Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-13


zeppelins took part in last
nights air raid on England.
One of them dropped four
bombs on Hull.
The other airships flew about
aimlessly over country districts
dropping bombs and then pro-
ceeded back to sea-
One woman died Of shock I'm
consequence of the raid.
The following official account was
given out:
--latest reports indicate that three
enemy airships crossed the York
shire coast between $3.50 and 10 p.
m. last night. Only one ventured
to approach a defended locality,
namely Hull. where four bombs
were dropped. A house was de-
molished. One woman died OF
shock
"The two remaining airships
wandered for some hours over re-
mote country districts at great alti-
tudes, unloading their bombs in
open country before proceeding out
to sea again"
The Germans have sustained such,
heavy losses in zeppelins that they
have employed them only at infre-
quent intervals in the last year for
raids on England, substituting air
planes. The last previous zeppelini
raid on England was on oct. 49,.
1917, when "a persons We're killed
and So wounded. On returning the
zeppelin fleet was put to rout by the
French, FIVE of the dirigibles being
brought down.
British aviators have dropped a
ton of bombs on the town OF Cob
lenz, capital of the Rhine province
of Prussia, according to an official
communication issued last night.
The total casualties in Thurs
DAYS enemy air raid over London
were 20 killed and As injured, LOr0
French, commander OF home de-
fense forces, has announced.
(By Associated Press.)
One hundred persons were killed
and 70 injured as a result of the
German raid on Paris Monday
night. OF the dead, 66 were suffo-
Gated in a panic in the subway.
Baker In Paris Raid.
Paris, March 13.-Secretary Of
War Baker was in conference with
General Tasker II. Bliss, the Amer
lean chief Of staff, in hotel suite
when the air raid alarm was sound
ed Monday night. Secretary Baker
was not perturbed by the noise Of
the firemen's sirens or the barra o
of the anti-aircraft guns, but the
hotel management, fearing for the
safety of the secretary and his
party, persuaded them to descend
to place of shelter in the wine
cellar.
Mr.. Baker and General Bliss con-
tinued their conference in the wine
cellar, where later they were Joined
by Major General William NJ. Black.
Urge Great Destruction.
Amsterdam. Feb. %, (By mall).-
The destruction OF 400 English
towns by German airplanes is de-
manded by the Berlin Tagcs Zeit-
ung "as a reprisal" for the action
u. the allies in conhscating 400
GefiA9n merchant ships. In long
article on the subject tho paper
SAYS: ~
III we are III a position to de-
stroy the whole OF London II would
be more humane to do so than 20
allow one more German 10 bleed
To death on the battlefield. To
hesitate or to surrender ourselves
10 feelings Of pity, would be uu-
pardonable,
4 Town for Ia Ship.
''More than four hundred mer-
chant ships have been stolen from
US by Great Britain, Our answer
should be that for every German
ship at least one English town
should be reduced to ruins by our
alrmen Far better were 1t for US
that Great Britain, France and the
United States should call us bar
barians than that they should be-
stow on us their pity when We arc
beaten, Softness and sentimental
ity are stupid in war time"