The evening world. Newspaper, May 7, 1918, Page 16

1 ir Te : | f EDITORIAL PAGE Sits nt Ye SR NOD s Tuesda May 7 Cae Ne Se Wa ANS ‘ y» y = if [Hitting the Nail on the Head! a=: ssc], Stories of Spies ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, - —e ee | By Al bert Pay son Ter h une, Published Daily Except Sunde ideies by the Preas Publishing Company, Nos. 63 to Park Row, New York. Consrigst, 1918, by The Press Pudtishiug Co, (The New York Evening W 4 No. 21.—WALTER BOWIE, Confederate Spy. | } HE Waring mansion on the bank of the Patuxent was one) : UREA OP TED ABSOOTATED PREC of the stateliest houses in Lower Maryland, John Hy i BESBER «7 4 | Waring, It f vast local influence, Associated Prone te exciuisi va) ited to the rae for remit on Rig meee | aring, Its owner, was @ man of vast loca i exealtad 12 NOt Soe Giorno caclica’ iS" His ater abdtse te Tomal ‘eee peaked i His three daughters were the belles of that region, ‘ > Tart iF At gray dawn of one morning in the summer of* * 1 ‘ eoeveemeNO, 20,718 | WOLUME 58. ....ccssccccccmeeererecieore seweNO, 20, 1863 a band of lurking men watched the house Sno = HE ETTER | behind thickets and tree trunks, night they had THE SOONER T: B / watched there, pistols ready, eyes alert, muscles tense, / ! | ‘They were detectives of the United States Secret HIS order issued by the President yesterday which assures an % Gervice, these vigilant watchers. And they were looke official inquiry by the Department of Justice into the ugly | Ing for a man who had eluded them for months, a charges of graft and pro-Germanism in aircraft production, | man whom they had traced at last to the Waring. art | mansion. came as a distinct relief to the country. | 4 f The object of their search was a dashing young To the obvious and unfortunate fact, patent to all Americans, that} | Marylander—Walter Bowle by name-nephew of the the Nation is deplorably behind in the aviation part of its war pro- pioneer who invented the Bowie knife. gramme, has been added a murk of scandal and accusation which has re ae Hp hol of the hay w Yo Bowie had ot ha 7 J ? ida of ou aovernment. ew a Confederate spy, enrolled as suc! io become intolerable. {the records of the Confederacy. Delay and waste in perfecting the Liberty motor were small) _ He combined a fiery courage with a nimble wit and with a seemingly 'y | endless run of luck, He was forever elipping through the most carefully matters compated with the astounding Borglum charges brought) fuarded lines with tidings of value to the South, He had proved uncatehe» egainst men to whom this immensely important part of the Govern- ablo. ., tes ee i tr ted | \ But Bowle was more than a mere spy. He spent his spare time scours i ment’s war activities was agriier entrusted. - | ) ng lower Maryland in search of recruits for the Gena } In the interest of the country’s paramount present task, no less } { paamarrnarer vy ¢ federa Many a waverer had he coaxed or scared oe a A . 1 . A A ti. ra ne Man a Peri Into enlisting In the armies of the South, } than in justice to individual reputations, it was time to turn a high-/ iii to Union: He varied his time and his activities stilt Serthba ower searchlight on aircraft production and to provide for a prompt fil | terre goby fighting in the ranks of Mosby's guerilla cavalry p . " Piet neresmanentnate i and fina) checking up of the amazing statements for which Mr. Gutzon ' ij Aegis ea at el Ce bracteata le balleng — ' Borglum is responsible. | ‘1 |menace, Spying, ratding, recruiting, fighting, he was everywhere at onoty rg! P | é nd did an incateulab! t of roi: f. b 78 id an incalculable amount of toischief. j aA ERE SIE Ta ia At last, in the summer of 1863, the Union Secret Service had located : * LOAN ORATORY. $m the Waring mansion, Fearful lest Bowle might escape during the i . 1 i on of an attack on the house, the detectives had waited all night to i : ; ; Ajg |selze him as he should try to depart. i VERYBODY will agree the Third Liberty Loan cainpaign K come out of the house. ‘There was no sign of him. ‘The i ee ‘ | only person to leave the mansion at that early hour was a ragged old negra i brought out the richest crop of speakers heard in any bond | woman, who waddied down toward the river with a laden washtud bala | | drive yet. anced on her turbaned head. j line Toole S . | | One of the detectives stepped from behind a tree and accosted tha Selling bonds for Uncle Sam has revealed in a surprising number | | acared. cies Hapreay: alii What muerte. Were ih (ie neuen, Bee ai OEE of ‘Americans—women as well as men—gifts of practical Aon | | seemed half-witted as well as frightened, he got no information of value rhi r ' | trom her. which the possessors themselves were probably the last to suspect. | On sho waddled to the river bank. A minute later the ecurry of gatlop- Patriotism has persuaded even some of The most shy and shrinking to ing hoofs was heard, Down the distant rond galloped a horse which had méunt the platform. And not a few auch have found public speak- | been STIPE eee ee eee ‘i : | | witted negress. ing 80 pleasant and the sound of applause so exhilarating that in the} | Then—and then only—d!d the baffled Seoret Service mon realize how end it has proved easier to get them up than to get them down again. | ie m one fooled—for the escaping “negross” was / r Yet the vast majority of the loan speeches have been notably direct, sincere and to the point. The Nation may well be proud that so many Americans untrained in public speaking are nevertheless able, when occasion demands and there is something that must be said, to stand on their feet and say it in a way that carries con- vietion, Clover Disguise Mr. Waring’s daughter had learned of the guard Foils Capture. the house and had dismuised their guest so # | Owner tely that he had deceived even the keenest- | eyed of the watchers, And so the wenry chase was resumed. For months it lasted, Howle al | ways slipping through the Secret Service net Just when it seemed most j tightly wrapped about him. | ° | ‘Then in the late autumn oame a Union storekeeper with news that hia To al] who have talked and worked for the Third Liberty} Head mnelipstacrat Tecra Ballas cian oueTEC Lie te eae Loan a special vote of appreciation and thanks is due, At the} | vine, surrounded the marauders’ cainp and opened fre. eee nee same time we venture to say there is no man or woman for whom! | At the first vi Bowie fell de 1 ‘ speaking in public has been a new and successful experiment who is 7 not grateful for a new sense of poise and power thereby gained. Tn this connection, now that the Third Liberty Loan drive is} over, there may be timeliness-in a reminder: \ While the general standard of Loan speeches can be praised, there have been a few instances where methods used to aecure subscribers! were sensational and unworthy. ~ Ellabelle Mae Doolittle — By Bide Dudle | Copsrigat, 1618, vy The Drew Publishing Co, (The New Tork Hira WPNTY members e Wom-)The Promptresa saw it was time to -— ee c sna oe SRNL ah en's Betterment League of Del- | {aterfere, : } ‘ ete hi met Friday afternoon and] “Ladies!" she said in astern tone of A young Loan speaker who tried to startle a Harlem theatre ° : ] formed what is known as The Ladies'| voice, “I'm syrprised. Who do you audience into buying bonds by telling them he had just heard that| annerisms a t ar e arr aml y Shortcake Club, the object of whi fi two think you are—Robert Fulton a body of troops comprising the old 69th Regiment had been wiped | bis to hold four meetings this Tmonth|and Jep Willard, the prize fighters . i indi - j B Roy L. McCardell for the discussion of the various|Thie ts disgraceful out in France was a particularly flagrant examplo. Lesser indiscre- M r r 1 e i 1 aS 24 Se eee e | methods of making shortcake. Tt {s| “But interesting.” chirped Mra. Boo- 7 ‘ions, though not condemned during the drive jst ended, should not| a a g gaiilictag oe w rening World), entirely an educational movement, |lah Baker, : l66] UBERTY Bonds or no Liberty) sons that she wants a new hat." yen ae pe os rs _. Nfe sane bel . Pp Ba the matter drop, We wifi be repeated in another: | ‘| : bonds, mit or mitout food or| “When I was over on the east eide,| "4 wlll seeds ay 4 ia Repent | By Sophie Irene Loeb ‘s,m | was over el fmited'to the month of May, ‘Thelnow have a delicious surorisn One ot We do not believe, for inetance, tliat persons in New York theatre clothing, hats for ladies has) at the wholesale glass deal ast Cayyrigt, 1018, by The Pre Publishing Co, (The New York Brening Word), Leg JUST couldn't stand it another | vacation, thinking T wouldn't notice | motto of the club is “Better horteake | our members who is just as much of got to be got!" remarked Gus, the) week, J seen a gentleman sellii ‘OM Cutey Borgs was audiences subscribed the more liberally for being fiercely challenge: or B t Tatsh aitn a lai. HE mean ladles’: untal thom om. push; carton! &n expert at shortcake making as shey i in the F 3 ‘i cate proprietor, with a . e jadies" 1 ° push cart—onl eeeey dees STAY te 4 { from the stage as to their purchases in the First, Second and Third| minute,” said a woman to me «| them when I returned. But it was that Se Gather how wsiics 1 kth, Chere | 5 Senin de we Matt 6 Galle” He cheats c rea: hief and Mrs, Luley jin ees an0, Jeaitiiabe were m a¢ Be inate “0 opkin, ribe. 0 a : . Loans. On the contrary, in at least one case of this kind the audience, fay days 680. Pos yieartng | ro hs Soe hora bL ain't no ving with my wifo, Lena,| marked a Slavinsky COMO on Te lea wbtioHtueue Halli andlarene bernie onen ae ve i i : i 1 5 "t got her| Gus, T show you." Pydoig® ‘i pour became pointedly unresponsive and the speaker made only one small} band and tt looks | very hard to endure, QUIOAS Timi TavEeLe UT e9R't ge : . were first addressed by Promptress| us together, I refer to that noted ! sale. | Persons who are quietly doing their best and buying all the bonds| they can do not like to be personal! examined on the subject in public. Americans who can be bullied, browbeaten or nagged into buying a new spring hat.” “It isn't enough, es you say,” ad- | 4 jet her one your ownself, Gus,”| vised Mr. Jarr, “if you get your wife levery way. I suppose people won't bd ; ticbac ih rae rt Joblot o! i cath eee ead A ee and I will be blamed, |#dvised Slavinsky, the glazier, “Don't 4 hat from a push cart joblot of th Immediately Miss Doolittle appeared another begged t if I am to go on at al) I wii|!et her have the money to waste; | Vintage of four years ago, she'll show) | fe boon as good es Itlon the rostic, mbes : will mark the end | but : Fe A ee ° a a | get her one yourself and surprise her | You something worse than symptoms, | might be. At least, so an article in| Swiss cheeselet, math antes te Of Wile sanritage, | "070 50 Oe Sear from Didi.” mit astonishment.” Sus, She'll show you the door.” the Delhi Bazoo tells us. Now, there| sire of | lon © Pere “L Just couldn't | The woman's words tell the story J"eyou. will not enly astonish ner, "The last time my wito, Lena,|the Dellt Bazoo tela us. Now, there autre of Imitation burlap, while tn he , ; | stand bie man. | Jf the truth were known, there are)’ isturiate her if you do that," | showed ime the door, she held my nose air ahe wore bunch of real dande. bonds are few. Those who will be disgusted and deterred by auch nerisms any | thousands of such cases where one |» | oeegl bt Ko ah shouldn't be the best the country af-| jong i 4 | : remarked Mr, Jarr, “Give your wife! #0 close to it that it rubbed the skin) O00 N NE OF ee Oe methods are many. ‘The balance is not in favor of larger subscription} yest Eee Ligad $55 OO aie ae re Se eertate |e money and let her buy her own| ff.” said Gus reflectively, “What do totals, , Tenia ee oeF sisted. When sie | 8 ts fe : : So | blackberries and the crust ingredi- went over them to me It seemed ime | burdena produced by such manuer-|*&t Take the gypsy's warning.” ret Aerize aces Uae op | ents: 80 wo are here to form a club | med they ( : Lib- advise you swell sh J : 5 Taberty Loan orators—as the great majority of them realize—] were mere trifies, little {dloayncracies |!8m# of one or the other, aire Nee re and got something swagger, but 1|'° study A, ma eh ake ME RET sponded Mra. Boolah Baker. Wy bs 7 a y y bebe ae making. oes y will always have the most powerful of arguments in the meaning of| "Bat “had gotten on hor nerves” un-| {| know a womun who left her hu sy . ; | til sho could bear the situation no | band because of the way he ute his | the loan and the menace that makes it of vital moment to the Nation. 1s it enough. No matter how much | dvise you to take your wife along) oe aris Fhe noted girl then squared offend | | money you give a lady It ain't enough,| 8nd let her pick ber own hat,” re-|™ ss a |Tead the following absolutely original longer. soup, She tried to change it, but | Money 3 Liberty bond buyers of every class can be better roused by facts] “Z tried 80 bard to overcome them,” | Without success, She couldn't stop as though it were “My husband js a good man in rtle of the Le “The short the Prot 18. |young woman, Ellabelle Mae Doe- ake this spring,” sald ttle,” 8 in her opening ad-| attacked and loudly cross- “Ladies,” she began, “how do yeu on “Fine, Ellie! How are you?’ we. | “Why not include Jobnnycake”"! poom entitied “Ho, f and they get sore on you, If you are | Plied Mr. Jarr. ked Mrs, Skeeter O'Brien, 0, for the Short. “ 1 5 ke!” But she ain't spealting to me,” sald oy | SORE ‘ » |a bummer what gives a lady you are pees “oe then by bullyraggin sald this woman who haa be . | eiving him soup, 80 she stopped him! Gus, “Them's the simpsons I was| “There goes that woman again, And OW winter lo ne moms nb} Hyragg. en mar. married to nothing, then you are more aid Mrs. Boggs in a low tone, Mrs. ‘Thongh with frecklen th ' ried for several years, “but be} 1 know a man who separated from popler, it looks to me.” telling you about that she wants a! S*'d 4 bs ' 2 H len the mun debe oe =i wouldn't help.” his wife because she wouldn't laugh | PDS : |new bat. When the lady you are|©'Brien caught ber words, F ~ “7 his jokes. In all th in|." Why !9 ladies that way?” asked} te aa ‘i | «I'd lke to remark,” snapped Mrs.) ;, f CLEAN-UP WEEK { A ttle twitch of the nose that he | #t his jokes n al hese cases, ‘ | Mr Slavinsky. “Ifa gentleman gives |™2t led to don’t say a word when she Biacess Nhat oe nies a eae Cary gen, male ¢ had, which was more of a habit than | the Inst analysis, it was tho Ittle! | 104, 16 is married to even so much | Kicks you out of bed, and then when 7 | anything else, seemed to annoy her tT@w that broke the union, If only | 4o much that, as she put it, “I could | People would try to adapt themselves that has piled up in| atmost scream every time he did it,” each to the other, especially in ‘the | fark corners during the winter should be puiled out and re-| The habit he had of pushing his col- | mai! things, much of this trouble | { moved for good | Jar around the back of bis neck when | Would be avoided hei | he came in and was tired would just| /t 18 #0 easy when one has a Iit- Tha ive her the “fidgets.” “And henover | ti@ habit that jars on the other to makes when he urges that no patriotic citizen ought to let his prenf-| would change,” she added, es erernimt ‘ ¥ he wil, AS n down in war time, but that on the contrary eve cae Pb i AC Henge oad fa hee prio wit ake see to it that the men who have gone to fight abroad shall find home| ‘touchy’ and all that, and schooled|C@nizance of tt. So much so that | cleaner and healthier than ever when they come back to it. | in the midst of we ' 8 to-day who wouldn't know a 6 ou don’t get nothing to eat what you | With us to-day w e) tters lei us not as fifty dollars tt ain't enough. But! y Bs . 5: : ier matters lei us no: pap AB anme gentleman asked the| !!ke. and ehe sits around tearing all) shortcake if she met one face to face Indy he ts married to that she shatl|P¢r hate to pieces to cook up another! ! once had @ meal at ber house, lend hic Athy canta (Ua too musn.| pes UP EnS Vamstablen ane mab em) Re a era ‘The lady you are married to always | ‘6 rest of the old ones, then them is} “Once nundre mes, you ago't Got seuse ens vigh to pound mane, Toke, Bull T don't yet seo what pete | ‘2 simpsons, Just ae I say.” meun," came from Mrs. Boggs sie lea weperetcinr ts a “Them ladies’ hata I seen on the|a@bout food conservation! A certain|and beat it gr ‘or ladies it to do mit Libert jand beat it grace f r iad I mes eae ee ett? | push cart on the east side looked fut!| Person I know bag the saving babit| ¢n, | bonds, LAbert Ps lady." of flowers and ve ables,” remarked Mr. Slavins' “Oy! c nd} A buzz of surprise swept over the “Liberty bonds ARP for a lady—| MM Slavinsky. “Oy kles and : h fair Columbia, the Goddess of roses they had on them! I look in) assem 7 ‘ the winders of ladies’ ta ores | O'Bri myself into bearing these seemingly | ten a seemingly email matter dr iperty!” saad Mr. Jarr, taking off nders of ladies’ military stores that this is clean-up week, when the rubbis t Siec T know very well veliness bowed to the rear or @ rostrum the jics knew she had handed P. Silas Pettibone, the tonso- rig tist The Potty 3 plage, It was known that Mrs, | Doolittle nt is off, peeps ) had a good appetite, but none|S4¥s: Miss Dovlittle sat down and} a good point Dr. Biggs, State Commissioner of Health, ises r. elves they Jown pa body should! the ‘club members anplay - 90k just the | suspected she had been in the habit of 8 applauded with a ‘ ‘ : 4 ee Ra yur | Viewed by the sensitive one with @ at the hata and they look just the | suspec great gusto Clean-up week means just as much as ever this spring and more.| Mfinitesimal shortcomings in ¢ le eee his hat. same to me as them I cen on the| dining out in order to save money. All were pleased a aa f j ‘ daily Life, But they grew and grew| . “Well, who has bought more of i So do your celebrating early and let it be thorough, and grew, until the molohilis became| I venture to say that If every couple i pigs “eeamrananR =i a ———----- | mountains to me, would endeavor to study just those Letters From the Peopl e “Oh, yes, I tried to change it alt,"| trifies that displease and try to over- rds Are Profiteer! push cart for from ten cents up to a} ~~ oemaieinteareenen them than me?” asked Gus. “When |peiiut a dollar.” bel it comes to Liberty bonds and any-|" iiimor, my bartender, tells me New Gun to Shoot Barbed Wire thing else for Ilberty there ain't no| that Claude, the fireman at the tir x she auld In anewor to my inquiry,|come them many of the marrtage| sigger booster ia this country than | tee aa te ek ack ae ca sie a row Gb SMF cOune | Volver: bas heen “but to no purpose. They didn't mean| trials would be solved to the satts- . 3 h i out them, The owner has raised my invented by J. A na World rent 14 per cent, beginning this! Py knitt thi r try brought to an end the] Steinmetz of Philadelphia It i# at x b i : remen is knitting things, I wonder day of the at open cat-! tached t¢ Ff ia ea ? ; Your many fights tor the rights/montn, some people in ‘ein.ty | anything to him. He did not ee him-| faction of both. The trouble with m fest as big a one as you are, | what they'd charge me to make my|y “ig ne Areat open cate i tached to tho mussle of the weapor i of the average New Yorker have al-|moved to the eeoble In my ri My) self as I saw him, ‘Phat ts the sum| Most people tx that they don’t try cried Mr. Slavinsky, fervently, | wife, Lena, @ nice hat?" sald Gus, “1| 0 ranges and John W. Gates pro-jand guides the strand into the pati ways had my small support, There|thetr former apartineata wera ta nes | and substance of it ‘They think that marriage haa created! «14, nought more than I can pay for, | #in't fot time to go over on the east | duced barbed wire for fencing themyof the bullet and holds it until the s another subject that is ripe just | prom 60 comers raised | "ur qroukd urge him in © casual way] bond that will never break, es- ri "| sic nd hunt for push carts with| off, no one could have dreamed of! trigger is pulled, wow and needs publicity as well O8\tormer high prices, and ie’ mang| at first, wouldn't Qo please try to| pecially on small provocations, But Pirral-tigaiiee Gay ay ite cans ee SOE? SB SARA the part the new invention was to! ‘Tronch fighters are ys on the drasti is the rent) cases no cleaning would be B aARy change his little habits that #o jarned| it is the minor matters that loom pide ee Rae ce Ls ti meuonnior |play in modern warfare, Its valuelalert to keep their barbed wire in ! question, txes have Rone UP| those moving in, In no cae would| 9m me But he always iaughed at|/@rKe, because of repetition, treat ves Ih be tbecaiimmecas 2) AR, Georetary Baker saiq at a|'% cefense I now well understood, good order,’ Repairs are made. at nd coal also advanced, that d0e4\the custom of allowing the new ten.|™me alwaya considered it unim-| A’ @ wise eoul has said, “Trifles on's?” repeated Mr, Ja lunchvon in Washington jand It le proposed to employ It As Alright, the stakes being driven bors not justify mous raises made/ant two weeks to he! puy moving | Portant, aud would go on talking| make Perfection, but perfection ts no nop Rees Re Fr, Jerr, he most | Weapon of offe ny 7 ‘ © help ing * ost | by the majority r ¢ \with mallets wrapped as been | da, reels of barbed d into the ranks of advancing infantry, The Agate Whlle part “Simpson's big department — sto Ours will be th se pele ents harg About something else until T stopped trifia” While perfection ts a dim-|""Simpson’s vfsp gle rel democratic army inthe wi for| Fer thls purpose a mo wide, Why | Most of this section suffered se-| telling him about thom. But IT ob-| cult goal to attain, yet the happy| Went out PEA OR FORTS “OP Fh ours ig the most democratic country, ted from whic ould property owners not be patri-|verely last winter from lack of heat| served them in allence just the same,| Medium can certainly bo reached In| more ago. “A millionalre, aa he climbed tnio| wire may be fir » the tax /2nd hot water—which tenants patd| 2°” . earned| e¥ery marriage if each plays bis part} ‘I don't mean Simpson's store, I {his limousine, snarled at a newsboy: a aay der baerei I couldn't help tt, In fact, { learned} P ‘ Pecial- | charges be followed. by in cloth to Two men carry means of a pole through the drum on which it is den the sound. y on the upper the wire by ote enough to at lea: wound, Sol+ é gun has| die : ' sp 4 on't want any paper! Ge: : | diers are equipped with heavy glove and coal advances prc he OWDETS Can Get and atnee scik| to look for ghem se littie every.| toward that end mean the simpsons @ lady shows |...) ra ¥ PAPEr! Get} icon tested at the Eddystone proving} and pliers for cutting the ieee enants? We are willing to do alljctent coal for next winter they are| day ways, until liv with im be- | "¢ Pa when she wants something and aln't| + +wel, keep yer shirt on, boss,’ the| grounds at Lakehurst, N, J, A num- but this is d y work in the face of en an to win this war, but {t is|not putting In an ounce, but evident-| came Intolerable. =| CONCRETE TELEGRAPH POLES. | going to tell you what !t is,” newsboy answered, ‘The only dif-|per have been sent ab d and may the enem fire, ‘The nian 0 ly Intend to have @ repetition of last English are The New Zealand Government ia re-| “oh, replied Mr, Jarr, |ference between you and me is that| sympto | winter, ; : ay an servic using a curved st profiteering im t “ 0 was already haye seen service, profiteering, I have sen od coaket ina aeeesatac al (t tpoumne ss verwrought . u b teld, behind, ‘'placing its wooden tolograph poles| js. ‘j ty a Lyou're makin’ your second million, | oe sry : which @ man on his bands and three male relatiy > the front and {Tittle timely legislating would be u| Nervous, supensensitive, and on vart- nd lette: box posts with orhnee a tee) “Yes, simpsons,” said Gus, sullenly. Wwenite rin stil! workin’ on my first," | A device by which wire may beeut may approach and cat repads toe em tr © mela'uin the home with- geal patriotic act 4 READMR, | ous occasions T would go awey for # inforced concrete, “My wife, Lena, has got all the simp. —Washington Post. with @ bullet from elther rife or re wires '