The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-12
Americans Are Warned 10 keep
Their Mouths Shut Mhae
Staying Ii london. .'.'.'
Women Are Particularly Activs In
Seeking lnfesmssiaa Frvrr csr~ssss.
cshcsrs-ssili Msss cesmsepsis.
tan City In the world

Lonston.-~To yeuag American eight.
trx asen, as well az TO EnxlisA. fha
same advice Is gosst--thKs u liz q wise
and pstvtossr xs,ltisr and sailas who
keefs his war snfosnatiaa to himself /.
e@cause. despite repeated wsrninws
abo0, the dangerous habit NJ discuss.
iag Easlitsry aud naval Hsasisrs la pub.
lie, i4asadssa restaurants aud hos@ls arm
still full of ehsttsrers In the pas,
wanea have hssa accused NJ h%'aEg
nasssssst * gn uncomfortable Pas
sion fur gossip, but u sssssgfss that uarn
are esen Nnrse In this respect.
sotae idea u this danger ~ random
talk about nastsrs that shoalG b. kept
eoshd.ntiai and never discussed In
public may ne gathered from the fact
that Leadoa Is stlll the nnnst csssuao'
raGtan city La the world. The West
end Is crowded with rale and female
adventures fyom almost every known
eoentry. iaclasiias Germany. and al.
though every enc ~ theft would swear
by everything that In holy that they
Rre tongfns rastrAAtfiy fsr ~a aays~s
victory, there is Mite reasnH IN scuhs
that san~ II them are spiew, aud uiAay
undoubtedly pre potential spies
To givv an expnple only rs>cently
In ane ~ LousHon's biggest hasrls there
was quite little cluster ~ RUSSIAN
weme8. They we're Young aud pretty.
had attractive manners, ami ware nns
isarnperet! ~ aay ,ehaIerou- NJ they
So-a found admirers In plenty Just
what they wefe after.
Confined Attention TO osFseera
Perhaps there would ns have been
anything very strange ahou, this bat
far The fact that these young women
confined their attention exclusively 10
officers soldiers sailors. and airsnen.
They Invariably turned the cold shout.
der upon civilians. hBt no ssoner aid a
strange ossirvs appear In The lounge
tran somehow az other they msn.
aged 10 scrare up an Acquaintance
via him.
Another curious thing a,sout these
women was that They rarely spoke to
any man for morv than ~ minutes
n hhif an hour Perhaps they would
have n emp IT coffee with him a.
srnoks a cigarette. hut IN few min.
uses aas spnssa made sosaa excuse and
went Awhy '''r''~t as''.-'- ~ ',,s,,--as
sun more suspicious was the fart
that several ~ these Russian women
were sessn tn De constantly converslng
WITH ymuns Russian civilian He
slsn was stopping tn the hotsl and ap-
reary1 wherever he ~as aeen with
ttsrl to be rrnsseyamin'ng the women.
Eventually the4s behavior attract
81 attention. snd they were watched.
The next day they disappeared and
have rot hAen seen since
Ws.,sn Probably Acted Tor spiea
uf rnsrse. II ~ lust possible that
there ia an innocent. ~, M any rate.
plausible explanation 81 these InyS.
FERROUS wnneu, Ga the other hand II
1, regarded IA l!kply that they were
tn ihe pas NJ a spy organization
TIA, their part ~ the business was 10
.estsact .(nformatt1Na, wh,en rscr hrna.
ed o<er q MASTER cry wh, 50 Ma
trrn slttei ard checked the data he
rs~eised. and then Ia snf1ar way or
other t-ansnastsss! them ~ Bertha
>Only tic other evening twa young
plots were dining Ia restaurant
mated tor It's foreign rllcn'e'e They
wpvc taking loudly ana ss - the way
srnss.nes With l@rax nst. somewhat
h.etfess,y. whesl. howvvrr, woman.
a total stranger TO h0th ~ targn, ss.
tag AZ the rex, table leaned over ard
.sid Il ~ondr II spa ear 'r,i 'nr
waess the squadron il stationed
paw | have q frteaa There" tie
ysnaEs;ers wr-e shrewd enough IN s&y
tiny did not know And started tsis.
ix about ;hea,ers
There is - cour~p, .he aise dlctar
ttat those who talx aonf kanv, ard
ttsass VI a.o Know don't ,HlS.- All the