Mountain Home Republican., December 11, 1915, Image 6

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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.
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those high up in the councils of the
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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.
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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.
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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
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British Cruiser, Masked, Sinks
German Submarine.
Superstructure of Supposed Merchant
man Collapses, Revealing Big Gun
by Which Submarine Ip Sent
to the Bottom.
New York.—-The latest ruse adopted
by the British navy to sweep the seas
of the German submarines was related
by Mr. Frank F. Boulton, who was a
passenger on board the Noordam of
the Holland-American line. 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
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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