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The Washington times., 1918-08-18
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
SHOWS fine SPIRIT

Here Is a story Of sacrifice on the
part OF q lighthouse keeper In Porto
Rico. Who. out Of his monthly salary
Of SIS. gave to the Red Cross two
days pay amounting to Si.io, Aside
from the letter OF appreciation which
the contributor In question received
from an official of the American Red
Cross, there was. . letter which he
will always hold as q treasure from q
member OF the President's Cabinet.
The correspondence which follows
tells the story:
First there was this letter from
Pedro A. Hernandez. lAborsr in charge
of the Mayaquez Harbor Range
Lights, addressed TO the lighthouse
inspector at San Juan;
at IL my duty to inform you that
1t has been impossible for me to pur-
chase or contribute In any form or
manner in the purchase of War Saw
ings Stamps, or subscribing to the
last Liberty loan. Ny shortage 70 due
to the fact that my salary 10 very
small, but. at any rate, wish to con
tribute in some way and I have de-
cided to give an amount correspond
ing to two days Of my salary Of the
month OF May, which amounts to
S1.1o. and this am willing to give to
the Red Cross Association.
81 wish to enter my most energetic
protest for the untustthable crime Of
the sinking OF the s. s. Carolina"
This letter eventually came to the
attention Of Secretary Of Commerce
Redheld. who wrote the following
personal letter to the commissioner Of
lighthouses:
'1 beg you TO present my compli-
ments to Pedro A. Hernandez, laboref
in charge, Mayaquez Hafb0r Range
Lights. through the inspector OF the
Ninth district, and TO commend him
for his patriotic action In giving an
amount equal to two days salary to
the Red Cross. I desire that the fact
Of this contribution In the form OF
a copy Of the letter stating II, may be
made q portion OF the official record
Of theis employe." - ~
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returning eonseiousnesa rhe object
he pointed TO was an ordinary electric
push button
Evidently the nrst fisherman sIg-
nailed our approach, giving the boat
ample time to assume an innocent
aspect" commented Dixie, land then
this man signaled that we had passed.
and that they were safe from obser-
Vation."
eleven" commepted Grant "aI-
though simple. The mouth Of the
tunnel was closed with two doors
hush with the beach and then they
were covered over with sand, maxi
them invisible except when one was
very close to them. A good example
Of camouhage."
They watched the loading Of the
boat for some time. Then Grant beck
oned to Dixie and led the way far
ther back into the woods. ''-'ts-
"fhs Sound Boat Cub, where It
win be easy to procure a speedy
launch, 10 only about ten miles from
here. While I go there and get q
craft which can keep up with any
thing In these waters, will you go to
the other boat and watch from the
promontory to guard against the
AN9hCA ANaNilA pELOIC
A nod from Dixie and they sepa-
rated, Grant to walk only half a mile
when he came to q motor road upon
which automobiles were passing fire.
quently. He had no trouble in get
ting speedily to his destination. He
knew several OF the boat club mem
bers and every craft In commission
was offered to him. Choosing a speed
boat, which had registered forty-two
miles an hour on her trials, he start
cd back at the best speed the motors
could produce.
Dixie reported that everything had
been quiet during his absence. The
spy had recovered consciousness, and
Dixie, with womanly compassion for
suffering, had eased his aching head
somewhat with q cool bandaEs.
The shadows of approaching night
soon began to darken the shores.
Grant picked mp the German spy and
carried him to the speed boat. Then
In order not 20 leave any explanation
to anyone who might come to relieve
the captive the launch was hitched
to the back Of the speed boat and
towed into the sound, there to be
turned adrift. Grant then turned the
speed boat back in the direction Of
the tunnels end.
Trailing the German Agents.
As they arrived they saw the lights
Of the German craft just moving
away frpm shore Grant fell in clos.
behind and adapting his speed to that
Of the strange craft settled down for
stern chase. The launch. which
both Grant and Dixie felt sure was
to those which Dixie had seen In the
farm house in the morning. headed
straight for New York. and held to
the course.
Morning bad nearly arrived when
the launch headed into a dock on the
Brooklyn waterfront. There three
trunks were awaiting and the cargo
was quickly transferred
The little Secret Service operative
and the president OF the criminology
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EPISODE XVIII.
The Great Hindu Conspiracy

(Note-On the wall of the library II
the CFiminoloEy Club hangs a portion
of a newspaper in a frame. II is ar
account OF the killing of Ram Chandrs
in a crowded court room in San Fran.
cisco, April. 1918. when he with other
conspirators, was on trial for sedition
His murderer, Ram Singh, who was or
trial-for the same offense, was killed
few seconds later by a United States
marshal Written across the clipping
are the words: Evidently a strikins
demonstration of the truth OF Ratr
Chibra's statement in phonograph
library in re the made in Germany
Hindu Society. Harrison Grant" An
inquiry concerning the clipping leads
to the story of the connection the ciuE
had with the breaking up of the great
Hindu conspiracy, which is here re.
lated. The inevitable inquiry as tc
whether Ram Chandra intended to
turn informer has never been answer
ed.)
There is the latest thing in German
code. n It happens to be code at all.
said Harrison Grant. president of the
Crtn1fnology Club, to Dixie Mason, OF
the Secret Seryice, one evening early
in 1917. He tossed her a piece OF
paper.
Intereeptsd wireless Messaxea. =.
'why. it's nothing but a continuous
line OF jumbled letters" exclaimed the
little. Secret Service operative, looking
at It critically. 1T appears as though
some one had been trying out type
writer to see II the letters needed
cleaning. Where on earth did you get
this9~
Picked up from the SayviIls wire
less" answered Grant.
"The Sayville wireless questioned
Dixie, intensely interested at the men
tion of the station so widely used by
German agents until the United States
put It under control.
40 you mean that the eensoFs lei
q jumbled mass of letters like thiI
pass" demanded Dixie.
"No, not in that form. A few nights
ago Hennessy began to realize that
between words there would be q quick
jar and then q legible letter. He got
Charles E. Apgar, the wireless expert
to come here and listen in. Apgar sug.
gested recording the sendings on: the
phonograph for study. The result is
that by running the machine slowly
distinct letters between words can
be distinguished. They are snappe
through. but easily caught by anyone
expecting them. These letters are
the sending OF the last two nights"
There is no code or cipher that ]
know OF that could be applied to
them" said Dixie, studying the tum-
bled letters carefully. They are not
Russian, or any other language with
which 1 am at all familiar"
THAT is Just the question" an
swered Grant "Apgar, who Is quite
a linguist, said that the letter COM
binations reminded him very strongly
OF Hinduese. don't know Hindu at
all, and Apgar declares that il il
IL Hindu IL Is q dialect different from
any with which he 10 familiar.
telephoned to Columbia University to-
day; you know there is q small col
ony of Hindu students there. for an
expert in the dialects, so we may
know the answer to this any time"
Their talk drifted into other mat
ters until it was announced that
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clock had struck sieit. ne hsgs - >.
for the raids. the Jnrst Tepert feA6ha
Grant at the criminology Club. =
was from the Temple Of oeeuitisa o.
Long Island. The net there hsa -
tured the frst Of many Who wen I'd
later to be convicted OF Scditi0n aIssi
the courts IN eaue FSaneiseo.- ' Tbtr-
names given on sthe LIST ef prtsonsrL 70
berty, u. z, Sekunna. ana r. e.
Gupta, but Heinrie Won Lertz had H8i1S
been found on the premises. FrofT
New Jersey came report. that u =
raid had disclosed that I Scheol tsacl -
ing methods Of bomb Tnanufsctnf 10
and the latest uses 70 whleh heavy = -
plosives could be used had hesn eo %
Quoted BY Dhirenda. KuEiar saFkai -, - >
Ram Chandrs and . number o. lsgut
school Of instfuctiou for officers ub !, !.
der the tutelage Of Tads Ssrit nenf =,
seattle was rsided, .s. -
Frederick Jebsen, . feFrnar bkis4 !,
In the German navy, was eaught 90
the Pacific coast Alae. He had ~
sEips all outAttsd, for tPsnapeFttni
the army which was being raised a. ~
trained in the UnIted States TOR . - -,
esllioa AGAINST ENGLAND ~ tadii 4 }
Many other pfaees., In. various go -
tions. yielded their quota. Of prisoasH - :,
and evidences OF the sxtent to WhiaI; -
the Imperial German pIot againd
England fomented on the neutral so1 -
Of the United States had pfoHnssse3II
Last, but not least, sll the oeFmaSl
man operators were. re1poyed Dabu
Omptorily from the wireless statio
At sayyiiie; As the total q the nuns
Der Of prisoners MOUNTED and ~
mass OF evidence increased, Grant rs
marked to Dixie. who had bees ssate1
near him:
Here endsth the great Hindu soa
spiracy."
Goepyrisht. isis. ~ the wheeler syuAl-
cate. Inc ga
Next Sundays eDlseds-No. ie-xh-d
Menace OF the ]. w. ". -
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ming AZ slow speed. scanned the shore
line for q ciih or shrubhery which
might mask the end OF q tunnel.
sesrchins for the Tunnel
The physical aspects OF the shore
line were disappointing in producing
possible places for the eoncealment
Of q tunnel. IT was . long, low, sandy
beach. The frst sign of life which
they noted was q lone fisherman out
on q small promontory who seemed
to be setting lobster pots About .
half mile further on there was a
launch drawn up close to the shore,
with two men tinkering on the en-
gine- A hail from Grant As to
whether he could render any assist
ance was answered by the statement
that II was merely . wet wire that
had interfered with the spark which
caused them to stop, and that no help
was needed. Farther on another
promontory disclosed q second lobster
fisherman
Grant drove the boat along for q
considerable distance before he was
satisfied that the lone fisherman could
no longer distinguish 1t. Then he
headed 1t into the bank, and after
pulling IL well upon shore, Dixie and
he started retracing their route on
foot Grant chose a path which took
them almost a quarter Of mile from
the water, where the wooded section
OF the shore commenced. Once in the
shelter Of the trees their progress was
rapid.
II am going to take chance on as
saulting an innocent party by attempt
ing to put him out Of eon,Tnission be-
fore he can give a warning. hate to
do this, but there isn't q chance OF
creeping upon him." said Grant
Grant Uses Revolver. --
As he spoke he drew an automatic
revolver from his pocket From the
same pocket he drew two extra sec
tions OF barreling for II and rapidly
screwed them onto T. end Of the
regular barrel. Than he attached a
silencer. When assembled the auto
matte had . longer barrel than the
regular Colt 20, whose accuracy at
long range has become a proverb.
Quickly adjusting q wind sight With
which the extra barrel was equipped.
Grant knalt. and aiming for . second
pulled the trigger. There was the sup
pressed "zing" Of . bullet starting on
ita course, but no other sound. The
fisherman suddenly erumpled and then
fell face forward into the sand.
Creased him. think" said Grant
as he and Dixie ran toward the fallen
man. The heat of q bullet Just graz
ing the top of the skull will psralyze
the brain for . short period, causing
no bad after effects except . head
ache for few hours, q system ire
quently used for capturing wild
horses" Grants aim had been per-
feet.
81 could have forgiven myself II II
had killed him." said Grant, pointing
to an object In the sand, and he knelt
to bind and gag the man who was
already commencing to show signs OF
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with her a box of grease paints, .
gray wig and some cheap clothing.
The purpose of these became appar-
ent the next morning, when . de-
orepit old woman, driving q horse
which seemed as old as herself. drove
up to the rear of the door Of the con-
verted farm house which housed the
temple. The old woman aliEhted, and
taking a basket of eggs from under
the seat started for the door In q
Quavering walk. From the feeble,
cautious steps she took the woman
might be nearly blind, but under the
shaggy gray eyebrows and the red
granulated lids the keen eyes of Dixie
Mason were darting about taking in
every detail OF the premises.
Before the Hindu servants started
expostulating with her that they re-
quired no eggs Dixie had seen that
the windows Of more than half the
house had been shaded with black
screens. The servants, after trying to
make an apparently deaf old woman
understand that they wanted nothing,
turned back into the house and left
Dixie to her own devices. No sooner
were the servants out of sight inside
than Dixie darted into a passageway
leading to the portion OF the house
where the windows had been covered.
The passasge was not q long one,
but 1t was intensely dark. Dixie, al
though moving cautiously, was star
tied at the noise she made in coming
up short against a closed door. After
wait, to satisfy herself that the
noise had not caused an alarm, she
tried the door and found II unlocked.
She opened II cautiously. Just enough
20 permit her to peer through,
Dixie Makes Discovery.
Under her eyes was . shipping and
packing room OF . size capable Of
handling the output Of large mer-
camille concern A score or more Of
Hindus were busy unpacking crates
and repAeking the contents into
others under the direction of q man
well known to Dixie, Hsinrie Won
LertL And the goods which were
being 90 busily unpacked and repack-
ed were rifles, munitions, explosives
and bombs. An elevator in the mid
die of the floor which seemed to sink
into the bowels OF the earth from
the length of cable which was I'M
wound Wnen IL was IoN eEco boeuneo
TO be the only entrance or exit TO the
room with the exception OF the one
in which Dixie stood.
T am not surprised to hear that
you found no evidence of any unusual
ahipment," she said to the leader OF
the criminology Club after she had
told OF her discovery in the farm
house, for got near enough to the
49, -
Their contraband goods are carried
by boat to some shipping point"
Grant knew that Dixie could not be
mistaken despite the fact that the
farmhouse was nearly a mile from
the nearest salt water-Long Island
sound Without delaying for discus
sion, a motorboat was procured and
within an hour they were touring
the shore line. They began at q place
about FIVE miles away from the near
est point to the farmhouse and, run
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thoroughly reliable news agency for
transmission to England"
Dixie took the suppressed dispatch
and read it with interest:
The situation in India Is growing
grave. Since October. 1914, there
have been numerous local mutinies OF
Mohammedan native troops, one prac-
tically succeeding the other. From
recent reports 1t appears that the
Hindu troops are preparing to Join
the mutineers.
THE Afghan army is reported to
be ready to attack India. The army
holds a position on one side of the
Utak river. British troops are en-
trenched on the other side. The
three bridges crossing the stream
have been blown up, and grave fears
are held as to the outcome of the
expected battle because of the small
ness of the forcsa of the empire when
contrasted to the number of the
Afghan troops.
"Mutineers have stormed and taken
the arsenal OF the garrison located
on the Kathiawar Peninsula Rail-
road and wireless stations have been
destroyed. The Sikh troops have
been removed from Bsluchistan II
is now garrisoned by English, Mo-
hammedan and Hindu troops. The
twenty-third cavalry regiment at
Lahore has revolted; the police sta
tion and town house were stormed.
The Indian troops In Somaliland in
Labakoran are trying to effect a
junction with the Senussi. All Bur-
nah is reported to be ready for q
revolt. -t...
There is great unrest. sccompan-
led by street hghting, in Calcutta
In Lahore bank has been broken
into and robbed. Reports Of many
EngIishmen killed have come from
the northwestern district, with many
stores and munitions captured by the
mutineers. A relief train Is reported
to have been repulsed."
English papers would make Q
pretty stringent inquiry as to the
source OF such stun before printing
it," said Dixie as she finished read
ing It
Wires Were Tapped.
Naturally said Grant. but
they would have been satisfied. The
news agency which filed II believed
IL was from their own correspond
ent in India 1t came into the San
Francisco wire over their leased line.
Censors recognized It as being based
upon . report which was started for
the WiIhelmstrasse from agents in
this country They started an inquiry
and apparently the agency wires had
been tapped, because the message
never originated in India"
1T seems to me as IL the coinci-
dence OF this sort OF stun being sent
through the wireless and Won Bern
storfr's sudden interest In Hindu oc-
cultism will bear looking into"
"Just what I was going to ask you
to help on" said Grant.
A discussion as to the ways and
means followed, with the result that
Dixie and Grant both started for Long
Island that night. Grant went as
president OF the criminology Club to
check up at express and freight Of
fees upon shiments to or from the
temple of occultism. Dixie carried
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H|NDUS IN
AMERICA ARE
FORMED INTO
SPY LEAGUE

The Story Of the Imperial Ger
mon Governments Spies a1d Plots iR
America, HovehSed by CoUrtnsy
Ryley Cooper, from Facts Furnished
BY WllioH J. FLYNN, ReesEtIy Re.iy-
cd ChiGf Of the UHited States Secret
Service.
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And Smith, who sings In the oetetts,
Has not a single trace
or knowledge Of baseball. and yet
He's strong at second bass.
Newark Advocate.
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GREAT GAME.

The laundress can't play ball. I know,
OF this there II no doubt;
And yet II Is q pleasure, bo,
To see her line 'em out.
Luke McLuke.
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swfft q Co.'S sales Of fresn Oa,f In
Washinston- d. C., for the week ending
Saturday. August 10. 1918. averaged 1855
cents per pound.-Advt
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Next Sundays eDiseds-No. ie-xh ;
Menace Of the ]. W. ". 49, -,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19
COUNTY FARM FRS
Hold Interesting and Practical Meet
 ing.

At an interesting and we'll attend ed meeting of the directors and officers of the Windham County Farmers As socation held in the association office, the following officers and directors were present: President. Henry Dor rance; vice president. S. H. Peckham; secretary, F. B. Harrison treasurer, Whitman Danielson: directors, H. L. Stone, Brooklyn: W. s. Warren, East ford; Jerome Woodward, Hampton; Lewis Bastow. Killingly; Frank Mil Ter, Plainfield; Everett E. Brown. of Pomfret; Harry P. Chesbro, Scotland; Joseph Baker, Thompson; c. B. Pom eroy, Windham; Fred Rosebrcoks, Willimantic: Spencer H. Child, Wood stock.
 President Henry Dorrance, secre- tary F. B. Harrson, Treasurer Whit man Danielson. Everett E. Brown, Rev. Marion H. Jones, Joseph Baker and Charles B. Pomeroy were the exc cutive committee elected for 1918.
 After some discussion regarding the question of increased production of food for this year, the county agent was authorized to cooperate with the directors in obtaining information rel ative to the necessity for making available for the use of farmers the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19
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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19
NIANTIC
Monroe Blake Nearly Drowns, Hia Second Experience--Jaek Miller Em- ployed at Groton.


 Monroe Blake had a very close call from drowing Sunday afternoon. while skating on the Mantle river near his nome The young man went through the ice in Smiths Cove a few weeks ago but this did not prove a warning to nm. His grandparents had warned him several times to keep off the ice. James Medcalf and Monroe Blake were in New London Saturday. W. E: s'lake of Main street is suf- fering from a severe cold
 A number of skaters and eelers have been on the river.
 Mir. Lester and Captain W N. Rog- CTS are building an addition to the Rogers place.
 Mrs. G. H. Matthews has recovered from her illness while visiting her son, at Long Island City, N. Y. and has gn~a to Hartford.
 The Tice family have moved eusrn the Morton house to Captain Silas Rogers place. - MT. and Mrs. Walter Johnson have taken the Will Lewis house at Cres- cent Beach.
 Mrs. Adam F. Bishop and Mrs. Mat tie Bishop have returned from visit to Mrs. George Pardee in New Lon don.
 Back From Salem. Lawrence Spencer has returned to Mantle after a visit to his home in Salem.
 Jack Miller is employed at the Gro- ton Iron Works. Mrs. J. c Soden left Thursday for Hartford and Springfe'd to visit rela- tives for several weeks. F. H Brown of Norwich was in tovru last week on business.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19

Two Properties. The topic for the talk to the Juniors is Watch Your Step. The Christian Endeavor service will be led at 6.15 by Miss Ruth Davis. The pastors evening subject is The Chris tian Armor. There will be special singing.
 Miss Georgianna Houle will spend the weekend with Providence friends.
 Rev. J. B. Aldrich's Sunday morn ing subject at the Methodist church is The Everlasting Love. The Junior Epworth League meets at 8. The Ep- worth League at is to be, led by Mrs. B. B. Cheney. Christian Growth is the subject for the sermon at the evening service.
 At the Congregational church Sun day morning Rev. Albert Donnell's subject is Jerusalem. The Christian Endeavor meeting at ' will be led by Miss Marguerite Young
 Associate Dyer.
 Robert Robertson of Millville. N. J., is the new associate dyer with the As pinOok Co.,