The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-06


. 10 tgnt with the most modern OF mill
|tary agencies. electricity l. is 4 most
/ curious duel that is now being ylsei
! IN ne Island OF FOrmOsa between the
/ Japanese and The blood thirsty AiyI
tribes.
| 4 IS til yrondes; achievement Of
! The head hunter 10 increase his collec-
,,on ~ skulls lie ~ho sas most o:
J hcse sanguinary relics is esteemed
. the great man ~ the tribe and tne
gre u some skulls are exhibited with
! tne utmost pride not only 10 residents
[ but 10 visitors VINO MAY chance under
. proper guard to penetrate % the fast
nesses Oi ,ne interior
|, has no, taken long for Japan 20
! find that her soldiers cannot aIail TO
. stop the i.preda,!Ons and Outrases
committed ny the head hunters.
! There are some hundred thousands
| Of these sayages. who became PROM
( lem Ia the Toxic government wnen the
: outcome OF the war with China III 1895
brought FOrmGsa under japanese dom
tn!On.
The gallant little brown men who
mad Oeen able 20 Overw helm the Chin
amen. and @hO later were 10 strike
( such frighttul blow at the prestige
uf russia. @efe unable to deal with
the head hunters.
In the guerrilla warfare that ensued
as soon as the Japanese soldiers came
into the country the modern sons OF
Jupiter were constantly worSted.
Is was a iay0rite trick Of the head
hunters to perform their deadliest out
RACES right under the noses so 10
speak, Of the new rules ~ the Island.
Then a tactician in the army struck
on q great idea.
Fight them with electricity.
4 wall was built across the country,
a wall four hundred miles IN length.
not a wall Of stone hut far more
deadly and treacherpus wall, one made
Of wire ah dcharged constantly wiki u
current that carried death just as GER
tamiy as the bullet Of dead shot.
Uniy !, needed no soldier TO IRE this
death message. All that the head
hunter needed TO do was to come into
contact with 1t just for the briefest
space Of time and with any portion OF
hrs body. Death was then thu sure
outcome
ne " .'u 0tNiSt
'entangiements most Cieyerly cOntriyed
extends across the land from The coast
~ GiraH, in the east 10 the shore al
Nanke. On the west side where IL takes
a turn north and circles about in such
q way that the SavaGes, once within its
tines would ind escape difficult with
opt fa,a, contact WITH the wire.
The fences are connected with pow
4rful electric plants and the wires are
constantly kept charged with the
tcathtlealing fluid.
Already II has been found that the
new system is the most efficaclous
that the government has yet contriyed.
The saSag"s are baffled and mysti.
hed. They cannot understand what it
is that has he power of striking down
their comrades so suddenly. They are
afraid TO move about in the night on
their horrible head-hunting eXpedi-
tons for the wire has been placed
with such clcyerncss that they never
can tell when they are likely TO come
into contact with it.
The plan Of campaign at present is
10 drive the Sayagcs into fhe noun
aims, prevent them from coming into
he low countries or near the towns.
and so hem them in eventually by the
wire barriers that they will be cut Off
from supplies and forced ci'her TO
surrender or die
Hardly will this be regarded as
cruel. when the atrocities Of the head
hunters are taken into account ia
pan could hardly be expected to view
win Indifference such hines as nave
happened I'm one ca, rebel raid
on Jap outpost resulted in the Kill
ing and decapitatiou of thirteen sol
dicrs. and so clever and crafty was the
enemy and 50 skilled al taking ad-