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to sell his services to the German
government agents in Holland. They
wouldn't have him.
So he went to England, still un-
der the name of Bridgman Taylor,
and offered the Foreign Office his
services. They did not take HIM
seriously, but locked him UP in Brix-
ton Jail to keep him out of trouble
making.
Did Not Shine in
Characterization
Meanwhile, Won Papen was ex-
PEELED from the United States.
When he got to Plymouth the Brit
ish discovered a packet on his per-
son in which was list of forty
Communications, among them
Bridgman Taylor, alias Won der
Goltz.
He was in Jail at the time, and
when he heard Of Tauscher he told
them he knew lot about him. He
informed them he had been in ne
gotiation with him to bring arms to
Canada, etc. So he was sent back
to the United States as star wit
ness, in charge of Detective Ser
geant Brust, of Scotland Yard.
He was on the stand in court in
the Tauscher case in the last days
of June, 1915.
AS have told you, the jury &C.
quilted Tauscher, who admitted
having lied to protect his embassy,
but pleaded that he had been misled
by Won Papen and was really an un-
sophisticated and innocent victim of
circumstantial evidence, or words
to that effect.
Won der Goltz did not shine in
cross examination. Tauscher's at
torney, Smythe, made something OF
a show Of him, summing up that the
great question at issue was the We
racity of Won der Goltz and Taus-
cher. Smythe said, won der Goltz
tricked Won Papen out of his money
and that is all there is in the case.'
Won der Goltz asserted on the
stand that he was testifying volun
tarily, without hope of reward
that he was willing to give his life
for Germany but not his honor, anc
that, though brought here agains
his will, he would not lie!
If we are to judge by the verdict
Won der Goltz was discredited, bu
he certainly gave a bad time tt
quite a considerable number of un
sophisticated innocents.
He was not in the confidence Of
Germany-nor anything Of that sor'
but they used him-to thei1
COST! The matter of providing
the necessities of life-which are
according to the eye Of the beholdel
was as serious to him as to an,
other and furnished his chief in
centive first and last.
Another man who professed to b,
a German devil"-this time !;
"born" Aforementioned up il
New Haven, glorying in the higl
Prussian appellage of Maximilial
Won Hoegen, perhaps by actual in
heritance. One morning he ap
peared in the Superior Court at New
Haven with the German colors il
the lapel of his coat, to the aston
ishment Of Judge Case, who prompt
ly made him take them off befor
he would hear his business. Sucl
behavior on the part of a youn,
practising attorney in an old-fash
toned New England city was certain
to start gossip, and eventually re
suited in New Haven "tea party,
most unpleasant to Mr.. Won Hoegen
To hear Won Hoegen talk 20,
would have jumped to the conclu
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sion that his boosted intimacy with
Won Papen, Boy-Ed and company
was more as chief than as subor-
dinate! Rumors of his supposed
Importance and sinister activities
were worked up to such an extent
that there came day when l con-
cluded it was time to find out some
thing definite about him.
/ met at the McAlpin Hotel
person who turned out to be very
well acquainted with Won Hoegen.
Afterward I met this person several
times for the purpose Of getting
line on what Won Hoegen actually
was doing and what he was up to.
found out in this way that he
often visited a young lady at a
New Jersey town and was more
than friendly to her. He was in
fact much fascinated and wanted to
marry her. He was in the habit Of
writing her long and frequent let
ters.
He Boosted of
His Terribleness
I got to see some Of his letters
to this lady. In them he never lost
chance to throw glamour around
the mysterious and perilous nature
of his work for Germany. In some
Of them he gave full rein to his
vindictiveness toward the United
States and did not scruple about
referring to President Wilson and
his family in such a scurrilous man
ner that he deserved all that came
to him eventually just for that
alone. And he boosted Of Destroy
ing munition plants in the United
States and of carrying on militant
work for the embassy.
In his conversations with his in
tended bride. he told of a man with
whom he was in communication, To-
Gated at II Battery Place, who he
said was in charge of the building
of submarine bases on the Atlantic
Coast, one of which was in the vi
cinity of Newport.
He also boosted of his having a
relative who was employed in the
transatlantic service and carrying
messages as German spy. Through
this man, who was quite old, COM
munication with Germany was kept
open via Spain and other neutral
countries. Won Hoegen said he was
in the habit of meeting him secretl,
under the bulletin board of "The
New York Herald" where the old
man would deliver to him the mes
sages he had and he would then
take them to the German Embassy
German Aids Brought
A Little Trouble
The agent I sent to New Haven
to discover the nature of his con-
spiracies reported him talkatively
active and actively talkative, but
that was all. His German airs and
behavior had made the eyes of New
Haven look askance in his direction
he was quite natural unless play.
ing up to his German ideal, which
was working up quite strong feel
ing against him.
Won Hoegen probably never hur7
any one in his life, at least in E
physical sense. He saw part tina
looked pleasing to him, and he likee
} to play it, Therefore when he wrot,
across the face of his draft cues
!, tionnaire deutschland uber Allies
he undoubtedly felt that he wa.
Germany against the world" Ant
when he added to it that he "hae
the doubtful honor of being al
American CITIZEN" that America wa.
putting up "big bluff" and that HI
: "hoped Germany would win thu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
By Casimir Pilenas &C. P,
Wilkins)

Copyright, 1918, By Otis Fl. Wood.
Copyright, Canada, 1918, OTIS F..
Wood. All foreign rights protect
ed.)
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to convince by telling really absurd
personal anecdotes, Such, for in
stance, as this: On Questioning him
about his connection with the Ger
man secret service by such inqui-
ries as would give freedom to his
tongue, l was told that when he
joined the German organization it
came about through his discovery
of some papers of Importance to
the government among his deceased
fathers effects. His aunt tried
to take them from him and called
in government agents to help her,
but he would not give them up.
This manifestation Of character on
his part had been responsible for
his being taken into the secret SER
vice! elbow long ago did this hap
pen?" / asked. about dozen
years." he replied:, "Then," said /,
"you expect me to believe that at
the tender age of twelve you so i'm
pressed the government with your
talents that they made you a men,
Der Of their secret service?"
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been. / agreed in advance to see
that he was we'll recompensed if he
had anything to disclose that was
authentic and worth anything.
Well, he made up a synopsis that
was simply beautiful; in effect, that
he had served in Mexico as major
under Raoul Madero, brother of the
murdered President, and was really
away from the army on leave of alb
sence.
His story was that in June, 1913,
while serving in the army of Car
rama, in Chihuahua, he was ar
rested at the instigation of Consul
Kluch" and ordered to be shot by
General Mercado. Three times he
was taken out and put up against
a blank wall, and then brought
back. In this serious situation, he
somehow got word to General Chao,
the commander of the Villa forces,
and Chao notified General Mercado
that he would take chihuahua and
hang him (Mercado) in the public
square if he hurt Won der Goltz.
So he was not shot after all. On
September Kluch got orders to
have him released, and he was or
dered to go to Los Angeles.
While he was in Los Angeles an
attempt was made on his life, and
he was locked up for firing a re-
volver in the street. He was afraid
to make much fuss about It, because
he regarded his position in the
country as perilous. The attempt
on his life and and his trouble in
Chihuahua he attributes to the work
of the German government.
But he went back again to Car
ranza's army and took a soldiers
part in the battles of Torreon,
Zacatecas, San Pedro, etc. Just be-
fore the outbreak of the European
war Consul Kluch sent for him
again. He apologized for the
wrong he had done him and in
structed him to go to Washington
and report to Captain Won Papen,
the military attache of the German
Embassy.
Said Won Papen Asked
Him to Dynamite Canal
He had a number of conferences
with Won Papen, met him at the
consulate in Baltimore, at the Ger
man Club and other places. At this
time number Of plots were being
organized against Canada, some of
which Won Bernstorff did not think
we'll of, but which Won Papen and
Boyd advocated.
Won Papen wanted him to act as
his "go-between," to blow up
bridges, grain elevators, railroad
stations and the Welland Canal.
The Welland Canal, by the way, is
about twenty-six miles long. 1t is
used to carry large ships around
Niagara Falls and is vital link
in the transportation facilities Of
/ Canada. 1t consists of twenty-six
locks, which raise the water over
three hundred feet, and cost over
$25, 100000.
He was directed by the captain.
to get the dynamite from Captain
Tauscher, who gave him letter
for three hundred pounds to the du
Pont people. He was also supplied
by the skipper of a liner in Balti-
more with an officer and several
men to assist him. He brought the
dynamite to Niagara and stored it
at Biettner's restaurant. Captain
Tauscher also sold him pistols. Won
Papen gave him considerable
money and he paid the men who
helped him from So to SIS a day
Irishmen, embittered against Eng
land, furnished him with diagrams
and information. His accounts and
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vote seekers, she chartered steam
launch, lodged the river police,
anchored to the historic terrace of the
House of Commons, which was crowded
with members, and for twenty-five min
utes, or until the burly representatives
of the law tardily rushed up in another
launch and stopped her, poured pas
sionate invective upon a half amused,
half indignant, but throughout vastly
intrigued audience of lawmakers.
AT present it is not even certain
that Miss Boyle will be able to have
herself nominated for Keighley. Under
ordinary circumstances, virtually any
body who can show that he has sub
stantial support can be nominated as
a candidate for the British Parliament,
but the say-so in this matter lies with
an official known as the returning Off
Ger, who is usually the High Sheriff of
the county
No Chance
Of Election
Miss Boyle declares that she will
have supporters enough to. make an i'm
pressive showing, but the 'Keighley re-
turning officer is uncommunicative as
to his intentions, and will, he says, wait
until he receives Miss Boyle's nomina-
ton papers before deciding as to their
legality.
Even if he decides in her favor
there is not the ghost of chance of
Miss Boyle's election, .-or a coalition
candidate is standing for the seat in the
person of w. M. Somervell, boot man.
ufacturer, and he will have the COM
bined votes of the Liberals, whose d.
rect nominee he is, and the Conserva-
tives. There is likely to be "paci-
fist" candidate, too. but his chances of
election are not much better than the
fair aspirant's.
Should miracle happen and Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
What Actually
Happened to Him

What actually happened to Won
der Goltz, in brief, was this: He
came to the United States in 1912,
after having been released from
arrest in Germany, where he hao
been brought by extradition from
Belgium for having forged lease.
His real name is Carl Wachendorf.
He joined the United States Army,
but deserted in 1913 and went to
Mexico.
In Mexico he served with Raoul
Madero, was captain Or major, but
at the outbreak of the European
war he came back to the United
States and took the name of Bridg-
man Taylor.
Won Papen employed him to blow
up the Welland Canal and gave him
money for the work, so he hired a
lot of "bums" and went to the bor-
der. He did not pay them as much
as they wanted, and they gave him
an awful thrashing and so terrified
him that he ran away.
He got safely to Europe and tried
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15

ening Of the Kingston coal mines has
encouraged the people Of that place
and Of Caldwell county in general to
subscrihc literally for stock in the Oh
.tcrprisc.
OF the l25 men now in the United
States Army from Park College, iS
already ore across tho water.
The walnut iog- in the big How.
j,stol tract, near E>co' sior Sprinrs.
are now oil cut aud piled ncar the raj
road tracks 20 bc shipped to Chilli.
cutHc ~ rapidly as cars can bc pro-
.vidcd. The great yard Of big logs
would make n man from the big nortl e
crn logging camps homcsick. says the
Liberty Advance.
Even "A box Of matches can ini-
tate an internal machine. according
to the Liberty Advance. In that city,
a match from box, causing the whole
box to explode in her hands. She was
painfully, though not permanently in.
jurcd.
More than 5000 acres Of prospec-
tive oil and gas lands have been leas-
cd in Platte and Clay counties by q
large company. according 90 the Dear
born Democrat, which considers. this
movement something entirely differ
ent from the "wildcatting" done near
Kansas City. A rig already has been
shipped to the town OF Hampton. and
l.50O feet Of casing now on the
grounds indicates tha, the company is
intent on going the limit.
The best price yet reported for
old harness comes from Atchison
county. through the Tarkio Avalanche.
Col. A. &. Manifold the other day sold
a set Of work harness for Si3 more
than Il cost eight years ago.
When steer died last week in
the herd Of Earl Whitford near Fair.
fax, post mortcm examination 10.
vealed in the animals stomach COM
pact ball of hair, n round and nearly
as large as a croquct ball.
Hog or no hog" cries Editor
Crouch, of the Bethany Republican.
we've had enough cold weather and
sc hope the next time Mr.. Ground.
hog ventures forth some meat cutting
artist will take n slash at his neck"
Coal shipped from the Richmond
mines In January reached a total Of
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15

in the stove.
The record mule transaction for
North Missouri, according TO the belief
Of the Chillicothe Constitution, was
reached last week when Grey Vaughn,
near Victor, sold ten mules TO . Shell
byville buyer Tor $4,000. The mules
averaged 400 pounds each, and were
to- be shipped to Canada.
The dog that tags Lawrence Wat
ers around when he Is at home near
Braymer, earned his table scraps for
a few months to come by catching Q
big grey wolf one night last week
when young Waters was on his way
home from hauling wood. With q
wagon stake the young man rushed 70
the dogs help and between them they
finished the beasts career, and earned
about $50 In cash rewards.
For 80 years prior to her death at
Albany last week, Mrs. ]. l.. Lowe had
been q continuous resident of Gentry
county, says the Albany Ledger. She
came TO that locality while It was still
part Of Clinton county. She was 81
years old at the time Of her death.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15

i,i6i cars, says the Missourian, and
At an average invoice OF Si05, each
represented n total business Of $i25.-
900. The sum paid to the Richmond
miners has averaged for several years
about s720,00O u year.
Economy Of wheat Is nothing new
Chip" the famous Rayville CORES
pondent Of the Richmond Missourian.
Old Chip says this has been the reg
ular bill of fare in his household for
10 years. namely: "Wheat bread for
breakfast. corn bread for dinner; meat
for breakfast and dinner, mush and
milk for supper, with corn bread for
dessert"
Recently fourteen orphan children
from eastern cities were brought "a
Bethany, where Harrison county folks
quickly found homes for all Of them.
On February another company OF
orphans were to arrive in Bethany,
where the Republican bespesks . sim.
liar welcome for them.
Fourteen chicks hatched from 4
eggs, Feb. 1, is the record Of Mrs. W.
II. Rust, Of Burlington Junction, which
the Post thinks Is the earliest and best
hatch Of the year in that locality.
1t took $3.50 buns to feed the crowd
at the Sam Jones farm sale-the big.
gest sale Of the season near Burling.
ton Misunderstanding to the Post
Ten ordinary brood sows averaged
$73 each. Alfalfa brought S2s q ton
There is danger, say the folks neal
the BigelOw lake, that the valuable fish
in this fine body Of water have beer
killed by the severe freezing which hal
covered the lake with 20-inch ice COW
er, over which teams and motor car
have been driving for weeks.
breeders Of livestock in LinT
county recently organized and will
unite their efforts in encouraging tn,
raising of pure-bred stock. A coop
erative sale is TO be held by the new
organization on st. Patrick's Day
There are eighty breeders Of pure-bret
livestock In the county.
Ten attorneys fell to jangling ovel
some trivial motion before Judg,
Drain, at Macon. last week, says tn,
Republican, and tangled SO long and 9,
loudly that the court finally remarket
very wearily, ~ wish Major Dysar
were here. He Just smokes and say
something; he never makes all thi
noise"
The Missouri division Of tn
Pixies Peak Ocean-to- Ocean Route as
sociation. meets February IS, q
Brookfield. All along this cross-con
tinent highway they are making con
tcerted effort TO make this route Fed
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15

balance Of 81 l.32s, says the Daily Ar.
gus. The building will be erected in
the early spring.
A city collector that really gets
the money is Collector Lambert, oi
Brookfield, according to the Daily Ar.
gus. His report for January collec,
tions showed back taxes collected dur,
ing the month amounting to 81 l,556
His total collections were $2,525, ant
his commissions for the month wert
$l25.
between Winston and Cameron
the other day, q Rock Island freight
train broke LAT rails, li2 Of them be
ing between Cameron and Mabel, say
the Cameron News. Upon the arriva
Of the train at Cameron II was hels
for . thorough inspection TO ascertain
whether a fiat wheel or some othel
fault was responsible for the breakinI
of so many rails, but not thing coult
be found to cause the damage, and tn
train was ordered to proceed. Oh
railroad men on the division are pug
zled and they think this record
though not an enviable one, that ha
never been equalled.
A fine substitute for smoking TO
bacco has been discovered by vii
Rice, near Liberty. according to tn
Tribune. He says alfalfa leaves ar
good "makings," and are more salts
factory than many Of the brands o
tobacco now on the market. AlfalfI
is due to make another jump In price
"A Scotch family living near Ham
ilton, have 20 relatives In the war, an
two Of their own sons will soon "a
Even at that, says the Hamiltonisn
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray feel that the pre-
servation Of liberty Is worth 20 81
preme . price.
The prospect Of the early ye-op
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15
NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEWS


% gro.. you can scrd mo pacx-
ar,s THROUGH hc7I1cd rro-- is one ~
the significant sentences in brief l.t.
ter received az Naryvi'lc last wnri by
Judge and Mrs. Il. l.. NcDrugu', from
their son. Frank, who is m German
prison camp.
An old run down farm near Elmo.
that had been farmcd since the war Of
1872, according to the blanchard
State Line Herald, sold last week n.
500 an acre.
--rOstponing their action on "A pro.
poscd ordinance to raise their salaries.
the Maryvillc councilmen last week
rushed through measure to increase
the city's supply Of fire hose and other
tirc.fghting apparatus instead. The
recent fire had that good effect. at
least, according to the Democrat For.
um.
-Bccausc they are "eating their
heads or" and went begging for n
buyer at a private treaty, Maryvillc's
team of fire horses was sold at auc-
tion last week for $40. A motor
truck had taken their place.
After killing and shipping 2.2iO
rabbits from their neighhorhood in
western Dckalb county, four farm
boys are closing up their winters en-
terprise Of combined sport and bust
ness. for the law Of Illinois. where
many Of the rabbits wcrc shipped. pro-
hibits IN" sale Of rabbits in that state
after February /.
--Ovcrpowcrcd in the streets Of
Princeton by n score " women who
had Just come from church services.
~ ..f L..
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15
The Next Fair.

The directors of the Maitland Fair
association have fixed the dates for
their 1918 fair on August $3.50, and
have started things looking to an es-
pecially attractive fair-night shows
horse shows, races, fireworks, etc. The
officers for 1918 are: p. L. Bohart
president; Thos. Groves, vice presi,
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15
dent; NJ, c; Brumbaugh, treasurer, and
Lester Hodgin, secretary,

The report that Is being circulated
apout Primrose Gasoline not being OBJ
tainable Is without foundation, md we
are ready to supply our customers
with the pure Primrose Gasoline,
SIMMONS & KEE,
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-02-15
Notice.

No hunting, trapping Or trespass-
ing allowed on the Huiatt farms,
southeast Of Oregon, day or night.
MRS. o. p. GREENE.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-25
NOTICE

This is to notify all parties inter
ested that if no good and sufficient
cause is shown to the contrary, the
Board of County Commissioners will
on the first Tuesday in March, 1918,
pass an order legalizing public road
as follows:
A proposed public road in the 3rd
Land District and in the Vaughn
Road District of said County, com
mencing at or near ]. B. Parsons and
running through lots 235, 236 and PSI
intersecting with the Sibbie and Fitz-
gerald public road near land belong
ing to ]. Q. Carroll.
Passed by an order of the Board
of County Commissioners at their
regular meeting held on the first
Tuesday of February, 1918.
Board of County Commissioners.
M. Dickson, Chairman.
M. w. Garbutt
r. L. Stone.
1t c. B. Fellers, Clerk.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-02-25
GEORGIA FARMER
NOW GIVES FACTS
Says He was Relieved of Severe At
tack of Rheumatism After Taking
Tanlac When All Else Failed.

I am the happiest man in Spalding
county," declared ]. T. Waldrup. a
prominent farmer living near Griffin,
Ga, for Tanlac has made a we'll man
of me and l can now make as good
crop as any man.
For four years l suffered torture
with what some said was inflamma-
tory rheumatism. Whichever it was,
the pain was such as to drive me al
most desperate. Sometimes / would
get sick at the stomach and have high
fever and headaches and vomit up
everything / had eaten. / would have
heartburn that was like fire in nv
stomach
L tried everything I could think of
but nothing seemed to do me any
good until / began taking Tanlac. 1t
wasn't long after that, though, till
began to enjoy my meals and have
a heartier appetite. My rheumatism
began to disappear and in a few
weeks didn't have an ache or pain
in my body and found / had actually
gained fifteen pounds in weight. Tan
lac has been such Godsend to me
III never get done praising it."
Tanlac can be obtained from Den
mark Drug Co., Fitzgerald, Ca; Giles
Drug Co. Pitts, Ga; Paxon's Drug
Store, Abbeviile, Ca; Vischer's
Pharmacy, Rochelle, Ga; Wilson'S
Pharmacy. Pineview, Ga. adv