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Show "Woman's Wit Leads H to Spy's Capture H QUITE a numbor of women havo received decorations for deeds performed in. tho service of tholr rcspectlvo countries during tho l present war. Sometimes It is for 8. deed of valor or for exceptional scrvico In hospital l work, and again it may bo for aiding In tho capture of somo onomy. In ovory bolligerent country there is a. con- M stant watch-out on tho part of everyone for IH spies. Not only do tho polico and military au- jf thoritles keep constant vigil, but tho citizens l as welL Henco it is that so many Americans H havo complained of being captured and held as spies in various European countries and Can- ado. Tho bomb-carrying spy Is an especial l sbhorronco and tho stranger in a belligerent city, carrying a suspicious-looking package or even an Innocent-looking valise or suit case, Is liable to bo stopped and tho package examined H Recontly the kaiser conferred tho Iron Cross l of the second class on Frau Mario Stollk, wlfo H of a grocery man In Glelwltz, Germany, for H giving information which led to tho capture of IH a spy who had sovcral infernal machines and J bombs in a bag. Frau Stollk was traveling' from Tarnowitz to Glelwltz and in the samo compartment was a H man carrying' a largo bag. Sho noticed that fl whenever thoy camo to tho bridge tho man H would becorno much interested and would stick IH his head out of the window and closely observe H tho brldce. H Finally sho Informed ono of the train guards' H of tho suspicious notions of tho stranger, and H ho was taken in custody. When his bag was H opened and tho contents brought to light, tho H man confessed that it was his intention to dow H stroy bridges on Gorman railroads. H Tho railroad officials in their report gov IH full credit to Frau Stollk and her reward wag H the desp.rfttionv JH |