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Title: Celebrated spies and famous mysteries of the great war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Barton, George, 1866-1940
Subjects: Spies World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, Page company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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that treaties are only scraps of paper, and when he started out to conquer the world. That was the sort of mad adventure which appealed to Bode, and he was filled with a desire to join the Germans. Also, it must be remembered that he was born in Wilhelmshaven, and considered himself part of the Fatherland. He applied to the German Consul for transportation, but without success. But that did not deter him. He managed to reach the coast, and eventually arrived in Denmark. In the course of time he got into the fighting in Europe, serving under Field Marshal Mackensen. According to the records, he was wounded twice and received the Iron Cross on May 19, 1915. He was also given the Austrian service medal for courage in battle. Now we come to that real part of this real movie which makes it rival anything the managers dare show on the screen. It can best be told in the words of a well-informed writer of the New York Sun who, with infinite patience and skill, has rescued the story from the records:
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Copyright by Keystone View Co., N. Y. HENRY BODE A GERMAN SPY 285 In the fall of 1915 he was summoned to Berlin and assigned to the Intelligence Department. After having his photograph taken, seven hundred marks were given him and he was ordered to report to the German Consulate at 11 Broadway, New York. It was shortly before he sailed from Copenhagen on board the steamship Frederick III that he called at the American Embassy, a fact which resulted in his subsequent conviction before the court-martial here. The Frederick III left for New York, October 15, 1915, with Bode listed under the name of William Reed. The Prince and Princess von Hazenfeldt were also passengers. Upon arriving here Bode at once received $2,218 from the German Consul and started the same night on his way to San Francisco, whence he went to the Far East. Three months later he was on his way back to California on board the American steamship Maru, when a Russian general, who was a fellow passenger, became suspicious of

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