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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLATTD, AUGUST 18, 1918. BOCHE SPIES PREY ON ALLIED NATIONS Cunning of German "Sleuths' Bring Reward From Self Styled War Lord. AMERICANS ON BLACK LIST Spy Offenses Started by Hans In variably Begin in Neutral Conn- tries and Spread -to Al- lied Territory. fContlnned From Flrt Pae) Ccrmau are suspicious of all writer who axe'not in their confidence. When the train stopped at a small mountain town we were the only passengers to get off. although some baggage and milk cans were unloaded and the mail was handed to the postman. ileaee la Best Weapoau From the depot we walked along a narrow mountain path to on a cl the fine motor thoroughfares which had been built for the tourists long before there waa any thought of a European ' war. The ear had been ordered to meet us there and to pick up Uenri and Gus at another point, so we had to wait some time before It arrived. 1 did not ask my guide where we were going. I had been In Swltserland long enough to know that it is not safe to tell anyone anything and I feared he would not tell me, even if I were curious. "We shall bave dinner some plaoe aionx the road here." Williams volun teered this pleasant information, "and about 10:30 the joyride will begin. For several nights now our men have been seeing lights from the shore ove there'." (We could not see the lake from- where we were, but he motioned toward my right.) "The French have keen trying to spot the fellows on the ther side, but the country over there m worse than It is here. W ere bad ome people watching from the hotel above Vevey, but the Germans have a new code. Last night someone op here telephoned that an automobile climbed a mountain near here every night about 11 o'clock. Possibly this auto is the key. But w shall see. AU Cities la Uarkaeaa. It waa a black night, as we had fore casted It would be, and, having ascend el several hundred meters by train, we were up very close to the celling of clouds which we bad observed earlier la the evening. It was colder, too. and the mist was heavy. I did not glance at my watch, but It must have been 1:30 before our car ar rived with its small oil lamp burning In front and tail lamp In the rear. Harry Scott Williams shouted to the driver and waved his heavy walking tick. A useless thing to do, I thought, but this was a strange game to me and I knew so few of the high signs that this .might have been one with more significance than it appeared. The two companions were inside, wrapped in heavy blankets, and. after we tumbled In. Williams ordered the chauffeur to go to one of the best-known hotels in the Canton de Vaud. I was astonished at this, because it seemed to me that we had gone to so much pains to get away from the enemy that it was fool ish to go there where we would, most certainly, be spotted. But I bad con fidence In Williams and said nothing. We had very little time to eat, but Williams relaxed at the table as If bis day's work waa ended. After dinner he ordered the chauffeur to . return home, having previously instructed him to disregard any orders be might give at the hotel, because the porter was a German spy. When the orders were riven the porter was on hand, as Will lams - had anticipated. The chauffeur drove away. Williams registered us for the night and engaged a big dou ble room with bath, overlooking the lake. We went up to the room, Henri and Gus following. A few moments later two Interned soldiers appeared. I was asked to go out with them and we walked through the dark streets to a railroad crossing, where I was sur prised to find our automobile parked along the road, all lights out like a ahip at sea. Jouraey Made I'ader Cover. Some time later the other three Joined us. We got into the car, mo tored through dark streets to be sure we were not followed and then started up a serpentine road which let us into the mountains. A few minutes before 11 we were at the bottom of a steep and long Incline which led to the chateau of a retired German Baroness. It was along this road that the auto mobile bad been reported and It was .believed that the signals were received at her home and replies flashed from her windows to - the mountains of France. This was all - surmised, but Williams hoped to prove it and place the evidence before the Swiss federal authorities. For two hours we waited and watched. The mist had developed into a slow, penetrating rain, which we no ticed because we had left our car and ordered it to return several hundred yards, so that it could not be seen from the house. We waited many hours more that Bight, but fate was against us, fate and the enemy! I waa more disappointed than the others, because I had expected action. They had only hoped for it. They had been policing the Germans for months and they knew how to be cheerful in disappointment, for even disappointments have their ' bright sides. A few weeks afterward when I saw Williams again. I twitted him about what I called his "wild goose chase." "Speaking of geese," he said, "we got a Boche on the lake the other night. I had been going up to the chateau every night for three weeks. There has not been a signal sent or received and the auto has stopped making its nightly visits. While we failed to catch the actors or actresses, we broke up their show. and. one night while I was standing there, high above the lake and searching the shores of France with my glasses. I saw a motorboat cross the lake. Germaa Splea Active I thought that was a queer perform ance and the next day I began an, in vestigation. I found one of these Boche was paying S3S a night to the Swiss autborttiea for permission to hunt wild ducks on the lake at night. "You speak about a "wild goose chase.' What do you think ot that? Well, we landed him all right and we've got him where he won't hunt ducks for a while at least. "You see." he concluded, "some fail ures' end in successes." Thus It is that spies appear on the Stage of Europe and are forgotten. Their schemes, too. are like last year's theatrical success: once played they are soon out of date. Spying, like the stage and feminine styles, demands new sensations. Police fooled once are not apt to be misled by the same schemes again. The system must have an endless storehouse of raw material to draw upon and a boundless supply of Ideas. "It's all In the business." Williams remarked afterward. "A policeman In a neutral country cannot catch crimi nals as easily as he can at home, but we'll keep this up until we get them, or until we force them to stop signal ing for fear of detection. We can't always get the man or woman we are after, but we can Interfere with their system, and that la the most impor tant. It is the system that counts, not the employes. Spies come and go. but the system remains. In this business there are always recruits. For money and for this German trade there are men and women throughout the world who will stoop to conquer. For some the price is high: a hundred "Thousand francs or more; for others there Is re muneration In the work itself. Their trade is essentially one of deception. They must He, scheme, bribe, threaten, blackmail or fail. For these reasons Germany has the greatest spy system In the world." Americans om Black List. It was the experience I had that night in Swltserland which caused me to delve Into some of the German ac tivities which have confronted allied police for several months. I discovered that In all neutral countries there are allied and American "black lists" of enemy spies and their vassals. I found that the Germans first learned the name of the French port to which the first American troops were taken by flashlight signals sent across Lake TWINE PLAN! URGED Governor Favors Industry at State Penitentiary. NEW CELL HOUSE OPPOSED Construction Kow, la View of Pres ent High Costof Material, Held Inadvisable; Segregation Is Xot Pressing Necessity. In the Army, was a 10-year-old orphan when. In June, 1861, he accompanied the 22d Michigan Infantry to the front, In the capacity of regimental mascot and emergency drummer boy. FIREBUGS CONTINUE BUSY Fourth Serious Blaze Reported in Fresno, Cal., District. FRESNO. CaL, Aug. 17. Fire, be lieved by the authorities to have been of incendiary origin, at Hanford early today totally destroyed the fruit plant of the Central California Fruit Canning Corporation, including the fresh fruit cannery, dried fruit packlng-houBe, a large warehouse and four homes n car ry. The loss is estimated at 200,000. Hanford authorities this morning an nounced that fire alarm wires in the vicinity had been cut before the fire started. This was the fourth large fire in this district in three weeks, the total loss being estimated at $1,500,000. Three, former fires were in Fresno, two blocks of business buildings and two -planing mills having been destroyed late at night. BAR PUT ON HUN TONGUE sage to the Legislature. The Governor believes that the rec- SALEM, Or, Aug. 17. (Special.) Establishment of a twine industry at the State Penitentiary is a project to which Governor Withycombe is giving consideration and which probably will ,l. rAlntnd I oe Buomiiiea lo me iieKtBiaiura ... .vi. --.t.1. in ..--, ih. -t. I The vast amount of twine used In . ... . i -. .hi I the state, in the harvest fields and leni or me system; me cun..i..B ... i ,,,. .v.. ,-.. .!.. .,i I n'ochlnmr, TWons rv,.,nr1l Pl.nc spies and the objects of their Tort '""; """""" "c'"3"01 """"" " I shall tell also how this trip with ya.rrant the establishment of such an ,a0 Williams, which I thought was a fail- ... """"' !" ure. proved to be the beginning and rive labor the year round to a large the end of another daring German spy number or men. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 17. (Spe- scheme. ",' " ? " e "Sm J" l" cWL) Further restriction of the use of Spy offensives which Germany making of twine, as that would mean German ,. ln the state of Uunches begin, as a rule. In neutral J,fy expensive twine.' but to import ?, ?oOMgt.rt'nhemn undehr w.T.nd 'LteTtl M-ilaTfor the kTnd of he has day by" the' State Council of Defense, onerate. The attack which was n mind. . , with the result that an order has been .. u . ... .... TT,,.j Qt.tonl It is likely that some other forms Issued that seven days' notice must be soon after diplomatic relations were ff industry also will be considered by given prior to any public or seml-pub- broken Is a case ln point. Count von ..,,,"' , " , . , ." "."-e - -w. v ...... Bernstorff had left his organization ln subject will be Incorporated in his mes- guage is to be spoken. The request the United States, but it was neces sary to establish connections between the United States and Europe. This was planned in Berlin and at German great headquarters. From every neu tral European country the system at tempted to send agents to America. Legations and consulates were be sieged by neutrals and German-friend ly Americans desiring to go to -the United States "on business," or to see "sick relatives." All varieties of ex cuses' and explanations were offered. Code Telegrams Altered. A man in New York, for instance. telegraphed to a brother ln Switzerland that their mother "was dying." The relative in Switzerland applied for per mission to go to New York and ex hibited the telegram as proof of the urgency of his request. The French censor, however, fearing that the mes sage might be a code, changed the message to read that "Mother is criti cally ill." After the agent had filed his application he returned to the Swiss telegraph office and cabled to America: KEEPING YOUR FLEDGE. Buy your Stamps early. Those you purchase are evidence that you are keeping your pledge. You also pledged yourself to economize during the war. The Government is requesting that you do not buy articles not nec essary for your health and effi ciency. You will thereby release both labor and material for the manufacture. of articles needed to support our brave boys "over there," who are Just now so hero ically driving the Huns back. They make good their pledge. Are you keeping YOURS? Buy all you can afford. C. S. JACKSON, " State Director W. S. S. must be accompanied by a statement showing why the meeting cannot be conducted in the English language and the permission may be withheld if the reasons are not sufficient Permission to conduct the meetings must be obtained from the County Council of Defense ln whose Jurlsdic tion the proposed meeting is to be held. IIh",: ?S0" JSi"- 18 omn.end.tlOB of Warden Murphy for AUTOS ARE WANTED TODAY Owners of Machines Asked to Help Entertain Veterans. ' All persons who nave donated their automobiles for the use of the G. A. R. are requested to report with the cars this morning at 8 o'clock at Liberty Temple. Other citizens who own cars are notified that the entertainment com mittee needs a very large number of automobiles today and every day the coming week. Do not telephone, but come in person and be ready to do your part. We can use all the cars mother critically 111 or dying?" Because American" and French off! a new cellhouse at the prison is 111- CrtTTlA fArvraril fnr t Vi o i n n n t- n f Pnrt. .Because American. ana Jrrencn oiri- aaised at this time. He recognizes and -no heiD entertain the veterans clals. were working in harmony the th8 need for ,uch a cellnouse as ttJ:Jetm'm nnnpxrinn r rets mr a m riiiRn. - - , . . . . .1.1 - ' r , - I Bcnucu dv w araen jauronv. dul noias vv ucu I ucvaiuq ctiucui iv uci CHARLES J. SCHNABEL. WILLIAM M. DAVIS, Committee. OLD AND NEW COMMINGLE that ttiA cunt nf mntArlnl nnw In Jin many that the United States was ln h4gn ag to make the cellhonse a most earnest and would send an army to expensive one. In fact, he is not sure r ranee every enon was maae o wrn that the necessary steel could be ob me uni si me xreucu port wucro i talned Tor the structure. our troops would disembark. inis "Whatever Is done at the prison must iniormauon me imperial uentrai i he dnna at rnasnnahlii cost' said the Staff wanted ln order that the Ger- Governor. "Even ln the establishment Soldiers of Past and Present Frn. mau uavy ana me BUDmarines miBoi. do 1 0t; industries it Will be the plan to I informed. Throughout the Summer evolve a scheme where work can be tcrnize at La Grande German agents endeavored In every I furnished at the least expense to the nn,,iKl. imt a V , i- tr mt fkl. 1 n f nrm a t Inn I from the United States. France. "An fnr ier.rtln at thl tlm th GRANDE, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe- England, Spain, Holland, Switzerland I necessity for it is not so (treat as under I claL) La Grande was invaded by the and the Scandinavian countries were normal conditions. The better type of new and the old today. Two train combed for this information, but the I men who should be segregated from I loads of eastern G. A. R. veterans en secrei naa Deen weu aepi in wasn- the more Hardened criminals have been route to Portland stopped for break guarded by those who had been in- sible to meet the demands for labor. DmP 5 nouses, men formed ln Europe. As days and "When normal conditions return new cam a trainload of present-day sol- weeks were multiplied into months; I prison buildings should be provided diers, and the two groups intermingled as U-boat after U-boat went out into I and a system of segregation estab- I for considerable time. the Atlantic to look for the road in lisnea. or tne present we win navo Tho incident caught the attenUon of me ocean over wnico me iransifurii iu .oia wuu iuo laciuiiva ai I both elements migm pass ana niapaea wiiouui m- i maRin0 vmj uui.11 .imuco in mo formation, the tension in Berlin reached I prison system as seem absolutely es- the breaking point. American "bluff I sential. K. of C. to Give Outing Today. Soldiers and sailors in uniform will be guests of the Knights of Columbus for an outing at Estacada Park today. A cordial invitation is extended to all who are interested in the war work of the Knights to join the day's outing. Ladies are requested to bring well- MAJOR-GENERAL CLEM UNABLE TO filled luncheon baskets in order that the soldier boys will not want for their usual mess. Trains will leave East Water and Morrison streets at 9 A. M was making good in an unexpected way. Enemy Schemes Are Many. Germany knew better than any one that something extraordinary had to be done. The "boasting Yankees" could not play such a trick upon imperial- lied Germany. I do not know all the schemes and plans which the enemy hatched. As ii.ii.l n.rm arw vnrlfAit In thji dark and did not advertise her concerns and UDrnmmer Boy of Chlckaraauga" Be- an V""8111 ieav0 Estacada Park TRIP ENDED BY ILLNESS ATTEND G. A. R. CONVENTION. Harf Schaffner & Marx Clothes for Economy .When we say economy it does not mean to buy the cheapest in clothes, but economy is in what you get out of your money in the way of service. Hart, Schaffner & Marx clothes are built to retain their ' shape, made from all-wool fab rics, with a satisfying fit. You'll get the long wear. They're Economically Priced $25, $30, $35 $40 and Up Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Mf'h The Men's Store for Quality and Service Gasco Bldg., Fifth and Alder. ' 'Copyrlshf "IS Hart Schaffner & Marx apprehensions. Even today it ia not possible to disclose all the Becret maneuvers of enemy agents. It is Impossible because they are unknown. I cannot state that the trtlck which Germany attempted to play on the comes 111 While ob Way to Fort . land. Letter Announces. at 6 P. M. The fare will be SI fur adults, children under 12 years 60 cents, men in uniform free. , Tsl,lHlf inn fan ais 1 111 health will prevent Major-General "'""" ,,c military attache ln a neutral capital Jonn .1 uiem, -tne arummer Doy oi SALEM, Or., Aug. 17w (Special.) last Fall waa for the purpose of get- Chlckamauga," from attending the The Prohibition party has filed, the fol ting agents to French ports. It is Portland G. A. R. encampment. Anxious lowing certificates of nominations and a fact, however, that Germany's at- lo ssain meet me irienas ne maao acceptance with Secretary Olcott, all tempt was made at a time when she wnue eiaiionea nere in me iaie us, as candidates for Representative from wanted information from these ports. Genorai Cfe.m 8tapt.ed.0 lo" tr,lp Multnomah County: Joseph K. Hart, In a German friendly newspaper " - Eugene a. omitn. wmiam Amos, there was a brief notice Inserted In "" aeroeri uoraon ana a. ij. ldieraan the "Help Wanted" column reading lZ'."? th occasion of a visit by about 100 members of Al Kader Temple, of Port land. The visitors, who were accom panied by the temple's Arab patrol and band, attended .the formal flagralsing at the Port docks in the afternoon and inspected the new 1,000,000-bushel grain elevator and bins, xnis evening me Shriners left for Seaside, where tney will spend Sunday. FRUIT CHARGES ARE FIXED Hood River Association Announces Rates for Season. HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) Under the budget of the Apple- growers' Association, just adopted by the directors, . a maximum charge of 26 cents per box for apples and 10 cents for pears may be made for han dllng the fruit the coming yearj Charges are segregated as follows: Marketing charge, 10 cents per. stand ard package, and proportionate charges on other packages and bulk fruit; storaee. ' 8 cents maximum on apples and 4 cents for pears; advertising, 2 cents per package; operating reserve. 6 cents maximum. . With the business of last season closed, the co-operative eales organiza tion announces a surplus ot JZJ.ssa.JU earned. Because of heavy purchases of materials, however, no dividends were declared. The association during last week mailed growers checks received for railroad claims aggregating ?87. Tjoggers Named on Council. -ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) H. P. Brown, of the Hump- tulips Logging Company; N. J. Blagen Grays Harbor Lumber Company; A. X Morley, Saginaw Timber Company; Jack Collier,-Aberdeen Lumber & Shin gle Company; C. F. Hulbert, Hulbert Mill Company; and H. M. Bevis, White Star Lumber Company,- are Grays Har. bor County representatives of the Cen tral Council, appointed by Colonel Brice P. Dlsque, to adjust problems between employe and employer in the Government-controlled lumber industry of the Northwest. WE .' enjoy nothing so miinh as t.hft onnnr- tunity to show our diamonds to appreciative customers. Our offerings are so comprehensive $10 to $2500 that we are confident of pleasing. Our qualities are true. Let us show you our diamonds. Not everywhere can you find so complete an assortment of watches as here. We show many that are now unobtainable at the factories. Moderately priced. . ARONSON'S Washington at Broadway BVIIirj OT UO V a-O AvriAwna. I A.nlQ - . "Laborers Wanted The American I .7, 1 "' i - . i j i I x 6V- HI l i 1 Ltll y xurt;VB iu xinuvo uoauv neu tral dock workers and common laborers got as far as San Antonio en route to the encampment, when my doctor told me I had better remain here for employment at French porta Good V wTeks" and then return to wBc. -y. I Washington. This was a great disap- ' Shriners Visit Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) This was Shriners' day in Astoria, on .HI.H.IM 5 Rich Brown Crisp Waffles 10c m WITH BUTTER AND SYRUP -WOOD'S S QUICK LUNCH i 101 SIXTH STREET No. strasse. polhtment to me, as I wanted to renew Four The address given was that of the Jk i .m.in't.n. t 1 stationed there from 1896 to 1898 i-ariy ine xoiiowin aay wnen ne r...i rim he. th. hi.u.i.. reached his office he was greeted by I k.,- th loot r-tu-ii w eigrht or 10 laboring men. They showed on tha active list. He retired from him the announcement and said they I ..,1- niv tr iiv. Blrn w. were wining iu kh cmujiii.ui pr- waa retlred with the rank of Major viuiiiK Aiotiin.u " r,"L 1 General, lie was covimiasloned as a as large as tney were reported to De colonel In 1903, and is better known in the unttea btaies. 1 amonK his comrades as Colonel Clem. Wrongdoing; Ia Dealed. I General Clem, whb Is creditetd with The Colonel knew that he had not being one of the most popular officers caused this advertisement to be pub lished. As far as be had been in formed the American forces in France had expressed no desire for such em ployes. - He was too busy to stop to explain to the eager laborers, but in formed them that he knew nothing about the ad. As he opened his morning's mail he found a number of letters from other workmen who had read the advertise ment but who could not leave their work to apply ln person for a position. They requested details by mail. For several days workmen and letters came to the attache's office. Each time. he had to make the same reply. After several days had passed tne Sec retary of the Interior of this neutral nation announced himself at the . at tache's bureau. He showed the Colonel the advertisement and said that he had come at the reauest of his gov ernment to call the attache's attention I "Canzonetta" (Mendelssohn) Flonza- to the neutrality laws or the country, I i- Quartet hlch forbade diplomatic officials from I doing; the sort of thing; be waa doine-1 v. rr. rl... -p, Being an officer who had seen serv-I P . Burning, Ice In other and more troublesome ima tha CnloneL in few short vaII. selected American words whioh he I "American Fantasie" Part.l translated into his best French, in formed the Secretary that he knew all the details of the neutrality law. ana mat 11 - 8'rnmeni 1 ,. t T 1. r ejxv. anxious to observe its neutrality I ;mut:a vuau v.. omiui s i iA, J Wonderful Records Which Should Be in Every Home "American Fantasie" Part 2. Victor Herbert's Orchestra. it would be best for the Secretary to I Orchestra. caII noon the German military attache who had caused the announcement toR0se Room" Tox .Trot, Joseph C. oe prinieo. Smith's Orchestra. SPW C.utaow Ba an i. aw w J w eu m f r.1 a wV - Sff1 rZSZrZJ? Orders Given Prompt Attention group of applicants arrived the Colonel gave orders lor them to apply office of the Secretary of th that the street address riven advertisement was incorrect, burlng ttiA fnllnwlnflr lliTti the SerrAtarv re ceived more letters and more laboring 1 149 6th St Bet, Alder and Morrison men than he had at any previous time. T . . TT ' (To bo concluded tomorrow.) 1 0iiua.LiXjX-r avOaiw, ouju rutn ub the Colonel I g v w r,r. G.F. JohnsonPianq Co. I J-LLLH.-.. Mia 1. I I jy III III """""" 1 I i The Most Enjoyable Time of the Season at B COLUMBIA BEACH Ij is right now. SWIMMING and BATHING could not B I be better. ' The water is fine, and the clean, sandy B I beach is ideal for bathers, and for women and children. Si DANCING stmDAT II I and every evening during the week. You never danced' 8 B 9 to finer MUSia , I J I HOLLER SKATING and many other genuinely good 11 I amusements. I Today Brotherhood of American Yeomen Picnic H H WELCOME! ' . ' , II I CI A- R.anrl W. R ' (P. IB . I , i 1 T mm, mm.m mm WbVf W W S A lkS 'Si Ej g IM ! All members will be accorded the courtesies of the 1 1 grounds. EH ALL THIS WEEK Special Programme of Patriotic MUSIC by PELZ and i i his Orchestra. Afternoon and Evening Concerts 6! 3 to 5 7:30 to 9 IE TAKE VANCOUVER CAR if M MiliMMI II iHF"" "- i-. -" ' --r ilMiMiiMIIillll II " WELCOME VETERANS. COLUMBIA -SIXTH AT WASHINGTON- Never a dull moment; always a 100 per cent show. 1 f Also- That Lovable Rascal SMILING BILL PARSONS in the Farce Bill Settles Down Telling the story wouldn't h e 1 p but well guarantee this a happier combination of thrills and romance .never was screened. There's some thing doing every active second.