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German Doctor Gives Vivid De scription of Air Raid. One Feels Just as Defenseless Against an Attack by Aeroplanes as Against the Power of a Thun derstorm. Berlin.—The Vossische Zeitung con tains a vivid account of an air raid by a French squadron of aeroplanes from the pen of a German doctor, who says: "I was at work in my room (in the top floor of a hotel) when I suddenly heard the sound of firing, which grad ually came nearer and nearer. Ha! That's an enemy aviator some where near, and he's getting a greet ing from our antiaircraft gums, but the short, sharp shots became more and more frequent and followed more closely one upon the other. And now, tack—tack—tack, the machine guns Join in. Whatever is up? "I go to the window which, being on the top story, gives me a view of a good stretch of sky. True enough, there's the beggar already in sight. He hovers at a great height, amid a regular collection of white shrapnel clouds. But what's this now? Here comes a second, and a third. Yes, and a fourth and a fifth. More come up from the side, more and more. There's a whole squadron over the town. I count, fourteen, sixteen, twenty—in a serried column they come flying up with regular intervals between the machines, with an ad vance guard and flank guards. Is it to be a regular attack? Come down below, blares a trumpet. It's the sig nal for everybody to <Jear out of the streets and take 'aviation cover.' "The trumpet signal becomes more imperative. In a twinkling the streets are clear, and it is high time, for al ready there is a rattling on roofs and pavements. Shrapnel bullets are com ing down. And now—and I shall nev er forget it—a fearful, horrible crash, or rather roar, like the roar of an ani mal. Those fellows in the air have dropped their first bomb. I begin to think that my room immediately un der the roof Is not altogether a suita ble place in such circumstances. On the stairs I meet others of the sume opinion. They are officers who had come from the front and had just lain down for a long, unaccustomed but well-earned sleep, and were cursing freely at this inconsiderate disturb ance. As we go down the stairs the beast roars a second time. The next bomb had fallen. Then we hear, in the voice of command: 'Take avia tion cover.' The group breaks up. 1 stand for a moment irresolute. 1 don't know the ground. Then a young cap tain laughingly takes my arm, saying: 'Come with me, doctor; it's no bravery to wait till a thing like that falls on your head.' "And so we go down a narrow stair case leading Into a little corner of the cellars under the house which, as 1 now find, is built on a very ancient foundation of extensive vaults. Under a massive stone arch we have a com fortable room, the captain who took my arm, a first lieutenant, a staff sur geon, two landsturm men, a college professor and myself. There is even an electric light. "The racket and din outside gets worse and worse. Clearly we can per ceive that the hideous row comes nearer and nearer. And now it is quite close. Then a fearful bang and roar. There must have been an ex plosion quite close to me. The house and even the massive cellar arches tremble. It is Just as In a wild thun derstorm, when the thunder follows close at the 11? itning's heels one feels certain 'that struck something quite close,' and one feels just as defense less against such an aviation attack as one is against the power of a thun derstorm. "Bang! This time still wilder and nearer. Through the crannies of the cellar there drifts in from the street something .-.isty. At firfct one can't tell whether it is smoke or dust. If it is smoke from a conflagration close at hand, the position is not exactly a pleasant one. The problem becomes the more problematical owing to the electric light going out. The wire must have been hit. But as we breathe the mist in we find it has a horrible but not smoky taste. 'Bang! Bang! Worse and worse come the roars around us in our he roes' cellar. We think the next min ute the hotel itself will be struck, and then how are we going to get out of our subterranean wigwam? But grad ually the din becomes less. The fel lows have evidently gone. Quickly up and out, in the hope of still seeing something. Yes, there they are, over the railway station, which is some dis tance ofT." The doctor then proceeds to de scribe some of the damage done. The houses on both sides of his hotel had been struck by bombs. In one the whole interior was wrecked, and it was from here, he says, that that strange mist came. Five of the oc cupants had been killed on the spot. The market presented a horrible spectacle, a number of horses, which there nad been no time to remove, having been blown to pieces. Ha! $555 in Stove—It Burns. Sunbury, a—Putting her roll of $565 in bills in a parlor stove, Mrs. Frank Welchanco, Sunbury, took a nap. Her mother, not knowing of the new "bank," built a fire, and all she recovered were the metal clasps off the pocketbook. TO MARK GRAVE OF POE mm, > 4 4 y •M ms ; <i-. M "fi 7 y S# my la ■ 4 , m & * Wt; Wm t % » 1 ** / 4 I \ i 1 In almost every walk of life, from those high up in the councils of the i government to the very lowest laborer who earns his living by the sweat of the brow, the stories by Edgar AUeq I'oe have thrilled the hearts of count less readers. Great as this American author has become since his death, his remains lie in an obscure little cemetery on Fayette street in the city of Baltimore, Md. Virginia Pearson, an actress of prominence, has taken upon herself the organization of a campaign to raise a fund of $10,000 with which to : erect a fitting memorial over the al most neglected grave of the great au thor. Miss Pearson finds time from the arduous duties of her profession to study the lives and habits of the va rious animals of the zoo, and very of ten she can be found, as the camera man found her here, with the ele phants In Central Bark, N. Y., on the most intimate terms with the four looted Inmates. l GRABBED THE LADY'S HOUSE Nevada Man Moves It Away, but Fi nancially Is Not Able to Return It. Grass Valley, Nev.—L. L. Johnson, a local rancher, was taken into cus tody by Sheriff Martin and now is in the county jail on a charge of steal ing a house from Miss Eleanor Hoeft, a Nevada City milliner. Johnson ad mitted the theft. Several months ago Miss Hoeft pur chased a tract of land east of this city. On the tract was a fair-sized residence. A few days ago Miss Hoeft visited her property and found the house had disappeared. There was no indication that it had been destroyed by tire, so the sheriff was notified and a search was insti tuted. The missing house was found on Johnson's ranch, near Marsh's sawmill. He admitted to the officers he had torn the house down and had re moved It piece by piece to his own property, where he rebuilt It. He stated he Is not in a position to return the house to Miss Hoeft's property. ' MONEY MADE A DIFFERENCE Man Sent to Jail for Larceny Oan Now Have Best of Lawyers to Defend Him. Sapulpa, Okla.—Luther Huff, who Is now serving 20 days' sentence in the Creek county jail for larceny, has re ceived word that a bachelor uncle, named .Gilmore, in Broad City, N. M„ has died and left him a ranch and herd of cattle, valued at $31,000. When Huff was tried a lawyer ha<f to be appointed to defend him, but now lawyers are flocking to volunteer their services to get him out of jail. Huff's wife, who left him when he went to Jail, is ready to live with him again, and he is already drawing up a paper to put money in trust for his son s education. CANNON BALLS ARE STOLEN Entire Defenses of City of Beloit, WIs., Are Destroyed by Vandals. Beloit, Wis.—If the United States is thinking about declaring war, Beloit wants the powers that be to wait awhile uutil the city is prepared. The entire defenses of the city have been destroyed by vandals. Boys have been using the cannon in the city park as a place to play and the paint has been rubbed off. The ammunition—three cannon balls which had been placed in a nice little heap beside the gun—-has been carried away by souvenir hunters. Yes, Beloit would be in a terrible stato ot unpreparedness right now If war should he declared. SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSi ^8? 5 0 ? m T^'x 'X~1'? r J r } r <■ y v\ 'l's l \ \ ;i; -J bz m s rj s A n r t: 0M 0M ■0 ■0 Some Suggestions for Holiday Giving u* M0 *■ * 0M ■Cl ■0 CM *■ *■ ■ 0 Study this list. Something good and useful for every member of the family on any occasion: Cut Glassware, Chafing Dishes, Silverware, Smoking Sets. 1 ea Sets, Salt and Pepper Sets, Berry Sets, Rings, Teaspoons, Fruit-spoons, Oyster Forks, Fruit Knives, Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens, Detachable Flandle Umbrellas, Stick Pins, Broaches, Manicure and Toilet Sets, Watches, Chains, Fobs and Charms, Bracelets, Lavallieres, Wrist Watches, Silver Nov elties, Match Safes, Mesh Purses, Shaving Sets, Military Brushes. Perfect Diamonds, set as directed, Hand-painted China, in latest designs and beau tiful colorings. A fine assortment of articles in Parisian Ivory. Will There Be a Victrola in Your Home This Christmas? ■ 0 0» ■ 0 01 ■0 0B 01 ■ 0 ■0 01 01 ■0 ■0 0B 0B ■0 ■0 0B 01 ■ 0 ■0 0fl *■ ■0 ■c 0B CM ■ 0 es 0M ■0 0H 0B B0 B0 0B 0B B0 B0 0B B ■ 0 B0 0B 0B B0 B0 0 B !*■ 0B B0 B0 $4 fflMvv S.s & 0B 0B B0 B0 © 0B 0B ;} B0 B0 a 6 ,<? v ... Eh 0B >* 0B A Victrola is a gift for every member of the family. 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Mr. Boul ton received his information from Cap tain Anderson of the Norwegian steamship Vitalia, who asserted that he witnessed the destruction of a U-boat by a British cruiser. According to the Norwegian captain, Mr. Boulton said, several of the Brit ish light cruisers have been disguised as merchantmen, with false funnels and superstructure. The Vitalia was in the channel when she saw a merchant vessel, flying the British flag, stopped a short distance from her by a submarine. The subma rine, awash, ran close to the British vessel, and her conning tower opened. The German hailed the merchantman, when through their glasses the Vital la's captain saw the superstructure of the British vessel suddenly col lapse, revealing a large gun. The next instant the gun was fired, blow ing the submarine's conning tower away, and the U-boat sank in a swirl of frothing water. The commander of the submarine and one other man we re saved by the English vessel, the Norwegian captain said. Mr. Boulton while in Holland found out two clever schemes of the Ger mans to smuggle contraband of war through Dutch territory, he said. Ger man agents in Holland had gathered large quantities of copper, which was molded into the shape of anchors. Ger man barges and other light craft com ing down the Rhine to Dutch ports would leave their iron anchors, re placing them with the copper imple ments, painted black. The false an chors, hung in full view on the cat heads of the German boats, would be taken back on the return trip. This ruse was discovered by the British agents in Holland and reported to the Dutch authorities, who now inspect every anchor on German vessels. For obtaining benzine and gasoline the Germans had another trick. A Dutch railroad inspector, inspecting a. .trainload of cement building blocks bound for Germany, accidentally tapped one of the bricks with a ham mer. The Mock cracked and benzine gushed out. The blocks were hollow and each one was filled with the precious liquid. This practice has, of course, been stopped. Passengers ou board the Noordam had the war brought close to them from the moment the vessel left Rot terdam until she had put the British coast far astern. The Noordam was surveyed by German taubes off the coast of Holland, - was boarded by Brit ish officers while at Deal, when seven of her passengers, said to be Austrians, were arrested and taken ashore, and was held up four days in the Downs before she was allowed to proceed. The Noordam carried 21 first and 139 second cabin passengers and 185 persons in her steerage. SAYS GUESSES "DON'T GO t) Portland (Ore.) Judge Insists on More j Evidence in Divorce Case in His Court. Portland, Ore.—"They are not going to make a Reno, Nev., out of my court," Judge McGinn assured Glenu M. Wambold, a physician, when Wain bold's suit for divorce came up before him. Wambold testified that he was mar ried in Pennsylvania in 1903. He said he left town in 1909 to start a chicken ranch, and when he got back Mrs. Wambold was gone. "Did she leave with another man?" was asked. "1 guess so," said Wambold. "Guesses don't go here," said the Judge. "You'll have to have more evidence before you will get a divorce here." Warrant Call. Upon presentation, Elmore count., warrants issued against the various funds, will be paid at the county treasurer's office as follows, to-wit: Current expense fund, 1915: War rants Nos. 25 to 69 inclusive. Treas urer's number. Road fund, 1916: Warrants Nos. 2 to 6 inclusive. Treasurer's number. Current expense fund, 1914: War rants Nos. 593 to 596 inclusive. Aud itor's number. Road fund, 1914: Warrants Nos. 316 317-318. Auditor's number. School district No. 6: Warrants Nos. 4520-4535-453°-4639-4546-4547-4548 - 4549 4650 to 4569 inclusive, 4586-4588-4694 4601. Also all warrants in all of the various funds which numbers are prior to the various numbers herein called. Millie E. Longfellow, County Treasurer. A textile made in China from raw silk can be buried in the earth a year without deteriorating. More than 9,000,000 young trees and 10,000 pounds of seed were planted in ^i-he national forest in 1914. The Big Sale Is Still On. Everything Going at Greatly Reduced Prices Double Stamp Clermont Whiskey - - At - - Full quarts. Full pints. Full half pints... $ 1.00 .50 .25 Fine Old Imperial Whiskey - $l\00 Per Quart, full measure - Per Pint, full measure - - Per Half Pint, full measure .50 .25 Cane Springs Whiskey Bottled in bond, full quart .... $ 1.50 Fine Old Corn Whiskey, per bottle Apricot Cordial, per bottle .75 .75 Reisling and Virginia Dire Wines at cost. Polite Bartenders Await Your Orders. HOTEL EVANS BAR