Evening star., 1921-08-28
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with stalwart shoulders. the bearing
Of an aristocrat, short stubborn hair,
a mustache whit like independent
twist. and greenish-gray eyes that
sparkled defiance. He was the glass
of fashion on the tip-toe of courtesy.
beguiling with his gallant quips and
charming his hearers with his fas-
cfnating stories and comments. Be-
fore the war he was considered one
of the big hnanciers of Germany and
was reputed to be worth about Sl5.-
100000. He was a director of the
directorates of other banks.
So powerful was this man and so
highly was he regarded by his mas
ter, the kaiser. that when he was
held prisoner by the English after
his downfall in the United States
the German government offered to
British might name who were incar-
cerated in German prisons. This
master of spies, with the power of
the German government behind him.
with an organization of assistants
which. permeated the United States,
and who boasted that fifty or a hum
dred million dollars were at his dis
posa1 il he saw the need to expend
such sums, this man was exposed and
humiliated by federal agents work
ing under the direction of A. Bruce
Bielaski.
One intelligence branch, CONCERN
ing which little is known and prac-
tically nothing has been written. ana
vet which was Of very real value to
the government during the war, was
the radio intelligence diviAfon Of the
Signal Corps.> -. -
ton at Fort Mcintosh (Laredo), Tex,
designed by the foremost radio en-
gtneers In the country, and a group
of carefully selected operators. pro-
nounced BY their superIors to be the
best In the Army. were detailed for
that station. The. instructions for
every single word that possibly could
be copied In all messages emanatinK
from q certain radio. station in Nex-
leo which was suspected of commani-
eating with Germany.
For q period rof fourteen months
and night at this station, with his
Instruments constantly ABUSED ON the
tune" os the station under suspicion.
ana thousands of messages wore
COPIED. Nearly all these messages
were in code, and the code was hardly
ever the same for two. days ii, sue
cession. Eech message. as quickly
as It was copied by the operator at
the Listening in" statiun at Fort Nc
lntosh. would be. rushed to Wash.
inEton and the code experts would
get busy on 1t and break" ii. When
deciphered, these messages were found
to contain all sorts Of information
pertaining to the military prepara-
ttOne -of the American Army. plans
for. troop shipments, ship saiffnes, the
state OF public sentiment and q great
mars of Information gathered BY thA
German spy system in the United
States. which was hard to smuggle
Eout OF the country thrsuEil ordinary
Fchanneas., but which crossed the ocean
Eat fhe srate tof s1S6;560 miles q second
when: hurtled Into the ether from this
wireless station in Mexico,
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THE advantage accruins t.. Wash
ington from the intsroeption Of
those messages has been stated by
ht8 ssduthorities to have been very
great. or:instance, II the news were
flashed 10 the powerful German radio
snti6Q .Poz." at Nauen.i that a. cer-
tain steamship left Hoboken at q cer-
taah hour with some thousands OF
trSo6ps aboard. and carrying = cargo
|ofsa qertain character. and .thst the
ship WOULD ~ rGNe-4os esFtte ~ such
and sdch g port on - given Sdete, the
sA1hsrftiess'a at washington would at