Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-07

all, but judging from the terrific bonn
bardment and the bursting Of hun
dreds OF shrapnel ill about one spot
In the sky, a most beautiful sight In
the moonlight. the gunners must have
located It.
Ralned Steel Arrows.
A moment afterward an Englishmsn
who was standing next to me ex'
claimed: Look! Is 1t raining?" The
waters Of the canal were dashed as
II by huge rain drops. l thought it
must be the bullets fired at the ma.
chine, which "a now just over our
heads, falling back into the water, but
the next day we found the peculiar
sight vas caused by bundles of those
little steel arrows which have already
been launched on the battlefields Of
France and Belgium. Numbers of
them were found sticking into the
sides Of the gayly painted wooden
piles to which the gondolas are
moored and which are so characters.
tic q feature OF Venice. =
Each arrow was marked Invented
in France, Used in Germany"
The machine continued on, circled
over the city and returned, accompa'
MED on the whole journey by the ear
splitting bombardment. AS it passed
over the arsenal on its way back. 1t
appeared to unload its whole stock Of
bombs at once, for there was a series
Of terrible explosions. A huge shower
OF sparks sprang into the air, lighting
up the sky with an ~unearthly glare.
Another Machine Sighted.
Firing from the roofs gradually
ceased and we thought the raid was
over, but again the warning shrek
came from the arsenal and the roofs
broke out into life once more. Tho
second machine passed over the city
along the same route without dropping
a single bomb, travelling in a hail Of
shrapnel all the way. In the mean
while a few small clouds had drifted
across the heaven. ,4@
As long as the machine remained in
the full moonlight 1t was invisible, but
as 1t passed under the clouds we
caught sight Of it., gliding u~nconcerned-
ly along, a black speck against space.
Like the first machine, this one
headed back for the arsenal where the
aviators seemed to drop their entire
stock Of bombs. A series Of terrible
explosions, more intense than the first.
took place again, lighting the sky and
throwing great burning flames high in
to the air. From all. directions fire.
boats and cutters steamed past at full
speed toward the arsenal, where sew.
eral fires had broken out. Their pow
erful streams made short work Of the
flames.
Damage Not Extensive.
The extent Of damage done. as far
% ! could find out, was the smashing
to smithereens of three houses near
the arsenal. Two men were. killed
here and . baby was. found the next
morning, peacefully sleeping and en-
.tirely unframed, among the ruins. A
naval tug. moored in the basin Of the
arsenal, was struck and two men, one
Officer and one sailor. killed. Two or
three small fires Of no Importance and
Immediately sextinguished, were set in
the arsenal itself.
The next morning, with all the other
curious people OF the city. l went to
see the smashed houses. which we're
surrounded by cordons of troops.
While I was there the usual cry Of
Spy! SPY" arose. The police arrest
ed five persons, three men, one Won
an and one boy Of ten or twelve years.
Two Of the men were disguised Is
women. 1t was . dramatic moment
when tho police tore Of their wigs and
clothes and revealed the fact that they
we're men.
Immediately the crowd broke out In
a hoarse roar Of anger: Knives were
brandished and 1t was only with the
greatest difficulty that the police and
troops prevented the mob from fin.
ishing them on the spot. The three
men turned out to be Austrians and
the woman, the mother of tho little
boy, was identified as a former maid
at the German consulate in Venice.
Renegade Venetian Shot,
In the morning we also learned that
the engine of the second a~eroplane
had been so damaged by the gun fire
that the machine was forced to come
down In the public garden at the ex-
treme north end Of the city, near the
arsenal. 49,. .
On landing 1t struck a tree. The
pilot was thrown out and had both
legs broken, but the officer accompany
Ing him was uninjured. He was imme-
diately arrested and discovered to be
q renegade Venetian, from a very
prominent family of the city. He for
merly had been an officer in the 1tal.
ian navy and stationed for several
years at the Venice arsenal. Through
a fast life in the navy he got deeply
In debt, resigned from the service and
went to Germany, where he engaged
In business.
With the outbreak Of war he enlist.
ed in the German flying corps, and his
invaluable personal knowledge Of Ven.
Ice caused him at once to be detailed
as observer attached to the Austrian