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FOUR 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. isfij&iyiii ’WBwwr 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 j —————— j 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®.