The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-16
PEACE IN MEXICO Is PROMISED
GERMANY

limited Press Leased Wire Service.I
BERLIN, (via The Hasue), Nov. rs.
-Unfavorable weather 10 greatly in
terfering with operations In Belgium,
Il was stated at the war office here
today. The capture Of several hun-
dred English and French prisoners 10
reported, but, outside Of taking Of
French position in the Argonne no inn
portant actions are reported. Fight
ina In the east 10 undecisive, It 10
stated.
POOLING THE AvIAToRs.
[By Karl n. Won Wiesand, United
Press STAR correspondent.]
vERviNAY, France, Oct. II. (5y
courier to Rotterdam. )-German sol
diers here at vervinay, little French
village, almost lost In sea Of mud,
are holding az rare and choice souv-
enirs, steel darts shot from aeroPlanes
by the enemIes' fiiers. They are Of
steel about the length Of lead pencil
but a trifis thicker. The upper part
Of the "arrow' was twisted groove,
running about two-thIrds Of its length
which causes the weapon TO rotate 40
it falls.
"The darts on occasions have been
annoying, but not very dangerous be-
cause Of the difficulty Of hitting any
thing from a great height" captain
Of the general star said. A non-com-
rnissioned officer, however, telling Of
one Of his men being struck by an
"arrow," said: at struck him Just
back Of the left shoulder and came out
just above the hip"
Dropped from a height Of 1000 to
5000 feet, officers said the steel darts
attain . terrible velocity. Recently
a French flier threw q number OF
darts on one Of our wagon parks"
said one OFFICER. "a half dozen horses
were killed or injured 10 badly they
had to bs shot. The darts can be
quite annoying, but are given no con-
sideration as an aerial weapon Of Of
Tense. An artillery column or wagon
train on the road 10 mighty small
target from great height"
A tree which had been struck by a
dart was pointed out by the officer.
The weapon had penetrated an inch
and half into hard knot. A French
aerial scout was bombarded by the
Germans here today. Little clouds
showed where the shrapnei was burst
ina In the air all around the aero
plane, which was at an altitude Of
probably 5000 feet. When the gun
ners began to get the range, every lit
tie burst Of cloud came nearer the
aeropIane, but It escaped.
vervinay 10 field hospital station
on the left wing Of the German army.
Trenches and firing line are on the
crest Of a hill about five minutes
walk to the westward, but cannot be
seen because Of the dense woods. A
fire cracker like sputter, however,
tells what is going on up there. Sew
eraI wounded have been brought In. A
German field battery is slowly pound
ino away from another hill to the
north, while to the southwest comes
the deep boom Of an Austrian motor
mortar battery, throwing eight inch
shells Weighing 900 pounds into the
French barrier forts beyond the river
Meuse at st. MizIei. In the Vicinity
Of the village, are number Of dunn
my batteries to deceive aerial scouts.
They are flour barrels mounted on two
wagon wheels and trees cut In eight
and ten foot lengths on old carts az
imitation Of field guns. All are slight
Iy screened by branches from trees
The aerial scout reports these to his
batteries who direct their fire upon
the dummies and the real guns are
able to keep their positions.
AVIATOR DROPPED BOMB.
LONDON, Nov. 16.-A German
newspaper published in Brussels de-
ciares that British aviator flying
over Courtrai, Belgium, dropped a
bomb upon the town, killing fifteen
persons. Courtrai 10 in West FIand-
ers, 10 elk miles southwest Of Ghent
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