La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 6, 1916 Page: 7 of 8
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SECRET SERVICE
Public Hears Little of It, But
Achievements Figure Large
• 'in Archives.
CATCH MANY FOREIGN SPIES
England Swarmed With 8plea In Car-
man Pay—In Some Caaea They
Were British Citizens for
Whose Royalty Their
Neighbors Vouched.
London.—A correspondent ot the
New York World has Just had an op-
portunity of learning something of
what the British secret service has
accomplished from one who, though
not an official, has been In the way
of knowing something about It One
has heard very little of the British se-
cret service's! any time, indeed there
are those who believed that It was
nonexistent before the war and had to
be improvised, like Kitchener’s army.
From what the World’s Informant says
this seems to have been another great
delusion. It seems, indeed, to have
had one very good attribute of a secret
service—it worked without being sus-
pected of being at work.
Some time ago, when the demand
for the more rapid Internment or re-
patriation of Germans became insis-
tent in parliament, a committee was
created, with the widest possible pow-
ers under statute, to investigate all
demands for Internment or repatria-
tion, or appeals for release by those
already interned. The proceedings of
this committee have, of course, been
secret, but it has, nevertheless, dealt
with many thousands of cases—about
85,000 probably—and it must have sat
twelve to fourteen hours a day to get
through them.
The secret service proposes, for in-
stance, that a certain German—or
Austrian, as the case may be—shall be
Interned. The individual is brought
before the oommlttee, hears the rea-
sons given for his internment, says
whatever he can against the proposal
and the committee gives its decision.
Oftentimes the interned person finds
some new reason why he or she should
be released, and this reason is taken
into account by the committee on ap-
peal. There is no other appeal; the
committee’s decisions are superior to
the jurisdiction of all the courts of the
realm. Its powers, therefore, are of a
very extraordinary kind, nothing like
it since the star chamber. Such are
the products of war emergency.
Army Captain 8uspected.
Needless to say, this tribunal has
had some extraordinary cases before
it. For example, there was the ap-
peal for the confinement of a British
army captain, with near relatives high
in the service, and coming of an old
English family. It is in such cases
that the cleverness and completeness
of the British secret service comes
in. Failure to satisfy the committee
in a case of that kind would spell dis-
credit and increased difficulty in get-
ting Internment orders in other cases.
In this particular Instance all the
Influence that might be expected was
brought to bear to show that the
suspicion alleged against the captain
was groundless—and not only that
but preposterous. But it was shown
that he had been ti. correspondence
with suspicious individuals in Ger-
many, and particularly with a beau-
tiful German lady with whom he was
infatuated and who was known to be
one of the units In the kaiser’s widely
extended spy system. It was not al-
leged that he was giving away secrets,
but his desperate infatuation for this
lady and the fact that he had found
means of corresponding with her
since the war made It desirable that
he should be put in a place of security
—and he was. This victim of the in-
ternment committee’s activities wail a
British subject; but no matter whose
subject you may be you are equally
amenable to its Jurtdlction.
Disloyalty That Amazed.
There is talk here of another strik
ing example of the thoroughness with
which the British secret service has
been doing its work In peace time.
A German of title, tor over twenty
years naturalised, who lived in a very
grand way in an English.county, was
brought up for Internment He had
been one of the most prominent men
in his district In public affairs, a volu-
ble admirer of the Union Jafek, had de-
nounced Prussian designs the
peace of Europe, entertained on a lav-
ish scale, and was an exceedingly
popular as well as Influential person
in his locality. When the demand was
made for his internment he appealed
to his influential county friends. More
than anything else it hurt him that
it should be thought possible that he
could have been false to the English
friends who had become so dear to
him. They were all op la arms In his
favor, and the oommlttee got protests
from most of the representative par-
sons and bodies in the county denounc-
ing the action of the authorities
casting this slur on a gentleman
whose loyalty and trust wortkte_
they would vouch as tor their own. He
had given innumerable evidences
his genuine love at England, and 1
shea a very native part
In
tor
promoting the territorial army system
in the county.
It Was No Blunder.
It looked as if the secret service had
made a bad blunder. But It hadn't
They showed by direct evidence that
this man during his whole residence
in this country had been in regular
communication with the German gov-
ernment, and that there was no doubt
whatever that his British naturalisa-
tion was a calculated fraud to cover
his work on behalf of his native coun-
try. The British secret service knew
everything that had passed between
this German nobleman and the Ger-
man government at a time when it
eras supposed to be asleep. If not non
existent He was simply Interned, al-
though his Infuriated dupes thought
he should be tried and dealt with as
a spy. 3ut he bad seemingly been
quiescent since the war began. •
These, it is said, are only examples
of a great number of cases where sus-
pects, having been brought up for in-
ternment, indignantly contested the
demand on the ground of their loyalty,
and who, when they pushed the se-
cret service to disclosing its case,
were thunderstricken to discover that
their underhand activities had been
known and watched for years.
There le good reason for stating
that within forty-eight hours of the
declaration of war every German spy
regarded by the authorities ss In the
least dangerous was put away; others
were kept under obeervation as being
useful as decoys for the splea aent
here since the war.
Lenient With Woman Spy.
Anent the killing of Miss Cavell by
the Germans when she was not even
charged with espionage, the British
government has under lock and key
here now, under a sentence of merely
ten years’ penal servitude, the Ger-
man woman whose accomplice was
one of those shot in the Tower as a
spy. This woman was known to be
one of the most dangerous and most
highly trusted spies in the pay of the
German secret service. She was full
of daring, could adopt all manner of
disguises, and often made up like a
man without ever being detected—
except by the secret service agents,
who were allowing her to run her
tether. She had control over several
male spies who accepted their orders
from her. She had always planned
to commit suicide If arrested, but she
was snared In a way that frustrated
that purpose. She had determined to
take her own life because she expect-
ed to be shot or hanged if caught She
knew that under all the rules of the
game she deserved it
The most ingenious and daring in-
ventors of spy stories are left puffing
and panting with exhausted imagina-
tion compared to the schemes, devices
and sacrifices that the spy of real
life is known to have made in further-
ance of the designs of the Fatherland.
An Englishman’s German Wife.
One bears ot the case of the Ger-
man wife of a very prosperous pro-
fessional man up country. She is a
singularly handsome woman, a clever
talker, a very good amateur musician
and singer, and an adept in all the
wiles of fascination. Being married
to an Englishman, she Is of British
nationality. She too had been long
in the books of the secret service.
She was a kind of person who was
bound to be talked about anyway, be-
cause there was a Teutonic ostenta-
tion about her and a dustiness of cash
that attracted attention. Early this
year she came up to London, set up
in a handsome apartment, frequented
the best night clubs and other places
where officers were to be found, and
soon had a train of them after her.
She entertained lavishly and her par-
ties were very fast and furious. This
was all done tor the Fatherland. Her
money resources were extensive, and
she le even suspected of getting im-
pecunious young officers into her toils
by assisting them out of their difficul-
ties. 8he bad Just moved into a still
more elegant flat when bar career
was suddenly cut abort , 8he Is now
hibernating with an assortment of
dowdy fraulelns, spy-governesses and
such like. In the quiet ot an intern-
ment establishment for women, it is
said that she had nearly 1500,000 in
different banks. It all came from
Germany.
Will Be Changed London.
The police are not confining their
exertions to dealing with actual spies
like this Delilah. They are steadily
clearing out the foreign demi-monde,
which was very generously repre-
sented in London. Batches of these
women, who have haunts In every dis-
trict In the vast area of London, but
who are seen at their gaudiest in the
neighborhood of Leicester square and
Coventry street, are being sent away
daily.
London will be changed In many
respects before this war is over, but
in nothing more strangely than In
the cleaning up of its streets, which,
especially in the heart of the West
end, have long been a good deal of a
scan4fil. But that is only the work
of the “journeyman” policeman; the
really valuable war work is being
done by the secret service branch.
IS CHARMING HOSTESS
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Senorv de Ewing, wife of MaJ. Al-
fredo Ewing, military attache of tbs
Chilean embassy, will be one of the
most popular hostesses of Washing-
ton’s official circles during the coming
winter season. Sen ora de Ewing is
shown with Baby Elsa and her older
daughter, Nina.
Reward of Industry.
Columbus, Ind.—The industrious,
ambitious young man with high alms
in life should take heart from this
story: Louis Hoeltke of this city,
who has clerked in one grocery here
for 24 years without being absent a
single hour from his employment, and
who was always on time in the morn-
ing and never watched the clock, has
Just bought the store.
RAVINE OF DEATH
Where Fearful Battles Were
Fought on Gallipoli.
More French Blood Was Spilled In
Valley of Kereves-Dere Than at
Any Other 8pot In the
Dardanelles.
Berne, Switzerland.—A French cor-
respondent in the Revue Mllitaire
Suisse describes the fearful battles
which were fought in the early days
of October on the peninsula of Gal-
lipoli between the allied troops and
the Turks. One of the chapters of
the gruesome report is devoted to the
Valley of Kereves-Dere, the “Ravin*
of Death,” where more French blood
has been spilled than on any other
spot at the Dardanelles.
“We passed a dreary, dull day and
sat in our holes, watching the Turkish
trenches,” the correspondent writes.
“At last the evening came and dark-
ness followsd quickly. Then the moon
rose and cast her silvery light over
the landscape This light was so
bright and clear that we could dis-
tinguish ths color of objects at some
distance.
“The Turks kept very quiet and ths
night promised to be even mors dull
than ths day had been. Towards mid-
night an officer tavtted ms to accom-
pany him on a little scouting expedi-
tion. Cautiously we crept through
some miserable shrubbery- Every-
where we saw dead bodies, singly and
In heaps. At last ws reached ths
crust of ths height and ws were with-
in gunshot distance from the Turkish
position on the opposite hills.
“Between the two heights there was
a large black hole. Kereves-Dere, the
-Rpvtne of Death.’ 1 looked down Into
the valley and rbaddered. There, la
ths Mulsh light at the moan. I saw
the bodies' of thousands ot French sol-
diers lying on the gray sand, men of
the Foreign Legion, colonials and
zouaves.
* ‘They were all heroes,’ the officer,
my guide, said as he pointed down
into the ravine. ’From this spot they
went Into the gorge under a fearful
artillery and machine gun fire. Dozens,
hundreds of them fell, but like demons
they began to storm the positions of
the Turks. Bleeding, wild-eyed and
roaring with rage they climbed up-
ward until the fire of twenty machine
guns greeted them and mowed them
down.
“ In ten minutes more than one-half
ot the heroes were dead or wounded.
When the survivors fell back into the
ravine the Turks counter-attacked and
on the sand on the bottom of the gorge
the most awful battle of the war was
fought
“‘The Turks attacked with knives
and our heroes even used their teeth
on tbs enemy. Neither side gave
quarters; it was a combat to the death
and the slaughter kept up until night
came and the darkness made It impos-
sible to distinguish Mend from foa
“ Under a heavy shell fire we Anal-
ly managed to withdraw the remnants
of our troops (Tom the ravins and the
Turks returned to their trenches in
the heights. Ths neat morning ws
tried to save our wounded, but —eet
ot them had to be left to their hl«
as ths Turks would not consent to an
armistice and shallbd our ambulance
corps.
“list us salute the
down thorn They wei
men and have
save the rest of our army An
hflatten. Their heroism win
live In the meomry at the
French nation sad
will mention them la the
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FIRST 6ERMAN STEAMERS DOWN THE DANUBE
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The Danube as a connecting link between the Teutonic nnd the Turkish forces was considered of such greet
importance by the Germane that evqry effort was mads by them to Keep this waterway deer. After ths passage
into Bulgaria had been opened, the connection by water between the Teuton forces and Constantinople was imme-
diately used with good purpose In Bonding war material to the Turks. The photograph shows the passage of the
first two vessels laden with war munitions consigned by ths Teutons to ths Turks at Constantinople.
RAT WORST OF FOES
French Soldier Tells of Fighting
the Rodents.
Mads Desperate by Hunger They Fear
Nothing—Woe to Soldier Who
Falls Asleep With Cheoo-
late In His Pocket.
Paris.—A young Parisian fighting as
• private In the trenches has aent
home a letter which might have bad
as Its title: “Rats.” He says:
“Lord Kitchener ones sold, speak-
lag of the South African war, ’Ws had
two dreadful enemies to fight—ths
files and ths society ladles.’ in the
same way our soldiers will any some
day speaking of the present war: ‘We
had two foes to fight—ths Germans
and ths rats.’
“During ths Inst two weeks ths
Germans have apparently been de-
creasing In numbers, but ths rats ara
certainly Increasing. It is n horrible
Invasion, tor worse than the other.
All our trenches, communication
trenches, fields, woods, houses, dug-
outs and shelters are full of them.
Boms at them hold meetings sad con-
ferences' on the roads during ths
night, others give concerts in every
house to ths most populous villages
sad towns. Ton literally have to walk
on them. They attack our billets like
the Germans attacked on ths Tsar, la
PRETTY CHINESE PRINCESS
uni- ttto« to de wtth bar beaansa It Is a
raver MrMtoe jhtog hCMm kr z gM to
solid masses. On the whole front
therp are only two places where they
dare not come—tbs bills of Epsrges
and Tehure.
“They have been made desperate
by hunger end now they ere afraid
of nothing. The other morning 1 saw
a dispatch rider whose motorcycle
tires had been eaten by the rate, aud
many of us have found that during
the night they have eaten our emer-
gency rations which we keep in our
inside pockets. Woe to the soldier
who falls asleep with a piece of choc-
olate In hie trousers’ pocket He la
eure to wake up without hie chocolate
end almost without hie trousers.
| “Unlike the Germane the rats are
able to Invent all kinds of devilish
ruses. Ths German soldier is s well-
trained end well-oiled piece of ma-
chinery. which always runs In exactly
ths seme groove. Ho makes war to-
day exactly as he did elxteen months
ego, he Is s stupid brute who has only
two kinds of maliciousness. Ths
methods of ths rats are Infinite In
their variety end they adept them-
selves to nil circumstances of ths
fighting. I shell give one example.
“Long ago It was found necessary
to discontinue Issuing sugar, coffee,
salt and spices direct to ths soldiers
individually because ths rats looked
upon these artiolee ss most excellent
aperitifs. Than those articles of food
were put up In small boxes, one tor
each company, end ws Invented all
kinds of devices to keep them safe,
preferably snspsndlng them from a
wire at least a yard above ths floor.
Nevertheless, the rats very soon found
s way to get at ths sugar. They sim-
ply gnawed n hols In ths celling, 1st
themselves slide down ths wire to ths
box end had It emptied in no time.
“Wo shell get ths Gormans soma
day, for against them wo have Father
Joffre, but them Is absolutely nothing
to show that ws shell ever get the
beet of the rats, against which ws
bsvs nothing but pamphlets. They
hsvs sent us bsccllll end poisons of
many different Unde to exterminate
the rats, but these means are about
as efficient as are ths rules of inter-
national law adopted at Ths Hague.
They may work ell right against rata
In time of pence, but they are abso-
lutely no good against war rats, which
are as big as rabbits and which look
upon scientific prescriptions ss mars
scraps of paper.
“As s matter of fact ws hsvs In-
vented bettor methods of fighting
them ourselves, but so far they are
still on the whole baring It their own
way.
"It Is really necessary to hsvs two
kinds of sentries—one to shoot Ger-
mans and another to ktll rata, and the
latter has by tor the worst job.
"We only hope that some day we
shall find that all onr rats have run
over to the Germans. It would be a
moat satisfactory arrangement for
them both, tor the Germans who are
hungry could than set rats end ths
rats that era born hungry could ant
Germans.”
COUSINS CAUSE A MIX-UP
Marriage Makes Children of Pennsyl-
vania Couple Third Cousins to
Tholr Grandmother.
Reading, Pa.—Edgar L Tyson, twen-
ty-three years old, of Kutstown, finds
himself in s peculiar position ss s re-
sult of his marriage to Florence D.
Wesanor, twenty years old, of Kemp-
ton. Tyson and ths girl’s mother,
Mrs. Jeremiah Wsssner, are first
cousins. It was not until s court or-
der was obtained that Register New-
man would issue s marriage license
to the couple, because close relatives
are forbidden to wed under the Penn-
sylvania law.
Now Tyson finds his first oousln is
his mother-in-law and his second
cousin Is his wife. If they have chil-
dren, some genealogical experts argue,
they will be third cousins to their
grandmother and second cousins to
their mother.
STAMPS NOW CASH IN RUSSIA
Usage Comes Through Bearolty at
Coin—New Issue In New
London.—Owing to ths shortage of
small cola In Russia postage stamps
of the value of 10. IB sod 10 kopek*
era to use ns paper money. At ths
suns time they can be used for post-
age, but they are printed on stouter
paper sad hsvs an overprint on the
hack to black which denotes ths new
use to which they hsvs been put.
Philatelists will also be interested
to know that there is n “war stomp”
now to use In Now Zeeland. Ths but-
rent one penny stomp with ths hand of
King Georgs Is overprinted with ths
words “war stamp” nnd two stars. It
Is used in reality as n war top, to ad-
dition to the ordinary postage.
Raises Biggest Turnip.
Bellefontains.—Benjamin Plank nnd
B. T. Lows are making n bid at plac-
ing Logan county in the front rank as
a vegetable producing county. Mr.
Plank exhibits s turnip that weighs
5 pounds and It ounces and measures
24Mi inches in circumference. Mr.
Lowe has grown n head of cabbage
that weighs 18 pounds and measures
48 Inches' in circumference.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY BU0
AGED
YOUTH
Wealthy Woman at 71 Marries
Yssr^Otd the Hired ad an
Wilmington, DsL—This vicinity has
boon token by surprise by ths an-
nouncement of tbs wsddag of Mr. sad
Mrs. Isaac Llghtcap, ss tbs marriage
plans bad been kept secret, even from
sloes personal friends. Mrs. Light-
eng is osxsnty-three, owns n Mg tom
and Is reputed to be wealthy. Her
husband Is twenty-five.
They became acquainted to June
last, when Llghtcap was hired to net
ss overseer of her tom
ripened into love, and their
was culminated one night
when they slipped Into
after dark and went to ths M
where Rev. Warren
tbs knot. hntnsdtoN
they harried husk to the
zrapon, and ufemjke tovsoitoatod be
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