Gunnison news-champion., 1923-01-12

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IDENTITY o. Tll9 naAST4R-Spv
WHO wns the nyseesioas n
~ who eisVcted the operstions e
the Germanie forces in The Unitsd
states both before and during eAe
period Of the World warf
Was this personage Q man with
widespread knowledge Of American
military procedure and an almost un-
canny sense Of foresight. o. was she
. woman. with an Of Q woman's abil-
,, ~ to worm secrets from diplomatie
circles and uAtanGie problems to
which shs heaA but he saightest
cluesf
These. In brte8. are the queseieas
which puszied-snd still puxzis-ths
master minds q the United aeAtss
secret service and the o0cials ef Tie
Department q Justice connected with
the defeating Of t,sfmanic peopagAAAa
On this 49, q he Atlantic. That
even after the asportatiou - Won
BernstorR and Won Papen. there WAS
some individual 1ho directed the
movements Of the pro- o-Germans In he
United States and cRnada 10 apparent
from the very nature Of the plans
which they attempted to carry through
--plans which Included the attempted
|. Importation Of . lGrye number Of dis-
satisfied Hindus. the securing of ths
plans Of the battlsship Pennsylvania.
the placing q time-bombs on several
large United States Transports, signal.
ing to sea from q number Of Atlantic
ports and the financing Of the famous
peace movement" b which q mum.
her Of prominent Americans were In
duced to lend the power Of their
nsnes.
But, In spite Of The fact that gov
ernment operatives eAxineered the ar.
rests Of several men ano at least two
women who were Intimately connect
ed with high ofhcia circles In Ger.
many. the trail to tbe master-spy-
coOcealed under the CLOAK Of the
sinele letter III" was snfliciently we'll
hidden never to Be completely uncov-
cred.
The closest approach to the actual
location Of this persoBase was In the
arrest Of . self-stylsd baroness In
Tennessee, Immediately after this
charming woman had succeeded In
penetrating to the innerinost secrets
/ Of Fort Oglethorpe and Q number Of
other important posts In the eastern
section Of the country. In the pres
entation Of the governments case at
the ensuing trial. the United States
district attorney made the following
statement:
when war was declared between
France and Germany. the husband Of
the Baroness was en- route to Lon.
don. While In the middle Of the
Mediterranean. between Sues and
Aarseilles. he made arrangements to
iand at the latter port and 60 from
there to London instead Of continuing
his voyage BY way Of Gibraltar.
However. the Baroness sent him q
wireless just before he reached Mar
seilles. advising him that war was
about 70 BE- declared and that II would
b better for him to remain aboard
ship. when the ship touchsd Mar.
ssilleaI The baron offered $1,000 for
an automobile to take him to tho Itsl-
Ian frontier. but was unable to secure
vehicle. He continued his voyaSe
and landed At Southampton ON the
day following declaration Of war with
Germany. He was lnterned lmns-
diately and remained In camp for
three weeks. during which the
'Baronesz' Interviewed with q numbsr
Of British officials and secured the ~
lease Of her husband upon hia promise
as an oincer and q gentleman not to
take arms against England during
the war. . pledge In which she
joined.
Shortly after his release from sns
,nternment camp. the captain and his
WAC o1sscu 7AOt NoW AOias CtO4AluB
,ieir identity under the mask Of or
dinary steerage passengers. The
baroness has admitted that she had
been In almost constant communica-
tion with Germany. both BY letter and
eablegram. and that she had been on
terms Of intimacy with several men,
eers Of the. kaiser's family"
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But whiie-iike Wolf Won Ingel.
Kam Chandra. Robert Fay. Warner
Horn and other German agents arrest
ed in the United States. the Bar
oneas" admitted the existence Of q
chief who directed all the movements
Of the Tsutonic forces In America,
she maintained that she herself had
no idea as to his Identity. for all her
Instructions had been signed merely
with the single LETTER ~H