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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DCEJmR 17. 1914. - PEOPLE IN FLIGHT CHOKE ROADWAYS Scene at Scarborough Like I That in Belgian Village in I Earlier Part of War. HEART OF CITY SHELLED l : t Congregation in Churcli, However, Remains at Prayer Wlien Edi S Jice Is Struck Refugees Still Are Widely Scattered'. CSufcial Cnb!e to the Xr Tork World. Copyright. 1U14, by the Press Publishing Company. Published by arrangement with tho .New York World.) LOXDON, Deo. 16. Simultaneously it.li the bombardment of Hartlepool today , the first German visitors reached fcearborough. The first shells came out of a blanket mist and the people took the reports to be thunder. They were quickly undeceived, however, and, as the shells came tearing- ashore, rip ping through the houses and bursting In the streets, a. scene of wild panic ensued. Two of the first shells struck the lo cal station of the Coast Guard; demol ishing it in an instant. The casualties are unknown. St. Martin's Church was well filled With people observing early communion, when, with a terrific crash, a projectile EirucK one of the massive stone but tresses, filling the air with flying stone and smashing in the windows on the seaward side. Church Hit, People Pray. A moment later a shell smashed into the church tower, but the congregation remained calmly In its seats, joining in isiajrei. no more sneus,. nowever. came toward the church. Instead the German aim was shifted into the heart of the town and Bhells fell around the railroad station, where a train, already jammed with refugees, was waiting to pull out. Other shells fell in the square around the town hall, whose tall tower teemed to stand out as a conspicuous target to tne German gunners. Long after she had gone from sight the sound of firing came faintly down the wind to Scarborough and the lis teners seized on this as evidence that me .British patrol ships had come up with the raider and were meting out iier pumsnment. ' It was actually after the bombard meni enaea that the most striking "J. tue epiaoae was at Its height. immediately arter the firing began, the streets of Scarborough were filled with people, and as the shells fell all about them, thousands ran, scarcely stopping to collect their most valuable belongings, for the heights in the rear of the town. Road Choked With Post Uvea. By the time the half hour's bombard ment was over, all the roads leading out of Scarborough were choked with Ileelng people. The eight reminded some witnesses of the stories' of the exodus of Belgians from their stricken cities. All sorts of vehicles, most of which evidently had been held in readiness for such a contingency, were to be seen threading their . way through the etreets, piled high with baggage. " Although many of the refugees have begun to return to their homes, great numbers are scattered in towns and villages all over . the' north riding of Yorkshire. It is estimated that 50 shells fell in and around Scarborough. The largest Individual building to be struck, the Almoral Hotel, is reported to be in ruins, and many other buildings are badly damaged, and in places the streets are filled with wreckage! One woman is reported to have been killed behind the counter of her shop- and the estimate of killed runs as high as 18. Street Filled With Debris. John Woods, a bookkeeper for the electric company, and his son both were hit and slightly wounded. "Both my son and myself," said Mr. Woods, "were standing near a butcher shop, in the vicinity of our home, when a shell burst overhead. It took off the roof of the butcher-shop. I got my wife and boy into our cellar and then gathered together a few belongings in order to get away from the place. "Soon after the bombardment began the. guns on Castle Hill made reply. The Balmoral and Royal hotels were struck and many houses along . the waterfront were riddled." The bodies of the dead, were taken to the mortuary and the wounded to hospitals, the work being carried on while shells were falling. At various places in the city it is difficult to see a passage through the streets on account of the debris. Z 1VORK OF GUNNERS IS EASY t Hosliie l'leet Approaches "Within j Half a Mile of Shore. S IXJXDON. Dec 16. The Press Asso- I ciation's Scarborough correspondent E says of the attack on that town by j German warships: "Havoc has been wrought through- i out this town. "The Grand Hotel, a fine building ; perched on the cliff head and known j to thousands of persons who have vis- j ited Scarborough, was one of the main ; targets. Its seaward front was par- i tially demolished. There are a half J dozen huge holes in the wall. The pic- ture palace, next door, was badly dam ; nged and the cliff tramway destroyed. T The gable end of the Town Hall on the . cliff was blown off and a corner of the Z Royal Hotel, a fine building near the j center of the town, was carried away. - "The Balmoral Hotel, in the west end I of the city, received a shell through the 1 roof. The savings bank, near the Grand Hotel, was demolished and the contents of an adjoining house were ; scattered into the street. A whole row t of cottages was razed. j "But for the fact that it is the off- Z eeason and a majority of the houses ; a long the waterfront are unoccupied. ; the loss of life must have been heavy." t The German . ships came within "a - half mile of the shore, says another ; dispatch, which adds that the work of 1 the gunners was "ridiculously easy." t The picturesque feature of the day X was the promptness with which the j people began to repair the damage. The - German ships disappeared about 9 I o'clock, and before noon workmen were ; busy everywhere making repairs. Pla- cards on one shop, the front of which ; had been blown off, say: "Business 1 is proceeding as usual." Throughout the shelling the police ; displayed great coolness. With the ; special constables who have been en- i listed since the war began, they worked ' calmly, taking excited people to safe shelters. . GERMANS RAID ENGLAND CoT)tlnu-d l-rom Pint Pa Re.) to tho important shipping base of Har tlepool, but Whitby and Scarborough are as open to the enemy as Atlantic City on the New Jersey coast. Scarborough Is Shining Mark. Scarborough, with lta old castle on a high hill, the big casino with a high tower, and the row of pretentious ho tels on the waterfront, present a shin ing mark for target practice. Few visitors were at the hotels, because of the cold weather, but one invalid is known to have been wounded and was taken away on a stretcher. In a direct line the mouth of the Tees is about 350 miles from Heligo land, the German naval base in the North Sea. The British Admiralty says the German ships were among their fastest. They chose a" night when a thick mist prevailed to reach the Eng lish coast, and must have left their base at least two hours before dark. As they started to return about 9 o'clock there still remained about seven hours of daylight for the pursuit: which, however, was rendered almost impossible by the fog. How the Germans evaded all the mines and patrols remains somewhat of a mystery, although experts recall that in maneuvers British ships performed the same feat in the comparatively small space between England and Scilly Islands, which, however was not mined. The Admiralty report announces that such demonstrations are not difficult to accomplish, but the population gen erally cherished so great a confidence In. the protection of the British navy that the inhabitants of the coast towns made no serious preparations to meet a bombardment. Except for the working people, the English are apt to be late risers dur ing the short Winter days. The bom bardment by the German cruisers oc curred between 8 and 9 o'clock, an MAP SHOWING ENGLISH COAST TOWNS BOMBARDED BY GERMAN WARSHIPS AND THEIR RELATION TO GERMAN NAVAL BASES. ? swr 1 & XV scoriAfDf rfr"V V . ( fA I rWM7 ",Ll2.r-" K V? aopsA A iff r1 G X ST A Y ' ""v, L Heligoland, Nearest Point From Which Raid Could Have Ben Made, la 825 Miles From Point Attacked. hour when many persons were at break fast, while others were on their way to work or were opening their shops. The booming of heavy guns off the beaches. They .had no thought of .a German raid, but when shells came crashing over their heads and into the quiet streets the oeople made a. dash for shelter. Off shore the German guns did rapid work, the flashes cominir in cessantly and the shells finding a mark among tne buildings. Many of the residents took refuge in the cellars: others rushed from their houses, among them women and chil dren in their night clothes, and nut a tew sought the railway stations, leav ing on the first trains out. The guns of the land bftprl at Hartlepool replied to the German f ir and are reported to have hit and dam aged- some of the cruisers. Several shells from the warships burst among me rtoyai engineers and Durham light infantry and it was among these troops that the casualties of seven killed and 14 wounded occurred. - The general belief in Txindnr. ! that the German attack will e-ive Imnrtn. to recruiting, as it will show the country wuai. tne war means. Today was one of eager waiting after the Admiralty bulletin-was issued, shortly before noon, saying: JV "Our flotiHaMave at various points been engaged. The situation is develop ing." Rumors of various kinds were spread broadcast from mouth to mouth. The first was that two German cruisers had been sunk. Many thought that the long expected general naval engagement be tween the British and German fleets was progressing and that the shelling of the coast towns was merely inci dental to this. The Admiralty's report, issued at 9:30 o'clock tonight, giving the news that the German ships had eluded pursuit and were returning safely to their home waters, caused keen disappointment. Naval writers express the opinion that six or eight ships were engaged. FACTS ABOUT CITIES ON ENGLISH COAST THAT WERE ; SHELLED BY GERMANS YESTERDAY. TnrS ! a fashionable watering place in the northern part of Ttorkshire, on a headland extending into the North Sea. It Is 37 miles thU lof mu tbf lmPTorta"t English city of York. It is a little Sore Vi.1" - Ie,8 m fond,n Scarborough has been popularly styled the Queen of Watering Places." The town has a large spa. an inter esting aquarium a museum and a fine drive and promenade pier. The permanent population of the place is more than 40,000 persons. ,rDf"5 V tn,y ltuatd n the form of an amphitheater on v.,7 vT . r V " rm,nacea on the north and th , a-.uni vi.iiH. aue most prominent ontory 300 feet high which rise... ahnv dJXhlCh ,,8UZraOU,nte, by tne rulns of a twelfth century castle. This' promontory divides North Scarborough .. North Cliffs begin near it. ' """"" xno .(TJtiS.ht0nablC ?JKot "borough is in the southern half of the city and Is. separated from the old town by the park. On the southern side are the spa gardens and the mineral springs. aKrtleo1 Is. a BaPpt and municipal borough of England, in the west SrBcarbnS CUDty f Durham- " 3 abt mUes north! west of Scarborough on a promontory that extends into the North Sea. Its population is about 25.000. Adjoining Hartlepool is West Hart? Si'.,? ilty...f m0r0 than 65'00J inhabitants. The Hartlepool which are provided with a vast system of docks, before the war had In active trade with the Baltic ports and with Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotter! rontr., ""V' industrle . ar hing. shipbuilding, iron foutding ani brt8modeVnrospeUy! englne8- tW Vrt "e -sclent wa?I'1Kf0rInerly, WaS a perfect specimen of a fortified town. It !.l V.l a waU' strengthened by bastions, a breast wall and a fh.t?, ther Te,re.ten tower8 to defeni ! I" the reign of Queen S.t iiCvt0JWB fBli lnto 8Uch decW that it was spoken of a" ancient, decayed coast town, once a brave stately and wpll fnrHfioS goWdnow untTlVa la"VaMtation for f isnermeU continued to fhJ. WitJfn . ! 3 When a law waa Passed for Improving the port. It Jw.h n,t0 I,mPrVe. v""?11 U now ia an Important port for the ex portation of coal and the importation of lumber. f Scarborough was the scene of the landing of the Norseman Harold Thrnort1,105' he1rhe bfBan h,s '"vasion of North BHta?n. a4rlgaUne 83 acrinS0 two tidal basins and six docks "" aung 83 acres, and timber docks of 57 acres. The harbor cov ers 3o0 acres and there are five docks admitting vessels ofSsS feet long and 21 feet draft. A breakwater three-quarters of a mile protects the harbor entrance. There are four ZpbuUdlngyars as well as rolling mills, blast furnaces and sawmills S yaras as wen Two hundred and eighty-six steamers and eight salline- vesl with a. tonnage of 760.000. are registered there. Wesf liarUepol iS modern town, containing many handsome buildings. moaern ha"hwby ht tnecNorKth RidiniTof Yorkshire on the coast, and about 12 ooo aL -it 'ien ScarbrouSn and Hartlepool. It 1s a town of about cfi'ffs'and tha tiaa 1?". re8.?rt " bas a rou' ot htels along the cliffs and the town Itself is situated on both banks of the Esk. WHIRL OF REPORTS Some Believe German Infantry Is Deploying in Vicinity of Yorkshire Towns. MUCH ALARM IS CAUSED Revenge on Foe for Defeat of Von Spec Is One Conjecture, While Others Think Intent Is to Stop Troop Movement. (By Special Cable, to the New Tork World. Copyrighted, 1914, by the Frees Publishing Company. Published by arrange ment with the New Tork World.) LONDON. Dec 16. Between official bulletins today telling of the raids by German warships on Bast Coast cities London was filled with a world of ru mor, conjecture and alarm. Big head lines, crying "Is It the big thing?" were scattered through the streets, giving rise in some quarters to the belief that the entire German battle fleet had come on and was at grips with Admiral Jelllcoe's squadrons, and In others to the belief that German infantry was de ploying on the Yorkshire Downs. The most moderate conjectures were those which connected the Germari raid with the sinking of Admiral von Spee's squardon, partly in revenge, partly as a result of the revelation afforded by the tight of the fact that a substantial por tion of England's cruiser guardians had been drawn off as far as the South At lantic. Terror Is Possible Intent. Others, while allowing - for the be lief that the Germans had seized on a favorable opportunity, saw in the raid merely an attempt to terrify the Eng lish sufficiently to delay the transport of British reinforcements to France. Germany has only three battle cruis ers, which are the Von der Tann, the Moltke (sister of the famous Goeben) and the Seydlitz. Three more, the Den. flinger, Lutznow. and Ersatz Hertha, are building. The Von der Tann is the oldest and generally regarded as the type of ship of battle cruisers, as the dreadnought was of battleships. She is a 19,400-ton ship, as designed, but it is generally believed ran much over that when completed. She is 661 feet over all, 85 feet in the beam and has made better than 27 knots on her trials. She mounts a battery of eight 11-lnch guns in turrets, with a secondary battery of 10 six-Inch and 16 24-pounders. Her armor belt runs from 10 to seven Inches in thickness, with eight inches In the turrets. Von Der Tann la Fine Ship. The. Von der Tann always has been. rated a fine steamer and splendidly de signed ship, but a poor sea boat. Like all the newer German men-of-war. she e south reature of the resort is th ha-i ' .A a prom- north side. LONDON RAID is fitted with the Frahm anti-rolling tanks, designed to steady her as a gun platform. The Moltke is a larger and improved Von dcr Tann, displacing 23,000 tons and mounting 10 11-inch guns, an addi tional turret being mounted aft to Are over the top of the stern turret. She Is 610 feet over all, has made 28 knots on trials, and has an 11-inch armor belt amidships. She classes at least as high as the British Indefatigable", now in the South Atlantic - The Seydlitz, in turn, is a larger Moltke, displacing 25.000 tons. Most of the additional displacement, however, was put into heavier construction, de signed to resist modern high explosive shells. Her battery is identical with the Moltke's, but she is believed to be slightly faster. CXITED STATES IS WARXED German Attack on Forts Intimated In London as Possibility. LONDON, Dec 17. Al though some disappointment is expressed that the German raiders succeeded in getting away, no disposition is shown by the London morning papers to criticise the Admiralty or the governing authori ties. On the contrary, some papers strong ly deprecate any clamor for increasing the North Sea patrols, and Insist that German action should not Influence the strategy of the naval staff, which must be directed toward defeating the Ger man high seas fleet whenever and wherever opportunity affords. . Th papers express great satisfaction that the German raid entirely failed, if its object was to terrorize the English people. They contend, indeed, that its only result will be to strengthen the nation in its determination to make all sacrifices necessary to defeat German militarism, which they declare "makes attacks on undefended towns and fires on women and children." The Daily Telegraph in an editorial says: The Germans have informed Amer ica, with its coast line on the Atlatnie and Pacific of many thousands of miles, that- there is not a seaside vil lage or hamlet into which, if they win, they will not, should it seem well to them, pour explosive shells from their naval guns. This power, which claims to be car rying the standard of world culture, issues a similar warning to all other neutral states. The moral of the bombardment is that Germany has her back to the wall. and cares not what tha world may think of her manner of making war. The Daily Chronicle, in an editorial, stigmatizes the raid as "an infamous crime against humanity and against International law, raising in acute form the question as to whether the United States and other neutral signatories of The Hague convention can consis tently, with honor, fold their arms and look on interminably without protest, while German savagery tears those conventions up." HARTHEPOOTj DEAD TOTAL 48 AH but Eight of Number Declared of Civilian Population. MIDDLESBOROUGH, via London. Dec. 17. Latest returns of the killed and wounded as the result of the German naval raid show that at Hartlepool 29 were killed and 50 injured, while at West Hartlepool 19 were killed and 80 injured. The majority of the victims were civilians. About eight of the killed and 37 of the wounded were men en gaged in coast defense work. Many ships in the harbor were dam aged, including the German steamer Diebola, detained since the outbreak of the war, which was completely pierced by a shell. The firing is said to have been ac curate. In one case 'a single shell killed nine, .. and in . another instance three men were killed and 11" wounded. Another shell killed a' whole family and there are. tnany instances where several persons in a house were killed together. ' " The populace is quiet.- WHITBY ABBEY STRUCK SHELLS FALL MILE INLAND ONE HITS SCHOOLHOTJSE.. AND Coast Guard Decapitated and Panning Drayman Killed Tm Boy Scoots Are Wounded. WHITBY, England, Dec. 16. via Lon don. Ag far as can be ascertained two persons were killed and two wounded by the bombardment of this town by two German battle cruisers today. Altogether the Germans nred 36 shells into the town and several houses were demolished. The signal station was first attacked and a coast guard who was standing nearby was decapi tated. A drayman who was passing was killed by a piece of shell which penetrated his chest. Two boy scouts who were assisting in patrol duty were slightly wounded. The houses in the Fishburn Park district, which is behind the signal sta tion and in the line of fire, suffered badly. Whitby Abbey, which is close to the signal station, and Wb'tby Lodge were struck by shells. Otli projectiles fell in tho Btreets, tearing big holes in the pavements, or buried themselves harmlessly in the sand along the shore. Some shells fell in Ruswarp. a small village a mile inland, and at Meadow field one hit a schoolhouse just as the school children were assembling for the morning lessons. The children, however, were uninjured and scam pered off in all directions. The German ships approached to within a mile of the town before open ing fire. The first shot lodged in the cliff. A small company of intrepid persons gathered on the cliff to watch the bombardment, which lasted a quar ter of an hour. As soon as the warships disappeared the people resumed their normal occu pations, v GERMAN MOTIVE STUDIED London Paper Surmises Raid Was Designed to Delight Home People. LONDON. Dec. "TT. "The bombard ment of Whitby, Scarborough and Har tlepool hardly strikes us as an opera tion of war." says the Morning Post, which argues that attacks on unde fended towns are against all the prin ciples of warfare. "As to the object of the German Ad miralty," adds the paper, "it probably has been for the purpose that the Ger man people may hear that some dam age has been done to persons and prop erty in England, and they certainly will be delighted and encouraged by know ing that German ships - crossed the North Sea and shelled English towns. It will be proof to them that the Brit ish navy does not command the North Sea. "But the British navy does not pre tend to command the North Sea- Its attitude is that British ships will use all seas and oceans except- the North Sea as though the German navy did not exist, unless and until the German navy challenges that attitude by fight ing." ew Crnlser on Patrol. NEW YORK. Dej. 16. The Princess noyai, one or tne new British battle Lie "J uuiaciu, to uuw doing patrol auty West Indian waters. HARTLEPOOL HOMES RIPPED BY SHELLS Germans Pour Shot Into Town at Regular Intervals While ' Slowly Passing By. MANY FIRES ARE STARTED Attack Is Watched by Residents of Kear-By Village Fort Replies to . Attack and Drives Foe Away. London Is Informed. (Special Cable to the New York World. Copyright. 1914. by the Press Publishing Company. Published by arrangement with the New Yorlt World.) LONDON, Dec. 16. In the little town of Redcar, 10 miles down the coast,' soon after 8 A. M. today, the inhabi tants heard, they thought, a heavy thunder storm, but the first warning for the people of Hartlepool was the scream GERMAN RAID IS 53TH AT TACK ON ENGLISH COAST. Fifty-five Invasions and at tacks on the coast of England and Ireland are reported by his torians, from the first invasion by Julius Caesar until yesterday, when the German squadron raided towns on the northeast coast of England. Many of these dates are by words with the average school boy. Some of the more important Invasions are listed as follows: B. C. 55 First Invasion by Julius Caesar. B. C. 54 Second invasion by Julius Caesar. A. D. 360 Invasion by PIcts and Scots. A. D. 449 Anglo-Saxons' firs't attack. A. D. 495 Great Saxon inva sion. A. D. 1017 Canute ends Dan ish invasion in triumph as King. A. D. 1066 William the Con queror. A. D. 1667 Dutch fleet in the Thames running out of ammu nition, the ships fire cheeses. 1777 John Paul Jones sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., seized tne ort of Whitehaven, burned 7 ships and spiked guns. One of J his crew seized the plate of the i can or fceiKirK. For two years Jones hovered about the coast, preying . on British men-of-war and commerce. 1798 A small French force landed in Pembrokeshire and was captured. of German high explosive shells. . The first shells fell in the streets and among the houses along the waterfront. Those that fell in the streets exploded with a roar, tearing up great craters. Others tore through cottages from side to side, sending bricks and roof beams flying. - -. , ; As the people came flocking out of their houses the guns of the little fort at the mouth of the Tees came into action, blazing away at the dim gray shapes, which could scarcely be dis tinguished in the mist. . Lumber Yam and Gaa Plant Burn. . Several shells exploded in the ex tensive lumber yards near the harbor and set the lumber piles on Are. An other shell struck one of the tanks of the municipal gas plant and it, too, was immediately in flames. The German cruisers steamed slowly past the town, firing regularly. The fort continued to reply. The whole action on Hartlepool last ed only 20 minutes and then the Ger man ships disappeared into the mist as quietly as they came. The commander of the fortress, in his report to London, announced that the raiders had been driven off by the Are of his guns and other rumors as cribed the German withdrawal to the rapid approach of a. flotilla of British destroyers. Redcar Expects Attack. The flash and report of the German guns and tho fort's replies were clearly seen and heard from Redcar, where the people flocked to the waterfront. watching eagerly until they were driven back by military patrols, who fully ex pected Redcar to be attacked next. Observers at Redcar agreed . with those at Hartlepool that three German ships were engaged. They also report ed that the Germans apparently drew off slowly. Many fires started by shells In dif pr i r leasure to give Ipv io-admission-io TiP A Joy io receive llk JnTMI T T&yrA'TTm STARTHEATER If I W jj l fj ! Thurs. Fri. Sat. iff . 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ADMISSION lOc " IN MOTION PICTURES We are constantly taking and producing motion pictures from all parts of the state and have secured and can furnish films showing some of the grandest scenery in the state, also industries and resources such as have never before been seen on the curtain. We Also Furnish. Expert Camera Men and Guarantee the Work W. W. WEEKLY ferent parts of the city were apparent ly put out before extensive damage was done, but most of the houses along the waterfront were knocked to pieces and the streets were torn up. 32 KILLED IX BO MBARDMEXT British "War Office Says Xone of Defense Gnns Was Touched. LONDON, Dec. 16. The official press bureau late tonight Issued the follow ing statement from the War Office re garding the German raid: "At 8 A. M. today three enemy ships were sighted off Hartlepool and at 8:15 they commenced a bombardment. These ships appeared to be two battle cruisers and one armored cruiser. The land batteries replied and are reported to have hit and damaged the enemy. "At 8:50 the firing ceased and the enemy steamed away. None of our guns weer touched. One shell fell in the Royal Engineers' lines and several in the lines of the 18th service battal ion of the Durham Light Infantry. "The casualties among the troops amounted to seven killed and 14 wounded. "Some damage was done to the town and the gas works were set on fire. "During the bombardment, especially In West Hartlepool, the people crowded in the streets and approximately 22 were killed and 60 wounded. "At the same time a battle cruiser and an armored cruiser" appeared off Scarborough and fired about 60 shots, which caused considerable damage, and 13 casualties are reported. "At Whitby two battle cruisers fired shots, doing damage to buildings and the following casualties are reported: Two killed, two wounded. "At the three places there was an entire absence of panic and the de meanor of the people was everything luui cuum oe aesirea. NAVAL POLICY JTOT MODIFIED British Official Report Says Raid Will Xot Change Plans. LONDON, Dec. 16. The following is me umciai press oureau's statement on the German attack on the English coast: "This morning a cruiser force made a demonstration on the Yorkshire coast, in the course ot which they shelled Hartlepool. Wmtby and Scarborough. "Several of their fastest ships were employed for tnis purpose and they re mained about an hour on the coast. "They were engaged by patrol ves sels on the spot, -ns soon as the pres ence of the enemy was reported a British patrolling squadron endeavored to cut them off. On being sighted by he British vessels, the Germans re tired at full speed and, favored by the mist, made their escape. The lo.-ses on both sides were slight 11 NINTH STREET PORTLAND. OR. but full reports have not yet been re ceived. "The Admiralty takes the opportunity of pointing out that demonstrations of this character against unfortified towns or commercial ports, though not dif ficult to accomplish, provided a certain amount of risk is accepted, are devoid of military significance. "They may cause some loss of life among the civil population and damage to private property, which Is much to be regretted; but they must not in any circumstances be allowed to modify the general naval policy which is being pursued." BRITONS GO BY THOUSANDS Heavy Reinforcements Daily Arrive at Havre, France. HAVRE, Dec. 5. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Thousands of British troops are. arriving here daily on transports and being moved to the north as rapidly as possible. The British are making the Port of Havro their main base of supplies. On the average 15 British transports arrive daily here from Southampton. Large camps have been leased on the heights along the Seine for periods varying from two to three years, and barracks are being built. Extensive supply depots have been established here. PEOPLE THEATER The Leading Photo-Play Theater, West Park and Alder. THREE HOHG DAYS The Paramount Picture Success The Ghost A Big Broadway Play, with the three noted stars, H. B. Warner, Theodore Roberts and Rita Stan wood. 11:30 A. M. to 11:30 P. M. Daily Coming Sunday 'The Sign of the Cross" Featuring William Farnum. A beautiful Christmas Drama. a .