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WOMEN AH GOVERNMENT SPIES. Stealing Natal Plan*?Obtaining Soiohelcee Powder Formula. It may be remembered that a short time ago some valuable admiralty plana disappeared from Chatham. Mr. MeKenna. the first lord of the admiralty, admitted that they had been etolen. but a mystery surround? ed their disappearance. It la now suggested that a well known In? ternational woman apy, who la ev r ready to aell her aervlces to the highest bidder, be it the Russian. Oerman or French government, wiia responsible for the dtaappearan ;e of those plana It waa known that she was In this country for some weeks prior to the incident and It hi supposed that during that time she engineered the plot which re? sulted In the vanishing of the Im? portant pa peri. Whatever truth there may be In the atory, It la a very feaaible or o. for It la usually women who prove the moat successful spies. "Whm R cornea to trickery and cunning. aaid a well known detective to tie writer on one occasion, "there la no match for a clever woman. If ehe to pretty Into the bargain I weald back her to beat the cleverest men at Scotland Yard nine times ojt a of ten." And judging from the eucctsa of women in secret service work It would seem that the tribute Is In no way exaggerated. It la only a short time ago that a beautiful and fashionably dreeesd teacher of lanjuagee, Frau lei n Peter sen, about 15 years of age, was iJr ' rested at Kiel, In Germany, on suepl cloa *of being a French spy. She was aaid to have entered Into a love affair deliberately with a non-com sikaalnnnil officer named Dietrich of the explosives department for the par pees of Inducing him to divulge $ Important Oerman naval secrete. Dietrich flattered by the attent? ions of auch a beautiful woman, could deny her nothing, and at the tlane of the arrest was said to have been supplying her with the formula for the manufacture of the German smokeless powder (one of the most effective yet Invented) and the situa? tion of the port mines. To disguise her true occupation she posed as a teacher of languages. Suspicion was directed against het on account of the ample funds with which she was ?. always provided and of her fear of grring the police the customary notice of her frequent changes of adilnsss la Russia, where the secret service at raised to the level of a fine art, the Woman spy la re cog Used as an ex I trsmely valuable medium for obtain information, not only about for? eign mattere but alao concerning the various revolutionary movements going on at home. One of the most notorious of these feminine police spies la Mme. Joutchenko. who haa H been described aa a female Axtff. This person, posing as one of the Terrorist*, took part la their enter? prises, and discovering all their plana gave Information to thv police. For thla work she obtained a handaoine monthly aalary. She began her ne f farious trade at the age of 23. and her Bret big coup etas when ahe r e trayed the Reepontlne plot against the caar In 1895. Scores of these who had trusted her went into exile la Siberia on the plot being discover ed. She herself, to disarm suspicion, was aent away also, but waa allowed to oacape and rejoin the revolution? ists In order to obtain more Infor? mation. One of her victime waa a handsome girl named Franla Frouin kin. who was aent to the gallows after aa abortive attempt to kill the pre? fect of Moscow. The arch traitress wormed herself Into the confidence of families, with thi result that num? bers of person* were banished to Siberia. Quit* recently the French govern i aaent caused a large number of Ger? man women employed on the eastern frontier aa barmalda to be expel ed from the country. These women had been watched and found to be In the pay of German aplea, to whom they gave the Information that they ac? quired from listening to the conver aatlon of drunken sallore In the tav? erns. A mere serious affair waa that at Raima. Seven men and three woman alleged to be paid by agents of -.he Oerman war office were arreated. The three women were in the habit. It was said, of making the acquaint? ance of eoldlers and wheedling mili? tary secrets out of them, which In? formation they passed on to the man. Compromising correspondence was found at their lodgings and seemed to reveal wholesale espionage by he women. Aa a matter of fact the ir reat of theee men and women is * .id to have disclosed the existence of a wldeepread organisation of German aplea throughout the country. I Allowing itome discount for the apy mania which breaks out now and again In tho various countries, there la no doubt that the secret ser? vice of every country contains miiny aplea who art on the qul vlve for military and naval Information c>n cernlng other powers, and among these spies women are to be found doing much Important work.?Tit Bits. I It begins to look somewhat as if the Balllnger-riuchot Investigation were going to be transformed Into a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match between eminent counsel- Washing? ton Star. Reports are to the effect that Wall street la weak juat &t*4S> but It always cornea In strong at election time. ? Charleston Newa and Courier. TILLMAN ACCEPTS DECISION. t - Prays God's Guidance for the Mother In Rearing Ihr Children. Washington, Feb. 15.?Senator Till? man, upon learning today that the Supreme Court of South Carolina had decided against him In the habeas corpus case brought by Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., for the possession of her two children and had awarded them to her, said: "I pray God's guidance to the mother in rearing my little granddaughters, and that He will shield them from contaminating In? fluence and examples. The Supreme Court Justices have lifted a great re? sponsibility off me, and shifted It to their own shoulders," he commented. "My only motive In accepting the guardianship was the welfare of my little granddaughters. I knew all of the facts and circumstances, many of which were not brought out at the hearing, and was actuated solely by a sense of duty. The final result can alone determine whether the court has acted wisely. "Fifteen years hence, when I am dead and gone, and the character and type of women that my granddaugh? ters will have become will show whether it was best to have given them to their mother or not. I pray God's guidance to her In rearing them, and that He will shield them from contaminating influences and examples." He explained that the decision was rendered by ihc highest court in South Carolina, and that he will abide by that judgment. "I submitted to the jurisdiction of the State court so that the question could be decided by our own State court. It has de? cided and I shall, of course, abide by the decision. Beyond that statement I do not care to say anything more until I see a copy of the court's de? cision." When the farmers begin to talk of cattle prices instead of cotton prices or tobacco prices, the change from land-robbing to land-building will really have begun?Progressive Far? mer. The firm in faith never stand still. MiiiiiMMMiMiMiiMMiKMiMiiiiaiiaiiiaiaMiaMiaiaiiHHHMiiaaiiMaaiiaaHi $500.92 a a a a a a a a a a a a a FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS GIVEN AWAY! ? Great Voting Contest for Readers of : : : : : a a a THE WATCH AN AND SOUTHRON AND THE DAILY ITEM a a a 5 a a a a s s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a . 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