Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-09-17

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countrymen, for the French largely
usa biplanes. The machine displayed
the French coiors and this fact helped
Il unimpeded on It's way.
The visitor sailed around over the
Garden of the Tuileries. the Place Do
IA Concorde and the Quai a. Oraay for
nearly an hour. Later ! was partcu-
larry interested In the movements OF
this biplane because my wife all un-
conscious Of danger, had been sitting
b the TuiEs.tes garden tor more than
half an hour while the machine circled
above her head. Finally she started
back to her hotel and had Just reached
Il when the supposed French biplane
dropped eight bombs. one after anoth'
or, In fairly rapid succession.
The Eiffel Tower rears Ito head one
thousand feet above the plane OF
Paris. II ia used Oh wireless tele-
graph station and on the platform at /
its top are mounted several antiair-
craft guns. The German biplane
which was disguised as o Frenchman
was attempting to take the life" OF
the I1iffel tower. The eight bombs
which the German let fall were aimed
at the tower, but the bomb nearest to
the mark fell nearly half o mile
away from It
One of the Marvsls.
The Door success which aviators
have In hitting the things they aim
at is one Of the marvels of.the pres
emit warfare.
Not long ago there was an account
OF an attack made through the air on
! German depot at Bruges, Belgium.
French and English aviators In con-
siderable numbers tiew over the place
and succeeded in dropping bombs In
| 10 o shipyard and on freight depot
| and In doing considerable damage TO-
both. This exploit was hailed - =
great triumph Of craftsmanship.
Nothing was said about the fact that
before the successful raid, ten at
tempts had been made by many avi-
ators acting together to hit the same
mark and all had failed. To hit q
thing once In ten times IL not con-
sidered q particularly high average
Of markmanship on land or sea, but
Il seems that the man who can ring
the bell'' once In ten times from the
air is considered q sharpshooter.
| I don't want to get away from this
marksmanship subject until tell the
story OF something which happened
In an English coast town which Wis
tied but whose name am not per
mitted to Disclose. Some weeks age
the English authorities published the
names Of the towns and villages which
had suffered from German aeroplane
or Zeppelin attacks. but recently they
have suppressed the names Of the
towns which have received the bap
tism Of Ore from above.
ehock cures Paralysis
I went into one English village
which had been visited the night be
. fore by Zeppelin. Bombs had beei
dropped haphazard because It was I'M
possible TO pick out o mark N tn
inky blackness Of the night. On
bomb fell on hospital in which Their
I, were about one hundred wounde'
! English soldiers. Not one Of then
, was hurt, but all Of them except tn
! isgless ones made q hurried escap
! from the wrecked building, wounds
and sick though they we're. One 20
dier who had disappeared wa
4 searched for hurriedly by the nurses
! He was found half q mile up the roat
/ This man had been taken to the ho
4 pital completely paralyzed from u
I waist down. He had been unable !
: move either. leg and yet under II
Z shock OF the explosion and the resul
I ing excitement he found the use OF b
/. legs and made good half mile befol
he fell down exhausted.
dl At the front IN France the noise
the cannonading Ia almost ccntinuou
j The big guns roar away all throu1
s i tha days and sometimes through q
q nights when not small rifie y .
a ing fred. and no charges Of inlantl
4 are being made. or course, Z O.
e non have an objective for their shot
4. Usually some battery Of the enemy
!. some wood In which large forces
a men are supposed to be assemble
= Occasionally battery is put out
& commission by o dropping shell q
Y also occasionally score or 90 81 no
= = WIN be blown to fragments By 7
= explosion Of q huge projectile fall
= = IN their midst. but nevertheless 70
= = e5 per cent Of the shots miaa {
mark. Il
Are Not Really Wastsd.
u Il any wonder that the ann
"a nition bill Is big and chat results
q not measure no to 1T II must hs
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