Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-07-20

New York.-How the Providence
Journal met guile with guile, and spy
with spy, how il had Its man In Bern
storfrs own household and Its two
wireless stntlons "llstenlng In" on the
German Snyville cline" to Berlln-how,
In fact, this n New England newspa-
per for almost three years Kept the
United states government Informed OF
the Germnn. Austrian plots In America
has Mt last been revealed.
John Il. Rathom, In n speech made
at the convention Of the Canadian
Press association In Toronto, and re-
ported in the Editor and Publisher
from the Toronto Star. weaves n story
OF plot and counter-pl0t as remarkable
as any that hive come from the pen or
r.. Phillips Oppenhelm. And MFR. Rath-
ON says TINT he hns a safe full OF doc
uments yet unused which he VIII pnll
out II the situation ever again requires
Il.
IT'S a Great story.
It's a great story, and greater still In
its hints OF what II might be. Here II
Is:
''The Providence Journal" begins
the Editor and Publisher, happened
upon Its course Of exposure through
having had for ten years before the
war whst other papers described us n
bug tH wireless telegrnphy. The pm
per hSd maintained two powerful wire
less plants ut Point Judith and Mt
Block Island. When war broke out
they had decided to listen In on the
messages crossing the Atlantic. For
five months they kept record of these
messages, and then they set out to ind
the codes and make revelations. or
the material they secured they used
only II fractional part.
zone OF the newspapers stenogra'
pliers was sent and secured nm mp.
polntment. In the Austrian consulate In
New York. Other Of It's workers were
constantly engaged In shadowlng Cap
tain Boy.Ed, Captain o Papen. for
mer Austrian Ambassador Dumba, the
German Ambassador Bernstorn and
other German and Austrian officials
The two wireless plants increasingly
listened In. two shifts OF operators a
work day aud night, on Sayvllle ant
Nantucket, the two wireless stations
which were being used mostly by tn,
Germans 10 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 Ind In
structions to keep n close watch OF
the Sayville and Nantucket stations
but nothing suspicious was even re
ported until Mr.. Rathom took SOM
Of the messages which he had receive,
from his operators to the state depart
ment. II was then learned that tn
navy yard operators had been In tn
pay of German ngents In America, nnI
had been told not to hear too much.
1.-THE first revelation which Nj
Rnthom told Illustrated the Germn
capacity for laundering. II was tn
story of Werner Ilorne-the man VIII
was responsible for the attempt I
blow up the V%anceboro bridge. Horn
had been detected as II German spy b
one OF the Journal reporters In Me-
York. In an effort TO disguise hlmse
Horne allowed his benrd to grow Il
three days. put on nm old suit which !
purchased for three dollars (even IA
detail was reported) and packed h
personal effects In nm old cnrpet ba
Having carried out these elaborate pr
cautions he took passage for the poll
where the Job" was to be done, on OF
Of the finest and most luxurious trnii