The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-01

the days work for the man In the
sky. He has been sent up 10 draw
a Russian fire so that the where
abouts OF a certain Russian battery
may be disclosed He has succeeded,
too, for soon you hear the Austrian
shrapnel screeching through the air
toward the spots In the heavens where
the white smoke floats. The Aus
trians are feeling over the forests,
hills and valleys for the Russian bat
teries. They want the Russians TO
shoot and the aeroplane has turned
the trick. Amid all these exciting
scenes we see hungry soldiers. with
their backs bent earthward, digging
with sticks in a field for potatoes.
Their stomachs are crying louder an
the shrapnel.
1910 D. m.-we pass piles OF am.
muniticn beside the road There are
white pine boards the size or tray
cling mans grip. Each OF them cor,
taius a shell about four inches in di.
ameter. weighing about BE pounds
and costing $50. Every shot or this
vast tattoo We are hearing means
one OF these shells gone 10 pot Then
there are other hoxes painted black,
the same size. They contain four
two-inch shells. costing about $40
each. We're not hearing these this
morning. for the Russian and Austrian
artillery lines are about five miles
apart and the smaller shells do little
damage az that distance.
12:20-Adams. who has spent near
ly all his life In Austria, though he
was born In Boston, and who has
been in the Austrian army. explains
what is going on. II is true the ar
tillery lines are FIVE miles apart, but
way up ahead OF the artillery with
their own shells coming up from be-
hind them and over their heads are
regiments Of Austrian infantry hiding
in valleys, trenches or forests waiting
for the order TO advance.
12:30-We leave the road and take
to a grove. In clearing We see q
big house. Officers come and go. In
response TO our questions as to the
nearest battery they pointed out
pathway In the garden. We follow IL
In every battle I've ever read or heard
about, there was an apple orchard.
and this was no exception. AT the
edge OF the orchard we came upon
vast piece OF ploughed farm land
sloping away from Us and quarter
OF mile before US, in the HELD, we
count six coppercolored howitzers
with their noses tilted high. We
struggled along over the ploughins
and reached the battery.
The commandant looks at the press
brassards we wear and welcomes Us.
Maybe Wen be ordered TO fire soon,
he says. He leads US TO hole In the
ground. Looking through the en-
trance We see that the cave Is straw
lined. Inside sits a man wearing
telephone headpiece. He Is talking
into the phone. He yells series OF
numbers to the commandant who
stands beside US. A hundred feet
ahead of US are situated the six how
itzers. We're standing beside the
battery fire control which Is the han
die OF this death-dealing fan. The
commandant yells the numbers to the
men at gun No. /. With big poles
the men move the cannon on It's
wheels into q new direction. Then
other men with instruments for mear
surfing elevation tilt the howitzer to
the proper angle. Suddenly all the
men rush away frorp the hole In which
the gun stands. One man picks UP
rope from the ground. It's the trig-
ger rope. He stands 20 feet behind
the piece and waits. Every man
stands with his hands over his ears.
"Feuer!" orders the commandant.
Above the tremendous explosion there
IA a screech that pierces your ear
drums. This fades away into ire
mendous swish which echoes and re
, peats itself more and more family for
about 20 seconds. The sound comes
from a mile In the air. The SKY
seems alive with the echoes or the
first shrek. We don't see what hap
pened. Somewhere In the hills, nVe
or six miles away the shell struck
home. Did Il hit a farmhousel Or
explode among regiment, Killing
scores of men? Or did II hit In some
spot where no living beings were
How do we know II didn't hit Red
Cross camp? What we are really
trying to hit is a Russian battery OF
guns like ours. II we can drop sneii
after shell on that battery. we can
drive its men away from 1t and 81
lence Il and then our infantry. from
some place nearby, can advance on
II and seize Il, and that will mean an
other six miles gained In the Austrian
advance
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec. Mrs.
Phillip r. Reese, of No. 1900 Calvert
St. Baltimore, the Helen o. Reese
mentioned In William @. Shepherds
story which appears today. on Satur-
day received the letter Lieut.. Carl
Holman showed Shepherd at Pre-
mysl. Mrs. Reese met Lieut.. Hoffman
while she was abroad with her father.
Thomas A. Whelan. first vice-presi.
dent OF the Fidelity & Deposit Co., OF
Baltimore. In the letter Lieut.. Hon
man tells OF meeting Shepherd near
Przemysl.