El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-21
Reads Spy Letters and
Learns Of Plot in Ell Paso
Communication.


this exception was free from In
terruptlont except for m occa-
sioual caller II is hardly neces-
zary 10 say that 1 made the best
use Of my opportunities 20 find
out what the enemies Of Poland
and America were doing. DeTel-
Opments were Important.
7 opened letters as they were re-
ceiVed and resealed them so carefully
that no one would know they had
been tampered with I went through
files and examined carefully the con
tents OF Jahnze's private desk. One
letter that came IN his absence re-
-ealed a plot 10 blow up the oil wells
and tanks in the Tampico district
The military Importance OF such
move viii be recognized BY any one
who VIII take the trouble to recall
what a vital part oil and gasoline
played IN transportation on land ana
sea and in the air This letter. signed
'Urzua," said that all preparations
had been made for blowing up the oil
wells, and that only the command was
awaited, as his German agent was
provoking strikes among crews Of
steamers leaving for Europe with oil,
and had been measurably successful
in delaying shipments SoundingE
had been made and an admirable site
for e submarine base had been found
Urzua complained OF the Inferior
character Of the agents sent 10 hin
and begged Jahnke to send more in
teLigeut and Industrious men
Plan TO Destroy Nitrate Plans.
Another letter was from a German
consul II Ecuador ueralling a plan %
destroy the nitrate plants IN Chile
The consul added that the Germans
were carrying on effective propa- I
Eanda- although their Work haQ been
hamDered BIZ lack OF funds ! et an !
other interesting item was 20 the ef- I
iect that the consul was enrolling men 4
for the Communication army for the /
conquest Of the United States and that I
he simply had % have money 10 for
ward these men TO Mexico.
A third letter was rom one
ffRuckheirn5 at Fl Peso unnounc-
ing that plans had been made for
blowing uD the Wellamd canal
and that a favorable opportunity
for this comp was awaited RucE-
helm wanted two additional 1
agents to go 10 Detroit to work on
shipping. he thought there was
fine field for such operations
There was a great deal more OF the
same general nature, detailing Lne
operations Of German agents in vide
" separated localities, all OF which
was duly reported TO the American
military intelligence department. A
number OF arrests were made and the
activities OF a good many German
agents were curtailed as a result Of
spanish Priest Calls.
One Of the callers in Jahnke's ab-
sence was one Francisco Duran. a
Spanish priest When told that
Jahnke was not az home he asked Tor
Ksttenbach- told him ketrenbach
would return in a short time although
j knew he would not show Up before
the following morning. But this gave
me an opportunity 20 invite the priest
10 the dining room where I orfered
him e glass Of the beverage that
1oosens tongues This was 90 much ap-
cd maH I'D nv
other and yet another. Re announced
that he was in the employ OF Jahnke
at salary OF $500 g month"; that ne
had made several trips to Cuba &c
meet Spanish steamers and expedite
important correspondence from Ber-
lin Re had a very good time with
WabirsEL he said. on certain TIP
on which that gentleman blew up
quarter OF q million pounds Of black
powder, killing number OF people
and doing lot OF damage He IN
formed me that there were other
Spanish priests in New York serving I
as German agents.
Priest IEkea Jahnke'n Brandy,
Fl Duran likes Jahnte's brandy SO
vel that he called again next day
when he told me a lot more about !
German activities He said the Ger
mans had sent for apparatus for a
wireless station to be erected IN MeZl-
co.. that German agents were al. work J
in Guatemala and Venezuelas that the
D
ing propaganda in Spain. that the Z
principal submarine port IN Spain was
Sa1tancer. and miscellaneous lot
OF Information. some Of which was al Z
ready public property aaa some Of
which was not Bat one thing the
military Intelligence department did I
not know until my report on the Incl
dent vas received was that there was
such g German agent as this TT. Du-
ran. That tip sadly iuterfered with
his reverence's further secular &C
tiVitiss
On the 9Th Of January Wabirski
arrived. He was much surprised 20 Z
see me there and was incommunica-
tive until 7 had told him enough TO !
demonstrate TO him that I was In
high favor with Jahnke and Won
l1ckhardt. concluding with the re- {
mark that vas to 90 70 Nogales
with him on an important mission as
soon as Jahnke returned
Doctor know all about T.: and 8
7 can see that you know also" said
he
Woman u Foe Messenger.
While we we're talking a woman z
called, and asked for Jahnke and
then for keteenhach. The servants .
sent her % me She proved 20 be one 2
Beatrice MARTINEZ Penas a widow
who came to say that she had OBJ
tanned passport TO 90 to the United
states and was now waiting Tor IN .
structions- She left her passport
--4 AA1n which EaHa ne AAAEAG NA-
portunity TO make sure that all par
tlculsrs were forwarded where they -
would do the most good
II appears that the Pena woman Z
was an industrious and useful Ger :
man messenger who made frequent {
trips between Mexico and the United
States. conveying Instructions 20 and
reports from German agents engaged |
n destructive work IN the United
states, circumventing the blacklist
and similar enterprises. She was not E
known az German agent until my [
report reached the military intellf- !
gance department. This time infor-
nation failed % prove effective. a
telegram went 20 the United States I
that night giving fun details about l
this most important SPY viii q warn I
Ing not 20 arrest her at the border
lest the source Of the Information be 1
betrayed; but 20 allow her TO enter
the United states and after some /
days TO arrest her.
Incredible rs d may SEEM this i
woman was twice IN the hands Of i
the American authorities after 4
thia warning and tsricr allowed 70 .
SO free II e. things IKE this .
which make a secret service T
agent une Worda that no rentle- /
nau 1ould utter IN the presence !
OF lady. code meEsaEe re-
celred from JEnnlze on the I3fh,
announcing thar he vEould be
home On q few hours, saved me