Mati Hari Sent to
Death by Comrade
“Mile. Docteur,” on Death
Bed, Confesses.
Berne. Switxerland.—On her death
bed Anne-Marie Leaser, notorlona
"Mile. Docteur," German spy, re
vealed how ahe betrayed the glam
©rous World war spy, Mata Hnrl, to
her death before a French firing
squad.
"Mile. Docteur" died alone In a
sanatorium near Zurich, where she
had been under treatment for the
narcotic hahlt. For she had taken
drugs to deaden her memory.
Her doctor in the sanatorium was
the only person to whom she talked
and after her recent death he dls
closed for the first time her aston
ishing story. It was a confession
of a woman who stopped at no
crime to gain war secrets for Ger
many.
Doctor’s Story.
Here Is the doctor’s story:
“Do you think, doctor, that I
Should be arrested If 1 went to
France?"
“Certainly not," I replied, "the
question would not even arise."
“I should like to go to France,”
the said, "to aee once more all those
places where I used to go. I should
like also to see Mata Hart’s grave;
she waa one of my victims. I en
gaged her and It waa from me that
she obtained all her Instructions.
“But one day she told me that
she did not want to continue the
work. She had had enough or ahe
was afraid, I don’t know which,
But she wished to be released from
her promises.
"For anyone who has trodden
that path there la no possibility of
retreat, I should not have been
able to relense her even If I had
wanted. I should have been sus
pected at once. I threatened her,
but without success.
"Yes, I had her executed. Aa was
customary, I arranged that the
French should receive all the nec
esanry evidence for her arrest.
“And, now, doctor, 1 am going to
tell you something which I alone
know.
An tasy ucain.
"For a long time, for a very long
time, I envied Mata Harl'a fate.
Her deHth was ensy, 1 am going to
tell you why.
"She was condemned to denth and
wns waiting for the end In her cell
when a man came to her and snld
In a low voice:
“ ‘Fear nothing, Mata Ilarl, every
thing has been arranged for your
escape. You will have to go before
the firing squad, but that will be a
mere formality, the bullets will puss
above your head.
“ ‘Pretend to be dond, our men
will put you on the bier and trans
port you out of France on a
wagon.’
“Mata Ilarl smiled gratefully, and
went to what she believed to the
last to be a mock execution, and
smiling received the rifle bullets In
her heart. She had an easy death."
Anne Mnrle began her career ns
a spy when she was sixteen when,
described on her passport ns a stu
dent at the Beaux Arts of Geneva,
she appeared in a little French vil
lage In the VosgeB which was go
ing to be the scene of certain mili
tary maneuvers.
In 1014 there arrived at Brussels
a splendid creature with a French
name bearing only a vague resem
g —- ' 1 —.. .—
blance to the little student of the
Beaux Arts of Geneva.
The beautiful ‘French woman"
was not long getting to know a
young lieutenant, Bene Austin.
In the Intervals of love making
she painted little pictures, which
she sent, via Switzerland, to Ber
lin, where her chiefs, removing the
oils, found underneath tracings of
fortresses, guns and gunplts.
MATCHED DETAILS
nr * m rik nk uouh
Simple frocks and coats drama
tized with striking accessories Is
the key to smart dressing for this
fall and winter. The big thought
Is to so co-ordinate accessories that
the related Items will bring the
costume Into a perfect unit. This
movement along lines of high fash
ion culture Is apparent through
out npparel design this season. The
Idea of artfully correlated acces
sory details Is admirably Illustrated
In the velvet hat, glove and scarf
set portrayed herewith. The hat
Is one of those picturesque Tyro
lean high-crowned types which are
so outstanding In the fall style pa
rade. The handsomest ones are
made of all-over stitched velvet In
autumn colorings which are a de
light to the eye. Of course they
sport a bright Alpine feather and
the model pictured does It gaily and
smartly. The velvet scarf Is a trl
nngle worn cowl fashion close up
around the throat. The handsome
gloves are also done In velvet.
The little sketch at the top shows
a reversible triangle sheer velvet
scarf with two slits In front through
which tho ends are pulled. The
velvet gloves have knitted velvet
palms. The other Rkctch Illustrates
a cape which Is formed of five tiers
of velvet petals. The short velvet
gloves fasten on top of the wrist
with Jeweled clips, which Is some
thing new to think about
Students Do Housework
to Pay College Expense
Manhattan, Kan.—A plan Intro
duced last year at Kansas StHte col
lege In which students assisted In
preparation of their own meals and
did housekeeping to defray expenses
of a higher education will he con
tinued, according to college authori
ties. The co-operative plan at the
dormitory calls for a $1.75 cash
payment weekly and not more than
eight hours of weekly work.
Blindness No Hindrance
to Six New Englanders
Boston.—Blindness Is no barrier
to one girl and five boys who have
entered New Knglnnd colleges.
The girl lms enrolled at Hampton
Institute, while the hoys have ma
triculated at Harvard, Boston col
lege and the New Knglnnd Conserv
atory of Music.
All are graduates of the Perkins
Institution for the Blind.
TRY DOPED SLEEP
AS INSANITY CURE
Narcotic-Induced Rest Said
to Be Effective.
London.—Some mental patient!
at a hospital In England are be
Ing drugged Into a new world
cured of their affliction, experiment
ers with the narcotic treatment
claim.
1'ut to sleep for ten days or s
fortnight by a narcotic, patient!
have awakened with their tnenta’
depressions gone, as a result ol
laboratory research at the Cardlfl
Mental hospital, Whitechurch.
It Is only after years of expert
mentlng that a satisfactory narcot
ic and the effective quantity to bf
administered have been found. Re
search workers discovered that the
treatment caused certain toxics tc
be set up In the body.
These difficulties were met by giv
ing the patient glucose and Inject
ing Insulin at the same time the
narcotic was administered.
Dr. J, H. Quastel, director of the
hospital laboratory, reported the In
vestigations revealed that the hu
man body produces certain poisons
which disturb the nerve cells and
may In some cases be a contribu
tory cause to mental disorder.
The sleep and rest treatment can
not be applied to all patients. It Is
possible by the aid of blood tests to
ascertain whether a patient Is suf
fering from severe emotional ten
sion. Doctor Quastel said.
Saxophone’s Wail Hot?
Really Is, Says Science
Cambridge, Mass.—Tuneful melo
dies of dance orchestras and Jazz
bands may actually be "hot”
Scientists of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, according to
the October Technology Review,
say that fluff bugle and saxophone
notes all have n temperature.
Prof. liOuls Harris nnd Hills A.
Johnson, research workers at Round
Experiment station at Buzzard’s
Bay, Mnss., announced that a deli
cate sound thermometer, capable of
telling the exact temperntures of
all sound waves, as well as picking
up sounds Inaudible to the human
ear, has been perfected.
The new mechanical ear will re
spond to Infinitesimal changes of
temperature created by the press
ing of sound waves ngrilnst one an
other as they surge through the
air.
The Instrument consists of thin
metal strips or slivers. One mil
lion of them would form a pile one
Inch high. The metal strips are
built up by sprinkling atoms of twp
dissimilar metals over a strip of
film. This Is accomplished by a
process known to scientists as
"sputtering" and Is really the bom
bardment of a metal by Ions.
Increase Mayor’s Salary
Despite His Protests
Budapest.—Despite his vehement
protest, the mayor of Kalecsa has
been forced to agree to an Increase
of 1,400 pengoes (ubout$300) a year
In his salary.
The city council passed a unani
mous resolution to pay tribute In
this way to what It considered the
mayor's extraordinary merits. After
the resolution had been entered on
the records, the mayor found out
about It, and declared that he would
withhold his signature rather than
legalize a reward to which he felt
he was not entitled.
IBs protests were In vnln, how
ever, nnd the city council had Its
way.
Whisky Snake Story
Has New Dressing
Mystic, Conn.—Fish story No
9,999,909!
Bill llenshaw hns n water
snake, tamed by a drink of wills
ky, that fetches him frogs for
bait.
lie came upon the snake one
day, he related, in the act of
swallowing a frog. Bill wanted
the frog for bait and poured a
gulp of rum down its throat to
malt© It cough. Later lie felt
something flapping against his
boot. It was the snake back
with another frog—for a drink.
Treasure Hunters Who Were Arrested
Klghteeu members of a Hrttish treasure huottua Mere arrested on t Wos Island h) Costa lilt-an
autbirttlea am) their valuable equipment coatees ted. This photograph shows (lie expedition lauding on the
island where they hoped to And gold burled by the bureauer's
SEEN*"*' HEARD
•round th*
National Capital
——Tifc By CARTER FIELD-=33=1
Washington.—President Roosevelt
Is adamant on the question of the
5-5-3 naval ratio for the United
States. Great Britain and Japnn.
There will be no yielding to Jap
anese insistence on parity so far as
this country is concerned. If Japan
Insists on increasing her ratio, the
American delegates will reluctant
ly sail for home, permitting the
treaty to be abrogated.
But the next step will he that the
United States will proceed to main
tain at least the present differential
by exceeding to Just that extent any
building program Japan may at
tempt. That is to say, the White
House would recommend to con
gress such appropriations ns would
be necessary to accomplish that.
This would not come immediate
ly, unless Japan actually h ke
faith by starting to build before
the expiration of the two-years’ no
tice that the treaty provides must
he given before modifying any sec
tion of It. It so happens that
Franklin D. Roosevelt Is perfectly
familiar with the naval situation.
He has never lost the Interest he
acquired during the period of near
ly eight years he was assistant sec
retary of the navy. Also, It so hap
pens that he has a great many
friends among the high naval offi
cers. .Most of them were Juniors
when he was In the department,
and they have no trouble In finding
Ills ear today. And It Is quite a
sympathetic ear.
One visitor noticed recently a
map on the wall of one of his rooms
showing the Far East, Japan and
the mandated islands, which she
denies she is fortifying, but will
not allow our ships to visit, and the
Philippines.
The point Is that this administra
tion does not believe Japan needs
for defensive purposes anything
like as large a navy ns the United
States or Great Britain.
U. S. Will Not Yield
Another point on which the Amer
ican delegation at London is not go
ing to yield is one made by both
the Japanese and British. This is
the elimination of 8-inch guns for
cruisers. America Insists upon
8-inch guns. Japan and Britain
want the size limited to 0 Inch.
Answer—the British and Jap
anese both have any number of fast
merchant ships actually constructed
with a view to mounting C-incli
guns. Such a ship would be help
less before a cruiser carrying 8-Inch
guns, but could give a cruiser
armed witli the same sized guns a
fair battle. Which means that if
the caliber were reduced to O-inch
guns for all cruisers tlie British
and Japanese would start with a
tremendous superiority.
It is highly important to realize,
in considering these London discus
sions on naval armament, that the
American delegation has no posi
tive orders to arrive at an agree
ment. At only one prior naval con
ference was this the case—the last
one at London. And that was the
only time that our delegates were
enabled to refuse to accede to for
eign demands. Which may be the
reason for the saying that has be
come a byword—that the United
States never lost a war or won a
conference.
It may he of some interest to
note at this time that at the only
other conference where our dele
gates did not have orders to reach
an agreement, Mr. Itoosevelt was
also President. Which is Interest
ing as showing ids realization of
the situation, and of his willingness
to take tlie only steps which naval
olllcers insist Japan understands.
Gold Content Stands
President Itoosevelt, though mak
ing no promises, has been so im
pressed with the arguments of rep
resentatives of tiie gold bloc coun
tries of Europe that there is little
likelihood of any further devalua
tion of the gold content of the dol
lar for some time to come.
He still retains the power to de
value it 9 cents further, in gold, to
the 60 i>er cent limit imposed by
congress. But this power, it is al
most certain, will not be exercised
*n the near future. It will be held
ss a reserve weapon against any
possibility of things not going the
way the administration hopes,
“ither in International or domestic
affairs.
The President was told bluntly
by the Kuropenn countries still on
the gold standard—Italy, France,
Switzerland. Belgium and Holland
—tliut If the United States devalues
*he remaining » cents authorized
by law they will have no alternative
as to their course. Every one of
them would he compelled to devalue
its own currency further.
They pointed out that despite the
faet that Great Britain ntul the
United States have gone off gold.
International trade still continues
In terms of pounds sterling and dol
lar*. Also that Britain had given
every Indication of keeping the
pound at something like the present
rate of exchange with the dollar.
Ami tiie British, they Insisted, are
very stubborn.
Ho that In all human probability.
If the United States reduced the
gold value of the dollar by 9 ad
ditional cents, Britain would at
I once put the pound sufficiently low
er to equalise. Which would meat
1 putting the pound down about 41
cents in terms of dollars.
These reductions In value of th<
pound and dollar, the gold bloc rep
resentatives told Mr. Roosevelt
would force similar action on tht
part of their countries.
Might Cause Trouble
It is not a question of protecting
their gold. That could easily be
done by other means. Rut the trou
ble would be that such a lowering
of values of the currencies of their
chief competitors in world markets
would force them to reduce their
own production costs. Else they
would not be able to export any
product which is also produced In
the United States or Great Britain.
This Is nothing new, as a matter
of fact. At the time the United
States went off gold, the French
told Mr. Roosevelt they could
stand a depreciation of the gold
value of the dollar down to a cer
tain point, but if it went to f>0
cents they would be very reluctant
ly obliged to reduce again the gold
value of the franc.
The case applies with greater
force to Italy, and Is further mag
nified when apj^^g.^10 Switzerland
and Belgium. France is more self
supporting and self-contained than
any other nation in the gold bloc.
Italy is obliged to do a great deal
of exporting, and even then strug
gle against an unfavorable balance
of trade. With the value of the
dollar reduced further, she visual
izes a much smaller amount of Ital
ian goods bought in America.
Comedy of Errors
A comedy of errors has charac
terized the relentless march of the
administration toward more air
tight control by the President and
secretary of the treasury over the
federal reserve board and comptrol
ler’s oiilce. There seems little doubt
that Roosevelt and Morgenthau will
accomplish their purpose in the
long run, but the slip-ups are amus
ing certain insiders.
The errors all center around re
placing Comptroller of the Curren
cy J. F. T. O'Connor, former law
partner of Senator William Gibbs
McAdoo and before that Democratic
candidate for governor of North
Dakota.
O'Connor simply could not see
why lie should do what Morgenthau
commanded, either ns a member of
the reserve board, or in running the
national hank examiners of the
country. He could not be removed
out of hand, so to speak, for sev
eral reasons. He had been duly ap
pointed by the President and con
firmed by the senate.
So O’Connor had to be “kicked up
stairs.” Morgenthau decided to
have him elected federal agent for
the Reserve bank of San Francisco,
a position which would not only
take him back to his adopted state,
but would give him twice the salary
he draws as comptroller.
Two members of the federal re
serve board, Adolph C. Miller an<i
M. S. Szymczak, journeyed out tc
San Francisco to look into the sit
uation. They found the bankers
on the coast were very anxious t<
have Judge Wilson McCarthy of
Salt Lake City, former member o!
the Reconstruction Finance corpor
ation, made reserve agent. They
also found that the bankers did not
\?ant O’Connor.
A Comic Note
So. when Secretary Morgenthau
attended personally a reserve board
meeting and proposed the name of
O’Connor for the reserve agent at
tlie San Francisco vacancy, there
was a division.
The vote stood three to three, as
follows:
For O’Connor: Morgenthau,
Charles S. Hamlin, and J. J. Thomas.
Against: Miller, Szymczak, and
George R. James.
So Morgenthuu was temporarily
stalemated. It was at this point
in the situation, it may interest
some bankers to know, that the Im
pression was given very strongly
to certain news agencies that the ad
ministration might turn to a central
bank. In short, that if it could not
control the federal board it would
legislate it out of existence and sub
stitute something that could he con
trolled.
Rut pressure was brought to bear
in one direction and another, and
just recently there was another
vote, by the same six men. This
time it was five to one for O’Con
nor. the only man to hold out to
the bitter end being Adolf Miller
Which is another phase of the
comedy of errors. For Miller ha»
Just been renppointed a member of
the board, his term having recent
ly expired. So every one has as
sumed that ,he would vote ns the
appointing power desired.
Apparently, however, he received
his reappointment with no strings
binding him t<> vote ns directed.
Which would trouble the adminis
tration a good deal more If it had
not been able to persuade Szymczak
aa<l James to change their votes.
The final comic note came when [
O’Connor hesitated about taking j
this new place. As this Is written !
he has not accepted nor promised
to do so. Cynics remark that he
knows he cun hold on to his pres
ent job, hut that he could he re
moved from the better paying San
Francisco Job on a moment’s no
tice. So maybe written assurances
will have to be given.
CaDrnshl.—WNU Sarvle*.
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In Jerusalem Streets Are Carvings From Days of the Crusaders.
Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington, I>. C.—WNU Service.
11E exploits of the Crusaders
have stirred alike the imagina
— tions of young and old ever
since they made their armed pil
grimages to the Holy Land almost
a thousand years ago.
Nearly all of us have heard
something of the story of the Cru
saders. We know that centuries
ago our ancestors marched out of
Europe into the East and founded
there a kingdom which endured for
nearly 200 years—from 1099 to 1291
of our era. And the Crusaders left
traces which can still be seen.
Because the tombs, chapels, and
watchtowers, the castles that de
fended this first eastern front, and
the fortified harbors on the islands
were Isolated In lands under Turk
ish rule until the World war, few
visitors have been able to examine
them closely, except in Jerusalem It
self and at the accessible points on
the coast.
Now one may make the trip in
the steps of the Crusaders, with all
the anticipation of an explorer of
fabled lands. The start is from cen
tral Europe where the first Crusad
ers turned their backs on their
homelands, to follow their Via Dei,
“Road of God,” the trails that led
to Jerusalem.
Such a modern explorer plays the
part of a hunter. Time and weath
er during some 700 years have al
most obliterated the remains left
by the warriors of the Cross; often
their buildings had been utilized by
the Moslems for mosques. It Is
necessary to look for cues by the
way, to follow traces into some not
easily accessible places, and to dis
count most of the legendry that the
people of the countryside always
have on tap for the traveler.
In Trieste, Italy, for example, a
broken arch Is pointed out as the
“Arch of Richard," with the ex
planation that the English king
dwelt in the stone house beside it
when he was made captive on his
return from the Holy Land. The
arch, however, is Roman work, and
although Richard may have occu
pied the house, if he was ever in
Trieste, lie certainly did not plan
the fortification of the old city of
Itagusa (now Dubrovnik), down the
Dalmatian coast, as legend relates.
uaieways to tne tast.
On the other hand, in the neigh
boring city of Venice, at the south
west corner of the main structure
of the Basilica of San Marco, near
est the two columns, there is a
group of four porphyry figures in
armor. Few’ visitors notice it, but
it is a relic of the Crusaders brought
from their seaport of Acre by the
Venetians.
Venice itself was one of the gate
ways by which the hosts of Crusad
ers sought the East. Others took
ship from Brindisi, to cross to the
Dalmatian coast, and a chronicler
of their day describes a mishap
that showed the danger of embark
ing upon the crude galleys, or dro
monds, that felt their way from
coast to coast without aid of com
pass and chart:
“The fleet was ready at Easter
tide, and they embarked at the port
of Brindisi. Among those ships, we
beheld one suddenly break in the
middle without nny cause. Nearly
400 men and women were cast into
the water. . . . Only a few sur
vived, and those lost their horses
and mules In the waves, with much
money.’’
This happened during the first
Crusade, when multitudes were has
tening toward Constantinople (now
Istanbul), the halfway point in their
great venture. It was the first
movement in Europe of men In u
mass directly toward the East.
When they left Venice or Brindisi,
or tiie broad valley of the Danube,
they ventured into what was to
them an unknown world. Only lead
ers had an approximate idea where
Jerusalem lay.
Route Through the Balkans.
“A barren land,’’ one of the Pro
vencals relates of the Dalmatian
coast route, “both iiathless and
mountainless. If was winter by
then and we saw neither birds nor
beasts for thrice seven days. We
wandered through low-hanging
clouds so dense that w<- wee® able
to tV-wi t*-*m and often to push
them away from - vr .. .ved."
Today you speed ev> Hw t#Hi i
hills of the Hoik**"* t .«*i vay
carriage w’.lfc i dlni* . r attached.
Crossing a frontier n» •* no mom
than showing ye’ ’ p port. »>.ti ,
the main body o( < . .lenders, led by 1
Godfrey of Bouillon, plodding
though the “immense and indescrib
able forests,” had to fight or barter
for their grain and oil and cattle;
they had to build rafts at rivers and
sometimes to manage without rafts.
"Then we came,” one relates, “to
the swift river Demon, which is
rightly named. For we had to watch
many of our people, wading across
step by step, swept down by the
current. We could not save them.
If the knights had not brought up
their battle chargers to aid those on
foot, many more would have per
ished.”
No wonder that these first Cru
saders, coming out of the Balkan
valley, beheld with amazement the
mighty walls and towers of Con
stantinople, with its domed basili
cas and marble palaces!
At this halfway point the almost
exhausted hosts of marchers were
furnished with adequate supplies by
the Byzantine emperor. What was
more important, they found out
where they were, and obtained
guides who knew the route ahead
of them.
But across the blue line of the
Bosphorus the hostile Moslems lay
in wait for them, and the rabble
who had marched under Peter the
Hermit were almost annihilated
within two days’ travel of the shore.
The better-armed host of Godfrey
and the other barons, however,
fought their way to the plateau of #
Asia Minor.
Across Asia Minor.
The exact route they followed
across Asia Minor is uncertain. It
Is clear that they must have passed
to the east of the Olympus heights
(Ulu Dag), and to the east of the
dark Sultan Dagi. The Turks who
were fleeing before them Increased
their suffering by driving off most
of the cattle and burning the scat
tered villages.
At Konia (Konya), however, they
found fertile land and ample food.
They learned also how to make
skins serve to carry water.
Aided by the welcome appearance
of a river, they crossed the remain
der of the plateau land to Heraclea
(now Eregli) in safety. It had
taken many of them a year and a
half to journey from their homes to»
this gateway of the Holy Land.
Perhaps a quarter of a million, per
haps more, had taken the oath to
make their way from the hamlets
of Christendom to Jerusalem.
More than 100,000 had passed
through Constantinople, as nearly
as we can judge from the scanty
records. By now probably they num
bered no more than sixty or seventy
thousand. Only some 20,000 reached
Jerusalem alive.
They were camped this autumn
under the mountain barrier of the
Taurus (Toros) range. Here they
encountered allies, the Christian
Armenians of the mountain strong
holds, who must have looked upon
this host of road-weary warriors as
a miraculous apparition. And here
the host of the first Crusaders
broke up, some galloping down
through the ravine known as the
Cilician Gates to the plain of Tar
sus, while others wandered off to
set up an independent kingdom in
Edessa (now Urfa) among the Ar
menians.
On to Jerusalem.
The greater part made a circuit
to the northeast, to cross the Tau
rus range. Apparently they felt
their way through a gorge. “We
entered,” a chronicler explains, “a
defile of the devil, which was so
lofty and steep that we hardly dared
to pass ahead along the path.
Horses fell bodily and one pack
animal dragged another with It.
The knights beat themselves with
their bunds for grief in this place;
some sold their shields, helmets,
and body armor for whatever they
could get. Others threw away their
heavy armor and marched ou. And
so we passed through the accursed
mountain and cnrne to a city called
Marash (now Maras). The inhabi
tants came out Joyfully to meet us.
There we all had plenty."
Here lay the mighty city of Anti
och (Antloche). The Crusaders laid
siege to It und took it after n
struggle of eight mouths, with this
citadel behind them, the road down
the Valley of the Orontes toward
Jerusalem lay open.
They had crossed the Asia Minor
pinteuu, but other armies of t’ru
siiders hastening after them failed
to do so. Some were cut to pieces
by the Suljuk Turks, others lost
i;« ir way or were betrayed by the
V* o tines.
