MESSAGES CARRIED IN SOILED LINEN.
; ; ; V Mto^o orry, Sept. '-The ;laCest mmn 8 of."!,c6mmuhicittibMi between they Gertnaii l»egatipn. m Mexico City and New York, it is declared,, ia being caiin'ed out by means. of soiifed launary^. Womeii travellei's /pixyeeeding fiom Mexico, to the United StatesUto whom laundry is given are requested, ,it> is to send it to a certain address in.N'fw York. ■It is affirmed that these pieces 'of linen carry messages- written m sympathMio ink.. It is also said thati some of them< bear telegraphic symbola beneath ehibroidery winch concealb -^io dots and dashes, i : ..\ ■(. i •!-•;•• • It is reported, but unconfirmedj.. ttjai the plan^originated with' Capt. -Ileint^|i©, who came over to th© United Stated iaa a member of the ship's company of tylio commercial submarine Deutschland toid> who made his way, into Mexico. >.-■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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134MESSAGES CARRIED IN SOILED f :;:' LINEN, §JV Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 5
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