and, to make A. |
surauce dcuhly sure, got another man |
10 act IS chauffeur on the auto that |
brought Huerta.
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