South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-28

you up 10 fin6 out il you were a spy.
You did not dare voice an opinion
90 any person for il you did. you
might sleep in Jail that night
Regulations Very Strict.
They We're very strict about the
passports. too. No matter where
YOU went out of the city-even a
neutral-yOu had 10 have your pass
port stamped when you left and
stamped in whatever town you Wis
. tied. When you came back, you had
20 report 20 the police within two
days or you would be arrested.
1 remember the case Of a dear lit
tie Spanish woman. Spain was neu-
tai, but her citizens were treated
little better than enemies. This
woman. and her little boy. aged
about 3, went 10 visit relatives in
a city a hundred miles or 50 from
Berlin. When she came back the
boy was ILL., He had taken sick on
the train and, in her anxiety she
forgot all about reporting that she
had returned. Her boy became
dangerously ill., But, at the end Of
3
to appear before the police
When she did. she was put in pris-
on for three days-and her baby IL.
She almost went crazy She was
not perm tied to return TO her home
before her prison sentence had ex.
pired and she had to trust to the
police to give such instructions at
home as were needful in caring for
her baby. Fortunately the baby
did not die.
Another incident concerning a
Miss Walker Of the American con-
sul's Office in Berlin. Miss Walker
still is in Berlin, I think, and if this
story is read there I hope they will
take it as added confirmation or her
innocence in this matter.
Miss Walkers Case.
OF course, Americans were not al
lowed TO ser any personal letters
for fear they might contain a code
which would give information about
Germany. Miss Walker had not
| been able TO get any word to her
family in Chicago for weeks. She
d -
would be worried about her. so she
wrote a letter TO them and, in some
way, got il into the Spanish mail
pouch.
1t passed through, so far as we
ever heard. but she received no re-
ply. The mail had TO go round by
way Of Holland. Worried, she did
a foolish thing, telegraphed to a
friend in the mail office in Holland,
saying she had received no reply
to her letter TO her folks, and ask
ing this friend to find out how they
were.
OF course German officers got
| hold of this telegram and promptly
arrested 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.
Then Capt. Tauscher came to the
rescue America owes a vote OF
thanks to Capt. Tauscher for the
way in which he has helped Amer
lean women in Germany. He al
ways did everything he could for
Americans there. and many a wom-
an, and man too. owes smooth sail
( ing to Capt Tauscher's influence
/ and Kindness.
Cant Tauscher went 10 some high
( official. don't know who. the kais-
er for all 1 can tell, and vouched
/ for Miss Walkers innocence. They
/ released her from custody, bat for
months she was watched. practically
| day and night.
The Hidden Passport.
I, myself, almost got into trouble
once. 1t was foolish of me. but
was sure I could get away with it.
The passport 1 got at the begin
ming of the war was good for two
years Before the United States en-
/ tered the war. of course. L could so
wherever I pleased in Germany. by
obeying the proper rules and regu-
lations
/ My passport was tremendously in
/ teresting 70 me. it was so stamped
4 up and had been in so many places,
/ SO, when the time came 10 get a
new one I wanted TO keep the old
2 one.
I put il 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 ques-
/ toned me closely, but 7 insisted I
/ had lost il. Then they said they
would see what could be done. /
had TO advertise in the paper sew
eral days
! I thought everything was going
/ along smoothly, when one evening.
a German soldier came 20 the pen
sion and asked for me. was
/ scared until / was white. He said
I he wanted 10 search my room. 1
I didn't know what was wrong for
/ / never thought of the passport.
/ He searched IL and. believe me. if
I had been trying 10 hide a pin. ]
I think he would have found Il.
OF course lac found the passport.
/ And the look ne gave me! Ny knees
! Just bucklcd under me. You said
/ YOU lost your passport" hc said Il
\ lust found IT," l managed 10 gasp
7 out. ''and haven't had time yet To
/ report it," That was all that saved
! me.
was 80 frightened that | looked