The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-07-20

Win hpys ANW ~ HESA ~" ns"A - 49,
storfrs own household and gts two
wireless stations -'iistening In" on The
German Sayvi,le zine" to Beriin--how.
In fact, this one New England newspA-
per for almost three years kept the
united States government informed OF
the Gernan-Anstrtau plots in America
---har at last been revealed.
John II. RAthon, IN q speech made
at the convention Of the Canadian
Press association in Toronto, and ~.
ported tn the Editor and Publisher
from the Toronto Star. weaves q story
OF plot and counter-plot as remarkable
AZ any that have eome from the pen OF
II. Phillips Oppenheim. And Mr.. Rath-
ON says that be has safe full OF doe
uments yet unused which he will pull
out II the situations ever again requires
It.
The story bristies with dramatic lit
tie scenes almost unbelievable In hum
drum America. There Ia Bsrnstorfrs
confidential secretary at the last mo-
ment al Halifax revealing himself -
an American. There is the pretty Ste
nographer who sat on the packing box
with Captain Won Papen and made him
write the evidence Of his own guilt.
And through II all runs the trail Of
the "green blubber," which 10 Mr.. Roth
om's word for the strange 'air holes"
In German brains which make them
overlook the most obvious things. We
see the green biubber" when Van
Horne. the spy. dressed up like wo~k.
man and then rode In n Pullman. Fol
lows. too. the incident Of the foolish
little street car light that cost Doctor
Albert his famous portfolio Of treach-
erous secrets.
TIA q Great story.
It's great story. and greater still In
its hints OF what II might be. Here It
Ia.
"The Providence Journal" begins
the Editor and Publisher. happened
upon its course OF exposure through
having had for ten years before the
war what other papers described AZ
bug on wireless telegraphy. The pa
per had maintained rwo powerful wire
less plants at Point Judith and at
Block Island. When war broke out
they had decided to listen In on the
messages crossing the Atlantic. For
i've months they kept record OF these
messages, and then they set out TO end
the codes and make revelations. OF
the material they secured they used
only fractional part
zone OF the newspapers stenogra-
piers was sent and secured mn ap-
pointment In the Austrian consulate In
New York. Other OF Its workers were
constantly engaged In shadowing Cap
tain Boy. Ed, Captain Won Papen. for
mer Austrian Ambassador Dumba. the
German Ambassador Bernstorfr and
other German and Austrian officials,
The two wireless plants increasingly
listened Ia. two shifts Of operators mt
work day and night, on Sayville and
Nantucket. the two wireless stations
which were being used mostly by the
Germans to keep In touch with Berlin.
from where they received instructions
for every detail Of their plotting pol
icy.
For the United States government
the Brooklyn navy yard had had In.
strucuons 10 keep close watch on
the Sayville aud Nantucket stations,
bat nothing suspicious was ever ~
ported until Mr.. Rathom took some
Of the messages which he had received
from his operators to the state depart.
ment. II was then learned that the
navy yard operators had been In the
pay Of German agents In America and
had been told not to hear too much.
ingenious Codes Used.
The codes used by the Germans
were OF the most ingenious nature
Many OF them pretended 20 be stock
quotations, and sone were even done
up as funeral directions. lu some
cases however, the codes showsd evi.
dence OF the green blubbcr." referred
70 by the speaker, a. on one occasion
when Mr. Rathom was able TO 50 b
President wilson and show him copies
Of eight separats measages sent by the
wireless plant within nine days all
rela ting that little EMILY" had died
Of such and such an Illness, In q certain |
part cf q room. had been hurled In 4 !
certain cemetery b~stie such and soch
q previously deceased relative In every |
one Of these messages the Illness, the |
part Of the room. the name OF the rela-
tive. the cemetery, and 30 on, varied |
and q clear code Was detected iu,each |
az the messages
Green etubhsr In Brain.
The frs, revelation which Mr. |
Ra,hom told illustrated the German |
capacity for laundering. 1t ives the
story OF Werner Horne--the man who
Was responsible for the attempt 70 !
blow ur the vanceboro bridge Horne !
had been detected ~ German SPY by !
one Of the Journal reporters In New !
York, In an etTer, TO Disguise himself
Horne allowed his beard 10 grow for |
three Gays. put on an old suit which he |
purchased for three dollars feven this ,
detail was reporsed) and packed his
Personal effects in an old carpet bag /
Having carried cgt these elaborate nrs. i