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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
The Eagles Eye
and Ear


number of Won Lertz's apartment, the
girl at the switchboard smiled to herself
in the privacy of her corner, and made
double connection for the benefit of
Dixie Mason, who had been careful to
plant her operatives in strategic places
Dixie Mason, listening quietly. on the
phone in her own little boudoir heard
Bernstorff call for Heinrich Won Lertz.
and in a moment caught Won Lertz's
quiet answer. She heard Bernstorff's
explanation of his call and the story
Of the loss of the reports given In a
few words.
There is no time to waste, Won Lertz
All messages must be caught Get Wolf
Won lgel at once, and you two go out
with Won Papen and Roy-Ed in the
machine"
Il will be with them in three-qusrters
of an hour or sooner, If ! can make IL"
Won Lertz answered somewhat slowly.
Dixie smiled broadly and suppressed a
girlish giggle. The reason for Won
Lerts's besltancy WAS not hard 10 be
sussssa sus Il r. h,l.r,sx. asapps. ia nom. !.
!fEepf thu recclVoMsof heIlng . suitAAlf Il
~ nlEmm&. "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
The Dreamy
Eyed Messenger

waited to see whether Grant wished to
send an answer. Jimmy made himself
comfortable in the depths of leather
chair with the nickel novel which never
left him. Grant frowned over the brief
report which had been the cause of
Dixie Mason's dilemma triumphant
chuCke from Jimmy aroused him. But
the chuckle was merely induced by the
, successful effort OF Old King Brady to
capture the last of the counterfeiters. as
set forth between the lurid covers of
Jimmy'S nickel thriller. Grants glance
rested on him with tolerant amusement.
Keep on reading that stuff, Jimmy,
and you'll be a detective before you
know it
Jimmy pulled himself into his present
surroundings with obvious effort The
eyes that met Grants were still some
what dreamy.
What? Aw gee. Mr. Grant wish
! was a detective! l bet l could be
And yet YOU don't know where this
mysterious communication you Just
brought me came; from" ,,s , ,..ou.
il was mysterious? I carry so many
messages. How could ! guess this one
was goin to be something different?
Anyway, that amt got nothin to do
with the kind of detectin' | want to do.
| want to be-"
Look here, Jimmy" Grant had risen
you stop reading these nickel thrilers
and put some Of that excess energy into
the Boy Scouts?"
We'll, Mr., Grant that amt bad idea
They been tryin' to get me to join. But
| want to be a detective"
Just how close he was to becoming
detective Jimmy did not know; a few
moments later he left the club and and
the train that would take him back to
his office.
Jimmy was followed into the car by
a well-dressed. dark man of somewhat
IA who p "A brown
portfolio. There was nothing about him
to arouse interest, but because he was
the only other person in the car Jimmy
stared at him with a bored curiosity
which would have been disconcerting
had the object of it not been in some
what drowsy state. Jimmy watched his
jerked back, only to allow ii to go
through the same performance again.
II was very interesting to Jimmy and
he was somewhat sorry when the man
guard called a station and hurried out
to the platform. AS the train started
Jimmy noticed the brown portfolio lying
on the seat where the man had left IT:
out of the window
Hey. hey. mister! You left your
vallse o. Portfolios, yalises=-they were
an the same to Jimmy the untraveled.
But the Il" train was pulling out:
Behind, on the platform, Jimmy could
see the man waving his arms and ges-
ticulating wildly
well, you shouldn't have left it,"
Jimmy cpnmented philosOphically to no
one in particular, and Immediately un-
buckled the strap that held the case
closed He glanced inside. For a
moment disappointment was written on
his features, and then his eyes widened,
Papers German papers Gosh.
wonder II he's a spy" hesitated and
hurried out OF the car.
He was strangely
= 81 deaf to the shouts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Dixie Masons's
Task

theirs, but with less resources to fore
stall. she summoned her COURAGE and
thoughts to do her bidding. Through
fate, luck, she knew not what. her
plan was endangered And then this
same fate played into her hands,
As her car slid slowly down the hill,
Won Papen spoke quickly to Won Lertz.
"Do you know who this is coming
down the hill?'
Won Lertz glanced up. mo but
We passed him back in town Why?"
We can use him-if he is all right.
You and Boy-Ed take Won Igel in your
machine and get him to hospital
quickly III have to try a rather dan
gerous stunt-work the Fifth avenue
wireless. Its risky. but"
Dixie had brought her machiae to a
standstill near the smoking wreck of
Won Igel's wireless machine. Her heart
pounded madly as Won Papen stepped
sfn 20 We'd 80. e ~ ~ ~ 81 :
: his nrst rshss csR 3eyn AZ sdis =
Ayed the next His So1f wkst e. -
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Calling directions
into the bemuddled
ears of Mamette,
donning z o Z e e s
End cap at the same
time, she hurried to
the hall aud into
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Bernstorff caught
up the desk phone
and ratified the
hook inpatiently.
He was answered
in a moment. and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Won Rintelen had come TO America with
fund of fifty millions of dollars at his
disposal and was accountable to only
one for the success or failure which
followed the use of the money for death
and destruction and that man was---the
Kaiser
Won Rintelen picked up the beard
which had disguised his features and
crossing to a low hung French mirror,
carefully adjusted it. Picking up his
hat and cane and gloves, he turned to
Albert.
Sorry" he said. Mistakes will occur.
you know. Till we meet again. he
bowed jauntily and in a moment the
paneled doors closed behind him and
the great on-harred doors of the front
entrance changed, marking his exit to
tiftf avenue. Ele was quickly lost in
the rying crowds outside.
Albert walked to the fireplace and
stared gIoomilS into its fast dying
cmbers "A happy day for Germany
when he returns home he muttcred
rloodily Mistakes, mistakes, nothing
hut mistakes
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II was Jimmy
MCAdamS. shock =
haired and dreamy
eyed, who ambled
in and presented
him with the mes
sage and while he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

The last twelve
hours h n d b c o n
filled with puzzled
anxiety for Dixie
Ma son. since the
moment s II e had
read I n Q sCrihhled
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Grant and nn
men strode 10 the
paneled door way
opening into the
great room In
which Doctor al.
bert received his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
Photo by Underwood & Underwood.

wait for me- he called, hurrying to the
sidewalk
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

AS Harrison Grant
was ha Silly run
ming through the
contents of the
b r o W n portfolio
with which Jimmy
bod RI yn tinrerp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
The p1Otters
Plan Anew


moniously presented him. the guests
lounging about the parlors of the Ritz
Carlton were somewhat startled at the
sudden entrance of a tall, dark man.
instant conference with his fellow plot
ters Albert had haRed the first taxi
driver in sight and ordered him to drive
to the hotel at which Won Bernstorff
the ambassador. was stopping. as quick
ly as possible. Paying the driver as they
arrived he had rushed into the lobby,
had himself announced and impatently
fumed while the elevator with a slow
carried him to the floor of Bernstorff's
suite. a moment later he was somewhat
incoherently pouring his recital of events
into the interested car of Bernstorf,
Won Rinteen. Won Papen and Boy-Ed,
II fell asleep. I've been doing much
night work. this in a somewhat apoo-
getic tone which won no sympathy from
his hearers. and awoke only when they
called my station. I hurried out. forget
ting my portfolio. How did it do not
know. II never leaves my side That
should have forgotten it now" Albert
threw himself into chair and ran his
fingers through his hair excitedly. The
boy waved at me from the window of
the ira in" he went on. II Immediately
telephonsd to the next station to have
him stopped and the bag taken, away
from him. But they say when he got
there he slid past the guard. ran down
the steps. tripped up a newsdealer, got
away from a policeman and then ran
with it" Jimmy would have been sur
prised to know what Importance was be
ing attached to his actions of the last
hour.
Bernstorff frowned. Hes probably
taken il to the Secret Service" he cut
in. The result will be that sooner or
later every scheme outlined in that cor
respondenCe will be frustrated. It was
careless. Albert. exceedingly careless
work. But we must concern ourselves
with the necessities of the moment"
A moment pause ensued The con-
sequences of this affair would be stag
gerng If the papers should fall into
the right hands"
Bernstorff spoke again. Won Rintelen
must leave the country az once. He is
not an at+a"Ho ~ ramber of. the I'm
rial German Embassy and therefore
Is not prot, Ct,d u, international law"
Won Rintelen bowed assentingly. what
Bernstorff said was true. and he rose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

Well acquainted
with the character
of the men whose
schemes she COM
bated daily with
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1HtTt WIS HTtIp
they could do there.
Grant. sickened at
the appalling waste
and the heartl ass
ness of the crime.
,l.;t. sL- l. 4
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all it said, though Dixie was not az az
misled by its brtefness into confusing
brevity with innocence. was TINS:
Report for Won Lertz.
Fire bombs manufactured .,....,,.. 400
Fire bombs delivered to agents for -
coming use ....'',....''''' -
Balance ......,..,.,......' 32s
That was all Where the bombs had
been placed where they would explode,
where it was intended others should be
placed could not be told 1t had been
with difficulty that Dixie in her preoccu-
patton had retained Won Lertzs atten-
ton on the ride home from Ten-Mile
House the night before, Her mind had
forebodings And with them had been
linked her knowledge Of the necessity for
occupying Won Lertz's attention SO that
he would not discover the loss OF the
report book In this she had been sue.
cessful. and when he at last deposited
her at the door of her apartment II was
with q feeling of rebef that she bade him
good night
Dixie in the quiet of her room Chided
herself for not being able to make more
Of this report She told herself that she
had no right to be one of the secret
service If she could do no better than
this. but the information was meager-
there was nothing to work on. Her
smooth forehead was furrowed by
frown Of anxiety. For the tiftieth time
she read the report and then she shook
her head.
NO use" she mused. There's only
one thing for me to do with this and
that is send it to Harrison Grant without
his knowing who il came from: He can
start an investigation She folded the
page torn from the book and slipped 1t
INTO an envelope Then in a painfully
disguised handwriting she directed Y 70
Harrison Grant at the Criminology club,
She held up the envelope and surveyed
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And there VIII
be an investigation.
More of these in
fernal American re-
porters a $ k ! n g
questions and seek
ing to find the
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from which messages could be caught
and stopped. And she had been the
means of assisting him to his purpose
Dixie Mason turned and ran to her car.
moment later she was breaking all
traffic regula lions as she sped toward
the Criminology Club with one idea in
reach Harrison Grant.
But already the message of .rarning
to the sugar ships far out on the ocean
had been flashed from Sayvile. The
gigantic efforts of the German spies to
stop the messages had been to no pur-
pose. Harrison Grant, upon finding the
report of the bombs placed in the hold
of the sugar ships, had stopped first to
order the warning sent through Say
vile. and then. calling Cavanaugh. Sis
son and Steward, had hurried with them
to the dock to warn the crew of the
Cragside of the bomb in her hold and
prevent IL possible. a catastrophe, But
as they approached the dock the black
clouds of smoke darkening the clear sky
told them they were too late The
Cragside was a mass of flames and the
dock an inferno of smoke through which
the wet rubber coats of f1remen cleaned
Huge streams of water played on the
ill-fated vessel and the shouts and yells
of excited dockhands mingled with the
roar of flames and water and the weird
sirens of newly arriving fire engines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

- pf things. More Secret Service
running about. and with their keen
teption. certain to find these things
wished concealed Whose mistake
&his?'
{3octor Albert glared at Won Rintelen.
<uoyance fast growing into anger as
- danger OF the situation took hold
ION Rinfelen shrugged his shoulders
NO ones miutake The agents were
10 nut the bombs aboard sugar
= % destroy as many sugar cargoes
onsth1e They obeyed orders. The
fs11e sailed three dsys ago when
0fker ships left port, Something
Wong. she returned for repairs.
fow In port IS have just told
kfd the bomb In her hold Is due
- srSd al Won Rintelen fierceiy.
- 0hicb efruGgled for words
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A uf Wieder-
sehen. Won Rim
telen." Bernstorff
held out his hand.
Won Rintelen bow
ed over II and
shook tho hand re
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

He started sud-
denly as the panel
ed doors creaked
open to admit a
Wis tor. His pierre
ing eyes turned to
a person advancing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

moment the look of alarm on Al
bert's face changed to one of relief
Z as he recognized his visitor and nodded
.Ah, Won Rintelen, glad to see you.
Is,n e X .alS future kindly have yourself an
|Sf what? Would 1t make it any
~ to have Smith, or Gates or Levin
some such parsonage announced?
il make this place easier of ac-
me?" Won Rinteen swung his
Ter the back of a chair, hung
~ .oyer the same piece of furni-
II stood rolling his immaculate
Lgloves from his hands This
<,th care and precision that
y make each movement cere-
z removed the brown Van Dyke
Z had adorned his countenance
- 1 revealed to his contrere in
Nil ersonage. Stepping to Albert s
a-idc :. aid in lowered tones
~ Snay you are glad TO see me ;
1ou m Il feel differently when I tell
ii ny s,nsss The ,Sfnsd 1sSws ! qaicRiy. Sr,Rs
Is Good or &ad?'
sI3ad1', answered Rintelen He reached
He'to his pocket and brought out slip
b. paper. unfolding IT as ne heid II tor
:, lbert TO read.
~ Doctor Albert glanced over it, then
3rowned inquiringly. III.
~ well. what OF this is IL Iot Iiei,t @
that Germany should place bombs on
'ndhtps leaving American ports? see
re list of ten or twelve sugar yes
which are now at sea, with bombs
2o.l1etheir cargoes due to explode some
pday. What of that? These are
nnis being carried out
b. little Rinteien pointed
"a the last line again, carefully
ice priefd The Cragside is listed there
bA nt-tht Cragside Is still in port
Fpr moment of tense silence the
p1otfers stared at each other, conster-
{ nation grewing in the expression Albert
~ bent upon Rintelen.
What. And there are bombs in the
& CraRside's ho1d?"
y0n Rintelen nodded. Five OF them
+ --sewed into sugar sacks. They are due
10 explode any time now.
klsS Doctor Albert paced the floor, hands
folded behind him. a frown deepening
(. {he lines Of his face. He stopped and
u lnoked at Won Rintelen
land that means that the Cragslde
kexiu burn at her dock"
Won Rintelen nodded again =,
49, And there Will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
The Report to
Won Lertz

nc ge from the notebook of Heinrich Won
| Iertz in the dressing room of the Ten
Mile House her efforts had been spent on
solving the mystery of its meaning, for
ali II said, though Dixie was not at all
misled by its briefness into confusing
brevity with innocence. was this:
Report for Won Lertz.
Fire bombs manufactured .....,-.. 400
Fire bombs delivered to agents for =,
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Tho
UDannounced
Visitor

toward him jauntily. but with an ali
Of familiarity that was dsarming. II
moment the look of alarm on Al
berts face changed to one of relic
ae ne recognized his visitor and nodded
lcurtly.
IAN. Won Rintelen, glad to see you
IN the future kindly have yourself an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

He was strangely
deaf to the shouts
Of the station guard
- he rushed down
fh~ elevated steps.
herepewkdeal Yer = fe
Ny2red &
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
AMERICA
WILL CELEBRATE.
INDEPENDENCE
DAY THIS YEAR
Two Nations Declare Holiday
Showing New and Greater
FriendIiness and Confidence
For United States
URUGUAY MAKES EVENT
ANNUAL IN OBSERVANCE
French Chamber Of Deputies
Meets Announcement of Ac-
ton BY France With Demon
Stration OF Wild Enthusiasm

WASHlNGTON. June 40 Associat-
ed Press Manifestations of friendH-
ness on tn" part Of south and Central
American countries are taking the
shape of Ohservances as general pub
lie holiday Of the national holiday of
the United States Independence Day,
the Fourth Of July. Two countries
yesterday took the steps necessary for
participation with this country in the
observance of the anniversary, one of
them making the uay permanent
national holiday. Taken in connection
with the plans and preparation that
nre going on in France and in Italy
for obsPrvanCes Of the day there is
assured n celebration which will be
noteworthy in history for it's extent.
In view of the feelings of jealousy
and dstrust in the past that have been
frequently manifested by other Amer
Jean nations the action that is now
being taken ia most gratifying to dip.
lomattc and to business circles alike.
Permanent Holiday
Meeting in MOntevideo yesterday the
Uruguayan congress made the Fourth
Of July a permanent national fiesta OF
holiday in honor of the United States
and called upon the people to publicly
observe the day with appropriate cere
monies this year
Tn Nicaragua the day was made 3
holiday through the proclamation OF
the Nicaraguan President.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
CHARLES SAYS
CABINET MUST'
NOT RESIGN BUT
S TICK IT OUT
Ministers Must Face Food Crisis
and Be Prepared To Meet
Reichstag Members On July
Sixteenth
EMPEROR CANNOT ~ (
SOLVE SITUATION
Austria Having Hard Struggle
While Hungary'Shows Animos-
ity and Refuses To Share Her
Food Supplies

VIENNA, June 3O-(Associa-
V ted Press)-Dr. Won Seyd-
Ter, Austrian premier, is not to be
permitted to resign, nor are any
ur the ministers of his cabinet 10
be permitted to surrender their
portfolios, whatever their inclina-
ti"n. This was made known yes
terday when Emperor Charles
made public the text of the letter
he had written to the Austrian
premier in response to his tender,
.Ui resignation. .-atE
The Emperor, in declining to-
accept the resignation of his Aus
trian cabinet, says that although
the attempt made to surmouHt
the difficulties which led up to the
resignation Of his advisers has
proven unsuccessful, "neVerthe-
less | am not inclined to accept
your designations and your min
istry must remain in office and
meet parliament, which / have
determined to convoke on July
sixteenth. - ~. b
Won Seydler and his ministers
resigned because of the wide
spread disorders growing ont OF
the food situation, which is adj
mittedly most serious.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
M'ADOO FORESTALLS
ACTION OF SENATE
REIMBURSEMENT of Seventeen
Hundred Short Lines Is
Against Senator'S Wish

WASHINGTON, June 80 Associat-
ed Press)-Quick action by the director
general Of railroads circumvented ae
ton by congress which WAS designed
TO thwart his railway policies and NAV
cause serious friction between the rail
road administration and tho senate.
About seventeen hundred short line
railroads, not needed by the railroad
administration for the conduct Of trans.
continental traffic, and deemed not es
sential to the needs of the country
were yesterday turned back to private
ownership. The action was taken only
few hours before the senate passed
resolution forbidding the relinquish,
ment of them. The action in the sen
ate was taken because some four hun
bred lines SOUGHT to remain under gov
'nment control
The railroad administration has re
tanned the control of about the same
number as objected to its purposed
course, deeming those lines essential
to the eountry's requirements.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
PETROGRAD ON THE
VERGE OF FAMINE
No Supplies Have Reached City
Since tuesday - Germans
To Restore Order

AMSTERDAM. June 3O--(Associat
ed Press Conditions throughout Rus
STA are reported in German dispatches
to he such that Germany must move
to restore order and take such steps
as will forcstall interN ention on the
east by the Entente.
The food situation in PPtrograd is
raid to be desperate, due mainly to the
lack of transportation facilities. Ac-
cOrding to a statement issued yester
day by the Russian food commissioner
in Moscow. no supplies of any kind
have reached the former capital since
Tuesday and the city is on the verge
of starvation.
4 Zurich despatch says that Berlin
is planning to send troops into Russia
to assist the Maximalists forces to re
store order, supprcssing the Socialists
and the various other anarchistic fac.
ton
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-02
REFUSES
IL TO AID AUSTRIA

WASHINGTON, June 30--(Associa-
ted Press)--A detailed survey of the
food situation in Germany, Austria
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey during
1917 has just been published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the De-.
partment Of Labor. This survey 10
based exclusively on laws, DEGREES, or
ders, utteranees Of public officials and
civic bodies of the countries covered,
md on comments of the daily press and
leading economic and trade journals Of
these countries. "' ". 49, .-.-sAst
Turkey is actually starving because of
the corruption Of her own officials and
the greed of Germanyj that Germany
and Austria are not starving, but are
having very hard struggle TO feed
themselves; that Hungary is in better
shape than either Germany or Austria,
and that Bulgaria so far as food Is con-
cerned, is suffering the least Of all
the countries covered. "'s
The survey also shows that Germany
has failed by a wide margin to live
up to her reputation for efficiency in
her attempts at food administration,
having been obliged to reverse her
policies in an effort to remedy in part
the fatal results of official blunders. It
shows eonelusively that the civil popu-
'ations of Germany and Austria are
suffering permanent physical deteriora-
ton from lack of proper food, that the
death rate from tuberculosis Is rapidly
increasing, that growing boys and girls
are not getting halfs the nourishment
they should have, and that manual lab,
orers are being underfed to about the
same extent. 3r.frr =
Hungary Against Austria ~
Politically, the most interesting thing
revealed by the survey is the fact that
the traditional hatred between the two
parts of the dual monarchy Austria
Hungary has been manifesting itself
in the refusal of Hungary to share her
comparative abundance with Austris
and in the official and public resentment
of that fact in the latter country.
Profteering, greed, breakdown Of
transportation, and faulty organization
are big factors in the food situation Of
Germany and her allies.