The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-27
MISS sMOLIANINOFF AT
LAST CAUGHT BY
GERMANY
WORKED HIGH OFFICIALS
Russia Paid Her $4,000 a
Year for Services.

Berlin, Dec 27.--The sensational ca
reer Of spy Miss ziniada smollanl-
noff a Russian SPY. has been cut short
hy sentence OF fifteen months impris-
onment al Lepsic Her case demon
strates to what methods the European
governments resort In order to ferret out
each others military secrets
Miss Smoliannon was "a typical twen-
tieth century spy, pretty, dashlng, OF
high birth and good education. In st.
Petersburg Miss Smolianinom was feted
during one or, two seasons as society
beauty Suddenly. when she had at
tanned the age Of twenty her fa,her
lost an his money and committed sui
eide. Her mother died shortly after
ward and Miss Smolaninom was leit
alone In che world without a cent. She
became governess. yhe 1ifc, however
was irksome and humiliating TO her
After year Of drudgery. Miss Smo-
llaninon met by chance young officer
Of the Russian headquarters stan. who
had formerly heen one Of her admirers
and was generally distressed at her un-
happiness. He suggested TO her. a ca
reer which would enable her to live in
luxury-that she become a SPY in the
service of the Russian government He
promised to use his influence at the war
office 70 obtain employment for her. Miss
Smolaninom consented and was shortly
afterward engaged as spy.
She was dispatched TO Germany 20
learn as many military secrets as pos
Fsible. She arrived at Berlin provided
with exceptional letters of recommends
tion which, combined with her appear
ance and manners, enabled her to
( achieve a great social success in the
! German capital She appeared to have
unlimited funds and drove about in her
carriage and pair with llveried domes-
ties ana maintain a gorgeous apartment
in princely style in The most fashion
able street Of Berlin.
Her social connections gave her excel
lent opportunities. She bewitchod state
officials and army officers into telling
secrets which they ough; TO nave guard
ed as jealousy as their own lives. She
was so adroit that her victims had not
the slightest idea Of how they were be-
ing duped She continued her operations
unchecked for four years During that
period she ascertained plans for the de.
Tense OF Germany's eastern frontier
against a possible Russian invasion, a.
Ntti IS liAt otAtllt u IlpDlllNdtlpn II
Germany became Involved In war viii
Russia. She obtained sketches OF i'm.
portant fortihcations and copies oi
weighty military documents. Precisels
how she achieved all this has MOI beer
revealed.
Suspicion was first directed toward hel
by the suicide Of a young officer of bril-
liant prospects, out of whom Miss smo-
laninoff had wormed a most important
military secret. He left a letter giving
this as the cause Of his self destruction
The German authorities closely watched
Miss smollaninom from that day. Aftei
several months they had sufficient evi
dence to Justify hcr arrest.
The trial at Lepsic was behind CLOSED
doors, owing to the nature OF the mill
tary secrets discussed. It has transpiret
that Miss Smolianinof received a SALARY
of $4,000 a year and had communicates
to Russia over nifty important military
secrets. Had it been possible TO prove
this legally she would hardly have es-
capped with a smaller penalty than twenty
years penal servitude She had en-.
shared over one hundred state officials
ana army officers and exploited them FOL
her purposes. When she emerges from
prison in fifteen months she will be ex-
PEELED from Germany ana prohibited from
ever again entering the country. German
military authorities regard her as IN,
most dangerous and successful SPY OF re
cent times.