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M10DFOM) OKIOOON, AVKUNKSDAY, DWI'IMHIOR 10, 10M
NO. 229
GERMAN FLEET SHELLS BRITISH TOWNS
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For First Time In Modern History
English Towns Suffer From Attack
of Foreign Enemy Unprotected
Towns Bombarded Without Notice
shy German Fleet.
NOW
NGAGED
WITH INVADERS
LONDON, Dec. id, aia p. in.
Tin- Yorkriliiru Evening News rqwrtM
(lint two (lonntiti cniisers worn Niink
in today's engagement nud that the
, ltrit ihIi llotilla was damaged.
IIAHTLEPOOL. Kiigtnnd, via Lou
Inn, Dec. ID, f:'J.r i. in. Il in report
ed hew that n llotillu of British tor
Miii.iont ilrnlroytTH enrly IhiK morn
ing encountered tlirrn (ltrmiiti cniis
ers eight miles off tliti English coast.
Tlii cruisers immediately opened fin?.
LONDON. Dec. 10, Slsfta p. in. Far
the lust tune in nioilern lnitorv Lng
lili towns luivc Hiifl'ereil from the nt
tuck of u foreign enemy.
A (lerinnn squadron, tlio size of
which in not yd known, crcot iimii
tin? northeastern count of England
during tin darkness of n mihty night.
When tlio fug cleared between 7 niul
II o'clock Ihi? vchhcIh of this squadron
iiniii'iI firo on tin? towns of Scarbor
ough, Whitbv ami Hartlepool. A
distance of nbout fort" miles scimr
atii tint first-niuncd ort from tlio
last. Thin utrotch of const in burne
tii un; like i!()0 miles.
British flotillas am cngaginc Hicro
iuwulerx of British waters ami thn
fortress of YcHt Hartlepool, off thn
itiontli of tlio river Teen, fired upon
the enemy.
ltcKuts (.'onftndng
Tlio official reports do not Mil forth
the Humour of tlio attacking force, nor
lo they sny whether I ho scacoast
towns wero fired upon siniiillnnroiis.
ly or one nflor another. Tho uiinf
lieiiil reports reaching London by
telephonu went confused ami probitb.
lv cxiiirgcrntcd. An eyewitness at the
seaside resort of Seurbnroiidi esti
mates that fift" shells landed in the
town, enveloped it in smnko and le
Mioxcd the llalmoral hotel, a iiiimher
of houses anil the railroad station,
killing twelve nnil woundinir 100. One
of tlio objectives of thn attack wan
St. .Militia's church, which was dam
aged. A wonian heliind thn counter
of a hho" wiim killed and her husband
was woiiiuled.
Messages from Hartlepool sav thn
local i-as works ami thn lumber "arils
were set afire ! the shells of the
(Icniiau ships. Thu cHtimntu of thn
cahiialtieH at Ilnrtlcnool, eighteen
jieoplc killed, probablv Is guesswork
mid greatly ewgernted.
Oiunugo to Itcvirts
Two Oennan wnrshiiH threw thirtv
shells into NY hit by and wrecked sev
eral hoiiHCH, aocordiii" to a message
from (his placo and onu civilian resi
dent of Whitb" died of a wound sus
tained duriii" tin) bombardment. The
sound of the Ovnnaii f uns was heard
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RUSSIA REPORTS
l'l'niOUKAD, Dec. JO. Tlio Anny
Messenger publishes u series of com
inunieatioiis from thu front as fol fel fol
eows: "Oa the front of Lowioa and How
violent German attaes hnvo had no
success. Our troops have rcpulhed
tlio GeriiiuiiH, causing them to suffer
grout losses.
".South of Cracow (ho enemy al
tempted bolween thu l'-Mli and 11th of
December to oppose our offensive by
strengthening bis positions. On tlio
loth thn enemy debouched in lurgo
numbers from tlio pass of Dtikla and
attempted (o desuend thn slopes on
thu north side of the Carputhiuns.
Our troops, uftor a strong; resistance,
repulsed, o enemy,"
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SUCCESSES
OUR
CRUSERS
BOMBARDCTES
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German Fleet Makes Sudden Dash
Into North Sea, Shells Scarbor
ough and Hartlepool and Engage
Certain Units of British Fleet
Panic Seizes Inhabitants of Coast.
LONDON, Dec. 10, 11.52 u. in.
A German fleot muitc n sudden dash
Into th North Ken today, nhulhid
Scarborough ami Hartlepool, Kng
Hull connt towns on tlio North Hva
nnd ciiKngi'd certulu unltn of the
Urltlf.h riHt.
Four Uorinun cruUvru niipenrod off
BcnrborouKb nt an rnrly hour nnd
LoKnu to bombnnl thn town. It U
nppnrent thnt tbey bad no difficulty
In dropping kIioIIh Into tbu city 1'nnle
idid the xoilo mid ninny of llioiu
(led from tholr homen.
Panic Kclfi Tounit
Tlio rt'ildetita of Ifnrtlepool wero
arointed from their sleep by the ooiind
of heiivy Run flrlnK. Tlnj flocked
to tlio Htrwts nnd thenco tnndo their
wny to tlio bench to learn what wan
Kolng on. In a few moments shells
from Ocruinn emitters began drop
pint; Into Hnrtlepool, whnrnupon tlio
crowd nlonc thu shoro broho for abol
tcr. I'nnlc also (bowed ltncf nt thji
point. Fear took poengon ot tlio
IMKjplo nnd many of them nbandoncd
their homes nnd fled Inland.
Tlio unwu of this naval raid waa
announced nhortly beforo 11:30
o'clock this morning, and It throw
Iondon Into tho RrcntcRt excitement
that has prevailed alnco tlio outbreak
of tbu war.
Nnval llnttlo IN'U-lopliu;
IlrltlRb flotlllim hnvo neon oncag
ed with tho enemy at Mivornl points,
however, nnd at noon tho eltuatlon
wnn dexcrllicd by tho admiralty as
"developing." '
It could not bo aHCertnlned at flrit
whether whether this (lerman attack
was designed merely to nprend among
thn UrltlHh peoplo or whether Its
purpose was to ongago tho llrltlsb
ricot In n goneral action, or to act
us an ncnrt In an attempt to land
troops on tho Hrltltdi const.
Neither Hcarborough or Hartlepool
am fortified. Bcnrborougb bns a
population of forty thousand people
nud during tho mi in m or months tlio
M-iiMdo hotels nro crowded, At this
tlmo of tho year, however tho hotoU
nro comparatively deserted.
Hnrtlepool, togother with Ycst
Hartlepool, has a population of nbout
J0.000.
A I'.hloiuil)lo HeMrt
Hcnrborougb, which It Is nnounced
Is being shelled by tho (Icrmnns to
day, h n sonport and fushlonablo ro
sort of lCngland In tlio northern part
of Yorkshire, on n headland extend
ing Into tho North Sen. It Is thirty
seven miles northeast of tho Import
ant Kngllsb city ot York. It Is n
llttlo nioro than two hundred miles
from London.
Bcurborough has been popularly
styled tho "qucon of watering places."
Tho town bus n largo spa. an interest
ing uqunrliim, n muRoum and a flno
drlvo and jiromeniulo pier. Tho per
manent population of tho placo Is
mot o thnn forty thousand porsonu,
llartlojiool n S?iHrt
Hartlepool Is n teaport and muulc
Ipul borough of Kuglund, In tho
southeast portion of tho county of
(Continued on Lust l'ngo.)
MORGAN TO SELL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. J. P.
Morgan conferred with Secrelary
Lauo and said that bo would soon
submit a proposal to sell tho Noith
AliiBkan railroad to tho government
as part of tho now federal Alaska
railway system. Tlio law authorizing
an Alaskan system permits the, jutr
olmsi) of vsislinjj liuvs,
N GUSH COAS
LATEST PORTRAIT OF KAISER
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MKinlfdftwli'i W1 'SIX
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LONDON, Dec. 10, 1J:U -. in. -King
Peter and Crown Prince Alex
ander and Prince George have enter
ed llelgrado at the head of the vic
torious Sen inn iinny, according to u
dispatch received bv lteutor's Tele
gram company today from Nihil. Not
n single Austrian, a statement by the
Ben inn general bluff says, remains
on Servian soil.
HOMK, Dec. 10, l'2'Xt p. in Par
ticulars received heio from Nish re
gnnling (he fighting in Snrvia, em
phnsUo wliat is termed thn enormous
defcal inflicteil by thn Servians on
Iho Austian army. More than two
entire iirmy crops am said to have
been lostMu dead, wounded and pris
oners. The soldiers cmlured include flOOO
Austrian stddieis nf Italian national
ity, whom Servin is reported to bo
ready to schd to Italy if the latter
wishes.
WASHINGTON', Dec. 111. Two
British warships nro pursuing tho
German cruiser Dresden, which left
Puutii Arenas on Sunday, according
to an official telegram received today
from tlio 'American embassy at San
tiago, Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile, Dee. 1(1.- -Tho
llritihli cruiser Glasgow arrived at
Punln Arenas last night. She depart
ed qliiokly,
RfAN
SERIA
WILHELM OF OPpmahy. REPORTED
hMPLMOR WILLIAM D
! REPORTED FACING
ROME, Dec 10, 12:15 u. m. Ac
j cording to icports from tho Austrian
I frontier, the situation in the dual
I iMiiimridw it niiiiiYmehin.r wlmt lni'dit
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be culled a crisis.
These reports are worlhv of cred
ence. They set foitb that following
tho news of tho dol'cnt iutlieted on
tho Austrian- by tho Servians, the
situation became grave and was ren
dered moie acute by international
disorder, especially at Vienna, Hilda
Pest and Prague.
At Vienna n large crowd gathered
in thu llinstiiissc and nuuvhed to the
foreign office nod thu war office, the
people calling loudly in protest
against tho way tho war is being con
ducted. At Prague tbero were dem
onstratioiis which assumed a separat
ist character, in tho sense that the
Holiemiiiiiri don't desiro to see their
sons killed for German or nnti-Sbiv
interests, and have not hesitated to
express their views along this line.
Al Hilda Pest thn demonstrations
wero nioro violent and almost as
sumed tho character of n riot. The
principal stn-ets of the city had to be
cleared by tho police, nnd while at
tempting to make its way to the min
istry of defence, tho crowd cried
"Down with Potiorek." General Pot
iorolc is one of tho Austrian com
manders. I1KULIN, Dec. 10. Tho official
press bureau In Its budget given out
today, litis tho following;'
"Tho nowspnpor Figaro of Purls
reports thut tho llolgttin troops nro
suffering from typhoid, dysentery and
tho cholera. Their casualties slnco
tho commencement of tho war hnvo
boon 20,000 killed; 52,000 woundod;
36,000 enptured."
Tlio total number of unwouiidod
prisoners, Including officers, is now
075,050,
DA
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SERHUS
CRISIS
ILL FROM THROAT TROUBLE
ERII
PLACED TO SWEEP
NACO. Arlzoua, Dec. 16. An Am
erican battery wns placed on tho
Ulsbeo road today thro miles from
Nuco. but two miles from tho border
In a straight lino and directly north
of Governor Mnytorenu's headquar
ters. This battery faces tho front of tbo
Vllllsta forco besieging (lonoral Hill's
Carranza soldiers In Naco, Sonora.
It also (aces Hill's east trenches. Tho
guns aro trained directly south, and
the gunnors are stationed bcsldo their
artillery.
Two nioro American batteries aro
In tho sumo rclativo positions as tho
ono Installed this morning except that
they aro fnrtber west.
No firing was carried on today by
tho Mexican factions, except an occas
ional shot from Hill's trenches,
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KANSAS CITY, M.o., Dec, 10. A
second section of tho cold wave,
strongly reinforced, swept into tho
southwest today and sent tempera
tures to now low-iecord marks for
tho season. Tho over-night fall in
the mercury in Missouri, Knnsiis, Ok
lahoma, Iowa nnd Nebraska ranged
from 8 to V2 degrees. Texas alone
continued to experience wanner
wcathor.
At Topeka, Kan., tho weather bu
reau records showed a minimum tcm
peraturo of 6 degrees below zero, In
northwestern Kansas, tho inoreury
reached U degrees below zero,
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RAIDERS SHELL
BRITISH RESORTS
AL0NG8EAC0AST DIVERTWARSHIPS
Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby
Amonfi Places Damaged by Shells
Fired From German Fleet Fog
Hides Attackers First Overt Act
of War Ag-alnst British Territory.
IIARTLKPOOU Kng., Dee. 10,
The residents of IInrtleool were
awakened this morning by heavy gun
firing. A great crowd at once assem
bled on the bench to leant whence tbo
bounds came. Shells from German
shi)s soon began dropping into the
city, whereupon the crowd rapidly
sought shelter.
Many business premises nnd pri
vate home were wntcked here by the
German sIiih.
First Attack on Britain
The bombardment of cities on the
east coast of Knglnnd by German
cniisers is the first overt act of war
against Hritish territory.
The Ilritisb people have felt that
their fleet in the North sen wns suf
ficient to render this wo.s.sibility very
remote.
The official announcement given
out in London that Hritish flotillas
have been engaged with tho enemy is
evidence that there has been ft naval
light in the North sen. The bombard
n.nt of Hartlewol and Scarborough
would indicate that tho Germans have
considerable liberty of action. There
doubtless bus been morn than ono na
val encounter in the North sen, for
the Hritish statement refers to en
gagements nt several points.
Movements of Fleet
Immediately On tbo outbreak of
hostilities the Hritish fleet, or nt
least a considerable portion of it,
supposedly took up positions on the
eastern side of tbo North sea, by
which tho German warships wero held
in cheek in or close to their naval
base at Wilhelmshafn, tbo mouth of
the Elbe and elsewhere on the western
const of Germany.
This patrol has been maintained
since early in Anpist. It bns from
time to timo been penetrated by Ger
man submarines, but so fur as is
known the instances when German
cruisers or battleships hnvo broken
tho Hritish lino nud emerged into the
North sea have been lew and far be
tween. I'rvpnrlng for ltald
Dispatches from Germany for as
much as a month past have indicated
in ouo way or another that tbo Ger
mans wero making preparations at
their sea bases for naval activity.
Very little detail of wbut was going
on has come out, nevertheless these
messages led to the belief thut the
Genuau ships might soon nttmpt
some maneuver.
The Kiel canal, running from the
North sea to the Baltic, mukes it pos
sible for Germany to concentrate her
entim fleet in either water. Uy bring
ing through the canal such vessels us
sho may hnvo used in thu Baltic since
the beginning of the war, Genuany
could concentrate in the North sea
virtually hor entire nnval strength,
exception being made of course of hor
fast cruisers, which since tho opening
of hostilties have operated in the Pa
cific and in the South Atlantic. These
vessels all told do not exceed nine or
(Continued on Last I'aco.)
STATE CONSTABULARY
DKNVKIi, Colo., Dec. 10. Gover
nor K. M. Amnions, ou the stand be
fore tho federal commission ou indus
trial relations in tbo Colorado miners'
strike investigation today, said ho
favored tho establishment of a state
constabulary to put down civil strife.
Ho declared ho intended to fight for
tho introduction of such a system in
Colorado.
Tho governor suid he did not be
liovo he could have bundled thu strike
bltuutipn othorwjso tbUM ho did,
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Attack by Kaiser's Squadron Thought
a Strategic Maneuver to Change
Movements of British Army and
Navy and Retard Dispatch of Re
cruits to Armies in France.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Tbo
German nnval raid on Hritish coast
towns excited widespread nttcntion
in nnval, military nnd diplomatic cir
cles here and was the absorbing Jopiu
in official und congressional circles.
The first feeling was one of fltirpriso
thnt the cordon of Hritish ships which
wns said to fonn a ring of nssurcd
defense around the British Isles had
been middcuiy violated and damage
inflicted on the British coast portn.
It wub pointed out that this might
put to a serious test the Into Ilcar
Adinirnl Mnbnn's noted theory of sen.
IKiwcr, according to which a strong
naval force could hold nt bay the at
tacks of invaders. It was recalled
also that the northeast coast of Eng
land, In the immediate vicinity of to
day's German utlack, bad been tbo
historic point of England's invasion
in tlio past, tho Northmen having en
tered through thu Dumber nnd ad
vanced townrd York, where the fam
ous battle of Stamford bridge wtm
fought. All historic Danish nud Teu
tonic movements also hnvo been
across the North sea against the cit
ies of tho north const of England, al
though Nupolcon's projected invasion
was to hnvo been from Boulogne and
Calais against Folkestone and iwints
along thu southern coast.
Strategic Maneuver
Against such movements, British
sea power has been counted on as tho
chief defense.
In tbo best posted naval circles
hero today's bombardment is regard
ed us a strategic maneuver, which
may have far-reaching consequences.
Tiie first purpose, as explained by
one of tbo foremost naval strategists,
is to create a "scare," which will lead
to hurried concentration and chaugo
of movement of the main Bntibh baU
tie floet aud,e.xposo tboso ships to at
tack from unexpected quarters. An
exumiuatiou of the latest naval data
shows, this expert says, that tho
bombarded ports aro without dock
yards or defenses nnd are therefore
of no military valuu for purposes o
capture or occupation. For thnt rea
son bo holds that tbo chief purposo
of tho bombardment was strategic
first to produce a condition of excite
ment and panic among the English
people, and second, to servo as a butt
by which the four Gonunn cruisers
making the attack will at onco druw
a largo forco of British ships away
(Continued on Last Page.)
TO SUE FOR PEACE
PETIJOGHAD, Den. 10, viu Lon
don, -l p. in. Humors which have
been in circulation for somu timu to
the effect that Austria wns seeking to
conclude a separate "caco agreement
with Hussiii without tho consent of
Go iin any, meet with emphatic' denials
in official circles hero. A ytowyi in
a position to sneak authoritatively on
this subjeut gavo two bnsiu reasons
why in his opinion such an urraugo
ment would bo imnossible.
''Tho dual monur'- is bound to
Genuany by indissolublo ties, und bus
assumed such obligations that see is
helpless until released by Germany,"
said this authority,
"Further, tbo Hussian attitude as
announced ut tho beginning of Iho
wnr was thut all Slavs must be frewl
from tbo voko. Thoreforc. lviissiaV
nenumdb nre ueh thut if the dul
monarch v would accede to Unmi.,ita
action would bo suicidal. Auslro
Ilungary's consent to A sepaniU
peace, is not at all likely until k
reaches the point ef uttur t?xkKU,-
tic-H,"
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