The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
LONDON REMAINS DARK
FEARING AIRSHlP RAIDS
Dark Nights There Growing
DINNER as a Further
PreCaution.

tnht germany VIII abandon them In
the near future. On the contrary.
London is sun preparing for the long.
dark nights growing DINNER and dim
mer. while some Of the suburbs. which
recently have caught most Of the fall
ing bombs. have abandoned street
lighting altogether.
In lieu OF lights the authorities have
sdopted the policy hf painting all
street distractions white. This an
plies to the safety isles in the city
| streets, letter boxes. street bins, fire
alarms. ambulance posts, etc. In
some sections traffic is guided in the
dark by white lines painted along
the curbs.
When the lighting restrictions first
went into effect there were hundreds
OF street accidents. but these have
gradually decreased until the number
y no longer alarming. Streets of the
west End-Piccadilly. the Strand
trafalgar Square - all are crowded
night with promenaders and theater
crowds. People jostle along on the
darkened sidewalks in the best OF hi
NOR, There is seldom any disorder
ana petty criminals Of the past either
nave been transformed into first class
| nghting men or effectually put away"
VI course a Tommy will sometimes
take advantage OF the dark 10 Kiss
ms sweetheart. and generally all the
soldiers have their arms seCureIv
ABOUT their best girls waist as they
suoll along the tootways. The bishon
Vi LONDON has denounced this promis-
cuous love-making as all wrong. bnt
me iotnmies don't seem TO have read
ne bishops sermon and no one else
mas the heart to stop them.
Dark and Mystic.
IN that section of London known
10 ,,h the clty-the home OF finance and
tic,,io ID. trade->:he nights are mar
, W.T. dark and mystic. Along to-
obioa. ,iiiunIgnt about the only moving
thot, LlSiDle Is policeman. In
boin, lisht blue uniforms and black
sennIahna ,he Boobies appear almost
ne IRA, lhey Turk in dark alcoyos
s,,s., rue ana the pedestrian often ID
III 10. 'ieu 10 IND himself face TO facc
LII, LII silent guardian of the law
pected ' Tue 'east sus-
,,a me further dimming Of tho civ
i I since autumn began has nm
1 w.. battied the Zeppelin niIots
VI lhe raid OF September ~ tbev
were successful. however in follow,
,ns several thoroughrares in the ont-
eng uistricts upon which trolley care
were running. These cars were dari,
,, OF course, but the suggestion
nus Deen made that the trolley flashes
ptopaplv served as a guide.
Raid nights" always AFRO roi,ow,,
W many humorous stories. A gooJ
u ,,ie American poker game
%aS IN progress in West End cIuh
u as the last raid. One of the cinb
attendants came into the corJ roo,,'
ana announced that the "Zepns bayo
come. gentlemen. ''S ''d''
Il thought heard the y,,ns rofr.
I'VE minutes or so ago. remarked S" n,,e
OF me English players. '''s
Why didn't you say somctbir.
apout II asked Il somewhat excited
Wen. why should l." retorted the
LI,ngllshman, I've been winning richf
along. haven't IL" SUI
story Recalled.
Inc story is recalled of ono or tho
carrier raids when a little messengor
noy on bicycle was pedallinE along
toward the cable Office when no tooI.c5
around and saw biz ZeppeIin npnar.
entity right behind him. The pInckv
lil'le Fellow put on more steam mn
%hen he looked around the second tine
ne Aepn was still there and il any
.iiihG was gaining on him. He spurtcd
forward then with all the might in his
sum little legs, but the hum of the
alrships motors grew louder and Joud-
ers in his ears.
Then great though struck tbo how
lie hoped of his wheel. bIew nnt ~
llght. and at the very first turning
darted down a side street To lie
great relief the Zepp gave up its ter
Itlying personal pursuit and kent
straight TO its course over the main
highway. Triumphantly the messsn.
ger delivered his dispatches and his
cable Office.
The raids this autumn are wholly
different affairs from those OF a wear
and more ago. Then the defenses
OF London and other cities were scarce
ly developed at all and the monster air
ships could loiter over their victims for
nOuIS Wllh llttle or no regard for their
own safety. Now they get a yerv bot
reception soon after they cross The
coastline and every foot OF their ae-
rial progress is challenged with burst.
ing shrapnel and blazing incendiary
shells. As to the effectiveness of Inc
defences in the vicinity OF London.
II is known that Of the five or six Zen
pelins which raded this district in
the raids of September and 2S. three
were brought down a mass Of wreck
ago from the skies.
Press comment upon the latter raid
is generally in agreement that the
defences must be so strengthened thar
every airship which crosses from Ger
many must be destroyed. The Daily
Mail says the raids will be abandoned
only when they are made too risky
for the Zeppelins and when the enc
my airships are attacked not only ar
ter reaching the British coast, but
when crossing the sea.
AS to terrifying Londoners. il can
truthfully be said that the most com
mon comment heard upon the streets
the day after the last raid was this.
"YnS hoard tho n,tpu hue 7 ltJ,,,,