The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-06
THE PEAVEY coNsTELLA-
TON.

Fred Peavey's career UP to June,
1918. was mildly interesting but not
exactly exciting. Born twenty-five
years ago in a small town up State,
he went to the public schools. sang
In the church choir and went to the
Owl Clubs weekly dances. He de-
veloped an interest In chemistry
through talking to the chemist of the
local paper mill, Who sang bass In the
choir. and after blowing UP the wood
shed and one eyebrow In an amateur
experiment he was persuaded by his
father to abandon individual research
upon the promise that he should nave
u college course leading to chemical
engineering degree. Behold him, then,
at twenty-five, with his degree neatly
framed upon the wall Of the frat
house where he lived in New York.
employed by day by a great steel
corporation and by night very likely
to be found at the Engineering Club.
or perhaps instrucing boxing class
recruited from the Sunday school, In
which his interest was hereditary.
Ibid we mention that father was
rector Of the home town churchO
Then the war. and Peavey promptly
won q commission in the gas defence
organization. So father hung a neat
silk service nag with one star In the
front window OF the rectory. st. An
drcw's Church likewise put out q SER
vice flag with forty-eight stars. one
Of which was for Fred. He had kept
up his membership in the Owl Club
out Of sentiment. so he was repre-
scented on the nag of that cheerful or
ganization. The frat house. now en-
tirely deserted save by the very young
and the aged, explains the desolation
within by a bespangled banner with
out. swinging in the breezes OF Morn
ingside Heights-of course with star
for Fred.
The steel corporations flag IL the
wonder OF lower Broadway-so vast
its contribution OF men to the national
cause that instead OF star for each
man the number. 1878. is spelled in
stars. without First Lieutenant Fred
It would be 1877.
The engineers are in service almost
to a man. There Is a star for Fred
In the banner swung across a street
In the Forties. The Bible class points
to It's fag-"twenty- men and
growing-six with commissions, sir;
that's the kind Of q bunch We had
muscular Christians"
No one knew there was any COM
munity spirit in the neighborhood
where the frat house stood, but the
common interest born Of war sprang
to maturity on the day the first draft
contingent marched away. Otto. son
of the janitor on the corner acting
as captain, and Eldred jerks. the
Professors son. bringing up TIE rear
rank. Nowadays tho inr'-or and old
Professor jerks exchange letters from
France, for both Otto and Eldred were
assigned to the same company In the
306th Infantry (home port, Yaphank).
So there are block parties to help
along the tobacco fund and aid the
Red Cross-all held in the shadow Of
o block service flag.
Fred Peavey has become a con-
steIlation. a brilliant one. Of eight
points.
Siegfried Won Dumphulnut was
picked up by tho Army Intelligence
Service agents yesterday. He be-
trayed himself when he lost his tenn
per in a crowd reading a bulletin,
~Hindenburg Line Broken" Search
of his effects revealed that he had
been sending important Information
TO the German War once. using
stewards on neutral steamships as
couriers. Teutonic righteousness
had outweighed caution. and thus, he
had kept copies OF all his reports.
Most Of them were painstak.ngly ac-
curate and the most astonishing
revelation yet made OF the compre-
hensiveness of the German spy sys-
TEN. as the following translated from
code VIII show:
| Report No Teess2s from ooer-agsnt No.
aa23s
To the General stan. confidential and
important;
These schwefne- Amsrikaner are incrsdi-
| bly, simple. They have a censorship ~
called. which suppresses information of
military value, and then they encourages
custom Of hanging up flags which be-
| tray the most vital secret OF all, These
Gags have red borders and white fields.
with blue stars thereon. one for each SOL
der. Imagine, Nothing was simpler to
our good German paipstakingness than
to divide the whole codttry into districts
one district TO each OF our agents. and
| count these stars This has been done
| under my direction, and therefore am
able to report to yoAr highnesses that there
are under arms tho following number OF
American so-oalled soldiers: F.s5o,s2o.
That Is truly a large number but OF
course no important proportion Of them
will reach the shores of France. Our
good U-ooats will see 70 that And OF
| course II a few should get through you
will know how to deal with them. Str
thought the Information would be OF
| interest. and ] trust also that as q re-
ward for my alertness OF perception and
| enterprise you win speak again to his
Majesty about the order OF the Eagle
| third class. which has been mentioned
| IN my connection before.
| TuYprEEN I'M TUE npAET