On the Jump

In the tumultuous currents of World War I, an earnest, flag-waving journalist, Jack Bartlett, secures a pivotal interview with President Woodrow Wilson, passionately advocating for the Fourth Liberty Loan. His triumphant return to the newsroom, however, is met with a chilling coup: the insidious Otto Crumley, a clandestine German sympathizer, has seized editorial control. When Crumley brazenly shreds Bartlett’s vital dispatch, Jack, a man of unyielding principle, severs ties with the compromised publication, redirecting his formidable energy toward the national Liberty Loan campaign. His zealous efforts not only amass substantial funds for the government but also deftly avert a crippling strike at a critical munitions factory. The escalating stakes reveal Crumley’s true colors as a German operative, one who pilfers a groundbreaking gasoline substitute formula, the brainchild of William Desmond, father to Jack’s beloved Margaret. A tense rescue ensues as Jack liberates Margaret from Crumley’s clutches, culminating in a daring aquatic pursuit to the spy’s fleeing schooner. With Crumley apprehended, Bartlett, embodying wartime heroism, commandeers the vessel's weaponry to decisively dispatch a lurking German U-boat, securing both national secrets and personal vengeance.