af7ta?l'"wr WAGLE'S EYE" UNCOVERS PLOT OF VON PAPEN AND BOY -ED TO KILL COTTON CROP WITH THE MEXICAN BOLL WEEVIL p,'r.r Fft L&fcl?, " ; . .. B.V PC. , Kf BPf 1X1 z RywTfT " wm&z. f - Wtman Agents, Wto Prevent Allies Fmm. Clottirtn ?rfnFi;?c, Wi America ana Scatter Mexican Fields by Unscrupulous Means m ' I JJ aiscoverinff evidence of liiJ' "c oiner crime ns a means of IWlWln HelnHnh i r ";. VLCj nrr "; j, some i-L.. . - -wi "vi ia in i i uir ui justice to oni i .. .... ...-.." '""' '" i"i "'? uenais,, C! upo" ,no children of America hy !TtfIfe scattering tf Infantile nimivsls ipjwms. Dixie M.-isnn rv.1,1.. !,... ..i .k.. DV. Them .,... ... ".""".- hero was scarcely a moment of V but that she knew where he the day but thnt .i,S C.Jh.. .?i"c,"c i?i Was. and tliMA ...... ..:'........ . did about which she did not Icirn In Ome.way or other. A casuil ctli it hN onice and then an nllenvd inlonhH SJ2iS-?.r tiurse would give her an op portunity of irlnnefntf tt.rMt. v. ;. ,1J25!Ja P;pera. on eHsks and tables In the ytjg!?' Von Lertz, as stupid and egotls- w ever, put clown her frequent jpearances at the ofTIce and her evl aent desire for his company as proof of tne IRFClnatlon he felt he hn.l for unm. ., no regarneii n vie no attest, and as long as It served her ends Sftiil . ,flCIi!.t Servlc(" operative was ......., iu lei nun nave mat opinion beJamea?e?talnThn,yt n'ZrT M of lmntr hi rfrlm rJ '0t, ,n lhe PK or Imperial Germany agalns Atner- I lea was In the .tiiiium ui iiuiMiiy In progress. N'umer- ETldencfi of w ous telegrams and German riot mall messages be- gan tc arrive at the former .Pfla f Franz Von Fftnen. where Vnn t.ert-r and "Wolf von Igel made their head Quarters, nil from nnrt eltv In Tovt...-. numerous answers were sent nnd a txreat number of messages to southern Cities In the United States were dis- Mtched from tho New York office. Dixie, acquainted with the great nart messages playeil In any German planned plot, became uneasy because of her ln- ability to learn the subject-matter of the messages. She saw many of them, but they were nil evidently In a specially prearranged codo and she had no op- f- .u.. . .- .. ,...i..i... """ "Ciiuaiii "IB ' "i "Wlivny wiii-dc somewhere below- the Mason and nwnn linn T n.n v. . 1 1 Inllno.l ,r. l.Jl -.!.. v,At tricri tri unfa ih aniirn nut. V . . ,v. V. .w t.v WU...V. fc.. .Ill" V. vul BUti nere Dy depressing tne price tnrougn fliuie reports on the cotton exchange, The only result ot that was the near ruin or many smau grower-. . Hf'Tes, and then German agents almost Succeeded ln getting the United States poriunuy or copying any oi tnem ver- the dock jtlanklng t.rant halted them "-"V; ' , ' V' ,, ,n.iv the nhleet i".. -"c.xicau expert are spreading the batlm as a basis for work on the part of at the work and pursued the rest of the . ''t,',""1" , S i, V,t h-.nd- bo1 w-eovll In the Interest of Gcrmanj, the Secret Service experts In discover- search unassisted. By pulling to pieces 1P 'iad, K",,,"' .y.S sneiklng The aml a,lt ' nn,l them " Inr the key by which they could be dis- every particle of the mass he found a c'l to, ' ' ,, ., If t her ' Vn'be a ivirt of n . "ou ,lo,1't h'ni' '" '-ol any farthci Ciphered. large number of pieces of glass, which. ob, ?'V0:,mKr to thousindVcf others tor ";.car and " chauffeur for that pui- f" "lam going South." she said one day ed together, foimed a glass tube ( ln nMuCh , ali ndame Llnco l'0. '." answered the supeilntendent. "and to Harrison Grant during one of their "b,uAt,1 lze n tl10 u,ll tm.'.?.1 her arrival In the cotton belt. 1, dK. tt dUtU ulva"taBe of know Ing numerous meetings for the purpose of laboratories. One end found complete. ,... nnv,hine nuzzling about "Isttict mnferenee "t haven't nuieh til irniii. contained a cork, and the sniel of acid "I don t see anvtning puzzling aoout ... . me after I get there bu " am ?a tuned wna atl" stroni'' on ,he sl,reds of COUon ,hls" she sa!d ,7he mur.1 be n mllll" ln.Tihe ,,',', Ot thlnBg-lhat vvlattJvermthL new w.hlch -"hered to the broken pieces of of these In sight from here. ma e it bout oss kl i.--i .. , .. ..., .. -l r.ft.. V... UnA .lc.n...l I. mn f !-... . U .-. IIS IU IIUW hllllt. WWII ntf.v ... ... - 5Al"aA.." 8..u"An".a"ui!K..u',m.ln.e "'V ..'.f. "K '."AZ".'-" " "f" ,"',"',.'"'? lower Held of my plantation I know ..,. . . p aniers. cotton inuusiry, out wnat iorni n win ";" " uwl, l"u"""',:" "" "'" "'" fnr n fact that there hasn't been any of wnum n0 unew. tollovvlng dlrectloi tuce this time is beyond me. een piaceu m me coiiou uy wime iu- :,.-.,- n thl; .ecton for nigh on to five obtained, they found that "It would seem as If they had done man agency It was clear to him that v" IL10! u uer ,sli now that the weevil colonel and the Mexican leglstered- noout an mat was possible in connection " " ""-""'" ul ,,"u u"c "" "."' i,ao found my fields that I had made a tno only note In a small town in with cotton," commented Grant. "After access to he compresses. A person effort to cultivate that" mlrt ot a cotton-g, owing section wh lry laneu in tneir atiumpt to import "' ' !: -"".. "."" ."..-- ... ln reun0nse to ''" anvajs neen flee fiom weevils Mil loey neeaea LnrouEn neuirai coun- " .". - ... ...i'i....n ..c ..., v.. v........ rvivin'a mtuct nn tlm .uuu u n anil tin v n cin .. ...... ... ... ., .... ... . nn trrni 1. iiainuiini,iMcrrtn.mtrttnn.r.nTir ... : .. ,..: . .. ..., q mane request, iu niive eunun ta.en iiui-c umu ii.A ucauyjcu, inuians in a certain pan oi wuaiemaia off the contraband lists through the Grant wasted no time. With the help by O. P Cook, of the United States De sympathy aroused tor the poor southern of the broker a laree cane of men were naitment of Agriculture, who had made eouon grower oy me uuy-a-iiaie-ot- Destruction of Cotton' movement." said Dixie. "It Is Jtvlitent that Germany Is badly pressed f for cotton, but I cannot think of any -feasible nlan bv which agents here could f.'hcpe to eet any past the British block- r." . . , . ..,. a? wenner can I, rejoineu uuiu, um j. .,,....... .. ., -- - -. HBre Is this to remember. If there was .jw cotton loruicouiwK uuui una w ucitru inu seaiun iuiiiru iui mc nuiiii planters to cultlv ate It. There Isnt any ttrjr the Allies would be as badly off He told the cotton broker, however, to thing yet known that will stop the .through lack of It as Is Germany. If have a guard placed around those which weevil tint rtian't m. .-nr v,r,i rr,r Otrmanv could conceive any plan for 'toDDlng the 3hlpplns of cotton from KlT'Sere she would do so." St'liV'Wait a minute." Interrupted Dixie ncueuiy. uo you kuuw ui hj ., ... from those to Mexico, nave gone to im- ,'portant growing or shipping centers for v - .-" . - , . U1B VillUll lliuiiau;. "ii .... nrii,Dip..'i irVcrop which has not as yet been nrsntan' " ',V-r .i. fnr tho South tonlcht." was r!'." Suffc. T jT ..ii nnmn JWxle'a answer. Why don t ou come 'I r at awi .... . fu. may u!,.,f,"'' "". .""f v"t, .'. Aj.mi . jA.Ainn in i nva r Ta nT wr use H611V " 4. Grant. .... .Well, the best of luck to vou.' saw ic. "l win nayo 10 unj i- .. misht train as it Is." i( ,y you nave jour usuui unx, red Grant. "I will keep my eyes bere and If. anything turns up may oe 01 aia to you t win to you. t heart-nromnted desire for tne i nf ttiA HttlA steeret Service onera- j w. .. ....- . " V : ". aptCd mm to invite ner 10 reumiu W?M$ uuwmumi im ui.i- ner. He felt, how- ever, that her devo- t.wHiti il ivuuiu ne iiuonnic v. v..w - "-; '" ...k ..' -.. ...v .- average ot sixty n cotton In America? If there 's the fact3 of the Cotton Exchange, he began the Mcico Wlen first re' Buspicious. All the messages which work of checking on all shipment.s of Then It spread int '.vA. rrtv nr Vnn ttrei have sent, aside cotton wmen nan neen nceivea in .New nn.. ' r lielleve vou have hit It. Dixie,' de- '"": ""'" ''""' '"' ""H""-"i-i "i; the cotton around here is nrettv healthy " i'"eaiu in learning it spreading tne rfaid Grant "Onlv this morning there t0 ten days previous had been free of .Th right around hero Is ea?fv cot. b" weev waa Possible. When assured mdlsSafches nubUshed from Xw Or- any d-stroyed bales, wh e shipments ton,.. rseJO,J, ,,,e superintendent "and U10' " wes le nad bee" nred to to to Kfnrn tSat thl boll vveev II. the deadliest after that time had steadily Increased was pretty well developed Uls the buds p"aniala and procure the Infected &r 'ihew . t. to growing1 cotton, has " the liercentage which had been af- thal-,uffr from the Cevll Once the bolls and then had come Into the United iwde Us appearance In various isolated "V " "" "-'" , ... weevil has drilled Into a bud that bud ?i"s .Er".pim"a oy ,ne.,01 tm?, ca": rjMetlons. If German agents are engaged nH urau murmness oi ne nigi it was is gone It shilvels and drops off. It is ',",, .'T1 """- '" "l', j 'licatterlng this little Insect through- giving way before the first II tered light the later eotton which will be affected C,lonel Moulton. Since then he had fithd South tt is time we knew It. for of the new day when Grant left the of- th's year, and next year all of It. If .e" e,n,B?,Kc ,in ,s",attf,nsL t,e -,"01 "EVAuirt mean the destruction of this tlco of the broker to catch an owl trol- plans go through, however. I won't hnv weevil while Colonel Moulton had gained FT WJ9't Makes an i.i?Ellnntunt Hon to duty would .Steoery cause her to refuse, 1 .. .t. -i.t, trntfle h middanlv realized that ,rmc, n suaeieniy reaiiwo vt Hhe7ema nder of the after Tifnt A SfomeSt of thought wm t" heeln ?t once in tc- . MmSif Jiih thn cotton con, t Himself witn tno cotton con- n the naroor. o cattinir an It h hnrf himself driven to i '.tnrBhouse. which held the treHouse which held the nta iroro me opuin awmi. wry It acres, to EitfU-rRd. Pg'Bi---y . .?T::i....i Banished From the Country, Return Novelized by COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER from FACTS furiil.hcci by WILLIAM J. FLYNN Rrrnnllv RiIippi! C.Utnf .if tlm lTiifn1 CintA. cA... c " "- "- - vi.i.i.i iuili i-'ftici service which ho stopped mado him glad that un h,t MB. jm, :.: "v:.::: "" im" l"cl:,'lu iiiu-mik.iiiiik ion- " l As ,e 5 rove up and inadohlm- seir Knnwn in tun iirnnrn n i... rnmu .i.. :r...:.. .t.."L L. "" ,,vi """ "" ..-.in, u.uruugniy angry. "If von nrn Inokinn- for .nir..i.n.t.. i make trouble for." s.ild tlm cotton these owner, -you ought to get after these 8,am.b,oa Allows for taking dccklo.tds ' ncJ"' A h'm,tn.t ivc 5ot '" a "T'i steamboats fellows for tnlilne ,tnr.i.-in . .! of acid A shipment we cot In a week ago had nhnnt n hnnHre.t halt., .nnli.i by acl1 O''1""!?. nntl now the stuff thev .re ""'"-"""nB seems to be entirely gone, -uno on noun ami looK at It." lieiievinR that the destroyed cotton "'"'hi u was the result of cartlessness on the Lcavlnc It to others to relieve his sur part of the carriers. Grant accompanied ferltiR, IHlo thrust her hand Into the the man to the docks meiely to humor center of the cotton which had already him and keep him In a talkative mood, been placed in the compress A few see As he stooped to look at the first bale, "nils of sropliiR, and her hand reap whleh was nolnted nut to him ns snniie.i nenred clulchlnc a class lube filled with by accident, his eyes lit up with a sur- prising discovery Hao ou taken anv of these bales apart and examined them?" he asked quickly "Whv- "" nnawcrcd the cotton ship- "cr "u'ho11 " 1,!1P '" "t ' "" tin outside jou can gamble that there will he ery little salvage on the Inside. wnat tin re Is the steamship company is welcome to." "But it looks to mo ns If the damage came from tho Inside," Insisted Grant equally. ir acid had been spilled on the upper side, the lower side would not have been damaged as much " "Dy crackey. It looks that way," said tne shipper, becoming Interested "Hey, ubovs' Look alive here, and rip this uale open " A counle nf husky stevedores nn.uere,l the call, and as Grant and the owner watched closely the bale wires were cut anil the spoiled mass Inside ripped care- fully apart When the center had been reached there was a tinkle of glass as a handful of the wasted mass fell on glass. - itovv many more oaies nave you got In tho K.imp pnndltinn?' nske.1 Grant, of the mass as It was placed in the rt.n..ru nn.l 1. nH .... t. ... In UlUn I -mi. """ c i"-""' """. w-ould be sufficient to break the tube aml tnrovv tne acid into tne cotton. koi tweniy-two on uie last snip ment," answered the shipper "but the, shipment that arrived today seems to bo nastuy asstmoieu ana wunm iqsa man cotton warehouses and wharves in New half an hour the dock was buzzing with the efforts of scores of workers, each searching bales of acid-destroyed cot- ton for traces of a little glass cylinder similar to the one which Grant had '"""'" . mai mass was touna in more man a nun ; 7 . , . . ;V . dred bales examined before Grant or- had not yet been examined and then telephoned to the Criminology Club and arranged ior mcmiiers to come to tne dock the next day to supervise the riiuims ui me icsi ui me oiiiiiiiiui .. . .,. ,L- . ... . mrs recently i ne losses were not as great as he had feared, but the reports spemen in innicnin tnat tne niot nan tL 7.7. . j .......'. "1.1" .--.... .. ley, l( taxlcab be ng In sight In the niBiii-ueserieu ueigauornoou ot me Z,"!J""il "L'V i'"c.i" J."u ' ,' ''"'''"'.V,1' V-IU" 1 UBrO HC Sil III HIS priYHie Ollld! and ,vrotp a renort for Wash'ngton on nis OHCoveres. a warninc 10 ue seni to . . .. - -" - . -' . . "acn cotton snipping center and men a . .-. ... lengthy dispatch to Dixie Mason, oc- fore hi enuelit lis bed for well-earned s,eep. The mcSsage vvas delivered to Dixie while she wan at breakfast In the dining cnr or lhe train whlcli was carrying ner rapidly toward the cotton belt. ..Good olJ 0rnt. she murmured. .Trust hm to nn(1 traces of crookedness they are con- .,!. t it o.,o,,iu ..1.. ir'un a Iiij iu Bern inn 1 0f anjr sjze an(j oiscover tne way in wnicn tt is Deing done a general raid can be conducted." Following out this Idea she consulted with :h the conductor of the train as to the first coninresslng station which would 1 ..-t,:i ...1. i. bo reached, with the result that late that night she changed trains nnd the next morning found her In the midst of the north- Dixie Oft Her Man Red-handed "n part Of tne cotton nelt. As soon as ,h ml)in, stnrtert Dlvln w-j .f. P-'d with the ease n which she dis- covered the man who vvas doing Imperial de - many's despicable work at that par- flcular compressor. As the cotton went nto ,he Cnmpresa two men stood nenrbv MIMino it hiio nntinA it,,. v ?.-"" " . """ ...."- mm. " ii St""1 was 8,ackln"" " h'a"'0n1d as tne compress was about half.niled she gaw nm reach lt)to his coat pocket, hastily withdraw h'ls hand and thrust It J"tPthe .ceger.of th oft mata rrjr-xr''-:'?"r.yFL'ir ? ?s!JiaiK.&".ii.:4JJv:SlVr-&t4Kl?'J-1- I.!.tS'.kMis.,SiSisjl,t-,J-?.y-'f f-,ixi',iw...-' aasaaiitjaxiKi nnmi r-rf rn iiBii rafn- fn-i Pest in Southern crot Service bailee, "and don't let that - 'i. man escape." Th tt')lt . thn Bmnl! ftUt0matIe sli'j . .--"v .-r,.... - .. v --- ... lieu n ifr hanc hr ( tlio Fiv iaun nnnry In his trm-L-s , mill th. r workers I en llzed that he n the nmn to wliich the little secret Son Ire operative nail reirrrcii. Then they seized him. and, at the touch men 11 of the cantors' hands, the miscreant "f the .h,T!.' ' threw himself into n desperate struggle. which suddenly eeased wltll yells of anitulsh from lilm I'.xtra cylinders of ncid, which he cniricd In his coat pocket. nati neen nrnnen in tno siiuame .mu mu a cloudy white liquid Taking out the cork gingerlv, she placed a feyv drops on a handful of cotton In a moment the fiber was eaten away, and nothing re mained but a damp bunch of wastage Dixie demonstrated the extraordinary carrying quality of the acid by placing the damp wastage In the centre of a pile of unspoiled cotton In a few moments the whole mass had been eaten awa until nothing but wastage remained 5i"le !'," m,?? ,' 5S2 county Jail. Dixie whirled away to the nearest telegraph station. In the automo- superintendent of tho compiess. who had driven her to tne telegrapn station. "1 don t want to notner you, auss, he said, "but I have got something here tnai nas causen ma cuu-iuci.iiin.- ".-- ing and I'lf1;' It probable that you. iHiif. used to nuzzles and. sucu hkcs, '.' "..i i.. i.i,i ff LUUIIl UAlllillll ll lif...k "... .voi .hiUI That Is Guatemala cot n mighty nuzzling to me ; " "", ",," ,,, mihtv iiii77llne to me ton. and Its been in U,ni puzzi life to me ns to how that boll came to be In the que Gunteninln Cotton Not Affertrd by lloll Weevil superintendent ex plained that Guate mala cotton was the only know n fiber that was Im- nervlnus to ravages of the boll weevil jt Was discovered under cultivation hy special study of tnemles of the boll York ilarlior weevil The nlant had develoned a hardl- hood to resist the nest after long years ot cultivation in a place w hero the weevil was abundant .Y()1 soo ,ho Governracnt brought some of the bolls and seed here for free uni.. iiiuuiiii, .-inn uiu suiie-i inicimciii ill ending his talk, "to tncouraga American ,1lalrll.iil,. ....1.1 U- n....A.lnn... l the avermrn tiiromi nf th -i.,vii wnni.i no. mL ,. rr,'ni,i. i.. fn- .iv vnra vt t,ut t a already here You know- the weevil is supposed to have come direct troin Guatemala here by migrating an ines a year, it was in notice was taken of It. o Texas and is cradu. .. ... II.. .- .1 ..u .... ...,., .... "..." . .HUlllk IlllUUh lllll VW1U1C UULIUI1 uct. - ..Aml vo . . . . h., t..i ,m. i. ..,...- .. ---.rf ..-.. asked Dixie. to worry about it next vear hut I nm Moulton's syndicate vvont the weevil has already airaia i olonel uu "ow mat COinC. " -Vnn m- rn thinvin iiii., .....J . - -- iiiuni ik Ui. nt'llinc: HRKPn r xp. ntrutH . i.n...i f ' -". .r..."V"r"". " ""'"K aOReU !- vii-u 411 uiuni u iiih vnnni' man out in hones that some elm. rni7.iV; be uncovered in regard to th Thoii , ihm.LnH. , "m:."".. I" tl16 D0" trom ..-. ''.,.. f, ,n ' ,' J,'"J , l" .r,'","b'. explained Lvn,nU?"r,nt"ndnti Colonel .Moulton's "":". u," ."' guarantee us ?.." a,.ra?,0 income for the last five fntnrtJ.ir. ".'Si,"6.,"., '"ii"!? y":"". They encircle It wTth hnif m T .,(lnT, frilm whieh nii.7r...iU"E."i ..:" '.'i' of a mile ih n h .Jn, n J .C t hatch, ones f trayei i m.B,;.2?i,h"Ltihe " ,cn ni n'rdi"I a,rart,",". ? "lLIs n:" ;. . .S."" ."".!"' .."." '". ln? vv..!r .".y .7 '.":." . "."- .yraiwi ",,,h L B .1 .. le nait-miie strip ."?" d lh",e,pnlou,'.and .,hat. ?" the .ouii J7 " Si Ik. ' 11vUm V "V BynS'" "" WD"'d make a small fortune bv fft '" ?,"" ,',?" ,?," JJLa"P" y''f '.,? a P,r,",7,tyh?r Z G,nJulthnlh," pla.nt n". r10.Vmd,i!2 iJfZ. ,e wlU all be 8.atls "r ","""'" .","'." 'Vw," ,ul tn years to come that we have averaged for ZJZ" "','1 Iet 80me ono elsa ,,ave the wrry "Didn't Colonel Moulton make any ex- amlnation of your llelds?" asked Dixie. "N'ot himself.'- was lhe answer "hut ....n v, ....... nn.in nr 1 :. "r uuo 11 inmins a. uicitu VAjiert e'ia1 wlt' "lm visited every one of my fields and gathered samu e bolls In k larce pasteboard box he carried. But the boll weevil hadn't appeared at thai ilme' l a"t notice it about five dayg - ?.. . .& ,...-. .. .-; jMVM rrsmm sibass.1 ilr ;.;'' f .i. ii ervlen In every I'i1"' h"o""? Imperial Germany, she felt t.,ml,., ,. .,, mm vir .nd led her to. again emnloved Incendiaries to further nlots acnlnst Aicrlc.i which Germany "":?? . . - uthern citv, telling them of her dlscov- caYion nf the .Tnn.iJn nr in. 5f: eV ,laul lho conservatory. Grant had no- her ends. Iluirledly procuring his coat had attempted or planned. i..,iVr i!J. 1f f. ' .. n AiV'T' onrf Va erv ami m'HlFing a simultaneous laid taon of the camp.. Bn ncalnst cotoin. CP( wUh I)atl!lfactl()n thnt j,rS- j.in and hat. Giant made his way rapidly "Those ate private panels of tho 1m- er lit t now the follovtcr of the nn'each compressor in the cotton fields. , V here Is clone! Moulton now ?" she had n tallied possession of the teltgi am. to the conservatory toward which Mr. perial German Kmbassy." he screamed nioicriartrorincrniial attache of tho This work completed, she returned to tho demanded. He Meppttl fiom In back of the palm and Mrs. Blank bad been walking when as agents opened the safe. "If vou Gcimau iniu.issj at Washington .. . h tn i.n nnnipntiipi nv ini. vuiu K .ompii prn nninm inn riicrrfot tiling, iimi sin t'l't'npii in r:iiniinir n ' ne I nen ill' 11.111 liiNi i.i'1'ii lni'iii. . nil; mini' nn iijul'ii iiii'in 11 inv.iiin ,,.,,. i. ..uv un- , w.i i.w null i lii ..uinii'. inern in ' "Jt IV ,ilv;iiio iu HIT- II aL . ni' IT DAn1u frt mn Ihnt Dixie's thoughts began to hum Guate mala boll weevils plentiful Mexican 'tVrl with fanVastfc "chee-MexlcTn expert ami .valllngford tpe of pro- uninfected hoi w""" 1 aiTnarei tThese we?e tho viewing planters." answered the oung man, surptlul by the serious tone of uixies voice, Than. you .. reRnon.Icd Dlxi,.. ...vow vvi ou dive me to the ne.uest nlace ,v , &ln 11TOCU, o n","w"SlIe1 nn rti...pf.. t i.n-. . .... , L. -"""'"' i iwiiuve .tiiiuiuiii linu driver trailed Col nnel Moulton easily by Inquiries of other most of ns the at he v hich 1 -111 t . ..mii.iiii 1HI' "HI mien jjixie and ner escort arrived B.v showing her Seciet Service badge 11IV obtained pel mission to search their room. While the landlord, clerk and the superintendent watched her she opened the only trunk In the room and found It contained Just what she expected. It was about half filled with bolls of Guatemala cotton, each boll filled with tho Weevils sn de.-lrllv In nn,. nil,..,. variety of cotton bloom. Dixie made a quick examination and then turned m i-.iuiinn tne witnesses of the discovery to secucy until the two plotters re turned to the hotel. But she had delayed too long In giv ing the warning As soon n the clerk had realized the enormity of the offense whcli the piesence of the Guatemala bolls portended he had left the room and started spreading the alarm. Cptton was the life blood of that district, and nn attack on cotton meant an attack mi the commonwealth Southerneis have but one way of dealing with a common menace, and already a mob, on foot, horseback nnd in automobiles, had started over the same ro.td taken by Moulton and his confederate In the morning OInIo nnd her escort Joined the crowd and were In the vnngu.it d when Moulton wan sighted seated on the veranda of a iarse plantation house talking with the owner. Moulton took but one look at the mob and seemed to divine Its purport. He ran from the veranda nnd leaped Into a high-powered automobile which stood In the roadway and started It Instantly. .Several shots were fired at him. but all went astray and In a moment he was going down the road at a pace which easily outdistanced the cars which started In pursuit. "Go back to town and send out a tele graph alarm for his arrest." said Dixie to the superintendent ns she leaped from the car and started tratltni? nftnr n op tion of the mob which had sighted the .ueAie.iu in one or tno one nf tho rvittnti flultc lltlpntlncf no n r r. U . .ii moving brought Dixie to 'the scene of ' me .nexican s capture only after a rope had been placed around the spv's neck and the other end thrown over the limb of a convenient tree The spy was al most unconscious from fright when Dixie broke through the ring which en circled him Teklng a place neir the trembling wrctrh, Dixie addressed the mon with an air of authority: "This man has Information w-lilnh will aid the Secret Service In fastening the acinous crime against cotton and Amer ica upon Germany. Will you give his life in return for this Information?" It he tells all he knows, wes the answer from one. and the rest joined in an affirmative acclaim. The trembling s'y- wlln nne renewed cried feebly "l wl" no'd nothing back, nothing " ll" lno rope ,, ,, , "'"' """"' n J1'" ,MejIran neck he made his ,sl,y t"nffes confession He said ho hurl hnan .allftri "" ." " ..-. to tho German con- sulatc at Zacetacas, and there had been Introduced to two captains who hud been """ "'"luesuunea -entrance to neins ny a"B of tho scncmo of a" lsolatcd llls- .nd of other plans they had against cotton," prompted Dixie. .., hr,i ,,,, , rt,.lCF ,, .1 i nean .. - . . . ..- - ...u ...... v v.vd.. UJ ...p. .uitnil "tiicn naet already been picked but not snipped, ny acid, and of setting fire to all warehouses In whleh nottnn was stored which had already been shipped. nut or those pans I knew none of the details." Tne mention of firing warehouses caused Dixie Mason to again move rapidly. Commandeering another ruto- mcoiie sne whirled back to town, there iV"-nu messages 01 warning 10 uarrison Grant. The messages sent by Dixie were car ried rapidly to the Criminology Club, hut Grant was not there to receive them He was a guest at a reception given by a broker and 'his wife to Count von Bernstorff at their country home urant vvas at tne reception watching the progress of events, out of touch with the Criminology Club, for he had thought eautlon necessary, and Dlxlo's warnings iav unopened on his desk, Count von Bernstorff was very atten- tlve ,0 s,re' Blank- Tl,e couple were 8ea,cd u"der som Palm near a staircase when a telegram was delivered to Itrmntorff Herurea the German Amhas- Mrnaar From Kador. As a token Von I.erts of the esteem In which ho held her. the German, after 1 . ...." " . .L. "" uvkkhik ner ierililnivil, reua tne meg sage, and then handed It to her. with tne remarks: "Thus does Imperial CJermany nrevent her eneraTea from MnScotton.' Blank accot4 Ma wie and Vqr Bwn- y, vm.jmemwfrAtMimi -rttiif , 2a.av Fivit. mi .ninuier Trail Cotton levee, New Orlans, La. pxldent from his manner he was asking tne guest of honor to excuse Mrs. Illnnk 'or a few minutes. ., her attention was tec.ulred in connection with tho tccep Hon. As Von Uernstorff gave polite, rf ':i I'-'cd closely by the loujile, and ""' message was tiansrcireu truin her hand to his pecket. He stepped Into a small room where be would bo safe from observation, and ri't W tho telegram from his pocket. What hc read made him I egret that he hail put himself out nf communication with Iho Criminology Club. Here are tho words which wclc en tho yellow blip of paper: HORVATH'SRULE IN SIBERIA ENDED Omsk Government Asserts Authority and Declares Independence ANNULS SOVIET DECREES Hy the Associated Pro London, July 27. The Siberian Government, Including the Premier, has resigned, says a Vladi vostok dispatch to tho Times. Dy the Associated Press London, July 27. The Provisional Government at Omsk has assumed supreme authority in Siberia and proclaimed Siberia's inde pendence, according to .a Reutcr dispatch from Pekln under date of Tuesday. Tho Provisional Government has an nulled all Bolshevik decrees and le-es-tabltshed the Siberian Duma. Approval of these actions has been requested of the Vladivostok Government. A telegram received in Peking from Omsk says that In view of the co-opeia-tlon of tin; Czecho-Slovaks, and owing to tho numerous war prisoners In the Bolshevik ranks, and also the opposition of conservative quarters and commeicial nnd Industrial classes who aro under mining the position of the Siberian Gov ernment in the eyes of the population, the commissioners of the provisional Si berian Government have decided to as sume supreme authority in Siberia. This authority, it is added, rests in the council of ministers, constituted at Omsk, pending the anival of all the members. All the sovlets have been or dered closed and decrees have been is sued restoring the land to the owners, l,em,lng a solution of the agraiian ques tion by a constitutcnt assembly. , fly the Associated Press Amsterdam, .filly 7 A dispatch to the Cologne Volks Zcltung. a copy of which has been received here. sas the monarchists' confeienco held at Kiev was attended by many leaders fiom throughout ltussln. A majority of those present desired the formation of an ab solute monarchy or a military dictator ship In ltussin. Out of consideration for the opposi tion, namely, the Octobrists and -a-tlonallsts.who advocated 11 constitutional monaichy, the congress passed a resold, tion demanding .1 form of government for Great Itusslan like that before the February revolution. The congress then adjourned. GLOOMY VIEW BY MICHAELIS Ex-Chancellor Forecasts Dearth After the War fly the Associated Press AniKteriluin, July 27. in an article quoted by tho Berlin Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, Dr Georg Mlchaells. former German Imperial Chancellor, wains the German nation that thcio will bu a tlinu of dearth after tho war because of lack of shipping. "Let us not Indulge In tho Idea that all distress will come to an end and hap piness begin If our enemies indemnify us for our billions of war debt." he added "Kverythlns- depends upon how we face the period of distress. The billions of the war of 1870 did us great harm." HELFFERICH OFF FOR RUSSIA New German Minister Take Bat talion of Soldiers Willi Him fly the Associated Press London. July 27.Doctor Helfferich, the newly appointed German ambas sador to Itussla, started for Moscow tridoy. according to an IxcliangeiTele graph dispatch from Amsterdam On tho same train went a battalion of Ger man soldiers. Doctor Helfferich. former Vice Chan cellor, takes the place of Count von Mir bach, who waB assassinated In Moscow early In July. Two German Fliers Shot by Reds fly the Associated Press Aniiicriloin, July 27. Two aviators who were captured by the BoUhevikl when they alighted on Itusslan territory were Ill-treated and shot, according to German reports. Berlin has protested and made a demand that those jregfton- vt mg icvuiwui ue nevereiv uiii &&Mkr5-iM&Li "Vast fires raging In New York liar- I""-. Cotlci, warehouses 16 and 17 tie- "!. " other, threatened. H. Such a message from Ilelnrlch von I.e.tz to Von Bernstorff could mean but htopped suddenly because of words which nau leacnen nun in tno suppressed angry tones of Blank. "Had you been Interested In my wel- fare you could have put me In a position to collect millions tomoiiovv," Blank was saying. "Von Bernstorff knew these flics were comlns.would have told you, and I could have sold cotton short this afternoon. Now everybody knows of the FOCH SHIFTS BLOWS SOUTH 'IN SOISSONS-RHEIMS AREA Threatens to Cut Off German Troops in New Pocket Within Larger One Teutons May Attempt Drive on Marno By the. Associated Press Shifting their blows to the southern ate of tho sector betwoen Solssons and niielms, the French have struck the German line north of I'ort-a-Blnson, which lies on the south side of the Marne and about a mllo south of tho village of Chatlllon. It Is officially reported fiom Paris that the French lines were advanced at that point. Further east on the Champagne sector the troops of General Gouraud hy 11 local operation south of Mon tague Sans Norn (mountain without a name), have pressed forward over half a mile along a froit of almost two miles. Tho advance east of Ithctms was rceiiiliigly for the purpose of restor ing the Allied line ln that section of the battlefront. ccnndjr.v Pocket Tho attack at Port-a-Blnson. how ever, had another object German troops were reported eatly lu the week at Maifau and Pouicy, north east of Chatlllon and south of the western spurs of Hhelnis mountain. A considerable success mar Chatll lon would put them in a pocket with in the larger pocket and tend to force their withdrawal to now linen fur ther back toward tho middle of the German salient. West of ,1'ort-a-Blnson tho Ger mans hold the north bank ot the Marno for a considerable distance and the Fiench apparently have struck at the angle between the German line GERMANS LEARNING AMERICANS ARE ON JOB Col. Gaetlk Says Foch Was Only Able to Succeed Through Their Help Special Cable to Eveninp Public Ledger Copurloht. JO8, li .Vet" York Tlmc Co. The Hague. July 27. Colonel Blchard Gaedk. writing ln Vorwaerts on Foeh's big flank attack, argues that it was successful only In the beginning. All the papers emphasize the Idea that the German attack vvas known. to the Entente weeks before it began, but that Foch was able to suc ceed only because America's help had begun to work gradually. "A year and a half after Amci lea's declaration of vvar they were able to throw 100,009 trained soldiers into the battle," says Gaedk. "Freight Fpace and measures of security sufllced to transport them continuously over the ocean. Then their training was com pleted ln France's camps, with the help of French Instructors, nccordlng to mod ern warfare. Other brigades were sent to help lhe English divisions and to fill up gaps, and Italians also were called to the west front. So Foch succeeded In massing considerable troops near Paris." The paper declares that these troops were thus ready to defend Paris or be sent to Flanders. Amletis. Solssons or Chateau-Thierry, and that In the mid dle section of the front southwest of Itheims and south of the Marne there were enough French, American and Ital ian forces not only to repulse tho Ger man push, but to make a decisive at tack. Gaedk Insists that the attack must be vlewecl as a whole frontal movement ln order to ualn freedom and Initiative. Foeh's attack, he says, which was carried on with tremendous fury, was not without success Jn the begin ning, but that tho force of the storm was broken on the third day, because, Iu spite ot American help, Foch had. not enough troops to continue with the same forco on the fourth day. Allies Raid 12 German Towns London, July 27. Twelve German townn were raided tiy Allied airmen dur- ing tho week ending today, the distance covered making a brand-new record. Al together 'twenty-five raids, were carried -"iTffl il' Destruction of the Commodity in the Bales by Acid Concealed in Tubes and the Burning of Ware houses Also Part of the Plans flrest and the market will be broken be- And Included In the messages which foro tho exchange opens." ' Dixie JInson bad sent to Grant was a Grant stepped quietly back out of personal ono which rend ; eat shot, and then, making intentional "Have suspicions ns' to Identity of noise, approached tlm couple and made plotters in Mexico, which I will tell you his excuses. Then he bun led from tho when I nrrlc In N'cw York." !,,?,Jtv.tVa,i0 ',1e.,,nLP"CC.r1!',0r!'Slli',,; Anrt tlic result of that message wat "'f0 ,.Cr ImlnoloBV rub Tiero ho ,ilt Grant met the train which carried found events had moved iijnltllv. Mem- tlu. nttIc t.ocrcl S(.rvlcn ncfntlve back !'.".? ?f ! ,e CrI'n' Clu1' I"1'1 '"ir- from the South. After dinner she re- cotton fires we?ere;,orted.nd had donn everything which could be thought of to capture the spies who had started tho blazes, but without success. Giant, hlmself, hurried to the t-cenc of tho con- migration, but had no better success than others of the club members. Then, exhausted, he returned to the club, to flnd more messages from Dixie Mason after she had held a more detailed con- fcrenco with the Mexican captive in a Jail at Shrcvcport. In the messages was the Information which caused the agents of tho Hurcau of Investigation to raid the office occu- pled by Wolf von Igel ana ticinricn on liPrt! The agents cntcied the nlllco Just In th Inpern Imposing 31any Ilots heUed i midst or liurneii packing by Aon Igel. He had been warned of tho dis- closures made In the South, and was menaring the documents in his posses- slon for shipment to Washington, theie to o Into the sanctuary of the acnjmn to prevent a seizure of these papers, pa- pen which exposed, the ...normost work- derstand? AVar with Impel lal Oer- many "And peace for the entire world when that war Is over," answered one of tho unperturbed agents, never stopping In tho work of gathering tip the documents which laid bare the close association of Von Igel with Von I'apen, Boy-l-.d, Itln- telen, Kay and other German spies and plotters. along the river and that from the Marne toward Itheims Clear Knemy l'rnin Woods Along the western side of German salient there Is 110 ocial mention of events of special importance last night. It Is teported that French and Americans were attacking the enemy this morning, centering their effntts on the work of clearing tho Germans out of the vvnodei) area to the south and southwest of Ferc-cn:Tardcnols. This whs said to, have been nearly accomplished. In spite of the general expectation that the Germans are lighting on the southern side of the salient to cover the retreat of their aimles and the salvaging of tho vast supplies plltd up along the Marne in prtptiatlon for the great offensive which began July 1I, there appeai'H to be a disposition on the part of some of tho military ex perts to consider the possibility of a new German attack somewhere on the battle line between Solssons and llhelms. l'oe Hopes for Victory The stubborn manner In which the enemy has been lighting, and ills fail ure to attack on some other sec'or, it is contended points to the fact that the Germans aro committed to a, re newed offensive along the Marne in the hopo of still winning a .victory there. Along the British front near Arras and I.ens and along the Somme bector, the Gel man artillery has been active. British raiding parties have been active at various points along their lines. 76 FOE FLIERS TOLL OF ALLIES IN WEEK Fifteen Others Sent Down Out of Control Many Bomb ing Raids Special Cable to Eveninp Public Ledger Copurfoit, 191R. bu .Wte York Time Co. London, July 27. Despite frequently unfavorable wea ther conditions, the present week has seen no diminution of aerial activity on tho western front. The Intensity of the nlr-flghtlng Is shown by .the fact that seventy-six enemy machines have been brought down by the British alone nnd fifteen driven down out of control, while fifty-one British machines were reported missing in the same period. More than 15 tons of bombs have been dropped on points within the Ger man lines. Another feature of the week has been the large number of bombing raids made by tho Brltish-Amerlcan-Ficnch Inde pendent force In German territory Whether Judged by the number of towns visited, the tonnage of bombs dropped, the dlstanco covered or tho material damago caused, tho week's work con stitutes one of the heaviest ic cords of long-distance bombing of tho vvar. Tvventy-flvo separate raids havo been made. Among tho military objectives attacked wero tho railway btatlon and sidings at Thonvllle, four times; the famous pnlsou gas factory at Mann heim, twice; tho Ben Woiks, Ianz Chemical Works and Gcbruder Guillnl munition factory at Mannheim, the woiks and blast furnaces at Burbach, the railways and factories at Offenburg, twice; the railway station at Heidel berg, he powder factories at Ilottewell and Oberncjorf, the furnaces at Wad gassen and Hagnndange and the air dromes at Bouluy, Oleuzo and Mor hange. Flying Cadet Killed in Fall Uy the Associated Press Fort ll'urtli Tv- .Till. 7 I.-lvlr. Cadet .Fred C. Campbell, Jr., whose homo was at Uoscdale, Jvantfas, was kill ed her thlo morning when his plane "wcu tnio a tail spin at .WW,ltHU, " WI ftft! ln "cta" ' pcricnce. and then, , , , The Jlpan never beard the name-) of "? "" captains, but fiom hlrf dc- fcrlptlotis I have come to the conclusion that on I'apen and Boy-lvl are again .n American toll and that It was Iloy- .'" ,vhn nctctl as Tnlonel Moulton Noth- l"R c.lmc of the a arm fent out for him, '"' v,lth him still at large and Aon I'apen on this, ship to heln, wo can expect morp trouble at liny tlm "You are right, Dixie," responded Grant. "If your surmise Is correct, It is a safe gamble that ecn now they arc talking of some other nefarious scheme ngnins-t America." Grant found out later how prophetic his woids were, for at that very moment Von I'apen and JIov-IM. in Mexico, were preparing to separate each to attempt to enter the 1'nIUd States secretly by dlffcront totites. ,,, ... ,,,.. , ., ,,..,, , ,.,. ...,' u'' 5, V0.1"," ' rV"ccc. and " ! ".VV..!: 15 '.-.i ... ".JLP ,."'.' l"2 Vxcvnrt ami 'there 'join will, 'tho .,?i;lort ""?ntt merfca the w?an?n SioSialcXSvSSi gather the supplies necessary that tho new weapon may be effective for inrtnv weeks." Next Miturdn.v's episode No, I o Tlio attempt of (ierinan ngenl to build a U- boat base within a Itnlr hour's trip nf New York, (be vlsll of the I -.-.n mid the rrnii of Karl Bnv-IM from America after bl inonlli nf plnttiiig In dlsgulie. A mrmriTirnriinn mn 1 AllMniWBUI! FACTORY BALfiE Detectives Seize Man in Act of Blowing Up Ma- . chinery Plant FIVE HELD FOR PLOT lly the Associated Press N'cw ark, V. .1., July 27, An attempt this morning to blow up thp plant of the Gould & Eberhardt Machlneiy Company at Irvlngton, near here, wns frustrated by tho vigilance of tho factory guards. Two men, said to bo Germans, were ai rested on sus. plclon of attempting to cause tho ex plosion. " Accoidlng to Federal ofTtclals, the fac toiy owners had been appiised that an attempt would he made to destroy tho plant, which Is engaged on Government contracts. Accordingly guards and de tectives were stationed about tho premises, throughout 'the night, and ono of them, It was alleged, caught one of tho prisoners in the act of igniting a bomb. At the point of a gun the offi cer forced the man to extlngu'sh tho fuse, which had already been lighted, It was announced that evidence of n conspiracy had been unearthed, and shoitly afterward Bruno Iteichelt, a, patent attorney, was placed In cubtody, artalgneil before a United Stales Com missioner nnd held Iu $10,000 under the espionage act. Other men ariestcd aro Fiedeilck.W. nischofr, a skilled chemist of Irvlngton, .V. j and William Heine, man, who were nrralgned and held in ?20,000 bond each on charges of violat ing tho espionage and sabotage acts. OPEN-AIR CHORAL SERVICES Under the Direction of Bishop Rhinelander ., ON' TUB SITB OF TJIH rrtOPOSBD CATHL-DrtAI, On the Parkway at Twenty-third Street. Sunday Afternoon. July 28. 1918, at 5 o'CIock Rev Curtis H. Dickens, KruldpUt f-hnnl.iln u. S. N , Le.ieui Island. Sunday, August 4, Ilev. Karl Jt Illock, ItcEldont Chaplain Cainu Dlx. ltKi.imoi's xoTirr.s Il.intM IIKi MlinitTY mm: nt tim: tkmi'mj. 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