Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — Submarine Raised After Being Rammed by Aircraft. [ARTICLE]

Submarine Raised After Being Rammed by Aircraft.

Although the European war * has wrought into use both the submarine and the airships there have been no engagements between -the two kinds of battle vessels and the ramming of a submarine by an airship is reported from no other place than Rensselaer. When a mole began depredations on the front of John O’Connor’s property neutrality ceased so far as John was concerned and he began preparations to bring the career of the subterranean crusader to a close. Being familiar with international laiw and all the provisions of the Hague treaty John decided to give the mole a chance to intern until the close of the grass growing season and he issued a warning by tamping down the ground over the route taken by the mole. He also poked some obstructions into the course of the mole, but the little varmint would not intern and Mr. O’Connor decided to use the most effective war craft known to exist in bringing to an end the ravages of the submarine. He employed a spring trap with sharp points of steel and set it above the established course of the mole, ft was three or four days before results were obtained but finally the submarine pumped up against the signal wire to the aircraft and there was instantaneous response and the sharp points of the suspended plane pierced the submarine and held it fast.

The Republican received a special at an early hour from Admiral O’Connor, who claims the submarine as a prize of war. The mole had fattened by has ravages and his sides puffed out ‘like the pictures of a trust magnate. The lawns of several premises had been badly damaged by his attacks along the unprotected front and there will be general rejoicing in the neighborhood at the victory of Admiral O’Connor and the Bth of May in history will 'be sufficient suggestion for the flying of the American flag from the top of the O’Cbnnor flagpole.