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GERMAN RAID ON ENGLAND AS "SCARE"
THE WEATHER
Fair and continued cold
tonight and Thursday. The
lowest tonight will be near
25 degrees.
VOLUME XIX, No. 350.
German Fleet Bombarded
North Sea English Towns
Panic Seizes People oi Scarborough and
Hartlepool—News oi Naval Raid Creates
Great Excitement in London—No Difficulty
in Dropping Shells Into City—Certain Units
of British Flotilla Engaged With Kaiser’s
Cruisers—Admiralty Says “Situation Develop
ing”
London, 11:20 A. M.—The official bureau an
’ nounces that German movements of importance are
taking place in the North Sea and that the Germans
are shelling Scarborough and Hartlepool.
FOUR CRUISERS
Scarborough, England, via London, 12:13 P. M.—
Four German cruisers bombarded the town of Scar
borough this morning.
SHELLS DROPPING.
Hartlepool, England, via London, 12 Noon.—The
residents of Hartlepool were awakened this morning
by heavy gun firing.
A great crowd at once assembled on the beach to
learn whence the sounds came.
Shells from German ships soon began dropping
into the city, whereupon the crowd on the beach rapid
ly sought shelter.
£' BOMBARD WHITBY.
Whitby, York, England, via London, 1:48 P. M.—-
Two German cruisers bombarded this town between 9
and 10 o’clock this morning.
Made Great Craters.
London, Dec. 16, 5:05 p. m.—The
Star prints a despatch from Hartle
pool saying some of the German sheila
exploded in the streets of Hartlepool
and made great craters.
Great Damage.
Hull England (via. London, 1 p. m.)
*—Fugitives reaching here from Scar
borough say the German bombardment
of that port was heavy and that great
damage was done to property in Scar
borough.
At 8 A. M.
Scarborough, Eng. (via. London,
12:50 p. m.) —The shelling of Scar
borough by the four German cruisers
which took part in the operation be
gan shortly before 8 o’clock this morn
ing. Several buildings have been dam
aged by shell fire from the German
vessels.
In Night Clothes
Hull, England. —The people were
greatly excited. They rushed from
their houses at the first sound of firing
and women and children were seen
running through the streets in their
night clothes.
Great Excitement.
London, 12:35 p. m.—Great excite
ment prevailed in Lloyds Underwrit
ing Room when the announcement of
the German naval raid was posted on
the bulletin boards. The members
crowded around and eagerly read the
notice. Insurance rates so far as the
IS MUCH BRIGHTER
NOW FOR COTTON
France Joins Britain, Won’t
Interfere With Shipments in
Any Way—Much Destined for
Germany—Officials Predict
Speedy Restoration to Normal
Cotton Trade Conditions
Washington, D. C.—The French gov
ernment In h note to the state depart
ment todav gave assurance that France
would not Interfere In any manner with
American cotton shipments either to
belligerent or neutral countries.
Announcement was made that France
would adopt the same attitude toward
lotton shipments as that of Great Brl
■ jit'.
On Interference.
Great Britain had announced late In
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North sea is concerned have been prac
tically suspended pending the receipt
of definite news of the result of the
engagement.
At the Baltic Exchange the news was
read most eagerly by the members and
was the chief topic of conversation all
through the afternoon.
Fugitives Arrive.
Hull (via. London, 1:03 p. m.) —Fugi-
tives reaching here from Scarborough
say that the German bombardment
was heavy and that great damage was
done to property.
The morning train from Scarborough
to Hull brought many passengers who
left Scarborough when the shelling
commenced.
A railroad man has wired his wife
here from Scarborough saying:
"Shells are falling thickly around
me but I am all right.”
In Thick Fog.
Hull (via. London, 3:12 p. m.) —The
arrival of the German raiders off
Scarborough took place under cover of
a thick veil of fog. Some people de
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PITTSBURG LEPER DEAD.
Pittsburg.—Tee Tom, 46, Pittsburg's
only leper, died at the municipal hospi
tal here last night. He was stricken
about four years ago and since that time
had lived under guard in a shanty which
was built about five hundred yards from
the main buildings of the hospital.
Is Ready to Lead
Turks Into Egypt
London, 10:10 a. m.—A Central News
dispatch from Constantinople via Am
sterdam states Khedive Abbas Hllml of
Egypt, has gone to Vienna for a con
ference with the Austrian authorities.
Abbas Hllmi has been in Constanti
nople for sometime and according to re
ports was preparing to lead a Turkish
army Into Egypt to wrest control from
the British. Ills pro-Ottoman leanings.
It has been stated, caused his exile from
his own country. Recently there have
been reports from British sources that
he would be deposed as Khedive and
that Pmce Hesseln Pasha would reign
In his stead.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES -THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1914.
Britons
Repulse
Germans
London, 1:46 P. M.---A
statement given out by the of
ficial information bureau says
the German warships which
have been bombarding the
eastern coast of England have
been driven off by the West
Hartlepool fortress.
Driven Off
London, 1:44 p. m.—The Official
Press Bureau this afternoon made the
following announcement with regard
to the German attack on the North
sea coast of England:
"The fortress commander at West
Hartlepool reports that German war
vessels engaged that fortress between
8 and 9 o’clock this morning.
"The enemy were driven off.
FIRE FLUSHES,
GUNS THUNDER
THROUGH FOG
Red Car, York, England (via. Lon
don, 1:27 p. m.) —Heavy firing was
heard off the coast here between 8
and 8:20 a. ni. today. The forms of
three cruisers could be discerned loom
ing out of the haze and the flashes
of artillery fire could bo easily ob
served from the Red Car promenade.
The people of Red Car sought the
water front but they were driven back
from the promenade by the military
to a point beyond the zone
of danger.
It appeared from here as if hostile
warships were attacking the forts on
Tees bay.
The cannonading was kept up for
more than half an hour, when the
booming of guns gradually grew less.
During the height of the bombard
ment as many as half a dozen flashes
of guns were counted within the spaes
of two minutes.
mm
sun REPORT
London, 12:35 p. m. —Reports are
current in London that two German
cruisers have been sunk in the North
sea.
Grave Anxiety,
i Condition Kaiser
I Paris, 4:15 a. nn.—A Madrid dispatch
published in the Journal says:
"Reliable news received here ssys Em
peror William’s condition although rec
orded by the bulletins as improved, is
giving great anxiety. His doctors speak
of a serious gore throat following diph
theria which the Emperor contracted
during a visit to the eastern Pont.”
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German Cruiser Being Chased By Two British Warships
ABOVE. THE DRESDEN; BELOW, THE NURNBERG. AT RIGHT: VICE ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK STURDY.
The German cruisers Dresden and NurnbeVg, the survivors In the engagement with an English fleet on December
Bth, in which the Scharnliorst, Gneisennu anil Leipzig were sunk.
The Nurnberg has since been sunk and the Dresden is being pursued.
BRITONS IN PURSUIT.
Washington, Dec. 16.- -Two British warships are pursuing the German cruiser Dresden which left Punta
Arenas on Sunday, according to an official telegram received today from the American embassy at Santiago,
Chile.
THINK BOMBARDING
STRATEGIC “SCARE”
Widespread Attention in Washington at German Sea Raid on
English Ports Today—Movement Regarded As “Scare” to
Effect Hurried Change in British Fleet—May Be Serious
Test of Theory or Sea Power •
Washington. —-The German naval
raid on England’s coast towns excited
widespread attention In naval, mil
itary and diplomatic circles hero to
day, and was the absorbing topic in
official and congressional circles. The
first feeling was one of surprise, that
the cordon of British ships which was
said to form a ring of assured defense
around the British Isles had been sud<
denly penetrated and serious damage
inflicted on British coast ports.
FH BRITISH DESTROYERS
ATTACKED GERMAN CRUISERS
Whitby, York, England (via. London, 2:02 p. m.) —The two German
cruisers appeared to be about three miles off shore. Iri their bombard
ment a number of buildings, including the historic Abbey here, were dam
aged.
The cruisers after the bombardment disappeared In a northeasterly
direction.
Two Sank.
London, 3:12 p. m. —The Yorkshire Evening News reports that two
German cruisers were sunk In today's engagement and that the British
flotilla was damaged.
Attacked At Once.
London, 2:30 p. m.—The New Castle Evening Chronicle places tho
number of German cruisers which bombarded Hartlepoor at three It says
that these cruisers were attacked almost immediately by four British de
stroyers.
Turk Battleship
Sank at Anchor
Amsterdam, Holland (via. London,
3:30 p. m.)— Telegrams from Constan
tinople referring for the first time to
the torpedoing by the British subma
rine B-ll of the Turkish battleship
Messudleh Iri the Dardanelles, Dec. 12,
say that the warship sank at her an
chorage and that parts of the vessel
are still visible above the water. The
Mesnudleh’s crew as saved.
Serious Tost.
It was pointed out this might put
to a serious test, the late Hear Admiral
Mahan's noted theory of sea power,
according to which a strong naval
force could hold at bay the attacks
of Invaders. It wan recalled also that
the northeast coast of England, In the
immediate vicinity of today’s German
attack, had been the historic point of
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1? KILLED AND
100 WOUNDED
London, Dec. 16, 6:42 p. m.—The
Evening Standard publishes a de
spatch from Scarborough saying that
12 persons were killed and one hun
dred wounded during the bombard
ment of that town today by German
cruisers.
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BOMBARDMENT
ON 25 MINUTES
Hull, Eng., (via London 1:51 p. m.)—
Nine persons are reported to have been
killed at Hartlepool ami a number In
jured In the bombardment of that port
by Germa ncruisers tills morning.
The bombardment of Hartlepool lasted
twenty-five minutes.
Pieces of shells have been found all
over Hartlepool. The damage Inflicted
on the town Is said to be considerable.
(Ate of tlie shells lilt a gus tank and
set It afiVe.
Many Houses Wrecked.
Hartlepool, (via London, 2:45 p. m.)—
Many business premises and private
homes were wrecked Loro by the Ger
man shells.
U. S. TROOPS OFF
FOR MEXIC BORDER
Tense Situation Probably to Be Relieved By Pres’t Gutierriz’s
Orders to Discontinue Firing Into American Territory. Un
less This Done, United States Soldiers Will Shell Mexicans.
United States Reinforcement Number 5,000.
Washington.—Brigadier General
Hugh 1. Scott, chief of staff of
the IT. S. Army, was today or
dered by the War Department to
proceed to Naco, Arlz., to use his
personal influence with Mexican
leaders to cease hostilities.
All in Readiness.
Texas City, Texas.—Special trains
upon which the Sixth Brigade of In
fantry Is to proceed to Naco, Arizona,
began arriving here at daybreak today
and indications sre that th*- three reg
iments under command of Brigadier
General Thomas E. Davis will be en
trained by noon.
The regiments to make the trip are
the 11th. 18th and 22nd Infantry, fine
commissioned officer and enough en
listed men to compose guards for the
permanent camp equipment here will
be left behind.
Entraining.
Washington.—While American rein
forcements were ready to entrain to-
HOME
EDITION
Destroyers
Are Again
Asked for
at Canal
Panama.—Governor Goethalß haa
again cabled Secretary Garrison, set
ting forth need for destroyers in canal
ports to preserve neutrality. Colonel
Goethals says he has no means of
preventing the use of canal or Pan
aman ports as a means of communi
cation and that these ports apparently
are being used to that end.
Colonel Goethals today expressed
opinion that there waR as much neces
sity for destroyers at canal ports as at
any other American ports where they
were stationed to prevent breaches of
maritime laws or of neutrality.
He declared that Judging from re
ports reaching him It was evident the
vicinity of the Isthmus was being used
as a temporary base for the transfer
of supplies and as a means of commu
nication
GREAT LOSS BT
GLBMAN,CRACOW
AND AT WARSAW
Repulsed By Russians to South
of Cracow. Berlin Acknowl
edges Retirement in Attempt
on Warsaw in Official State
ment.
Petrograd.—The Army Messenger pub
lishes a series of communications from
the front as follows:
"On the front of Lowicz and Ilow vio
lent German attacks have had no suc
cess. Our troops have repulsed the
Germans causing them to tuffar great
losses.
“South of Cracow the enemy attempt
ed between the 12th and the 14th of De
cember to oppose our offensive by
si,lengthening its positions. On the
15th tlie enemy debouched In large num
bers from the pas of Dukla and attempt
ed to descend the slopes on the north
side of the Carpathians. Our troops
after a strong resistance repulsed the
enemy.”
Retreat at Warsaw.
Berlin, (via London, 4:45 p. m.) — A re
treat of the German forcea which at
tempted to strike at Warsaw from the
north, was acknowledged In an official
communication gfcvcn out today at army
headquarters. The statement follows:
“Tlie German column which had ad
vanced from Holdau, East Prussia by
w:iy of Minwa in the direction of Cteeha
now has had to re-occupy Its old posi
tions owing to the numerical superiority
of the enemy.
WHERE THEY BOMBARDED.
Redcar is an English resort In the
North Hiding of Yorkshire, ten miles to
the south of Hartlepool. It has a popu
lation of about 8,000.
Whitby, England, is In the North Rid
ing or Yorkshire on the coast and about
half way between Scarborough and Hart
lepool. it Is a town of about 12,000
peoplo and also is a seaside resort It
tins n group of hotels along the cliffs
mid the town Itself U situated on both
banks of the Esk.
day for Naco, Arizona, administration
officials learned through unofficial ad
vices that Governor Maytorena, com
mander of the Villa troops besieging
the Mexican town of Naco, had an
nounced he would discontinue firing
Into American territory. This compli
ance with the orders of Provisional
Gutierrez, It was believed here, would
relieve a tense situation.
Both Warned.
The Washington government had
been notified that the orders of Gutier
rez to his commander had been de
spatched. It had warned both factions
that unless the firing ceased Amer
ican artillery would shell the Mexican
troops out of their positions. The re
inforcements ordered yesterday to pro
ceed to Naco to reinforce Brigadier
General Bliss were expected to reach
their dstinution within three days and
It was the general Impression here
that If at the end of that period firing
across the border had not ceased the
American troops would he ordered to
return the fire.
About Five Thousand.
With these reinforcements the Am
erican fore s at Naco would be brought
up to approximately 6.000 men.