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OTmer Naval Attache of the German Embassy in
Washington After Su,reptitious Visit to the Coun-
try He Betrayed, Escapes on Submarine Which
Visits Newport and He Is FOLlolved by u s. A0ent
by from
8
W
WILLIAM J. FLYNN
y. { rhsasu. Secret Service
Noyelzed by COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER from
FACTS
Furnished by

nARRIsoN GRANT. president Of the
- criminology Club. and Dixie Mason,
of the Secret Service. did not wait for
her suspicious in regard 10 the identity
% the plottcrs who guided the campaign
egafnst cotton from the security of Mex
100 TO be proved or disproved II Franz
Won Papen and Kari Boy.Ed, the former
attaches of the German embassy In
washington. were again in America both
wanted to know II, for nothing but evil
end crime against the United States
eould be expected from either Of them
The American consular and diplomatic
services were still available in aoth Ger
many and Mexico. and it was these
Branches of the Government to which
Grant appealed for the information de-
TT will be comparatively simple
fhing to harn IL Won Papen and Boy Ed
are still In Germany" he said to Dixie
u one OF the numerous conferences held
IN regard TO possibilities OF the next
outbreak on the part of Imperial Ger
many against America, If they are
there. then we must abandon the iden
that they Were ever in Mexico If they
sumo that they were in Mexico directing
the boil weev!l. acid and fire attacks
upon the cotton crop"
Yes" proceeded Dixie. and if the
two captains who were guests at the
Zacetacas consulate have already de-
parted. then 1t will be up TO us to learn
where they are"
"At least we can easily learn where
they did not 60 commented Grant.
"Passports and travellers permits. which
luckily are required for even a rail Jour
ney in Mexico. will show whether two
men of the descriptions given you by
your Mexican spy prisoner have used
any OF the regular routes In going to
their new destination. II they haven't.
we can make a guess that they have at
tempted a passage of the boundary into
the United states
While waiting for
IS the consular reports
Grant and Dixie each pursued a line
Mason Plan Cam of n estigation
psign Against Spies which h d been
previously mapped
out. Dixie watched
carefully for any signs of renewed ac-
tivities in any of the German spy CEN
ters of the country by means of reports
from Secret Service agents assigned to
these districts. Grant devoted himself to
. plan he had arranged with Mrs. Blank.
shortly after she has given her promise
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tily taking his note
book from his
pocket. he jottcd
Mrs. Blank Signals down the letters as
Grant they were sigma l.
ed. r device
flashed up al 4
down rapidly, and then. when II settled
into inaCtion, Grant commented to him
self:
"She picked up the Morse quickly.
She sent that as rapidly as a veteran"
He walked to the light of street
lamp to read the words formed by the
letters he had jotted in his notebook in
the darkness:
Beau Brummell is here ! am so
nervous"
Grant laughed. and then murmured
sympathetically, Game little woman,
for he had recognized In the jocularity
Of the message the effort Of pure and
noble woman to keep from breaking
down in the playing OF part which
his place of vantage In the shadow of the
wall of the Ritz-Carlton, aud settled
himself for a long wait, but the device
again began to bob almost mmedia tely
"B greatly pleased over safe arrival
of some one Frisco, through stupidity
Of patrol. also arrival of another in
Maine. Help for Bobb 90 and then h.
The message was stopped in its send :
ing three times by the agreed signal
flash which meant that Mrs. Blank was
leaving the apartment and would not
return until very late. Grant lost no
time in calling a taXicab and speeding
10 the Criminology Club. with the inten-
ton Of analyzng the import of the mes
sage he had received
But he found Dixie Mason there just
finishing the reading of confidential con-
sular reports containing the information
they had asked from Germany and
Mexico Grants interest in these made
him forget for the time being the mes
.age he had received from Mrs. Blank.
There is no doubt about Won Papen
and Boy-Ed having engineered the CAM
Uqigu against cotton from Mexico said
Dixie. There is sufficient proof of that
here. but they have already left Mexico
and their trail was lost almost as soon
as they left ZaCetaCas :"
Then here IS great deal Of help
for US" responded Grant as he laid Mrs.
Blanks message on the table That
patrol evidently Is the guard maintain
ed on the Mexican border and both of
them have gotten through safely and
are in the United States. one in San
Francisco and the other in Maine
This is news" broke in Dixie. That
'Bobb' that Mrs. Blank was not sure Of
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this regard had been known since the
sinking Of the Lusitania. but because she
saw her one chance of escaping from
the U-boat disappearing. 1t would not
emerge II no warning was given.
She made n sudden resolve. Aban-
donng hope that she could carry her
knowledge to the Secret Service. she
resolved to at least save the lives of
those on the West Point. She opened
the door of the locker slightly to give
her an opportunity to carry out her de-
sign. a large wrench lay on the floor
almost at her feet. With a quick dart,
it was in her hand. Almost before her
presence In the room was realized, she
had reached the one torpedo remaining
on the U-boat. One swift swing of the
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u from that side was offered BY the
.PEn moor of baggage car way down
tne PLATFORM near the engine
can you make it?" she dema nded of
thN driver OF an electric baggage truck
nrseintihg I" The open door of the car
can. or burn out the motors" said
ne baggage handler. recognizing the
shield. Hop on
Jhen ensued as strange and as thrill
ing race as had ever been witnessed
ny the few persons who were in position
to see It. Under the
guidance pf the ey-
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signs of a ge and
neglect on every
part Of II except
the roof. This had
evidently been new
ly timed over with
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WILLIAM J. FLYNN

into position for long vigil when the
device began to bob up and down. Has
tily taking his note
book from his
pocket he jottcd
Mrs. Blank Signals down the letters as
Grant they were signal
ed. T n device
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
PACKING PLANT
BUILDING HOMES
FOR EMPLOYEES }
Big Equity Institution at Fargo
:. Gl-1. 'li &ss p,
Soon Will be Ready to Be-
gin Operations

"Supt Hoopman wired me today
that eXcavating had been, commenced
at, the Equity Cooperative packing
plant at Fargo for "a homes for work.
men, said P. NJ Casey. Fpresident of
the executive committee, today. 1.-THE
packing plant buildings are completed,
and We are ready to begin operations
as soon as the machinery can be in.
stalled. We have 40 carloads of ma.
chinery on the sidings there waiting
to be unloaded, but It seems impos'
sible to find men to do the work. AS
soon as we can get this machinery
in place we will begin killing. Our ca
pacity' is. at present limited by our
storage facilities to 900 hogs and
200 beeves daily. BY doubling our
storage capacity we can. double our
killing capacity. ,n a ,..-~'
We will kill hogs, beef and some
mutton, whatever the market de.
mands.. and we should be oneratfng by
mid-winter, II the labor situation
eases up somewhat. Our expert, Supt
Hoopman formerly of Wausau, Wis.
has been with us since last June, su.
perintending work on the ~'ont, and
he will look after the, installation OF
the machinery" ".
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28

FIGHTING MEN
WRITE FRASER ] :
North Dakota Warriors Tell of
Their Experience in Many
..- Fields

81 slept last night d. the same place
Joan of Arc did" writes Major E. G.
'Geary in an interesting letter from
rance to General Angus Fraser.
Geary and Fraser are old comrades Of
the Famous Fighting First.
Capt M. w: Murphy; who also is
from Fargo, writes from the American
Red Cross at Bordeaux. stating that
everything is going lovely with his
branch of the service and that there
is plenty of work to be done.
Major Harold Sorenson, whose
friends expect to see him a colonel
before many more days have passed,
writes General fraser from the Lambs
club at New York with interesting
division, with which North Dakota
was brigaded on the border A recent
photograph of the officers Of the
-andstorm division shows Major Sor-
enson, Judge Advocate General Bitz-
ing of Mandan, former assistant attor-
ney general Of North Dakota; Col.
Luce of the old First Minnesota and
Col. Mollison of the Second Mime
sofa. all of whom are quartered at
Camp Cody, andt who are veteran
northwestern fighting men.
when the Sandstorm division gets
across, said General Fraser, you'll
see something doing on the west
front That's crazy fighting bunch"
Capt. Earl Sarles. son of former
Governor E. Y Sarles of Hillsboro,
writes from American Lake, Wash,
where he is enjoying his work as cap
tain in the auartermaster corps. and
the general has interesting letters
from Lieuts. Ernest and Welland Or
chard of Dickinson, brothers who went
out as battalion adjutant and in com
mand of the macaine gun company OF
the Second respectiYely.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
C0LLAl|IPSE0F
BULGARIA DUE
s. TO YANK ARMY
Concentration of American
Troops on West Front Pre-
vents Shifting of Germans
PASS - HINDENBURG LINES

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The impend.
ing collapse of Bulgaria, General
March said today, is direct result Of
concentration Of American forces on
the western front. Hitherto, General
March explained, whenever a section
Of, the central empire was menaced
Germany was able to withdraw d.
visions from the. west front.
THAT day is now past" he added
"as result Of the concentration of
the entire American army on the
western front. This has forced the
German general. staff to keep intact
their whole strength in France"
The elimination Of bulgaria would
foreshadow the finish of Turkey and
possibly the re-entry Of Kumania into
the war. ~, a.Hi 49, Ei = st.'i
Pass Hjndenburs Line.
In the new drive, The French and
Americans have passed the linden
burg line and are facing 1''~ Krem-
hild line. General March was unable
to identify positively American units
in this action. He said the attack
was sharp and rapid, (which hitherto
has marked the American operations.
on the $50 J.,
On the first day Pershing,s men ad-
vanced from four to six miles. Off
cial reports to date shows capture Of
5000 prisoners while the French have
taken more than 1000. = ..''
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
KOSITZKY WOULD
TAX OIL BY BULK
State Auditor Believes Some
Companies are Reneging

In his biennial report, State Auditor
Karl kOsitzzky recommends that oil
companies operating in North Dakota
be required to keep record of the
gallons of oils and gas handled each
year and that they be- taxed a certain
sum on this volume of business. ''Un'
der the present SYSTEM" says Mr.. Kos.
itzky, 'it is not difficult for oil com.
panies to arrange to have no stock
on hand when the assessor calls in
April, and as a result the state is los.
ing thousands Of dollars annually in
ia xrevenue which itneeds and should
have"
Mr.. Kositzky would also tax at a
flat rate all vending machines. peanut
and popcorn wagons. stamp machines
and other. money-making devices.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
TOPHYSICALLY =.
EXAMINE 1918
10y .~s -. REGISTRANTS

Immediately upon receipt Of the
second edition of the selective service
regulations, local boards, will proceed
to the physical examination of all reg
istrants who have been placed in Glass
1 regardless of the pendency of an ap-
peal TO the district board, unless there
is also pending claim for deferred
classification on, the ground of engage
ment in industry, occupation : or en-
ployment," said Adjutant General
Fraser today The second edition of
selective service regulations referred
to is now in the mails for all local
boards.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
REGENTS MAY
NAME VALLEY
: CITY PREXY

The state board of regents will open
au important meeting at Fargo next
Tuesday. It is possible that further
consideration may be given at this
time, to the selection of presidency
for the Valley City normal. DR.. Stout,
selected for this berth. declined to
qualify after coming to North Dakota
and sizing up the situation. The board
also will receive reports from the
heads of other institutions and will
consider extensions necessary to ac-
commodate 600 additional students at
both the university and the agricultur-
al college who are expected to en-
roll as members Of the students army
training corps. i@-s
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
BIG LOAN IS 4. .
GOING GREAT !.
Il. IN BISMARCK
Subscribers Cheerfully Signing
Up-Only Kick that Amount
! Isn't Bigger.
POLLS OPEN UNTIL sP. NJ.
Capital City Folk Still Have Sew
eral Hours to Get Names
on Honor Roll

Washington, Sept. 72s.-6efore
dawn today the fourth liberty loan
campaign was on. -.
So eager were some communi-
ties to make strides toward their
subscription goals that they sent
soIititors to work at the stroke Of
midnight.
Scores Of towns are trying to
, give all expected Of them before
niohtfatt and to devote the remain
ing three weeks to doubling or
trebIing their quotas Of the mighty
war loan.
en- and children are enrolled in an
army Of active campaigners to
place bond in every home.
The whole vast machinery got
- smoothly into action. Like the
grimmer campaigns across the
sea, every detail had been planned
long in advance. Statesmen be-
gan gathering subscriptions by
weii.organized methods. Posters
appeared in shop windows and
the story Of liberty bonds on
streets and from fence corners.
President Wilson's autographed
appeal was published in newspa-
pers throughout the land. In mo-
ton picture theatres films PLAN
ned by leading stars told graph
icalIy why Americans should. buy
bonds, and t25,000 volunteer
speakers began to drive home the
appeal. More than a score Of
special trains filled with war REL
les fresh from. Frances battle
fields started their. journeys from
town to town. ~
The big Fourth Liberty Loan is q
ng great in Bismarck A splendi
spirit is reported at every ward pol
ng place The only objection that ha
)en made has come from subscriber
Who did not regard their allotment a
nigh enough. Many have doubled
,rebled or even quadrupled the amoun
to them. .,..'
Ward Two polling place opened 70
business al. $3.50 this morning and re
:eived its first subscription at S:4t
Then for two hours the clerks had al
hey could do to accommodate the cor
slant stmear of subscribers. All da
ong bondJ buyers continued to strin
n. and there was hardly a momen
the day when three o
more purchasers were not lined up be
or the table. This experience is tyr
cal, having been duplicated in the fiv
)ther ward polling stations.
Ward One at 8 o'clock had sold $45
90 worth of bonds to- approximate,
so buyers; Ward Two, with an appo,
ionment of $46.600, at o'clock thi
,fternoon had sold $22,600 worth O
onds to 1853 buyers; Ward Three ha'
old $4,000 worth of bonds up to
o'clock; Ward Four, with quota Q
14,8O0, had sold at 2 o'clock $1,000
yorth of bonds to SO subscribers
Ward Five, whose quota is about $50
90 had sold $4,000 worth Of bond
o 20 subscribers at 2 o'clock. Nom
# the big financial and commercial in
el ests which are listed in this war;
lad found time, to sign up at thi
our, a majority OF the business mel
Iaving planned to attend to this de
all in the evening. Ward Six at
clock was nearer the goal than an!
f the others, with $4,000 of its $40
90 allotment sold to 100 subscribers.
Everyone Proud to Pay.
Approximately fifteen per cent o
he price of the bonds already ha'
(Continued on Page Siy)
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to dispatch from the Central
News Agency to the Hague.
London, Sept. 20.-Bulgaria' offel
Of peace to the allies is result o
meeting held Monday and attended
by virtually all the leaders OF Bul
garia, including Radislovoff, the lib
eral leader, and members of the cab
met. 1t was not, as German news
papers contend, the impulsive act OF
Premier MalinOff. II martial law has
b en- proclaimed In Sofia, it is because
OF repeated anti.German demonstra
tions and pacifist demonstrations in
front of the palace.
w., Situation Is Grave. .A
The situation in Bulgaria is grave
This years crops are poor. Recent
, who still believed in the star of Lu
dendorff that the game was played to
an end. ''"
According to advices received at
Copenhagen and forwarded by the Ex
change correspondent there the news
from Bulgaria caused panic at the
German capital. -. ........
Speaking in the Reichstag yester.
day, Admiral Won Hintze said:
On Thursday Bulgaria proposed to
the entente commanders to open peace
negotiations. From the reports, which
were not yet complete, Won Hintze
said, it was not clear whether Pre-.
mier Malinoff had acted officially or
in his private capacity. He added
there was great excitement in Eul-
garia. and in influential circles the
people were against an .armistice or
any appeal for peace. ~ 3sl
German Statement.
s He said the peace delegation which
it was reported had left for Salonika
on Wednesday was still in Sofia on
Thursday The German high COM
mand, Won lHintze said, Immediately
threw all its available reserves into
Macedonia when the fbad news from
that front reached headquarters.
Admiral Won Hintze is reported to
have said: 1T will be clearer in a
few days, and there is no reason to
give up the game in Bulgaria. =
GREAT BRITAIN REPLIES -
London, Sept 2S.-Great Britain
has replied to the Bulgarian request
for an armistice. 1t is fully covered
by the answer given the Bulgarian
representatives on the front by the
allied commander. VI
At the same time regarding the pro.
posal that duly accredited bulgarian
representatives should confer with the
allies on the question of the peace, it
has been made quite clea- to the So
fla government that such 4 peace ne.
cessarily involves complete rapture
by the Bulgarian governm ent with
Turkey, Germany and Austro Hungary.
The allied government necessarily de-
mand every guarantee which they de-
mand necessary to safeguard their
military operations.
In discussing the Bulgarian proposal
the allies have no intention of attemp;
ing to make final territorial settle
ment in the Balkans, which obviously
must be a matter for consideration
at the peace conference. The ques-
ton it is stated is one of conclusion
of such a military agreement that
would prevent any further danger from
the Bulgarian side to the allied opera
ii ms in the Balkans.
If this is not satisfactory 1t is said,
the allies have no further conditions
to propose. = '@
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
STEELE OVER
BY 1OO'CLOCK

I Steele, N. D., Sept. 2s.-At 10.
o'clock this morning Chairman J.
z. Robinson reported that tie Lib
erty Loan subscription for Wood
lawn. which includes the village
Of Steele, had reached SIC, 900. The
quota for this township was $15,-
600. A big oversubsefiptior 10 ex-
peeted before the campaign closes
tonight.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
MRS. CLEMENS. ::
TO TESTIFY IN
COURT MARTIAL

, Mrs: Helen Clemens of the adjutant
generals office has been ordered by
General Fraser to Camp Grant, New
Rockford, ILL.,, to testify in q court mar
tial proceeding involving the case Of
John Kos. of Ward county, held as an
army deserter. The court martial will
sit in this matter next Monday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
PBACE0FFER
RESULT OF
CONFERENCE INC
Reported Leaders of Bulgaria
Behind Demand for an
Armistice> d .
SITUATION is VERY GRAVE
News Causes Panic in German
Capital-Admiral Won Hintze
in Statement
SITUATION is VERY GRAVE
,HERrLlNe RESIGNS.

HERTlING RESIGNS.
London, Sept. 28.-Count Won
Hertling the German Imperial
chancellor has resigned, according
to dispatch from the Central
News Agency to the Hague.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
MACLACHLANI IN
ACTIVE SERVICE

DR.. T.. NJ. MacLachlan, well known
Bismarck eye ear and throat special
ist, has reported in New York for ac-
tive service in the navy as a lieuten-
ant of the junior grade in the medi-
cal officers reserve corps.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-28
SHIELDS HITS
BALL PROMPTLY

Shields, N. D., Sept 2S.-The vii
lage, of Shields hit the ball at 8 this
morning with subscriptions totaling
$500, more than the villages quota
of the Fourth Liberty loan. reports
Chairman James Mccormick.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-04-14

the bottom of heroic defence
Yields and sinks without break
ing. 1T reaches Meaux, Cour-
champ, and from there Ser
maise. It's claws crackle of IA
tigue and courage. They crackle
but do not break. At last, when
excited to the maximum of it's
indomitable elasticity, it leaps as
a spring and filings : aside the
massive offence. 1t is the
Marne! Kneel down, humanity!
Kneel down, humanity! From
the Marine your liberties are i'm
mortal! Inmortalize that curve
of the maximum flexion, to
serve as swing hanging from
the infinite for the enjoyment
of the Angel of Glory. Engrave
it forever upon the Franco-Bel-
gian soil, with a succession of ar
tistic monuments given by all
the people of earth as a per-
petual universal exposition of
tribute to the Supreme Hero
ism!!
! After this war, when the Ger
man people, freed from their op-
pressors, join the assembly of
free nations, a healthful flow of
far reaching (transcendental)
construction Will spread over the
world. And a new humanity will
emerge from the rubbish, while
a new future will open wide it's
gates.
And those nations whose
bloody sacrifices will have re-
deemed Man, will descend tri-
umphant from Golgotha and will
ascend Tabor in the midst of the
worlds praises, and the caresses
of heaven.
And those nations that per-
sisted in neutrality, when calling
to receive their own dover of
liberty and prosperity bequeath-
ed by the glorious dead, they
will blush with remorse.
Gentlemen!
Your purpose to promote the
eminent principles which consti-
tute the creed of the nations
contending against Frussian ar
rogance and pride, are honora-
BILE; and l doubt not that there
will be many good Mexicans who
will grant a benevolent assist
ance to your laudable efforts,
To Danish from the mind all in
teentions of abuse and aggres-
siop; to heal hearts from hatred
and animosity, infusing in the
community just conceptions of
duty-such will be your task:
To realize the great, universal
program; to suggest the rules in
a federation of nations, with a
Supreme Judge adjusting their
differences without effusion of
blood. Al
Go ahead, gentlemen, and be-
welcome i'm the home of Juarez
and Morelos. NJ
R. PONCE de LEON.