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mATSOM or THE JOURNAL"

glut Britain and her allies hada better friend dur-

. the World War than J. n. mmpm, of the Providence (n.1,) pin-nail. Gifted with a remarkable once. long before the wai-

e out he prepared for it. Mr, -mfl10m was a keen newspaper and naturally wanted to place

flp publication of which be w“ ‘lien managing editor, in the fore- t oi the news. But in nddiiiqn,

u an ardent Britlsher (he was born in Australia on the 4th July. 1868), y. was heart and soul with the miner Country in the may, gaggle and thus all his energies we bent wwards assisting the

“lire. Rathom had entered the newspaper field at arr early age, and yllen only eighteen years old, ‘iiortly after he left Harrow, where y, was educated, he was appointed ni- correspondent for the Mei. lml-ne Argus, and went to the so“- flll for that great Australian daily in i885. Then he proceeded to the United States and secured a pogi. “on on the staff oi the old Chicago Herald, later the Record-Herald, mil was with that paper until i912, when he accepted the managing. editorship of the Providence news.

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“For the first two or three years githe great struggle the censorship gulf at Ottawa, of which I was a mother, had been in touch with luthom and knew a good deal about his methods. Our colleague, (Jolonel E. J. Chambers, who is 1915 lift us ta become chief press censor, had visited Providence and w. were delighted to learn that Mr. Rathom some of these days would vigil, us‘ gs did not come, however, until the early summer oi 1917, at which time he also visited Toronto, where lie received a. warm welcome from the Canadian Daily Newspgpgi- Association. Just tLVthe efforts of 40 0.8. (the Naval Intelligence Branch in London) were the out. standing features of censorship in England. so the story of the spying operations of the Providence Jour. ml to frustrate German activities in the United States is equally i-g. markallle. Rathom's narrative seemed almost incredible, but the facts speak for thenlael-es.

Some writer, referring to m; ab. ltuseness oi the Germans during the war, has stated that instead oi German diplomatists possessing grey matter in the brain, them was nothing but a mass of green blubber in their head-s. Many incidents covering the'war's duration seemed to prove this statement. 1t is im- possible to conceive how men, sup. posedly intelligent, could be so stupid and gullible.

Mr. Rathcm was a firm believer in Willlltss telegl-aphy. Months be- fore war broke out he had caused tvo stations to be equipped m, the Atlantic coast, one at Block Island, ilre other at Point Judith. They were manned by first class oper- ators. Primarily these stations were for the purposeof securing all. vallced shilllllll8 and other news for the Journal, but it was realized that should the occasion arise they could be utilized for other purposes. Thus it was that when war was declared these two stations nightly "lisfhlld

,i!l" on Sayville, the German-owned

station in New Jersey, and picked up messages, in code or "clear," coming from the parent station at liauen in Germany. Wireless was the only direct means which Ger- many llad, from the very beginning

' °l llle W81‘. of communicating with

the United States, as the direct cable to Germany, running up the lllkilsh Channel, had been lifted Ind cut by the Allies within a few illys oi the outbreak of hostilities. 0f course it was pzsslble by wire- l!“ for Germany to reach her war- ‘llllls through a neutral country like Spain, but there was always an llllili-‘lliutv Whether these messages would reach their destination. The Journal had a staff of skilled cryp- Wsrallllors in its employ and it did not take tllcm long to decipher the communications in code. For five lllilllilts this went on without the lllklltcst inkling being given from Hovidcllce to the United State; secretory oi state ior war of the information which was being col- mll-‘ll lllllly. jind then the time "mu w sneak. The Brooklyn Navy Yard, head- quarters o.’ the U. S. naval service on the Atlantic coast. had been in- li-nlctcd to “listen in‘ ’on Sayvlllc and forward any suspicious looking communications, picked out of the other. to Vlfifillgttlll. While the Jilllllwl was securing tidbits daily the Sayville station, Brooklyn "llllllod "nothing doing." Then liter five months iile code mes- "Eos secured from Nauen by the 3100K island operator were for- Iardcri to Washington by Mr. Rltllom. and the question was mllflfly asked in the department, “Why has not the Navy Yard sent lil these?" Inquiry was institutcd "ll! than it developed that one oi P Nllvy Yard operators had been llousllt" by the Germans to supross my information which he might w“ llll- Had such a thing trans- in Germany the offender Would have been promptly placed Vllll his back to the wall an riddles with bullets. but u WW States was not at war all luollerleli to this traitor was to i him ignominlollsly from the llrvise. To guard against possible contingencies the Naval Depart- “lll than took poslenion of the ahlllohgerman operators and in ll put in a staff of reli- ‘Fl! Amuelriearls. Von an Embassy at . Vlotim of a smart piece of work 2- I Netty girl stmogra of the team Journal ataf who had *1 Hill to Washington to secure "Will-loll. if possible. in the em- - 5M vm successful and was

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when this information reamed Providence it was deemed essential that this container should be marked distinctly so that when the vessel touched at Falmouth, Eng. loud. it could be readily lndeniiled. It was Iunch hour in the embassy "Id tho young lady was eating her Blllflwiohes in the room where the valuable box was awaiting ship. merit. As a matter of fact, she was sllilos upon it. von Papen entered the room and being susceptible to female wiles, when he received an 813th look from the young lady, he succumbed and began a violent flirtation. Presently it went so far that the girl drew a red colored Pencil out oi her hair and sketched two hearts on the lid oi the mink, Von Pollen must needs then finish the drawing. Borrowing the pencil he ran an arrow ‘through the lleilfl-ll. and both had a good laugh. Von Papen sealing the little Pleasantly with a. chaste salute. With these marks upon it the docu. ment box went forward to the ship along with some 150 others. The British authorities having been dilly advised. when the Oscar II called at the Channel port there was no difficulty in identifying and seizing the much-wanted container. Had it not been for the hearts in red it would have been an almost endless task to locate the much wanted box.

One of the best things put over by Rathoms mcn was in connection with the activities oi the Austrian minister. l Dumba, whose special task was to torment labor troubles throughout the United States. Dumba and his men were shadowed whereever they went. It was known than one oi the Austrian officials, Dl- Htlllrloll. was about to take im- portant papers from New York to Washington. He had gone to a leather goods store on Broadway and purchased a portfolio in which a fairly good sized bundle oi papers could be placed. From the moment he secured the bag and started for the Austrian offices in New York he was shadowed by a. Journal rep- resentative. In the meantime an- other member of Rathoms staff, who had been watching the Aus- trian, had purchased a portfolio exactly similar in appearance to Heinriclfs. Guessing rightly where the Austrian had gone, he im- mediately joined his colleague. The two men kept their eyes on the office building very closely and presently were rewardedby seeing Heinrich emerge, portfolio in hand. and head for a nearby elevated station to get to the Grand Central. Clearly he had been to the office to secure his papers and was heading for Washington. The newspaper men boarded the elevated at the same time as the Austrian emissary. and went ints the same coach. It was fairly crowded and before any great distance had been covered the ncv/spapzl- mcn by arrangement started n. violent altercation in the car. Four or five mcn were im- rnediatcy standing in the aisle, shouting and gestlculatirlg and making passes at each other. It was a beautifully staked row. Every passenger rose to his feet,_wolllen screamed, and the uproar W85 terrific. And then one oi the Jour- nal operators succeeded ill accom- plishing what had been p'anned. In the excitement Heinrich had moved forward to sec what was going on. Ollc of the newspaper men thus took advantage to exchange his portfolio for that of the Aus- trian and sot away with all his papers which, upon later examina- tionpprovcd to contain valuable data.

And so, all through those early years of the war the Austrlalan- born rlcwspapcmuln had his co- horts busy in frustrating the enemy and by i017 had accumulated such a mass of evidence that both Von Bernstorif, the German ambassa- dor and Dumba nad to leave the comm.‘ My, Rnthom did not re- celve the Congressional Medal for his disinterested scrviccs, although no mlln in the United States was

.bctter entitled w it. when the war

was over he continued lrls daily grind at Providence until the Grim Reslper called him on December i1» 1923.

Massey Visits British Fair

(C. P. Callie By Guardian's Special Wire)

BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 24—-Hol'i. Vincent Massey. Canadian High Commissioner to the United King- dom, and the Lord Mayor of Lon- don, wers among a number of dis- tinguished visitors to the engineer- ing and hardware section of the British Industries Flair at Birming- ham today. l

Mr. Massey declared he was highly impressed with the amazing diversity of exhibits and their quality. He was happy to note that canada was participating more and more each year. Canadian exhibit- ors he had seen BXDNBRd much satisfaction with the results of their efforts at this your‘! show-

At the end of last week Mr. Massey visited the Womble! divi- sion oi the fair.

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Morning’ Stock l Letter

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- Private Wire)

NEW,’ YORK, Feb. 26-11mm; Press despatch says that three of. ficlals of the Japanese were as. sassinated. hanges thlg mom. lng were about, the same as yq. tcrday- London market opened firm then worked lower. Amster- dam market is lower. The Japan- ese news can hardly be copsidered as a favorable argument but how much influence it will have on the market at the present time it- ls dlfficult.to say. It is very prgh. able that buyers will hesitate in the owning. consequently. the orobabiliyi ls that Drloes will open lower. Domestlcally, the news is rather good. Standard oil of Cali- fornia has posted crude oil ad- vances in allstate fields that have achieved pro-ration quotas basis Oll 537.000 barrels daily average production. Increases range from 20 cents to $1.10 a barrel. Divi- dend meetings scheduled for to- day are J. I. Case Pfd, Great Western, Sugar Common, Hercules Powder Common. Lorrilard and Wheeling Steel Pfd. Overnlte news changes the status of a normal market and unius prices open off two or three dollars, we would temporarily defler buying.

NE\'. YORK. Feb. 26—There was no special news to effect stocks unfavorable yesterday. There was further news from the nlotor industry- that weather con- ditions interfering with both

now an old story: The morning trading Wig/SIGN, so slow in fact. that a number of ‘ ’ felt the market's behaviour was not par- ticularly good. When a wave of selling developed in the afternoon. ltkgained some headway but ones again when the tape was further- est behind the market, there were sufficient bids to support prices and from that point on, the. mar- ket steadied. The market is in} place again where it must prove itself. This, we believe, it will do. In the meantime if. any further selling develops we would be in- clined to buy such issues as Mack ‘Trucks, Corn Products, Continent- al Oil, Mont Ward. General Mini- ors and General Electric.

Montreal dividend declared National Breweries Ltd, pid. 44 cents per share. common 50 cents pershare for quarter ending 8i. March 1936, payable 1 April record '16 March" ex. dividend 18 March.

Canada Nor Power Col-p Ltd. common 31 cents per share for quarter ending 31. March 1938 pay- able 25 April record 81 March.

TORONTO, Feb. fii-Appelatc Court allows appeal western in- vestments against order Justice Macevoy approving sale Great" Lakes to Aldrich. Court directed that the matter be returned back to the High Court for furtbef enquiry on the proposed sale or in any contracts proposed. No ppln- ion expressed as to merits of pro- posed sale or reorganization.

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LIVESTOCK

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Feb. Eff-Cali prices dipped 25 cents lower in early dealings on Montreal Live- stock markets today. Cattle were not offered, sllcep and lambs were slcady while llcgs remained ull- changed. ‘

REct-lpts reported by the Domin- ion Livestock Bureau: Cattle 87; calves 220; hogs 887; sheep and lambs I0. ' *

Ono load of western steers was resolved on the cattle market but were not sold at the opening.

On the calf section *' . medurr. good quality calves, aver- aging between 120 and 148 pounds, brought $9 with medium good kinds between $9.25. Common light veals sold at $6.

In the sheep division buck lambs were t7 and common sheep

$3.50.

On the hog market, bacons, fed and watered, brought $8.25 .with the usual $1 premium on selects. Butchers, helavies and lights were cut 50 cents per hundredweight

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EXCHANGE

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Feb. 26- British and foreign exchange in relation to the Canadian dollar as compil- ed by the Royal Bank of Canada closed today as follows:

Argentina peso .2768.

Australia pound 3.9845.

Austria suhllling .1901.

Brazil mllreis .0575.

Bulgaria lev .0148.

Czechoslovakia crown .0420.

Denmark krone .2221.

France franc .0687.

Germany ieichsmark .4602.

Great Britain pound 4062.

Great Britain pound 4.9925.

Holland florin .6865. '

Hungary pengo .2983.

Italy lire .0804

Japan yen .2902-

New Zeailand pound 4.0247.

Poland nlotl .1911.

South Africa pound 4.9656.

Switzerland franc .3302.

United States dollar cent discount.

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(fhanadlan Press)

NEW YORK, Feb. 26—Forelgn exchange easy. Great Britain de- mand him 4.99 5-8; low 4.98 5-8; close 4.99 1-8; 60 day bills 4.88; France 6.67 l-2; Italy 8.03; Bel- gium 11m: Germany 40.63; Can- ada 1.00 3-32.

Klanaldian Pres)

Closing. exchange ratcs:

At Montreah-Pound 4.90 l-4; 17. s. dollar 99 29-82: franc 6.07-

At New York-Pound 4.99 l-a: Canadian dollar 1.00 8-32; franc 8.87 1-2-

At Pariaq-Pound 14.81 ll; u. s. dollar 13.00 fr; Canadian dollar 14.00 fr.

In gold-Pound 12s; U. S. dollar 68.70 cents; Canadian dollar 58.80 septa

Currencies

. (Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Nb. 28- Leadinl currencies movedfractionsll high- er on‘ Montreal foreign exchanges today. A gain of 18-82 cent was. postal‘ by pound sterling at $4.98 1-4 while the United States dollar advan l-32 of one per cent to 8-82 count. The franc was up slightly at 6.67 cents.

(Canadian Press) ,»

N YORK, . IF-Leading currencies moved n wly in the foreign exchange rnarlils, al- though the Janene-e yen weaken- ed on news of the disorders in

Japan. .

The Canadian dollar closed at a premium of 8421i one per cent againnt 1-6 yesterday. The pound sterlllfg was up i-l at 44-88 i-2 visita- the French franc, closing at 16.67.84 oentl._sho_we_d_a loss

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and extra ileavies 25 cents per, hundredwelght. Bows were from $7.50 to $8. ’

GRAIN

(Canadian Press)

CHICAGO, Feb. Ztf-Dollar-l- bushel wheat re-establlshed itself today, May delivery reaching ab- ove l-hat height, with Julv and September up to the topmost level since Jan- 8.

Crop damage fears stlmulatcd speculative demand. An i. crease of family‘ buying o: flour also was re rted.

heat closed strong, 1 cent to I 3-4 above yesterday's finish, May $1.00 3-6 to 1-2, July 91 5-8 to 3-4, corn 1-2 to 3-4 up, May 80 7-8 to 61, oats 3-8 advanced, and prov-

isions unchanged to 12 cents higher. Miscellaneous

(Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Feb. 26- Wheat, nor no 2 91 1-2- Barley C W‘ no 3 47. Oats feed no 1 37.

Flour spring wheat firsts $5.60. Flour seconds $5.20. Flour bakers $5.10. _ Flour winter wheat patents, choice $4.00. Flour white corn $4.60. Bran ton $19.15. Shorts ton $20.25- Middlings ton $25.25. Rolled oats bag 80 lbs $2.90. I-lay no 2 per ton carlots $9.00. Cheese no 1 Ont col l2. - Butler no 1 23 to 23 1-2. 4Eggs in cartons A 1 large 33 to 3 . Eggs A medium 32 to 33. Eggs A puilets 31 to 82. Potatoes P E I mts $1.30 to $1.85. P E I mts 80's Sl-Ifi to $1.2 E I mts 80's 75. mis 10's 16 1-2. cobblers 80's $1.25 to, $1.30. cohhlers 80's $1.10 . mts 80's $1.05 $ mis 50's 75. mts 10's 16 I-2. Que mts 80's $1.00 to $1.05. Que no 280's 90 to $1.00.

(Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Feb. 26--'I‘rading in spot butter featured trading to- day on Canadian Commodity Ex- change produce section.

Butter Spot: Sales: 160 boxes west regraded, 23 3-8; 100 Que grass 23. Que regraded 28 141A.

Cheese Spot-Ont white l0 3-4 to l1 l-2, col 11 1-2 w‘ 12.

Eggs Spot-Ont A large 20 i-z to 80, A medium 27 1-2 to 2B, A pullets 36 1-2 to 28.

- (Canadian Press)

MONTREAL, Feb. 26--Egg prices again eased while butter held steady today on. Miontreal open produce markets. Potatoes were off slightly while cheese was even. - .

‘ Graded egg shipments in carlots or lea; were mainly 29 to 80 cents a dozen for A large, 27 to 28 for 1A énedium and 26 lo 26 for A pul-

e . Butter was 28 to 28 1-2 cents per pound for carlots or less of no l, while iota to rota-ii sold at 24 1-4 to 1-2 for solids and 25 for prints.

Cheese continued unchanged at l2 cents per pound for no l On- tario colored, main line arriving.

Potatoes: Prince Edwgnl Islands mountains 80's $180 to $1.85; 80's $1.15 to $120; 5..l 75; 10's, 16 1-2: cobblcrs 00's $1.25 to $1.80; 80's $1.10 to $1.16. New Brunswlckr, mountains 80's $1.05 to $1.10; 50's 75; 10's l6 i-2. Qu moun- tains 80's $1.00 to $1.06; No 2 60's 90 to $1. .

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Moderate shading of prices gave the goldindexaaetbackoifito 129.44 and the miscellaneous mines index y. loss of .62 to 189.66.,

Losses appeared mainly in med- ium-pricegolda and base metals. Iiossesofbtodoentswereboard- ed for Sylvanite, Ban Antonio. Omega, Pamour, Mining Corpor- ation and ‘Nipisslng. Wright Har- greaves firmed i5 cents andHoii- inger, "Bralorne and McIntyre weakened slightly.

Base metals had a period of strength but the gains were not re- tained. Noranda closed at i8 l-B. down 8-8 and Hudson Bay dropped

1-4. (Canadian Press) TORONTO Fab; 28- Stoelu Clone Acme 0i1 l7 Iffton 5d Ajax 0i1 68 Alex ' 2% Algoma 0%, Anglo H 450 Astoria 5 Bagamao 8% Bsrny II 4% Base Met 25% Bear iiii Beattie 15R Big Mill 64 objo i8 Bralorne 0410 B R X ll. Buff Auk 615 Buff Can 4% Bunk Hill 15% '11 dill 117 Ull Oil 11% Can Mal 110 Caribo 185 Castle T.‘ 146 (Jen Pat. 207 Chem Bea 125 Chlboug 50 Ciericy 4 Common W l‘ 8% Contagal 345 Conierum 241i Dome 47 Dom Exp] 0% Iilidorado 115 Ii‘ Bridge - 810 Fed Kirk ti’! Franklin 7 Gods Lake 114 Goidalo ‘J5 Goodflsh 24 Graham (l Granada 22 Greene 3i. Gunnar S0 , Iialcr-ow 4 Bard Rock 71 Barker 7% kollingar 15% Homestead :5 owcy 08 J M Con! 45 kirk Hud 4;: Kirk Luke 41 Lake hi1 67% Lamaque 12 Lebel Uro fi Lee Gold 3'5’; Little L L 700 Lowery P I8 lifacuasa 446 lilun East Ill Maple L 12 McIntyre 43% McKenzie 145 McMillan 0% McVlttie 84 bfowattcrs 7.42 liierl O 17% Min Corp . 135 hfoneta 1'1 Morris If 71 Murphy 8% Nevvbac 3 Nlpfsalng 275 Nolanlla 48%- Nor Can 37 OBrlen 45 Olga Oil 4% Paymaaier 7'.‘ Perrou 140 . Pet Cob 4 Pamoirr 405 Pick CID 478 Premier» 108 Omega 65 ' ltoad Auth 2184 Red Lake B4 Rollo Gold 112 lioyalito 37 Quebec M 105 San Ant 284 S crritt 114 S scoe 320 Soil Tlb — Boll 'l'll.l 5% "Btnig 33% St rrllih 29 Bull lineln , 440 Sud‘ Cont iii Sullivan 108 Sylranlto 257 ‘iasbots 49 fink HI 40S Tons 400 Toburn H3 Towsglnao 2S ‘Ventures 235 Wfllte Amu 1 Wayside 17% While Eat 4% “Hltsey C 8 Wright II 855 Ylllil- Y G 40 Silver _ 44% Totl sale! 1.059.000. UNLISTED Aidormae 10% (‘en Man 10% Brett Tr 10% Co Cop 7175 Cobalt 2% nsl Oll 08 Home 0i1 1'27 Hod nay ‘Z7 Kirk Town 19 Lake Mar 0% hfalrnbw 4% Mandy 15% N Hawk If Nonlon 17% Oi Se! 5% 0s sko l‘: Park I-Ilil 26 Pawnee K - 4 Pond Ore 110 Pole Cro 11% Prcviou 5% ilitcb 4% lzohll llfont 1% Bud Mines 6%