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MBHHHPOTBMlPvavvm1"1 -' " - r RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF ! Germany's Business Spies at wor Unscrupulous Meth ods Adopted to Fur ther Plans for Trade Expansion ;. : : HE SYSTEMATIC way In which Germany uses hor secret sorv Ico department for triulu pur poses, or "economic penetra tion," Is nt present nroumng tno serious Interest of the nllles. Investigations of the methods employed and of the extent to which tlio system has proved prolltuhle to Germany httvo been mndo In several countries, writes J. T. M. In Printers' Ink. Some- of the broad facts dls covorod ly tho statu ngents In certain continental European nations have been the subject of much discussion and public men In Franco and Italy arc open In their denunciation of the evil, of the wide cxtont to which It Is practiced and of the Insidious danger which It represents. In tho years Immediately preceding the war large American corporations, like similar llrnis In Eu rope, camo In frequent contact with the so-called "spy system In business" and nil those who han dled any Important business for those corporations, ospoclally If tho business was In Germany, and oven If It Involved tho simplest anil most open and abovo-board kind of transactions, were almost In" vurinbly confronted with Incidents of secret service- meddling. Tho present writer while attending to certain business for n number of American companies in combination hnd occnslon to travel frequently from ono country to another and had established head quarters In Germany on the eve of tho outbreak of tho war. He hnd been warned by friends to keep n closo eyo on Ids papers and effects and, as far as possible, to travel only with such baggage as could bo taken In pnssenger compartments on the trains. This, however, was not always feasible and ono morning when lcnvlng Milan for Germany with a trunk ho was struck by the eager insistence of n Qermnn-sncaklng employee of the foreign-owned hotel, in which for special reasons he had stopped, in nttendlug to tho checking of tho trunk on the train. Tho writer watched this employee's actions whllo the trunk was being labeled jtnd felt rens mrcd until ho reached Unsel In Germany, where tho train which hnd come through Switzerland was to bo divided In two sections and routed north to wnrd'Ilerlln on both sides of the Rhine. Tho cus toms Inspection Is made for Germany at German Ousel, but the trunk In this Instance was not taken on! the train and. although It was plainly visible In tho open baggage car, the chief Inspector re fused to listen to remonstrances, on the alleged ground that the trunk was routed vln the eastern bank of tho river while the writer's ticket was for tho Strnssburg wny. This, however, was ifot In ac cordance with the facts. A week Inter notice was received thnt the truuk was at the customs department of u central Ger man city. An appointment was mndo for Its lu Upectlon and, Instead of customs oillclals, two spo clal agents were present at tho appointed time tho hotel porter who was to take tho trunk nwny recognized them ns such. The Inspection was thor ough. Every document and every scrap of paper was minutely examined. Endless questions were asked, regarding tho business documents and tho method of doing business which they implied, tho countries In which business was dono and tho names of the firms concerned, tho pretext for tho questions being tho .doubt that tho printed part Df tho business documents might bo dutlnblo as being printed and tho manuscript nnd type-written part of them might consUtuto contract! and there fore bo subject to duties under other heads. Tho contents of tho trunk were weighed and separately classliled and finally fees were levied under three Bcpnrato heads for tho molestation caused by hav ing put tho German authorities to tho necessity of making this special Investigation. A total of about threo dollars was Involved. Soon after this incident tho writer becamo con sclous that his desk In an oillco In that snmo city was being tampered with and, after n watch had been set, a German In tho servlco of tho samo American corporation, nnd nlrpudy suspected ns being a government agent, was caught red-handed tn tho act of prying open tho desk nnd making a record of Its contents. When conlldcnccs were exchnnged with other representatives of American corporations It was (earned that tho experience wus n common one, and tho compnrlng of notes seemed to show an ex planation for tho surprising ability of German firms to lenrn the names of the foreign customers of American corporations nnd tho seeming coinci dence of their soliciting those llrms almost simul taneously with tho American agents every time that tho lntter had something now to offer. Inci dents can bo vouched for whero agents for Ameri can corporations In Italy and other countries, on receiving from America now mnchlnes or radically now models, found to their amazement thnt Ger man ngents hnd nlrcndy visited their customers, hnd described tho new mnchlnes or models and hnd denounced their alleged wenk points nnd their tin desirability for various reasons. Tho Germnn agents knew moro about tho American machines than the Amerlcnn agents. Of course, sweeping generalizations aro to bo avoided and all statements which arc likely to up set tho equanimity of thoso sntlsfled with tho courso of established routine and llnblo to be char acterized ns grotesque, and, If emphatically set forth, they nro llnblo also to fall of effect on thoso who refuse to bo disturbed In their fixed Ideals. Lord Roberts, It should be remembered, was n nulsanco to tho majority of tho British rending pub lic when ho kept up Ids tlresono wnrnlngs about tho truo meaning of Germany's military prepara tions, nnd it should not bo forgotten that 0. Leonard Wood, when half a dozen yenrs ago ho bo gan to urgo preparedness In America, was de nounced as n professional alarmist eager to obtain power ond n chanco for distinction. And so thoso who nro raising tho cry of nlnrm regarding tho so crot service methods of trado wnrfnro being con ducted by Germany docluro that they aro not get ting the proper hearing nnd that tho dangor Is ono of supremo moment. 1, . t ... $ K - . B:SMW MflniUHBdre ;ak Ittfc T TB ' ' hWI fl" reTxxxxx"""""xx" xxx V V """ " r 3JEl 1 BL B ' 'om. m -.i I do by espiommt- --- I && PLANT LOOKS LIKE SHEEP Singular Growth Resembles Animal So Greatly as to Deceive Even an Experienced Shepherd. "Some of the most singular plants In the world," says a writer tn the April Wide World, "are the vegetable sheep of New Zealand. These aro known to science as Raoulla exlmiu, and although they aro of suHi a strange habit of growth they ate mem bers of the daisy tribe. Tho vegetable eep grow at high mutinies, usuuny on some bleak mountain slope, which may be r.HX) feet above sea level. The whole plant Is a compact mass of One thnt will do the spring house- stems densely covered with smntl cleaning, nn old-fashioned herbnl rem woollv leaves. So closely do the llnoti- Jy tlmt was jmeilby everybody nenrly ii..u ,.,.,.,...1.1.. i.., h, mi .,vin.rl..ticeil ' " J'".'" "K " ' ' "; ...... ., -...., nuii.. ....... -.-, HHHHLNu MARCH TO VICTORY Courage Is n matter of tho bloo. Without good red blood a nmn has a weak heart and poor nerves. In the spring Is the best time to take stock of one's condition. If the blood Is thin and watery, face pnle or pimply, generally wenk, tired and list less, one should take n spring tonic. shepherds will often .climb a long way up the mountain thinking Unit they pee sumo missing member of their llock huddled against a rock, only to dis cover that they have been deceived by n plant ! During n recent exhibition nt Clirlstchurch, In New Zealand, some specimens of the vegetable sheep were collected for the show. The plants are often large and heavy, and It required the efforts of half a dozen strong men to secure some fine exam ples of the Unoiillas." Btato of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County ns .... Frank J. Cltoney nrnkes oath thnt ho Is senior partner of tho nrm of l J Chunoy ft Co.. dolnic business In tho City of To ledo, County nml Stnto aforesaid, nnd thnt nld Arm will pay tho sum of ONnilUN nitED DOLUMIS for any ensn bf Catarrh thnt cannot ho rtirod liv tho use of HALl8 CATAnUBDICIMKfcMniri Bworn to beforo mo nnd subscribed In my propnnco. this 6th day of December, ' (Soiil) A. VT Olrason. Notary Public. IIAMj'B PATAUKII MKDIClfcB J ak en Internally and nets throueh the Mood on tho Mucous Surfaces of tho System. DriiRBlsts, 75c. TostltnonUls free. F. J. Chcnoy & Co., Toledo, Ohio. ! cause It contains no alcohol or narcot ic. It Is made up of Rlood root, Gold en Seal root, Oregon Grape root, Queen's root, Stone root, lilnclc Cherry bark extracted with glycerine nnd mndo Into liquid or tablets. Tills blood tonic was lltst put out by Dr. I'lerco In ready-to-use form and since then hns bron sold by million bottles as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If druggists do not keep this In tablet form, send 00 cents for n vial to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Ruffaln, N. Y. Kidney disease carries away a lurgti percentage of our people. Whnt Is to he done? The answer Is easy. Eat less meat, eat coarse, plain food, with plenty of vegetables, drink plenty of water between meals, and take nn uric acid solvent after menls for n while, such as Aniirlc (double strength), obtainable nt almost any drug store. It was first discovered by Dr. Pierce. Most every one troubled with uric ncld finds thnt Anurlc dissolves the uric ncld as hot water does sugar. You can obtain n trlnl package by sending ten cents to Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel nnd Surgical Institute In lluffulo, N. Y. oC It Is iitili-iiiL'd iliui German "tra Is practically us great a menace to the world as is Germany's military machine; that. Indeed, t.tr many's military methods nnd her "economic pene tration" methods nro Interdependent, and that any peace which seemed to lwive German militarism powerless would be vnln and futllo if the German methods of trade were allowed to continue ns at present. The question Is nsketl whether trado af ter the war will be a secret servlco struggle on the part of nil the nations and whether, as Germany forced nil the powers to mobllizo for militarism, she Is going to force them also to mobilize for trade warfare. These questions may seem grotesque, but nblo men nro raising them. They point out that tho law of civil conscription In Germany has made all tho business representntlves of tho em pire potential secret service agents nt the disposal of thu-mllltary authorities. Tho French economist, M. Luclen Descaves, who has made special Investigations In this mutter, notes from secret document, of which ho has seen a copy, contnlnlng Instructions to German engineers, who aro called upon to sink their pro fessional pride and to devote themselves to llndlng trado secrets and to furthering German trade, which will bo readily possible for them under tho guise of their professional mantle. M. Descaves has described tho results of a tour ho made of neutral countries for tho purpose oi m ......i..n.w. nrmnn Kii'rot service methods 01 trade. Both men and women, ho says, aro em ployed in this wuy by Germany, mostly young men and women. Secret service und business promo tlon are practically convertible terms. Tho German secret servlco man or woman Is tuught the urt of. trudo development and tho German commercial traveler Is taught tho art of espionage. Germany reullzcs that the rolo of commercial trove cr is tho . best disguise for n secret service man nnd that se cret service Is tho best of nil adjuncts to trade. Germany, according to M. Descaves, Is Inundating tho neutral countries with yteraturo and with agents. Tho ngents nre recognized as by far tho most productive. Printed documents nre scnttcred and, even if they nro followed by many others, they aro soon forgotten. Whero tho agents follow ono another, working with mutual uld, their work Is practical and profitable. They perform not mere ly a common task ; they work out u propaganda. "Tho Germans," ho continues, "have been sys tematically giving furloughs from the nnny to their mobilized men who hnd been commercial travelers In foreign countries. Thcso men aro authorized to visit their former customers, but they aro espe cially engaged to work with zeal and adroitness nnd to produce practlcul results. Special rewards are reserved for thoso who ore ablo to practice cs plonngo for the benefit of Oermnny. Tho agent has n double, or rather a triple, part to play. He is openly plnclng his country's products, he Is cele brating his country's glory nnd secretly ho Is gain ing information regarding Gcnnany's neighbors nnd her enemies. Such work la regarded ns worth a rewnrd nnd the reward Is paid. In one neutral cfluntry I was struck by tho largo number of these German commercial agents who uro.young, despite tho fact that tho country, being nt war, needs young men. Rut tho fact Is that they can servo their country on this front just ns well as on tho bnttlo fronts. They nro Industrious, Insinuating, tenacious. The promises they make, In tho nnmo of the great commercial llrms of Gernmny, nro kept. They go and come ns In tlmo of peace. They havo their own hotels, restaurants, cufes, meeting places. They aro serviceable und they push their engerncss to bo agreeablo to tho point of servility. Whllo they do not succeed In making themselves populnr, they Impose themselves on tho business men becnuso they can quickly obtuln from Oer mnny what merchants havo patiently but vainly sought elsewhere." M, Descnves urges thnt the nllles put more com mercial travelers in tho field to orfset tho German trado campaign methods, but ho declares that tho French business agent, undoubtedly like tho busl-, ncss ngents of Franco's nllles, "has an Insurmount ablo repugnance for espionage, no mutter what tho reward might bo." M. Charles Humbert, proprietor of Lo Journal of I'nrls, and other public men of Franco declare that In order for tho world to bo safe for democ racy Germany must not merely bo beaten In tho field, but hor wholo system of militarist govern ment, with tho country's trado development sub- Educate Blind Soldiers. The ablest educators of the blind In the country are co-operating with the government In Its plans for the most complete system of re-education for blinded soldiers that has ever been undertaken. When their education hns been perfected the committee will tlnd employment for soldiers and aid them lu lining their old places In the com munity. ,Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett has offered her Raltlmore estute of ninety nine acres to serve as n hospital school for tho blinded officers and men; FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER And mlng tholr foot moro tban over beforo. For all these workers tho frequent ubo of Allon's Foot-Enso, tho nntlsojitlo powder to bo shaken Into tho shoes and sprinkled In tho foot-lmth, luercines their emdouoy and In sures needed physical comfort. It takes tho Friction from tho Shoo, freshens tho feet, and nrovents tired, nclilnc and blistered foot. Women everywhere aro constaut users of Allon's Foot-Ease. Don't got foot soro, got Allen's Foot-Easo. Sold by dealers overy wliuro, 25o. Adv. French Testaments. To nsslst tho United States soldiers to learn French, and at tho snmo time iiuiko reading tho Rlblo moro In teresting, the RIble society has Issued n special pocket edition of the Gospel of St. Mark, containing the Gospel In French on ono page and its counter part In English on the opposite page. Important to Wlothora Examine carefully every bottlo of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for Infunts nud children, nnd sec thut It Bears tho Signature of In Use for Over ao Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria It's wonderfully easy for n small mnn to swallow his anger wheu the other fellow Is u heavyweight. Beautiful, clear white clothes; de,l6,h" tho laundress who uses Red Cross Uall Blue. All grocers. Adr. Smalt Pill Small Dose Small Price D ITTLE Km Iiver jMR I Pius. &&!&& sen lent to It, must be overthrown and the world's commerce freed lroin serious dangers. If this Is to be effected the wholo German Idea of trading must bo modllled "Economic penetration" hns long been recog nized In Germany ns one of the most Important functions of the state. The highest In the empire, kings, princes, nobles and hereditary land mag nates, havo vied in showing their interest In all In dustrial nnd commercial enterprises of magnitude and In promoting In every way possible to them the expansion of German trade, while chancellors, cnb lnet olllccrs nnd members of parliament havo prac tically been nt the beck and call of corporations und IndlvldunH embarking on new undertakings on it largo scale. Tho state In many lines has be foimt tho nnrtnor of loadluc nromotcrs and lu cases whero capital la risked In enterprises, which If successful must redound to the benefit of the em pire, that capital Is practically guaranteed against loss. Should tho enterprlso Itself bo revealed as practicable, but bo Jeopardized by Incompetency or dishonesty, tho stnto will find u way to step In, to protect tho outsldo Investor nnd to turn tho enter prlso to success. Differently from what occurs In certain moro democratic countries, the German state does not stand nloof from trado and Indus try, does not eyo "big business" with cold suspi cion, or permit tho legislative bodies to molest It with n multitude of pln-prlcklng laws. Tho kaiser poses ns the friend and assoclnto of grent muni tions manufacturers, visits with Westphallan conl bnrons, presides nt the launching of steamships owned by private corporations nnd lends tho en couragement of his presence to tho cutting of cannls, or tho making of automobiles, or shoes, or carpets, by prlvnto enterprise. Tho wholo nttltudo of the state toward trado Is different In Germany. Ry Instinct, It Is possible that tho knlscr, tho princes, tho counts und the bnrons of aerranny havo as litno uesiro to cumu m wmm-i. .i.. ......, ordlnnry mortals who nro "In trado" as certain U- Thoy will be the rlchcBt at tho end h.,,1 iiritmu have, but In Germnuy duty to tho state of this war who have given tho most, i overcomes tho repugnance. Tho one supremo duty of nil Is to promote tho military might of tho Btnto, for In this wny nlono enn Germany's greatness bo assured. , , . But military power In these times is dependent on economic power. Tho nation with tho mo3t money can win wnrs, Is tho crude commerclnl way In which tho Idea has been phrased In other coun tries. Germany hns different notions, but ndmlts tho hard fact that trade and mlllturlsm uro luter - related. And as tho warfare of todny has called for new methods on tho battlefield, so it also de mands new forms of nld from commerce. Through trado and eommerco tho armed forces of tho nation can deliver some of their most telling blows. Since, in tho present hour, whether ono likes It or not, tho fact Is established that the army Is moro thnn ever dependent on commerce, tho army must now work for undo nnd trade must work for the urmy. This renaming was furnished as tho fundamental Justifying intlvo for the law on civil conscription in Germany, nnd tho German government, f It endures, S expected to push tho principle ns vigor ..au. nfi.i- the wnr as It does now. Kven If Ger many lost tho wnr, It Is alllrmed. she can count on triumphing ultimately through her trado methods. How Mg.irously Germany Is working on this prin ciple is !) t realized from the fact thnt since tho beginning "f the war, nml to n greatly Increased extent In iho pi-fit year, tho Germnn government has ofi'ciod ne, combinations between leading ,,r..iminL' and commercial concerns In Ger many eng .ed in foreign business and Is using the government resources In the combinations. The facts In tins regard, known from other sources, nro confirmed by tho complaints of tho smnllcr Ger mnn concerns left out of tho combination nnd de prived, not merely of nil llnanclnl nnd commerclnl participation, but ulso of nil knowledge of tho busl " ,w,ou ,,.i..rntloiiH In which the government nnd big business are engaged. It Is this apparently estab lished fact of tho union of tho government with tho most important of the German llrms transact ing bublness abroad will eh Is tho basis for much of the concern manifested In the countries of tho al lies regarding tho German method of handling trade and eommerco und the futuro evils which It forecasts. FOR CONSTIPATION have stood the test of tlmo. Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliousness, headache, Indigestion and to clear up a bad complexion. Ctoulna bears signature PALE FACES Generally Indicate a lack of Iron lo the Blood Carter'sIronPflli Will help this condition Skin Tortured Babies Sleep After Cuticura Boap 25. Olntrasnt 25 and SOo. ffAMKiyJSiBiMsatM DAISY FLY KILLER 5'ffiEOT!. OllfllOS. Hl.l.ClHB. ornkm.nUl. conv.nLat, cht.p. U,U til mm M.d.of mUl,cin'ipUJ or Up T.f will not Mil or Injur, .njlhlnf. Oau tnU.l BKlt. SolAtrf d.tl.ri, or A i.nt7 ox. piMf, fr.polil, tor 11.04, HAROLD SOMIRS. ISO OS KAtO AVS., MOOKIYH, H. V. 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