Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-09

ord Of these messages, and then they
set out to find the codes and make
revelations. OF the material they pc.
cured they used only q fractional
part.
One Of his women stenographers
was sent and secured an appointment
In the Austrian Consulate in New
York. Other Of his workers were
constantly engaged IN shadowing Cap.
tain Boyd, Capt Won Papen, for.
mer Austrian Ambassador Dumba,
the German Ambassador Bernstorff,
and other German and Austrian Of.
ficialE The two wireless plants I'M.
ceasingiy listened In, two shifts OF
operators at work day and night, on
Sayyille 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 policy. =
For the United States Government
the Brooklyn Navy Yard'h had In
structions to keep q close watch on
the Sayville and Nantucket stations,
but nothing suspicious was ever re.
ported until Mr.. Rathom took some
OF the messages which he had re.
ceiyed from his operators, to the
State Department. It was then
learned that the Navy Yard operat.
ors had been in the pay Of German
agents in America, and had been told
not to hear too much.
ingenious Codes
The codes used by the Germans
were OF the most ingenious nature.
Many Of them pretended to be stock
quotations, and some were even done
up as funeral directions. In some
cases, however, the codes showed
evidence Of the green blubber, re-
ferred to by the speaker, as on one
occasion when Mr.. Rathom was able
to 60 to President Wilson and show
him copies Of eight separate mes.
sages sent by the wireless plant
within nine days, all relating that
little Emily" had died OF such and
such an illness, In O certain part OF
q room, had been buried In certain
cemetery beside such and such a
previously deceased relative. In
CNCAJ ouC sOA OuCoG lucbbNbcb Inc ILL,
ness. the part Of the room, the name
Of the relative. the cemetery, and so
on, varied, and clear code was de-.
tected in each OF the messages.
Green Blubber In Brain
The first revelation which Mr..
Rathom told illustrated the German
capacity for laundering. It was the
story Of Werner Horne-the man who
was responsible for the attempt to
blow up the Yanceboro bridge. Horne
had been detected as a German spy
by one Of the journal reporters M
New York In an effort to disguise
Horne allowed his beard to
grow for three days, put on an old
suit which he purchased for three
dollars (eyen ahis detail was re.
ported) and packed his personal ef-
fects In an old carpet bag. Having
carried cut these elaborate precau-
tions he took passage for the point
where the Job was to be done on
one Of the finest and most Injurious
trains In the United States. As Is
well known now, he was caught.
When asked later by Mr.. Rathom
why he had been foolish enough to
travel first class In such shabby
dress, Horne replied that he was a.
German officer and q gentleman, and
always travelled In the best style.
The Passport Fraud
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 q land office
business In ans office building on
Broadway. The Journal--fakine as
J public accountant on the one side
md . manufacturers agent ON the
other sandwiched the passport forg.
srs between them. Every word that
passed In this office was recorded |
By means Of the instruments used
lor that purpose. and reported to the
Journal When sufficient |
evidence was gathered the United |
states Secret Service was notified, |
Ind the three forgers were taken |
away. As soon as they had been re-
three of the Journals en-
,loyees were allowed to take charge
II the office to receive the patrons.
I was not long after that Won Papen
md the German military attache at |
Toxic came IN with list Of names
Il men for whom he desired pass.
,crts The name ct the top of the
list was that Of Werner Horne.
journal Man - Bernstorff's Secretary
"A friend Of mine," said Mr.. Rath-
IN. thinking himself very friendly,
mt In q thing which objected to,
vent to Paris and while there bought /
! lot OF war relics. Among them /
vas one Of the first iron crosses that