London —~A powerful German flect barded the cities of shire coast, 810 miles from Helgo soldiers and wounded hundreds, de erty and escaped to sea. The squadron which shelled Hartle pool, where the bombardment was was composed, the Admiralty announce es, of two battle cruisers and an ar- mored cruiser, while from four to six light cruisers attacked Scarborough and Whitby. It is officially announced that at Hartlepool alone seven soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded and twenty-two civilians were killed and fifty were wounded. The Admiralty places the casualties at Scarborough at eleven, but refugees from that city say that eighteen persons were killed there. At Whitby two were killed and two wounded. England Alarmed and Enraged. tl was the most daring and success. ful exploit the Germans have per formed in the war, amazing in its dar ing and savage thoroughness, All Eng- land is alarmed and enraged because a squadron of Germany's most danger. from the Kiel! Canal and remain tected long enough to give Engl. .o- men a terrible experience of the hor rors of war that have come to Helgium and France, There is fear that an invasion will be attempted, but there is more reason to believe that the devastating raid was the first stroke of a great coup which Germany, it is positively known, has been planning for weeks a concerted rush eof battle cruisers and dreadnoughts from Helgoland and the mouth of the Elbe, and an atlemp! to ruin British commerce on the Atian- tic before their Inevitable desiruction by the superior British fleet. The squadron that shelled the York: shire coast escaped practically un- harmed. The organized pursuit that followed the frantic alarms and ap peals by wireless, and that drew Eng- land's great ships from the Firth of Forth, from Aberdeen, {rom the mouth of the Thames and from their stations at sea, could not catch up or cut oft the fast steaming raiders. The Ger mans had in their.favor a heavy mist, which covered the sea, and they made a rapid withdrawal after raining shells on the coast towns for about thirty minutes—at Hartlepool from §:15 a. m. to 8:50 a. m. Nearly four hundred casualties, eighty-three killed and approximately three hundred wounded, are the last figures of the results of the German raid on the east coast. Only seven diers, while of the civilians a large proportion was women and children London... The Allies have begun thelr great advance, intending to drive the Germans out of Belgium, Changing their campaign plans, General Joffre and Field Marshal French are now pressing the attack which they had in tended to delay until spring. The rea son for the change is believed to be the Allles’ numerical superiority, to- gether with the fact that Earl Kitchen: er’s troops are much betler seasoned now than had been anticipated. In three weeks’ time, according to the Allies’ reckoning, the Germans may be driven back to their second line. their own border, unless they should withdraw considerable forces [from thelr eastern front, The present onslaught upon the Ger man intrenchments is heavier than any offensive assumed by the French, Brit ish and Belgian forces since Gen. von Kluck was driven back on the Alsne SE KAISER NOT SHAKEN BY LOSSES. Hopes Defeat Off Falklands Will Be Turned into a Blessing. Berlin.—An official statement given out at headquarters contains coples of telegrams exchanged between Em- peror William and Johannes Kaempf, President of the Reichstag, regarding the naval battle off the Falkland Isl ands. In answer to the telegram of Fresi loss in this battle, Kaemp! sald that the nation was bne resulting from the fight, COSTS $200,000,000 A MONTH, at $1,185,888.573. Paris.~The cost of the war fo France for the first six months in 1915 f= officially figured at 5020442865 francs ($1,185,888.573) or about $200. 000,000 monthly. The appropriations committee of the French Parliament met, with a full at tendance, to consider the budget, which aggregates for the first six months In 1916 a total of 8,5626,204407 francs ($1,706,052.881). BERLIN REJOICES IN VICTORY. Berlin, via London.-- lhe people of to enthusiasm over the announcement of a great Aus- troierman victory over the Russicns The Russian offensive against Sil down. In the whole of Poland the ene stubborn frontal battles, and is being pursued everywhere, During the fighting in Northern Po- land the bravery of the West Prussian Hessian regiments gained a victory. The effect of this victory cannot yo! be estimated of papers appeared and the whole city literaly flashed into American visitors, who a ago commented upon the of flags, scarcely recognized the streeis, which everywhere were gay with the German black, white and red, and the Austrian orange and black, a! many places intertwined. At the Reichstag, where was In session, word was bunting. few days non-displas tory of the war had been won. schools closed so that the could asemble to celebrate the event The first intimation of the nature in official quarters, bu nothing was known of it generally un til the official builetin was published It had been undertsood that the Rao: but iL was not a decisly result was a! hand. It is now known that Russians have been taken prisoners All the newspapers hall the x hinted that thousands of itHiant achievement in One of them, coapling situation with the the As the most pr campaign Eastern bardment of land, says that were thundering was a salute the victory in the Fast and the throw of Russian which crush {1s Hn.” “Never since this old cart history,” says the Lokal “has & gigantic fought, been an event of such decisive impor tance, classed in history among the vi of the first rank. It will be mentioned in the same breath with the hatiles of Salamis and Leipsic. We have thank von Hindenberg and the deaper ate courage of his troops fought under the glorious of Ger many and Austria” the bors east Eng Coast o while the naval rr - over the to roller way to Ber steam WAS had Anzeiger battle i AAs such who banners —— BELGRADE RETAKEN BY SERBS; London. The Servians, after a fierce battle, have reoccupied Bel grade, according to a Nish dispatch to Reuters” Telegram Company The most striking feature of by the Austrian defeat of the Austrian army in Servia and apparently of the abandonment of territory of its small Slav neighbor The announcemen! was made enna. cial Servian reports, Austrians are retiring the says that on all Servian advance ir way. under PIT a a The Germans declared that French at. the Vosges Mountains had been re. pulsed. Generais, 190 Colonels and other offi. cers in proportion. Russia's invasion of the plaing of Mun. gary has been checked and the Aus trians are driving the Cossacks back through Dukla Pass to the Galician side of the Carpathians. This is ad. mitted by Petrograd. in Alsace hard fighting continues, with both sides alternately on the offen. sive. The French have pushed for. ward 10 miles over the border to a point north of Altkirch, 100-mile line from the North Sea to the Oise go the Allied armies, and the long talked about general advance upon the German invaders of France and Belgium is at last under way. A proclamation was issued bringing to an end the Turkish suzerainty over Egypt and establishing a Brit. ish protectorate. Turkey has humbly apoligized to italy for the invasion of the Italian con. sulate at Hodeida. : From the Franco-Belgian border south to around Peronne appreciable pro. gress by the Alllss ‘a renarissd ALIN HUNT IN NEW YORK Six Escape From Stage of Thea- tre and Cause Panic. ONE IS KILLED IN TENEMENT Policeman Shot By Brother Officer Before Lioness That Invades a Nearby Apartment. House Is Killed. New York. — Bix trained Mons escaped from their cage on the stage of an East Eighty-sixth street vaude ville theatre and, bounding into the audience, consisting principaily of women and children, created a panic. at her probably fatally companion, Sergeant beast in a battle at close range. At sight of the lions hundreds of Lioness Ferocious. With the exception of Alice, none ity. paths were scratched, but none of them was seriously burt Five of the animals were escaped. In their rush to personal be the of wearing apparel and Meantime, basement. An hour after the last spectator left they were rounded up in the lobby and driven into their ship none of them being in Jured Three arrests were made on charges Those in cus La Belle Andree, the lions Turnquist, their keeper Hamilton, manager of The Hons were owned by Francis Ferari. a showman, whe has been exhibiting them at carnivals tody are and George H The animal act had been completed to be transferred from the steel exhibi tion cage to their shipping box $200,000,000 A MONTH France Paris. The cost of the war officially figured at 5.928 4425860 This total is in add}. army. but it invasion and to items directly due to the war. The appropriations’ committee of the 7 KILLED IN EXPLOSION ment House, Cleveland.-—A natural gas explosion not less than seven and perhaps 14 persons seriously wrecked the two-story bullding injured by broken glass, ascertained. ing gas had been noticed in vielnity. A photograph studio occupied the first floor of the apartment and it is supposed the escaping gas became ignited there. ‘tne explosion blew out the walls of the building and the wreckage al once caught fire. Fire men dragged the dead and dying from the blazing mass at the risk of thair Hyves a A IR A AAA FUNSTON HOME ON LONG LEAVE. Bees Daughter Born While Me Woe At Vera Cruz. San Francisco, — Major - General Funston saw for the first time Thurs day a daughter born to him while he was in command at Vera Cruz. The General arrived here ¢n a leave of absence, which began December 6 and will Jast until February 6. His wife and family have been living at the Presidio and he will take up his residence there during his stay. Gen eral Funston said he understood un officially that his next command would be the Departemnt of the South, with headquarters at San Antonio, Texas Before taking charge, however, he may apply for an extension of hix leave, Bs A “ww > UNDER FIRE" (Copyright) NOTORIOUS BANK FUBBER KILLED wn | Frank Hohl Slain After Two, Bold Jabs. f After Robbing Twe Banks. Police Trace Him To His Apartment. Cincinnati —The life of Frank G. | Hohl, notorious automobile bandit, ended here following a three hours’ career of crime, which included the robbing of two Cincinnat! banks, fol- lowing the theft of an automobile and & pistol duel with policemen that re sulted with almost certain wounds to one officer and the death of the bandit. Thirteen thousand and! one hundred dollars is missing as the result of the bank robberies and the | police are confident that Hohl, in his wild sutomobile drives, managed to pass this money along to some COL. federate, The beginning of Hohl's end started shortly after 10 A. M., when he en tered the West End branch of the Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company, Eighth and Freeman ave fatal ward Hughes, currency, scooped up $8000 in backed through the door, into a waiting automobile, which bad been stolen, and disap peared. Cashier Hughes fired after the robber. but his shots did not take | effect. i Shot By Police. While the police were searching for) the bandit more than an hour later, | he entered the Liberty Banking snd Savings Company Bank at Liberty and Freeman avenues, ten blocks away, fired two shots at Cashier George Win. ters, grabbed what proved to be $5,100 in eurrency, ran to his antomobile and | i close to Winters that he was powder the shock he was uninjured : Almost two hours later Harry Buek. | whose mother conducts apartment house on West An Ninth i larity of a man who rented a room! there with a description given of the | Three policemen called at the | room, and upon knocking, the door the CHARITIES WILL BE PROBED NEXT Rockefeller and Russell Sage Foundations Included. BIG MEN TO BE SUMMONED mining How Their Polices Are Bhaped and Whether They Are 28 Menace Or Benefit Denver, Col— Frank P announced that the commission would begin an investiga tion of the Russell Sage Foundation the Baron de Hirsch Fund, all the Car negie benevolences and all the Rocke feller charities, in addition to the Rockefeller Foundation. This invest ation open in York Jan dary 11 In the investigation of the various foundations, according to Chairman Walsh, the commission will seek to de termine “how their policies are shaped and by whom, thelr relations to high finance, the extent to which their char ters may be stretched under the United States Constitution, and whether they constitute 8 menace or & benefit to the nation.” Among will New will be Walsh's Arthur Ww the witnesses who sccording to Mr announcement, are President T. Hadley, of Yale, Dr. Clarence Jr American Telephone and Telegraph Company, George W. Perkins, Frank City Bank of New York. T. P. S8honts Jacob Sehiff, John Hays Hammond, millionaire mine owner; Cleveland H Dodge. New York financier; H C Frick, Beth Low, Samuel! Untermyer. The calling of John D. Rockefeller Walsh, has not yel been decided upon. the creation of the Rockefeller and other foundations represents the com. mencement of “an effort to perpetuate the present wealth, through the corruption of the sources of public information.” POTTSVILLE, PA, HAS BIG FIRE. MORE TROOPS SENT 10 NAGO Conditions’ Force Adoption of Precautionary Measures. MAY HAVE TO TAKE ACTION The Additional Troops WII Bring Gen. Bliss’ Force Up To Equal Strength With the Mexicans in Case Of a Crisis. Washington, D. C.—Further deman etration was made by the United States Government of its determines { tion not to tolerate continued firing by {the Mexican factions at Naco, Bonors into American territory. President Wilson, after a brief dis cussion with his Cabinet, instructed | Secretary Garrison to comply with the i request of Brig.-Gen. Tasker H. Blis: {at Naco, Arizona, for reinforcements {to handle a possible emergency situs {tion. Three regiments of infantry and {three batteries of artillery were or [dered to Naco | The general understanding in Ad | ministration quarters was that as soos as the additional American forces were i placed in position on the Internationa | line the United States would return | any artillery or infantry fire whic! | might come from Mexican territory {As it will require three days for the { troope to reach Naco, the Mexican far itions have virtually that period within iwhich 10 comply with the American | demands or be shelled out of theh { positions Reinforcements ordered will bring { the total force of the American Armj {at Naco to about 5000 men, including 11 troops of cavalry, 3 regiments of infantry and € batteries of artiller; {with 24 guns Between 106 and 150 Mexicans many of them once prominent officia iv, have been secretly executed in Mex ico City within the last few days, ac cording to an official report which reached the United States ment from ote of its agents there Just who ordered the executions has not been disc nor are any of the pames of those put to death known Gover: josed Villa Troops In Guadalajara. El Paso, Tex Guadalajara, second largest city ia Mexico, has been cap tured by Villa's troops, according to ar official report given out by the Villa consular agent here It was lsarned from Independent sources that a strong column of Car ranza (roops was moving to attack Torreon, the dominant position of Cen tral Mexico. Torreon is defended by no more than 1,000 Villa troops, while the Carranza strength is estimated at 8.000 EXPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW Balance Of Trade In Our Faver In Ne vember Was $79,299 417. Washington, D. C.-—— November for eign trade statistics show a balance of trade in favor of the United States of $79.208.417 for the month. The bal ance In favor of the United States was $56.630.650 for October and $16,341,722 for September, while in August the ‘balance was 315.400.4068 against the {United States. November's exports, just announced iby the Department of Commerce totalied $208.766,424 and imports $126. | 467,007. There wes a decrease of $71 (000000, in the exports of cotton against November, 1918, but all other articles as a whole showed a net In crease of $21,000,000, CLOSE CALL FOR SEAMAN'S BILL. the officers, one of | whom, Policeman Edward Knoul, was | 3 He again | rounding a corner the machine crashed | into a telegraph pole and was wrecked. i The bandit jumped out and opened fire on the other two officers who had | In the battle that fol | lowed Hohl fell with four bullet | i afterwards at the hospital i Notorious Bandit He war identified by Cashier Hughes, of the Provident Bank, as the man who had robbed his bank. and later a comparison of a picture of Hohl to the dead man was made and proved with other signs of identification to the satisfaction of the polite that the dead man was Hohl. $321,700514 FOR U. 8. MAILS. i ———— House Committee Refuses Aeroplane Test Allowance, Washington, D. C.--Appropristions aggregating $321.700514 for the con duct of the postal service are carried by the Postoffice bill reported to the House. No provision for extension of the postal service to Alaska and Porto Rico telegraph and telephone lines, as recommended by Postmaster-General Burleson, was included, and other de. partment proposals were rejected by the committer. The department, how. ever, wag authorized to experiment on joontracts for rural free delivery routes. [Readjustment of salaries for rural ear riers is proposed. An appropriation of $60,000 for experiments in aerial mali ‘delivery is refused. : Damage Done, erty valued at about $1,000,600. entire block of business buildings which were stocked with holiday goode were destroyed. It was the worst fire in Pottaville’'s history. The ares burned over iz bounded by Centre, Sec ond, Norwegian and Manhantonges streets. Twenty stores, the Pennsyl vania National Bank and the Academy of Music, one of Pottsville's leading but was not badly damaged. WANTS TREATIES RATIFIED. Those With Nicaragua and Colombia Cause Bryan Anxiety, Washington, D. C —8ecretary Bryan reiterated his determination to see ratification by the Senate during the present session of Congress of the Nicaraguan Canal Treaty and the Colombian Indemnity Treaty. Both have met with determined opposition, but Mr. Bryan fe hopeful that they will be consummated before adjournment next March. A WILSON TO GET UP EARLY. Will Push Button At § A. M. January 1 To Open San Diege Fair. Washington, D. C.-To push an elec: trie button giving a signal for opening the San Diego, Cal, exposition on the But Wil Act Later. Washington, D. C.—The Seaman's { bill had a narrow escape from death {in the Benate Commerce Committee It passed both houses at the last ses sion of Congress and, after being amended in the House, was recom mitted by the Senate Instead of being referred to conference. The commit tee, by a vote of 7 to § decided nol to report the measure, but then on re consideration, agread to take it up again for further consideration De cember 31. It was determined, how ever, that no further hearings would be held. MUST NOT CRITICIZE TURKS Americans Writing To Friends May Make Trouble For Them. Washington, D. C-—Americans writ ng to thelr friends in Turkey should be careful not to criticize Turks or thelr government, according to an thoritative advices reaching here from the Ottoman -¥mpire. The Turkish sv thorities open most letters, It was stated, and Americans in Turkey may suffer inconveniences as a result eof unpeutral statements, a T DENIALS IN HOUSE. Bartholdt, Vollmer and Loberk Nah
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