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ENGLISH EAST COAST TURK II
PANIC SINCE GERMAN SEA HI;
SPY FEAR NAS BECOME ACUTE
English Harbor Ships Guarding Hartlepool Charged With Not
Having Steam Up When Enemy Appeared—Constant Ap
prehension and Dread ot Reappearance of Germans.
Amazing Occurrence of Fire
West Hartlepool, Eng., Dec. 18 (cor
respondence of the Associated Press.)
English east coast towns arc panic
stricken since the German raid upon
Hear borough, Whitby and the Hartls
poois. Confidence in the power of the
British navy to keep Germans away
has weakened and there is a constant
dread of the reappearance of German
strip*, if not the landing of German
troops.
Mayors of the Hartlepoors and oth
er stricken towns have organized vol
unteer constabularies and are trying
to hold the excited public in check.
Proclamations have been made tha,
civilians must stay Indoors should the
bombardment be repeated and yield t.i
th* orders of constables, but there is a
gem nil impatience of all sorts of au
thority. Nearly all civilians are <ar
ryirig arms and they announce they
will look after themselves. Travel by
automobiles at night Is hazardous, as
excited guards stop all motor cars,
frequently with a flourish of weapons.
Partly Dismantled.
The- patrol ships Patrol and Doom
which guard Hartlepool, were lying in
the harbor the morning of the Ger
man raid but are said by civilians to
have had no steam. It was also
charged they were partly dismantle 1
tttid had to be lowed out from the
docks before they could get into ac
tion. At any rate they wore so low
that the Germans had an opportunity
to shell the llartlopools for nearly 45
minutes before the navy cruft offered
effective opposition. Officers of the
two patrol ships had a banquet at «»
hotel in West Hartlepool the night be
fore the raid.
Investigation Demanded.
An investigation of the; navy’s action
has been demanded by mayors <|f tho
ruined towns and the result of the
prospective inquiry is awaited Impa
tiently along the cast coast, which no
longer goes to sleep with a feeling of
security.
Many of the families living near the
coast have moved hack into the in
terior.
At Hartlepool the Germans fired
with amazing accuracy. Their first
shell toward the town knocked over
twelve soldiers manning a coast gun.
None of them was killed. Tha Ger
mans also hit gasometers, water tow
er. smokestacks on big factories, tele
graph poles and other objects which
stood above the level of th«* roofs in
the two Hat towns The railway linos
were hit in several places.
All W'rst Cut.
Before the raid all telegraphic and
telephonic connection with the bar
bor was said to have been cut off sud
denly. The two Hurtlepools were said
to have been cut off entirely for a timo
before the shells wrecked many poles
POOH OF PARIS
BEING HELPEB
Government Selling Soup and
Boiled Beef to Needy as
Cheap as Possible; Supply
Winter’s Demand.
Pari*.—S<utp ntvl liolli'il licpt distri
bution tins born undertaken on a large
acute tn I'arln to tfiect the winter's de
mand. Pieces of beef which, though
wholesome and nutritious, are not ad
vantageous for the feeding of the sol
diers on account of weight and cum
beraomeness, are sent by tbo army
butchers to the soup kitchens for the
poor, to he sold at the lowest price
that nets actual cost. The soup w.ts
sold first at fi sous a litre and the
same price for a half pound of beef,
hut the soup has now been reduced to
2 sous and u litre and the beef to t
sous a pound.
Front id o'clock In the morning until
3 in the afternoon a long line com
posed mostly of women and children
with their i>ots. pulls and jugs await
thetr turn to be served at the stock
yards.
The soup kitchens have extended .til
over Paris, ami now more than 10,900
persons, representing as many fami
lies. are served dally at an optional
cost of 2 cents.
So many come that the enterprise
has turned out *to lie a profitable v«-n
--lure, and the profits, to which the Pity
of Pstls added a sunt of 5,000 francs
which wns generally reserved as an
Indemnity for summer holiday vaca
tion of the stock-yard employes, are
to l>e used to purchase warm clothing
for soldiers.
No Charity.
This has taken the Idea of charity
out of the enterprise and made those
who bring their 2 soils or their 1 sou*
co-partners In an enterprise for the
comfort of the men tn the trenches.
I'p to tlte present time these poof
people have sent more than a thous
and full sots of warm clothing to the
soldiers, besides the same number of
pipes and « considerable quantity of
tobacco.
At one part of the stock yard a line
may lie seen every day, composed chief
ly of old men and Invalids waiting to
pat their penny for a pint of ox blood.
This individual Instance of the work
at the stork-yards Is typical of many
pathetic cases.
"A litre of bouillon, please.” askel
a bent cld woman with a few scattered
gray hairs. In a timid voice to the
butcher In charge The butcher scru
tinised iter and reached for a larger
ladle; the litre he made more than
measure and dropped a good chunk of
1 tolled beef with It Into her pall. The
old lady handed out a copper 2 sou
piece The man looked at It. forced
a severe expression and bunded it
hack, saying "it's no good! it's got a
little in It." The tdd lady looked front
the man to the piece dlscnnsotinielv
and began to search for ti e hole, which
she was unable to find. Keep It, oil
lady, perhaps It'll bring you lock."
Then she understood, muttered a feeble
•'tied ideas von." xiped a tear frsmt
her tin* and aw led off.
and completed the supposed work of
«»me spy. T* e military now has laken
over all wires and communication with
the coast towns is difficult.
The spy fear has become so acute
'long the east ocast that civilians pro
vided with credentials above dispute
ure subjected to arrest by civil offi
cials. The government has lefrainerl
from Issuing instructions to the east
coast districts about their deportment
In care of raid or invasion with the
result, that the populace is running
wild. Should an invasion occur with
the public in its present panicky con
dition an attack would doubtless he
made by excited citizens which would
provoke general destruction of towns
and result in the death of large num
ber* of civilians who are thoroughly
ditto! ganized.
No Equipment.
Detachments of Kitchener's new
army are stnloned along the roast but
for the most part they are inexperi
enced an I without equipment to meet
an Invading army. That. 1h thoroughly
appreciated by the populace which as
sume* it must prepare to fight Its
own battles if the navy does not check
the Germans.
Devastation visited upon residences
standing back of the lighthouse shows
it to have been the target for many
German shots Which were deadly !n
• heir effect although they did not hit
the mar.' Intended.
Helped by Fog.
While the fog Wednesday morning
Assisted the Germans In slipping un
observed near the coast it also seri
ously hindered their marksmanship
until they were abreast of the penin
sula, a position they were unable to
maintain very long because of fire
from shore guns which seems to have
been accurate while the cruisers pre
sented their sides. Two of the In
vaders were hit by shots which In
flicted injuries visible from shore.
Persons who sought cellars during
the bombardment practically escaped
injuries Children with their heads
blown off were found In the streets.
In some of the houses destroyed slight
trace could be found of persons known
to have been in upstairs bedrooms.
Not a Shot Fired.
Scarborough had iky artillery and
not a shot was fired In resistance.
Thera were no field guns there nor
had there been any attempt to make
fortifications to resist shell fire.
A homeguard Is forming In York
shire among civilians whose duties or
nge stand in the way of enlistment hi
the army. Its object Is to repel in
vasion. But the question arises
whether the Germans would shoot
armed civilians who might he cap
tured, for the bomeguards wear citi
zen's clothes and have no distinguish
ing mark oth<*r than a budge.
Why Pay More
Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New
Ring Out the False, Ring in the True
Friday start* a new year and with it comes a host of resolves. Many
of ns arc resolving to he more economical during the next year, to accumulate
a little hank account, to save money.
Those who continue the old way of living will not keep this intention. But
in the matter of shoe buying, for instance, if you can get the same shoes for
less money, the difference can ho saved without inconvenience.
That’s our plan exactly. We buy shoes at SAMPLE BRIBES. WE SELL
THEM TO vor THE SAME WAY. We make our profit and you save the
extra. They are the same shoes, carrying the same guarantee as those sold at
other places.
Special Counter Men’s Shoes $2.95
Th se are Standard make shoes such as the Boydeu,Beacon, Regal, Field
Bros, and dross, and others, in a wide range of lasts and aP
leathers. The only difference is in the price. We sell them for., y
LADIES SAMPLE SHOES
Made up in the English walking last with rubber heels and soles, or in the
Spat-top cloth shoe, with Louis heel and fawn and grey
colored tops. All regular s*>.oo values
NOTICE. Our window of Ladies’ Shoes Queen Qualitv, A g
Pati h i nts, Dutteiihoefors. all standard makes JC
ASK THE CLERK TO SHOW YOU THE $1.95 COUNTER.
Same Guarantee on all Shoes as on those sold elsewhere for more.
ALWAYS WATCH OUR WINDOWS.
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958-960-962-961 B!?0AR STREET. Store Lately Occupied by S. H. Kress & Co
COTTON RATES
ARE SOARING
New Record High Freight
Levels at Savannah For Ex
port to Europe’s Ports.
Savannah.—Owlnk to scarcity of
neutral ships and the risks which must
he taken In transporting freights, the
trans-Atlantic rates on freight room
from Havannah are now showing at
new record high level a.
The quotation* per hale on cotton
yeaterday compared to normal times,
according to a. representative export
er here, were:
To Bremen: present rate $18.75
against $1.75 a bale.
To Gothcnberg: present rate $11,25
against $3.00.
To Rotterdam: present rate $12.5$
against $8.75.
To Havre: present rate $5.50 against
$2.00.
Genoa: preeint rate $5.50 against
$2.75.
Liverpool and Manchester: present
rate $4.35 against $1.75.
Barcelona: present rale $5.00 against
j 3 25,
The average price of a hale of cot
ton now is slls.
The freight rate to Bremen Is prac
tically half the value of the cotton.
Cotton factors here pointed out that
the effect of* the enormous Increase
in freight rates was largely responsi
ble for the low prices the staple now
is bringing in domestic markets. It
would be Impossible, they said, to pay
more than $35 a bale here, meet the
high freight charges, and sell the cot
ton at even a modest profit in Euro
pean fhnrket*.
GERMAN OFFICIAL
Berlin (by wireless to London, 3 o.
m.) —The official communication given
out today .by tile German war office
says:
"In the western theatre of the war
we still are fighting for the hamlet of
St. Georges to the south of Nieuport,
which we were compelled to evacuate
to a surprise attack.
“Storm and cold have caused (lam
age to ttie positions of both sides in
Flanders and in northern France.
"(in the rest of the front the day
passed quietly.”
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
Hurd’s Firm Stationery, beat
made. In Christmas Boxes.
Waterman’s Fountain Pens.
Heather Goods: as Lap Desks,
Music liolls, Men’s Letter
BANTA, the infallible judge of Christmas Presents, would say: Buy
at RICHARDS’ AND SAVE MONEY.
RICHARDS STATIONERY CO.
THE AUGUSTS HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
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Paris, 2:30 p. m. —France claims
slight gains near Nieuport in the of- i
ficial announcement given out by the
war department this afternoon. This
Communication also recites other
points along the line where German
attack* have ben driven back. There
has pen heavy bombarding at St
Georges, in the Aisne region and on
the heights of the Meuse.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP.
Chicago.—Hogs: Receipts 50,000; slow.
Bulk. $ 7,00®.$ 7.10
Light 6.70® 7.10
Mixed 6.SO® 7.20
Heavy 6.SO® 7.1.5
Hough 6.80® 6.00
I'lgs 5.40® 7.05
Cattle: Receipt* 18,000; weak.
Native steers 5.40® 0.85
Western 5.00® 7.80
Cows and heifers 3.00® 8.10
Calves 7.50® 10.00
Sheer : Receipts *O,OOO. unsettled
Sheep 5.75® «.60
Yearlings 6.75® 7.6:i
Lambs «.75® 8-65
MONEY MARKET
..New York -Mercantile paper 4^4
Sterling exchange easy; 50 day bills
4.for cables 4.8565; for demand 4.85.
dotting: Mercantile paper 4
Sterling exchange steady; 60 day, bills
4.8150; for cables 4.8575; for demand
4.8515.
Government bonds firm; railroad bonds
irregular.
Time loans easier; 60 and 00 days 3%-
fM; six months :Y 4 (f/4
Cal money firmer; high 3; low 3; rul
ing rate 3; last, loan 3; closing bid 3;
offered at 3.
ENGLISH. FRENCH AIR
BIRDS ARRIVE, BELFORT
7
Geneva. —Both 'English and French
monoplanes and biplanes have recently
arrived at Belfort and are fitting up in
the large park near the town, where
several sheds have recently been con
structed. It was from this point that
the English aviators, who received their
machines in pieces from Paris, attack
ed the Zeppeline works at Friedrlch
shafen. In the meantime the air scouts
arc working over Mulhouse and Colmar,
making long journeys every day above
the German towns and forces report
ing to headquarters.
Yesterday a French aviator flew above
the German fortress of Istein and was
fired upon.
RAISING THE WIND.
‘1 am afraid this company is doing
business on an inflated capital.”
“Yes, but then it deals in automo
bile tires"-—Baltimore American.
Cases, Pocket Books.
Billies, Prayer Books, Hymnals,
Books for Children,
Toys, Toys.
Games, Games.
Why Pay More
The Wise Dry Goods Co.
“TRY WISE FIRST”
IT PAYS
Start the New Year off right. There are num
erous bargains left by Christmas shoppers, and
while the season just past was one of the best that
we have yet experienced, we want to make the one
to come a bigger one. To do this we are going to
rub out and start over. If low prices will sell goods
we will have reduced our stock muchly before the
time for stock taking arrives. This is your oppor
tunity. Act on it now.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DOMESTICS
71-c yard wide Bleaching at 6 l-4c
12 l-2c yard wide Bleaching at 10c
7 l-2c yard wide Jno. P. i jng Sea Island at..... 5c
7 l-2c Apron Ginghams at 5c
BLANKETSALE
Wonderful bargains in all wool blankets. Don’t
fail to see these.
$6.50 values, all at $4.98
$7.50 values, all at $5.98
$8.50 values, all at $6.98
SIO.OO values, all at L. 57.98
SPECIAL COUNTER OF LONGCLOTHS, CAM
BRICS, AND NAINSOOKS
Affording a decided saving if bought early.
$1.39 Long Cloths, of 12 yards to piece, for
one day only at SI.OO
$2.50 Nainsook of 12 yards to piece, 40 inches
wide, special at, per piece $1.98
Large Size Huck Towels, worth 15c each 10c
10c Outings, Wednesday and Thursday 8c
We still have a lot of handkerchiefs left over
from Christmas, all to be sold at a reduced price.
Also special bargains in Brassware, and in all
staple goods. Our goods are being sold at cost
and less.
The Wise Dry Goods Co.
858 Broad Phone 260
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3®.