THE NEW WEAPONS
EMPLOYED IN WARFARE
If soldiers have not gone alto
gether back to the use of the bow
and arrow and the slinger, in the
latest and greatest of all wars, it
is certain that the conflict ha*
been marked by the introduction
of new weapons and the revival
of old end long forgotten ones.
The peculiar conditions under
which foil’ millions of men have
been fac ng one another for ovei
a year in intrenched lines which,
at many points, are only a score
of yards apart, have had a great
influence on the methods of the
combat.
The Deadly Gas.
One of the most remarkable
incidents of the war has been the
employment of asphyxiating
gases on a vast scale, either by
detonating bombs charged with
noxious and death dealing chemi
cals, or else by projecting the
gases from special apparatus
when a favorable wind is blov
ing. ..
The gas used, in all cases, ap
pears to vary. It must be heav
ier than air, or it would product
little effect; and those who art
best entitled to know—soldiers
back from the front—describe il
as of two colors, yellow and
green.
An expert, writing on the sub
ject, describes them as: (a) Nitric
peroxide, red-yellow and intense
ly poisonous; heavy and fatal tc
life, fb) Chlorine, yellow and suf
focating—heavy, (c) Sulphut
monochloride which decomposes
in air into choking ftimes of hy
drochloric and sulphurous acids;
or sulphur percholide which acts
in a very similar way.
NOTICE.
In the U- S. Commissioner’s
court for the territory of Alaska,
Second Judicial Division, Cape
Nome Precinct. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
M. D. Samuels, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that J.A,
Bachelder, the administrator of
the above named estate, has filed
his final account as such admin
istrator, and that Friday, the 16th
day of June, 1916, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m., at the office of the
Probate Court in Nome, Alaska,
has been fixed as the time and
place for the hearing of said ac
count and the objections thereto,
if any.
Datfcd at Nome, Alaska, thii
13th day of April ,1916.
J. A. BACHELDER,
Administrator
April 13 ,20, 27, May 4.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the United States Commis
sioner’s Court in and for Capj
Nome Precinct,Territory of Alas
ka, Second Division. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate oi
Per Aug. Peterson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by tho
undersigned, the special admin •
istrator of the estate of Per Aug.
Peterson, deceased, to the credi
tors of, and to all persons having
claims against the said deceased
to exhibit their claims with thi
necessary vouchers within si:c
(6) months from the date of this
notice to the said special admin
istrator at his residence in Nome,
Alaska.
Dated April 13, 1916.
FRED W. PETERSON,
Special Aministrator.
April 13 ,20, 27, May 4.
NOTICE OF CREDITORS
In the United States Commis
sioners’ Court in and for Cape
Nome Precinct, Territory of Al
aska, Second Division. In Pro
bate
In the matter of the estate ol
Alexander Woodsde, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Alexander Woodside,
deceased, to the creditors of, and
to all persons having claim:
against the said deceased to ex
hibit their claims with tlfe neces
sary vouchers within six (6)
months from the date of this no
tice to the said administrator at
his residence in Nome, Alaska.
Dated April 27, 1916.
F. R. COWDEN,
Administrator.
When these gas bombs are
employed, they "can be' discharged
from the trench howitzer, or, in
deed, by atiy guns that are not
machine guns. Gas is projected
from an apparatus which is not
different from those which are to
be seen in large foundries and in
glass factories.
Trench Mor^s.
The Germans were ahead of all
the other belligerent powers in
mentally forecastingthe new ftype
of war which was certain to arise,
for long before 1914 they had
provided their forces with trench
howitzers. These howitzers are
short, squat, light guns of very
small range which throw the pro
jectile up in the air, so that it
falls at a steep angle upon the
opposing trenches. The projectile
tired from this howitzer is of a
very curious description, looking
like an oval cannon ball with a
stick attached to it- The stick is
merely a metal rod which runs
down the muzzle oft he howitzer,
holding it in position. The oval
cannon ball is a hollow recepticle
containing high explosive which
i? detonated by a time fuse.
In this way a very heavy
charge of high explosive can be
fired from a small and light wea
pon with the minimum of danger;
the bore of the howitzer is not
rifled (i. e., lined with those spiral
curves which you see when you
look- down the barrel of a rifle,
as apart from a shot gun) and
the weapon itself is of the very
simplest construction. The large
German trench howitzers, (min
enwerfer, or mine throwers, their
inventors call them) throw a sh d1
of 225 pounds in weight, and the
range of these is from 50 to 400
yards. The explosion of the shell
leaves a hole sometimes 25 to 40
feet in depth and 30 feet in dia
meter, and is fruitful of slaugh
ter. All sides employ these en
gines of destruction ; the armies
are all equipped with bomb throw
ing shells, some of them so prim
itive in their construction that
orders are given for them by the
hundred to local blacksmiths or
even shoemakers. One of these,
^•hich was recently brought from
the t*-enche$ and exposed in a
'London shop window, bore a
•striking resemblance to one of
those iron frogs which are to be
seen in playrooms, and down the
open month of which the players
seek to throw iron pennies—only
magnified three or four times.
They were fir ft Used by
the Japs at Port Arthur, through
recent research shows thjit in
wars of the eighteenth century,
they were very commonly em
ployed.
Liquid Fir*
The petrol spray of liquid fire
is also a new method of ouense;
the apparatus does not differ
much from the blowpipe used by
braziers and plumbers, and is
mounted on light wheels which a
soldier can carry; they are used
only in the advanced, or first line
trenches. A metal bowl contains
the inflammable liquid; then
there is a pump to produce a pow'
erful air pressure in the bowl, or
container, and a metal nozzle
from which the liquid fire is
thrown, and the burns are ghast
ly, men having their faces perm
anently excoriated by the burning
oil and presenting dreadful sights
on their return—so dreadful, in
deed, that for fear they should
hurt recruiting movements, they
were removed to special areas.
An Ancient Weapon
Then there is the steel dart, or
arrow, which was in fashion sev
eral centuries ago, and was used
at Agincourt! It is now being
employed but not in the same
way; it looks like a long lead
pencil with a very sharp point
and a feather “screw” at the
other end to ensure that the mur
derous little weapon falls verti
cally. Airmen take these instru
ments of death with them by the
dozen and drop them in hostile
areas. A dart has been known
to penetrate through a man’s
skull and pierce his left side, pur
suing its course beyond the groin
down almost to the shin bone.
This >s certainly swift, but not
otherwise merciless death. At a
height of i.ooo feet they are very
deadly, and one German general
is said to have been killed by a
dart while entering his motor car.
Hand Grenades.
Then there is the hand grenade
which is about the size of the
old fashioned “slinger” which, in
our childhood, we used to throw j
during country fairs at Aunt Sal - j
lies, or else at the effigies-of un
popular politicians. They weigh
about two pounds’’ in weight, and
are guaranteed to kill if the ob
ject of the throw is touched; in
any case the explosion maims and
mutilates those who are in the
zone of attack.
Incendiary Bomb®.
Then there are the little squares
or discs of celluloid, hardly big
ger than the wafers with which
you seal your letters sometimes.
These are thrown by the hand
ful into houses whicli passing
troops are ordered to destroy by
fire, in the process of devastat
ing a hostile zone. A petrol
bomb with a time fuse is then
thrown in after the discs, and
when the celluloid is touched by J
fire, a fierce outbreak is certain.
No, gentle reader—this is not!
the warfare of the Zulus, or the
Afridi, or the barbarians of!
Suva-Fiji It is warfare as prac-l
tised by civilized Europe.—N. Y
Freeman’s Journal.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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agents are notified to immediate
ly begin cleaning up their prem
ises and have the rubbish hauled
to dumping ground or out on icc
not less than 200 feet from shore.
W. D’ARCY CHACE,
Health Officer.
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