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hours and his instructions consisted entirely of talk and more talk. When he had finished, or rather, when he was exhausted, I knew very well of the details of my assignment to Scandinavian countries. He had con- stunned all that time with empty talk and in demonstrating to me the c1ev- erness of the device he was employ ing in the destruction of Norwegian | shipping. I was not with him ten l minutes when I became convinced | that he had obtained his knowledge | of secret service from the cinemas. | All the time he was talking I won | dered how he ever succeeded in ob- l taining such a position. I am very sorry to state that occasionally one finds in the service of the fatherland such asses as this man Baron von Rautenfels
 Baron the Bomb Maker.
 The gist of what he said to me during these four hours was this:
 He had had bombs made like pieces of coal or cakes of tobacco, and canborudum powder hidden in fountain pens, and by number of childish devices of that nature he Sx- pected to destroy Norwegian ship ping. He impressed upon me the value of such things in the work | was to undertake.
 In a word, there were two classes of exports from Norway and Sweden. Some of the ships sailing from Stock holm and Christiania contained food and metal and other necessities which were intended eventually for the use of the fatherland.
 Like all other ships, these were l liable to attack and sinking by our ; brave submarine heroes, whose duty it is to sink all shipping, neutral as ) well as that of the enemy
 In this way our submarines had , cut off a number of cargoes whict . GGermany sorely needed. Then for z
 time the order had been given tha- } all Scandinavian shipping was tC l pass unscathed. That resulted il } the transfer of much enemy shippins s to the Swedish and Norwegian flag so the work of destruction had tt r begin again.
 [ My business in Stockholm was t . provide some safeguard to the goot
 ships leaving the port; that is, thos f loaded with merchandise for Ger d many; and at the same time to mak = certain of the destruction of vessel Il sailing for the infamous purpose o r supplying our enemies.
 = Baron Rautenfels had already bee,
 engaged for some time on simila u work at Christiania. He elaine n that over 40 Norwegian ships ha l gone to sea and had never been hear l. of again owing to the success of tn 6 measures he had taken. He ha l. in his pay Norwegian and Swedis
 marine engineers who were inspec l. tors of the Scandinavian ships. Thes W men were putting bombs in the hol d and carborundum powder in tn 5 valves and bearings of engines. Fac Ie marine engineer inspector receive
 from our Christiania bureau the pric . of 5000 marks for every ship thu @ sunk.
 f. Those Brain1ess EngIanders. r. said, "But Excellency, is there T u. danger of these men either doing th IT same thing for the ships sailing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29

Egyptian whose mother was an Englishwoman. Socially, so far as the white population of Cairo was con- cerned, he was an outcast. But he was a good native journalist and he wrote with power and fire against the British rule in Egypt. He was our head editor, and through him we con- trolled almost all the native news papers. Now the Count can write and talk Oriental languages fuently. He was writing special articles on why English should be made to leave Egypt at once and our Eurasian friend was printing them in all his native I newspapers as his own. This was very we'll and more than once he re- ceived the approbation of the Foreign Intelligence Department at Berlin for his successful activities in behalf of the fatherland in Egypt.
 Bernstorff Makes Mistake.
 But one day Count Bernstorf made a terrible mistake and our Eurasian became angry and informed the Eng fish. Of course, as you might guess.
 there was a terrible scandal in our | diplomatic service. As the result of it the Count was about to recall when
 he reported to the Foreign Office that
 I was responsible for the entire mat
 ter. He even went so far as to tell
 our Foreign Office that it was through my various love intrigues, that the
 Eurlsian had become angry and tc
 get even with me he had betrayed us
 to the English. Our Foreign Office
 accepted. this and was ostentatiously | expelled from Egypt which satisfied the idiotic English. Of course, had no way of explaining to the Foreign | Office that the fault was not mine bu his. This is only one of my unpleas Aant experiences with the Count. Un
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 With his customary energy and ability Count Bernstorff had organ ized an excellent secret service at Stockholm, and I was saved the trou- ble of devising means of obtaining the information I must pass on to our U-boat heroes.
 All the sailing from Scandinavian ports were known in advance to our minister, and I was able twice a week to compile list for future sailings, and to mark each ship as one to be sunk or spared as the case might be.
 Count Bernstorff told me that the embassy would furnish me with the list of the ships about to leave Swedish ports, but the way and means of com municating the information to our U- boats must be left to my care and that he himself cared little to know by what means I would conduct this "The embassy must be able to declare solemnly that it has no knowledge of such transactions understood him thoroughly. If anything unpleasant should again occur I would be sacri- feed for the good of the service. That was natural, when joining the service everyone must expect these unpleasant consequences.
 I puzzled for days to devise some means of getting my communications to our U-boat commanders some- where at sea where they might be available to our undersea service, but to nobody else.
 When Spies Meet Spies. I at once visited Herr Kicker, who is the chief of our Secret Service Bu- reau at Stockholm. He ushered me
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29

My failure in Mexico, although not through my own fault, made our 1n- telligence Bureau Chiefs rather cool towards me. For some little time feared that, In accordance with an almost iron-bound rule of our Service that one failure on the part of a trusted member disqualifies for fur ther service, I might be forced to retire.
 I knew I would be subjected to some sort of indignity. It is one of the rules that unless an agent on the Service who fails on an assign ment is disciplined in some way or other, the efficiency of the Service will deteriorate. Even if the Intel ligence Bureau Chiefs are thorough ly convinced that the one to be pun ished is totally innocent and that he or she Is not responsible for the fail ure or miscarriage of a certain "mis- ,sion," yet, for the good of the Service an example must be made. This, ot course, has a tendency to tncite the punished person to greater achieve ments and stronger efforts.
 Thus I was assigned to Ella won Steinhauer, who is the sister of our Foreign Secret Service Chief and is herself one of our sub-bureau Chiefs So, although I was spared the indig- nity of being dismissed from the flu lure service for the fatherland, yet there was a marked difference in my treatment by our Foreign Office when my period of idleness was a last broken by a summons to head quarters.
 On my reporting to the Intelli gence Department, instead of beint met and greeted by either Barol steinhauer or von Holstein, l wa met by Ella von Holstein.
 You are to go to Stockholm" sh said coldly, "anl you will keep il touch with Count Bernstorff, who ha also had some American exper1 ence."
 Her accent and tone when sh made this remark was bitter; l an afraid I could recognize in it the not of gratified spite. She had alway been Jealous of my achievements an inc animosity between us had, fo ahany years, been unmistakable. Tha kVas my penalty for the past sue eesses.
 However, I had seen too much c lhe world and travelled too far an wide to take this woman very ser ousfy. I was very polite to her an f think I repaid her by showing he ,ny good nature and being amia rse.
 Before you go,' she said, ''yo win communicate with Baron vo Rsutenfels, who will instruct you an explain to you the nature of the mi sion on which you are sent and tf sstvice demanded from you in Scar Jdinavia."
 I had never met Baron von Ral tenfels before, but all the world no Knows the measure of his idiocy, ar
 take some personal credit for su pseting his total incompetency on u oGsasion of our first meeting.
 A Palliative Count.
 reported to him in his offi, waich is attached to our Foreign o fee. He was in charge of the Flo eign Office's Scandinavian Burea Our interview occupied over fo,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29

I reported to him in his office which is attached to our Foreign Of fee. He was in charge of the For eign office's Scandinavian Bureau. Our interview occupied over four
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ATIoNAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION ordinary conditions the war garden CTS of this country could raise food equivalent to what 100000 soldiers need for 237 days, or almost eight months. MT. Pack figures that Day light Saving should increase the effi- cheney of these ''back yard munition plant" workers by fully 25 per cent, which means that they should raise as much food as Is required by an army of 100000 men for 10 | months
 ''It has been said that the war will be won at home" declares MT. Pack. ''Every soldier must be backed up by four or five workers on this side. And for every aviator in the air, Secre- tary Baker has pointed out, there are required 46 men on the ground. An army of 10000 900 men eat 4,250, 900 pounds of food every day. The war gardens must help to supply this large daily amount. They must keep right behind the boys, for food must follow the flag. Daylight Saving will be great help in keeping the food supply marching along in time to | the tune of America"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29
HOW PRETTY COUNTESS
 AND YON BERNSTORFF
 FIXED SUB=POST OFFICE

All sailngs From Scandinavian Ports Were Known In Advance to German Minister and Countess Was Able Twice Week to Compile List for Future sailings- Marked Each Ship As One to Be Sunk to Be Spared
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29

When America finally declared upon heavy cloud hung the heads of all the devoted servants of beloved faherand Especially those who being employed among the idoc Yankees at loss what do and how to serve the Kaiser and the fatherland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-29

Chester W. Cuthell. thirty-four years old, general counsel of the Emergency Fleet corporation, is the youngest man who holds a similar position for the government. He sue ceeded Judge John Barton Payne. who has been made legal adviser to the director general of railroads.
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der the circumstances it is easy to see why I always had to look out for my self in dealing with him. More tEfficiencY."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-14
|J A. Ctlughren, Citizen
Farmer, Clues Timely
Aduice on Spring Seeding

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J. A. Caughren believes that the
farmers of this section should consider
carefully before deciding to SOW some
OF their purposed wheat acreage this
spring to other grains that now ap-
pear to be so high in price The fol-
lowing deserves the utmost consider
alton:
Regardless of the personal opinion
that you and I may hold on the fixing
OF the price of wheat by the Govern
ment at So per bushel, we cannot
ignore the reasoning which Uncle
Sam follows in making that decision"
says Mr.. Caughren. patriotism
should prompt US to put every acre in
to wheat that we possibly can because
the wheat is the real basis of cereal or
starch food for the armies and allied
nations. But there is something be-
sides patriotism that forms an induce
ment to raise wheat this year. It
should be borne in mind that the price
OF wheat is guaranteed and stabilized
as far ahead as May 1919. If peace
should be reached or declared at any
time before May of next year, it is
altogether probable that the high
prices now prevailing for corn, oats,
rye and barley would suffer an
enormous slump The cessation of
active warfare might, to a consider
able extent, depreciate the value of
wheat. In any such event, however,
the farmers will be assured of the
price fixed by the government. Careful
and practical farmers are reaching the
conclusion that wheat looks like the
safest proposition because the price is
assured and backed by the govern
ment. Then, too, the question of seed
is somewhat in favor of wheat. The
scarcity of good, reliable seed corn
makes it a more speculative crop than
wheat for good seed wheat is readily
obtainable. The food question is once
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-14

Charley Williams was a Sank Cen
tire caller on business between trains
Monday.
Mrs. Henry Messer transacted bust
ness and visited with friends at Sank
Centre between trains Tuesday.
Paul Pischkie left for Wadena,
where she will transact business for
several days.
Mrs. H. J. Wagner was a Sank
Centre visitor between trains Tues
day.
The following officers were elected
at the annual town election here on
Tuesday: For township: Nick Peder-
son, supervisor, three years; J. E..
Nelson, treasurer; F. H. Opitz, clerk;
A. H. Erickson, justice of the peace;
j. ]. Johnson, constable. For the viii
lage: Hugh Owen, mayor; Jos. Orbeck
H. j. Bentfeld and F. H. Opitz, alder
men; Albert Marthaler, recorder.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-14
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Miss Vera Cowlthorp returned te
her home. from Ceylon, Canada, where
she has been employed in an office fo1
the past two years.
Mrs. John Smith has been danger
ously i'll for the past few days. A
trained NURSE from the cities is at
tending her.
Mrs. Arthur Johnson, Beatrice
John, Myra and Bernice Bowman,
Edith Honnald, orley, Lawrence Fred
erick and Charley Kane made trip
to Grove Lake Saturday night to at
tend the program and dance. Myra,
Beatrice and Edith entertained the
audience by giving some late patriotic
selections. The admission was 35c.
The proceeds went to pay for Column
bia Grafonola purchased short time
ago. A large crowd attended.
Frank Banjamin's and BRUINS
family spent Saturday night at Chas.
Benjamin's. Cards were played and
lunch served at midnight.
Mrs. H. Manning and children left
Tuesday for their home in Canada af-
ter an extended visit here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Cooper, Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred Cooper and Bernice
spent Sunday at the WEIGH home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigrud Erickson and
family called at the Hesse home Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. G. G. Frederick returned home
Saturday evening after spending sew
eral days in Sank Centre.
Miss Alma Smith is staying with
her sister, Mrs. Ed WEIGH until she is
improved in health. lola Welch is
staying with her grandmother, Mrs.
v. Smith.
Miss Bernice Bowman and Ida
Hesse spent Saturday and Sunday
with Esther Lee at her home.
A Junior Red Cross was formed in
the Westport school Tuesday morn
ing. Thirty-ive members were OBJ
tanned pay 25c apiece for membership.
Miss Beatrice Johnson was elected as
chairman and Edith Honnald as
treasurer. The society was named
Uncle Sammies Red Cross. The
society altho composed of only school
children have great ambitions for do
ing this work.
Catholic services were held at Nick
Smiths Monday morning; good
was in attendance.
Word was received from John Kane,
Jr., in Anoka that he is doing nicely
after his operation.
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more paramount with spring and the
beginning of another producing sea
son at hand. There is strong prob
ability that the nation may soon be
called upon to forego the use of wheat
entirely for weeks period. We must
not, for a single meal, forget or
neglect the fact that our duty to the
allied nations is, first of all, to keep
them supplied with food. Up to the
present time they have done all the
fighting and the small sacrifices plac-
ed upon us in the matter of regulating
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Mrs. Frederick Connolly ATTENDED
the 8Oth birthday anniversary of hel
grandmother, Mrs. Abner Lamb las
Thursday at her home in Sank Cen
tre
Miss Mona Hutchinson spent the
week end with Miss Dorothea Tank.
John Anderson and family left OF
Friday for their new home in Ne
braska.
Mrs. Harry Houston was business
caller in Melrose last Thursday.
The Upstreamer's class are giving
an entertainment Friday, March Is
for the benefit Of the Y. M. c. A
Don't forget the date. Children 10c
adults 15c. The class has also made
quilt and sold numbers on it. II
will be auctioned off to the lucky one
Everyone is invited to do his bit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Houston spent
Sunday at P. M. Kennedy's.
WE PAY FIVE PER CENT PER
ANNUM ON CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT. FIRST STATE BANK
OF SAUK CENTRE.
A number of ladies gathered at the
home of Mrs. w. H. ellison last Fri
day. The afternoon was spent in a
social time and for the Red Cross. A
dainty luncheon was served at 4:30.
Those present were Mines. Coons,
Grundmann, w. H. Walker, Fred
Stewart, Peterson, Kennedy, Houston,
Walker, Bender, Wilcox, Connolly,
Hutchinson, Lloyd, Ingram, Misses
Mona Hutchinson, Dola Grundman,
June Peterson and Raymond Stewart.
Stephen Heffner purchased a new
Ford car quite recently.
Geo. O'Gara was business caller
in this vicinity last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. M. Kennedy spent
Wednesday evening at Wood Lawn
Farm.
Mrs. Geo. Grundman called on Mrs.
Rein last Friday.
The Helping Hand Society will meet
with the president, Mrs. C. D. Will
cox next Wednesday,. She wishes
everyone to be present because of i'm
portant business to be discussed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Mai and family
will soon leave for their new home in
the Red River valley.
Charles Kortan is attending to bust
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our eating habits is small indeed
compared with the sacrifices which
they are undergoing-for US as well
as for their own preservation. Nor
does the problem of ample production
lie entirely with our American farm
ers. The American gardens on home
plots and vacant lots should add their
full quota to the family table and
vegetable cellar this season, thereby
releasing just so much more of the
staple grains and foods for our fellow
fighters across the seas"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-03-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Jameson and daugh-
ter, Vera spent Sunday with their son
and brother, Everett Jameson.
Mrs. Jim Kane entertained the Red
Cross Tuesday.
People are busy in this vicinity pre-
pairing for their spring work by
cleaning their seed grain and repair
ing machinery.
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J. M. Miller one of our progressive
farmers south of town received fine
Shorthorn Durham bull by express
this week from Kenyon, MINI.
Math Didier has been busy this
week running the saw mill for L. B
Anderson on his farm north of town
Ben Uphus was at Melrose, on bust.
ness one day during the first of the
week.
H. J. Marthaler was Sank Centre
caller on business Wednesday, be-
tween trains.
Mrs. Richard Pagel and daughter of
Hastings, Mimi, accompanied by he1
niece Clara Semsky of Glenwood left
for their respective homes after sew
eral days visit with their cousin, Mrs.
Anton Schlicht at the Anton Schlicht
home here.
WE PAY FIVE PER CENT PER
ANNUM ON CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT. FIRST STATE BANK
OF SAUK CENTRE.
George Doege transacted business
at Melrose, one day during the first
part of last week.
Mrs. Tollef Johnson left for Osakis
Wednesday noon where she visited
with friends and relatives, and also
attended the Methodist ladies aid at
the Harris home there.
Joe Marthaler was an Osakis caller
on business Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Peter Pfippsen of Sank Cen
tire came up this week for visit with
her parents at the Herman Norman
home south of town, leaving for her
home on the Thursday afternoon
train.
The ladies sewing circle of the
German Catholic church met with
Mrs. Henry Messer at her home here
Thursday afternoon. A large crowd
attended and all report a very pleas
ant afternoon.
H. J. Wagner was a Sank Centre
caller on business Thursday, he also
visited with his daughter Charlotte
at that place.
L. A. Lampert transacted business
at the Twin Cities two days during
the latter part of last week.
Mrs. H. j. Wagner and daughter
Charlotte transacted business and
visited with relatives at Osakis Fri
day and Saturday of last week.
Arthur Fraser was Long Prairie
caller on business Friday and Satur-
day of last week.
Joe Norman and sister Mary left
for Sank Centre Friday, where they
will spend several days visiting with
relatives at that place.
G. Albert from Northrop, Mimi,
accompanied by his son, E. j. Albert
from Sank Centre were in town look
ing after their farming interests here
Friday.
Mrs. Z. A. Lampert and son Blair
left for Osakis Friday for short visit
with Mrs. Lampert's sister, at the C.
Smith home there. They will also
visit with relatives at Melrose before
returning to their home here.
Math Didier transacted business at
Osakis between trains Saturday.
Aphonse Bentfeld and Charlotte
Wagner came up from Sank Centre
Friday for week end visit with their
respective parents here.
Fred Moehring transacted business
at Osakis, between trains Monday.
Mrs. Joe 0rbeck and children visited
with Mrs. Orbeck's mother ar the
Cans home east of town for several
days this week.
Joe Sauer, Sr, left for his home
Saturday noon after several days
visit with his son, Joe, and family at
their home west of town.
Miss Rose Botzet was Sank Cen
tire caller between trains Monday.
Rev. Lambert of Osakis was West
Union caller on business between
trains Monday.
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Farmers! Get ready and prepare
for the third great Liberty Loan.
Roger Hutchinson and Foster Will
cox took supper at the Demro home
Sunday evening.