The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-24
new SUBMARINE
CAMPAIGN NEAR
LONDON NEWSPAPERS APPEAL
FOR PROMPT ACTION.
THREE ARE KILLED IN AIR RAID
German seapIanes Drop Bombs on
Two English Towns. Church Ser
vice is Halted When Missile
Skaters Windows.

London, Feb. 21.--With Germanys
submarine campaign against all arm
ed merchantmen but nine days dis
tant, London newspapers called upon
the government to take prompt steps
| to stop this campaign of frightfulness.
I'VE are forewarned; let us see that
we are forearmed," was the slogan
sent out.
Warning was given that there was
to be another raid by Zeppelins fol.
lowing the Sunday attack by German
aerOplanes on the east and southeast
coast of England.
T The report from Paris of an at
tempted attack on the French liner,
Chicago, by German commerce raid
ers, increased the belief that Ger
many plans spectacular demonstra-
lions on sea and in air.
Flyers Return Safely.
Berlin via London, Feb. 81. German
flyers raided half dozen French, Eng
lish and Belgium cities Yesterday hurl
ing down scores of destructive bombs,
and returning unframed, according to
dispatches today. While four naval
planes were bombarding the railroad
station, the gas works, the docks and
L,
other German airmen attacked the
Belgium towns of Furness and Poper-
inghe, behind Belgium and British
lines and the French towns of Amiens
and Loorville, the English town of
Walmer was also bombarded from the
skies. The war office reported no inn
lportant engagements on the western
front.
Three Killed in Air Raid.
London, Feb. 21.-"Te Deum lau-
damus! We praise Thee, Oh God"
sang the congregation Of a church at
Walmer little town on the Kentish
coast ten miles north of Dover, toward
the close of the service Sunday morn
ing. Suddenly loud explosion just
outside the edifice interrupted the sing
ing Of the hymn of thanksgiving and
threw the congregation into a panic.
Every window in the church was
blown in.
The Zeppelins!" was the cry among
the church people as they rushed into
the street. Soaring overhead were two
German seaplanes, less than two-thirds
of mile high, dropping bombs on the
town at intervals of few minutes. Be-
fore the raiders turned back over the
channel they had killed two men and
a hoy and wounded a British marine.
Dunkirk Attacked.
Beside the raid on Waimer and an
attack on Lowestoft, on the Suffolk
coast, by two other GermaD seaplanes
half an hour earlier, in which II bombs
were dropped without casualties, one
German fiier dropped bombs on Dun
kirk and on the French lines near
Luneville, while other aeroplanes at
tackled Logoschin and Tarnopol, in the
eastern war theater. Berlin tells of an
air battle near Peronne in which two
British fliers were killed.
British and Italian aviators also
were active. The British airmen
shelled the German aerodrome at
Cambria, France, during the night. A
squadron of Italian Caproni battle
planes raided Laibach, Austria, drop
ping several dozen bombs, one Of
which fell near q hospital. Both Wen
ma and Rome agree that one of the
aeroplanes was shot down by the Aus
TRANS.
The most spectacular of the raids,
however, were those against the coast
of England
Four Seaplanes Raid England.
The official report of the war Office
is as follows:
-Four German seaplanes raided the
east and southeast coasts about noon
yesterday. The first of the raiders.
two biplanes, appeared over Lowe
stoft at 1885, circled over the south
side of the town for five minutes,
dropped some bombs, and then rose to
great height and seemingly van
ished.
AT 11:10 the two seaplanes again
appeared over the town and then van
ished to the eastward.
Seventeen small high-explosive
bombs were dropped with no casual
ties, but considerable damage to out
buildings, q restaurant and two dwell
ing houses.
British Pursue Raiders.
Our naval seaplanes assembled at
11:05 and pursued the raiders with
out result.
Meanwhile two other German sea-
planes were making for the Kentish
coast. The first passed over the Kent
ish knock light, dropping bombs in the
vicinity at 11:20.
Bomb Falls Near Church.
THE last raider made straight for
Walmer, reaching the town at 1927.
Flying at less than $500 feet. it
dropped six bombs and then turned
sharply back to the eastward. Two Of
the bombs fell on and destroyed roofs.
breaking windows in the neighbor-
hood.
Bio Poultry Shipment.