Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-11-10
SOME INCIDENTS OF THE WAR THAT
ARE STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
True Story Of the Audacous and Fate Of the Karlsruhe Remain
Locked SecrecyDsappearance Of Won Rnteen Another
Chapter That Is Prolific Of Many Rumors-The
Missing Grand vIzier Of Turkey

teEt and 50 rnpld the progress of n
European wnr that a public which see
81 The papers the news OF create
things than the world has seen II
centuries has little attention for th'
minor incidents Behind the grca
campaigns ana the national movement
aud sentiments which make up this
bulk Of the war news there IN whol'
wilderness of dramatic and picturesque
and mysterious happenings. which pass
by unrcmnrked Ia the rush OF larger
things simply because the mind can
not follow them NIL
Yet there Is much rcnson 20 think
that The literature aud the legends OF
the war VIII hundred years from now
cluster FOR the most part around Incl
dents o. which little has been heard
as set. and thar little forgotten. Many
things which have been passed over
by governments and press and people
with the barest notice. because more
immediate things were occupying the
attention. VIII be taken up later by stu
dents aud found 20 possess all the
qualities that make for stories and
dramas and irgends-and Il Is 10 be
down 70 the minutlae OF the war
legends VIII have all but crowded out
the truth on everything except the ma
Jor events. and a good many OF those.
Besides these Incidents. there are
other matters the entire truth about
which = known 10 one or more chan
ceilores or war ministries. but has so
FAR been kept secret by the censorship,
for fear OF exciting popular turmoil
And there rs still third class OF In
cidents that have never been adequate
~ explained truth about which Is
perhaps known 20 no one and for
which perhaps nc explanation ever
viii come TO light
First Acroplsnc Raid.
Ia this latter class Is what was re-
gnrded ns the first neroplane raid OF
the war ON August >. 1914. the day
after Germanys declaration OF war on
Russia but before war had been de-
.clarcd or hostlities commenced be-
tween Germany and Franee--thc news
rnme from Berlin that French aero
plane had dropped bombs on Nurn-
berg Now. aerial warfare was still |
novelty at that tlme-the Italo- |
Turkish war and the Balkan conflicts |
had seen the bnrcst beginning OF bomb.
dropping and alr-scoutlng. and the |
news OF this raid on Baynrian city
aroused considerable interest, Hut |
shere was so much news from every
where Ia those FIRST days that Il got
Dnly a few lines. with no detailed ex-
t,ianntion except that the machine had
appeared, dropped bombs. which did no
damage. and had been driven or by
artillery. The next day came declara-
lions OF war right aud left. the invn-
sion Of Belgium, lighting before Liege
aud the air attack ON Nurnberg was
no longer a matter OF interest.
; The recollection OF Il persisted In
Germany. II became part of the his
Iory OF the FIRST week Of the war; so
here was some surprise when Ger
man semi0fiicial sources. IN passing !
reference 20 the Incident months later,
.alled Il russian aeroplane. Eyi- |
ieutiy the Germans themselves didn't I
snow where the mysterious fier came /
rom. Now. the point OF all this Hes !
n the location OF Nurnberg-i north
I'm Bavaria. some 200 miles from the 4
nearest point OF the French frontier 4
nd nearly twice as far from the b0r- Z
Icr o. russian Poland. Flights OF {
reater length than this have been v
nnde during the war. 20 attack a
,urnberg from either yerdun or r
Warsaw was not physical impossi- 4
illiy But why Nurnbergl II was c
le only city attacked; the next day a
French filer was shot down near the G
Iermnn- Dutch frontier. west OF Co s.
sgue. but there were no more raids n
ITO Germany for more than a year. n
nd Nurubcrg this city lar Ia the In h
,rior. Is known principally for the p
Of It's medieval streets. II
40 military center OF Importance
: was not before the war. II
Between Nurnberg and the French Ia
'outier, or Nurnberg and the Russian Is
'outler. he railroad centers. mobill- M
ifion depots, munitOn arsenals. base b.
'rtresscs lnnumerable: why should a lr
nsle aeropssue pass all these by and 81
J 20 the very center OF Germany 20 Is
rop bombs Ca monuments Of art7 HI
ven the Germans had not begun 70 de- 81
roy historic monuments In those days "a
20 strange 6id the incident appear m
vat British and French authorities %
I'VE been Inclined to accuse the Ger ~
ans o. deliberately inyenting the "
hole thing 70 arouse feeling against ca
rance. Bur apparently many per
'ns saw bombs dropped. aud the Ger. .,
ans would hardly have gone 80 Gar M
J this 20 build up fictitious story. al
, the worlds first aeroplane raid Is So
iii mystery. and perhaps IL viii Pr
srer be known who was the solitary ne
sr Or whence he came. en-