THE YANKEE WATCH ON THE RHINE

END TERROR BY ZEPPELIN RAIDS

ExffcsiK Briets FM by Britto Airmen Conquer Hun Airshqw. MB nm WAY FOR «ME Until Invention Of M«w “ov^“ EnoUf* «t Will.

The mpt*!n nd wn«*On« P'’ 1 M^ 1 no* *#«> *"»■ Aupi-wd to Jump from <** f«' wxJ ttam aMtfka.

London.—BriUln conquered the r-ppeHn* with exiOortTe bulleU. Until the Invention of thl* pel I us roomed ubout ore wlfl, weather permlttin*. Ttie flrnt air raid upon London was by Zeppelin*. Thl* w»* May 81. 1915, nod until the explosive bullet defense wort the German* In their rigid gaa bags a* their pleaw ore dictated. The British had no

A Yank dousAbor of the American Third division, army of oceopntioo In Germany. < Bhirr. On the opposite shore loom* the fortress of Khrenbreltensteln.

i guard In CoWeni-on-tbe- the

CRIPPLED SOLDIERS LEARNING USEFUL VOCATIONS

were above the city British aviator*, at usual, went up to engage them. Bat the British Cyert could only attain 15.000 feet altitude. There they sat. looking up at the monster* far above them, the machine gnn* of the airplane* being a* useless as toy pistols. That 1a the real retfson why Britain bulU fast high-climbing airplanes. She had to outdo the Zeppa. She won. noon having airplane* that could reach 20,000 feet which distance Zeppelins could not work effectively. These hlgh-cUmblng lighting planes, together with the explosive and incendiary bulleta, mr.de England too hot for the airing of a

Zepp.

The leader of the Zeppelin raids on London was Commander Veter Sirs.user, who had unbounded hatred for England. He bad an Iron nerve and in Germany waa regarded aa an authority on air raids against England. He met his death on August 4. last year. In the Huns’ largest Zeppel.n, off the English coast. An explosive bullet ended his Jonmey. To keep out of range of ordinary BCU-alreraft fire the Germans enlarged their Zeppelin* from 750,000 to about 2^00,000 cubic fe-t, thus Increasing ascent abnitisa. But this

ward gondola and the crew, generally

men. from the engine cabins. Tr. the face of -, there la no record of a Zeppelin crew

nseif by

either because the machine became too quickly enveloped In flamis or fall too ipldtj for the parachute to The Zeppelin* usually set Germany In the morning and Baned their arrival off ' — —

shout

ship v too earty. being spotted tbova Om >rtsoa by a British lookout. Pmctrata Heart of Entf Thera evidently waa no concert** -tloo amoa each acting colly. They selected targets which they could unload tbslr uninterruptedly. If poorible. and then They often penetrated Into the heart of England. Six Zeppelins w England, the first by UeoL Leaf

CONCRETE NOSE ON EAGLE BOATS

Guns.

depend rather upon Ita

qualities, Its powerful " CARRY CREW Of EIGHTY HEN ^

Long. Gaunt Weapon of War, of All- lm|!te j.. g. ^ Xo lbc oboarver. I Steal Construction, With the Ex- j> m impmsiac of the Eagle boat la caption of the Concrete Baao— | one of wonder that a craft mo narrow

At lb- Waiter Heed boupital in Washington many crippled soldiers are being taught to do work that will make . J* . H^min The Zepp* them self-supporting. Th.-s, photographs show them learning to he telegraphers, motion-picture projectors and oper . >bollt 4*00 poonag of bomb-

ators of oxy*icet)lece welding macblp**

CITY OF ROME’S GIFT TO MRS. WILSON

I -

mch.

The first time the Zeppelin* visited

HAPPY KORRCSON MARSHALL London the people took It as a great

Joke, flocking to the housetops to nee the Incendiary bombs that dropped. Only six persons were In the Initial raid, although 00 Incendiary bombs were heaved overboard. The men in the later-type of Zeppelins were provided with parachutes.

Detroit, Mich—A long, narrow i ejc th of more than an average city wedge, with a steel-incased nose of block, the craft has a beam iff only 25

solid concrete, tapered to a knlfellkc f*^t, and draw* when fully < elge. forming a considerable part of less than ten feet of water. Its total length of 201 feet, and de-; i tl seaworthiness baa bees dared to be capable of crushing any strated in the of*ci«l trials, a submarine—such Is the Eagle, de- to report* to the navy - .

signed originally to help rid the sea* while it Is admitted the Eagle does of the menace of the German U-boats, not make the speed of Urn average Contrary to popular belief, the destroyer, it is claimed that It can out; Eagle I* out a motorboat but an oil- distance most submarine* and the burning, steam turbine-driven craft raaoMia* edge of the bow sfleotly with a cruising radius of 5,000 mile*, but eloquently tells what would hava

The Eagle la not a thing at beauty; happened bad It c

beauty waa not contemplated In Its construction. It Is a long, gaunt ‘ weapon of war. of all-steel const ruction, with the exception of- the eonAnother popular Impreasloc that has

the German undersea pirate.

THEY DOWNED TWELVE HUN PLANES

M»rri*<>ii Marshall, a ynungxta-r adopted nlxnit two years ago by Vice 1‘rio.ldent uud Mrs. Marshall. I.u • made a place for hlnn-elf not only In the nffcH-tlnuK of his adopted inn (its l*nt In the hearia of many of their friend*. He was the sickly half of twins alien the Muolmils ado|ited hlin, hut he a as quickly brought to henlth and show* every sign of ha|itilnc«s. Capitalized Mother.in-Law. Thomas Fleet. puhllslMT of the Bos ton Evening Poet In colonial days, |s said probably to have been the tine man aim ever •'api tallied bis moth it ; lu-law. Among the many ways Fleet | fjund to supplement the income of his ! |taper a as from the sale of "Mother WouM- Itli> tries.” Fleet, who had msr-rii-d Kiiznlx-th Goose, was very much pleased with the nnnsery Jingles a1tb uhlcii his mothcMn-lea amused Ms children at night. After he had put | the Thymes into type he found It nee ••'»«ry to print several edition* to meet lb*- demand. They acre the fa ■ t to every one of the now groan up I generation.

Cheerfulness Wears Vary Well. Prriiups the suit or dress that you ear every day Is not wearing well may be hole* In the sleeve* or part* unde, the arms. That h to hr-ppen with any kind of ng. There 1* soli;.-thing else that is* 'v*-ar that v, ill last Indefinite ci. If it is not clothing It wit

Built with utility as ita prime purpose, seemingly not an Inch of apace I* wasted in the fitting of the vessel, and not aa ounct of soporflaons

been shattered is an idea that the weight enters It* construction. Wbta Eagle boat Is equipped with torpedo dropped Into the water ready for tbs

installation of its -aglne*. guns, etc, lees than 200 tons of material bar: been riveted together to shape tfc*

Eagle boat.

The plates that form the obeli of the submarine chasers vary In thlcb ness from one-fourth to three-oightbt inch, and cot a single forging ot rolled beam enter* their makeup. Everything is pressed from sheel metal, cold, by means of tc- hlnery that cuts every piece to an erect pattern. puc bes rivet holes Utd bends j the Interior pert t Amidships rise topped by the pilot-b ; quart erg, and above all I tower, with the crow’s neat at th« highest point. Except for this superKtrurtcre, the deck of tbs Eagle ear* ties always the "*trtpped-far-*£tlim , ‘

Beware of Stocking Bank. | Tarentum, Fa.—Grocer* who feared I thieves and had little faith la thril Ktrong hole* were sometimes known ' 1° hide their receipts overnight la tbs beans, hut it took a local man to diw ■ lose that dry good* merrhaats sometime* uw Mocking* for the purpose. A* usual, the stocking as a bonk proved a failure. The stews door* j were thoughtlessly oja-ned too early I one day recently and a customer made Men of tlw Second Moroccan division of the French army celebrating j away with a res! Christmas stocking their occupation of the town of 11 unique by dipping their colors In the Bhiue. with 9117 concealed la tha foot.

>■ S Uoim-K. in, and 1. * fighting aviator*, ha-.c r. 1 In France, lieotcoai.i u- flam SKA his pal get.

» make It lau

••sessssssssosssssssessssa • Parton Bags 2 Bunnies : in One Shot—Wen? I : - : • Woodrtbld. O.—Are a mlul*- s • Ur's "flsh Morte*” and bunting # • etmlce to discounted u* are s • tlec- -rf other mm of probity, 2 • or uiuat thej be bWlr'cl -- • • Till* l» a quaarion whbh the J • friend* of Ber. Edwin I:. H«- J J tiilg. a Melb.Kilst miniMer of UiL « • qrlDag* sre asking He <-*m«- In J 5 rr<-.-iiil» with two rabbit lie • • Med at «S»C setting and bagged • J an'ither which ran behind It, be •

“Kicked” by His Auto.

Ht. tSalriVllle. O.—It I* expected that leglaiatton favorable to owners of automobile* will he swatted during the present M-»*lon by I). Alien Bond, representative from lii-linont county. While clanking 1.1* little car recently the tiling kicked him. brraktng h

TOLLOFAIRSHIP RAIDS

—In raid* on the United Kingdom hy the Germans during Unwar fi^n iM-rson* were killed or Injured. of whom 4.750 were rlvillaus. An ufliital summary of the casualties •-aused by German alrvhlpa. airplanes and Iwimbardraenls from the sea shows ttir«- casualties among Ch ilian* : Klllsd. 554 men. 411 women and 295 Injured. 1 ..'ON men, 1.210 women and 772 children. Three hundred and ten soldiers and r-Hors were killed and 551 were In-

jured.

There were f.l raids by airships causing the death of «t« civilian* and the Injury of 1.280 and the killing of 5K soldiers and sailors and the Injuring

of 121.

in 50 airplane raid# B10 civilian* j were killed and 1.050 were Injured. In theve raids 238 Kjldlers and Ballon; were tilled and 400 Injured, j In 12 bombardments from Il43 Chilians were killed and 004

wounded, while 14 soldiers and sailors were killed and 30 Injured. The greatest losses Inflicted by Zeppelins were In raids on Norfolk. Buffolk and the boose counties of Looda* on October 15 J81S. when 54 rtvUUns and 17 soldiers end sailor* wew killed. • l, d in West Suffolk and th« «udi|,wd ' ••unties on January U. 19UL when 70 civilians vrere klllsd and 112 Injured. The raid on Llucstaoblre, Emws and Suffolk cm March 51 of the same year caused the death at 17 drillsn* and 31 soldiers ami tailor*. lT.c mo*t wtIou* airplane mid was that of MHi cate. Essex and London on June 18, 1H17, when 158 civilian* and 4 sailors and soldier* were killed. The only bombardment from the sea In which there were heavy c-asualllra wan that on Hartlepool. Brarlmroogb and Whitby or December lu. 1914. ; when 127 civilian* and 10 soldier* and t tailors were k.lled and 567 civlUann and 25 soldlar* and tailor* were la-

t Jurcd.