The Detroit times., 1917-12-08
IS
HOTBED OF
PLOT TIERS
Providence JOurna
Man Tells Amazing
Story of Intrigue
- r. RATHolI


How I- loyal American newspaper
reporters, including two women
played r,nes around tbe leaders OF
The German propaaand.st- in This
country and outwltred them ~ every
turn was told by John R Rathom
editor OF the Providence journal to
"a group OF Detroit newspaper men
In Hotel Satler. saturday informing
Mr. Rathom WIN give The story Of
his papers expose of German and
Austrian intrigue gt patriotic ain
ner in tho DaIroit Athletic club to
niehl Mr. ltahom and bis ORGAN
ization have played "a leading part
IN putting fhe fIJ ON The acfIFIJIes
of the plouter- iu thc United States
and in brineIns many OF them 10
book
The story OF our asbr he
story ~ thc ability and loyalty or
- ordinary American reporters.
members ot The san or tho Pr0vl
dence Journal" said Mr. Ruhom
Any one OF 1hcm could have sold
out af any time for more money
ihan he ever saw m his lire. bu
they We're loyal 20 the last man, and
TOO much credit cannot be given
them. They were pitred against the
brains o. tho German secret scryico
a wonderfully perfect or-auizotiou
and at The same time "a most anna
ins collection OF tatheads,
Htf O.
German secret agents at the very
outset % be war Ou Che DAY Aus
tria declared war ON Serbia we
started listening in ON Sayyiuo and
Tuckerton tho German wireless
stations Out paper has maintained
two wireless stations for the last Do
years and our station at Point Jnd
ith r. j. was for "a long time .he
largest in the United States. For
the last three months We have had
IN use one OF the most powerful sta-
tions in the world. the location of
which we have NOT vet announced
'and the Point Judith station is sery-
ins as am auxiliary.
"The stun that came thru by wirc
less was simply amazing For the
3
lieVed the stories We were printing.
not even our stockholders and we
got the reputation of being a yellow
sheet The public simply could not
conceive how men could plot iu such
fashion against a friendly nation.
tn tiit meantime, VIZ rad placed
l3 men i'm various cousul0tes. and
The results were immediate Be.
tween them and The wireless we al.
ready have enough material TO keep
as going for 20 years
I'VE knew an about Kaltschmidts
operations in Detroit even before it
was known 10 the governmcut We
nave several OF the checks he
cashed out of Or Alberrs 10000
00l fund Ho is merely q type Of
many hundreds n the country who
have been doing tho same Kind OF
work When YOU multiply tho sum
bo received several hundred times
vol can get some idea of how that
$4,000, GOO was spent
Detroit is uotUed OF ihe propa-
raudists. one of their chief centers
n fact That is because ot le bic
foreign population that has been
drawn lere hy your lndUstr.c-. and
because OF its proximity 10 Canada
lt was from Defroit bat Paul.
Kcenie chief OF the secraI service
of Mo Hamburg American line con-
Quoted the operations that were de-
signed to blow up the Neiland
canal Thru The work OF oW mon
he was copied or two days before
he could carry ont bis plans and he
is uow serving time in prison
Il should say tho' a' least lo per
cent OF the threatening .a'ltfs we
have received came from llelf'i
and vicinity Pofhais d WIN aI'
prise you 70 know Inat our oisaiii1A.
ton has 80 representa'i'ee mere.
part or tho 'V0VV' men ana women
Of bohemian or 9'ffi' t'Nl
tered over zoe cpthIi F'i'h'e'i