The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-22

n the history OF TIE destruction
the Lusitani& and how the plan 20
sink the ship was aided by imperia!
Germanys agents IN this country.
As the rch-plotters OF the Imperial!
German governments crimes in Amer
lea discuss their plans, a counter-inore
on the part of the United States GOV
ernment is being developed. Dixie
Mason, beautiful and courteous
young girl. who is an operative o. The
Secret Service receives instructions
from Chief Flynn 10 ingratiate her
self into the confidence Of suspected
agents of the alien spy system. HaT-
rison Grant, the president OF he
Criminology Club, now a volunteer
Secret Service operative, is active ii
following the movements OF suspect
ed spies.
At this time the Imperial German
governments naval staff had planned
its first great thrust at America-jhe
sinking of the Lusitania. Wireless
MESSAGES in secret code are beng
sent to Nauen, Germany, from the
basement of fashionable home in the
most exc .sive residential section OF
New York and through other medi-
ums.
The imperial German Ambassador
and his aides are busy in WasnlngtoG'
while Heinric Won Lertz and his lieu
tenants are active in New York. coz
coct=ng perjury evidence that the
!us;tania carrioe guns as an eHc"s7
for her destruction.
DR. Albert. in Washington suggests
that the United States may resent 1hs
sinking of the great liner, Won berH-
storff smiles and replies that tns
Tinted States cannot fight, for 1t mas
M army. Boy-Ed, his face wrea'hee
in his sardonic smile. replies Il nave
attended to that contingency you
know"
The conspirators discuss their ilnaG
plans for insuring the sinking OF Ine
Lusitania and Boy-Ed says they can
trust to "the genius of Potsdam" tc 40
the rest.
As the Lusitania leaves her dock OF
May /. 1915, two days late in SAILING
q furtiye-eyed man sends cable mes
sage to Amsterdam, Holland, whlch
YVES forwarded to Cuxhaven.
Tucv has entered her last phase cE
illness. Doctors say progress uH
Thursday normal. After that dlniceH
to diagnose"
Thus the Imperial German naval
staff learns of her sailing and her
course till the following Thursday,
After that their sea scouts will keep
them informed of her movements. Won
Iertz. at the Hohenzollern club, after
a telephone call from this nam
smilingly leaves for hotel where re
is accustomed 20 dictate letters to
public stencgrapher.
Tho LuS:fania sails a"ross the sea-
The MESSAGE of the furtlve-eyed man
has 0een received at CuXhaVen. WheTe
the scorpions of the sea. the U-boats'
await orders to sail to attack the lineE-
From Nauen wireless messages are
sent to hundreds Of small boats -2'
ort at sest-apparently fishermen, ou'
actually scouts to give notice of the
course taken by the vessel.
On May 7 the news that horrifiec
the world is flashed to the four
corners of the earth. The Lusitanla-
an unarmed merchant liner. has
been sunk by German submarines,
unwarned and with no protection TO
passenoers-a violation of the law OF
nations, as act of inexcusable piracy
More than eleven hundred lives have
been lost. People in Berlin look d
their death medals and rejoice. Inc
date On it has no significance to them,
# commentaries an Imperial German
victory"
America stands aghast, stunned By
the great calamity and the loss OF
over one hundred Of its people. There
is war in the air. The Imperial Ger
man plotters then make ready to
strike the blows at the American navy
as the sequel to the Lusitania plot.
planned to make this country craven
in fear Of the consequences of war.
And Harrison Grant thinks OF Dixie
Mason and wonders how so attractive