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SECOND SECTION PAGES 9 TO 16 TCH Tg WILMINGTON DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1918. . 1 H H V I .Ml MfiTft MSP A 77 1 7T7T n 77 7T7T Ol OW SPY SYSTEM 0 Millions in Money to Destroy Munitions Plants DR. ALBERTS MISSION The Secret Service Had a Man in Bernstorff s Private Office AMAZING REVELATIONS First of Series . of Stories of How Nest of Snakes Was Dealt With by Ameri can Secret Service (Copyright, 1918, by the Internation gl News Bureau, Inc.) Written by J. J. BOSDAM. Dr. Karl Muck, distinguished leader of the great Boston Symphony orches tra, is seemingly the one German to analyze correctly the disastrous fail ures of the Hun spies in America. On ly a few weeks ago the master-musician was ruefully puffing on a pipe in his cell at East Cambridge jail.' It was his first experience with a pipe, cigarettes being forbidden in this in stitution. 'It is most unjust that I should be confined here," Dr. Muck remarked to the friendly guard who had brought Ihn a match. My life in America has been like an open book." "So has that of quite a few Ger mans in this country," retorted the guaiu. uub uuAiiiuxj auu lucti, 13 ictly the reason they are behind the liars." . . Violin and Spying. "But tell me, Doctor," he added, sud- aly, "why have you Germans with a? your wonderful .organizations made such a sorry mess of diplomacy es pionage and the like?" "I will tell you, my friend." replied Dr. Muck, sadly. "The artisan who builds the violin, the piano or any musical Instrument, seldom, if ever, can play them, well. We nave built a marvelous organization to promote our interests, but like the artisan who builds the violin we do not seem to be able to play it. But we will learn. Nothing is impossible. for us." That spontaneous outburst from Dr. Muck hit the nail squarely on the lead. The German ' Spy system in. America is, or rather was, a truly marvelous organization. Theoretical ly, it had been perfected. No organi zation, business, religious or other wise, excelled t in scientific methods. Coldly and calculatingly, it provided for every contingency that migEt arise. The whole, world was .card-in-, dexed by it. It was always In close touch with its agents. America was" literally honeycombed with the operatives of this system hen the war began. Some ( were Paid, particularly the educators and those holding positions of . prominence and trust. And as the war went on the system became super-perfected. Yet the system perpetrated blunder after blunder and the reason, as Dr. Muck pointed out, theHuns had made a wonderful instrument but they could not play it at least with the secret service on the job. Dr. Albert the Mint. In this coner.tinn it. is annronoa to begin this series of exposes with the se of Herr Geheimrat Dr. Albert, "seal aeent to the TTnited States from the Imperial German government. For "eryone must remember the sensa tional revelation that Dr. Albert was concerned in a plot to embarrass the munitions indnstrv irr America, nub hed in the newspapers about the st of August. 1915 Albert was not the fool that he appeared to be after the secret ser v'ce had finished with him. He was jto exceptionally clever man In his H&ehigh finance. No German was ,mre familiar with its Intricacies than p So that when it became necessary 10 send an agent to America with the accessary funds for the propaganda espionage, propoganda and destruc l0n in the United States, the mere Iact that $50,000,000 was necessary, digested to the German mind the ne cessity of having a financier to dis burse it. Admirt j al . xuucit wiuu umtc m- 5en this small fnrtimo tn America with him and invested it so judiciously-and gaciously as to 'create another for- 3e-- But invesHmr In tWe mnnav "market and investing ine the spy mar- aie iwo extremes that no one man ems as yet to have mastered. Least fri W Dr' erl. H blundered lrifntfullv "In his now rrla fvr-m tVis ; w' oegmning. . Enter Albert. Ur- Albert made his first appear- lsiJ York one day early in eat tlx commendable caution he cered that city most circumspectly, and without the 'slightest ostentation. All the more, so because he carried in hj3 bag pipers and memoranda of the most incriminating nature since they outlined schemes to destroy munition factories and incite labor troubles in every war-work Industry of the coun try. The agent also carried in the banks credits Ito the extent of $7,000; 000. The bug also contained authori zations for the extension of these credits upward to $50,000,000. r The fiscal agent registered at the Ritz and went directly to his room congratulating himself, no doubt, that he had successfully escaped observa tion, as he had. As far as I could find out he had slipped by all the secret services of the allies' without being labelled "dangerous." Dr. Albert had been instructed most minutely as to his preliminary move ments in this country, as his corre spondence later -showed.- He had been enjoined in particular not to begin his activities until Ambassador von Bernstorff himself had made him thoroughly familiar with conditions in America and had advised him as to the weak spots, as far as labor condi-i tions went, in the armor of the muni tions industry. In the Land of "Idiotic Yankees" So Dr. Albert lost no time in Inform ing von Bernstorff of his arrival. When dinner was served to him in his room on this Friday night he was sealing an envelope, on the4ront of which in a fine, delicate hand, was the name and address of tho German ambassa dor at Washington. The financier personally carried this letter to the mail chute, where he dis covered that he had forgotten to stamp it. He signalled the elevator boy and with the letter in his hand hurried down to the desk. Then, seeing that it would require at least a' minute to gain attention to his want, the doctor still carrying the letter in his hand, suddenly recalled his dinner. He thrust the letter into his pocket and rushed back to his room, where his secretary and several members of his staff were waiting for the dinner to proceed. One man in the lobby of the hotel had had the letter almost thrust into his face as Dr. Albert swung his arms alternately on his way to the desk. This, man notecT the words German embassy on the envelope. They aroused his ' curiosity,.; but -on scru tinizing the register the name "Al bert" meant nothing to him, aVid al though, he was in the employ of a for eign power to note arrivals and de partures of "dangerous" Germans and Austrians in New York, the man chose to Ignore Dr. Albert. It was shortly after 9 o'clock when the good appetite of this arch-plotter was fully satisfied. Some time later he mailed the letter. For a while the doctor sat in the lobby. Once he strolled into the bar. He went to bed early. The letter reached Washington next day through the usual postoffice chan nels and a few minutes-after noon was delivered at the embassy. Enemy Agent at Hun Embassy. - Long before Dr. Albert had left Ger many an agent had been "planted" in the office of Count von Bernstorff. Un less some one commits a gross breach of - confidence the world will never know who that agent was. A score of wild rumors have grown up about his identity. Nearly every allied power in Washington has at some time or other been credited with having performed the almost incredible coup of "plant ing" him. Not in all the history of diplomatic intrigue and espionage, written and unwritten, was an ambassador so com pletely duped as was Count von Berns torff by this secret agent. Day by day, he performed a great part of the confi dential 'work of the embassy. Fre quently he relieved the ambassador's personal stenographer and took dicta tion of the most invaluable informa tion to the allies. His part fn the "coup" was one that any secret agent would almost have bartered his soul to have played. But only one man in thousands could have played it so successfully to the end without detection as did he. It called for an absolutely flawless knowledge of the German language, "unimpeach able" references ana, in short, the combination of the highest grade of acumen and cold-blooded nerve. It Is ing it to one Side. The handwriting was vaguely familiar to him, but as he poised the letter in his hand he racked his brain in vain to identify it. Without further thought, he insert ed his thin ivory opener under the flap.. The flap lifted easily, and with out tearing. -Undoubtedly, "Mr. Rolls" whistled softly in surprised pleasure. The usual policy of secret agents Is never to precipitate a climax by their own efforts. They prefer to sit back and permit their victims to bring, the climax on to themselves, following the truism of that well-known old saw to the effect that if you give a man enough rope he will hang himself. Albert's Letter. This occasion, however, was made to order for the secret agent. He was the only man as far as can be ascertained: who knew that some tre mendous significance lay behind Dr. Albert's arrival in America. Once he had heard the ambassador speak of Albert's ability both as a financier and as a diplomat and that if -the great man should come to America it would mean that von Bernstorff would no longer be hampered for want of funds. Contrary to the general impression, von Bernstorff' did not have enough funds to carry out all of his plans and b.e was constantly nettled by the im plications of his own people in Amer ica that he was "grafting." Truly it was a situation made to order. The secret agent decided upon Instant action. No one in the employ of the embassy could learn of Dr. Al bert's arrival unless they knew him personally and happened to meet the fiscal agent In New York a remote possibility. He was free to act as he chose. "Mr. Itolls" swept the mail into a drawer, put Dr. Albert's letter to Count Bernstorff in his pocket and strolled down the embassy steps. He calmly beckoned a taxi. At the union station he went into a telephone booth. In a foreign language code he apprised his chief of his plan. The latter ap proved it. "A Blonde, Baby-faced Young Man." At a rendezvous in New York the same . evening "Mr. Rolls" was met by a blonde, baby-faced young man, who greeted him in German as good "You're f rom the embassy, you know," Mr. Rolls explained. "Albert's letter is sufficient to vouch for you. You'll 'find the personal card of one of the s ecretaries In it. The ambassador is away until Monday morning, but in any event would not see Dr. Albert until latelin the week. In the mean while you are at his pleasure in the way of apprising the ambassador in advance concerning the full import of his mission." There was nothing further in the way of Instruction. , The young, blonde, baby-faced chap hurried to Dr. Albert's hotel and sent up his card. Dr. Albert's secretary came down and escorted the young chap up. Introductions to Dr. Albert and his staff followed. The agent spoke fa miliarly of iis excellency, the count, gaining much -needed-rest over the week-end in the mountains. The Eng lish were gaining, ground in America with their propaganda. The father land must strike some heavier blows in order to offset it. Then, could, he speak with his excellency in private. The Great Herr Geheimrat-Duped. "you must understand, Herr Ge heimrat, that the embassy above all things . must be discreet," said the youngster, apologetically, when they had withdrawn to another room. "It cannot meet, let alone speak with any one unknown to it personally. Of course, Count von Bernstorff had the honor of a pervious meeting with you but I well pardon me , your ex cellency, but you will perceive that it is compulsory on my part, much as it is aginst my inclination, to request proofs that you are the Dr. Albert of this letter." Thus was enacted a rare bit of psy chological drama, such as would have delighted the heart of Professor Hugo Muensterberg, a little greater, per haps, if the .roles were reversed. For by the production of a personal card and the letter the German fiscal agent had himself mailed to von Bernstorff the night before, the young agent had established in the' mind of Dr. Albert the conviction that this blonde, baby faced young enthusiast was all that he represented himself to be. The card alone would not have been sufficient. But the letter in the hands nf the. voiiner man left no room for obvious that this man -"Mr. Rolls" f doubt sInce it was impossible for it Qualified Especially unfortunate for Herr Dr. Albert, "Mr. Rolls" was entrusted with the opening of the ambassador's per sonal and confidential mail. , . "Mr. Rolls" Face to Face with Kaiserlsm. At half past twelve o'clock on this Saturday afternoon "MrRolls" sat in the German ambassador's office with Dr. Albert's letter in his hand. He was alone, the ambassador had left early that morning for a week-end in the Adirondacks. As was custom ary, on Saturday, the other members of the staff had ceased work at 10 o'clock in the morning.. And as was customary with him, the secret agent had -delayed his departure to look over the mail uninterrupted, an oppor tunity that was possible only on Sat urday. Chance, and chance alone, guided the hand of the secret service agent to the letter. First, when it lay on top the newly-delivered pile;. second, when memory withheld his hand from cast were still in the Toom, to vouch for him. " v . ' Whereupon their so doing and . re tiring, the t fiscal agent displayed a triplicate "set ' of' passports '.that - had been manufactured fori emergency. ..He showed his letters of introduction. He held, up f or inspectiQn , letters . of polit ical import addressed to von Bern storff and a package of documents. Lastly lie reached down in his valise and , drew out another package. The young agent was startled out of his poise. For as Dr. Albert with a touch of boyish conceit spread the contents of the package out on the table one heavy, crispy bond paper letter aftei another the pseudo secretary's bulg ing eyes saw: That Dr. Heinrich Albert was lit erally a walking mint. For in two letters alone were con' tained credits with pro-German bank ers in America for $7,000,000. And in the others were -authorizations for Dr. Albert to take the neces sary steps for the extension of his credits to the stupendous sum of $50, 000,000. - Who Is Idiotic Now? "You will tell your ambassador that you have seen this fellow Albert and that he is an impostor, will you not?" demanded Dr. Albert with pon derous serio-comicality. "I will tell the ambassador what a blind fool he has sent to annoy a high commissioner from the Fatherland," declared the agent, properly humili ated. "You will not," said the doctor, with insistence. ' "You did right and I am proud that the embassy lays such emphasis on caution. "Now, let me tell you what we pur pose doing in America," he continued, reaching for another packet of docu ments. "In these are the plans. It is obvious to all concerned that America will not be influenced in the matter of furnishing the entente with muni tions by our representations. There fore we have decided that other means must be utilized for we cannot tolerate a situation that affords the enemy substantial aid. "We aim to cut off this munitions business at its source, and to that end we intend to go right to the doors of every factory in the United States. I have a list .of firms .who may be' ap proached with a - view of an under standing that will 'hold up their con tracts: I' will go into the market and compete with the allied munitions buyers. I have several other plans that will be developed according to the occasion and circumstances." The Hun Bragging. Whereupon Dr. Albert proceeded to unbosom himself still further to the agent reach the ear of the service be fore that and thus did his purposes in America of von Bernstorff. He boasted that a certain number of munitions-makers in America would be responsive. For those who were not to be approached he proposed the "other means." It seemed simple to him. Labor in this -.country is afflicted with a mania for high wages, he argued. He intend ed to plcy upon that mania. He plan ned to recruit an organization of agi tators and send them throughout the states, preaching a doctrine of unrest in steel plants, munitions factories and coal mines-reverywhere. Tb.e I. W. W. was to be subsidized and influenced to resist the govern ment. He thought that some of the western states might rebel "like the southern states." The socialists were to be encouraged to resist, like wise. "And the Hungarians and the Aus trians and our own people must be reached," the doctor went on, carried away by the immensity of his scheme. He deplored lack of success with the American newspapers, but was enthu siastic over the foreign-language press. They were to be encouraged to support all agitation hostile to the government. "You have no idea how completely and extensively we have planned to hit at this business of munitions. There will be strikes by the whole sale" Dr. Albert lowered his voice to a whisper which he emphasized with a blow of his fist on the table "and there will be much destruction. We will paralyze the business until it cannot possibly be a factor." Political Friend.s Dr. Albert questioned the "young agent about political friends of Ger many in congress. Then with a re quest that Count von Bernstorff make all possible-speed in arrangement for an interview he dismissed his newly found friend. "Mr. Rolls" was waiting at the ren dezvous for the return of the letter. Once again with it in his possession, together with the knowledge of Dr. Albert's plans he was hurrying back to Washington. Apparently unopened, the letter was found by Bernstorff on his desk Mon day morning. The ambassador on reading It telephoned Dr. Albert to come to Washington without delay. I expect that Dr. Albert will be the bearer of good news," he told "Mr. Rolls." Dr. Albert arrived at the embassy late Monday afternoon. Ambasasdor and emissary em braced. They retired to the count's office. Within hearing distance was "Mr. Rolls." "It is most vital that you be dis creet and if you are asked by the press to give an interview furnish the the reporter with a prepared inter view. We have been most unfortu nate in having ourwords incorrectly quoted," the ambassador was saying. "Admirable policy," Dr. Albert ex claimed. " "The young man you sent to meet me in New York on Saturday gave me a splendid demonstration of discretion. I congratulate you for his excellent training." "Mien Gott! Who was he?" "Yaung man New York Satur day!" Von Bernstorff choked over the words. "What do you mean,. Herr Doctor; I sent no young man to meet you?" "Who was he, then?" shrieked Dr. Albert. "A young man came to my suit with my letter to you. Where did he get It It had been delivered here inthe embassy." Mein Gott! Who was he? In vain von Bernstorff tried to lo cate the leak. Not an iota of evi dence was in sight. The secret service bided its time after the revelations of Dr. Albert's purpose in coming to. America. Ama teur Sherlocks would have clapped the German plotter in jail without de lay. But the service preferred to give him rope with which to hang himself. Dr. Albert used the rope. He began his campaign. One by one) the ser vice compiled a list of dangerous plot ters as they responded to his propo ganda and gold. . Exit Albert, With Tall Between Lege Then in the latter part of July thera occurred the stealing of Dr. AlberfV bag in the New York elevated. Its incriminating evidence was published the following day. Dr. Albert's . use fulness to Germany and the secret service was at an end. Again the secret service had been thwarted in its plans but outwardly it gave no single sign that it had been disturbed by amatuer interference. - It proceeded to give the well-known rope into the willing hands of the notorious Captain von Papen as Dr. Albert, tail between legs, slunk out of ; the country. (In the next installment Mr. Bosd&B will tell how the United -States secret service discovered the German pass port bureau In New York and how th Hun attache at Washington brought. Huerta from Spain and was about to send him to Mexico to embroil that country with the United States, and how again the secret service copped the Mexican ruffian' and foiled Hun machinatons.) M'CALL MAY ENTER RACE AGAINST WEEKS Boston, Mass., June 22. Gov. Sanw uel McCall will buck Senator Weeks for the republican nomination for the United States senate this fall is a can vass being made by McCall's trusties in all parts of Massachusetts leads the veteran to think he can win. In case McCall goes in, the greatest republican fight ever waged in the state forsa nomination will take place, as McCall has been out for Weeks' scalp ever since the Boston financier sidetracked his senatorial ambition ia 1913 by getting the state legislature to send him to Washington instead of McCall. At that time McCall did not send Weeks a letter of congratulation and it was the only bitter pill he has taken in a long political career. Nothing would suit the Massachusetts govern or better than to beat Weeks at a popj ular election. have gone elsewhere than to its des tination. There was no thinking on the part of the doctor. His acceptance of the agent was automatic. Then, to be suddenly confronted with a demand that he prove his own identity was the last necessary mas ter stroke that felled Dr. Albert. On the moment he was robbed of all his caution. Unconsciously he must have experienced an irritation at the atti tude of a subordinate and a resolve to humble him by an overwhelming mass of proof I have said that Dr. Albert was not a fool. Almost any man would have done as he did to a certain extent and fit must be remembered that while Dr. Albert was an able financier and dip lomat he was working in a country and under circumstances of intrigue entirely unknown to him. Most naively Dr. Albert rose up from his chair when the young man made his request and strode to the door. Opening it, he bade his secretary and the other members of his staffs who 'BM MONDAY and : MMMIm TUESDAY . Are Dry Goods Davs At FUCHS' CASH DEPT. STORE Goods sold by the yard. See this display. It will give you a suggestion for your midsum mer DRESSES and BLOUSES 27-in. Voile, inall the pretty floral and neat designs, per yard 15c 27-in. Percales, in pretty dress styles, neat figured and stripes, per yard. . .25c 36-in. 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