The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-20

Command nf the city such n tale. or 10
the Chief Of Police" They would simply
think him Il maniac. or declare that ne
| had been drinking. He decided ne would
return TO Edinburgh. tle did so. ana
there he found that nil tho social side
nf tho city was in a fcrmcnt at the
| prospect of Prince Henrr'S coming
should he carry his news TO the authoE!-
lies there? Imagine the effect OF
+! throwing this bomhshcll into social
| camp upon the very eve of such lcte'
navy Alert.
| Tho sailor did not lack the courage
10 do j.. but his shrcwd commonScnscS
! told him that he would gain nothing by
au6acity. Tho next day found him IN
! consultation with naval captain then
! in RI" Forth. and this man heard him
readily.
! With Whatever blindness We as ma
ton view Primo" Hcnry's performances
| in Scotland at that time. the navy. al
any rate was not afflicted with H. Inc
attitude nj Whitehall had beer one oil
suspicicn all through. There were gal
! ranI scameu enough TO tell us Of our
; pcrii. W" had those splendid warn
| ipEs which Admiral Mahan sent us
| from America Lord Charles Bcrcst"To'
I'm his turn. never hesitatcd TO thunder
. forth his anather1aS: while. As tor Cap
! tain Percy Scott he had already clear
| IL ncrcciycd that the submarine might
: ~, our undnlng. Speaking for IN" navy
r,nnrally We may say that il knew per-
! f,r,lv we'll what was coming. and III :.
rrnprr sense desired The Day no less
ardcn,Iv than tho Germans.
! This :; came about that when nav
al .artalu in the Forth heard tins won
| ltrfuI tale from Il Glasgow hotel nc
/ was hv no means incrcdul"us. NhH'
I .,crs he actually took ] have hccn un-
atlc to trace. ! am only tc!!lnS you
! ,ha. There was : great connection III
certain service circles next day: mat
/ n, Admiralty clearly had opened lts
cyrs 10 TIC truth Of the meaning q!
I tho Prince Henry tour. and thai INC
German Embassy was all aGoG.
Nv, Of ilr own initiative had II got
Ih, tidInSS. the quick cars 81 mat 81
rrr-woman E"rtha frost. were ihr me.
,liu,r As il CHANGED. the night %.
! Prince Hrnrys arrival in EdlnnurGh
WIS also the evening Of one "i hrr
my.:lcrious gatherings n the mousse W
! L,uc.n.s Gardens and there as usn''
: urn, the wound soldiers and sailors.
whose society she made II tho business
! or bor lir,. 20 cultivate Naturally. they
! wou1d sneak uf So great an affair. y
/ phrase. Il protest. even CASUAL "oi"'
would So, thr conversation going the
way she wanted il tn 60. MD We may
h.. ycrv sure that IN that night III July
the word rr tic phrase were not lack
/ ing.
Found Out
4. a matter ~ fact. the old woman
| v,S IN a very fever Of curiosity "a"
v,..roi we'll nj Edinburgh. her mhh
! from, ,hc clubs had told her frankly
,ho, sorn, uClv business was aio"'. Hhc
bo, ri hin, with laugh. loft IN" party
! IN ,akc care If itself. and hurried Oh
| =, rorl1on House Terrace. The EN-
r,ss,. mast know. Sic was never re-
tuscd an audicnrr there. and rcrlaih''
! mn, urnn that summers night,
! Half an hour after she had Inl' the
.,,h,.s,dnr ,hn wires wrr" going I"
. r-d,,hurr and IN. Princ"'s own cod" was
, b,.,nr freely employed. something III"
h.r,r,cd What WAS it? Had any
: hing foolish boon done? Nc1r ,h'lr
! i,,,nrs IN th,. possession OF tho Edinnurg
; ,o,ic,n Thu gam: frankly did not KNOW
Inn, The NOR" suggestion was oalhpc'
! urnn ALI further festivities.
! ,rhcrc arc some events that nave nap
! ncrnd IN these r"cnnt years OF wn'ch
! ,rc whrl,, ruth will only h" known
! wbcr p.arr is declared. On" 81 'n""'
! concerns the author ~ the MINT /"
, Prince Henry tina, his tour hah "c''r'
! ca,on 80 IN end Some say that ne re-
! ,e,v.d no such him. hut that Rcrtna ana
! bcr sriAs in London Informed him thh'
/ h., ras now h"IuG watched and FAD oct-
| tor II" IN his guard
! Nv own view is iha. niEh nrrSon'tEH
Mainly TOLD him that III" 1AinG coma
~, e. N. and that Lord l"nSd1'" was
among ,hc. leaders of those who were G'
,crmincd That this trcachery should MOI
! n, pursued. r.,
| Tho PARTY lcft Ed!nhurE IN INC lo..
| ,ou.ipr Inv for Winhrrmere. II cur OH
! .bn y,si, =. thr North and IN GlaSgo"
Altogether. Il is true that hrlrl stay
! MAS made III tho nrCihhorho"d ~ VIM
! ac-,ncrc l,lr 'hcnc" tho cars went uf'h-
| tcrrup1rtily % Shrewsbury. [" S"uthanr-
! I'm and Ia London. Thor" thr tn"r eh"-
! ed abrurtlv. Tn" crrn; fiasco had nap
! n.ncd anil Prince Henry had ron'mt'eh
: Tho greatest IF all crIm"s-hc had pcen
! found out.