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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-08-12

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plateria Sc lie renueva economical y
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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-08-12

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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-08-12

INTERMEDIATES TRAsMIsIBLEs
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Shopper Is Found

The shopper had been entirely In
nocent of anything improper; that is,
she had not been employed because
of any taint Of pro-Germanism
but had simply acted in her regular
professional capacity. She expressed
willingness to do whatever she
could to assist the government in
finding the woman. It appeared that
Mime. de Victorica had been unwill-
ing to have the shopper know any
thing about her after certain date,
for when she moved from the Wal
dorf-Astoria, in February, 1917
about the time Won Bernstorff was
handed his passports-she did not
tell the shopper her future address,
and did not send for her again.
One Of the important facts sup
piled by the professional shopper
was that Nine. de Victorica had en-
ployed a maid and companion by
the name Of Margaret Sullivan.
Once more, then, there had to be a
secondary search, this time to the
homes Of women bearing Sullivanic
nomenclature. This search was
simplified somewhat, however, by
the fact that the informant thought
Margaret Sullivan came from Brook
1vn
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
HN secret ser1ce aimed tob to eyerv bezbou
o"@ every porter and every caberud and eveu room
1vQiter

At last the investigators were get
ting hold Of something fairly tan
glble. But they had stumbled upon
other clews which turned out to be
worthless, 80 they did not permit
themselves to be unduly elated.
Acting on the information that the
two women-or the one woman.
whichever it was-had been making
purchases at certain stores, the op-
eratives began to talk to clerks in
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

those stores. They got hold of a
clerk who remembered the woman
because of little controversy that
had arisen In regard to exchanging
an article. She was able to give a
fairly definite description of her.
And this description tailed with
that Of the woman who had been at
the hairdresser's. Yet the depart
ment store clerk was describing a
woman who used the name of De
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

one morning hotel clerk-at
the knickerbocker, believe it was
to whom the government agents
had appealed for about the twen-
tleth time remarked that there were
a number Of unclaimed letters for
a woman who had formerly been a
guest. 1t was not the first time the
Investigators had looked over un-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

Vussiere and the hairdresser knew
just such looking woman as De
V1ctorica-more evidence that the
two women were one,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Over to BROOKLYN

Her place Of residence proved to
be boarding house at 81 Bainbridge
Street, Brooklyn. In order to avoid
exciting any suspicion there, it was
thought best not to inquire for Miss
Sullivan outright, but to send a
woman operative with a package
which she would say she had instruc-
flons to deliver only to Miss Sulli-
van herself. This errand was made
easier by the fact that the woman
who came to the door at Miss Sulli-
vans boarding place nnistook the
caller for girl named Julia, who,
1T seemed, was expected from out
of town.
You're Julia?" asked the woman.
AYes, Pm Julia" replied the gov
ernment agent, "and where is Mar
garet?"
She learned that Margaret was
staying down at the Hotel Nassau.
at Long Beach, L. /.
1t was then Late in the evening
and there was no train to Long
Beach until the following morning
at o'clock. Should the govern
ment agents proceed to Long Beach
at once by automobile, take the 6
O'Clock train in the morning, or wait
until more seasonable hour, saw
8 OF 8 o'clock? They decided to take
the early train. It was we'll that
they delayed no longer, for on the
same train was woman from Miss
Sulllvan's boarding house who had
decided to warn Miss Sullivan of
the strange visitor who said she
was Julia"
Later on the real Julia had ap-
peared and this convinced Miss Sui
llvan's friends at the boarding place
that the woman caller was some one
whom she might not care to meet
Thus narrowly did the government !
men miss having their weeks of un-
tlrlng effort count for naught.
Miss Sullivan was at the Hote,
Nassau with her employer, Nine. de
Vlctor1ca-or, as she was registered
there, Nine. de Vussiere.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
The End of the Trail

De Victorica was promptly arrest
ca as a German agent and Miss Sui
l'Van was held as an important wit
ness The obtaining of the name Of
MISS Sullivan from the professional
shopper who had known De Victorica
was piece Of good fortune for tho
investigators; otherwise the search
might have continued indefinitely
without success, inasmuch as thew
plans for carrying on the hunt
through various New York hotel.
had not included hotels on Long
island or in other suburbs.
When De Victorica was arras+od
memoranda found in her possession
disclosed just where she had been
living since her arrival in the United
States. She had stayed first at the
hnlckerbocker, then at the Waldorf
After being at the Waldorf only two
weeks she suddenly switched her
name and took an apartment at the
Spencer Arms, 14O West S;xtv
ninth Street. At this place she was
obliged to give references before
obtaining the apartment, and she
mentioned the name Of a German
banking firm. Her relations with
this banking firm, thus disclosed
when further investigated. deval
oped into one of the important l;nL,
IN the chain Of evidence that sh.
was German agent.
Having found and arrested De
vlctorica, the next thing was to
break her-that is, to get ful1
confession from her concerning ber
activities i'll the United States. A.
hrst she did some very clever act
ing and appeared to be utterly a.-
tonished, as well as deeply hurt that
she should be accused of such an
ansurdlty as being German agent
Charles F. De Woody. then chief
Oh the New York Office Of the United
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

"AcEo 10 Start.
Having decided to search Tor tn.
woman spy in New York, tho next
question was, Where In New York /?
Would she be at a private home. .
boarding house or a hotel, rh.
first possibility was at once .har
doned as unlikely. II she lived with
private family, II would have to
be q pro-German household and .be
would be In constant fear Of the
place coming under suspicion. Even
In . boarding house she would not
have the privacy she doubtless de-
SIRED. Every move she made would
attract attention, and the difficulty
cf getting privacy, even for a tele-
phone conversation, would in itself
be enough to keep her away from
boarding house. She might have
aiken a small apartment in prefer
snce to a hotel, but it was much
more probable that she would 20 to
hotel, at least until she had time
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Guessed Wrong

She attempted to tell at what Time
she had left New York and the time
OF her arrival in Syracuse. But she
was obviously trusting to guesswork
and her statements did not tally
with train schedules. De Woody
handed her q New York Central
timetable and asked her to find
train which went to Syracuse at the
time she mentioned. This she could
not do. A wire to the Syracuse hotel
where she insisted she had stayed
promptly brought word that no such
person had ever registered there.
Alter much urging she gave the
name Of the generous friend on the
train who made her loan Of $4,000.
She said he lived in either Buffalo
or Chicago and was an army officer.
An investigation quickly disclosed
that there was no such officer In any
branch Of the United States Army,
and that no such name had ever been
listed in recent years in the city
directory of either Buffalo or Chi
cago.
Finally, when she recognized Ms
1utllity OF trying to concoct any ex-
planation that could have enough
semblance of truth to be believed, or
That could resist the attacks Of full
investigation and checking up, she
threw up her hands in despair and
confessed, little by little, her whole
story.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14


In order to obtain an apartment on
usually has to furnish reference
and also to sign a lease, neither o
which would be q desirable thin,
for a newly arrived spy to hav
to do.
Decided ON New York
The search must begin in New
York hotels. But there are hun
dreds and hundreds of these. 1r
which one should they look first? 1,
seemed likely that on her arrival she
would prefer large hotel to a small,
one, because Of the greater case OF
sinking her identity and remaining
inconspicuous among a vast number
of other guests. Moreover, it was
reasonable to suppose that she would
pick a hotel rather we'll advertised
one that she had heard Of before
coming here. Otherwise she would
have had her address here arranged
for in advance by somebody in this
country whom she might not wish to
trust.
Well, tho woman spy, about whom
nothing was known except that she
was in the United States, was now
rather definitely located, theoretical
ly, in some large New York hotel.
Department Of Justice agents made
out list of the twelve or fifteen
large hotels most likely to attract
such woman and started their
search, one operative going to each
hotel. The intention was to make a
thorough investigation at these no
tells, and if the hunt proved fruitless
to start on another list of fifteen or
twenty hotels that seemed to stand
next in order Of likelihood.
A Long Quest
With no name to inquire for and
no description Of the woman, tho best
the government agents could do was
to inquire of the room clerks and
'ther hotel employees whether or not
any woman had been there who in
my way excited their suspicion-any
woman who had seemed to have ulen-
y of money, coupled, perhaps, with
trace of foreign accent; in short.
lad there been any woman more or
ess unaccounted for? They asked
lot one clerk, but every clerk at each
lotel.
But 1t was discouraging quest.
or nobody seemed to recall any mvs-
er1ous woman in particular. ONLY
Investigators endowed with rare
quality of tenacity and perseverance
'ould have been prevailed upon to
leep at their search in spite Of its
futility.
False Clews
About the only thing to break the
nonotony of the utter hopelessness
Il their task during the first few
weeks was an occasional false clew.
inc young woman, who had done
'reat deal of telephoning and who
ad worn look Of intense nervous
xcitement during the fortnight she
7as at certain hotel was a subject
n which to base hope and enthusi-
SIN for a day or two until thew
earned that she was a near-widow
rom q small Middle Western town. !
n New York seeking to associate
erself with the moving picture in ,
ustry. Another girl, who excited .
uspicion because Of her activity in !
eeping appointments with mysteri. s
US looking people, was in New York |
uniting up evidence to use in a fine {
lg breach Of promise suit she was I
rganizing. 6
Word came from London one dav !
1at military authorities had inter- t
apted q letter in which reference /
as made to blonde woman some- /
here in the United States, So after
lat the New York investigators c
aded blonde hair to their scant store s
clews. Even then they had so lit s
. to work on that every time thew t
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

claimed letters, but they were
trained to regard every clew. no
matter how slight or fragile. 81 q
possibility. And the fact that q
guest would go away without leav-
Ing any forwarding address and
without ever calling for mail was
always regarded as a circumstance
worthy of inquiry.
There was no special significance
about the letters themselves. for
they were mostly from New York
retail stores. One letter was from
woman whose address was expen-
slvely engraved on the corner of the
envelope. This woman proved to
be hairdresser. She had written
to inquire why her former customer.
the Knlckerbocker guest, had ceased
to deal with her. Yes, she remem-
bered vaguely what the woman from,
the Knickerbocker looked like
large, blond and rather Teutonic
as TO features. Best Of all, she re-
membered that the woman had spent
her money and handed out tips verv
literally.
Unclaimed Letters
With this bit Of encouragement.
Special Agent Harry Jentzer de-
voted himself especially for a day
or two to looking up all unclaimed
letters for women guests at various
big New York hotels. He found no
others addressed to the same nama
as the former Knickerbocker quest
but he did find letters Of a rather
similar sort at one other place. Two
letters at different hotels. when
traced to their source-a big denart.
ment store-were found to be re-
ceipts for returned merchandisa
The merchandise returned bv tha
TWO customers was Of a rather siri-
lar nature-so similar as to Indicate
kindred tastes.
1t began to look as II the two
customers might be one and tha
same. The names, too, were rather
slgnihcant-one De Victorica and
the other De Vussiere, both, YOU no.
tlce, foreign names and beeinn;ns
with the same initial.
A Climmer at Last
why should two women having
French names of the same ;n;+;.,
each leave a hotel and give no for
"arding address? 1t was noted that
he departure of Nine. de Victor;ca
rom one hotel corresponded pre-
isely with the date of the arrival
# the woman who registered as
1me. de Vussiere at anothar h.+.,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Lying Is Dangerous

De Victorica was soon to learn that
III these modern times there ara tn
many different ways Of checking m
ones statements for a lie to Stand
up successfully under the inter,op.
atory fire Of clever examiner M
matter how plausible an examina.
ton she made, 1t had to stand o,
fall eventually in the full glare o,
truth Everything she said could
be verified. II she declared, for
example, that she got part Of her
money from stock in the Iacka.
wanna Steel Company or any other
company either in the United states
or abroad, 1t was easily possible to
ascertain if she did own such stock
and she could be asked to tell }ust
where the stock certificates were
kept. If she owned bonds, her in.
come would be derived from cash.
ing the coupons as they fell due.
Where were the bonds? II in a
safety deposit box abroad she could
not get the coupons and would not
have the income. If in a bank vsult
IN the United States, it would be
easy enough to accompany her to the
bank and see just what she had
tucked away there.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
A Mysterious Woman


The government agents now knew
that a mysterious woman in New
York had seen fit to keep her identit,
secret. They knew two names she
had used and at least two hotels
where she had stayed. At these
hotels it was easy enough to learn
what rooms she had occupied.
With this important additional in
formation the investigators could
go to chambermaids and other hotel
employees and make inquiry along
definite lines. They began to get
away from the realm of total ,1n-
certainty and lost motion. IF the
missing woman had occupied Room
alt on certain dates, all they had to
do was to talk to every chamber
maid who at that time might have
seen the occupant of Room AT.
They got several more bits of de-
scription Of the woman in this wav
and they also found a chambermaid
who supplied an additional fact Of
great importance-that the MISSING
woman had once employed a pro-
fessional shopper. She did not know
the name Of the professional shon-
per or where she came from and
could not recall anything about her
appearance, but simply remembered
that the guest had mentioned maxi
ing use of the services Of a shonner
to assist her in a number of mr.
chasea.
A Long Trail
The next thing, then, obviously,
was to start an inquiry among all
the professional shoppers in New
York until they found the one thew
desired, who might throw additional
light on the search. This, too. was
a tedious task. From department.
stores and hotels they got long
list OF women who followed the w.
cation of professional shopper-and
1t Is astonishing, by the way. how
many such there are. Some of these
had moved from the addresses piven
and the job of meeting and talking
to all the professional shoppers be-
came almost as intricate as the ma
'or problem Of locating the woman
spy herself.
After about two weeks Of this
search, however, the investigators
lid succeed in finding the shopper
VINO had been empleyed by the wom-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Detectives Did Not Know the
W0man's Name or DescriD.
ton, or Where She Was

an that they now felt sure was the
missing German spy.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14
Pretended to Believe Her

De Victorica told first cne story
and then another. De Woody usually
pretended to believe what she said
until he had let her go on and. as
he expressed it, ''burn her bridges
behind her." That is, when she
thought a story was being believed
she grew more confident and gave
more details, and these details were
of great value to De Woody later in
checking up the whole story and
proving it untrue.
When cornered in the matter Of
definitely locating her investments
she said they were in Germany
thinking that possibly the difficulty
Of communication with Germany
might end further investigation
along that line. She had left them
IN Germany, she insisted, during a
short temporary residence there just
before the outbreak of the war. De
Woody asked her to tell how the In-
come from any securities in Ger
many could be received. This, Of
course, she was unable to tell.
There was bank deposit of $4,000
that De Woody pleasantly asked her
to account for. Laughingly, she re-
called that this was received from
friend whom she met by chance in
dining car as she was on her way
to Syracuse. De Woody then f7ed a
volley Of questions: When did she
start to Syracuse7 What time did
she arrive there? What was the
object Of her trip? Where did she
stay in Syracuse? With friends or
at hotel? Who were her acouaint-
ances there? Who was the man who
lent her the money? How long had
she known him, and what had become
Of him?
New-York tribune., 1920-03-14

States Department Of Justice .,s
one Of the keenest men in the vo,,s
at conducting such an examinst,on
began to ply De Victorica with n,.s
tions. It had been learned At or.,
of the hotels where she had STAYED
that some weeks previous she w.,
temporarily embarrassed by a short
age Of money. But her bankboot.
showed that she had suddenly com.
into possession Of all the money a..
needed. Her bills at the variou.
hotels showed that she had been val,
supplied with funds. Mr.. Do Who'd,
asked her where all this money c.,.
from. She stated that it was from
private fortune. But. she was nm
able to give a definite, concret. ~
planation of just what her invest,
ments were. Her answers ver. ~
veloped in haze Of generalities
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

feet saving Of $500 ,ooo,o 900 in mann
ufacturing costs.
The idea SO impressed Congress that
just before adjournment it made an Hp-
propriation "for survey Of power pro-
duction and distribution in the United
States, including the study Of methods
for the further utilization OF water
power and the special investigation Of
the possible economy Of coal, labor and
materials resulting from the use IN the
Boston Washington industrial region u
comprehensive system for the regen-
Grafton and distribution of electricity
to transportation lines and in indus
try"
One OF the startling facts uneartbed
by the investigators was that within
five years there will be need Of a great
increase in power. amounting to more
than 100 per cent, and especially nee
esary In the Boston Washington indus
trial district. As Philadelphia In the
largest manufacturing section in this
zone, the proposed system would effect
the greatest saving in this city. It a
also asserted that one Of the results
Of the installation Of such a system
would be the earlier electrificatiop of all
the railroads in this section Of the
country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
Number Three-A
Joint RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an anne ndment to section one.
article eight of the Constitution OF Penn
sylvanis.
Section. l. Be II resolved by the Senate
and House OF Representatives. OF the Com
monwe alth Of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met. That the following amendment
20 the Constitution OF Pennsylvania be- and
the same Is hereby proposed. In accordance
with the eighteenth article thereof
That section one of article eight. which
reads as follows:
"Section J. Every male citizen twenty-one
years OF age. possessing the following quail
hcations. shall be entitled to vote at all
elections, subject however. to such laws
requiring and regulating the registration OF
electors as the General Assembly may
enact:
First. He shall have been a citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second. He shall have resided in the
state one year (or, having previously been
quP lifted elector o. native-born citizen of the
7tate. lie shal! have removed theretrom and
returned. then six months). Immediately pre-
cedHs the election.
Third He shall have resided in the
lection district where he shah offer TO vote
at least twc months Immediately preceding
the election.
Fourth. II twenty-two years of age and
upwards, he shall have paid. within two
years. state or county tax, which shall
have been assessed AT least two months. and
paid at least one month before the cleo
tion." be amended SO that the same shall
read follows:
Section. l. Every citizen, male female
Of t%fn.S,Sns sesTs Of as. PSsessne the