The evening world., 1919-03-13

posted or delivered by hand al the
rooms OF the chess club However We
decided to intercept that puzzle be-
tween the time il loft tho embassy bar
and the time Il should reach the clrb.
We did 40
I'VE found apparently an ordinary
chess puzzle, which seemed to have
been clipped from a newspaper The
chances arc that the Germans had ar
ranged for It's publication, to make It
look more harmless But early IN the
war the French authorities had confis-
Gated several secret maps and plans Of
France made in the country 10y Ger
man spies. one OF these mnps-which
the Germans did not know was in
French possession-represented France
as laid out in squares exactly like a
chesSboard.
"On this map the captured French
puzzle was laid. And 1t was found
that in the puzzle the pieces were so
placed as TO Indicate on the map
chcssboard the location OF every unit
~ the French line of defcnse-as. for
example, the pawns might be used to
indicate infantry reserves: knights,
the air service: aueenS the supply
sections: kings tho artillery: bishops.
the hospltals--and one castle for gen.
eral headquarters! II that puzzle had
fallcn into the hands OF the German
spy undoubtedly planted in the chess
club at the neutral capital the enemy
would have known the plan OF the
French defense--as seen by the cap
tured aviator and transmitted TO the
actress who entertained him so kindly
In the hospital"
And what" asked with hardly
restrained excitement, happened to
herr"
'-That Is the sort Of question TO
which We secret agcnts can never
give too definite an answer" replied
Mr. Everett.
''Shall we say that the lady was
elimin from future activttes?" |
suggested.
That, he agreed. 'is an admirable
way Of putting ii. I am reminded OF
an occasion in my own life when.
after soiourn In "A certain wild and
mountainous district. fifteen reporters
came 10 ask me about a published re-
port that. shooting with pistol
through my pocket. had killed a
bandit who had attempted 10 hold me
up, Gentlemen told them. i
have only one thing 10 say to YOU
the subject is buried"
Then Mr.. EVeritt spohe ot two other
, women enemy secret service workers
whose activities he himself was un-
gallant enough 10 curtail. one was
a Russian dancer. II followed her
from Petrograd,' he remarked, "and
although lost her once or twice
used the tactics | always have en-
ployed In the bunting Of big game
and, getting ahead Of her, soon picked
lur the trail
Another woman came 20 the East
Coast in l9l7 and paid a series OF
visits lo the military camps. Tracing
her course | noted a very curiou.
thing that within "a short time Yep
pelns followed her exact route an,
bombed each camp she had visited
Then She went 60 the north Of Eng
land and started the same thing o
course We apprehended her and sh,
! was put where she would do no NOR,
| damage, one thing should be sal,
for the British however although
| We executed numerous spies durinI
[ the war, and although we Cau,sh
| many Wum,n rcdhlndod, no WumdI
WAS put 10 death
= And didn't YOU use any women i
- the secret service I asked
% - certain numh her" ne rcphcd
: "vro mad 10 be able 70 speak aeycra
y languaEo9 nu"ntlN and Who had 10 b.
# CNtraord nuriIv clever Each wonal
Z usually worked SURROUNDED by two O
u three men, Tor We didn't want IN
e women done in, and the enemy ncvc
u consd d,red sex. ~ amy woman Sus
- peCted OF secret service activity cam
= within his reach she met swift deaf
which might seem 10 bo accidentf
r bur never vas
when women Mr. Everett cor
icmicd, make up their minds tho
Is have a great part to play and whe
10 nigh ambition Is reused in then
50 they show more deep cunning In sc,
7. rat 6erViCe actipirfea than any man