Identifier: celebratedspiesf00bart (find matches)
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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and tons displacement, built especially to weather the severest storms. Perhaps the most plausible theory of all is that the Cyclops was caught in one of those awful West Indian typhoons which come so suddenly in the tropical seas. Could it be that the vessel was caught in one of those overpowering whirlpools and sucked to the bottom of the ocean? Who knows? The attempt to explain a way the unexplainable makes the brain reel, and only emphasizes the finite quality of the human mind. The loss of the Cyclops will go down into history not only as one of the great mysteries of the sea, but it also will be noted for the fact that its most distinguished passenger was Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American Consul-General at Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Like Lord Kitchener, the circumstances of his last end were to be shrouded in impenetrable darkness. He did not enjoy the fame of the great British soldier, but there are many persons in this country who feel that his disappearance, under such strange auspices,
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CONSUL-GENERAL GOTTSCHALK 97 was a real and irreparable loss to the Government of the United States. In view of this fact it may not be inappropriate, in this place, to throw some light upon the personality and the service of this official who was not as well-known as he should have been, but whose work was valued at its true worth by those who were charged with the consular and diplomatic affairs of this country. He came from a noted New Orleans family, and was a descendant of one of the most famous of the marshals of Napoleon. He was richly endowed with musical and artistic talent and had a most agreeable personality. He was well known as a traveler and explorer, and if he had been spared, would undoubtedly have won greater honors in the world of business and politics. The manner in which Mr. Gottschalk came to enter the consular service of the Government is not only interesting in itself, but throws an illuminating sidelight upon the character of his unusual man. He had family connections in N

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