SHELL
An invention of a former Alaskan
resident who worked in many of the
mines in Alaska, with the model made
in Juneau, and money subscribed by
Alaskans to get It perfected before
the war, is now being used by the Ger
man government, according to reliable
information received in Juneau, and
is said to be the most deadly and des
tructive agency ever employed in war
fare.
The story of the shell has been go
ing the rounds of the press under a
Paris dateline, described brief, as fol
lows:
“Two late German inventions !n the
cause of frightfulness are the relay
shell and the bouncing bomb. The
former is fitted with contact fuse, sc
that the bursting charge is detonated
by a five-pound pressure on the nose
of the projectiles. Striking a piece oi
newspaper would set off the charge
"When the shell bursts it hurls for
ward about 50 small bombs, the size
of a hand grenade which themselves
fly a good distance and explode at
contact. The effect is much the case
as with shrapnel except that the
bombs are much more deadly, each
one bursting into twelve to fifteer
hundred parts and scattering bits ol
steel for a distance of many yards.
“The bouncing bombs are droppec
by German airplanes. They are pro
vided with a resilient base of leather
rubber and rope, which makes them
go upward into the air after striking
the ground. The special fuse attached
causes the bomb to burst when it
reaches the pinnacle of Its bound,
about six feet in the air.
"In French towns behind the lines
which the Germans have raided and
dropped bombs upon, there has been
no mark on the ground indicating the
point w’here the bomb dropped, but
death and destruction has been
j wrought in a circle around the spot
! where the forces of the explosion was
| felt.”
Now as the story goes, ^cording
to those who claim to know inside
facts, the shell was first called to the
attention of Valdez people by the in
ventor and residents there raised
about $3,000 to push it. A model, it Is
claimed, was made in Juneau, and
finally the Inventor went to Washing
ton. He asked for more money and
it was sent.
Then all track of him was lo<t. A
Valdez attorney was employed to try
I and get trace of him. Th!s attorney
took the matter up with the secret
service force, it Is said, and it was dis
covered that the inventor had been in
communication with Count von Bern
storff, German ambassador, and short
ly thereafter had left for Germany. A
description of the shell was given un
der the Paris dateline is said to exact
ly fit the invention of the former Alas
1 kan.
Dowling was Inventor.
It is learned that Jeff Dowling is
the man whose shell is supposed to
have been sold to the German govern
I ment, and is considered the most dead
I ly agency-of destruction used by the
German government.
As already stated, the model for
this shell was made in Juneau and
was placed on exhibition here. Mr.
Dowling was born in Missouri and his
parents are sakl to be of German des
cent.
Several Alaskans who examined the
invention of the Alaska mining man,
and then read the description of the
shell being used by the Germans, are
certain that it was the one invented
by Mr. Dowling, or else it is practically
a counterpart.
It is understood that Mr. Dowling
first tried to place the shell with the
American government. In fact, about
a year ago a report was received in
Alaska by those who had subscribed
money to help push the invention, that
the government had taken hold.
Later developments, however, have
shown the report to be in error. Later
came the news after an investigation
' bv people who had subscribed, that
Mr. Dowling had met German Ambas
sador Counsul von Bernstorff in Wash
ington and later had departed for
Germany.
j In case he did make a deal with the
l German government for the shell, it
I is conceded that he was within his
rights in so doing, since the United
j States at that time was not engaged in
| war with Germany. Dowling is well
j known among mining men along the
coast of Alaska, especially to the west
ward, where he worked for the La
touche and other mines for a number
of years.—Juneau Empire.
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