The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-12-18
Italian Authorities Claim Possession
of Proof She Was Obtaining
Information for France.
APPLIED THIRD DEGREE"
TO PRETTY FRENCH MAID
Mistress frequently Made Visits to
Brindisi Naval Station--Un-
4 der Close Espionage.

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Macvanc, American prima donna
and daughter of Professor Marcus
Macvane of Harvard, was arrested
here today as a. military spy.
THAT this charming young Ameri7
can woman, who has won name
for herself in Italy as well as in her
own countryside is horsewoman'
golf. tennis and swimming expert,
as we'll as singer-could have been
plaJ ing the part of spy is some
thing almost incomprehensible TO
those who know her, but the Italian
authorities claim that they Will be
able TO prove the charges.
4 few weeks ago Miss Maevane
went into the south OF Italy TO
sing prima donna roles with an
opera company. With her went her
French maid, her pct dog and mr.
merous trunks OF clothes. miss
Maoyano is attractive; she is viva
cious; she is entertaining. 1t was
quite natural that the smart young
naval officers at Brlndist aud she
should become acquainted.
Watched by Secret Service.
At Brindisi there were many visits
paid by the young American singer
to the naval station; there We're
teas and inpromptu little entertain
naents; there We're long strolls
through the station with different
officers-and always in the back
ground mrked the secret service
agents, who III some way had be-
come suspicious of the singer.
scarcely less popular with the
dashing young officers at the naval
station was the mysterious French
maid of Miss Macyane The meet
ings with mistress were in the open;
with the chic little maid the ItSlian
officers trysts were surreptitiously
made. But wherever the French
maid went her steps We're dogged
by the unobtrusive watchful, spy
ing secret service men.
The stay at Brindsi of mistress
and maid was an uneyentful one
and then they moved with the
opera company to Taranto; so
mo- ed the secret service men, What
they had learned at Brindisi the Sc
eret service men do not say But
they intercepted the French maid,
They applied modern police methods
which in America are known as the
third degree" to her. They say
they learned from the girl many
things that confirmed their sus-
picions. They claim, too, to have
found evidence of other kinds
against both mistress and maid.
Notify Ambassador Page.
And then came the arrest of Miss
Macyane The American woman
was very indignant. She protested
against her arrest; she called it an
outrage and then found relief in
tears. She demanded that her
father be notified and that Thomas
Nelson Page. the American Ambas-
sador to Italy, be notified of her
plight. Both of these requests were
complied with, but Miss Macvane
is still in custody. Just what .he
evidence against her is the authori-
ties will not divulge
American friends of Miss Mac
vane-and she has many in Rome
are not surprised at the turn of
events. They cannot believe the
Yankee girl is guilty But they
think she may have given the Ita!-
ian authorities some cause for sus-
picion because she is willful ana
daring. They know that BECAUSE
they know she always has been a
pretty spoiled child.
Miss Edith Racvane, a sister,
called at the United States embassy
this afternoon and asked for i'm
mediate action. She told Ambassa-
dor Page her s'ster had not hael
put IN prison, out IS under constant
surveillance and is isolated fipm
hef relatives and ell her letters are
intercepted.