Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
DOGS TRAINED
TO HELP SPIES
Enemy Aliens at Large in
France, Many Disguised
as Women

as women
MATI-HARI, the dancer, who has been
A'1 executed in Paris, was only one Of
many who have sought and still seek to
use the prerogatves that usually go with
feminine attire to aid them in spying upon
the Allies German spies, both men and
women, still infest the Allied armies, but
many Of the women" are no women at
all. but men in skirts. Many spies find
their way about the territory just back Of
the fighting line and they even get 10 the
trenches in no small numbers, according to
the testimony Of British officer who was
in Philadelphia recently.
Investigations are under way to weed sus-
picious characters out Of the American
forces in France and in America Not long
ago Major General J. Franklin Bell and
other high army officials received informa-
tion that a German army officer, member
of the German Intelligence Service, had
spent four days at Fort d. A. Russell last
August. His identity was not discovered
until after he had disappeared.
Commanding officers at some Of the re-
cent camps also received instruction from
the War Department to be on the lookout
for a German spy william Dunbar was
arrested recently and turned over to the
Department of Justice, accused of being
a dangerous alien enemy." He had sue
ceeded in having himself enrolled in the
United States Naval Reserve and had
served as an ensign. He will be tried on
Far
the truth evidently is being brought very
close to home.
Dogs Used as Spies
Needless to say, the watch for spies in
Europe is unceasing. The same may be
true in the United States, though it is
doubtful if America as yet has realized to
a full extent the daring of the enemy's
spies.
The role Of the German spy in America,
of course might be said to have hardly
started when compared to the part the spy
had PLAYED behind, in between and among
the armies of the Allies in Europe, There
information is of the most vital Importance.
Spies of course, will take any risk to OBJ
tain it, There are countless numbers Of
spy stories which will linger long In the
memories of the 'poilus.'
The Germans have spy dogs, 1t would
seem.
In a little town Somewhere in France"
a town which had been ravaged by shell
fire from both sides and not far from the
French front-line trenches, most of the in
habitants had packed their few belongings
and joined the long procession of refugees
to the rear.
Some of the townpeople, however, refused
to leave their homes and evidently pre-
ferred living in their cellars more or less
unmolested
one was an aged woman. She was hardly
able TO walk, hobbled about with stick
and seemed to be guided by her pet dog,
nondescrpt mongrel with woolly hair. The
dog was devoted to his mistress. The pair
dog and woman became somewhat favor
ties with the French soldiers. They gave
her the latest news. She always seemed
intensely interested, and soldiers We'd with
each other in gratifying her curiosity.
1t happened however. that the dog was
seen running one day in the direction of
the German trenches. The soldiers noticed
IT, One smarter. perhaps, than the rest
stored that insignificant fact in his mind
and reported it to a superior officer.
An investigation was made The dog
was caught running in the same direction
some days later. a cphered message was
found concealed in the dogs hair, having
been attached to an elastic band.
The woman" was arrested, tried by
court-martial convicted and shot as a spy.
The woman" it developed, was man in
disguise.
Because dogs are used to carry messages
for the spies, the Allied soldiers In the
trenches are not allowed to keep any dogs
as pets The officers regret the necessity
for such a rule, but theyNenforce it rigidly,
Spies Stole an Auto
On another occasion several French Of
ficers left in a hgh-powered motor to make
an inspection of lines in the rear The
machine had not left its starting point
more than half an hour before the riddled
bodies of the officers were found in
ditch Not sign of the motor could be
seen anywhere near, although 1t was re-
ported on several occasions in various sec
tions of the rear lines that same day. 1t
was still manned by French officers evil
IDENTIFY Germans in disguise.
1t was found that the officers had been
waylaid, killed, that Germans in the uni
forms of French officers had used the auto
mobile, obtained valuable information and
escaped in safety to their own lines.
At one of the field hospitals near the
trenches a doctor in an English service
uniform presented himself one day and said
he had become separated from his command.
That is not uncommon, He offered his serV-
ices. and as doctors were badly needed, they
were accepted without question The doc
tor spoke perfect EllBllSI anu hilcN LSIBlalu
like a book. Those in charge went so far
as to say that he was one of the most ef-
ficient doctors at the station.
1t developed that the doctor in question
also spoke perfect German. He talked
somewhat too freely with some of the Ger
man wounded prisoners who were brought
in, and suspicion was aroused. Investiga-
tion followed. 1t developed that he was a
German officer. He was executed.
on another occasion an old peasant
woman was seen walking rather too near
the firing trenches for her own safety
A soldier started over to warn the woman
after yelling at her. Suddenly she" was
seen 10 pick up her skirts, exhibit strong
pair of masculine legs and run at top speed
10 nearby woods. Several shots were
fred at the spy, but the man escaped.
German spies almost Invariably try to
conceal themselves in the disguise of peas
ants among the small army of refugees from
a bombarded town. This was noticed espe-
cially in the recent retreat of the Russians.
Most of the disguises are marvels of inge-
nuity. F. H. u. f.
TEUTONIC LOGIC
At the time of the destruction of Louvain