THE SEMIWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
END TERROR BY
ZEPPELIN RAIDS
Explosive Bullets Fired by British
Airmen Conquer Hun
Airships.
HAD OWN WAY FOR WHILE
Until Invention of New Weapon Gee
"man Gas Bags Roamed About
Over England at Will,
Weather Permitting.
London. Britain conquered the
Zeppelins with explosive bullets. Un
til the Invention of this weapon .cp
pclliiH roamed about over Knglund at
will, weathur permitting. The first
nlr raid upon London was by Zep
pelins. This was May 31, 1015, and
until the explosive bullet came Into
defense work the Germans came over
In their rigid gas hags as their pleas
ure dictated. The British hnd no
Zeppelins then for counter-uttaclc and
the airplanes they possessed wero
helpless, because they could not fly
high enough quickly enough.
On one occasion when Zeppelins
were above the city British aviators,
as usual, went up (o engage them.
Hut the Iirltish flyers could only at
tain 15,000 feet altitude. There they
Rat, looking up nt the monsters far
above them, the machine guns of the
airplanes being as useless as toy pis
tols. That Is tho real reason why
lirltnln built fast, blgh-cllmblng air
planes. She had to outdo tho Zepps.
She wpn, soon having airplanes that
could reach 20,000 feet or more, above
which distance Zeppelins could not
work effectively. These blgh-cllmblng
fighting planes, together with the ox
.plosive and Incendiary bullets, made
England too hot for the airing of a
Kepp.
The leader of tho Zeppelin raids on
London wns Commander I'eter
Stressor, who had unbounded hatred
for Kngland. lie had an Iron nerve
and In Germany was regarded as an
authority on nlr raids against Hug
land. He met his denth on August 4.
Inst year, In the Huns' largest Zep
pelin, oft tho lUngllsh coast. An ex
plosive bullet ended his Journey.
To keep out of rango of ordinary
anti-aircraft flro the Germans en
larged their Zeppelins from 750,000 to
about 2,500,000 cubic feet, thus , In
creasing ascent abilities. Hut this
tvns quickly countered by Improved de
fense methods In lirltnln. The. Zepps
carried about 4,500 pounds of bombs
Hich.
,T1h first tlmo the Zeppelins visited
London the people look It as a great
okc, Hocking to the housetops to see
the Incendiary bombs that were
Jropped. Only six persons were, killed
lu the Initial raid, although 00 Incen
diary bombs wero heaved overboard.
The men In tho later type of Zep
pelins were provided with parachutes.
DIPPING THEIR COLORS IN THE RHINE
Men of tho Second Moroccan dhlslon of the Kroneh army celebrating I
their occupation of the town of llunlque by dipping their colors In the Hhlue. '
Parson Bags 2 Bunnies
in One Shot Well?
Woodsfleld, O. Are a . minis
ter's "llsh Htorles"and hunting
stories to bo discounted as are
those of other men of probity,
or must they ho believed? ' "
This Is n question which the
friends of ltev. Edwin it. Ho
mlg, n Methodist minister of this
village, are asking. Ho came lu
recently with two rabbits. lie
shot at ono setting and hugged
another which ran behind It, he
declared.
"Kicked" by Hie Auto.
St. Clalrsvllle, O. It Is expected
that legislation favorable to owners
of automobiles will be swatted during
tho present session by D. Allen Bond,
representative from Belmont county.
While cranking his little car recent'
ly the thing kicked him, breaking his
ami.
The raptaln and navigating personnel
wero supposed to Jump from tho for
ward gondola mid the crew, generally
about twenty men, from the engine
and midship cabins. In the face of
disaster, however, there Is no record
of any member of a Zeppelin crew
having saved himself by this means,,
either because the machine became too
quickly enveloped In flames or fell too
rapidly for tho parachuto to open out.
The Zeppelins usually set out frofh
Germany In the morning nnd timed
their arrival off the Kngllsh coast
about dusk. The fate of Strnsser's
ship was sealed because he arrived
too early, being spotted above the
horizon by n Iirltish lookout.
"Penetrate Heart of England.
There evidently was no concerted
'action among the Zeppelin raiders,
each acting more or less Independ
ently. They selected targets upon
which they could unload their bombs
uninterruptedly, If possible, and then
flee. They .often penetrated Into the
heart of England.
.Six Zeppelins wero brought down In
Knglnnd, the first by Lieut. Leefo
Hoblson at Culley. He was awarded
the Victoria Cross. The Incendlnry
CONCRETE NOSE
ON EAGLE BOATS
,
NeW Type Of War Craft Equipped The submarine chaser was
With Powerful Light
Guns.
CARRY CREW OF EIGHTY MEN
Long, Gaunt Weapon of War, of All
Steel Construction, With the Ex
ception of the Concrete Base
Vessel Is Compact.
It upright lu heavy seas. Despite Its
Detroit, Mlch.-A long, narrow 1(M)ctJl f IIim.e tlum nn averuKe Cty
wedge, with a steel-Incased nose of ,!0ck. the craft has a beam of only 25
solid concrete, tapered to a knlfcllke fcetf nI(1 ()rnws wluf1 fu,y ;.milm(:(i
edge, forming a considerable part of lws (cn fpet of wnter
Its total length of .201 feet, and do- lts mvortMueg,, 1UH l)oen deII10I1.
clnred to bo capable of crushing any Htl.ntet, , tu offlcln, trm)( llccordlnB
submarine such Is the Eagle, do- (o , ,0 (ho , department,
signed originally to help rid the seas WhII t ls mlmlUo(1 tlu! EaK,e does
of the mennco of Uie Gorman U-boats. I1Q ?,,,. the speed of . the average
Contrary to populur belief, the ,Cstroyer, It Is claimed that It can out
Eagle Is not m motorboat, but an oil- ,nHtance most submarines nnd the
burning, steam turbine-driven craft nizr.iiko edge of tho bow silently
with n cruising radius of 5,000 miles. )llt eloquently tells whnt would have
The Eagle Is not u thing of beauty; happened had It como In contact with
beauty was not contemplated In Its the German undersea pirate,
construction. It Is a long, gaunt J Vessel Is Compact,
weapon of war, of all-steel construe- nulIt wlth utMy UH lts m.lllle pur
tlon, with tho exception of the con- pow sePinKy not an liich of spaco
crete nose. , wnHle( t,a nttfiiK of the vessel
Another popular Impression that lias ,',m,i not' nn ounce of superfluous
been shattered Is an Idea that the weight enters Its construction. When
Eagle boat Is equipped with torpedo , dropped Into tho water ready for tho
TOLL OF AIRSHIP RAIDS
London. in raids on the United
Kingdom by the Germans dining the
war 5,511 persons wore killed or In-'
Jured, of whom -1,750 were civilians.
An official summary of the casualties
caused by German airships, airplanes
and bombardments from the sea shows
these casualties among civilians:
Killed. 551 men. 411 women and 1105
children.
Injured, 1,508 men, 1,210 women and
772 children.
Three hundred and ten soldiers nnd
sailors were killed and 551 wero In
jured. Thero were 51 ruldrt by airships
causing the death of I08 civilians and
the Injury of 1,23(1 and the killing of
58 soldiers nnd sailors and tho Injuring
of 121.
In 50 airplane raids 010 civilians
wero killed and 1,050 wero Injured. In
these raids 2.U8 soldiers und sailors
wore killed and -100 Injured.
In 12 bombardments from the sea
14U civilians wero killed and COI
Three Pairs of Twins
Didn't Bring Happiness,
Cleveland, O. Children usu
ally hold the home together, iTls
said. Hut three pairs of twins,
now aged ten and seven years
and three months, respectively,
failed to uvert u divorce suit
filed here by -Mrs. Klsle Kuntz,
their mother. She complains that
the children's futher neglected
her and the twins end was cruel.
machine gun bullets which he used
had been Issued for the first time only
the day before the rnld, Septembet
2, 1010. The second Zeppelin wns
brought down In flames at Great Him
sted. Out of 13 Zeppelins which raid'
ed England October 10. 1017, the Ger
mans lost four! One descended ul
most Intact near Mersea Island, ul
the northeast corner of Kssex. An
other was brought down In llaniei
near Potter's liar, and two other Zep
pellns were forced to land, but tin
crews destroyed their ships.
After Germany snw the futility o;
sending Zeppelins against exploslvi
bullets (and Zeppelins could not hi
protected against, that device) she In
stituted Gotha raids. -
Hut Hrltaln bent her at her owr
game.
noi inienueu 10 commit tne major in-
strument of German ruthlessness with
Its own weapons. It was designed to
depend rather 'upon Its maneuvering
qualities, Its powerful light guns nnd
a new American .Invention for direct
ing Its fire at unseen objects.
Its crew, Including operating and
fighting complement, numbers approx
imately 80 men. To the observer, the
first Impression of the Eagle bont If
one of wonder that a craft so narrow
j can possess buoyancy sufllclent to keep
Installation of Its engines, guns, etc.
less than 200 tons of ninterlul hava
been riveted together to" shnpo the
Eagle boat.
The plates that form the shell of
tho submarine chasers virt-y lu thick
ness from one-fourth to three-eighths
Inch, and not a single forging or
rolled beam enters their makeup.
Everything Is pressed from sheet
metal, cold, by means of machinery
that cuts every piece to nn exact pat
tern, p.unches rivet holes and bends
the Interior part to required shape.
Amidships rises the deckhouse
topped by the pilot-house, with radio
quarters, and above all the connlnp
lower, with the crow's nest nt the
highest point. Except for this super
structure, the deck of the Eagle car
lies always the "strlpped-for-actlon"
appearance.
Beware of Stocking BanK.
Tarentum, l'n. Grocers who fourec"
thieves and had little faith In theli
strong boxes wero sometimes knowi
to hide their receipts overnight In tht
beans, but It took a local man to dls
close that dry goods merchants some
times use stockings for tho purpose
As usunl, the stocking ns a bank
proved u failure. Tho store doors
were thoughtlessly opened too early
one (lav recently nnd n riutmnnn
nwny with n real Christmas stocking
with $117 concealed In the foot.
wolinded, while 1-1 soldiers mid sailors
wero killed and 30 Injured.
Tho greatest losses Inflicted by Zep
pelins wero lu raids on Norfolk, Suf
folk and the home counties of London
on October 13, 1015. when 51 civilians
and 17 soldiers nnd sailors wero killed
and In West Suffolk nnd tho midland
counties on .Innunry 31, lino, when 70
civilians wore killed and 112 Injured
The raid on Lincolnshire, Essex and
Suffolk on March HI of (lie same year
caused the death of 17 civilians and 31
soldiers nnd sailors.
The most serious alrplaiio raid was
that of Margate, Essex and London on
Juno 13, 1017, when 158 civilians and
1 sailors and soldiers wore killed.
Tho only bombardment from tho sen
In which thero wero heavy .casualties
was that on Hartlepool, Scarborough
and Whitby on December 10, 101-1,
when 127 civilians nnd 10 soldiers and
sailors were killed nnd 507 civilians
and 25 soldiers nnd sailors wero Injured.
What's This No Capital City of Washington, D. C?
WASHINGTON. Scnntor Ileiu-y L. Myers of Montnnn Introduced a bill
(S. fi'207) the ether day of which the first section reads ns follows:
"He It enacted, etc., 'That that city and community nnd all thereof situate
and now being within the District of
Washington; that it has no existence whatever; that the supposed city of
Washington ls wholly a myth. From time lmniemorlul, at least from tho
time of the location of the p rmnnent seat of government of the United Stntes
In thi! Dls'trlet of Columbia, nil executive documents, all proclamations nnd
messages of the president have hnd appended thereto the words, 'Done nt
the city of Washington,' on n certain date; until n few months ago, when
some one In ofllclnl life, who claims to be authority on the subject, Informed
President Wilson that there wns no city of Washington. Since then tho
president has been appending to his official documents the words, 'Done In
the District of Columbia on a certnln date.
"It seems to me that the people of -the United Stntes oifght to take suf
ficient prldo In their capital to have It located In a city, and for the city to
have u name, hut !t enn only be given a name through congressional action.
It hns none ut present. There Is a post office hero called 'Washington,'
but tho fact does not give a name to the city or community around It."
The hill wns referred to the committee on the judiciary.
Attention, Hunters! No Duck-Shooting This Spring
rHK Associated Press sent out n hundred words or so the other day from
here to the effect thnt the federal migratory bird act of 1013 had been In
effect declared Invalid by the Supremo court, which dismissed ou the govern
ment's motion nn appeal from a deci
sion of the Arknnsas federal district
court holding the net unconstitutional.
The boss must have been away
that day, for tho statement, though
true In every particular, was us mis
leading as Is possible in the absence
of the few necessnry words of expla
nation. In consequence of the dls
pntiii a chorus of jubilation went np
from several duck-hunting points.
"Hurrah I" cried the duck-shoot
ers, "wj told'you that law was uncon
stitutional. Now we'll have spring shooting as usunl."
All wrong. Pot-hunters, market-hunters, game-hogs and Imitation sports
men should note that tho federal migratory bird Jaw Is still the low qf the
land, that It is In full operation and thnt It will he enforced this sprlug ns
never before.
The ciise In question is known as tho Shnuver case. The doctrine of
"state rights" is still strong lit Arkansas and tho court there was of the
opinion that tho regulation of gome belongs to tho state and not to the
federnl government. The federal government appealed from the decision to
the Supreme court.
In the meantime sportsmen, statesmen and bird-lovers got together. ,They
onsulted the master-mind of this country naming no nnmes. The result wns
that the United States nnd Coiindn ninilo n treaty containing the provisions
of tho act and that congress ratified the treaty and passed an enabling act
putting llt provisions in force.
So when tho Shnuver case came before tho Supremo court the operation
of the treaty had made the constitutionality of the original net an academic
question. The court did not consider It on Its merits and dismissed the gov
ernment's nppeal at the government's request. (
The war being over, Uncle Sam will now have n chance to enforce this
nntlonal law In those lew plnces where public opinion runs to tho contrary.
How Belgian Women Punish Unfaithful Sisters
MANY are the scars left by the great war. Stories are coming from Belgium
of the way In which the women nre Imposing their own penalties upon
the unfnlthful of their own sex who reveled with the enemy during the
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or tno railroad station. A girl wns
seeu darting across the wide .stretch oT cobblcstono townrd the canal, shriek
ing every few steps.
From nil directions came other women und girls. Men followed. Some
of them grinned. They were making no effort to catch the girl.
The pursued scurried Into-thc wreckage of n house blown up by a bomb.
The purruers dragged her out. They led lier to the front of the railroad sta
tion. They formed, n largo circle. Tne girl fought fof n few seconds, hut
three sturdy Voting women held her hands.
Two women stepped out from the ring. One of them drew a pair of
scissors from her shnwl. She chopped the girl's hair off short, straight across
on a line between the lobes of the ears. ,
The girl was turned loose. Her hair was thrown Into tho cannl. The
women opened tho circle to let her go uway, pulling their skirts around them
nnd looking at her ns only women can.
This young -woman escaped easily. Others fare much worse. In many
cases tho women so punished by their sisters bnvo pieces cut from their ears
and slashes made in their cheeks.
One wonders how just nre the punishments. Aro extenuating circum
stances considered? And ns to these the Imagination opens up wide Holds.
New Underground and Through-Water Wireless
HOW underground and throiigh-wnter wireless was put Into prnctlcnl uso
during tho wnr was disclosed by navy department officials, giving to the
public another of Its secrets, carefully guarded so long ns It might hnve been
of value to the enemy. Government
officials regard this development, orlg
.nnted In private research by James II.
Rogers, n scientist of Ilynttsvllle, Mil.,
as ono of tlie war's major scientific
advances of the kind.
In practical uso the new system so
far Is employed only for receiving,
Radio messages sent oiit from power
ful stntloiis In Europe are now being
rend at underground receiving stntlops
In the United States, nnd lu some
eases better thnn when caught by tho
elaborate and expensive air stations. In addition, it was roveulcd at tho
department, through mi adaptation of the Hogcrs theory submarines ynder
wnter wero lnl'rcptLog radio signals sent from shore, and with crudo uppa
mius the scientist has succeeded lu transmitting signals two miles from a
submerged wire, simulating n submersible. Olllclnls say It is possible, al
though not yet nn accomplished fact, that ground or wutor sending can bo,
devoloped to n considerable- extent. They do not untlclputo that tho present
method of sending from.hlgh towers will be superseded.
In war n great advantage Is thnt Kubmnrlneu recelvo messngos while
submerged. This was done by wires trailing In the- wnter.
Columbia Is, and shall be, known and
designated as the city of Washington,
nnd the boundaries of the District of
Columbia, now and heretofore estab
lished by lnw, are, and shall bo, tho
boundaries thereof ; nnd said city shall
be and Is the capital and permunent
seat of government of the United
States."
"Mr. President," sufd Senator
Myers In part, "those who are authori
ty In law claim that there le no city of
German occupation. In Ostond, for ex
ample, the faithful have Just put tho
m'aml lon the twenty-first unfaithful
woln- I" Bruges scores have paid
the penalty, und it Is tho same In other
fleeing Germans. Here Is the descrip
tion of an eyewltne&s of a scene In
Ostein! :
There wns a sudden shriek from
a womnn standing close by the tower
WES
llfjjALL OUT
small bottle of "Danderine"
keeps hair thick, strong,
beautiful.
Girls! Try this! Doubles beauty
of your hair in a few
moments.
Within ten minutes after an npplh
cation of Dnnderlne you can not find a
tingle trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not Itch, but what
will please you most will be after a fer
weeks' use, when you see new hair, fln
and downy at llrst yes but really
new hair growing nil over tho scalp,
A little Danderine Immediately dou
bles tho beauty of your hair. No dif
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, Just moisten a cloth with Dan
derlne and carefully draw It through
your hair? taking one small strand at a
time. Tho effect ls amazing your hair
will be light, fluffy and wavy, and havt.
an appearance of abundance; an In
comparable lustre, softness and luxu
rlance.
Get a small bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine for a few cents at any drug
store or toilet counter, and prove that
your hair Is as pretty and soft as an
that It has been neglected or Injured
by careless treatment that's all you.
surely can have beautiful hair and lot'
of It if you will just try a little Dan
derine. Adv.
Over the Alps Via Auto.
A Swiss company has spent a largo
amount for rond Improvement and
equipment nnd plans to carry passes
gers over some routos In the Alps la
electric automobiles.
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
HURRY, MOTHERI REMOVE POL
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOWELS.
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF F1Q&
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
CONSTIPATED.
Look nt the tongue, mother I Ii
coated, It ls a sure sign that your lit
tie one's stomach, liver and boweli
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing a!
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natt
rally, or ls feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has utomach-ache, sor
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give t
tcaspoonful of "California Syrup ol.
Figs," and In a few hours all the foul
constipated waste, undigested fooih
and sour bile gently moves out of tht
little bowels without griping, and yoB
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children U.
take this harmless "fruit laxative;"
they love Its delicious taste, and l
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle ol
"California Syrup of Figs," which hai
directions for babies, children of alb
ages nnd for grown-ups plainly on th
bottle. Ilewnro of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to sec that It Is mnde by tho "Cali
fornia Pig Syrup Company." Refusi.
ny other kind with contempt. Adv,
They Differed.
"I think you need fresh air."
"The other doctor told me I needtnh
lt nlr." Louisville Courier-Journal.