The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

>• Ac " ,p 'rWfB f v - \ - . . - I %S',- '- ~;?:V vr ^ .' «.;0 ~ »*- * J*st"t* -•, v**' V "J* j ' J • £ ' "» * * * v THE McHENBT P1A1NDEAL1B, M«HENRY, HA* A' " * 1 / txy "* V *? "f, *"*'••'K * "• * •j;'-*"1 _-C ';, „> .. 4 •'*" - - -' ,," J"j* 1„ * i*j. ^ 1 * * '4' - *• ». * A'"'** . »•• •, ••• <*£>#?, -<* KaissrJs Spies 8eater\ At (heir Own(Jame Remarkable Organization Built Up by Uncle Sam Since World War Began W^ZteW&i mmsm** ]©#AMi$ U£WV&\ A. &QI/CZ" 0J£LA6Kf FINDS WEALTH , IN DREAM S Aged Skipper Brings Home Fop- tune in Boat of Boyhood Fancy? CALLED BACK TO HREB years ago It began to dawn upon American officials that the great German conspiracy--con­ cerning which the few revelations so far made have electrified the nation--was under way. To meet It they had only the agencies which were barely adequate for peace; there was hardly a man who had ever matched wits with the foreign government experts. (The story of how this menace was met can as I yet be told only in part. But not tha least in- Jteresting part concerns the men who have 'done the work. Chief of the weapons which were at hand was 1 tibe secret service of the department' of justice. (Its agents were an unobtrusively efficient lot, but 'woefully small in numbers and, for the most jpart, inexperienced in international affairs. "White slaves" and predatory business had been t their chief game. The even smaller force of | the treasury secret service was almost fully 00 iciipled with its routine duties of guarding the • currency and the president's life. It, too, has (tendered amazing service against the spies, but Ivpon the department of Justice agents fell the «hief burden. They were called upon to match the craft, the experience and the ruthlessness of the keen­ est of German spies, who were backed by a WB©w»ed secret service organization and unlim­ ited funds. „ Their chief, the man who had developed the government detective force, who had laid the foundation for an extensive, loosely geared, even * limning mechanism, and who promptly assem­ bled it when the need came, is Alexander Bruce Bielaskl ("Home Run" Bielaski they called him lin his high school days). He entered the depart­ ment a dozen years ago, when the development >©f a bureau of investigation to handle secret (work for which no other provision had been made was started. This bureau was commissioned to wrestle with (violations of neutrality, with those of the liation- (ftl banking laws, with antitrust cases, bucket fBhop cases, "white slave" cases; it was to prose- 'cute those who impersonate an officer of the (government, to pursue those who flee the coun­ try and seek to evade the long arm of the federal law. There were already several detective agencies (Ul the government, each created for a specific pur­ pose and limited by law in its operations. For in­ stance, there was the secret service in the treas­ ury department. There were customs agents to [prevent smuggling, land agents to protect the (public domain, post office inspectors to make difficult the misuse of the mails. But the special agents of the department of Justice had a field many times as broad as that occupied by any other detective agency. One phase of its work alone-- that of circumventing violations of neutrality-- became a herculean task when the war broke. The department of justice refused to follow precedent In Its creation of a detective agency. It built a staff of operatives that was a new thing in the field of detective work. In doing so it made brains its first requisite of selection of men and held that education was a developer of brains. The youngsters of this service have succeeded where veteran police have failed. Every case an operative undertakes is an entirely new problem. In which his past experience is by no means an infallible guide. It needs brains and initiative. A young agent of the bureau of investigation^ (formerly a salesman for a wholesale grocer, went iBto the Alleghenies on his first case and cleaned up a nest of moonshiners that had defied local authorities and United States marshals for years. Another of these men worked as a laborer on the blocks of New Orleans and found out* the meth­ ods employed by the sugar samplers In so grad­ ing imported cargoes that the loss to the govern­ ment was hundreds of thousands in duties every year. Still another "roped in" with Mexican (revolutionists in El Paso. The importance of the work of these special mgents may be measured by an account of the (circumstances back of the seizure of the port of •Vera Cruz in April, 1914, and the part played in fthat event by one of those ingenious men. It fwas some months before that event that a huge,,- jbearded Russian attracted the attention of a (house detective in a New'York hotel by the dis­ play of a draft for $3,000,000 signed by President 'Huerta of Mexico. Tlfe house detective tele- (phoned the special agents, who watched the opera­ tions of the Russian. That Individual bought firearms and ammunK Eon in sufficient quantities to 1 load a ship. It as the business of the government to see to that he did not send this to Mexico, as there Iwas an embargo on firearms to that country. The jsbip, however, cleared for Odessa, Russia, and the (Special agents traced it to that point and wit* messed the refusal of the Russian government to fallow the ammunition to be landed, because <A |a fear that it was to be used by revolutionists. iThey saw the ship again traverse the Mediterra- jaean and unload Its cargo at Hamburg. The ecial agents noted, however, that the Russian d disappeared, and suspected that he was more loyal to his own pocket than to the Mexican {govern men t. The ammunition was reshipped from Hamburg > Vera Cruz. As |t approached the latter port je United States, under the influence of the in­ formation furnished by its special agents, entered land seized the port that Huerta might not get this ammunition. The occupation of Vera Cruz followed. It later dev­ eloped that most of the ammunition bought by the Russian was junk, and that Mexico had been cheated by him, and that he had returned, probably enriched to the extent of $1,000,000, to the land of his fathers. Such was title work of the special agents before the war. Bielaski, in Washington, sat at the center of the web which covered the nation. In other important cities, such as New York, Chi­ cago, New Orleans, there were lesser web cen­ ters. In the federal building in each important city was an office of special agents with a group m Of operatives which revolved about it In the smaller centers were single representatives who could call for re-enforcements whenever an emergency developed. Then there were the free lances of the service, those who could be shut­ tled to whatever point required the attention of especially skilled men. Bielaski is the silent man with every mesh of the web in his sensitive fingers. His career ii one that might well be an inspiration to any am­ bitious youngster. He entered the department of justice 12 years ago as a laborer and for a compensation of $660 a year). Soon he was a clerk of special agents, then an examiner, a spe­ cial examiner, an assistant to the attorney gen­ eral, acting chief and chief of special agents. This latter post he has held since 1912. These have been the years during which the n#west and greatest of the government's detective agencies has been taking definite form. Bielaski has been molding It. Then the great war came, and the United States found itself a non-participant faced with the ne­ cessity of maintaining neutrality within its bon­ ders. Finally this country was Itself in war and must combat the much~ vaunted secret service of the Germans, and must watch those millions of people living within Its borders that had been born in enemy countries and whose allegiance was sufficiently in doubt to make their surveil­ lance necessary. During the period of neutrality 'scores of un­ pleasant situations arose because of the insist­ ence of Germany upon abusing the hospitality of the United States. Almost the first of these resulted from a plan laid by Capt. Franz von Pa- pen, military attache to the German embassy, for obtaining false passports for the use of German reservists. First through Lieut. Hans von Wedell and later through one Ruroede he operated an office in New York which sought to get vagabonds -around the wharfs ami cheap hour ding houses and to induce these men to apply to Washington for passports, which he purchased and used In returning reservists to Europe. The plan had nbt been working long when a special agent from the New York office was on the trail. He succeeded In representing himself as the proper sort of man to secure fraudulent passports, and was soon deep In the confidence of the Germans. Ruroede was sent to prison; von Wedell fled, but was ii|» j tercepted by the British and imprisoned, and the whole scheme was broken up. Van Pap,en was recalled at the request of the state department' because of "improper activities," of which thlt was but one. • • ' The watchfulness of the special agents was e#| : denced by the fact that they knew the exact hour ..when, on April 1W, 1916. Wolf von Igel had taken 70 pounds of secret papers out of various hiding places and assembled them for transfer to Wash­ ington. Von Igel operated from an office at 60 Wall street. Though he was an employee of the German embassy, there was a question as to whether his papers were Immune from selzur*!, as they would be in the embassy. So he was making ready to transfer them to unquestioned safety. He claimed that his papers were exempt from the right of seizure. The German ambaa» saflor backed his claim. The special agents acJ-,„ „ mitted that if they were official papers of tb* 7 embassy they should be returned. They took them to Washington, where, at the state depart­ ment, they met the German ambassador. Through long hours of night that official dug through those papers. They placed him in a most em­ barrassing position. If he claimed them as state papers he admitted an official part In their reve­ lations. If he failed to claim them he left thi§- Incriminating evidence In the hands of the Amei^ lean authorities. He decided that the latter course was the less embarrassing. Practically all the papers were left with the special agents. These papers revealed a degree of scheming and intrigue against a neutral country that Is almost beyond conception. When Capt. von Papen laid his plans In the German club, in New York, for the invasion of Canada by Germans in the United States, the spe­ cial agents knew of his plans. The fiasco of the Welland canal, the unavailing activities of Paul Koenlg, chief detective of the Hamburg-Ameri­ can line; the machinations of Capt. Karl Boy- Ed--all came to naught and were well known by the American authorities. Finally came the master spy of them all, Capt. Franz von Rintelen, intimate of the kaiser, a man of highest social rank and vast wealth, with plans to overturn all In America that worked against the interests of Germany. He poured out money like water and met enthusiastic co-opera­ tion on all sides. It seemed almost as if every man in America was willing to help to the ex­ tent of accepting large amounts of money from von Rintelen. In fact, Americans took his money right and left, and rendered no service In re­ turn. Great quantities of German money were spent, but little progress was made toward attain­ ing the results for which Germany strove. When these activities are surveyed as a whole, the effort of German intrigue In America Is seen to have been astonishingly fertile. In the face of such a lack of results It Is difficult to believe In the excellence and cleverness of Prussian es­ pionage. This newly organized agency of the United States, Intended for application to the tasks of peace, crossed swords with what Is termed the greatest spy system in the world, and thus far it has not been bested. Then, suddenly the United States Itself was thrust into the war. With tens of thousands of German reservists, hundreds of thousands of Ger­ man citizens, millions of people of German blood, this country would appear to have been In a po­ sition of great danger from within. Certainly there was need of sharp watchfulness. No other belligerent nation was confronted by an internal alien-enemy problem of such magnitude. The government In this emergency offered Bi­ elaski the assistance of representatives of Its other departments elsewhere. There were, for instance, certain representatives of the depart­ ment of agriculture, scattered from coast to coast, who knew their communities well. These were instructed to watch for individuals who gave evi­ dence of disloyalty to the United States and re­ port back to the department of justice, when there was time, or to the nearest United States attorney when quick action was required. The post office sent instructions to 45.000 postmasters, 33,000 letter carriers and 43,000 rural delivery man. Each of these was instructed to keep his ear to the ground for any showing of disloyalty from within and report promptly. The land of­ fice, the Indian office, the public health service, the reclamation service--all those governmental agencies that spread out among the people were 'officially Instructed to help protect the nation from «ny possible foe from within. Those other detective agencies of the govern­ ment such as the secret service, the post office in­ spectors, the customs agents, were called upon for skilled assistance. On the Instant, almost, and entirely aside from these government agencies, there was built up in silence a secret service of volunteers which Is today effectively at work. Its tentacles steal out through newspaper offices, banks, hotels, over railroad systems, into municl- 'pal governments, through the radiations of trav­ eling salesmen. It Is a loose organization, but it works under instructions and knows what to dot when It finds a plague spot. And this vast machine has been placed in the hands of a young man, who, 12 years ago, fresh from high school, entered the government service as a laborer at $660 a year. "Home Run" Biel­ aski, son of a minister, grandson of Capt. Alex­ ander Bielaski, who died in battle at Bull Run, descendant of a Polish patriot who fought that America might become a nation, is making opera­ tion difficult for the spies of the enemy. Deserts Life on Water, But Sight of Aged Bark Revives Dreams and Lures Him Forth to Riches. New Bedford, Mass.--Three scon years ago a small boy In this city watched the whaler Charles W. Mor­ gan leave port and sail beyond the misty horizon. In boyish fancy he saw himself bringing the ship back to port, filled with valuable cargo. Now the dream has come true. Capt. Benjamin S. Cleveland, seventy years old, has just returned to New Bed­ ford in the dream ship of his boyhood with a cargo of $30,000. As Cleveland grew to manhood he took to the sea, but not in the Charles W. Morgan. lie spent his life on the Water, and returned to land a few years ago, with just enough of a for­ tune to keep him the rest of his days. Then, a little more than a year ago, he saw the dream ship of his youth tied up at Fairhaven and doomed to the scrap heap. The ship was seventy-five years old, but Captain Cleveland knew the men who had built it. He knew where the sturdy woodsmen had cut the oak and locust trees out of which the ship was fashioned. Visions of his boyhood dream haunted him until he finally bought the old bark, hired a crew of 80 men and sailed. In September, 1916. His goal was Desolation island, 2,500 miles south of Cape Town. South Af­ rica, the lair of the sea elephant. On the shelving beaches of that dreary island In the South Indian ocean the sea elephants disport them­ selves. They leave on a three-months feeding expedition each year, but re­ turn In the mating season. The bulls fight for the females and never qnlt until one Is killed. Hundreds come ashore and He on the beach. It is then that the hunters reap their har­ vest Bullets Bounce From Bodies. The bodies of the sea elephants OTe Invulnerable, except in one soft spot above the eyes. If a bullet strikes U8ING CAST IRON 8HELL8. They are making shells of cast lron^ In France, making them at the rate of 1,000,000 a day. The Scientific American quotes Edgar A. Custer as saying these' are more effective than steel shells In attacking earthworks. (TIME WHEN LIFE IS SWEET ahu, Joys That May Be Compared to the Joy of the Vagabond on the Trail. ' In there any joy In life like the Joy the trail? Sun, and wind and rain land winding spaces of earth and sky, (days that trip off like a gypsy tune and •ever the magical road, mysteriously Reckoning on and on! Sometimes the (vagabond in Mongolia walks In the fcfake of the carts, through the white dust of the trail. Or the carts rum­ ble on while he stoops to a miniature goldenrod or a splendid larkspur. The plain is studded with flowers--gentian, Canterbury bells thornless thistle, a tall, delicately-fringed daisy, a scent­ ed pink morning-glory, an infinitesi­ mal moon flower and a hundred oth­ ers. But most vivid of all, the elec­ tric-blue larkspur. Sometimes the vag­ abond rides by the side of the sleepy Chinese carter, ready to recall him when the donkey, seeking a nip of the short grass, strays too far from the road; sometimes he sits silently rapt in the mystery of the horizon. Some­ times--a true vagabond--he lies on his back in the cart, only dreamily con­ scious of the castellated clouds shap­ ing and re-shaping themselves. It seems to him then that he peers Into the mystical vision of life itself, and in these moments he Is In some way released from the cell of the individual and mysteriously merged In the uni­ verse--In some way linked with the earth and the multitudes of her chil­ dren who have entered again earth's caverns.--Exchange. > Old Coffins New Valuable. Old metal coffins that have not seen the light of day for many years adorn a vacant lot that is used as a junk yard in Grass Valley, Cal. These grew- some specters lying about on the ground have been the cause of a great deal of interest., One of these is a bronze affair that Is worth several times as much for junk now as it cost when new 30 years ago. GRE£N'$ AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy all oyer the civlliz€|di world for more than half a century for Constipation, intestinal troubles, torpid liver and the generally depressed feeling that accompanies such disorders. It Is a most valuable remedy for indigestion or nervous dys­ pepsia and Hver trouble, bringing on headache, coming up of food, palpita­ tion of heart and many other symp­ toms. A few doses of August Flower will immediately relieve you. It Is a gentle laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold In all civilized countries.--Adv. SHORT SENTENCE SAVES HIM Man Released From Prison Because Court Gave Shorter Sentence Than Law Prescribes. Montgomery, Ala. -- Because the court gave him a shorter sentence than the law prescribed as punishment for operating a gambling table, J. F. Bai­ ley of Lelghton is a free man. Bai­ ley was convicted and the court sen­ tenced him to serve six months In the penitentiary. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus. After the hearing the clVcult court judge ordered his release, holding that the trial judge had erred In giving him only six months when the law prescribed not less than one year. Will Have New Nose. St. Louis, Mo.--When the surgeons get through with Carl W. Pohlman of No. 1419 Talmadge street, he will have a nose composed of skin and bone taken from his ribs and his fingers. Pohlman's nose was severed when a piece of steel fell on him from the roof of ah engiie house. The doc­ tors began building his new nose re­ cently. They say It will take about 20 operations and six months to finish the job, but that when they get through Pohlman will have as good a nose as anybody. Girl Bank President. A girl president lives in Cleveland, O. She is president of a bank, and Is only seventeen years old. The" bank has 850 depositors and a capital of $155.58.' The depositors are members of tlfe council educational alliance, who save their money to buy Liberty loan bonds, vacations and presents. The deposits come in pennies. Some persons literally have "only a cent to their names." WOMEN OF Coated tongue, vertigo and consti­ pation are relieved by Garfield Teas Adv. Not So Much Work. Mr. Bangor--William, have yon bro­ ken another glass? William--Yes, sir,; but I was very fortunate this time. It only broke In two pieces. Mr. Bangor--So yon call that "for­ tunate," do you? William--Yes, sir; you can't Imagine what a bother it Is to pick them up when they break into a hundred pieces. Only On« "BkOMO QUININE" » 1 1 -- W A V Te (M th« jr«nulne, call for fnll ram a LAXATTVB B K O M O O p I N I N H . L o o k f o r s i g n a t o r y o f M - V f , 0BOVB. Cure* a Cola In Ono D»t- MO. Wisconsin's Fine Potato Crop. Wisconsin furnished 36,400,000 bushels of the entire potato crop of the United States, which amounted to 440.000,000 bushels in all. This Is about 8% per cent. NEVER FAILS TO END MISERY OF PILES Stops Itching at Once. "Hundreds of people in this vicinity," an Peterson, "know of the mighty heal­ ing power of PETERSON'S OINTMENT in eczema, salt rheum, old sores, itching skin, ulcers, pimples and all diseases of the skin. They know it cures these ailments-- that it is guaranteed to cure them." Now I want to say to every sufferer from files, either blind, bleeding or itching, that wdl guarantee that a 30 cent box of PETERSON'S OINTMENT will rid you of piles or your druggist will return your money. "For years I suffered terribly with itch­ ing and bleeding piles. I tried everything and despaired of ever getting rid of them. It gives me great pleasure to state that Peterson's Ointment entirely cured me, and I sincerely recommend it to all suf­ ferers."--Yours truly, David A. Seymour, Supt. of Parks, Buffalo, N. Y. AdV. Two Views. "Man," chirped the optimist, "is the animal that laughs." "And," growled the pessimist, "he has little eiiough to laugh about at that." Ned Help to Pass the Grins Safl Jy---Proof that Lydia E. Pink- ; km'sVegetableCmyoni i Can be Relied Upas* Urban a, 111.--"During Change rfl in addition to its annoying symptoms, ! had an attack of grippe which luted ail winter and left me in a weakened condition. I felt at' times that 1 would never be well again.' . I read of Lydia B. • Pinkham's V e ge- table Compound and what it did for • w o m e n p a s s i n g through the Chang* of Life, so I told xnf' doctor I would try it. I soon began to gain in strength Slid the annoying symptoms dis­ appeared and your Vegetable Compound has made rae a well, strong woman so I do all my own housework. I cannot recommend Lydia E, Pinkham's Vega- table Compound too highly to womao passing through the Change of Li fa.** •--Mrs .FRANK. HENSON, 1816 S. Grenada - St., Urbana, 111. Women who suffer from nervousness "heat flashes," backache, headache* and "the blues" should try this fimoM root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pfnfc> ham's Vegetable Compound, 1 " .'ii Destitute in Syria. It Is reported that 1,200,000 persona are destitute in Syria, including PafcNP* tine. To keep clean and healthy take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu­ late liver, bowels and stomach.--Adv. Should the air navy be classed with the mosquito fleet? A face that never wears should be avoided. Stop That Cold At Once CASCARA E? QUIN Th« old remedy--is UMrt form--Mft, sure, eaay to take. XI* «pi«tea--no unpleasant after efltect*. Cores colds in 24 hour*--Crip te 9 4ay*. Money back if itfaih. Get die S»uin« l>«x with ed Top and Mr. Hill's picture on it 24 Tabiat* for Uc. At Amy Drug Star* Bfany Children Are Sickly. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Childm break upColds In 24 hours,relieteFenrlthnMi, { Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething Disor­ ders, move and regulate the bowels, and Destroy Worms. They are bo pleasant to take children , like them. Used by mothers for 31 years. All Olmsted, Le Boy, Sample , N. Y. The Big Problem. Probably one of our knottiest war problems is to find out how to make a woman believe she looks patriotic In last year's clothes. Took a 8ecret Route, 80 as to Avoid German Raiders. them In another part of the body it bounces off as It would from plate steel. With rifles ami spears the hunt­ ers kill their game, sometimes even clubbing the smaller ones. The sea elephants are like seals and the only ones that will fight are the bulls, which battle fiercely. After the oil had been rendered on ship board and the boat A'as filled with the precious fluid. Captain Cleveland turned the prow of his boat toward America. He t,ook a secret route, so as to avoid German raiders, although he barely missed a mine while making for the West Indies. Not long ago the 15,000-mlle trip was finished, with the seventy-year-old skipper on the deck of his seventy-six-year-old dream ship. In the hold was the fortune that his boyhood fancy had seen. For Pimply Facsa. To remove pimples and blackheads smear them with Cuticura Ointment Wash off In five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free samples, address "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston." At druggists and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.--Adv. An Easy End. Hi Perkins--As fer me, I want to die rich. I never yet heard of a rich' fel­ ler being hung or electrocuted. Small Pin Small Doaa Small Prica ITTLC CONSTIPATION have stood the test of tifaa* Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliousness, Iteadachc, indigestion and to clear up a bad complexion. Genuine bean sigaetara PALE FACES Generally indicate • lack «>f Iron in the Blood Carter1 s Iron PiSs Will help this condition W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 5-1918. XTanlHauiti SH. leme M that's what thousands of farmers say, who have gone from the U. S. to settle on homesteads or buy land in Western Canada's Invitation to every industrious worker to settle in Saskatchewan or Alberta is especially attractive. She wants j farmers to make nionw and happy, prosperous homes for themselves by helping her raise Immense wheat crops to feed the world. You Can Get a Homestead of 160 Acres Free or other lands at very low prices. Where you caa buy gaa* fans umi $1S to $30 per acre that will raise 20 to 45 hashels af $3, wheat to the acre-it's easy to become prosperous Canadian farmers also grow wonderful crops of Oats, Barley and Flax# Mixed Fam­ ing is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising, The excellent grasses, full of nutrition, are the only food required either for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools and churches; markets convenient; climate excellent Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to Supt. of Im­ migration, Ottawa, Canada, or to C. J- Broughton, Room 4UL 11S W. AAmm Street, Chicago, ill.s M. V. 11 IH Jtffwrw Atmm, Detroit. Mich. Canadian Government Agents oOHjy s,om" h Distemper CURES THE SICK And prevents others having the disease no matter h«* exposed. M eeata ud $1 a S& aad SI* a AeMM bottle*. All aood druggists and turf goods houses. Spolw Medical Co., Maaifactarars, Gadkea, hi,U.S.A» sfV/Te Cow's Health- first <jTAir 3\ SMC .1 the nilk yield fir»t and the cow's health afterward is putting ~K the cart before the horse. Many "poor milker#" only seed to have their system* working properly to become good producers. KOW-KURE, the great cow medicine, make* cows healthy and Urfs them ilthy. Working oa the dinuo, an<4 ... :» T. . - • healthy Working on the digestive and genital organs, it Is a p.-ompt. sure' » for Abortion, Barrenness, Retained Afterbirth, Scouring, Lost Appe­ tite Bunches. Try KOW-KlJiE; druggists and feed dealers sell it-- j 66c ana $1,10 packages. WrS»tmmTh0 HvmmCmm DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO, Lyndon villas Vt.