Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-04-14 | Page 62 | More than 50,000 German Women Spy for Kaiser in U. S.

More Than I German Women Spy I I For Kaiser in rn U. U S. S I By Max Cook CookI I St St. Louis Newspaperman Who Is an Authority on German Spies in America and Who Captured the Master Spy h Karl Graves S YOUR Youn neighbor a German IS J SI spy Mr Ir Maker Is the youthful debutante who au audaciously nu- nu I held a n. a lete with you ou at last nights night's dinner dance dance- while wife not looking looking- your OUI was as a German sp spy l Mr Nr lr Club Man Jan Is IR the heart head waiter waller In your our favorite club who han hangs s over o you ou perpetually fills your every want Instantaneously a aGerman German spy Ridiculous Of or course not noU you ou sa say any Take fake a glance at the records of or tho Ih German spits spies already alread captured in III the United States th then n look back over o your own actions since war was vas d declared between this country and Germany and ask yourself if you ou have said cl an anything h In public that if if heard rd by a a. spy might give I c aid and comfort to the enemy nem Do 0 you ou know all about your neighbor nel Do you ou know all about that debutante Do you 1 0 know that that head wRiter waiter cannot possibly possibly pos pos- sibly be there to gather just such threads of information that a a. mu- mu and clubman might I accidentally drop In conversation 7 Ridiculous A prominent secret seret service I operator says sas there are arc German spies In the United Slates States He Tie says S that 25 per cent of or this I quarter million JI in intelligence 10 L I agents are arc women some women some lr f r I them hetu exceedingly beautiful all attractive But all allaro arc aro wily VOW wom- IP cf of oC the kaiser I Wit I h first at heart using their ut utmost utmost ut- ut most nerve and amI wiles to do 10 damage to your son brother son on or father over o there thero and find yourself your om neighbors and lUll your our country over ocr here Tl The c of or opinion among secret service men who are ure on CI tho thio Job Is that 90 O per cent of oC this marvelous mar mar- SI spy or 01 organization are arc naturalized nat flat American citizens I S 0 S SA A t ecret service ser man mail who ha haA hai been at work worl on the tho German spy system II In this country for fOI months wa asked tho the questions R What is a German spy What t does Os O's he or he-or or she she look look like How can you 1 0 tell a Gorman German spy sIy front from an ali ordinary person You 1011 cannot ho answered unless you ou make mako It a a. business i dv ath ami ani keep keel continually after atler them Most of or theta them arc are areLi Li lr I out this ery cleverness Is what whal gives 1 them awa away S S S SA A parson asked and got permission permission sion Ilon to go through a IL plant where large sheets shoots of oC rubber rub rub- tier her are arc manufactured manufacture to see how the thing was done so ho I could t tell lJ his family faintly and congre congre- gation gatlon The The guard who conducted hi hira was a United States secret I service man Th The Tho two o camo came to a machine from which rolled largo large sheets of rubber May tay I have e a Piece of or that sheet rubber I would like lIko to take tako It home as a souvenir sou said sallI tho the la pardon Ison Certainly said sall th the secret service service ser ser- vice man as he lie reached for fol or his pocket knife By ny tho the time lime the secret service Irl serviceman man finn had opened his J knife blade hlad however howe the parson had hall opened his own and ahll was sas drawing the blade hlade rapidly between his lips It Placing his hand on the thC lie parSOnS parSOn'S parsons parson's par pal sons son's shoulder the secret service serviceman serviceman man lORn calmly said Im going to take a chance chane and arrest at you You claim to be lie a minister It 11 Is IH probable that a minister r would know that j 3 on have la C to 10 wet wel the blado of or a a. knife before rC you rOil nhI can cut rubber An I revealed re th the par parson on was an 11 enemy nemy alien allen and anil he be was interned S S S Tho The spies In Iii th the United States Slates can bo he divided di Into Inlo six classes c and 1111 thC these l' l classes luh subdivided vided II Into n as man many more apiece First there thero is the military rY spy p who obtains important military mili miJI- tar tary secrets crets of great reat value alue to In his country In this class rIas will h be le found tho the brains brain of oC the German I P 1 t I. I 1 I 1 01 mi inu L UI lIll K is Jj U me most difficult and dangerous Capture means mean certain death With this class claRs Is the th political spy who fixes or attempts to fix perSons persons per per- sons Rons attached to the most Important Important important tant offices In tho the nation thus es establishing es- es leaks on information Among tho the operatives of or this class are arc business and professional lonal men with large lare local followings also the tho real operatives the men who ho sort out the de determine determine dp de- termine Its value and regulate res the nr fin ti 1 nh v VII I v. v branches of or the spy system ac ac- ac cordingly Tho The second class clas of or German spies are arc tho the men and women whose whoso solo sole hut dut duty Is to realize by hy tire fire and anti destructive scientific methods those ends which the other members of oC the system are arl unable to attain With enemy aliens running practically practical undisturbed these n agents have havo achieved a a. series of or German vic victories lc tories b by destruction of or foodstuffs and war material Included in this class are arc the bomb homb throwers dynamiters dy- dy torches workmen who put defects In munitions the lie they aro are assisting to manufacture men and women who put glass In foods train wreckers and the clerk cherk who purpose purposely routes a train of munitions munitions muni mimi or foodstuffs wrongly when the tho utmost speed Is Js necessary to serve sene our arm army acro across s the sea Often OCten the time clerk who does thIs notifies notifies noti noti- fies ties the tIme German spy IP system of or the route rout and time limo of or passing passin of or tho the train 0 The rime third class Is Js composed of or industrial disorganized or organizers organizers organ organ- of or industrial unrest Their I chief business Is Js to foment strikes and other disorders to assist in lii delaying production to hamper methods of or distribution and confuse contuse con con- I fuse tuse and paralyze Industries whey whey- t 1 1 rt fU in III niese operatives es can do more damage damase than an army corps The fourth class consists of or the disease spreaders Their Thel diabolical cal work already has resulted in untold dama damage c. c Included int In this tiis class are arc the time spreaders of or germs fake falco doctors and users From peddling poison polson to tho the farmers In Kansas and tho the distribution of or germs o of ot foot and throughout the Central Central Central Cen Cen- West to the spreading of or spinal meningitis germs Is but one small step compared to some seine the I German disease carriers aro are ta ta- ta king kin The fifth class is the well known propagandist The pro-German pro propagandists propagandists' work worl has been felt undoubtedly by every ery man woman and child in the United States lie He Is a a. financier an organizer a wool the patriot sometimes sometimes some some- times a a. molder of or opinion saIl and one of ot the most cowardly and underhanded personages In the en entire en- en n- n ti tire tie c German spy system This man man or or woman woman poses poses as S a pa patrIotic patriotic patriotic pa- pa American citizen then dos does oes everything in his power to poison polson the minds of or the community to I embarrass a 8 the United States State's arm army navy and administration the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross the Y M. 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C A A. and every or organization engaged in Sn winning the time war The propagandist Is anake a snake nake hidden In the grass of or patriotism patriotism pa pl tearful fearful of daylight ht but using its tan fangs s freely freel in thu dark darl ness Probably every citizen has hils heard heald somewhere the time story of or tho the woman who sew sewed d a 5 3 bill in a sweater she had knitted for the tho Red Cross and found her sweater several se days later on a Red Cross worker who told her he hind had purchased purchased pur pur- chased It at a n. store whereupon sIte sho ripped tho the sweater open and found her 5 bill This stor story wax was belh believed h by thousands thoUMan s many of or whom stopped knitting for Cor the Red Bed Cross on the lie strength of ot It It It was proved pro to be puro pure bunk The sixth h class of ot German sp spy is also a c community man or wom woman an Ho lIo Is the man who organizes societies to combat war moves mo and camouflages his movements by claiming he ho is a pen peace co lover hover Tho rho average e citizen en would bo be shocked and surprised to know mow what a a large percentage of oC time valuable information German Germany ac acquires acquires ne- ne quires through her Intelligence fSr system tem is obtained through tho careless talking of or this nations nation's s 's sown own people And they would bo ho slightly slightly- aye nc greatly provoked greatly provoked if they how much of or this information mation matlon leaked d through butlers maids housekeepers an and Janitors right In their own homes clubs and arid apartments Is your neighbor a iL spy spy- Will ill it do an any harm to watch him close closely If Ie he Ime is not I