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V ' r 7 W-4 '; 1 1 t WHAT YOU NEED- - 'The other fellow may have; what you have the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. ; Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer BARGAIN f DAY Mb every day with the Merchant who advertises In the Press he has some thing to sell and says so. . VOLUME XXVII. ATHEISTA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1914. NUMBER 1. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK . Resume of World's Important Events Told in Briet , Business in Paris is said to be better ' now than at any time since the war began. - ; . Berlin goes wild over victory of - army against Russia , in Poland, and .: enthpsiasm runs riot. j ' ' Repairs of the damage done to the Engluh coast towns by the German ? . Beet are rapidly being made. , ! Rear Admiral Flske admits there is one foreign navy that leads in gun- - nery, but refuses to name the country, : A British shipbuilding concern built - ' a modern battleship in ten and one-half months, said to be the shortest time on record. i Deputy Game Warden Hubbard, of : Ashland, Ore., is shot by alleged game ' poachers, when he attempts to search . their cabins. -..-.-'- .'',!...', It is reported from Amsterdam that t two British ships were sunk Friday off ! the coast of England, but the rumor is not confirmed. ":''' ; ' Mexican troops on the border show no signs of heeding the warning of ; President Wilson, : that firing . into American territory should be stopped. . ' Report comes from South Shields, England, that three ships were sunk t by mines; one Is believed to be a pas . senger vessel, and the other two are , unknown. Food exports from the United States during November showed an increase ", of 800 per cent over same month last year. The great increase is attributed to the European war. E. Henry Wemme, prominent Port . land citizen and good roads enthusiast, dies suddenly in Los Angeles. He is reputed to have purchased the first automobile ever brought to Portland, . likewise an areoplane. - A German diplomat in New York upholds the attack on the English ' coast towns on the grounds that they ' were - either fortified or defended,' " '' whichdoes not conflict with the de ' clsifen of The Hague convention of Oct. 16, 1907. f, A letter from Robert Fulton to ... General William Duane, March 1, - 1818, telling him of torpedoes invent ed by him capable of destroying any foreign invaders of New York harbor, ' was sold for $92.50 at the auction sale . of the library Of the late Adrian H. Joline. "I am happy to find you con tinue the firm friend to torpedoes," Fulton wrote, "an infant art which requires only support and practice to produce a change in maritime affairs of immense importance to this country. , .. Expecting the enemy here, I have not been idle. I have prepared nine tor pedoes, with locks that strike fire by . concussion, and - four with clockwork .-locks." .y; .; . ,j, ..- Vienna officials admit of the retak .. ing of Belgrade by the Servians. President Wilson . expresses deep interest in the uplift of the negro. Pendleton, Oregon, is sending 100 barrels of flour to aid the Belgians, ; , Russians were forced to retreat be ; fore the AustrianB in West Galicia. it is reported in Tokio that the Ger man armed merchantman Oxford has been captured by the British in the In dian Ocean. The German converted cruiser Cormorant has entered the har bor of Guam, in the Ladrone Archipei . agov - ;e, ... The postoffice department has ad . vised that hereafter all Oregon postal i savings funds at offices without a local depositary bank, will be remitted to the Portland office, which will serve as a clearing house for the payment of withdrawals. r , President Wilson was asked by a del ' e gation representing the Masters' and . Pilot association to support an amendment to the administration ship purchase bill to restrict employment of officers of government-owned ves ' sels to 'America. All the street lamps in Paris are hflintf AYtlnrniiMd at miriniorht. Thn reason for this precaution is said to be , tne receipt oi a report tnat two Zep pelin dirigible balloons had been sight ed at Amiens, proceeding in the direc tion of Paris. The mikado's budget for 1915, which shows an estimated expenditure of 666,000,000 yen ($278,000,000), and a decrease of the revenues of $40,600, - - 000, is now before the house of repre sentatives for consideration. Consid erable opposition to it has developed, There is good reason to believe that unless the house passes the budget it - -will be dissolved. The right of dis- - solving the house of representatives is . among the prerogativies of the em' peror. - r ;. :'. . John D. Rockefeller, Jr., favors a : reconciliation plan between the miners and mineowners in the Colorado coal districts. Church, druggists and liquor men are allied against the "drys" in Ari zona, and the law recently carried by the prohibitionists will be . tee ted tn the court. j .-y.-i General Bliss, who has command on - .the Mexican boundary, has - been rein forced by three regiment and with instructions to return the fire of bellig erents whose bullets fall on American . territory. ' Hobson's "Dry" Resolution Meets Defeat in House Washington,' D. C The Hobson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition to the state legislatures was defeated in the house Wednesday night, 197 mem bers voting , f or and 189 against it. An affirmative vote of two-thirds was required to adpot the resolution, . Party lines were wiped out in the struggle. Democratic Leader Under wood and Republican Leader Mann fought shoulder to shoulder at the head of the forces opposing the resolution. When the vote came, of the 197 stand ing for the resolution, 114 were Demo crats, 68 Republicans and 11 were Progressives and four were Independ ent Republicans. . Immediately after announcement of the vote, the house adjourned, the crowds which had packed the galleries throughout the prolonged debate dis persing with mingled expressions of regret and Jubilation. " . Prohibition leaders declared that the majority for the resolution had ful filled their expectations, as they had not hoped for a two-thirds vote at this time. Whether a similar resolution pending In the senate submitted by Senator Sheppard, of Texas, would reach a vote in the senate at this ses sion was not certain. Administration leaders were inclined to believe, how ever, that it would not, in view of the action of the house. Notwithstanding repeated public as sertions that many members of the house would try to dodge a record vote on the issue, the rnllcall disclosed a heavy attendance,' larger than the av erage throughout the session. On the final vote 386 votes were re corded. To have carried the resolu tion would have required 268 affirma tive votes. It thus failed by 61 votes. It was at the conclusion of one of the most stirring contests of recent days in congress, and following votes on several amendments that the final vote was reached. Representative Hobson had closed the general debate, participated in by all the house lead ers, many of whom were repeatedly cheered by men and women in the crowded galleries. Speaker Clark re peatedly admonished the spectators to maintain order. ' - -, Although ' advocates " of the Hobson resolution freely predicted that it would receive a majority vote, many of them, including Mr. Hobson, . had conceded at the start that the resolu tion would not receive the two-thirds vote necessary for its adoption. Before the final roll call. Represen tative Hobson presented an amendment. which was adpoted, giving to ' the congress and states concurrently" the power to enforce the prohibition by needful legislation. - An amendment offered by Represen tative Adamson to give the states ab solute control of prohibition under the proposed prohibition amendment was voted down on a rising vote, 179 to 82. Louisiana Germans Plot - to Destroy French Ship New Orleans The - arrest here Wednesday night of four Germans is believed by the police to have frus trated a plot to blow up the French steamship Rochambeau. , The police confiscated a box containing 76 pounds of dynamite set by clockwork to ex plode six and one-half days hence. The prisoners, two of whom are said by the authorities to have confessed, said they understood the Rochambeau was to Bail from New York Saturday. Shipping records, however, show that she left New York December 13, and the police believed the alleged con spirators miscalculated the date of her departure. Two of those arrested con fessed, according to the police. The plan, it was said, was to ship the bomb by express consigned to the Rochambeau at New York. It was in tended that the vessel would be blown up after she got to sea. Worry over the prospective loss of innocent lives Is believed responsible for discovery of the plot. One of those arrested, Peter Langlaan, when ques tioned by detectives who have been at work on the case for ten days, is said to have told them that while he was willing to blow up a French or English ship he was not willing to see persons not directly connected with the war die.. . , . On information given by Langlaan, the police arrested Frank Helon, alias Hans Heller, and held him on a charge of preparing explosives for shipment in violation of the Federal statute. . ; Thaw Ordered to N..Y. , Manchester, N. H. There was rea son to believe that the state of New York has taken precautions against any delay in obtaining possession of Harry K. Tbaw, slayer of Stanford White, when the order for his removal to New York for trial on a charge of conspiring to escape from Matteawan prison was received. It is asserted by friends of Thaw that several detectives have since kept a close watch on the Thaw home. In one respect Thaw has changed markedly. He refuses abso lutely to talk about bis ' ' Filibuster U Dettroged. Brownsville, Tet. A filibustering party from Texas was "met and com pletely destroyed" by Carranza troops opposite Zapata, Tex.,' near here, De cember 20, according to a message re ceived by the .Carranza commander at Matamoras, ' Mexico. The ' message said a dozen horses, 50 rifles and 2000 rounds of ammunition were captured. Oregon Irrigation Plan Agreed to by Secretary Washington, D. C. Socretary Lane, after a long conference with Represen tative Sinnott and Senator Chamber lain, expressed his' willingness that congress' should appropriate, without condition, $460,000 for the construc tion of a government irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, . and said he pos sibly might favor the appropriation of a larger amount, if it should develop that $450,000 would be inadequate. , He gave assurance to both members of the Oregon delegation that he would not insist on a new appropria tion by the Oregon legislature: to match the amount appropriated by con gress. ' .-i...--! In the course of the conference, Sen ator Chamberlain and Representative Sinnott quoted extensively to Secre tary Lane from official correspondence bearing on the co-operative agreement and insisted that this correspondence, while perhaps not as definite as might be desired, certainly justified the in terpretation that has been placed on it by the people of Oregon. They reviewed negotiations from be ginning to end, and impressed on the Secretary that the government is mor ally obligated to expend in Oregon much more than the amount now in controversy. The secretary would not yield In his personal view of what was intended by the co-operative agreement, and, as sustaining his contention, pointed out that the state at no time co-operated with or even consulted the government about the Tumalo project which it re cently completed. Plans of the state project never were sent to Washington for inspection or approval, nor has the Interior department or Reclamation service been advised from time to time as to the progreBSmadewith the state work. Rather, the secretary said, the state has built the Tumalo project as an in dependent state enterprise, and had Governor West and State Engineer Lewis regarded that project as part of the co-operative scheme, he thought they certainly would have advised with government engineers and author ities from time to time. However, after hearing all that Sen ator Chamberlain and Representative Sinnott had to say, Secretary Lane announced his willingness to withdraw the condition he suggested should be attached to the appropriation to be made by congress, and if the irrigation committee, after hearing all the facts, is willing to make an unconditional appropriation : of $450,000, or even more, for building a new irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, he will approve that proposal. " He will insist, however, that appro priation made be spent on the project found most feasible by engineers of the Reclamation service who have been examining various possible projects in Eastern Oregon, the Tumalo extension among them. ' '. ' ; . That report of engineers has not yet been filed and until it is of record Sec retary Line will give no intimation as to what project they favor. The sec retary assured his callers that he main tains his view that Oregon has been discriminated . against in the past in the distribution of reclamation money and. that it should receive its just deserts from this time on. In view of Secretary Lane's state ment to him, Representative Sinnott will ask the secretary to appear before the irrigation committee before its re ports the bill making the appropriation for Irrigation projects for the next fiscal year and will also ask officials of the Reclamation service to appear, for he is confident that when the entire record is laid bare the committee will appropriate not less than $460,000 for some new government project. Before Senator - Chamberlain and Representative Sinnott left the depart ment Secretary Lane told them ex plicitly that he would not sanction the use of the money he has allotted for any but co-operative work and under the terms of agreement, as he under stands them, but if congress desires to make the appropriation without con dition he then will be willing - to drop the co-operative idea. State Land Board Leases 2 Salem With the leasing by the State Land Board of Summer and Al bert lakes, which contain rich deposits of salts, to Jason C. Moore, head of a New York syndicate, the development of another of Oregon's remarkable re sources seems near. What the value of the output of the lakes annually will be is problematic, but Mr. Moore declared that he and his associates would expend at least $6, 000,000 in equipment and development within the next two years. He thought that from -8600 to 6000 men would be employed. - . - Engineers will be put to work at once, but because of a reservation of the board that the legislature must pass upon the proposition, the work of building a plant and laying pipelines will not be started until that is done. The board awarded the contract to Mr. Moore and will recommend to the legislature its ratification. The lease is for 45 years. ; Under the contract Mr. Moore must give a bond of $25,000 and pay to the state annually, beginning January 1, 1917, royalties of not less than $25, 000. He deposited with his bid a check for $10,000 as a guarantee of good faith. He agrees to give the state 60 cents a ton for potassium salts, 10 cents a ton for sodium chlor ides and 25 cents a ton for all other salts. C. A. Sheppard, Mr. Moore's lawyer, said it is the plan to pipe the raw product along the Deschutes river to the Columbia river, where a plant for extracting the salts will, be erect ed. i It will be transported from there by river to Portland and from there ship ped to various markets by rail and steamships. But two bids were received by the board, the other being by the Oregon sodium Potash association, through H S. Wallace, of Portland. The latter one was declared to be irregular be cause it was not accompanied by a check for $10,000, as stipulated in the advertisement, and did not conform to other requirements. The association represented by Mr. Wallace bid 6 cents a ton for sodium chlorides and 50 cents a ton for sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. It bid $3 a ton for potassium salts, it be ing $2.60 higher than that of Mr. Moore. However, it was declared that there was only a trace ' of this salt in the lakes, and the bid might as well have been $20 a ton, because there will be little obtained. It made no bid under the heading "other salts," whereas the advertise ment stipulated that prices should be named for potassium salts, sodium chloride and "other salts." i More than two years ago C. M. Sain obtained a lease from the state to de velop the lakes, but was compelled to forfeit his lease because of lack of money to complete the work. Imme diately after that Mr. Moore bid more than $1,500,000 for the property out right and later a syndicate, represent ed by Portland men, offered about $2,- 000,000 for it. Reports that actual value was from $15,000,000 to $30,- 000,000 caused the rejection of both offers and the determination of the board to lease the property on the roy alty plan. . Ashland Reflects Four. : Ashland O. H. Johnson, mayor; C. H. Gillette., recorder; : George Eu banks, treasurer, and R. A. Minkler, water commissioner, were re-elected at the city election Tuesday. S. Pen nlston was elected park commissioner. For councilmen, R. P. Cornelius was elected in the First ward; P. L. Ash craft in the Second and A. J. Biegel in the Third. ;.- - '; i The biggest fight was for recorder, there having been six candidates in the field. The town went dry by more than 700 majority. - Two measures, one enlarging the city boundaries and the other levying a half mill tax for publicity purposes, carried. , The total vote was 1488, The maximum polling strength is 2000. . . t-, ,; , Baker Turkey Scarce. f: . Baker A famine in turkeys for the Christmas - market is predicted by Baker dealers. - Offerings of 15 cents pound live and 17 cents dressed have failed to bring out the birds from the farms, and the statement is made that there is a real possibility that this may be as much due to there being but few turkeys to offer as to desire for higher prices. Those in Baker who want a real Christmas dinner, how ever, will not have to gQ entirely without this year, as there is sP wealth of geese and ducks here this season. ' '',' Board Releatet Note. ,.:,' " 5alem-rUpon promise . of the com pany that it would make no additional sales of land in the Central Oregon canal unit, the State Desert Land Board returned to the Central Oregon Irrigation company $29,821 settlers notes, deposited as a guaranty of good faith.. Roscoe P. Howard, manager of the company, reported the capacity of the canal to be sufficient for irrigat ing 80,800 acres. The unit, therefore, was cut to that acreage. The board announced that hereafter under a rul ing of the Federal authorities proof of a contract for land would have to be made only by the original settler. ' Euau Prizee Awarded. Salem Field Workers Maris and Harrington, of the State department of education, announced that prizes offered by them for the best essays by school children on the exhibit of the school Industrial classes at the state fair had been won by Perry Nathan Pickett, of Marion county, , and Floyd Thornton, of Union county.' Mr.' Maris and Mr. Harrington are pleased with the number of essays submitted and because of the excellence of a majority of them found it difficult to choose the winners. ," ' , ; V ,j .'' ; "Go-to-School" Dag h t MonmoutbCounty School tendent Seymour has set asu to school day," on which -ents in the county have ' attend the school sp work that the pupil the visiting of encouraged b large num&r schoolroon term it if "get to; of the how RATE INCREASE ! GRANTED ROADS Commerce Commission Permits $30,000,000 Increase, i War tn Europe, Added to Already . . Existing Conditions, Sways . Interstate Board. Washington, " D. C. Further ' in creases in freight rates were granted Saturday to the Eastern railroads by the Interstate Commerce commission in a decision from which Chairman Harlan and Commissioner ' Clements dissented vigorously.; 1 - f ' With the exception of lake-and-rail traffic, coal, coke, iron ore and certain other traffic on which the commission has heretofore fixed rates adjudicated 'reasonable," all the railroad systems operating between the - Atlantic sea board and the Mississippi north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers were allowed to make the flat 6 per cent increase for which they have been asking for the last four years. ' ; The roads hoped to get increases which would add to the annual revenue some $50,000,000.. The commission's decision is expected to give them ad ditional revenue approximating $30,- uuu.uuu. - The roads east of a north-and-south line drawn through Buffalo, Pittsburg and Charleston, W. Va., won by the decision the increases, other than on the traffic , expected, ' which - were denied, them in the commission's de cision last August. The roads west of this line, which obtained partial -advances in the August decision, received further advances, so that now all the roads in what is described as "official classification territory" will enjoy uni form advances in both class and com modity rates. , , - In its decision the majortiy of the commission held that the roads had es tablished in the latest hearings a greater need of additional net income than ever before. This was due, in part, to exigencies which arose out of the war in Europe, and in part to the already existing necessity, in the judg ment of the commission, for addition al revenues to maintain the railroad properties. . Chairman Harlan, in his dissenting opinion, held that sufficient aid had been given the roads by the decision of August 1 last, and that the findings of the majority were morally wrong. Commissioner Clements based his dissention what he regarded as the in ability in law, of the commission to take cognizance of everything in the making of rates other than their jus tice and reasonableness. , Traffic on which no increase was al lowed by the commission represents about 65 per cent of the entire volume of freight handled by the roads. Coal, coke and iron ore, however, are bulky commodities, taking low rates, conse quently the amount of revenue derived from them is relatively small. . t The coal roads, in the opinion of the commission, already are profitable. General Scott Ready to . Confer With Mexicans Naco, Ariz. General Hugh ' L. Scott, chief of staff of the United States army, arrived here Monday and at once began an investigation of the Mexican border trouble here, which has resulted in the killing of five per sons and the wounding of 47 by Mexi can bullets crossing the line during the 10 weeks' siege of Naco, Sonora. : t- General Scott began a series of con versations with persons informed on Mexican affairs and also with those in touch with General Hill, -the Carranza commander entrenched ; in Naco, Sonora, and Governor Maytorena, the Villa besieger. This investigation is preliminary to-' conferences General Scott expects to hold with Hill and Maytorena in an effort to secure some agreement which will eliminate further Mexican fighting along' the border..;. ..'-...i , It la recognized that, whatever care the Mexican factions might exercise not to fire into the United States, stray . bullets would -continue to. fall here, eitherthrough bad marksman ship or individual disobedience of or ders.-. ...', . ;l ' General Scott's peace conference will be held with an army of 4700 men, ' under command of Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, encamped op posite the Mexican battleground. The American army1 forces now consist of the Eleventh, Eighteenth and Twen ty-second Infantry, 10 troops each of the Ninth-' and Tenth ' Cavalry, and three batteries each of the Fifth and Sixth Field Artillery. This is a force greater than the combined forces of the two Mexican camps, with artillery also superior to that of the Mexicans. Germans Evacuate Lodz Is Claim of Russians Petrograd A newspaper here quotes a high authority as saying the Ger mans have evacuated : Lodz, having found that the town would not serve as a base of operations. It is believed the German plan to capture the right bank of - the Vistula and then advance from Mlawa and exert pressure on the left bank has completely failed.' London At the same, time that the Germans are cautioned by Berlin military critic that talk of a destruc tive defeat of the Russian forces is a "useless and misleading exaggera te" '' ' V ' "Grandma" Todd Dies at Great Age of 105 Years Walla Walla, Wash. Mrs. Sarah Todd, the oldest resident of Walla Walla and probably of the Northwest, died at the Northwest Christian Home Friday. Had she lived Until March 29, 1916, she would have been 105. ' ' Mrs. Todd came ' to Walla Walla nine months ago from Eugene, Or., where the Christian Home was first located. Despite her age, she was active to the last and retained all her mental faculties. . ; ;, .' . ; '' Mrs. Todd was an Inveterate user of tobacco, sucking a pipe constantly,. Loss of Ships Is Denied. : London The admiralty has issued a statement denying that any British warships were lost during the recent raid by a German squadron on the east coast of England. ; The statement adds that all German assertions to the con trary are untrue. That the British destroyer Hardy was among the war ns wh1-" "'"A the German squsd - the east coast disclosed -the ad-and V Maytorena Witt Withdraw. ' Washington, D. C, Consular Agent Carothers telegraphed the State de partment Monday that Governor May torena, commanding the Villa forces besieging General Hill s garriBon at Naco. Sonora. was Dreoarins to with draw his troops to a point 10or 12 miles from the border to eliminate the possibility of firing into American ter ritory. ., . . .- This move has been awaited by offi cials here since Provisional President Gutierrez - announced that he had di rected Maytorena to abandon the at teck on Naco unless the operations could bo carried on - without sending bullets across the International line, ! v Brigadier General Bliss, in com mand of ' the artillery, infantry and cavalry concentrated about naco, Ariz., to enforce the American gov ernment'! demand that firing across the line cease, reported earlier in the day that Maytorena apparently had withdrawn. , A. Congress Will Consider Mail Department Reforms Washington, D. C After 'several days of hot words, which culminated in an ' exchange of invitations to per sonal combat between Representatives Heflin, . of Alabama, and Moon, of Tennessee, the house adopted a special rule to consider legislation for reforms demanded by the Postoffice department In connection with the annual postal appropriation bill. ' . A defection of Democrats from the leaders defeated a similar rule, which provided for consideration of amend ments decreasing postmasters' salar ies, the elimination of assistant post masters, experimental substitution of contract service for the rural delivery service, increased salaries for rural carriers, changes in the compensation paid railroads for "carrying the mails and other reorganization plans for the department.. ; ' The rule was passed late Tuesday with the .provisions for cutting post masters' salaries, abolishing assistant postmasters and the rural service sub stitution scheme eliminated. A speech by Representative Moon following the . defeat of the original rule, in which ha intimated that some "railroad influence" had operated to shift Democratic votes, caused bitter debate. , ' Kaiser Reports Victory. Karlsruhe, via Berlin, to London Grand Duchess Louise, of Baden, has received the following telegram from Emperor William: 1 "Field Marshal von Hlndenberg has just reported that' the Russian army, after desperate fighting, retreats and is being pursued along the entire front. It is evident that the Lord aided our heroic troops. To Him alone is due the honors. - ' - ' Emperor William thanked In a tele gram the Fourteenth army corps, which particpated prominently in the fighting. : Cotton Mills Reopen. . , Lowell,' Mass. Orders were given by which the machinery of the Tre mont and Suffolk cotton mills will be run 24 hours a day, beginning imme diately. This applies particularly to the weaving department. About 240C employes will be hired on the extra or ders. An expected demand for fabrics early in the year is given as the reason for the increase In production. ' Allies' Yner Loss 215.000. Berlin, via The Hague and London The Neusten Nachrichten prints Brussels dispatch estimating the Iosbos of the allies In the Yser campaign at 15,000 up to December 12. This al la made up of 60,000 Belgians, t0 British and 75,000 French. v.- ' i ... .' . Is Again at Front. , dispatch to Renter's Tele- from Amsterdam says; nperor has completely has returned to the "0 an announcement tain headquarters." N . ' f GERMAN FLEET RAIDS ENGLAND Three Towns on Eastern Coast Bombarded; 31 Killed. 1 Three Churches, Abbey and Other ' Buildings Damaged Coast --.- Patrols Are Evaded. London For the first time in cen- - ' turies England has been struck by a -foreign foe. A squadron of .swift Ger-, , man cruisers crept through the fog " Wednesday night, to the eastern coast and turned their guns, against the '-" Britons.:''.' ..! , -..',.. ." ''..'".' When day broke they began the bombardment of three important towns Hartlepool, - at the mouth of the. Tees; Whitby, 85 miles southward, and Scarborough, noted as a pleasure resort, 16 miles beyond. --. Hartlepool suffered most There two battle cruisers and an armored . " . cruiser were engaged, and at this . ; place the greatest loss of life occurred. ' . The British war office fixes the number of dead at Hartlepool as seven soldiers ' and 22 civilians and the wounded at 14 soldiers and 60 civilians. , At Scarborough, where a battle cruiser and an armored cuiser shelled the town, 18 casualties are reported, while at Whitby two were killed and , two wounded.'. t ?, , ; , ' ' Men, women and , children of the c'dlian population were left dead or . wounded struck without warning while at breakfast or at work. ' In all, the casualty list totals 110, according -to' the official estimates, of whom 81 are known to be dead. . . . ' Three churches were damaged, the gas works and lumber yards at Hartle- . pool-' were set' afire and the abbey at Whitby was struck. , The Balmoral ' hotel at Scarborough received the full effects of a shell. Several houses and -shops . were shattered " and partly: burned in each of the towns. 1 The hostile squadron escaped in the : mist after an encounter with coast guard vessels patrolling the neighbor hood, which were reinforced as soon ' as the presence of the Germans was . signaled. . ' . . i,; . . A wave of Intense anger has spread over England because of the attack, . , , and bitter denunciation is heard every where of a policy which permits the shelling of undefended towns. ' The fortress at the mouth of the Tees is ' supposed to give some protection to - the Important shipping base of Hartle pool, but Whitby and Scarborough are ' as open to the enemy as Atlantic City ' on the New Jersey coast, ,,, Columbia River Allowance ' . Is Shaded by Congress Washington, D. C. A-river snd harbor bill has been reported to the house. It carries a cash appropriation - of $1,260,000 for the continuing work on the north jetty at the mouth of the X Columbia river, $500,000 less than the amount recommended by army engi neers. The bill does not place this work on a continuing contract basis. All other Oregon and Washington Items in the bill are in strict conform ity with the estimates sent to congress the opening day of the session. The total appropriation authorized for the Northwest is $2,621,676. i The committee In looking about for items that could be cut, jumped on the mouth of the Columbia, which was one of the largest single appropriations in the bill, and In order to make a ; showing, lopped oft $500,000 from the amount which the engineers asserted would be required during 16 months, -beginning next March. . .. i Forty of Emden's Crew ) i ' Arm Captured Ship , ; Manila, P. I. Forty men of the crew of the German cruiser Emden, who were left on Cocoa Island when , .i the Austrian cruiser Sydney discovered . ,. the Emden and forced her' to run ashore some time ago, have captured a . . collier, mounted.two Maxims on her and now are raidmg commerce in the Pacific, according to a report received here. . , .. .. , ' -' ' ; ' The report came through officers of the British steamer Malacca, which . baa arrived atJolo. The report has , not been officially confirmed. , . The men of the Emden had gone ashore on Cocoa Island to dismantle r -the wireless and fled, but were unable to rejoin their ship when the Sydney put in an appearance. . ; ... . . f Shells Bit 100 Homes. . Scarborough ' (via London) More '' than 100 houses were struck by shells in Scarborough.- One street near the station was ruined, the - buildings, in it Including the Wesleyan church. The wireless station was the objective pf the fire of the warships and anadja- ' :- . cent field was completely ploughed up ; by the . shell fire. Eight-inch shells - . were used. Scarborough - hospital, which contained 20 wounded soliders, '' was struck by three shells. The resi- ' . , dence of the Right. Honorable Russell- . Rea, was completely wrecked. , 'Mayor Instructs People, i, - Newcastle,. Eng. The . mayor of -Tynemouth, a popular resort below - . . Newcastle on the North coast, has -issued a notice declaring that the civil , population should remain indoors or. If necessary to leave their dwellings,, they are advised to go Inland in' the direction of Newcastle, There are in dications of military activity along j the coast near Tynemouth. .