Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-23
zEPPELINS TOO HIGH
FOR ATTACK BY AEROS
Rise to Altitude Beyond Reach
of Aircraft That Bring
Them Down
WOMAN DESCRIBES FIGHT
Car in Which Bomb Dropper Sits
Target for Streams of Liquid
Fire

British aviators have never accomplished
the feat OF soaring above n Zeppelin. and
none of the German air cruisers has been
brought 60 earth In England by an attack
from above
This startling bit OF information. together
with many other no less interesting facts
concerning EnEland's part In the great
struggle, was given today by Miss Murlcl
Window, who arrived In Canada a short
time ago, on board the steamship Olympic,
incidentally she was the only American
woman permitted to board the ship when It
sailed from England with 10000 wounded
Canadians returning to their homes. Miss
window Is playing at keith's this week,
1T may seem strange when I tell you
that the British nyers have been unable
TO soar above the attacking Ieppclins. but
II Is nevertheless true" said Miss window
II may be betraying a secret when | give
out this information. but | am an Ameri-
can and have never been bound to secrecy,
80 | guess Il will be all right Anyhow,
the Hcppclins are not brought down this
way. When the invading airships come
over London they are so high that tho
British avators have found II impossible TO
get above them, To make the effort would
be foohardy anyway because the Germans
are we'll protected to fight on any enemy
aircraft. Consequently. way had to bo
A'AlN w HkuN NUt lllNAUtINt anu ~ mas
been done.
so high do the Zeppcins fly that they
otten SAIL along in temperature many
degrees below zero. This was found i'm
practicable unless some way could be found
To Keep the carburetor warm. The gasoline
would freeze, and the engines would stop,
In order TO solve this problem the Germans
have attached n hose, thousand feet in
length to their carburetors. This hose
hangs bptOXy ha naE I'm nj
from lower and warmer strata. 1t is this
hose that the British aviators try to To-
cate. This Is how they do II,
LIQUID FIRE USED IN ATTACK
''rho Zoppelins when attacking London
keep at great height, hut lot down a small
car on cable In this car sits the man
VINO drops the bombs, This he does by
pressing levers with his foot He is also
equipped with n scarChlight. once the avi-
ators locate this car they know that tho
tube supplying the carhuretor must be dl-
rcctly In his rear. and they soar about
trying TO locate II,
This accomplished all they nave to do
Is squirt some liquid fire, with which they
are all equipped, at II and Immediately
II acts like a fuse lending TO n bomb. Tho
gas which nils the tube ignitcs and carries
the hame right up into the petrol tanks
OF the zeppelin. causing an explosion.
HlS ~ Nllt IltluOu uNtu by l4tOutennnt
Robinson in bringing down a Zeppelin on
September 20. Others are hit by the anti
aircraft guns OF course but none have
been hit from above.
DESTRUCTION OF A ZEPPELIN
"I was with a party Of friends in the
Hotel Savoy on the night of September 49,
when Lieutenant Robinson caused the de-
struction Of the German airshIp We wero
having supper when all OF sundden we
heard the report OF many guns. we
ran TO the windows, and there I'm the sIsy
Witnessed one of the most spectacular
sights l ever dreamed of There noatei
what appeared to be a great silver
cigar II seemed to be standing motion
less. Searchlights were playing on IL from
every direction. Then Of a sudden n terrific
explosion seemed TO rend II In twain. Flames
burst out and In just seemed to float gently
toward the earth until It was u few hundred
feet from the ground Then 1t dropped
suddenly.
The searchlght system is wonderful AL
though seven of these lights were on tho
roof or the Savoy. right over our head. we
could not see where the light was coming
from. All the spectator can see IN the
Hght created either on the Heppelins or the
clouds There seem TO be no raya Visible
Every tall building has them, as well as
the anti-nrcraft guns
Lieutenant Louis Murphy who was one
OF our party, took us out to where the
Zeppelin fell near Cufhey, There we saw
dozen members or the crew sitting upright
In their gondola. They had been burned
to crisp, Several were minus their hands
and legs They had surely died at their
posts.
During my stay in London saw two
other Heppelins come to earth One was
brought down by the antl-aircraft guns.
while the other became disabled"
Miss Window declared the damage done
by the Zeppelins Is very considerable In
BriNton, for instance a bomb dropped I'm
the street opposite the First Presbyterian N
Church Nothing was left OF the edifce
save painting of Christ, which escaped
as II by a miracle, The white Horse and
White Elephant Hotels across the street
were ground to powder. Fires start and II
IL necessary to keep the fremen working
all night extnguIshing them following a
raid, she said
Miss window, who is member of the
theatrical profession, together with Ray
mond Hitchcock, Doris Keene and others.
visited the convalescence hospitals in and
around London, giving concerts In aid of
the wounded Many OF these affairs were
attended by the KinB and Queen and promi-
nent society people.
The muuition workers in London are
making so much money they don't know.
what to do with II, said Miss Window.
They go to the theaters and purchase the
best seats In the house, where In former
times they would be content to secure a
gallery seat Food prices in London are
keeping pace with the rise in wages, how
ever
PICTURE OF CRUCIFGED SOLDIER
Mss window declared that she saw a
picture in London Of a Canadian soldier
who had been crucihed by the Germans.
The man had been nailed TO a door and
left standing In the field, she said and
beneath It was written the words. TO our
comrades" What truth was connected