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The Washington times., 1918-04-28

a great thing Of polished steel,
nickle, and brass that lay nine
tenths finished before them.
sect to work." he ordered. SIS
this the way imperial Germany Is
to conquer the earthly sleeping ?"
Grumbling, the men obeyed. The
spy looked about him.
Where's Schmidt? ?"
Here" came a voice from a cor
ner where man was unrolling him.
self from a dirty blanket.
-How's that wireless controllers
I'm having trouble with it."
And yet you Sleep" The SPY
was raging now. "You get up here
and ind out what's wrong and
remedy it. That wireless controller
must be in absolute working order
1t can't fall And
what's more. it's night and day work
for every one Of you men from now
on. This thing must be ready to
launch the minute the fleet weighs
anchor. The AnsOnia plots failed.
Everything depends on US now!"
The men grumbled again in an
swer. A curse from the spy and
they settled down to work-to put
the finishing touches on a wireless
and on a torpedo, large
enough and powerful enough to tear
even a battleship to fragments.
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Allow No One
To Enter

satchel or parcel. Cavanaugh" he
called to his operative, just passing,
show about the cloakrooms ,"
They've all been searched"
Found nothing"
Nothing"
Good. Take four Of these men
and put two sOn each cloakroom.
Have you attended to searching any
new employees who might have taken
employment here lately"
'Gcs. All done. The management
furnished a list of every one they
weren't sure of. | looked them all
over. Everything's safe there
they're all loyal"
Thank goodness for that. They
may help us" .
That's been attended to. They all
have instructions from Mr.. Mellow
man, the general manager"
Grant smiled.
"You've been on the job, I see"
he said. Then he glanced at Cava-
naugh's immaculate evening clothes.
Looking the way you do, Billy,
don't think It would be a bad idea
for you to see il you can't pick out
a nice little German girl to dance
with. It might cause her escort some
worry" Cavanaugh winked and
stepped away. Grant turned once
more to a group of policemen whom
Stewart was hiding in the palms at
the head Of the stairway.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Copyright. 1918, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)

Next Sundays episode-No- B.
will be the attempt to torpedo the
flagship Of the great Atlantic feet
in the narrows OF New York harboF
during the fleet review Of 1915. thus
blocking the harbor and bottling up
the fleet as the beginning Of reign
of terror in America.
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people must have time to leave the
ball and be well away before the
explosion comes"
Don't worry, answered the as
sistant quietly. 1--WE set bombs be-
fore"
But when the Naval Ball started
that night, it had more than a hun
dred guests who had been furnished
tickets at the last moment. More
than that, every person of German
appearance in the great ballroom
was within the vision Of The Eagles
Eye, the United States Secret Serv-
ice, while outside
Up Broadway, in platoons and in
columns, came hurrying squads Of
police, to divide suddenly, to take
their positions at the doorways at
the Railways, beside the elevator
shafts-even on the roofs. Every
where was Harrison Grant, directing
activities.
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Grant turned at a touch on his
arm. 1t was Turner, his operative,
assigned to the roof.
1--WE placed men all around up
there" the operative said. There
were two or three places-at the head
of the dumbwaiter and that sort of
thing-that would have made good
hiding places. So took no chances"
Correct. Now, pick out German
and trail him"
Yes, sir. And YOU"
I'll do the same, as we'll as every
other member of the Criminology
Club. l want to knoE every. move
they are making"
Turner moved away. Harrison
Grant stepped forward, chatted a
moment with a young woman of his
acquaintance, then stared.
Before him, coming toward the
Young woman at his elbow, was quite
the prettiest glrl-to Harrison Grants
eyes-that he had ever seen. Vivac-
ious, beautifully dressed, full of the
dash and yerve that Harrison Grant
so admired, quick, decisive in her
movements. yet thoroughly girlish,
there was an element about her that
Harrison Grant had never before
noticed in another woman. Some
thing within him seemed TO leap.
hesitate, then begin TO thump with
the quickness and persistence of a
triphammer. Vaguely Grant knew
that it was his heart. And Just
as vaguely. he knew that he was
being introduced to this brown-eyed,
smiling little being, whose hand was
so small that It seemed almost
cruelty to press it-yct with a grasp
so firm and steady that il carried
with it the sensing touch Of a true,
strong companiOn-whose hair WAS
black and yer brown, whose smile
was frank and yet elusive, whose
being was Of the sort TO enthrall
Harrison Grant and to hold him
prisoner.
Then a sudden change. The beat
ing Of his heart slowed. The sparkle
OF his eyes dulled. The smile faded
from his lips-for Just behind the
girl whose name he had vaguely
heard to be Miss Dixie Mason, had
shown the figure Of her escort, a man
whom Grant had come TO hate, a man
lie knew TO he responsible for the
working out of the plot against the
Ansonia Hotel that night. Heinric
Won Lertz, unofficial agent for I'M
periaI Germany's murderers.
As for Won Lertz he turned some
what quizzically toward the police
man at the door OF the ballroom,
looked at him in a sneering fashion,
then with a short nod in acknowl-
edgement OF the introduction 10
Grant, he asked:
Police? Is It the usual thing in
America for them TO attend social
functious?"
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Mason, a scant veneer Of pleasantness
covering his words.
But l simply can't stay" he was
repeating for the fiftieth time, Il
tell you my head aches"
And certainly something was
causing a pallor to spread over his
features, and the cold sweat to
break forth on his forehead. Harrison
Grant knew what It was. From far
away, the chimes of a church had
sounded midnight and faded away in
to nothingness. Grant knew what
Heinric won Lertz was thinking about
about that bomb and the fact that
he was practically the only German
left within the confines of the Ansonia
Hotel. And so, that he might OBJ
tain a trifle of satisfaction against
this cowardly plotter OF imperial
Germany, he deliberately turned TO
Miss Mason and began the telling
of an incident which could not be
interrupted. And Grant knew how
the passing of every second ate into
the soul of Heinric Won Lertz-
Then a move
The Scheme ment, Some on.
Abandoned. passed - and in
passing. slipped
a bit Of cardboard into the cupped
hand Of Heinric Won Lertz. Hur-
riedly the German shifted his hand
to the interior OF his silk hat and
under its protection, read the mes
sage. Involuntary, his hands
clutched. For there, scrawled on
the cardboard, were the words:
Affair abandoned. Too danger
GUS"
Won. Lertz coughed. and at the
sound, Harrison Grant and Dixie
Mason turned. The German forced
a smile.
i've changed my mind-or-that
is. my headaches better" he an
nounCed. We'll stay"
Thank you," said Harrison Grant,
with quietly suppressed meaning,
my hopes are raised on 4 vcritable
bomb Of happiness. Miss Mason, may
have this dancer"
Most cert.inly."
Happily, buoyantly they went to-
ward the ballroom, while Helnric
Won Lertz stared after them.
II wonder what that idiStic YAM
kee meant by bomb Of happiness
he unused. Gould he have known
what l was plotting?"
The thought brought back the men,
DRY Of that card. Once again he
glanced at it, then tore it to bits
and stuffed it in his pocket. Then,
throwing his coat to the check boy,
he strobe toward the ballroom.
AT any rate" he growled under
his breath, "they haven't stopped
preparations at the shack"
And at the same moment the tax
icab containing the old bomb maker
had drawn to the curbing, forty
blocks away, where another cab
stood waiting. A figure came, forth
from the darkness and peered into
the first cab,
Are you there, KrOner?"'
"Yes."
"All right. Everything's safe.
Why don't you hurry"
There's no need. didn't use
the bomb"
"You didn't use it,"
"You hear d
| On With what l said"
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The AnsOnia
Affair

ranged a scheme which will make the
great Atlantic feet wholly useless
in event Of war. Rather, we have
arranged two schemes. One of them
is planned for the naval ball at the
Ansonis Hotel in New York tonight,
which Will be attended by practically
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purpose, had attended to that. And
Grant saw in her only a girl who
had chosen as a companion a man
who was at that moment plotting the
very downfall OF America,
However. It was only natural that
they should meet again during the
evening. And it was only natural
that Grant should ask her to dance
with him. More, it was only natural
that as he locked into her eyes. as he
felt the firm swing and graceful lift
Of her TO the swaying music OF the
fox-trot, that he should wish more
than ever that the stain OF her appar-
ent friendship for Won Lertz should
some day resolve into an innocent
one after all. AS for Dixie--
As she was swept away again in
the arms OF Harrison Grant. follow
ing the encore. Dixie wished with a
sudden impulse that the touch of
those arms might some day mean
more than the embrace of a dance,
she wished that she might tell this
man whom she knew to be the presi-
dent of the Criminology Club, that
she was really a compatriOt, that shs
was working along the same lines as
himself. struggling for the same
ideals fighting for
But one could only obey orders.
Besides. the dance had ended, and
in the foreground, waiting and fret
ting, stood Heinric Won Lertz.
A few bright acknowledgements Of
the pleasure Of the dance and they
parted Dixie Mason 10 take her place
at the side Of the German plotter'
Harrison Grant to hurry forward al
the signal OF Cavanaugh from the
doorway. Grant found MN nervous
irritable.
The dangerous
The Danger m o N Il S
ans Nomont come he an
O-- --oH-n nOunced shortly.
Look.
Far at one side OF the room stood
a tall German. apparently chatting
with MS fellow country-peOple as
they strolled about after the dance.
But as he watched, Grant saw that
ne conversations were eNtremel!
short and that following each one,
every German and his companion
turned toward the cloakrooms. Billy
CavanauSh's voice broke IN once
more.
Hes warning them all to leave,
said the operative. Hes been do.
ing 1t for the last five minutes. Half
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The Guarding
Arm Is
Absolute.

blazed out upon the night, was sill
houetted the figure of a man. Ten
feet away was another-and another
and another. Down on the side
walk, 4 solid Gordon Of police in
uniform was drawn about the build
ing. Not a person could approach
without being seen-the guarding
arm of the police was absolute.
And that's not ALL" growled the
spy on the sidewalk. That's Just the
beginning. There are fifty Secret
Service men scattered about the en-
frances and the areas. Bluer just
signaled me by the electric fight
code that even the elevator shafts
are full Of them. | signaled him
back to tell Won Lertz that every
thing is off. As for you-move
away from here quick! There'll be
twenty policemen on our shoulders
in another minute"
The taxicab turned swiftly. In
another moment it had vanished
down the street, while in the
hotel
Won Lcrtz still stood at the en-
trance Of the cloakrOOm. arguing
with Harrison Grant and Dixie
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Invited Blue
coats.

Grant caustically.
A quick glance shot between the
two men. A moment more and Won
Lertz had turned to the ballroom,
taking Dixie Mason with him, while
Harrison Grant watched after her,
wondering what such pretty, whole
some appearing girl could be doing
in the company OF a man whose bust
ness was the representation of mur-
derers. That she carried a Secret
Service Commission Grant did not
know. The instructions OF Chief
Flynn. ordering her 10 work into the
confidence Of the Germans without
letting even the fellow members Of
the Secret Service know her true
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Flynn Sends
Fifty Men.


guests" he ordered. CHIEF FIvnn
is sending fifty men there. The
police department will cooperate
with a special guard. They'll watch
the outside. 1t will be our duty to
guard the interior. Come-we'U
pick up the rest of the members Of
the club"
And as the three men hurried
away, a queer appearing, raw-boned
scientist hurried about a small
workroom in fsraway part of New
York. Before him was a heavy
thing of steel and springs and
clockwork and trinitrate of toluol.
the most horrible explosive known.
Almost lovingly he fingered it. Then
he turned to his assistant.
See that it's timed for 1920" he
ordered. That is the time agreed
upon. All the German contingent
will be at the ball tonight to divert
suspicion. When things are moving
their best, we will slip in and plant
the bomb under the main stairway.
That will give it more breadth for
destruction when the explosion
comes. But be sure"-and he
wagged a bony fnger-"that it is
set for not earlier than 1920. Our
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Keep your eyes
open, men, he an
nOuncCd. ALLOW
no one in this
building who car
ries any kind of
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Won IertZ
Grows
Nervous.

hOh LerH isn't my desire"
Grows she said quickly.
Nervous. MIR. Won Lertz
simply insists on
it, though. I never was having a
better time in my life"
Harrison Grant turned. to smile
into the face of Heinric Won Lertz.
Surely. you wouldn't spoil the
pleasure Of anyone so sweet as Miss
Mason"
Il can't help it, you know" an
swered Heinric Won Lertz, somewhat
testify. "My head aches"
Your head aches?" Grant laugh
ed. And you're going home on &C
count of that? Id lose my head Tor
a person like Miss Mason.'
Mr.. Grant, you're Irish" Dixie
laughed up at him. Grant smiled
again. -,
Il only wish were, so could
say the things I'd like to say IN the
way I'd like to say them. But come
now, Mr.. Won Lertz, you're only jok-
ing about leaving. Why it's only
midnight"
Midnight" Won Lertz started.
Then we must go! Its imperative.
That is"
And while he hesitated and ex-
planned, a taxi had driven up out
side. at the little triangle which
divides Broadway at Seventy-second
street. From the darkness within,
a high checked, raw-boned man had
started forward, a grip in his hand,
only to be halted by covering IN
dividual who shot forth from a bench
at the sidewalk.
Back in that cab" he ordered in
a whisper. The raw-boned bomb
maker started.
Why"
Don't ask any questions. Back
in that cab"
"But I've got the bomb! Won
Lertz said everything would be
ready Cor me. l."
Everything is ready-but in
a way that we didn't look for" an
swered the spy on the sidewalk.
Look"
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Plot to Blow Up AnsOnia
During Ball Fooled At
Eleventh Hour

The news Of the sinking OF the
LusitaniR came to New York. to
throw a saddening cloud upon what
was planned to have been the hap
piest week Of many years. For in the
Hudson river, great sleek leviathans
Of the deep. the sixty-fOur vessels Of
the Atlantic feet had dropped anchor
20 await the Presidents review,
while the streets, the theaters, the
restaurants, bore the glorious flutter
of flags and bunting, and the blue
and white OF the navy uniforms were
everywhere.
And now that the Lusitania had
been sunk. now that the lives OF more
than a hundred OF Americas best
citizens had been sacrificed to the
lust Of imperial Germany, those big
vessels seemed to take on a new
meaning, a new significance. In
New York primarily only for a re-
view and for q jolificatiOn, they now
assumed their real proportions in the
eyes Of the populace, displaying to
Eastern America just for what they
could be depended upon in case Of
war. And with every day, that
danger seemed closer. For America
resented the sinking OF the Lusitania.
The great crowds around the bulletin
boards, watching daily the steadily
lengthening list Of the dead, called
for vengeance, for repayment from
this monster nation across the At
landc that could kill women and
children and glory in it as vic
tory" Every telegram from Wash
ington, every news dispatch, empha-
sized the gravity Of the situation. And
no one knew better that gravity than
did Harrison Grant, Of the Grimm
ology Club.
Working day and night with his
COMPANIONS Of the club, Grant had
hurried 10 the uncovering OF the con-
spiracy to present forged affadyits
asserting that the Lusitania carried
guns and cOntraband. Clue after
clue was run down, while in Wash
ington, the imperial German en-
bassy worked just as hard in the
opposite direction, covering the
tracks Of its plotters and its spies,
Z seeking TO proclaim to America the
sorrow which 1t assumed over. the
sinking OF the great British liner
: To some the SORROW seemed sincere.
To others-Harrison Grant among
them-that sorrow was known to be
only a mask. thrown hastily on to
deceive America and to keep Ameri-
ca at peace until Germany felt itself
! able to cope with it and strangle it
as it sought to strange the rest Of
the world.
And so the days went, in moves
and counter moves. Day after day
the populace, by the hundreds OF
thousands, gathered on the banks OF
the Hudson to look at the tremen-
dous battleships and TO glory in their
mower and effectiveness. And while
they did so -
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Then, my dear
doctor, your mind
may rest easy.
Captain Won Pa
pen and ! have ar
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
The PlOtters
Consult.

Same lONE AlO BEAANA eAAg
there. Franz Won Papen, Karl Boy
Ed, Dr.. Heinrich Albert and their
leader, Ambassador BernstOrh. Point
after point they discussed regarding
the sinking OF the Lusitania and the
possibility Of war. At last
II was DR.. Albert who was speak
tng. paving through the reports that
he had dragged from his beloved
portfolio:
"Marsden reports" he announced,
"that the feeling in the West IS quite
strong over the Lusitania. While /
believe our foreign office may be able
70 drag the situation out until the
fever heat Of war is passed, stl! l
fancy it would not be bad idea on
our part to make such preparations
as NAV be necessary in case the
limited States should suddenly deter
mine to avenge the death Of its cisi-
Eeas. Now"
Karl Boyd, naval attache, inter
rupted.
81 believe We have anticipated you
there. my dear DIR. Albert" he said
smoothly. kindly tell US what you
believe 10 be the greatest ueleuslNe
and offensive agent which America
has against Germany at the present
time"
"Why, the great Atlantic feet,
Of course"
"You mean the one that is in New
York at the present time for re-
view"
"Of course"
And If my good comrade Won Pa
pen and myself should tell you that
we have already made arrangements
10 make this feet incapable of work
ing either for the defense of Amer
ica or for an oTense against Ger
many, what would you say"
DR.. Albert brought his hand down
on the desk with a humping bang.
az should call it a master stroke" he
announced.
Boy-Ed looked at Won Papen and
smiled. Then he turned to DR.. Al
bert again.
"Then, my dear
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
On With
Another Job

you to hurry. Get out to the shack
and tell those men to work night
and day to finish up their job"
A muff1ed conversation Of an in
slant more, then the tayis parted.
An hour later, as Harrison Grant
again danced with Dixie Mason and
Won Lertz seethed over the frus-
tration of his scheme, a man hur-
ricd into a ramshackle old building
on Staten Islard. near Fort Wads-
worth, aroused the sumbering fig.
ures there, and pushed them toward
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on n z AZ q
W h at l said, I"
came testify from
within the taxi
cah ats Nm TO
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"Take no ex-
cuse," he ordered
quietly. ar nee
essary, shoot TO
kill. And in any
event. if anything
IrreSt first, investi-
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justing a loose fold OF her opera
cloak. Grant bowed.
Not going?" Miss Mason smiled.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

" y OF un ] eSs
they're invited
or needed" an
swered Harrison
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

Quickly n d
surrep titiously,
he pointed up
ward. Where the
haring sign Of
the Ansonia Hotel
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

Four men were
meeting again in
the embassy at
W a shington-the
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

81 assure you it
isn't my desire, "
she said quickly.
MIR. Won LeTtZ
simply insists on
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

Every member
of the Criminol-
ogy Club will at
tend the Naval
Ball tonight as
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

THE dangerous
m o m o n { h q S
come, he an
nOunced shortly.
Look"
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Then you d
better get word
TO them not to at
tend!" came the
cold answer of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24
Don't Gloom the Boys

If you have any regard for the boys
in France, don't write gloomy letters.
Keep the clouds out of your cores
pondence, ana let it breathe naught
but sunshine and cheer. II doubts as
sail you. keep them to yourself, and
give the soldier boy letters breathing
optimism and confidence. II family
cares and worries beset you, remember
that his care is infinitely greater than
your own. Your burden is a personal
one. while on his brave shoulders rests
the cares Of nation.
Bright, confident letters from home,
breathing of love and confidence in
our cause and in the heroes who are
upholding it, will do more to win this
war than any other agency. And
gloomy forebodings and wailings will
as surely retard if not defeat US. Your
boy should hear none but good news
from home unless it be absolutely neces-
sary. Not that his love and devotion is
any less than of old. rather greater.
This he is proving by his presence on
the battle (. ont. But his one supreme
thought now is to strike with the ut
most of his power for the safety and
sanctity of mis- home, and his heart
should know no other care.
Keep the glooms at hCme, il they
must exist, ard send the sunshine TO
the boys.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24
Assignments for Speakers for Sunday
County Agent

The people of Hashuqua Neighbor-
hood have never been talked to on War
Activities by the Members of the
Speakers Bureau, and have expressed
desire to hear the subject discussed.
Speaking will begin on Sunday in
that neighborhood at the place selected
by them at II o'clock Sunday morning.
HAsHUQUA AND MASHULAvILLE NEIGH
BoRHooD-
E N. Broyles.
P. C. Barkley.
W. Z. Stokes.
Guy Rey.
BRooKsvILLE CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS
George Richardson.
j. L. Carpenter.
Owen Williams.
j. @. Poindexter.
Charles Strong.
WEST OF SHUQUALAK CHURCH
7. w. Brame, A. T. Dent. l. l..
Dorroh, J, H. Newton, G. A. Hughes.
CHURCHES EAST OF MACON
w. M. Lamberson.
DR.. j. E. Jones.
Whitman Davis.
E. B. Boyd.
Speakers will please start for after
noon appointments at 1915 p. m.
CHAS. STRONG.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24
Dictated by W. R. Compton.

1t might be well to remind certain
people that the President is COM
mander-in-chief of the United States
forces, and that the constitution which
we are so proud of invoking clothes
him with almost absolute power. 1t is
supreme folly to suppose that Congress,
mighty as it is in some matters, can
take away one fraction of his authority.
That was delegated to him by higher
power than any Congress. There is no
middle road-the American citizen who
does not give full cooperation and
obedience TO his government in this
crisis, is an enemy, and should be
treated as such.