ermans Shell iritisk tines Teuton Ships Fight Fleet Off the North Sea and Escape Coast of England By advertising In The Dee the storekeeper takes his show window into the home of every reader The Omaha Da ly BE THE WEATHER. Cloudy VOL. XLIY XO. 150. TORPEDO BOATS OF UNION JACK MEET HOSTILE CiiUISERS British Flotilla Engages German Men-o'-War Eight Milei Off English Coast. TEUTONS OPEN FIRE AT ONCE Hatrlepool Correspondent of London Papers Reports Two Raiding Boats Lost. ANOTHER STORY IS OF DAMAGE Vovl OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, I'ECEMHEli 17, 1914 FOURTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENT& At " ' '.tT T-iT" rrm fT nrin v- nn-vim ux w aiv xvussian cora- , taflitfng officer, with Cossack scout officers, making ob servations near Cracow. Middlesborough Dispatch Asserts Couple of Kaiser's Ships Are Injured. DEFENDERS SUFFER. RUMORED One Story Has It that King George's Craft Harmed. SUBMARINE WITH THE FLEET lOrenlna; Star Learn that Destroyer Accompanies the Armada Di rected Agra I nut Inland Kingdom. ni I.I.ETIN. IIARTLKPOOli, England, Dec. 16. (Vi London, e 10.) It Is re Iiorted here that a flotilla of British torpedo boat destroyers early this morning encountered three German crnisers eight mil esoff the English coast. The cruisers Immediately opened fire. LOXDON, Dec 10. The Evening Standard's Hartlepool correspondent say of the German raid on the Eng lish coast: v "Two German warships are be lered to have been funk. The captain of a ketch lying off Saltburn says he caw three German ' ships engaged. fine of these was blown up, another bolted and the third was still fight ing." . . LONDON', Dec. 16. A Central News diHpatch from Middlesborough, Yorkshire, says that two of the Ger man warships which bombarded the English coast were badly damaged and are believed to have sunk. vLOXDO., Dec. 16. Reports are current in London tha two German! cruisers have been . sunk In the North Sea, LONDON, Dec. 16 .1:12 p. iu.) The Yorkshire. Evening News reports that two German cruisers were sunk in today's engagement and that the British flotilla was damaged. LONDON, Dec. 16. A message to the K veiling Star from Hartlepool says that a German aubmarine accompanied two German cruisers which bombarded that 1 that a year ago there were 196 such corn- GRAFT OF RAIDERS DISAPPEAR AFTER ATTACK ON ALBION German Crnisers Escape After Bom barding British Ports and Kill ing Many. THREE PLACES ARE SHELLED I Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough Raked by Sea Cannon of Wilhelm. Q it fa ; :-.r'.V. TV ,. rh-i .x SlM--" i Air. J' - :-' f. .' . fc--isrtii mtir riawnsiTsiai i ' I EIGHTEEN DIE AT ONE TOWN i Four Persons Slain Outright in One House, While Coast Guard Station Destroyed. NEW EXPERIENCE FOR BRITAIN Admiralty Says Losses on Both Sides Are Small. CALLS RAID A DEMONSTRATION Naval Bnreaa of Go-ernment Fro renaea Not to See Anything In Aaaanlt of (Hamlfl-ranre. STATE SHIPPERS ' HOLD CONVENTION Hhndred'Fihy Delegates at Open . ing Meeting of Grain and Live ; ?; SViok'Aiioolatioii.'' ? ' TO DISCUSS . PROPOSED LAWS Anemll)' Will Un over Prospective III I la to Come Before the Legis lature anl Likely Of fe Some Amendmenta. 1 One hundred anjfltty delegates eath erd for the opening1- of- the ' convention of the, Nebraska Co-Operative Grain and Live Stock Shipping association ' at the Home hotel.' The organization, is to' hold) Its' session for three days. Mayor James C. pahlman welcomed the delegates and President J.. 8. Canadajr, of ' Mln'den'. re sponded. . Reports and routine , businesrf occupied ' the forenoon and part of the afternoon "session?"" That the ' co-operative' grain and live stock shipping- assentations of the state are steadjly' growing. In numbers is shown by the report of Secretary J. .W. Short hill 'of Hampton. His report indicates city. They appeared off the west of Hartlefiool at 8 o'clock this morning and In a bombardment lasting half an hour Inflicted great damage In all parts of the city. The message adds that a shell from one of the German cruisers truck the office of the Northern Daily Mail, destroying it. The workrooms were empty at the time. Several dwellings are In ruina. No mention la mado of casualties ex I cept a reference to one person who was wounded. panics, In the state, operating , 20S ele vators. ' and ' at this time', just a year later, there- are '2W, such . co-operative companies . in the -state. , operating. 239 elevators. This he says - in the largest BRITISH SUFFER IN TpSOUTttATLANTIC German Statement Asserts English , . Fleet Damaged in Battle with '.: Von Spee. -' ONE SHIP ' IS REPORTED SUNK Ki Cieoraet's , War Vessels In Par suit of Crnlser Dresden, AeoorU ln to Santlnaxt Report to . Washlnaton. : WA8HINGTON, Dec. W.-Dlspatches to the German embassy today from the Ger man, minister ,at Santiago,. Chile, an nounced that, the British fleet, which sank the cruisers gcharnhorat, Gneisenau and, Leipzig off the. Felkland islands re cently, was bodly damaged, and that one of the British ships apparently i waa sunk, ;A; statement . issued . tonight at the embassy., said:. -. . i . '.'According to information . received by the German embassy from Chllle the bat-, tie off the Falkland islands lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning until 7 o'clock in the. evening. . -. , . ; . . "On the British aide the Invincible, In flexible, .Canopus," Carnaver,"-Cornw8jl, Kent, Glasgow and Bristol were engaged. Mony German officers and men wer saved, lack ' of boats prevented, the num ber being larger. The British cruiser Defense . did not' take part and . has been one' year's growth made proportionally B"n "u"u "aniey. in the last five ytkn. - . . , . ' 0nXy ven English, cruisers left the ' . i scene of battle, so that ono must have The Weather For Umaha, Council muffs and Vicinity Mostly - cloudy, slowly rising tempera ture. Temperatnre t Cuaa-u Yntrrday. Membership Is Large. The averatre number of members of each company in - the 'state Is - id, -ac cording to the secretary's report, making been sunk. . Others were badly damaged." Two British warships are pursuing the German cruiser Dresden, which' left Punta 'of the situation.' Arenas on Sunday,- aoeordlnato an of- HI XI,RTIN. LONDON, Dec. 1. The following Is the official press bureau's state ment on the German attack on the English coast: "This morning a Oerman cruiser force made a demonstration upon the .Yorkshire coast, in the course of which they shelled Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough. Stay A boat Hoar. "A number of their fastest ships were employed for this purpose and they re mained about an hour on the coast. "They were engaged by patrol " vessels on the spot. As soon as the presence of the .enemy- was, reported, .aJ3rltja.li.psvv trolling squadron endeavored to cut them off. On being sighted by the Brit ish vessels the Germans retired at full speed and, favored by the mist, made their' escape. "The losses on both sides are small, but foil reports have not yet been received. No Military Man If leance. . "The admiralty takes the opportunity of pointing out that demonstrations of this character against unfortified towns or commercial ports, though not difficult to accomplish, provided a certain amount of risk is accepted, are devoid of military significance. "They may cauee some loss of life among the civil population, and damag to private property, which Is much to be regretted; but they must not In any cir cumstance be allowed to modify the gen eral naval policy which is being pur sued." Elahter.a Killed. LONDON, Dec. W. A dispatch from St-arhnrough, passed by the London cen sor, says that eighteen people were killed at Scarborough today by the bombard ment of German warships. In one house four persons were killed outright and in another house three were knlod by burst ing shells. The local station of the coast guard waa blown to pieces by shells. Communion was being celebrated in Bt Martin's church, when two shells struok the building. The congregation remained calm. The eventa of today have resulted In a general roundup of alien enemies on the east coast of England.' Many such men are now being held pending a clearing up Two Mines Clash and Explode Few Yards from a Big Passenger Vessel NEW, YORK, Dec, 1 -The big Cunard liner, Transylvania, In today from Ltver jiool, with Stx passengers, had a narrow escape from destruction by a mine at 4 o'clock In the morning of December a During a storm off the north roast of Ireland two mine were dashed together by waves and exploded about twenty five feet oft the steamer's bow. A fragment of steel from one of the mines allot across the deck of the liner and tore away a part of the railing. It then fell upon the deck and waa picked up by one of the passengers. The force of the explosion. It was said, Ufted the Ixiw of the Transylvania out of the water. The Transylvania left Liverpool at b o'clock In the afternoon of December S. During the night the steamer ran Into a heavy storm and many of the passengers were awakened hy the tossing of the ship. A few minutes after 4 o'clock In the morning a terrific explosion caused the ship to tremble from bow to stern. The passengers rushed on -dark. Officers told the paasengers that noth ing had happened, that what they had heard was a thunderclap. Then the pas sengers found the space that had been torn out of the deck railing and one of them picked up a fragment of the mine that had caused the damage. Among the paasengers was ilr Charles A Horn, chairman of the British prison ers of war help committee. Sir Charles said he came to America to try to have a committee of Americans and other neutrals appointed to Investigate condi tions and surroundings of British, Bel gian, French and Russian soldiers la German detention camps and military prisoners. The committee, he said, pro posed that remedial measures should be taken. GERMANS GATHER WARSAW FORCES Invaders Concentrating Fighters at Extreme Left of Their Lowici How Front. EVERYTHING NORMAL IN CITY Metropolis of Poland Showing Prac tically No Apprehension and Pen pie Not Worried About Bombs, According to Report. WARSAW, Dec. 10, (Via London ) While the consensus of opinion In War saw Is that the eecond Gorman attempt to reach the City has resulted In failure. It Is a fact that the Germans have be gun a rapid concentration of their forces at the extreme left of their Lowlcs-Ilow front, practically on the banks of the Vistula. They are sold to have thrown a bridge across the river to the southeast of Flock, and It appears that they are preparing to cross the Vistula to the rear of the Russian line running between Flock . and a point south of Mlawa, or move up the left bank between How and the river. total mcmberahlp in the state in each filial telegram received today from the local companies of 23.0CO. American embassy at Santiago, Chile. The average number of b usliels of grain MONTVEIDIO, Uruguay, Dec. M.-It is each of the -co-operative elevatora will , anno,mced that the Uritl.h : fllMt wMrh hold is given as 21.&W, or an aggregate I recently defeated the Oerman cruisera 1 lours, fi a. in... a. m 7 a. m a. in ' a. m M a. m 11 a. m 11 m 1 p. in 2 p. m 0 p. m t P. in a l. in.. a p. in 1 p. in S p. ni. t'ompuruti v Local Heord. capacity of S.OOO.CC. . The average amount of money invested in there companies Is XK.SOO, ' r a' total in the state of upwards of $2,000,000. The r.verane number of bushels of grain handled annually by each of the ele vators la 160,400, maUInt; a total of over 3S.0 .0,000 buAhels of grain shipped annually the co-operative companies. Win Discuss Laws, The proposed warehouse' law, the blue 4 (sky law, and some matters pertaining to .lie ivit.iiiuiiuiiai J ,J V IBIWI ll'i IIIV U, Kcharnhorst, Gneisenau, t Lelpslg and Nurnburg oft the Falkland islands, will arrive here next Sunday. The German survivors of the batUe will not bo landed. Deg. ' .. -l i .. -7 ; .. -7 4 Germany Increases : Its Stock of Gold LONDON, Dec. 16. For the first tlms in modern history English towns have suffered from the attack of a foreign enemy. A German squadron, the slse of which (Continued on l'oge Ten, Column Two.) The National Capital Wedaeedn, December 16, 1014. The Senate. Foreign relations committee ordered Nicaraguan treaty reported for ratlflca- . , tion. BEJIVI-. Switzerland (Via Parla), Dec. I Aominlatratlon purchase bill reported IB. 12:10 d m The increase In the Im- favorably from commerce committee after L n ;tlc increase In the Im- democna, hll1 voted down ail amend per.al Bank of Germany a uo d atock from ,,. y,lng In the co-operative, company affairs . 1.252,000,000 marks (f313.200,0oo) since the be-' Hearings continued on power site land MODERATING- 7 1 art; anions ti e leading topics that w j1!!:e!y lie acted upon. J i Kecretary Shorthill said before the con- ventlon that It Is unlikely that the co- 19H. 1J1J. 1932. 1911. I operative companies will care to s. HI heat yestiV'Uy ....... j 45 40 ij for a warehouse !iw that will pro dr lowest yesterday -7 81 2 ; for comoclsorv atorln of .rate In the ale. -iiean temiieraiuie ....... 1 ;7 ; Kit ! . " . , Precipitation 00 .l .01 ,ri ' vators throughout the country. ! Temperature and neciultat on denar- ! Lt-.st -night there.' was u d rectors' sea- turea from the normal: aic n. In which a round table talk for mis-: sold hoards In exphnnue for r.i. cellaneoua utoci w . . conducted by I In this the clercv. i;mn i.,,.r., ginning of tjie. war to l,l,0u0,000 marks (tlft7,7te.M). tin shown In tr.e last report of the bank Is explained in German news papers as being due to repressive meas ures of the government against trading In gold as a commodity at a premium and by the continuous urglnx, especially mrtnff tha nu'lnnn.u .H I . . . . U 1 .h. ;;Br r .sr.. .:..:,.! onei not-even to aPPW b- - " v ' ' i lure naei comnmiee. leasing bill and Philippine Independence bill. Met at noon. itHtlfied the Ixndon convention for aafety at sea, with, resolution reserving certain rights to the I'nlted states. Adjourned at 6:1b p. m. to noon Thurs day. The llonae. Normal temperature Deficiency for the itay.... 28 Normal precipitation 3 inch Deficiency for the (Hv... CI Im-h Jomi rmnrall since Man-h l..2".12lnr j ienciency ain e aian n 1... . a.iili I Ielick'ncy for or. h-iI j.1. i:l 3. 1 5 Im he. Deficiency for cor. pi nod, t!il:i.. 3.S inches 1 I K. R. Danlelson cf Osceola Reports from Stations at 7 P. M Station and State of W eather. Cheyenne. cl-ar .. Davenport, cleur ., Denver, clear Drs Mollies,-clear lender, cloudy ... Noith Platte, dear Omaha, clar I'ueblo. clear fait Lake City, p( cloudy M tVnta re, i-fouily Mierldaa, tUaf 4 Temp. Hmt Rain T p. m. est. fall. Thousands in Chicago Are Given Lodgings 4 1 It) 1.4 M M 34 l CHICAGO. Dec. 16.-Fprty-ons hundred no homeless ' and jobless men . were given .00 , beds In two municipal lodging houses and .the Dawes hotel last nlaht. tha thlrrf niirht n iiw wiu wi. jn oii muiuuipmi lodging house 1,100 men slept. Negotiations were jompleUd by the city authorities today fo.- another . bulging, which will house l.OuO men. , ' .00 .00 .02 .00 ,.0o I .00 - -1 ay, have been especially Jielpful. Ger man officers and privates also are said to have given up their gold pocket money with which they sturtad for the front. Legislative. on the iloor. spproprlallon bill debated The Day' War News Tbe long expected Oerman at tack on England waa made today, and for the flrat time In the his tory of the United Kingdom hos tile warships bombarded English towns. Scarborough, Hartlepool. Redcar and Whitby, on the chore of tbe North Sea, were shelled by German warships. The extent of the damage inflicted waa not re vealed In the early reports. Although the raid on England overshadowed all other develop ments for the time being, there are important occurrences In other quarters. The . French official statement aays that some further progress baa been made by the allies In Belgium, that Oerman attacks in Alsace and the Woevre district had been repulsed and that British warships have again bombarded German- positions - on the coast of Belgium. It Is reported at Constantinople This new German concentration ta such I toe . trioes ot . normern A- toroa, Jt4s. -beUva4 ,-y-roRUtnVJB.ua4- -banla have declared war on Swyla. slaa observers here, constitutes an effort to drive a wedge book to Bocharsew, thirty miles west of Warsaw, with the idea of cutting railroad communication between Lodi and Warsaw. - This move ment has been met by a strongly rein forced Russian column' which during the last several days has been alowly forcing the Germans back in the vicinity of Soohacsew. Here the fighting has been severe, each, side making repeated at tacks and counter attacks. Warsaw Life Normal. Little apprehension of the outcome of the fighting in the immediate vicinity is evident in Warsaw, where business houses are open and the streets thronged as usual. The Infrequent flights of Ger man aeroplanes on bomb-dropping expe ditions continue, but the people of War saw apparently are becoming accus tomed to such visitations which, wtth one or two exceptions, have resulted In little damage or loss of life. A total of twenty-six bombs have been dropped on the city of Warsaw. The most serious results followed the falling of such a missile in a crowded tenement district, where eight people are reported to have been killed and several wounded. In the north of Poland the Germans appear to have directed their aerial ef forts to the destruction of railroad ter minals, where a number of their bombs have fallen. Kaiser is Almost Recovered, Soon Leaves for Front (Copyright. 1914. by Preas Publishing Co.) BrJRLIN, Dec 16. (Special Wireless iDlapatch to New Tork World and The Omaha Bee via Sayvllle.) The kaiser's health Is Improving. It is learn-d from a high source that ha will be able to re turn to tha front In a day or two at moat. PARIS, Deo. 1S.-A Madrid dispatch In the Journal says: "Reliable news her says that Emperor Wllhelm's condition, although recorded by bulletins as im proving, Is giving great anxiety. Ills doctors speak of a serious throat affec tion, following diphtheria, which the em peror contracted during a visit to the eastern front." i'uoed bill authorising' silting of fed eral court for eastern district of Ohio at btoubenville as well as at Cincinnati. Adjourned ut tK p. in. to 11 a. in. Thursday. Turkey Gives Italy Satisfaction Sought LONDON, Dec. 18-Turkey has com piled with the demand of Italy by re turning the British consul at llodelda, Arabia, to the Italian consulate, from which ha had been forcibly removed and has made an explanation with the prom ise of punishment for those guilty of the breach of diplomatic relations. Gensors to Lay Off 7 Hours Christmas LONDON, Dec. ia-The official press bureau and censor office propose to .take a holiday from I o'clock on the afternoon of December 24 to o'clock Christmas night, during which period no news will bo passed for iransmissloA, 1 100 PER MONTH. We will pay this salary to you, If you have had 'experience in general merchandise store and can invent 12.000 to 13,000 In the most up-to-dat,. business in the middle west. Unless you can furnish references and havn the money do not waste our time or yours. For farther Information ahont this opportunity, see the Want Ad seetioa of today's Bee. KING PETER ENTERS BELGRADE WITH TROOPS ' IXJNDON, Dec. W.-King Peter and Crown Prince Alexander, and Prince George have entered Belgrade at tha head of the victorious Servian army, according to a dispatch received by Reuter's Tele gram company today from Nish. Not a single Austrian, a statement by the Servian general staff says, remains oa Servian soil. King Peter of Servia he re entered Belgrade in triumph, and the Servian general staff states that not a single Austrian remains within the borders. Premier Balandra of Italy again stated that the rightful position of the country was one of "watch ful neutrality," and the position of the government was endorsed by Parliament. The khedlve of Egypt is said to have gone to Vienna to confer ' with Austrian government offi cials. The eastern coast of England was raided today by German war ships, which dropped shells In several towns along a forty-mile strip of coast. Considerable dam age was done in Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool, and It la reported that several persons were killed or wounded. The German raid apparently was per formed by a few fast cruisers and so far as is known the main British and German fleets were not engaged. London bas a re port that two Oerman warships' were sunk. RAID PROBABLY STRATEGIC MOYE Attack on British Towns Interests Washington Diplomats and Naval Experts. INTENDED TO CAUSE A SCARE Belief that Warships Keep It WIU Lnre British from Stations and British Troops at Home. WASHINGTON. Dec. IS.-The German naval raid on British coast towns ex cited widespread attention In naval, mili tary and diplomatic circles and was the absorbing topic In official and congres sional 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 Islea, had been suddenly penetrated and serious damage Inflicted en the British coast porta. It was pointed out that Oris might pot to a serious test the late Rear Admiral Mahan's noted theory of .sea power, ac cording to which a strong naval fore could hold at bay the attacks of 1a vadeia. It was recalled also that the northeast coast of England, in the Immediate vicin ity of today's' German attack, had been the historic point of England's invasion In tha . past, the Northmen having 'en tered through the H umber and advanced toward York, where the famous battle of Stamford bridge was fought. All his toric Danish and Teutonic movements (Continued, on Page Four, Column One.) KAISER'S SHIPS BOMBARD THREE ENGLISH TOWNS German Crnisers Drop Shells Into . Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on North Coast. PEOPLE SEIZED WITH PANIC Resident at Hartlepool Attracted to Beach by Boom of Ouns Flee from Shells. SEVERAL KILLED AND INJURED Exact Extent of the Damage to Property Has Not Yet Been Ascertained. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN LONDON Announcement of Raid Causes Much Fright at Capital. RUMORS OF NAVAL FIGHTING British War Office toys Bnaage mente Are Oa at Several Points and that the Sttnatlon la De.veloplnst. BULLETIN. LONDON, Dec. 16. A German fleet made a sudden dash Into the North 9ea today, shelled Scarbor ough, Whitby and Hartlepool, Eng lish coast towns on the North Sea, and engaged certain units of th British fleet. Four German cruisers appeared off Scarborough at an early hour and began to bombard tbe town.' It is apparent that they had no difficulty In dropping shells Into the city. Panlo Mlied the people and many ot them fled from their homes. The aewa el this naval raid waa an nounced by the British admiralty shortly before 11:19 o'clock this morning and it threw London into the greatest state of excitement 1hat baa prevailed since the outbreak Af tha , The. preliminary announcement of the uiui no mention oi tnu dam age to Scarborough, which Is a fashion able sea resort on ths North sea. thirty seven miles northeast of York and a umo over jw miles from London, or to Hartlepool, an important shipping oenter, about forty miles northwest of ii.rw. ough. ' Naval Battle Developing. British flotillas hava been engaged with ths enemy at several points, however, and at noon the situation waa the admiralty as "developing." it could not be ascertained at first whether this Oerman attack was designed merely to spread panic anion ih tti-ui.i. people or whether its purpose was to en gage me umian fleet. In a general action, or to act as an escort in an attempt to land troops on the British coast. Neither Scarborough nor Hartlepool are fortified. Scarborough has a population of 40.000 people, and aui-tna- tHa aumm.e months the seaside hotels are crowded. At this time of the year, however, the hotels are comparatively deserted. Har- ( Continued on Page Ten, Column Four.) Live 'Wire Business Men of Omaha are Just what the name represents, or In other words are the more re liable firms of Omaha, who do not believe In hiding their lights beneath the bushel, but letting the people know what services and wares they have to offer and where they are to be had. In a whole, It Is a might) handy shopping guide, showing everything from the necessities ot life to luxuries and amusements, in which we all Indulge. Every advertisement is classified in alphabetical order, according to the business. It represents,-' which makes it easy to. locate instantly any line of business advertised. Get the habit of reading these little ada each' day. . 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