EDITOR OF PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
REVEALS HOW HIS REPORTERS
UNCOVERED GERMAN PLOTS
TORONTO, (By Mail.)—One of the
most amazing stories ever told to a
Toronto audience was an address to
the Canadian Press Association by
John A. Rathom, editor and publisher
of the Providence Journal, a few days
ago. The address was entitled “Some
Inside History” and lifted the veil as
to the manner that neswpaper was
able to reveal so many German con
spiracies in the United States.
The Journal happened upon its
other pepers described as a “bug” on
course of exposure through having had
for ten years before the war what
other paers described as a “bug” on
wireless telegraphy. The paper had
maintained two powerful wireless
plants at Point Judith and at Block
Island. When war broke out. they
had decided to “listen in” on the mes
sages crossing the Atlantic. For live
months they kept record of these mes
sages, and they then set out to find
the codes and make revelations.
Editor Rathom said in part:
“A friend of mine, thinking himself
very friendly, but in a thing which
I objected to, went to Paris and while
there purchased a lot of war relics.
Among them, was one of the first iron
crosses that had been given by the
German Emperor to a major of a regi
men who died on the held, and whose
cross had been taken from him and
taken to Paris. It was sold to my
friend with a statement as to whom it
belonged, and my friend sent it to
me.
“I sent it to HernstorfT with a letter
saying that a mark of honorable dis
tinction for a man who had done his
duty for his country belongs to his
family; I gave the name of the man
and the name of the family, and ask
ed him to take care of the cross, so
that it could be sent back after the
war or at some time to the man’s peo
ple.
The True Bernstorff
“The ambassador tore the note in
pieces, threw the note in the face of i
the man 1 sent, and threw the cross:
on the floor, saying that after having
been defiled by the hands of American
dogs, the cross was of no use to any-:
body in Germany, i knew my man
was telling the truth, because the man
I had in there reported the incident
to me exactly the way he did.
“Incidentally I might say that the
individual to whom I refer was in the
German embassy IT months as one of
the ambassador’s secretaries, and the
ambassador had no knowledge that he
was not what he pretended to be until
the Frederic VIII left New York for
Halifax. He said to my man: “You
had better get aboard or you will lose
your boat,” and he replied: “I am
safer on this side.”
“In the famous Huerta case—the |
attempt of the German government to 1
embroil us with Mexico—an attempt j
that the recent Zimmerman letter
proved beyond any doubt to be true,
was already proved by us a long time
before. Early*in the war my man at
the embassy—I say ‘my man,' you
must pardon me for that; I mean our
man because I am not the Providence
Journal—was ordered by Capt Boy-Ed
to go to New York and get a suite of
six quiet rooms in a hotel where
Boy-Ed and his people could meet
Huerta. Naturally, though, my man
being loyal, he could do nothing else
than select the rooms we selected for
him, so he went to the Manhattan
Hotel and got a suite of rooms, which
we rigged up with the apparatus, and
to make assurances doubly sure, I got
another man to act as chauffeur on
the auto that brought Huerta. They
had their conference and every word
that was uttered—uttered by means
of an interpreter, because Boy-Ed did
not speak Spanish—was sent down to
the department of state the next morn
ing. They had the entire facts be
fore them, and knew everything and
several months later when Boy-Ed and
Bernstorff were frothing at the mouth
and uttering denials, the state depart
men had the very words that were ut
tered.
“Another incident that is of great
interest came when one of our most
valued and keenest stenographers in
our office, a girl that came to us sev
en years ago from about twenty miles
outside of Providence, was given a
position in the office of the American
Consul-General in New York City. She
had never been in New York before,
but she was head of a number of
people in competition, and the man
choosing the stenographer—they de
sired a capable girl able to do his
work and to keep her mouth shut—
had been informed that she was the
party to choose—by other friends of
ours.
“One day, about five or six weeks
after she got there, she informed us
that a great packing case was being
filled with propaganda documents and
with bills of expense in connection
with explosions in munition factories,
and other vital and valuable things,
and was to be shipped otT the follow
ing week straight to England on a
Swedish ship and from there to Ger
many.
“The only thing we could possibly
do was to identify the package. One
day when they were about to close
the package up, this girl, under in
structions—and 1 may say incidentally
she is now back at work getting her
$1(> a week—sat on this box eating her
lunch. Nearly evrybody else had gone
but von Papon, rather debonair and
fond of ladies, wandered in and sat
on the packing box and asked if he
could share her lunch with her. She
said certainly, and wlvle they were
sharing the sandwiches he made some
sentimental advances and she, in a
rather dreamy way, took out a large
pencil and drew two big red hearts on
this packing case.
“It was Capt. von Papen himself
who put the arrow through them
and ladies and gentlemen, when the
ship Austrias II reached Falmouth,
they picked that package out of the
hold from about a hundred and fifty
others, and identified it by the two
hearts on top. And yet they say there
are no brilliant people but the Ger
mans.
Revealed Casement Plot
It was through the Journal. Mr.
Rathom said .that a great quantity of
important papers were secured from
Wolf von Ingel. These papers reveal
ed the Casemnt plot for the Irish up
rising. When the papers were taken
Bernstorff made application to the
State Department to have them re
turned. He was told that any papers
he could identify would be returned to
him, ami he then realized how he had
committed himself in asking that the
papers be returned.
The first revelation which Mr Ra
thom told illustrated the German ca
pacity for blundering. It was the
story of Werner Horne—the man who
was responsible for the attempt to
blow up the Vanceboro bridge. Horne
had been detected as a German spy
by one of the Journal reporters in
New York. In an effort to disguise
himself, Horne allowed his beard to
grow for three days, put on an old
suit, which he purchased for three
dollars — (even this detail was re
ported)—and packed his personal ef
fects in an old carpet bag. Having
carried out these elaborate precau
tions he took passage to a point
where the “job” was to be done, on
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Alaska, calls for bids for the grad
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to the North limit of the Frank L.
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ard, also the improvement of Fifth
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of amount of bid, or a like amount in
money, which will be forfeited to the
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he shall fail to enter into the required
contract and furnish the required bond
in five days after the award is made
by the Council. Money or checks of
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The work to be completed within thir
ty days after contract is signed unless
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nicipal clerk by eight o’clock P. M. on
the tenth day after the first publica
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The council reserves the right to re
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First Pub. July 17, 1917.
Last Pub. July 27, 1917.
one of the finest and most luxurious
trains in the United States. As is
well known he was caught. When
asked later by Mr. Rathom why he
had been foolish enough to travel as
first-class in such shabby dress, he
replied that he was a German officer
and a gentleman, that he always trav
eled in the best style.
Made Fraudulent Passports
Another German scheme in which
the Journal reporters outwitted the
Teutons occurred later in New York
also. A fraudulent passport bureau,
operated by German officials, was dis
covered doing a land office business in
an office building on Broadway. The
Journal—faking as a public account
ant on the one side and a manufac
turer’s agent on the other—sandwich
ed the passport forgers between them.
Every word that passed in this of
fice was recorded by the means of
the instruments used for that purpose
and reported to the Providence Jour
nal.
When sufficient evidence was gath
ered the United States Secret Ser
vice was notified and the three for
gers wer taken away. As soon as
they had been removed three of the
Journal employees were allowed to
take charge of the office and to re
ceive the patrons. It was not long
after that von Papen and the German
military attaches came in with a list
of names of men for whom he desired
passports. The name at the top of
the list was that of Werner Van
Horne.
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of the contest of the delegate elec
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as nrany of the witnesses refuse to an
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B. Erwin is attorney for James Wick
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CITATION TO HEIRS AND ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES
In the Probate Court for the Kenai
Precinct, Third Division, Territory
of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, Deceased.
It appearing to this Court by the^
petition for Order of Sale of real |
property, filed herein on the 17th day
of May, 1917, by Leon C. Booker, ad
ministrator of the Estate of Anna
Nimmo, deceased, that it is necessary
to sell all of the real estate of said,
decedant in order to pay her debts and
the expenses and charges of adminis
tration; therefore,
IT IS ORDERED that all persons
interested in the said estate appear
before this Court on Wednesday, the
25th day of July, 1917, at the hour of
two o’clock, P. M., on the aforesaid
day in the court room of this court,
in the town of Seward, Alaska, and
show cause, if any cause there be, why
an order should not be granted said
administrator, authorizing him to sell
said real estate for the purposes afore
said; and it is further
ORDERED that a copy of this Or
der be published once a week for a
period of four successive weeks in the
Seward Gateway, a newspaper of ger
eral circulation, published at Seward,
Alaska, and the one most likely to give
notice to all parties interested in this
cause; and it is further
ORDERED, that a copy of this Ci
tation shall be posted at three public
places within Kenai Precinct, one of
which three places shall be the U. S.
postoffice in the town of Seward,
Alaska.
WITNESS MY HAND and official
seal this 19th day of June, 1917.
(SEAL) FRANK G. ENNIS,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-officio
Judge of Probate.
Jun-19-26—Ju.-S-10-17124.
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Serial 0168G, Sur. 181
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
184 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
Island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.44 chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28 chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46
min. E. 4.16 chs. (3) S. 74 deg. 49
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
of beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min.
East. Latitude 54 deg. 49 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 min. 00 sec.
W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonviile, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad-j
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
of publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred bv
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
_C. B. WALKER, Register.
Serial 01651, Sur. 1109
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Andrew Grosvold, as assignee of De
borah A. Luthy, being entitled to the
benefits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No. ,
1109 situate on Sand Spit at Sand
Point, Humboldt Harbor, l’opof Island,
Shumigan Group, District of Alaska,
more particularly described as fol
lows:
Beg. cor. No. 1 at ordinary high
tide beach Popof Straits, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears North 1.35 chs. dist.;
from which wit. cor. Sand Point Post
Office bears N. 35 deg. 31 min. E.;
thence from true cor. No. 1 North
19.37 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set,
wit. cor. bears South 0.87 chs.; from
which wit. cor. U. S. L. M. Sur. 1146
bears S. 78 deg. 01 min. VV. 13.03 chs.;
Astronomical Station bears S. 75 deg.
29 min. W. 13.01 chs.; thence from
true cor. No. 2 meandering beach at
ordinary high tide, Humboldt Harbor
and Popof Straits (1) S. 85 deg. 58;
min. W. 5.19 chs. (2) S. 84 deg. 29
min. W. 6.04 chs. (3) S. 77 deg. 41
min. W. 1.76 chs. (4) S. 59 deg. 13
min. W. 1.08 chs. (5) S. 31 deg. 48 min.
W. 1.02 chs. (6) S. 1 deg. 12 min. W.
0.92 chs. (7) S. 31 deg. 11 min. E. 6.70
chs. (8) S. 36 deg. 01 min. E. 4.06 chs.
(9) S. 45 deg. 27 min. E. 3.32 chs. (10)
S. 54 deg. 45 min. E. 7.55 chs. to cor.
No. 1, place of beginning. Area 17.82
ucres. Variation at all corners 19 deg.
10 min. East. Lat. 55 deg. 18 min.
44 sec. N. Long. 150 deg. 31 min. 00
sec. W.
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo., which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto, under oath, during the period,
of publication, or within thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT
the foregoing Notice be published for
the statutory period in The Gateway,
a newspaper of general circulation
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
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