Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-24

man who sold worthless tickets 10 LlN-
erpool to confding refugees.
Berlin, Artillery Is trump In THIS
war;" says a wounded German ofhcer
interviewed by the Tageblatt He con-
| tinues: Our German shells are won
ders. In addition to their destructive
effec-, the moral effect of their deton-
alton is plainly to be observed. Inc
, enemy Is not a little affected by the
dull, uncanny noise. The showing
of our field howitzers is a complete
success. They are actually equal u
the heaviest field pieces of the French
the Rimailho (15.5 centimeter) howit-
zers. The French shells are an eflec'
tive orojectile, except that they do
not always explode.
I'm our advances we have had OPP
portunity to observe on the French
dead and wounded the effect OF our
shells, and it was very great. At the
beginning of the war the persuasive
point of our projectiles is said TO
have lain too high, and it is interest
ing to note that we first learned OF
this from letters captured from the
French.
Il must be said that the French can
noneers shoot extraordinarily well.
They keep sharp watch, open fire
as soon as they see dust rising, even
at great distances, where they can
reckon only on moral effect. They
must also have excellent inform alton
at their disposal. Their ammunition
supply is well looked after. cessa-
ton of arms fire because of lack OF
ammunition almost never occurs. This |
is the more remarkable because OF
their system of firing, in which they |
seek ont an area in which they as
sumo the enemy to be present and !
simply deluge it with their fire.
"Our heavy artillery has become |
the terror of the enemy, and the ap- |
pearance of the GROWER (the 16 |
As inch mortar) 'is always joyfully |
welcomed by our troops. Its effect |
is fearful. / have seen two massive
walls of a house penetrated by ii. The
defamation breaks all the windows in
the vicinity. Where it strikes the
enemy are thrown to the ground by
the air pressure. The bodies are
terribly mangled and covered with a
6ldN 1911 plut uuSl. AIlHOuSH OuI
heavy artillery has no protective
shield. it has repeatedly taken part in
battles with direct fire and played
decisive Part.
When our fire is effective, the
French simply abandon their guns,
If 1t is less effective one notices that
the guns are pulled out of the line
of fire while the ammunition wagons
are LEFT standing. They often succeed
in limbering up with extraordinary
quickness and getting into another
position further back The French
field piece, both as regards effective
ness and the readiness with which
il can be handled, must be considered
good"
London. Sept ga German or
German sounding name tends to make
its posscssor so unpopular both in a
business and social way in London
that there has been a rush of British
born and naturalized German citizens
in England to the courts for new /
names. Some of the changes on the |
court record are: Schloss to. Castle; |
Schwartz to Black: Klussman to Ma
claren; Rosenthal to Rodeny; Howitz
bNOShlS " hIIlSSIeN, |
kelbuhler to Duncan; Scharlieb to
Shirley; Weischenck to wynne; Kuss
TO Cuss; Brueggemey to Bridges, and
Stohwasser to Stowe
But the most tactful shift was by
the man who traded Kaiser for King.
Rome Sept. 23.-An incident of the
battle between the French and Ger.
mans near Esternay and Sezanna is
-hus described in a Paris dispatch to
he Corriere della Sera:
"A German battery which had been
'aught IN a swamp. and which for this
'eason had been cut off from the main
Gree, managed finally to free itself
rom the mud. Instead of surrend-
ering II continued singlehanded the
lght against the advancing French.
The German artillerymen beat their
lssailants OFF with a hellish fire,
which tie French artillery tried in
ain to silence Until late in the even
ng the battery continued it's deadly
work. until its ammunition became ex.
Iausted and the men were either dead
II wounded. When 1 arrived the
rave crew had already been buried;
nd the guns still rested on trees
which the men had placed under the
'heels In order that the pieces might
ot disappear in the mud"
London-The ousting of Germans
nd Austrians and the call to the col
rs Of French. Swiss and Italians has
hown to an extent little suspected by
he British public how departments
the hotel and restaurant business.
aroerlng and even teaching had been 81
aken over by foreigners. At the out
reak OF the war 10000 foreign wait.
rs alone quit their jobs in London.
Foreign teachers have left thous-
nds OF vacancies in Great Britain. of
hey were mostly private teachers or tn
mployed in private schools. Those III
the regular EnrIich cchnoI- :. ~.