The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-11-02
FAMOUS HOAXES
OF WORLDS WAR
SOME WEIRD TALES ~
ENTERTAINED rAr ~ HAVE
IN STRIFE-No MATloNS
FOR MOST OF the STTNoATloN
(From the New Ynrh =.

IRON the New York SIM
PROBABLY the greatest booan
war-one which millions bo,;s Of the
time at least-was The .ieVed for
from 100000 to 200 mn 'opy that
troops mad arrived in Englanasu russian
Archangel. These troops uu IRON
early stories ran, were mo 50 the
night across the United Kin Ueu by
cars with the shades draunO IN
and at any moment were ~, aown
appear on the western front n n'.eiy to
troops OF Great Britain and E Mn The
The story was first printoa ' ,a
York. 1t spread througbout ~ New
and was cabied across and don nlellca
sent by wireless to Berlin NTTssouess
giisn censorship offered No o oe En-
denial or affirmation of tbo O,aiciai
out Tor a time every steamship ' ,.
England reaching New YorL y IRON
some individual who imagina aSugnt
had seen the trains. Kitcbanu ne
, the hoax run without doing oneI, let
to stop it. Whether it had arn n'.ang
, on the Gehan it is hard to fol, I'i ICY
amateur strategists, conductins uut
war from office chairs, saw saws zoe
possibilities in it to stop tho great sr
German drive on Paris. s'est
1t was the romantic Clarence n.
, inald Hodson who, as Ernest c "es'
ler.' private, seized the Metonn noA'l'
British freighter, off Sandy H., =
single handed and scared &c uok
into submission, that secured I N.Y.
greatest laugh for his adven,as ae
The 70 year old son of an Ens,;.s
father and German mothar e'' ~
stole on board the Metoppo and with, ~
the aid of "a revolver held mn ~" .sa
| captain. ~ 'ue
Hodson, after capturing the .n;,
was more interested in getting sor,p
thing to eat than in anything elss
for he had gone without food tor
three days. Sleep finally led to Ho ID
sons capture, but the episode amused
America and doubtless Germany
What amounted to a practical ioto
was played on the Germans by ths
Belgians in Brussels. The Germans
announced a great concert of Cermon
music at the opera house. A svndi.
cate of Belgian bankers and brotars
bought all the seats except one and
the, royal box. General Baron yon
Kissing was delighted at this eyi.
dence that the Belsians were mt
adverse in times of foreign occupa.
tion TO listen to a German concert
But on the night of the concert not
a single Belgian used his ticket
When Won Kissing arrived at the
opera house it was empty except for
a solitary auditor, a German land.
strum soldier
Some American youths of Morris.
town, New York, had fun early in the
war with the Canadians. At the
time all sorts of rumors were being
circulated of German invasions Of
canada. Morristown is on the Amer.
can side of the international BOUNDARY
opposite Brockville When the three
fire balloons went up one evening
the mayor of Brockville reported to
Premier Borden that three air
planes" had crossed the border from
the United States, that the fire
from them illuminated the streets
OF Rockville and that after a search.
light had played upon the city the
airplanes proceeded in the direction
of Ottawa" The premier Immediate.
1y notified the military authorities,
the tower light and the lights around
the parliament building were extin.
guished and with windows darkened
the Canadian Parliament met.
Berlin, particularly the west end,
hoaxed itself over a rumor that Serb
la had surrendered and that its en-.
tire army had laid down its arms
The rumor was started by the ring
ing of church bells for the meeting
OF the general synod Some ind
viduals not knowing the reason COL.
cluded that what they had been
hoping for had come to pass and
that the bells were rung to announce
a Teuton victory Everywhere ap
peared German, Austrian, Bulgar and
Turkish flags. The rumor lasted un'
I'll the afternoon newspapers came
out with a statement that the SIT
uation of our troops in Serbia IS
splendid but the enemy has not
reached the end of his resistance.
A profitable hoax was played on a
German submarine off the coast Of
Ireland by the captain of the steam
ship Director. Suspecting that at any
moment the Director might be in the
danger zone, he instructed the ships
carpenter to saw a big spare spar
into three pieces, which the crew
painted black. These pieces OF WOOD
were then mounted as If they were
guns.