The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-04
ANOTHER STORY
By SHEPHERD.
Black Turco., Helping France. Are
said to be Head Hunters. But
Are Told Nor TO Take
Any Trophies.
GERMANY,s NEW GUNS
One Which viii Shoot clear Across
the English Channel is Said to
be Ready for
Operation.
IBy VIM. G. Shepherd. United Press
stan Correspondent

StaH Correspondent
MUNICH, Oct. 16.-tBy mail TO Ne"
York There is no way OF proving
that the black Turcos who are nsh 'ihs
with the French, are head hunters
but | give the conversation mad VII
| a military man of a neutral nation 1or
what II is worth. This man told me
he had friend who is an omcer III
a Turco regiment.
Il was dining with him the othaf
evening"" he told me, when the ON
Ger said:
- told my boys as soon as we
landed on French soil. that this was
civilized war and that they mus
not cut of the heads OF the fallen
enemies. They answered by saying
that was no fun and declared, NO
ihead-hunting no war I've persuaded
/ them that they must not take heads
as trophies, but every now and then
| / catch one OF them with a neao III
his bread bag. Some OF them Jake
ears as trophies.
This is probably far more interest
ing as a sample Of the bloody sort OF
conversation you meet In trains am
hotels and Europe these days than as
proof that the blacks are really tn
CHASTITY people they have been painted
The proprietor of my hotel has
friend who Is a major in the German
army. The other day he received a
letter from this major, who 1T appears
had charge OF the German forces At
valenciennes. France. after the cap
ture OF that city. In this letter was
! enclosed ned poster, printed in black
and worded in French, which the
hotel proprietor hung in the hotel
lobby for his guests to read It was
poster which the major had caused
to be placed on the buildings OF the
French city. and read:
| 81 am sorry to report that
II have been forced to use
the severest measures possible under
| military law against the town OF Or
chies. In this place doctors, members
| OF the medical staff and about twenty
German soldiers have been wounded
| or killed. Their eyes were put out,
| their ears were cut of and other I'm.
/ speakable mutations of this charac-
| ter were committed. I have therefore
! ordered that the town be destroyed
/ Orchies. once q town OF 1000 inhabi-
tants. is no more. Homes, the city
I hall. the church have been obiiterated
and of Inhabitants, there are no more.
(Signed)
'.Commandant OF the City.
MAJOR Won MEYERING.
Sept. 81, 1914"
Church steeples play queer parts IN
this war. Four weeks ago in Antwerp
I saw man climb almost to the peak
of the ancient cathedral there aud
fasten the Belgian flag to a stone
gargoyle. In the evening. at sunset,
I saw Belgian choir boys. standing in
their white surpiices among the bells,
and heard their song OF praise that
fioated over the old town Ike a oene-
diction-because Antwerp had been
saved from a Zeppelin.
Tonight in Munich saw another
church steeple playing It's way in war
1t was raining and the peak OF the
cathedral spire loomed dimly above
the lights Of the city hall square. Put
the tiny lights OF candles carried by
German choir boys huttered in the
belfry and, led by an orchestra. the
hoys sang song OF praise-because
Antwerp had fallen.
The newspapers tell OF trick
which German general played on
the Russians. In retreatfng from a
town in eastern Prussia the Russians
were forced to leave behinG them a
large quantity OF bread. They poured
gasoline on the bread and when the
Germans entered the town they found
the smelly mixture surmounteT by
sign which read: we hear that you
need both bread and gasoline. Hero
they are" About the same time the
Germans captured a number OF Rus
slams The German general ordered
that the bread be given the prisoner
and not Russian touched his prison
fare that night.
There arc side walk strategfsts
here too Wen get to London when
the proper time comes" says my wait
er. You know how Germany fooled
the world with her 15inch guns and
her new submarines. Nobody kneH
she had such things. Well. we've go'
another trick up orr sleeves. We've
90. guns that will shoot twenty eight
miles and that's two miles more thar
the width OF the English channel be
tween Calais and Dover.
~
AS soon as We take Calais. we wit
mount these big guns on granite foun
dations shoot across the channel ant
aemoIish the forts at Dover. Then we
will sink all the English ships within