THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, APK1L 2b. ltai.
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Truth of Big German Conspiracies in
South America Bared by an American
Secret Service Agent, Says Daniels
Council Votes
For Revision of
Electric Rates
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Through the windows of the brilliantly lighted German club in Buenos
Aires one evening in 1917, came the lusty and guttural harmony of Teu
tonic voices joining in singing "Dcutschland Ueber Alles."
It was a great night for the lovers of Wilhclm Hohenzollem in the
Argentine capital the night of the annual banquet of the German "bund."
Count Luxburg was the guest of honor, and Count Luxburg was
no'ne other than the imperial German minister to Argentina, and a most
zealous servant of his august sovereign.
There were those about the ban
quet table who knew something of
liis devotion to the cause of Ger
many. Such matters were better not
ulked about, but the count was
uorthv of the words of coneratula-
i'oii and the glances of admiration
v.hich were given him. Doubtless
when the great victory was won thf!
count would - be given some high
honor, and it would be well then to
have his favor.
Recites Woes of Germans.
Seated to the right of the count
was a most interesting: guest. He
had arrived not long ago from Bra
zil. This guest "Dr. Ernst Brecht"
by name had been most persistent
and unswerving in his efforts to
hold Brazil true to Germany, or, at
least, neutral. lie came with a mes-
gc-rcci del mans ot southern Brazil.
When "De Wacht Am Rhein" ha 1
been sung, and the kaiser and "Dcr
Tac" toasted. Dr. Brecht was called
upon to speak.
The doctor spoke eloquently. II;
moved the tender-hearted Teutons
almost to tears by his recital of the
wrongs and hardships suffered by
their dear kinsfolk in southern Bra
zil since Brazil had entered the war.
He delivered a message from them
a stirring message of devotion and
of exhortation. He finished by re
citing a poem, written by a well
"Vnown German poetess who lived in
mumcnau, a hotbed of Deutschtum,
in Brazil.
The applause that followed his ef
fort was tumultuous. The count
most graciously expressed his appre
ciation, thanking the speaker for his
inspiring words and expressing the
hope that his sojourn in the hospita
ble Argentine would prove 'a pleasant
and profitable one.
Dr. Brecht was firmly established
in the confidence of his German
compartiots."
Takes Confidential Messages.
When he set out for the mountain
ous region of the Argentine to make
inquiry into the value of oil lands, he
took with him official messages to
the branches of the German bund.
The doctor, naturally, had many
confidential talks with the leading
Germans m Argentine circles. He
was able to give them a good deal of
information which they thought was
of great value, and, in return, he
gained from them a pretty clear idea
of what was going on in South
'Vmrn'pa am1 wtia ltrr hrn4 ivr,i,l4
csult from the plans and plots which
imc UCIHK niauc.
They all deplored the fact that by
some extraordinary mischance the
message of Zimmerman, German
foreign minister, to the German
minister in Mexico, had betn inter
cepted and published It was most
unfortunate that the United States
had discovered German intentions to
promote a Mexican-Japanese alliance
in war against her. The "reconquest
of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas"
would now have to be postponed.
Dr: Brecht agreed it was lament
able that plans of such importance
should fall into the hands of the
enemy; but he congratulated the Ger
mans of the Argentine upon having
so wise and discreet and skilled a
leader as Count Luxburg, who, no
doubt, had been able to negotiate
many a vital bit of business for the
fatherland without discovery. It was
to be regretted all were not so
clever as he.
Brecht Leaves for Berlin.
On the other hand, even though it
were true that the enemy had ob
tained some rather valuable informa
tion from them, was it not true a
thousand times over that the marvel
ous secret service of Germany had
kept the imperial authorities familiar
with every thought and move of
the enemy? Germany's secret agents
were everywhere.
Beyond all question Dr. Brecht
was a brilliant and charming man.
Hence there was general regret when
he announced that he must soon
leave for Europe, They all expressed
grief at the thought of his departure.
However, if it nlust be, then to
make the best of it. Perhaps the
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may have originated with them; in
cither case the fact remains that it
was presently arranged that Dr.
Brecht should be the bearer of certain
important messages destined for Ber
lin. "Spurlos Versenkt" Message.
Then came a bolt from tfie blue.
The famous "spurlos versenkt"
message of the clever and gracious
and devoted Count von Luxburg was
given to the world.
Of course, it was never intended
that the world should get that mes
sage, and lean of all that it should
be printed with big headlines and in
black-face type in the newspapers of
Buenos Aires.
If you are the guest of a govern
ment and you send w ord to your ow n
government suggesting that should
it have occasion to destroy any of the
shipping belonging to your host it
should do so "spurlos versenkt"
without leaving any trace the gov
ernment of which vou are a guest is
likely to feel as if its hospitality
were not wisely bestowed. And that
is precisely what happened in Count
von Luxburg' case. The govern
ment of the Argentine gave him his
passports. ' '
So, since the count had to leave
even sooner than Dr. Brecht he said
he would take the important dis
patches to Berlin himself.-
The regret of Dr. Brecht that he
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fatherland was even deeper than his
words betrayed. His regret that the
count must leave, onder such cir
cumstances, possibly over-shadowed
the disappointment he felt at being
denied the privilege of earn ing mes
sages to the imperial government.
The night of the day upon which
Count Luxburg yas ive,a his pajs-
ports Dr. Brecht dined at the Bis
marck restaurant with some of his
German friends. He left for his
home in the company of one of
them. They had not gone far be
fore, their attention was attracted by
a glare on the night sky which plain
ly indicated that a big fire was rag
ing not far away. Inquiry disclosed
the fact that it was the German club
and that a crowd of proally students
and others had mobbed this Teuton
stronghold and put the torch to it.
The doctor and his friend hastened
back to the Bismarck to acquaint
their companions with this alarming
development in a serious situation.
To the dismay and terror of the
friend, at least, they found the res
taurant had teen raided by the mob
and completely gutted. Tables were
overturned and dishes were smashed.
The patrons had fled to seek refuge
in their homes.
Discretion being the better part of
valor. Dr. Brecht and his friend did
likewise.
Then Dr. Brecht Chuckled.
When the doctor was at last alone
in his room, with the door securely
closed and no fear of any listening
car at the keyhole, there is good
reason to suspect he chuckled au
dibly. He had had no share in the night's
rioting, of course, but the turn events
had taken plainly indicated that the
menace of German conspiracy in the
Argentine as ill Brazil was now prac
tically at an end.
The exposure of the charming and
clever Count Luxburg had accom
plished its purpose. He, as the arch
conspirator, was leaving the country,
and his fellow plotters would be com
pelled to scatter or l:e low.
All of which, as the reader may
have guessed, was very much to the
liking of the eloquent Dr. Brecht.
He had only one real regret, to-wit:
that the count had been exposed too
soon to permit him earring put his
plan of becoming the trusted courier
of important secret dispatches for
Berlin. If those dispatches had been
given to the doctor I have every oc
racinn tn hpliev we in Washington
might have learned some interesting
things about enemy pans.
Not the Only Secret Service.
T hav told this storv one of not
a few that might be told about naval
intelligence in order that my read
ers may realize Germany's loudly ad
vertised secret service was not the
nntv sprvire of its kind which ooer-
ated effectively during the war.
Plot after plot was circumvented
by American agents: Capt. Franz
Papen wrote of us as "those idotic
Yankees," little thinking that we
should give his opinion of us to the
world and turn the laugh on him and
his government.
The Zimmerman note to the Ger
man ambassador in Mexico was an
other case of catching the plotters in
their own trap. Undoubtedly Bern
storff knew about it before it was
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transmitted. Indeed we have his ad
mission of knowledge. He under
stood its tremendous importance, but,
with all the money and all the facil
ities of his far reaching service of in
trigue, he was unable to prevent its
disclosure.
Dr. Brecht, who did such useful
work for us in Brazil, in the Argen
tine, is an American of varied, ac
complishments. He speaks Portu
guese, Spanish and German with
equal ease. Although of an Ameri
can colonial family he had spent
many years in Germany, was a doc
tor of philosophy of Leipsic uni
versity and knew the German char
acter and habit of thought thorough
ly. Hunts Out German Plots.
YIicti in February of 1917 war
loomed as a practical certainty he
was enrolled, at his own request, in
naval intelligence, and on March 3.
more than a month before we
entered the struggle, he sailed for
Brazil, from which country there
had come rumors and reports of
skeleton regiments of German
veterans, stores of ammunition, and
even submarine parts ready for as
sembling when the hour for use ar
rived. Secret naval bases and wire
less stations were also said to be
part of Germany's preparation for a
possible attack upon the United
States.
Dr. Brecht whose real name was
something quite different was one
of the men who in our secret service
contributed greatly to America.
(Another nrticle by farmer Secretary
Danlrla will be publlahed tomorrow.)
Commerce High School
- Girb to Stage Debate
The girls' debating teams of
Commerce High, representing the
Cogide and the Prinar clubs, will
clash in the first girls' debate Com
merce has ever staged, next Thurs
day evening in the school lunchroom
The winner will receive a trophy
cup presented by the Concord club.
Edith Ekborg, Gertrude Krum
and May Foral will represent the
Prinar and Henrietta Kohn, Rozella
Klein and Etha Moore, the Cogide.
The subject of the debate will be,
"Resolved, That a Minimum Wage
Law for Women Should be Pas
sed by the State Legislature."
Coach I. O. Jones, head of the de
bating department at Commerce, as
serts that the teams are about even
ly matched.
Wattles Here for Few Days;
Will Return to California
Gurdon W. Wattles, chairman of
the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street
railway and the Omaha National
bank board of directors, has returned
to Omaha from several months' va
cation in California.
Mrs. Wattles and child did not ac
company Mr. Wattles as he intends
to return to California in a few days.
They will come to Omaha for the
summer in the near future.
j Ordinance Reducing Charges
lo 1U,UUU L-onsumcrs Ap
proved by Commitlee of
Whole.
The city council, as a committee
of the whole, Monday approved and
voted to pass an amended electric
light and power rate ordinance at a
meeting of the council Tuesday. The
new ordinance lowers electricity and
power rates to almost 40,000 patrons
of the Nebraska Power company.
The motion to approve the ordi
nance was made by Mayor Smith
and his colleagues readily assented.
Mayor Smith and Commissioner
Ure assured the councilmcn that the
new ordinance and rates had been
checked over carefully and that the
revenue of the power company
would not be increased .or de
creased, but that the ordinance was
a more equitable adjustment of rates.
R. B. Howell, general manager of
the municipal ice plant operated by
the .Metropolitan Utilities district,
said Monday the new ordinance
would increase the ice plants power
bill to $18)00 a year.
After a thorough discussion of the
ordinance Mayor Smith said: "It
is plain to sec those who have
found fault with the ordinance arc
those who are receiving a preferen
tial rate. I am opposed to any con
cern receiving power at a rate less
than cost, thus passing the burden
on to the smaller users."
Man Arrested When Refuses
To Close Near Beer Saloon
John Koziol, 4267 South Twenty
fourth street, near whose soft drink
stand at Thirty-third and L streets
occurred the fatal shooting for which
Detective John Herdzina is held for
trial, was arrested yesterday for
investigation following his refusal
to close his near beer saloon on ord
ers of the police department. His
case will be heard Wednesday in
South Side police court.
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First Ak-Sar-Ben
King Visiting Here
E. M. Bartlett of Kansas City, who
was the first king of Ak-Sar-Ben, is
in the city visiting his daughter, Mrs.
May Dundcy. 3114 Poppleton ave
nue. He called at Ak-Sar-Ben head
quarters and "reminisced" with Sec
retary Gardner about the early days.
"Dudley Srnith, W. R. Bennett and
1 went to New Orleans to see ihc
Mardi Gras and to St. Louis to see
the Veiled Prophets," he said, "and
now Omaha's Ak-Sar-Ben has out
classed them all. Kansas City looks
with real longing on the success
of Ak-Sar-Ben."
Mr. Bartlett also called on Maior
Wilcox, Walter Jardiuc, T.om Fry
and others who were subjects of
King Ak-Sar-Ben I.
Anniversary of Sau Ilemo
Meet to Be Celerated Here
The firft anniversary of the San
Renio conference which restored
Palestine to the Jews will be cele
brated Tuesday evening at 8 in the
Beth Ilancdrosh Houel synagogue,
Nineteenth and Burt streets. Rabbi
Morris Taxon will be the principal
speaker. Ben Handler is the chair
man of the Committee in charge of
the special program.
Body Recovered.
The body of Emery Calhpun, 19,
Sixty-second and Pacific streets,
who was drowned at 1:30 Sunday
afternoon, was recovered in the east
end of the lake about 4:20 a..m. yesterday.
Brief City News
(ilve Pauoe City hall employes
will give a dance and entertainment
for their friends at the Kmprcra
KuBttc garden Tuesday night.
Sues for Gas Bill A suit to oll-ct
$900 for Ran furnished by the city
for heating purposes was filed in dis
trict court Monday ngainst Tony A.
Kosso, 710 .North Twenty-fifth
street. 1
Move to Cnlifornla .1. Hoy Alo
Qullton, for ciclit years buyer and
manager of the ready-to-wear de
partment of the M. E. Smith com
pany, leaves May 5, with his family
for California, where they will make
their home. McQuilton plans to go
in business for himself.
Seeks Injunction An application
for an injunction to restrain the in
ternal revenue department from
levying on his property to collect
tax on li(iior whli'h officials said ho
had distilled In his house wns filed
Monday in federal court by Charles
Kapulin, South Omaha.
Fares Prportattoii Carlos Ma
rino, Moiferey, Mex., Is being held
In the county Jail facing deportation
on charges of violating the federal
immigration laws. He Is said to
have waded the Kio Grande in 1917
and entered the United Slates at
Porbili, Tex., eluding immigration of
ficials. To Search for Grave Paul B.
Shedd. student at the Presbyterian
Theological seminary, follownig his
graduation Thursday night, will leave
for Philadelphia from where he will
sail for Persia. He will search for the
grave of his oousin. Dr. AV. A. Shedd,
who waas killed by-the Kurds during
the war.
Urges Gospel Advertising Her
bert J I. Smith, advertising manager
of the New Kra, a rresbyterlan
church publication, advocated gos
pel preaching through newspapers
In an address delivered Monday. "If
people won't go to church take the
gospel to them dally through the
newspapers and sign boards," he
said.
Driven Out by Vlte Twenty room
en in the Wrifht apartments, Six
teenth and Chicago streets, were
forced to flee from their beds scant
ily clad at 6 a. m. Monday, when fire
destroyed' a cafe owned by Hchnau-hcr-T-loffman
at 316 North Sixteenth
mrcet. The damage was estimated
nt 10. Xoiip of the occupants of
the apartments were injured.
Pa harps about
moderation, but
there's nothin
doing when I'm.
eating
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Thousands of women and men taki
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Exceptional Bargains Are Offered
Tuesday in the Downstairs Store
Specials These Women and Misses
Colored Voiles, 39c
Beautiful colored voiles in.
light and dark colors and in
handsome designs of both large
and small figures. A very
popular fabric for summer
dresses, at 39c a yard.
Bed Sheets, $1.39
Bed sheets made of fine
quality round thread sheeting,
with neat 3-inch hem. Tern, not
cut. Size 81x90 inches. Choice,
$1.39 each.
Pillow Cases, 25c
45x86 inches in size. An un
usual value for 25c each,,, for
they have no filling or dressing.
Limit of six cases' to a custo
mer. Crepes, 39c yard
Imported and domestic crepes
in handsome colorings of light
or dark shades. These are of
excellent quality and much un-derpriced.
Sport Suits
$ 1 4.9!
1 11
At
Are Both Practical and Smart
Sport suits in checks of black and white,
brown and white, blue and tan, brown and
tan, are made of materials suitable for sports
wear. Yea will find the belted coat and
plain skirts with pockets a becoming as well
as a practical style. Sizes 16 to 40.
Every Style and Color is Represented in the Sale of
Women's Separate Skirts
4$5.95
500 skirts in plaids, stripes and combinations, also plain colors in
navy and black are here for your selection. They are made of new
quality and material in box pleats, knife and combination pleats. Sizes
25 to 30 waist. Special for Tuesday, - S5.95.
Wonderful Values in
Women's
Blouses
Are Offered for Tuesday
at $1.00
And there are so many
styles from which to select.
You may choose from dressy
lace-trimmed ones or the very
plain styles -for tailored wear.
Continuing the Enormous Sale of
Silk Remnants $1 a yd.
To Introduce Our Nen Silk Dept. on the 2d Floor
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36-inch Striped Taffeta 11
36-inch Fancy Striped Metialine
36-inch Plain Maline Silk
36-inch Wath Jap Satin in FIeh
32-inch Striped Shirting Silk
36-inch Plain Color Satin
36-inch Fancy Lining Silk
36-inch Poplin, all shades
' NO MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED.
Second Floor
Union
Suits
at 85c
Women's pink cotton union
suits with low neck, no sleeves,
knee lengths. All sizes, at 85c.
at 39c
Misses' cotton union suits,
low neck, no sleeves, knee
length, white only, at 39c a
garment.
Hosiery Specials
35c, 3 for $1.00
Children's school hose, black, white and brown. A
good weight cotton hose in all sizes, at 35c, or 3 pairs, $1.00.
at 50c
Women's lisle stockings made with double soles, toes
and heels. Black, white and navy, also gray. Special at
50c a pair.
OowniUira Star
Two Specials in
White Footwear
Men's Tennis Oxfords, $1.00
500 pairs men's white tennis oxfords, sizes 6 to
12. On sale Tuesday at $1.00 pair.
Children's White Shoes, $1.00 pr.
One table children's white cloth shoes and slip
pers, some leather trimmed. On sale Tuesday, $1.00
pair.
Men's
Fine Shirts
600 men's shirts, consisting of samples
and shirts which are slightly imperfect,
are placed in one big lot for quick clear
ance. They come in a splendid range
of patterns in madras, percales, and soi
sette, and are made coat style neck
band and collar attached, double cuffs.
Men's and Young Mens Trousers
$2.85 pair
300 pairs of men's and young men's trousers, in neat striped
worsteds and cassimeres Finished with cuffs or plain bottoms,
belt loops, etc, are specially priced for Tuesday at $2.85 pr.
Uniform Blouses $1.49 each
Street car employes will like the quality and make
of these blouses at $1.49.