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And Caused the Arrest of 100 Prominent Persons in Bucharest G. Methae. P. Solomon. By a Staff Correspondent. BUCHAREST. WHEN doubtful how to catch a notorious spy, stage a eat-and dog fight. That, at least, is the advice of a Roumanian detective, who, baffled at every turn, finally bagged his prey by this ingenious ruse. Incidentally, in so doing, the sleuth was able to put be hind prison bars, at least temporarily, a beautiful Russian girl, who had been •preading trouble throughout this city on behalf of the Soviet powers. Thus was the most sensational espionage intrigue since the World War brought to a close. Arrests by the wholesale nabbed more than one hun dred suspect.-:, and these included army officers, high government and police officials and society folk of the most exalted station; All were charged with being members of a far-flung organi zation with tentacles stretching all over Europe. Because of its adjacency to Russia, Roumania was regarded as-being a,par ticularly significant quarter for activi ties. The mod trusted and astute secret agent.- in Fetrograd were, there fore, dispatched to Bucharest. One of their number, and perhaps the clever est, was a young woman calling herself variously Cilly Ausslaender, "doctor of chemistry,’’ Frau Deutsch, and Mrs. Grieg, supposedly English. Cilly, to use her simplest cognomen, spoke English. German, French and f GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY x “How could the detective circumvent the dog? Suddenly he was inspired. Gently taking the kitten by the scuff of its neck, he dropped It into the motor car. A furious hissing and barking broke out. While his feminine confederate stood guard, Operator B snatched up the brief case and made off with it.” Italian fluently and idiomatically. A year and a half ago she came here. Of arresting good looks, dark and a bit mysterious, she established herself in a villa in the most aristocratic sec tion of the city. She had ber own motor car of expensive manufacture and presented perfectly authentic let ters of introduction to members of the smart set. Cilly’s beauty made her conquest of many men with whom she came in eon tact easy. Nor did she scruple to ex ploit it in the cause to which her crafty talents were sworn. The versatility of the woman was amazing. To one group of her new friends she would pose as English; to another as Ger-* man. Constantly she was seen with one gallant or another at the races, at fashionable dances, at the play. It was later shown, at the climax of the Soviet-spy investigation, that she had drawn into her organization many Roumanian.- of illustrious standing. There was Major Varzaro, of the Gov ernment Technical Corps; G. Methae, a civil engineer, charged with being a leader; the attorney, Grozea, and a young engineer named Solomon. It was through the activities of the last- . named man that full details of the monstrous plot were unearthed, and he played a prominent role in the little drama that was responsible for Cilly’s unmasking. A member of the local detective force had been assigned to keep a wary eye on Solomon, whose friend ship’with Cilly and other persons cap able of overt acts had aroused suspicion. The sleuth, aided by a femi nine confederate, shadowed the suspect day and night, but was never able to get anything on the engineer, because of the latter’s extraordinary canniness. But one afternoon Operator B followed Solomon’s motor car, which drew up at a house, where the motorist INSCRUTABLE V EYES Lilly Ausslaender, the Brunette Beauty, Whose Pro-Soviet Activities Were Laid Bare Through the Cat-and-Dog Trick Staged by a Roumanian Detective. This Photo Gives a Remarkably Good Idea of Her Facial Loveliness That Bewitched Many Men. alighted. He entered the dwelling, haring, to the watcher’s extreme joy. left behind on the ' ' i seat of the automo- M bile a thick!? stuffed brief case. "That s what 1 want.” the detec bis companion, and made lor the rehicle swiftly. His sense of elation was short-lived. There, beside the brief case, a huge police dog sat on guard. At the stranger’s approach, the animal bristled and growled, crouching protectinglv over the treasured brief case. He had obviously been trained for just such emergencies as this. The detective was in despair. Hen was the goldfcn opportunity of a life time frustrated by this wretched beast! How could he circumvent the hostile dog? Suddenly lie was inspired. In a nearby ground-floor window basked a kitten, purring happily. Gently taking it by the scruff of its neck, he dropped it into the motor car. A furious hiss ing and barking broke out. Operator 1;- was quick to take advantage of the melee be tween the two animate. While his feminine confederate stoou guard he snatched up the coveted prize and made off with it Thus Ciily Ausslaender’s eageines to protect Soviet interests proved her undoing. Ample evidence to inculpate both herself and Solomon was found in the brief case, iispecially informa tive was a list Of names of persons concerned in the plot. This led to a wholesale round-up which netted many notables not hitherto suspected, I.et tors in Cilly’s handwriting pointed to her as the instigator and organizer of the entire sehenv. and; she, with fellow culprits, was lodged in jail to await If QUEEN OF SPIES M»l« Hari, Executed for Her Crafty Plotting in Behalf of Germany, During the War, by the French Authorities. This Pfcture Shows Her in One of Her Remarkable Dancing Costumes. trial on the charge of espionage. Even when confronted with pal pable evidence of her plotting, Cilly re mained an inscrutable and non-com tnital figure. Her nerve in apparently of iron, and she has never betrayed herself into any admission of com plicity. Outwardly shu is so placid as to give to the credulous the impres sion of innocence, yet crmiminologists have likened her to Mata Hari. the woman who sent thousands of Allied soldiers to their deaths during the SOUGHT DEATH BECAUSE—*... Mil*. Claud* Franc*, Famous Paex, Actraaa, Who Committed Suicide at tWo Paalcof Har Artistic Cara*r. She Wm a Victim *f Melancholia, Induced hy th* Suspicion That She Had Betrayed Mata Hari Into the Heads ef th* french Anti-Espionag* Service, Darina th* War. World War through her machination*. Cilly has also been compared to Frau Helene Meyer, who during wartime* was known as “Mile. Docteur.” She was proved to have been the motivsT power behind the German espionage system, and her achievements were certainly notable. She directed her operations from headquarters in Ber lin, and the French were hard put to it even to glean a peersonal description of her. In the catalogue of famous female -■>ples mention mtjst be made of the Baroness Carla Jenssen. In her auto biography the Baronesa discloses some astounding secrets of her trade. This clever Dane calmly admits that while in the employ of “a great European Sower” she gave poisoned kisses to an riental potentate! She also dis fuised herself as a chambermaid in a aris hotel to steal the wallet, of a “dangerous agitator;” snared a Lon don drug trafficker; fought for her lifu in an underground cavern in France, and “turned up” a group of South African diamond thieves by appearing a~ a ghost Yet another adroit woman spy was Marthe Moreuil, who, as “Mile. Fox trot,” succeeded in convicting three Englishmen of espionage. She was an artists’ model and parachute jumper, and gained her nickname through her grace and skill on the dance fl*or, where she charmed the men she suspected. Other ladies adept at the practise* of this profession include the Baronesa Lilika d'Audreve Serillya, who wae em ployed by the Central Powers during the war, but who was accused ef hav ing executed a double cross in behalf of Russia—a statement made by Krim inal Kommissar Steinhauer, the “Kill*’ cr’s master spy.” In this particular case, it was th* man who brought about his feminin* opponent’s downfall. But generally speaking the odds are all ia favor ef the woman, for obvious reasons. Rad it not been for the cat-and-dog fight, beautiful Cilly might be walking the streets of Bucharest today, scheming but unsuspected. How Uncle Sam Spent 70 Million Dollars This Year to Say “Merry Christmas” Mr*. Lucille Web*ter Gleaion, Comedienne, with Her Screen Mad* of Greeting Card*. STARTLING statistics have just been compiled about the amount of money spent yearly by citizens of the United States for Christmas cards. This year it is estimated that the total bill has reached, if not . ur passed, $70,000,000! Authority for this statement is a member of the Greeting Card Associa tion, whose personnel is drawn from the ranks of the manufacturers of these hugely popular bits of paste board. More than fifty firms and 18. 000 shops figure on the list of re tailers. In the past seventeen years there has been a terrific jump in the greet ing-card industry. The volume of re tail sales, in 1913, was a mete $10, 000,000. By 1930 it had reached al mostL$i>4,000,000, while in 192) th< $40,000,000 mark had been' attained. The next two years each saw a $0,000, 000 jump. In 1924 sales reached $70, 000,000. Last year the $100,000,000 goal was passed. The sums mentioned represent greet ing cards of all sorts—Christmas, Val entine’s Day. Easter, Mother’s Day and birthday felicitations. An interesting fact is that while the United States produces and uses more of these gaily colored rectangles than any other coun try, the custom originated in England in 1846, having been the inspiration of a nobleman. Three examples of individual taste in Christmas cards are illustrated here with. It is amusing to contrast the austere preference of Queen Mary of Great Britain with the more martial and stirring inclination of her eldest sob, the Pnnce of Wales. Equally dif ferent is the flair of Mrs. Lucille W'eb ster Gleason, famed comedienne. She Couif*;'. huptmei I u'< a 6ou». 1 m. The Prior* of W»le»'» Xmas Cards “The Sovereign of the Sea*." appears to have a weakness for all kinds of cards, as exemplified by her utilization of them for fancy screens. What kind of cards do you, by the way, prefer? Cou'as-. hephaal Tuck * Saar Vtt Card of Quean Mary of Enflandt “Girlhood of Mery, Queen of Scat*.” by Howard Davie. f vopjrnnw ***», inienuuonu rggiur* itmci, Inc.. tire*: Bntua Jlibtj Bese.'iccL
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