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The New York herald., 1922-02-26
CASE vi.
By WILLIAM j. FLYNN.
Former Chief of the Secret Service


~ URING the first half of 1915 JON
j nerson, Chief of the German Secret
Service, went to the Imperial Chan
cellor, Won Bethmann-Hollweeg, and laid
before that wholly arrogant Junker a re-
port based upon the observations of the
more level headed of the Kaser's agents
in America.
This report concluded with a number
of uggestions--suggestion based upon
the observations. Briefly Jonnerson sug
gested that it was quite necessary for the
German Government to do something in
the United States that would protect it
from the growing distrust Americans were
accommodating. Something would have to
be done to distract attention from the
Kaiser 1t was imperative that somebody
would have to be sacrificed in such a
way that when the next explosion oc-
Cured within a munitions plant or on
board munitions laden ship the onus
would fall upon this person instead of the
German Government.
Jonnerson knew and Hollweg knew that
the United States was being subjected to
planned bombings and other destructive
ness by Germans who naturally enough,
failed to view with pleasure the increas-
ing shipments of war materials to the
allied forces. These attacks upon mu-
nitione plants and carriers were planned,
to q great extent, in Jonnerson's offices.
They were carried out to more or less
successful elimination by German agents
financed by the Imperial treasury or by
German-American contributors to the
Kaiser's war fund.
AT any rate, Jonnerson pointed out, the
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

TT HERE continues the discovery of
asteroids or minor planets, especially
with the aid afforded by celestial
photography. Among a vast multitude Of
stars crowding a Photographic plate one
perhaps will be seen to have drawn a short
thin line on the plate during its hours of
continuous exposure. The astronomer knows
at once that it is either an asteroid or a
comet. Subsequent observations soon decide
the point Only the more interesting ones
are afterward observed with attention, but
once discovered they cannot be ignored and
the rapid growth of the flock becomes an
embarrassment. Eros, which at times ap-
proaches the earth nearer than any other
regular members of the solar system except
the moon, and Asteroid No. 5S5 which at
aphelion is more distant than Jupiter, as
far as their orbits are concerned remain the
most interesting members of the entra
group and are kept under constant observa-
tion whenever circumstances permit.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

people OF the United States were getting
quite tired of it and neutrality was be-
coming more and more of a joke. Every
attack, every outrage, every affront, was
widening. the gap between the United
States and Germany. Washington might
keep up a diplomatic pretense of neutral
ity. Legally America was non-partisan.
But whether they realized it or not the
American people were storing up a flood
of dislike for Germany that, sooner or
later would burst forth. And then. as
none other than Heinrich Friedrich AL
bert, the Commercial Attache to Ambas-
sador Bernstorff, insistently predicted,
Germany would have to fight America
and Germany would lose.
A Scapegoat to Be Found
To Save the KaiSer's Face
This being the case, suggested JOINER
son, IL would be well to try out scheme
of his that he had borrowed from Eng.
lsh history. The idea was to send to
America a corps of whipping boys. The
whipping boy, Jonnerson explained, came
officially into being somewhere back in
the time when the Henrys were British
kings The heir to the British throne
might be dullard in the school room.
Very we'll, there was whipping boy pro-
vided to take the royal dullards Gaming,
which, in the interests Of democracy, was
not to be spared scions OF the royal house
just because they were the exalted per-
sons they were.
To some lusty young noble fell the honor
of being the princes whipping boy. II
was quite an honor. Let the prince fail
in his tests or stick out his tongue at the
master or prod his we'll bred neighbor with
a PIN and the whipping boy was dragged
to the front and presented with nice
trouncing. Thus the dignity Of the heir
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

r T appears that the Orkney Islands do not
really belong to Great Britain in the
sense that they were ever ceded by
treaty or acquired by conquest. They were
simply transferred by Denmark to Scotland
in 1868 in pledge for the payment of the
dowry of the Princess of Denmark who was
married to James III, King of Scotland.
In the deed of transfer, which is still in
existence, 1t is specially mentioned that
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

IN ERSONS who have made pedestrian
tours through the Alps always recall
the vivid beauty of the mountain
flowers Comparisons made by DIR. Furey
show that the superior purity and splendor
of floral colors in the Alps are not imag-
mary or a mere effect of contrast. The
reds, blues and yellows of the mountain
blossoms are much more intense than those
of the same species of flowers grown at
ordinary levels. The leaves, Also have a
deeper and richer green, and microscopic ex-
animation shows that chlorophyl Is more
abundant in Alpine plants than in those OF
the plains.
One fact which seems quite natural, yet Is
very interesting, is that on the mountains
plants have relatively smaller aerial organs
and larger subterranean ones. Thus
graceful flower which in the plains is seen
nodding at the summit of an aspiring stem,
will be found high on the mountain slopes
hugging the soil anchored by comparatively
heavy roots and beamng up with accen-
tuated beauty from the ground.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The Camera as Finder of New Worlds

Denmark shall have the right to redeem
them at any future time by paying the
original amount of the dowry with interest
to date.
There is little likelihood, however, that
Denmark will ever attempt to exercise that
right of redemption, because 10000 forms.
the original amount OF the dowry. would
amount to perhaps a trillion of pounds ster-
ling, and that is a bit more than the ISL
ands are worth.
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but that the unfavorable comment and
political entanglements were much more
important at that time
"von Papen," according to Fay, said
it is one thing to do good thing and an
other to leave it undone in order not to
disturb better thing"
The truth of the matter is that JOINER
son was making his experiment on his own
hook. Berlin had not fallen in with the
idea for the very reason that Hollweg
refused to approve of it. Jonnerson was
taking chance of doing something orig
inal; of winning recognition for ingenuity.
Jonnerson had studied French police meth
ods and despite the fact that he was
Prussian in mind, soul and body-100 per
cent. Prussian, with the Prussian view
point that nobody but a Prussian is eff
cient-he had come from Paris uncon-
sciously impressed with the French system.
And the French system is utterly French,
whereas the German was wholly Prussian.
l can be no more explicit.
Fay received. cold reception from the
German officials here. He so informed
Jonnerson, and the latter told him to go
ahead with the instructions he had re-
ceived; to go ahead despite the rebuffs
we'll life would be easier for FaY
l shall briefly review the one exploit of
Fay that ended in his going to the Federal
Prison in Atlanta. He was arrested on
October "a, 1915, with one Walter Scholz,
in Weehawken. He revealed to the police
the warehouse where he had stored a
quantity of dynamite, TINT and iron
castings and mechanical devices with
which to construct bombs These bombs
were to be attached to the rudders of muni-
tion ships and so adjusted that they would
explode within an hour of so after the
ship left New York harbor. The idea was,
of course, to destroy the ship, hut failing
OF that the explosive would destroy the
rudder, and perhaps the propeller screws.
On the day following his arrest Fay
made long confession and two more men
were arrested-Paul Daesche and DR.. Otto
Kienzle. Then Fay repudiated that con-
fession and made another, in which he
exonerated all but himself and Scholz,
saying that Daesche and Kienzle merely
helped him obtain the explosive
Fay's Confessions and Retractions
Whipped Up a Cloud of Dust
Later on at his trial Fay tried to make
a joke of the bombs. They were foolish
devices, he insisted, that would not explode
under any circumstances. When some of
the explosives were brought into court Fay
changed his story again and said that
while the bombs might have exploded he
had not intended to attach them to ships.
In brief, he kicked up tremendous cloud
of dust. He made so many statements and
then made them sound foolish by retrac-
tions that the feeling grew that the man
was fool and not representing anything
German.
And that is precisely what he had been
instructed to do-confuse lis. The trouble
was that he overdid it. He was sentenced
to Atlanta for eight years. And that, it
seemed, was the end of Jonnerson's expert
menting in the fantastic.
Fay had rather tough time Of 1t obey
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
German PIotters Thought
They Dealt With German Minds

He made his first experiment early in
1915. Like many plans that tickle the ear
and read WELL this one didn't produce to
its maximum Of possibilities. No smoke
screen could have been big enough. In the
final analysis the men chosen for the
whipping boy posts were not big enough.
Repeatedly we came upon situations that
failed to impress us and later on the Ger
mans responsible for the situation seemed
amazed that their subterfuges had failed
to leave us confounded.
1t required no particular genius to see
through these German plots. The great
trouble with the German mind, as we en-
countered IL, was that it failed to realize
that here in America It was not dealing
with other German minds. And no matter
how long the German agents were oper.
ating here they failed utterly to grasp the
fundamentals of what we might just as
well call the American psychology.
Jonnersons trial horse was Robert Fay
Lieutenant Fay may sound more familiar.
We have drawn far enough away from the
war by this time to have regained some
thing like normal perspective. At least
we can view the things that interested us
most with clearer vision; we are not dis
tracted now by thousand and one petty
side issues And it all seems so clear now
that the great tumult of contradiction,
reputation, buffoonery and ridicule that
attended the arrest and trial OF Fay was
just as much a part of the Jonnerson plan
as Fay himself was The foundation of
the Jonnerson plan consisted Of deception,
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expedient attract attention to themselves
whenever something particularly odious to
Americans was transpiring or had just
transpired. And, finally, these same de-
coys were to confess and retract confes-
sons to submit to arrest and make ram
bling statements to the police.
These statements would have the effect
of making the whole affair more or less
ridiculous or, IL 1t was an affair not sus-
ceptible to ridicule, to explain that they
did it all alone and that all the German
officials in America had refused to have
anything to do with it--that Boy-Ed, Won
Papen, Albert Co. insisted that nothing
of the sort should be done.
We were never able to learn just what
Hollweg thought of this scheme. We
knew merely that the plan did not appeal
as much to him as it had to Jonnerson.
In the first place, Hollweg was of the opin-
ion that it didn't matter much what
America thought; Germany was certain
to win and then America would be taught
to respect her greatness. Again, as far
as we could learn, Hollweg withheld his
approval on the ground that the idea was
more or less fantastic-un-German, so to
speak, and lacking in dignity. Germany
won with the sword. German needed no
British trickery.
We never learned Hollwegs actual reply
to Jonnerson, but we do know that JOINER
son left the august presence still con-
vinced that he had brilliant scheme and
that he was going to give it trial.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

For Kentucky Children's Home
Society by Christmas

So great Is the problem Of the
homeless child IN Kentucky: so IN
,crwined with church. school and so
cicty that III. only institution in the
staie-ihe Kentucky Childrcn's Home
Society," taxed 20 capacity and
must construct another building II
hundreds are 20 be given shelter and
a home.
More than 100000 : needed and
TO rails. thi. sum the society will start
Immediately campaign throughout
the various counties and IN the schools
that the donations by the children
may build the third unit 81 the cot
,age village at Lyndon. a. memorial
dedicated 20 the homeless little ones
For a quarter - century the
society was housed IN Louisville in
an old row Of residences George
l.. Sehon, superintendent. struggled
for a decade TO raise money 20 buy
the 81 acre tract al Lyndon and last
spring his dreams were realized when
the first two units Of the village were
completed and ready for occupancy.
To the new nome were moved the 100
little children. Despite the laieness
Of the year. each boy began planting
a garden. with the result that food
enough was raised TO supply the table
and TO can and preserve more than
900 gallons Of food for winter use.
At this time. "a withhold help from
the Kentucky Children's Home So
cieiy means the counties must take
up the work Of caring for the home
less hundreds in the state. with the
attendant increase in county taxes
and the increase in delinquency thru
the evil surroundings Of the poorhouses
in which they must find shelter
For this humanitarian cause. the
people Of the state are asked for
100000 by Christmas in order that
work may be started by early spring.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
Why Nothing
But Smoke?

Periodically-almost daily
the newspapers of our large
cities contain lurid stories of
fabulous sums of money involv-
ed in rum running cases un-
earthed by the prohibition
agents. Sometimes il is with
the connivance of some of the
agents themselves.
Names, facts, and dates are
often given. and there appears
To be no doubt as 70 the cor
rectness of these statements.
Presumably the evidence is
passed on to the public prose-
cutors. whose duty il is To con-
Wet law violators and send
them TO jail.
But. presumably. some Of
these prosecutors are afflicted
with conveniently short men,
cries. And. presumably. their
memories have a habit of fail
ing them at the most critical
time.
Why so much smoke and no
fire? Why so much evidence
and so little prosecution?
Is il "A case of graft. fear to
prosecute, or Just plain inefi-
cheney?
In whatever case il may be,
" ny do we keep such birds in
public office?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
Up to The Press

THE newspapers ought {,
quit publishing so much scan
DIAL"
You can hear such remark,
any day in the year. and from
highly intelligent people.
But we disagree. They dc
not stop TO think.
Unfortunately. we have
reached the point in this coun.
try where but little respect is
shown for our laws. because
the laws are indifferently en-.
forced. or not enforced at all.
Certain people can evade
them with ease. Others. less
fortunate. must pay the penal
ty.
Occasionally there is a no.
table exception TO this rule. hut
only occasionally. II is for
this reason we are losing our
respect for law and its manner
of enforcement.
But il is different with the
great newspapers of the coun-
try-and also with the smaller
ones. They tell the truth as
they find it. The man of great
wealth who forgets his man.
hood is as pitilessly exposed
as the one without a dollar
perhaps more so.
This pitiless publicity of the
press is the one safeguard that
stands between responsibility
and a reign Of debauchery that
would rival the days of Sodom
and Gomorrah.
There are millions of pure
and high minded people in this
country. but there are other
millions who reek with clande-
slime infamy.
Some agency must keep this
debauched element in check
for the welfare of society in
general.
The press, through ia pub
licity. is meeting with a rea-
sonable degree of success.
where the law is but a dismal
failure.
Think before you criticise.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
SECOND VICTORY
For Centre With Another or
The Way Saturday


A good delegation from Lsncaste
and this county will see the Centre
Mississippi game at Danville mex
/ Saturday afternoon.
Centre is sustaining her past repu
tation and last Saturday dcfea,e,
Clemson by comparative easy vic
tory. the final score being ~ To o
Centres line, which was weakened
by the loss 81 Capt. Roberts. per.
formed brilliantly in the game against
Clemson. says George Joplin. Jr.. in
the Lexington Herald. Lynch. a sub.
stitute % las, year. and Lemon. half.
back. who was moved up 10 Capt
Roberts end. greatly impressed their
tutors with their clean Gu, perform
ance.
The Colonies will probably be with
out the services Of their plunging
fullback. Thoma~on. in the Mis-
sippi contest Saturday The big
Newport lad got some heavy blows
around his legs in the Clemson tilt
and will no, be used this week un-
less necessary. Tanner. who is al
ways good for gain through the
line. will nicely care for the fullback
station. Hump burrowed through
Purple defense Of Clemson for IS
yards on - ,rys and the weather
was not At all 10 Is liking
The University Of Mississippi com
bina,ion Is expected to put up a stub
born battle agsins, the Colonies who
have the weigh, and ability
Saturdays tussle will give Ken
tuekians their Jas, opportunity to
see the Colonies in action before the
Harvard game. as they meet Viz
ginia Polytechnic Institute in Rich
mond on the Saturday before the
Cambridge International affair.
In Herbert Covington. Centre fol.
lower. believe they have another Bo
Mcmillan. His passing Saturday
was the equal Of the famous Bo's in
his palmiest days. His broken field
running was even better and his gen.
,ralship will no; suffer by comparison.
With Tanner. Bartlett and Snow
lay in the backheld. Greensboro will
be well represented. as the trio live
N the county ~ Daviess Mayfeld. |
with Coyington and Lemon. will also
De- well represented.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
PRESIDENT NOT
TO CAMPAIGN
Harding Declines Speaking
Dates in Various Parts Of
The Country

Washington- President Harding
plans To take very little. Il any. per
sonal par, in the campaign nov .rt.
ting under way TO detcrm.n. the
political complexion u the sixty
eighth Congress. Il was learned
A. the iitular head Of his party the
President will from time 20 time par.
,icipa;c In party councils and prob.
ably offer some suggestions and al.
vice. but this will be in conference
and not from the stump. Numerous
request. have been made 81 Mr. Hard.
ing for speaking dates IN various
parts Of the country during the six
weeks that interyencs between now
and November 7th.. but invariably
these have been turned down and ad-
minis,ration .pokesmcn said there
would be no presidential stgmping
this year with its accompanying cs-
ploitation Of the voters for the return
Of Congress Of his own political
liking
The political situation in number
Of important states was thoroughly
canyassed by the President and his
advisers In conference that preceded
the departure ~ Congress. and Mr.
Harding j. said To feel no apprchen-
sion over the continued control Of
Congress BY the Republicans
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05
NO CREDENCE
Is Placed in the Report Tina;
Threats Have Been Made
Agains, the Loose Leaf
Houses by President
James E. Stone. of
The Association

Lexington. Ny u fear the N..h
i father TO the thought" said James
& Stone. president and general MAJ
Ager % the Burley Tobacco Grower
Cooperative Association. when a.ss
recently regarding reports from
loose leaf warehouses sources -
threats against the kenton Loos.
Leaf Warehouse Company. which
behind tobacco fair in CoVtnTt,l
the last wcck Of October
Nothing would please the enemies
81 the hurley association better than
some overt act on the part q
members ~ the association" VI
Stone sad so far as have been
able 20 learn. there have been ne
threats on the part Of any Of our
members IN Northern Kentucky ha,
they have resented the attemp, Of n .
warehous. management 20 induce
members ~ our association 10 deliver
90 this concern tobacco known 90 be
pledged 20 the association. and '
IL this very thing sgains, which our
members have been warned"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

Our hearts 20 out in loving graft
tude to each and every one for theil
kindness and service rendered W. dur
ing our father and grandfather's H.
ness and death.
N. r. Wheeler aud family
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

vent wars il for every nation
not involved to refuse to lend
money or sell supplies TO the
combatants. But what coun-
try has ever been known TO
sidetrack a lot Of fat war con-
tracts?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

II the advocates of impartial
law enforcement will stand up
and be counted we fear the re.
suit will be nothing. Every
body wants himself to be
exempt.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

Here's a case of hard luck.
A young man who biffed a ball
player with a pop bottle gave
his victim a lot of sympathetic
notoriety. but failed to get his
own name in the newspapers.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

Any husband can be easily bos-.i
II he : cajoled into thinking be /.
being coddled
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

We should never allow our
selves to become perfectly con-
tented. This may seem strange
advice. but il isn't.
When We are perfectly con-
tented there is nothing else that
We desire. and without desire
there can be no ambition. no
incentive to push forward and
accomplish greater things.
Perhaps the turtle on a log
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

Carpenter, Idol of the
French prize fighting ring. was
knocked out by Jack Dempsey,
American plugilist who fought
nothing worse than mosquitoes
during the war.
Now Mr.. Carpenter has
been knocked out by a negro
practically unknown TO the
sawdust ring.
A few more knockings from
gentlemen of doubtful standing
may induce him to knock him
self out of the business Of bat
tering other people up for mon
ey and do something that is
really worth while.
As a soldier during the war
Carpenter made an excellent
record.
As a professional bruiser he
is outclassed.
He has yet time in which 10
become a man.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

on a sunny day is content with
his lot. But who wants TO be
a turtle?
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

About the only way to pre-.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

Some people read much, but
do very little thinking. They
see the words in print before
them, but not the great funda-
mental truths that inspire those
words.
The habit of reading is one
of inestimable value 10 the in
dividual. but il should not be
carried beyond the point where
intelligent thought can dissect
the subject and master the
secrets that are not otherwise
revealed.
Cramming the mind is like
jamming the cylinder of an en-
CINE. II becomes too tight to
function. and is thus rendered
useless.
Read a little, think a lot. and
you will travel easier and go
farther on your way.
When you come 10 the fork
in the road. what do YOU do?
Does instinct tell you which
way 10 go?
Instinct may lead you astray
occasionally. but in a ma jority
of cases il will point the way
you should go.
The man who cultivates his
instinct and acts upon il moves
forward.
He who gropes in doubt
stands still.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-10-05

II is unwise to brighten your
child by picturing "A boyle man
who is laying in wait TO devour
il.
Timidity is natural to the
young man. and cowardice is
but a step removed from timid-
ity.
You don't want your child 10
develop a yellow streak.