The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-15
FRANCE
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and waters. Walters hustled g and
fro-f the amble Of aged and Grip.
pied walters, the only sort available
at present, can be termed hustle--
and everything was quite peaesfui and
serene.
Presently . passerby stopped, and
shading his eyes, eaxsd Into the sky.
"Another German acceptance he
sald, quite % II accustomsd TO watch
them ny over hIs head many times Z
day.
Tho people on the tsrrsce looked
up, too. Sure enough there high over
head, was @taube," (meanIng
plgeon), = German monopians. A
pretty young French woman near me,
slipping her pomsranats mixture, re-
marked:
"What GALL She did not move.
Her face did not pale. Her voice was
40 steady 10 II she were asklns the
walter for . carafe o. fresh water.
She looked up now and then, alternate
Ing her Upward slanoes with clips Of
rosy grenade. suddenly there was .
boom, bomb exploded Just around
the corner. The German aviator had
let fall form HE ''taube." Two Eng
IIsh troopers In khaki. seeins aiI eyes
gazing upward, stopped In front Of
my table, fired seven times each at
the pasIsng air craft and grlnnsd
sheepIshIy when they saw Il did not
falter but went Impudentiy on.
The people on The restaurant ter.
race kept their seats. They went
right on drinking and CARING upwards
alternately. The little French beauty
said:
'sueh . poor bomb, not nearly %
loud 40 q cannon"
Then another bomb exploded. and
4 third. The aeropIane turned dsiib-
eratsIy over the EiffsI towel and from
the top Of this tail structure ra-
chine gun ratified away.
Then . cannon reared from some
where near the Camp Dc Mars-a9ain
and again. The German pilot turned
now and began to back track. Near
the Sacre-coeur, the church on top OF
Mont Marie hill, the aerop'ans veered
again and presently the patter Of .
machine gun, working from the dome
Of this house Of God reached our ears.
.Funny they can't get HIM" said
the pretty little French woman, dab
bling her straw In the grenade.
"Armored," said her companion In
= bored sort Of way. "He's flying an
aenored aeronlaneS
.sWhv doesn't ! French pilot 90 for
him7~ asked the woman.
search me-" replied the man.
The aeroplane disappeared and the
crowd on the terrace went right on
with its drinks.
While writing the above, the sound
Of gun firina reached me through the
open window. Looking out. saw
everyone below me gazing up. About
1000 feet over the Rue Montmartre,
directly over my head . "faubs' was
bIithely making Its daring way to-
wards the EImei tower. From the
roofs, mon are firing by the dozens.
Soldiers In the street biazed away at
the speek In the sky but through
glasses could see the machine was
an armcred one and that bullets were
dolno no harm. Tho people were not
excited. They were only curious.
Those Who have watched crowd 1t
an aviation meet can picture the
Paris throngs mentally and perfectly.
a. they watch . bomb throwing avta-
tor from the enemy's lines sail over
their heads.
After cIreIIns the great steel tower,
receiving . baptism Of fire from the
top Of IL, the "taube" returned, pass
Ina over the bourse. A number Of
people collected under the terrace
roof there 40 matter Of precaution.
One man expressed the sentiments Of
all the others:
German bombs don't always ex-
plode," he said, "but RI bet one
would hurt = man's head II II fell on
IT,"
Everybody laughed. The German
aeropIanes over this city didn't worry
them . BIT. They were not In the
least panic stricken. They took Il 40
new sort Of an exhibition, providing
a new thrill. They watched the Ger
man ptI0e otsAPPSd', W "sp ~ 49,
lets, quite az II accustomed TO such
| things all their lives.
Paris 10 still smiIins. She 10 almost
deserted, but she 10 gay.
HAVE STOPPED RUNNING.
PARIS, Sept. 15.-The ofsicIaI bulie-
tin issued from the war Office At 6or-
deaux at 8 o'clock this afternoon
shows the German retreat has been
checked and that they are now put
ting up . strong roar guard resist.
ance. Tho report indicates . new
line Of battle and 10 a. folIows:
1.-THE Germans on Monday began to
resist the French advance on line
that they have established north o.