Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-09
The SPY AND HOW He
ACC0MPliSHES VICTORY


tl;y >rarIc Itcndc- .u The Fr',ruar, nam
her of the Popular Mechanics Magazine
When the cables carried The n.N> that
Carl Hans LndN Il former resident 81
Omaha. hld be,a hot a. "a spy ia TIE
Tower cf London. "A grim picture ~ The
~ulgic>t AMI at tie same time most ro
mantle. side ~ war was brought home I,
Americans.
shot a. . spy" The phrase thrills
veteran sud >chuulbn, hike aud heats
III, hiuud NJ anyone vLp Il v y spark II
Imagination or the spirit II adventure in
AL, veins. ~ ull the English language.
there IL hardly \ Nuri that %ctrric> with
il such "a cuuuatiuu - contempt a. spy"
ON The other hand. whether In the prep
~aratiun for war. ~ u war itself. there
! nu more patriotic or self sacrificing
work. nor scarcely ln, ~ more profound
value 10 the country which IL u ing ~,r-
we'd. than that performed b, the much lie
>pi>rd. little appreciated spy.
The rules at war relating a. spies are
clearly defined and offer uo redress rc
gardlr>> uf sex. 49,. w nationality. a. one
coming under that classification. II a
iicr>un. whether man ~ child. operates
>rrrctrll within the TERRITORY occupied
10y an enema during he war. tor The pur
post M communicating information a. "A
hostile arnN hr ~ subject ~ The u ath
penalty. The single provision made ~
hi behalf L. that hc must hr gi,cn \ fair
trial. Vet even this i> MOI assured, for
n hr hc >ourtmarlialcl and Shot and IT,
trr shown tu have been innocent M ti..
il. I.rr.. .A..sa-r Ir.. fI.D. r. .aa
against his rNrcutionvr>.
OF uIl thr >,>trni~ WHIT y>piunagr ever WI
gained that ot thc German war office +,
unpu,>tIu nLhlN The tarthc>l reaching anal
most rfyirut. ON The heels uf tn Brit
i>h government assurance that thr ti.r
man system 10 espionage had been cfrr.
ivrI, broken IN The United Kingdom
numerous British war vessels Wcrc tor
lrdu,d. man, >rutrir> Shot. dispatches
cont tanning accurate Information implr
taul 90 The enemy were Intercepted NEE
TN ", chance. while u German squadron
succeeded iu stealing past patrol boats.
ua,igatin. W,harlrl AMI mined pa>>t
.r>. firing Hu the suffolk coast Jnd then
escaping How some ~ The information
4" mich made tbs" things possible leaked
uut N, hr,Nu. although the >u, l-> NOT
been unprecedented and = still carving
ru his WORK.
TIL, Rev. Lord William Cecil r%,cjtr>
the story ~ how % British rand ou % Ger
Wuu squadron tu tlr North S,I Wu~ iuu-
trllrl. During " hcIt,rl argument iE
ga alrhou>, an English sailor. champion
iu- ia, pruNr~> ui his Navy. dc ldrtd
tina; ~ know positively thai drcai
uFueht>. cruisers. and torpedo huti-
were rt thIt moment pushing ahead um
Der tull steam &" surprise q ma hoat-.
Shrrll a|ftcrNarl Inc bar MAS clur d for
thr Might. nrI one W. The group. who
had prrripitJ,.d Tho argument. muuuj 70
hicN Az which had = brilliant he'd
LIGHT anil struck down " road leading
-lDug The coast. After . timr IT, iuWpt :
from The r,t'- rrl' .I~rl the lir from tho
front tire "nd them >ct about ~ mend a
run-turr. ~ doing hi. hr rrp.dtr,l,
PASSED in front ut thr lamp. rru>>ins the
u ltch NJ light >u"N tor lust au instant.
uoW deliberately stopping iu front 1T D.
Presently ir inflated tlr tire and rwlalrl
back ~ the civ. When thD British hlt
tlr>hir> arrived MI The scene at iutcIdrI
raid the Grrmau~ were uut there The
bicNcli~t WIS y German ~IN. Iii> mes
sage. flashed iu dots sud flashes. had hcru
seem through thr lrri>rnpc uf y waiting
German submarine
There are man, other WAYS n, which
lu agent working thctd ut hi~ ARMY. ma,
and doc> communicate information tu 10
without passing back through thr lines
SOM ut these systems arc employed u,
inform the ARTILLERY fnr instance. where
it> shells are failing. thus enabling ii M
ect The proper range uu rrrHty'> pos
tiou>. some of the >uhtcrtu.c> are -
ingenious and executed ~ rl Nrrlt that
detection because ~ The act itself. " dIt
truit. For instance clothes must hr
Nj shed il war Time l> we'll IVY il dut> WI
peace vet. 4 cluthc> line MAY IT, mldr
tn tIlk I'm I%rrau-ir. garments uu il h,
>ih. Hud color tcrurdIu. NV Y prr;Ir
ranged cndc. Likewise. the Nauc> uf
large %NIudWIil> ~4 irupurrh seen un the
Continent transmit messages merely hN
t@urniu. them IT, certain u'>itiuu>. u meth
ul used Iu time No lrrirr ~ convey intur
matiuu tu surrounding uriuhhur~. such
- simple operation ~ that of Wl>hin" -
window may result I'M lhr ultimlt driclt
~ ln army. W w readily seen how 4 >pN
thus engaged can signal 90 q lookout u,
means MI dots aud la~hr~. Tor lon. per
iud> az time III need ~ And ~ ahll
l>hrd interior rf 81 Wairhci>c 70 bright
spade W >lU ana similar things AN
have been r~cd tor flashing photograph
mess g'>.