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Show WOMAN HERO OF WAR TAKES POISON WHEN RECORD IS EXPOSED i BRUSSELS, FeJ, 16. Madame Louise Thttlior, a Belsrian I school teacher who was awarded the insignia of the: Legion ol Hon-. Hon-. or and the Belgian War Cross during the great war, has chosen sui- , . ej,ie rather than face exposure as a spj and a betrayer of patriotic 1 ; friends, it is declared by today s newspapers. The woman, about j whom revolved one of the most stirring tragedies ot the Avar, .swallowed .swal-lowed rat poison at her home in the village of Wineries, near Mons, yesterday when called to appear before a magistrate. Madame Thulier was associated with Edith Gavellethe Bng- lish nurse who was eve nted by the Germans in Brussels on (hr ' tober 15, 1915, and with Countess Joahenna do Beville, who was doomed to die by the Germans, bnt whose sentence was commuted through thi intervention of President Wilson. She, herself, was j taken prisoner by the Germans and was sentenced to death, but King Alfonso, of Spain, made a plea in her behalf and slu- was re j prieved. During an investigation of espionage operations at Mons, evi- dence was found, it is declared by newspapers here, that Madame Thulier had betrayed a number of companions, one of whom was , Philip Baucq, an architect, who were executed the daj .Miss Cavelle faced the German firing squad, i |