Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-02

In Berlin. Miss Walker still IL in
Berlin, | think, and If this story is
read there | hope they will take IL as
added confirmation of her innocence
in this matter.
| Miss Walkers Case,
OF course. Americans were not al
lowed to send any personal letters for
fear they might contain code which
would give information about Ger
many Miss Walker had not been able
to'get any word to her family In Chi
cago for weeks. She became anxious
and knew they would be worried about
her, so she wrote n letter to them and.
in some way, got IT into the Spanish
mail pouch.
II passed thru so far as we ever
heard. but she received no reply. The
mail had to go round by way of Hol-
land. Worried she did foolish
thing, telegraphed to n friend in the
mail office in Holland, saying she
had received no reply to her letter to
her folks, and asking this friend to
find out how they were.
OF course, German officers got hold
of this telegram and promptly ar
rested her. She was as near death as
she ever will be without dying. None
of her friends could help her. The
| Germans were convinced she was a
spy.
Captain Tauscher came to her aid
| America owes vote of thanks to Cap
tain Tauscher for the way in which
he helped American women in Ger
many He always did everything he
could for Americans there. and many
woman. and man. too owes smooth
sailing to Captain Tauscher's influ-
erce and Kindness.
Captain Tauscher went to some high
official 7 don't know who, the kaiser
for all can tell. and vouched for
Miss Walkers innocence. They re-
leased her from custody, but for
day ana light
The Hidden Passport.
I. myself. almost got into trouble
once. It was foolish OF me. but
was sure I could get away with II.
| The passport ! got at the beginning
of the war was good for two years
Before the United States entered the
war Of course 7 could go wherever /
pleased in Germany. by obeying the
proper rules and regulations.
Ny passport was tremendously in
| teresting to me, II was so stamped up
and had heen in so many places, so.
| when the time came to get a rev one
l wanted to keep the old one.
put 1t In a vase In the pension
where I was staying at the time, and
went to the American embassy and
said had lost It, They questioned
me closely but insisted I had lost
IT, Then they said they would see
what could be done. I had to adver-
tise in the paper several days
thought everything was going
along smoothly, when one evening "A
German soldier came to the pension
and asked for me. / was scared until
I was white. lie said he wanted to
search my room. ! didn't know what
was wrong, for | never thot of the
passport. He searched 1t and. believe
me. If had been trying to hide pin
think he could have found II.
or course he found the passport.
And the look he gave me! MY knees
just bucklcd under me. You said you
lost your passport" he said Il just
found It," | managed to gasp out,
| "and haven't had time to report IT,"
That was all that saved me.
was so frightened that looked
him straight In the eyes as I said 1t,
and he believed II.
Later I got q new passport, but
certainly did not keep the old one.
realize now that / never would
have gotten out of Germany with Il,
for It would have been found at the
frontier
Insults to American Flag.
I had a narrow escape from prison,
for if they had not believed my lost
and found" story they would have thot
| I was a spy sure. Every little suspl-
cious circumstances Is taken right up
to have n deep meaning over there.
That is why they do not permit any
persons to speak in English, not even
over the telephone. They are afraid
| 4, ~ -, tt-f,, tn
formation of some sort may be passed
along. You will be cut off If you try
to speak English on the telephone
The first year of the war. catching
spies was almost as common as catch
ing flies. But this last year. only once
in a long time did we hear. OF any spy
being caught Really, l don't see
how a spy can live very long In Ger
many, so close watch Is kept on
in the big cities.
I'll venture to say that. from the
time the war broke out, the German
war office has record of every place
/ went every person / talked to or
wrote to and almost every thot thot.
Hardly the last tho, or / never would
have gotten out.
Even before the United States en-
tered the war the American flag was
| lnSulted ana treated llgntly. 10 wear
II was no protection to any person.
And after the United States and Italy
both entered the war, / had hard
lines. The Germans hate the Italians,
as they say Italy broke her agreement
with the central powers when she en-
tered the war. The Germans say they
never. never will enter Italy except as
conquerors. My name before l mar
ried was very italian. and I received
many slurs because of 1t. Then when
I would say I was American, that was
worse yet. AS much as i could sup
ported my parents country, Italy, and
my own. America. but sometimes
had to take slurs and insults to save
my liberty and, I do not doubt, my
life.
Getting Married.
| When Mr.. Brown came over to
marry me, he asked me one day where
he would go to get a little American
flag to wear in his buttonhole so peo-
pie would know he wasn't English. /
told him didn't know and. II did.
wouldn't get 1t, for I would not dare
go in a store and ask for It. That
was hard for him to understand at
first, but after he had been there a
few weeks he understood.
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