Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

out maps and measuring instruments.
and he was busily engaged in making a
rough draft of section of the Maine
coast. He had begun the task of locat-'
ing the base established by German
spies in America following wireless
report sent from the destroyer whlch
had picked Dixie Mason from the water
after her escape from the t-5S. 1t had
been long and a painStaking task.
and now that 1t was nearly finished he
glanced at the clock. for the hour set by
Dixie Mason for her arrival at the club
line en- the chart he had prepared and
laid down his pen. when the door opened
and Dixie entered.
"You see It is not as simple a task
rs 1t would appear said Grant. refer
ring TO the finding of the location OF the
U-boat base. after greetings had been
exchanged, Longitude 60, latitude "a
is in the Atlantic Ocean several miles miles
off shore in direct line from East
Machias, the point mentioned by your
destroyer commander. The point men
toned by Boy-Ed is evidently place
from which signals shown at the loCa-
tion of the base can be observed by
the submarine, and not the real location
Of the base, as the statement made by
Boy ED might lead one to suppose"
Then 1t looks Ike boat r TRIP &c, TO-
oe44 and wait tomorrow night Tor
signals to be flashed" remarked Dixie.
4. 'I think / have a better plan than
that" said Grant. The hoat trip sug
gested itself to me first but there is
too much against its success. In Inc
first place a craft such as we would re
uuire in the vicinity of the observation
poin, probably would keep the C-53 from
appearing at all In the second piate, .s
signal, even If we saw II. and our VEN
ture would come to naught a.,
"Then what do you propose to do?'
asked Dixie. ,,
by an extended search" was the answer
OF the president of the Criminology tiup.
, "Boy-Ed mentioned night as the time
when supplies would be received, That
means that lights must be used as u
signal II is merely mathematical
problem to determine the boundaries or
the section of the coast on which llghts
could be observed with any degree OF ac-
curacy from low-lying craft at longi-
tude 60. latitude A, l have aireaaE
solved that problem, and here Is the
chart l have prepared =.
IA Dixie examined the chart carefully. IL
was a rough drawing of nearly thirty
miles of the Maine coast. Dixie noted
that they had been carefully divided into
zones .
ing" she commented, That is a pretty
big Job you have mapped out Tor me
short time in which we have 10 "orN
after we arrive there
IT have made arrangements for that
returned Grant. Il was fortunate II.
Anding that there were nearly forty
operafives of the Secret Service in Port :
land. Boston and other points near East East
! lNachias, and shortly after | received
your message had them mobilize there.
All of them ought to be there by now
awaiting orders. That Is the reason Tor
dividing IT into zones ASSIGNING Two
men to each zone will give each but ABOUT
Q mile and a half TO cover BY the time
We reach East Machias the base prob
ably will be definitely located
Dixie said nothing more, but accom-
panied Grant to the telegraph room of
the club while he filed messages OF in
structions to the force awaiting at East
Machias.
1--WE still have an hour and a half to
wait before We can catch fast train,
said Grant when the club operator had
started sending the messages. What
do you say to little late supper or
some early breakfast whichever you
When the tasty food prepared by the
club chef, had been nearly consumed
Dixie mentioned a matter which inter-
ested. her greatly. W.,
How is the friendship between Won
Bernstorfr and Mrs, Blank progressing'
she asked.
"It has taken turn I am sorry to
eee." returned Grant. After the U-o5
had put into Newport Won BernstorT
let slip a tip that it intended to raid
shipping. There was nothing ! could
do about it since they would operate
outside the three-nile limit. But Blank
rot hold of 1t and played maritime stock
snort and cleaned up nearly 100000.
His gloatings over this winning mace
Won Bernstorff appear even less fepul-
eiye to Mrs. Blank than did her own
husband, and she has moved into an
apartment furnished and paid for by
the Imperial German ambassador"
How did Blank take that?'
He Is nearly crazy He loved Mrs.
Blank as much as it is possible for
man of his caliber to love any woman
and he is insanely jealous
They engaged in other small talk until
the starter for the club announced that
the automobile to take them TO the tram
was waiting. Sew
eral h u r 5 later
nixis and Grant they alighted at a
start for little way station In
auhmarIna Rase Maine where an
other machine, tele-
graphed b y
Grant, awaited to take them TO the little
fishing village of East Machias.
AS Grant expected, the location OF the
submarine base had been discovered
According to the report made by two OF
the searchers, it lay on a little island
about six miles south of the village.
shs is pretty sFug66 6e hddsn s9G
'sThere are hills all around it. shelterlng
II from the mainland, but We crossed the
inlet and got a good view: They seem to
have enough supplies on hana |" s'o'h
"German plans are not limited to sup
plying one submarine from base In
America" said Grant. THE U-53 is but
the forerunner of feet which Is relied
upon to make 1t impossible to ship any
thing from an American port. AS soon
as a line of supplies for the base Is estab-
lished and 1t Is demonstrated that the
plan of supplying them from American
ooil Is feasible, they will be sent here In
droves. That is why II is so important
z that the U-5s should not be permitted to
ret even a gallon of water anywhere on
: this side of the Atlantic. Her failure to
secure supplies will be the best sort of a
pFotection against a fleet of similar boats
operating on this side of the Atlantic"
THAT was some more information l
got from the worthy German ambassador
via Mrs. Blank" he added. when the man
were seated. by the way. am afraid
q that soon Blank won't even have money
Z 10 comfort himself with, He has plunged
y heavily ON the probability of the U-boats
being able to continue raiding American
shipping ,v ,,,nos % he done
The plan formulated by Grant and Dixie
Gn the way to East Machias on the train
4 oontemplated not only the destruction OF
4 the U-base, but the capture OF the U-53
Ordinarily the German submarine would
= b immune from the American navy oI
except on the open seas from enemy
b vessels Inside the three-mile limit sh.
was protected by the United States
proyided no articles of International laws
were violated. The taking on of supplies
from q neutral nation made the boa
! 20 walt before raiding the base unit
/, supplies had actually been placed or
~ bubmRrine and then to capture IL
ov this purpose he had requested