Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-20
AMAZING STORY or HOW PROVIDENCE
JOURNAL UNCOVERED GERMAN PLOTS
Met Guile With Guile and Spy With Spy and for Almost Three Years
Kept the Government Informed of TeItonc Intrigue
and Treachery in This CONTEMPLATION Tells
How It Was Done

by Mr. Rathom why he had been fool
ish enough to travel first-class in such
shabby dress, Horne replied that he
was German officer and a gentleman
and always Travelled In the best style
Passport Fraud Outlined.
Another German scheme in which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred soon after in New
York also. A fraudulent passport bu-
reau, operated by German officials was
discovered doing a land-office business
in an office building on Broadway. The
Communicating as a public account
ant on the one side and manufacture
| ers' agent on the other-sandwiched
the passport forgers between them.
Every word that passed in this office
was recorded by means of the instru-
ments used for that purpose, and re-
ported TO the Providence Journal.
/ When sufficient evidence was gathered
| the United States secret service was
notified and the three forgers were
taken away. AS soon as they had been
removed three of the Journals en-
ployees were allowed to take charge Of
the office to receive the patrons. 1t
was not long after that Won Papen and
the German military attache at Tokyo
came in with a list of names of men
for whom they desired passports. The
name at the top of the list was that
of Werner Horne.
journal Man Bernstorf7s Secretary.
"A friend of mine, said Mr.. Rath-
ON. thinking himself very friendly,
but in a thing which l objected to,
went to Paris and while there bought
a lot of war relics. Among them was
one of the first iron crosses that had
been given by the German emperor to
a major of German regiment, who
died on the field and whose cross had
been taken from him and taken to
Paris. 1t was sold to my friend. with
statements as to whom it had belonged,
and my friend sent it TO me. l sent it
to Bernstorff with letter, saying that
that mark of honorable distinction of
man who had done his duty for his
country belongs to his family. | gave
the name of the man and the name of
the family, and begged him to take
care of the cross so that it could be
sent back after the war or at some
time to the mans people.
Tears Note to Pieces.
The ambassador tore the note to
pieces, threw the note in the lace of
the man | sent. and threw the cross on
the floor, saying that, after having been
defiled by the hands of American dogs,
that cross was of no use TO anybody in
Germany. l knew my man was telling
the truth, because the man 1 had in
there reported the incident to me ex-
actly the way he did. Incidentally |
might say that the individual TO whom
refer was in the German embassy
II months as one of the ambassadors |
secretaries, and the ambassador had |
no knowledge that he was not what he /
pretended TO be until the Frederik 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 side" Mr.. /
Bernstorff had no idea of that mans
identity or whom he was serving until
he left New York. And he wrote let
ter from Halifax to u friend in New
York, which he attempted TO get sent
back, but which was intercepted, tell
ing some of his friends what he
thought of this individual.
When Huerta Met Boyd.
1.-The famous Huerta case, the at
tempt of the German government TO
smbroil us with Mexico, an attempt
proved beyond any doubt to be true,
vas already proved by US long time
before. Early IN the war my man in
he embassy say my man you must
PARDON me for that; l mean our man,
because / am not the Providence jour
lal-was ordered by Captain Boy-Ed ,
o go TO New York and get a suite of
TX quiet rooms in a hotel where Boy
I'd and his people could meet Huerta. ,
enough. my man, being loyal, {
ould do nothing else than select the {
ooms we selected for him, so he went
D the Manhattan hotel and got suite
f rooms which he rugged up with the
DlAldl Il NiOhC VI tthtif " AhtAht DO
urance doubly sure. / got another man !
} act as chauffeur on the auto that !,
rought Huerta.
"'They had their conference, and at
le conclusion of that conference every
ord that was uttered-uttered
rough an interpreter, because Boy-Ed
ID not speak Spanish-was sent down
the department of state the next
orning They had the entire facts
,fore them and knew everything, and
II several months later, when Boyd
I'd Bernstorff were frothing at the
outh and uttering denials, the state
apartment had the very words that
ere uttered.
Romance Among Spies.
+" Another incident he continued,
nat Is of great interest came when
e of our valued and keenest stenog-
piers in our own office, girl that
me TO us seven years ago from about
-enty miles outside of Providence