Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 16, 1920, Page 2

CHIEF OF SPIES Beautiful Woman Who Beguiled Unwary Into Giving Secrets to Germans.- ~ RELATVE OF VON HEINRICH At Her Hu;qulrgou in Antwerp She Collected Information Which Was Forwarded to German Headquar- tero—Had Two Accomplices. ‘ London.—Many details about the life of the “blond-haired lady,” who served as a German chief of spies in the war, have been given by a colonel {a the French counter espionage serv- fce who knew her well, according to % London Times Paris correspondent. This colonel, who was then a cap- taln, spent some months during the whr at Antwerp and saw most of the ‘people who visited the lady, for it was his duty to supply these visitors with false Information or true information when too late to use. The chateau, which the witnesses at Lille belleved b be outside Antwerp, was in reality ia the center of the city. It was a ho- tel in the boulevard de la Lol, a ma~ Jestic bullding which those who were brought blindfolded .in a motor car with' drawn blinds might well have taken for a chateau in the country- slde. § Related to General von-'Heinrich. The blond-haired lady was certainly a relative of General ‘von Helnrich, though the exact relationship still re- ~ ‘mains uncertain. She was a fine wom- ‘am, being slim and unlike the major- ity of her fellow countrywomen. The Frau Doktor, as she was addressed .iby her colleagues, spoke French with- out a trace -of a foreign accent and " showed by her manner and dress that .- she had lived for a long time in ‘France, and probably in Paris. She —~.used to address her agents with a :French cigarette between her lips, leaning back seductively in a large armchair, She never spoke harshly, but, on the contrary, in sweet, even ‘tones, no doubt gaining much which ‘her masculine confederates of the Ger- .man general staff lost through their alr of brutality. / ’ Accomplices of the German Spy. Two men lived,in the “chatean” with her, & man who posed as an Eng- lish fop with a monocle pretending to be a journalist on a London paper, and an officer of the German G. H. Q. The fop, the French colonel states, was the proprietor of a hotel in the same boulevard de la Lof, and -the German officer, Keffer by name; had as his last duty the control of the in- formation upon the allles’ submarine bages: at Calais and Dunkirk; and the numbers and changes in the north of France, The blond-haired lady, be- sldes using part of her time in be- zplllng poor unfortunates into betray- ing their countrymen, collated her in- formation before forwarding it to Ger- many. FRENCH “VETS” ADMIT YANKS Ambulance Volunteers, Foreign Le- gion and Escadrille Members Eligible to Society. New York.—American volunteers who served in the ambulance corps, the Foreign legion or the Lafayette escadrille are to be accepted as asso- ciate members of the Federation of French Veterans of the Great War, it was announced here at the New York headquarters by Charles Bournez, the general secretary. The organization, formed to “culti- vate a spirit of loyalty to the United _States afd attachment to France,” will extend its activity, it is said, to Can- ada and Mexico. Eliot Norton of the Norton-Hajes ambulance and R. Howard Gamble of the American fleld service, have been designated by the federation executive committee to pass upon applications for associate and honorary member- ship. CHILDREN’S CHIMES PLANNED Every Child in—;;;ed States to Be + Asked to Give Cent for Vic- i tory Set. —_— 4 " New York.—Every child in America will be asked to give at least one cent toward the erection in New York of a get of “victory chimes,” which will ring out in daily reminder of the sacrifices made by Americans in the war, it was announced by the newly organized Vie- tory Chimes and Carillon association. The plans call for a series of 48 bells—one for each state in the Union —on which will be played daily a vic- tory anthem composed for children, “The Ntar-Spangled -Banner” and “America.” A forty-ninth bell, to be the largest bell in the world, would -be sounded only upon the inaugura- ‘tion or death of a_ president of the " United States. e Meets Sister After Years. ' ‘Chico, Cal.—After being parted from “his sister for a period of thirty years, William Simpson of Virden, Manitoba, Canadh, arrived here yesterday to be _the guest of his sister, Mrs, L. F. Eg- gers in Chico Vecino. Simpson is ac- companied by his wife and son Gor- -~ flon, who was wounded in action in France while serving with a Canadian contingent -of the British army in the world war, 5 “Professor X” Is No Longer the Great Unknown AMBERTVILLE, N, J—The Kev. T. J. Benzley, rector of St. Andrew’s Epis- copal church several weeks ngo found a man wandering about the out- skirts. The man was ragged. His appearance was refined. His speech was FATHER - =% — that of an educated gentleman. He was unable to give his name, address or history. The rector took him h¢me, cared for him and made his stomy public, calling him “Professor X.” Now . the man_has_been -identified as Dr, John L. Brand of Worcester, Mass.,, who has heen missing for three years. ) . .- The identification was made by his son, Lieutenant Commander Charles L. Brand, ‘who s stationed at the Phii- adelphia navy yard. Commander Brand read the account of “Professor X” in the newspapers and instantly recognized his father. Obtaining leave from the navy yard, he immediately went to Lambertville. “Professor X" was unable to recognize his son when the latter approached him and said, “Don’t you know me, father? - Putting his trembling hands on the epaulets of his son’s udiform, he stared for some time directly into his son’s eéyes, but he could not remember. When he realized he had fafled to recall the past, the broken old man gave a cry and sank to the floor,. He had collapsed and was virtually car- ried from the room. Later he rallled. His physician says he may recover his memory. He will remain in Lambertville for a time. Dr. Brand was born and educatéd in England, the son sald, and was & physician and musician. He had devoted himself almost entirely to research work for some time prior to his disappearance and was an inveterate reader. He specialized in chemical and blological research. 5 ORANGE TRADE IS II‘#ROVED Spanish Growers Looking Forward to Good Days Now That War Conditions Are Gone. “Gleaming myriads between the hills and the sea.” The writer refers to Valencia’s orange groves, star- ring the plain on either side of her. “When the sea horizon reddens on a cloudless morning, they show up wonderfully beneath the pale pur- ple of the rocky, treeless Sierfas. The soil is a gorgeous red, and be- Rift In Love’s .Lute. Another honeymoon has been spoll- ed. In making arrangements for the housekeeping money the young woman found the engagement ring had been bought on the installment plan. A. Brose TOBACCONIST 400 Minnesota Avenue . Keeps the best stock of sides the rows of orange trees and || Tobacco in the Northwest, occasionally olives, it is dotted with small dark tufts of cypress and tiny snow-white houses.” Yet the Lon- don Morning Post’s correspondent, who speaks thus enchantingly of Valencia and her winter crops, adds that the year is not accounted a good one for oranges. Plenty of oranges, but they are expensive, is the fact of the situation. But for all that, the Valencian -orange trade is reviving, the processi?n of carts carrying their loads of fruit, the yield of the Valen- cian plain, for exportation from Gras harbor, is not likely to grow less, The war, the lack of transport, the submarines—all untoward con- ditions of the last five years, are dis- appearing into the distance, and the Valencian peasant is looking for- ward to good days, and meanwhile is contented enough under his blue skies. BABEL OF TONGUES. Tn the bureau of war risk insur- - ance, Washington, skilled transla- tors are employed to render into English a mass of incoming mail written in foreign languages and to translate into foreign tongues re- plies as required. Forty-five lin- guists in ‘the bureau translate and write in 46 different languages. These translations- into their own tongues are of great help to the de- pendents of service men in foreign countries. Letters written in the Ttalian tongue overwhelmingly pre- dominate in the mail-receiving sec- tion.” In August last the bureau re- ceived 41,000 letters in Italian, 463 in Spanish, 287 in Greek and 280 in French, Lincoln’s Task. Mr. g.incoln's perilous task has been t6 carry a rather shaky craft through the rapids, making fast the unrulfer logs as he could snatch opportunity, and the country is to he congratulated that he did not think it his duty to run straight at all hazards, but cau- tiously to assure himself with his setting pole where the main current was, and keep steadily to that. He 18 still in wild water, but we have faith that his skill and sureness of she will bring him right at last.— Lowell (1864). LIQUID FIRE INSECTICIDE. In his campaign against crickets in Algeria, Gaston Bazile is using liquid. fire and also a mixture of crude oii and black soap. In the Oned-Berdi poison gas was used. also Pipes. We do Pipe Re- pairing. H. N. 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The citizens of Bem- idji are assured, that should Mr. Johnson be re-elected, all will be satisfied with the adminstra- tion the coming year. - E His loyalty has never been - questioned. and by electing him to this office the city’s reputation as a loyal community will be maintained. ' 0000 A R 0000000000 T [