Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01

MO ONE passing with the crowds that
~ thronged Fifth avenue at all hours
Roitid have singled out the great stone
house that stood flush with the sidewalk
near Fffty-second street Its great doors
with their outer gates of iron bars were
AAnked on each side by anemic box
trees which bravely struggled for Nv
ing amid the dust and Crime of the city
Ifs closely curtained windows presented
m Impression of cold aloofness. To the
pAsserby there was nothing to indicate
that its air of ancient respectaohitN was
but assumed Its door swung INTO an
was illumined by the subdued light OF
wall brackets with colored shades
Broad stairs led to the upper floors. \,
one side of the hall beautitullN paneleu
oak doors opened into long ROOM
whose wall. hung with tapestry ana
9rcat paintings. and giant fireplace GhNe
to the interior an air of baronial sp'""-
dor ,-... , s,,o,,,
Of royal grandeur the German HoL.rm-
ment had established its hcadquarters
for the system of espionage II mas IN
trc cduced into a peaceful country, ihIS .
room was the M meeting =, srSsr p,foy Gsoyer1ment
TO II came Won Lertz of the suscepSiuie
heart. most recently loSt 10 yon
Mason here came Boy-Ed ana a."
IL.
ruises' and Bernstorff. the German ann
"a ssndor. for conferences with Doctor
Albert paymaster for the halseI Sps
Army in America And ina. thelr rtl,. ru1o
v,,erfs might be directed with sreatest
sserscy and expedency, wireless mes
a res were received here direct tIoLl
Nsuen, Germany through me @
antennae which could De streLcnn str, ia
We IA from the chimney of the mouse anu u
through the great detecters conCeaiau
behind the massive oil paintings aoorh-
ins tne The room was
/ nuiet save for the
a...nhi,n1 continuous shuttie
of papers slipping
sinister keporh and sliding into
neat piles under
the quick hands of
eloctcr Albert and the cracking OF me
in the fireplace. now almost siro o@tueI @
/. x into ashes He laid the reports from
peies in all parts of the country lIio Ii.so
s.bs pile The most important OF these
re carried in the brown porttoilo
aAch lay on the table and Whlch he
vt i continually In his possesslons: u:
4 Tow he thrust into 1t report from
tain Franz Won Papen, suggesting
boH a shipment of liquid chlorine. Wnlch
been ordered by the Allies. be si9p
~ by blowing up the factories III Will .i,
fnVas being manufactured. Thus me
mans would be given new aa-
itare in the field by an absolute
aopoly Of this gas. This report vas
lOWed DIV dnOtneT lT'iu lii'
srce, calling the doctors attention 70
n possibility of obtaining the patents
the Wright airplane by trickerE'
,ating the Wright brothers out OF inc
kn.zuIts of years of labor and corne'lns
4 "a airplane market in America.
|ceA quietly personal letter from non on
|rntelen advising him Of IN" NarlolS
lases and describing the disguises
|{nder which he intended to travel Tor
|fhs next few weeks documents regaiu-
|ine the embargo conference, with It's
membership of misguided Americans,
conceived and designed to bring poiil,cal
influence to bear upon the nluniuohs
industry, thus enabling Germany - ob-
tain ali the arms 1t needed ana the
Allies none; letters and reports on crop
conditions, kilograms suggesting means
6y which Germany could handle the
svnrious U-boat controversies III way
"a blind the Administration apd yet
commit murder on the hign seas plans
for buying newspapers and the das-
saeu1ination of spy propaganda-prosf,e'
tuece. plans and other matters OF I'M
portance which came daily to the hands
n fhis mysterious, seemingly all-see;ng
financial agent of the German Govern
nent. were slipped into the brown port
He started sud-