Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1914, Page 1

EXTRA! 9:30 O'CLOCK A.M. oe The Evening St WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ap. EXTRA! 9:30 O'CLOCK A.M. ONE CE 16, 1914. cu = ae WASHINGTON. D. C e Germans Shell English Ports — Battle Is Raging in North Sea British Fleet Goes Into Action as Teutons Attack Coast of "°..-.-- ._ BIG BATTLE IN FRANCE England With Big Guns of Their Fleet--London Reports MAY BE IN PROGRESS; Big Engagement Progressing---Hartlepool and SERBS IN BELGRADE Scarborough Being Bombarded by the | : a eee Ka'sx’s Warships This Morning ig Tene aeae sa News of the Day. British Statement 7 | LONDON, December 15, 1:35 p.m.—The official information bureau today gave out the following statement: mbined attack by the alliex wax made yesterday on the line lebeke to Wytexchaete, in Belgium. Several German trenches and 2 number of prixoners were captured and substantial progress was made.” German Statement BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y., December 15—An official report, given out at headquarters late Inst nicht, said: “The French have made wenk attacks against our positions between the Meuse and Vosgex, but these were easily repulsed. There were no important events on the west front in East Prussia or in south Poland. Our operations in north Poland are developing. “The following remarks are made regarding Russian and French official reportx:. ‘Southeast of Cracow we continued our offensive. We took several German guns and machine guns and made about 2,000 prisoners.’ 2 “Not one man, not one gun, nor one machine gun there-has fallen into Russian hands. “The official Parix bulletin of December 12 statex: Vaille one German battery wax . Bonde, to the west of Vigneulles- H teries were destroyed, one of heavy caliber and one dextined to fight neroplanes, In the same region the French have destroyed a block- house and several trenches.’ “All this is pure invention.” ‘Northeast of nnihilated and at Deux- two German bat- LONDON, December 16, 11:26 a.m.—tThe official bureau announces that German move- ments of importance are taking place in the North sea and that the Germans are shelling Scar- borough and Hartlepool. The official announcement regarding this important development follows: “German movements of some importance are taking place this morning in the North sea. Scarborough and Hartlepool have been shelled and our flotillas have, at various points, been en- gaged. The situation is developing.” FOUR CRUISERS IN BATTLE. SCARBOROUGH, England, Dec. 16 (via London, 12:13 p.m.)—Four German cruisers bombarded the town of Scarborough this morning. — HARTLEPOOL, England, December 16, via London, 12 noon. —The residents of Hartlepool were awakened this morning by heavy gun firing. x 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 rapidly sought shelter. The bombardment of cities on the east coast of England by German cruisers is the first overt act of the war against British ter- ritory. The British people have felt that their fleet in the North sea| carrying the Johnson amendment, was sufficient to render this possibility very remote. | ss Boss __ |doing away with the half-and-hali The official anouncement given out in London that British pJan of appropriating for the Dis- French Statement PARIS, December 15, 2:40 p.m.—The French war office gave out an official announcement in Paris this afternoon as follows: “Between the sen and the Lys the English have occupied a little forest to the west of Wytschnete. The ground gained yesterday by our troops along the Ypres canal and to the west of Hollebeke has been retained in spite of a vigorous counter attack on the part of the enemy. “From the Belgian frontier to the Somme there is nothing to report. From the Somme to the Argonne there hax been intermittent cannonad— ing. Excepting in the region of Crouy this artillery fighting has not been spirited. In the Argonne we have made some progress and re- tained the advances made by ux on preceding days. “In the Voxgen the railroad station of St. Leonard, to the south of St. Die, han been violently bombarded by the Germans from a con- siderable distance. “Im Alsace there has been much activity on the part of the enemy’s artillery, with the exception of before Steinbach, where an attack by German infantrymen, coming from Uffholtz, was successful in gaining 2 foothold. We have everywhere retained the positions won previously 7 us LONDON, December 15, 2:25 p.m.—A statement issued today | by the British official information bureau concerning the combined \attack by the allies yesterday against the German line. was inter- | preted in some quarters as marking the beginning of the much-dis- cussed attempt to make a general advance. The point of the combined attack mentioned in the statement is to the south of Ypres. It will be noticed, moreover, that the | statement refers to fighting in northern France, as weil as in Bel- gium. This is taken to mean that the offensive movement stretches over a considerable area. BRITISH MOVE TO EASTWARD. It has been known for some time that the British army head- quarters has been pushed to the eastward, and it is consequently assumed by British observers that the allies have made more progress than has been chronicled. That Gen. Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, is feeling out the situation seems apparent, but so long as artillery duels continue to constitute most of the fighting only slow progress has been ex- pected, as it is a military maxim that guns alone cannot bring a decision. Austrian Statements LONDON, December 15.—Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent says the Aus- trians admit defeat at the hands of the Servians in an official communication issued at Vienna yesterday. Thix communication follows: “Our offensive movement, directed in a southeasterly direction from the River Drina, encountered southeast of Valjevo a greatly superior force of the enemy. “Our advance had not ‘merely to be xtopped, but we were com- pelled also to make more extended retirements of our troops, which for many weeks have fought obstinately and brilliantly, but with many Josnen. “Against this we may place the occupation of Belgrade. A new de- cision and mehsures consequently will be taken, which will serve to repel the enemy.” BERLIN, December 15, by wireless to London.—The official press bureau has given out the following official communication from army headquarters at Vienna: “In the fighting in western Galicia the southern wing, of the Russ army was defeated December 12 and forced to retreat. Pursuit of thi Russians has commenced. All attacks elsewhere along the battle front have broken down ax previously. “Our forces which advanced a {half-and-half plan of caring for the |District’s expenses and that he would continue to oppose such a change. SENATE LEADERS , Senator Smith Surprised. Senator John Walter Smith said that ‘he would consult with other members of the subcommittee in charge of the Ve (pin and decide when to hold hearings. He said that no hearings would be necessary. Hé, expressed surprise that the House should have placed in the bill this year nother provision tearing down the half-and-half plan of appropriating for the District, in view of tne firm stand taken by the Senate on the law of the present year extensive GERMANS EXPECT AN ADVANCE. Germany has shifted so many of her troops to the eastern arena that the allies must now clearly outnumber them in France and Flanders. This condition, taken together with the fact of French and British reinforcements, is leading Berlin, according to report, to The District appropriation bill! never will be enacted into law cross the Carpathians are now ener- getically continuing the pursuit of the enem: there ix constant fighting. Newy Sandee was occupied Decemai We also re-en- tered Grybow, Gorlice and Zmigrod, Galicia. The Zemplin district is now completely clear of the enemy. Our troops are now in control of o * ct | 5 =e n think tha thi any the passes in th. tains, di th: e iVi Hf flotillas have been engaged with the enemy is evidence that there has! trict, in the opinion of Senate ot Sis pie a ee eS me River Sucsawa to Keleniae ne ne ne tocmed by the valley: of the: expett pronounced activity on the part of the allies at any moment. y: i ips a Shane Ot Sa eSe on easigie Se “There wax no tighting in southern Poland yesterday. construction of new transverse tines been a naval fight in the North sea. No knowledge as to the out-|feaders. johrison amendment,” said SD: “North of Lowier our allies are successfully continuing their attack Official French Claims. in Poland and that improvement of ex- come is at hand. = estou a Ccormtoals arise tien (ac euticaly Tantale tonthe wNaticanUseape on the strongly fortified positions of the Russians.” SS Seren en 225 ines | Temporary. lin aaets __ z, | two houses of Congress on this matter, = : Paris this |{ Peeps araee ; The bombardment of Hartlepool and Scarborough would indi-| members of the Senate are prepared 10! ‘Senator Kern, democratic leader, said | Be eee aris tree | tet oF twelve miles a day : 2 S 2 Bi erabene: piniale. ecessury, rather | that In his opinion nothing should be done Ok, GH hom Fase FOND & afternoon say! mony a Suc. cate that the Germans have considerable liberty of action. Their jeeeeene pac ees Bee eige anda chas Ce gas Ga A eS Killed. Sagres have been | tained the territory they won EEE Austrians Report Successes. = : {chan a Aistieal at ele craw | of the organic act, that the District “The Austrian general staff rts|along the Ypres canal; to the The progress of the war in northern dominance has been more than one naval encounter in the North jea in the Johnson amendment _ They | Should be treated fairly by Congress. es Vat OL that in the Carpathians and ‘near |Hollebeke; in the Argonne and else-| tungary is somewhat obscured. Sun- Sea, for the British statement refers to engagements at various points. | "lieve that to permit such legislation |. | ———_._____ Przemsyl 2,700 Russians have been|where. There has been artillery Seht- | 4y's German wireless report spoke of ; “| would not only be a great injustice to | &r made prisoners. ; 1m the Somme to the Argonne pS SY ogre Immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities the British fleet or|the people of the District, but that it | i] ‘The board of the Milan Corn Ex-|i®& : i ined | eee rea y RaNpeee ee eke ! A change. has addressed a protest to the [274 in Alsace. German infantry ga! man and Austrian arms are encounter- at least a considerable portion of it supposedly took up positions on | WOuld have an evil effect: upon Ene L Italian foreign minister. charging arbi-|a foothold near Steinbach. ing in South Poland and in Galicia, National Capital, which would be felt : trary seizure by the British and French} According to a dispatch from Rotter- | .aging that it was evident the Aus- the eastern side of the North sea by which the German warships | were held in check in or close to their naval base at Wilhelmshafen, the mouth of the Elbe, and elsewhere on the western coast of Ger- many. This patrol has been maintained since early in August. 0 feet high, atord- | by the entire country. Fight May Come Soon. The short fact that the sion, and Mareh 4 next, and that the leaders in present s ends automatic: The District bill was received by the MAKES 24 AWARDS Asks That German People| Make Good Use of Naval Official Press Burean in Berlin Takes leven Italian steamers. The Gazetta del Popolo (a Turin paper) reports from Dunkirk that jan enormous percentage of the Indian and North African troops have been se- verely wounded because they were used as ‘food for powder’ by the English and dam the newspaper Belgique says that the retreat of the Germans toward prepared positions east of the Yser is confirmed. Masses of troops have been concentrated along a line embracing Bruges, Thielt and Courtrai, with gen- eral headquarters at Thielt. nouncement, that Servian troops have trian forces in the Carpahti.ns are not numerically strong enough to cle Russians out of Hungarian territor But the Austrians claim that they a driving down the northern s the Carpathiins the Russian ' as ‘foc 3 who were last week in occup if ‘ Congress are de ed to complete a French. Several towns south of that mountain Scarborough, which it was announced |™arine drive, two miles long and pro- |) Pmt tion : athe ane 4 Be | teens encod catuer tor met ron: Sacrifice. Situati Battle Li Servians Recapture Belgrade. range tected by a sea wall. S ion by €, probably ane : = ion on Battle Lines. : a Austrians an- is being shelled by the Germans today, | “°° an ; watt s will bring the fight over the District | erty has been offered to the owners of . is Belgrade, the unfortified capital of] In a late, Pre Pedant caidarnry pres epigiea nee Ors e Fae au eee ce e fashionable part of Scarborough to a head much sooner than was| Teal estate in square 722, included in SS ‘The week end finds no change of im-|gervia, which the Austrians, after a)? ance that they hve teecthe north 5 = ass |!s in the southern half of the city and/the case a year ago. If the House the Union station plaza extens'on LAND BATTLES REPO portance recorded in the west, and long and terrible bombardment, occu- “the Carpathians on a line south of England, in the northern part of York-|is separated from the old town by the | should prove obdurate, the only course, | Project, by the commission of awards RTED the east ont, the evacuation of Lodz| pied two weeks ago, again is in the| Preemysl and Cracow. but nea the 2 y [eect te i z : R 3 i : je capture of 9,000. pris- shire on a headland extending into tae|vark. On the southern side are the! in the opinion of Senate leaders, would | appointed by the President To each FAVORABLE TO GERNV.ANS pues cae euhouan there 1s rea-j possession of the Serene nahn forget. witb) she coprare orn one erie 2 5 : ‘| the appropria s of last for the | forms have been se e s been gainin srou capital of the country, et of the war—whether the German and northeast of the important English|At the back of the south cliff rises Doe eerie peuee Saat “amounts fixed by the commNssion are == ‘Southward of Cracow the Austrians|Gon early this morning makes the an-! Austrian armies by the German operations city of York. It is a little over 200| livers mountain, plicrts : | accepted. Such acceptances, on return still are repuls ng all attacks and further in nosthern an! central Voiland and che miles from London. sng @ good view of the port and the | Senate from the House today, and im- | to the commission, will be immediately i \to the souch have suc eeded in clearing | re-entered | the oie Se es ae teins ed res pi a Scarborough has been popularly | sea. nediately referred to the appropria- [submitted to the President for ap- a Cheerful View of the Mili- a number of the Carpathian passes of | their recent surprising vCtory GC ry-|Przemysi and Cracow fortresses —re= eeiads thei “queen Vofithe watering | /Chice intercatsn tiens committee Tproval. The Department of Justice % the eremy. the Austrian | mains unchanged. styled (th Spas § st here lay not in the Pati t ae Aero ithen will arrange for ‘the transfer of | tary Situation. “The position of the Germanic allies inj ‘°h¥2 telegram from Nish is brief and} Bea aes eee places.” The town has a large spa, an/amount of damage intlicted by the as yment of awards. Twenty- coats Poland is generally considered favorable, | says merely that the city has been oc” nd another Belgium. a museum and a interesting aquarium, ne drive and The permanent population of the place is more than 40,000 persons Hartlepool is a’ shells, but the fact that the Germans promenande pier. had left their naval base to come out | into the open sea the British. to give batue to As soon as word had bee., | lashed to the | The subcommittee of tle 2ppropria- tions committee which will have charge of the District bill consists of Senator John Walter Smith of Maryland. chair- man, and tors Shafroth, Colorado announced. r than former awards, 722 is bounded by Massachu- venue, £ and 2d streets north t, a triangular piece of land, and four low ight a.e i { BERLIN, December 15. by wireless An official statement given out at head- neadquarters today contains copies of telegrams exchanged between | mperor an especiaily favorable point being the act that the Russians appear to have assumed the defensive everywhere with- out the power or energy to assume an aggress ve advance in any section. 51 re it has cupied. Up to the present time I for been followed by an admission from any Austrian source. Stay in Belgrade Short. The ‘ustrians occupied Belgrade Poland is fast becoming another B gium in point of suffering, w the op- Posing armies drive each other back and forth, occupy and reoccupy cities and villages and inflict upon the inhabitants seaport and municipal | Ces mennésiee: (GaniingentNawiiatp=|Gnevor hel enialicatisquarce! iavoiveal| Wimamland -ichannesEKcemprprest= | eccinerethavelbeen imo) davelonmente tee) per 2, after having besieged it bombardments similar to those suffered borough of England, in the soutneast|men-o'-war were oif the north coas, | Shire, and Dillingham, Vermont. It is! in the extension project. Tt is one of|@ent Of the reichstag, regarding the:far as aavices disclose, in the Servian aaceoTay, 29, bombarding from bat- in Belgium and northern France portion of the county of Durham. It is|orders were dispatched to Britisu | ©XPected that the subcommittce will/the ten squares to be acquired by the paves eeroe wae tecg nian eee ee ; teries near Semlin and from monitors haere, than tive hundied 1 olish towns pe pe AS Eee Tee ge oe conduct brief hearings on the bill and| commission under the autherity vested | 17 answe af ‘am of President; “Ihe German and Austrian bulletins anube. A large portion of the Pave bec Pied seattle eed dr about forty miles northwest of Hlotillas to go out and give battle to report it to the Senate as quickly as] in it by law. Two squa in the con-|Kaempf regarding the Germam loss in }issued Sunday combine to show that buth | °° eves are eS a) from the correspondents. borough on a promontory that extends | the German | possible. templated extension are already gov-(this battle, In which Herr Kaemp’ said are making progress against the | City ee SOE Pnainestiane arms. — nee Lae = | eae . ce .| te ated s alread a ie : s. Wh jer by. the fire o! . % ry ght of the civiiian: into the North sea, Its popuiation is| It was surmised that the Germans! 4) 4 forseane conclusion that the! oonment , having een ac-|that the nation was one with tne em-|Gmits te say whether the capture of te | When war was declared the Servian “Lodz was one of the most trazic epino.es about 25,000. Adjoining Haruepool 1s|had felt their way across the Nort es thewlonieas, pou are Al the; Quired se go. The com-|Peror in grief at the loss, and with {00y prisoners and forty-three machine | government moved from Belgrade to of the war, while one correspondent pic- ‘West Harti eae pee ote ‘ ibers: Of theo cubesumittteas have ion expects to make announcement] pride at the heroic deaths resulting jguns, prev ously reported, occurred in ae d later went farther tures the fate of Kalisz as a repetition est Hartlepool, a ¢ s of more +-an|sea during the darkness, with all the | Members, of the subcon firm| of findings of value for other of the| from the fight, the emperor said jthe region of Lodz cr Lowicz, or north of | Krasuyevatz ani Tater Mate of Louvain, with the slaughter o1 four 65.000 inhabitants The Hartlepools, | jights on their ships extinguished. Th. | friends of the National Capi ae | Deobonumlnvel ede ong Neca May the heavy offers we have been {the V.stua by the army whicll fast week |Sruth to Nish. Tee ot ne gguring dey es Cvilians and the sacking of the P oy ibe ary ,r ae2 Es 00) Snysi a ia 4 jan @ vi y- which are provided with a vast system | route giving them the most safety un- fF Smith led the fight last year against ——— forced to make in this battle for our [renders it praciically certain that It way | prominently of late in the war, the A distressing feature of the fight.ng of docks, before the war had active {der the circumstances would be due ps a thie: Siocice a8 ot which provided} ( existence be borne by all and used north of Lowicz, Where successful at-| Austrian progress across the Car- in Poland lies in the fact that the wlood trade with the’ Baltic ports, and with|novta from the western entrance Pon eoectiic ces ie eeeent a | with a single aim that, supported by S continued nthe strongly -orti-|pathians, from the passes of which jindrea are pitted against one aunchey mage fs cakeia Sipe aieepaadaand ury re es cf the District in ex- |! # Lea e an unshaken hope in God, rr Lord , Hee Russian p n. they have been clearing the Huss ans, ere are several ndved thousand Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam.}the Kiel canal, past Denmark to a pees or eeenues <1 the enaein Paes @ eo Ie ‘ “Austria further reports the defeat cf|having been one of the few positive Poles in the Kussian ranks and several mealchtel ladurtcles are /anisuuliaine| cens of current appropriations, aud in ee trom whose grackus hand we humbly jtne Russian southern w ng Saturday {factors in the fighting of the last few hundred thousand mor in the ranks fron founding and the construction ef |POMt Off the southein coast or Nor~ this Aight he had the backing hot only VW receive iortune, misio:tune, joy und jat Limanowa and the advance of Aus-|.ays in the eastern arena. jot the Germans and Aust. ians CR jway; thence a straight-away acu mittee, but of the leaders of the Sen H i } , Sorrow, will turn this most diiucuit |trian forces over the Carpathian passes.” Neither Clai Decisive Victory. epee aan eecae » goto gain The two ports are of ancient origin, westward to the English coast. late irrespective of party. pene into a blessing for tne father- ; 7 es a 5 mae Miawa | althoush ness sp ies eeneeen: — t of ancient origin, AS io ee A jana.” North of the Vistula alot as near Warsaw as the report last pipe iti ide | A Leeds dispaten stated that several] Senator Martin Also Foe. ‘The official’ press bureau today gave | SON OF ANNA GOULD Poe Sisko atc neeic Caccmmnign Del taenest = tty enn eae eee ener persons were killed in scarborougn by | Scarborough is finely situated in the {German shells and ..at a number or! form of an amphitheater on slopes ris- Senator Martin, chairman of the ap- propriations committce, while not a via London, of Bel- VIENNA, December 15, i pm—The abandonment out the following: he Turkisn cruiser M idirli (for- MAY LOSE PRINCIPALITY neither side ing the Russians, but anywhere claims a decisive victory the Russians announce a strategic re- alignment of their forces in that fled H : merly the Breslau) tas bombarded Se- 2 - Which strengthens their position. ing from the sea and terminated on the | 0Uidings were demolished. ‘The Ger-|member of the subcommittee, will atd|erade by the Austrians Is acknowl!- eroocrs apes) |_BRESLAU, via‘Berlin to London, De- |alons See front. ne ene A Petrograd dispatch to the Times : ie fe in the fight against the Johnson amend-| edged in an official statement given out] “Vicnna newspapers: report a mutiny |cember 15.—The Breslater Zeitung de-|gagement still remains to, says: morth and the south by abrupt ciiffs.|™#" Ships were In easy range of the| sont He said today that he believed ee headquarters -oday..The state. |i", the army besieging Przemysl. Sev-|jmands the confiscation of the princi- | out between Lodz and the Vistula. | “The German invasion reached its The most prominent feature of the re-{°itY and the gunners threw an accu-jtne half-and-half principle of appro-| + S7™mY headauarters oday. ate-| ral battalions are said to have been jMuuty of Sasan, which stanus in she] Military obgervers in London, com-/ high-water mark last Saturday. Hav sort is a promontory rate fire that covered a great part of! priating for the District should be con- ment follows: t away in fetters. jname of Prince Howard of Sagan, son menting upon Russia's failure to clear ing failed to undermine and overthrow 300 feet high, “ he Turkish ficial bulleti y f£ Duke Helie and the Duchess of Tal- 7 the va ha . Tn th th. theater of war th official bulletin says|of Duke e ‘al- | 5, . dwell upon; the Kussian wail, the invasion has now which rises above the harbor on the| the city- tinued. sheesh aria hae leta agarose that the large cruiser Sultan’ Selim|leyiand. The difchess was Anna Gould | Poland of German troops. dwell Upen| cleat threaten a further inroad “It has worked well for many years,”) retirement of our right wing Involved | (the Goeben) bombarded Batum De-|of New York. The confiscation is de-|the fact that even into Poland, and interest is stimulated north side, and which is surmounted by — said Senator Martin, “and I believe that|, change in the military situatio. |cember 10, setting tire to the city. The|manded as a reprisal against the al-|sources in men may continue to prove] in the next move of the Russian stafi, the ruins ofa twelfth-century castle. it would be a great wrong to the cap- ital if the organic act was repealed in which made it advisable for us to sussian land batteries returned the fire without success. leged confiscation of German property in France. unavailing unless existing methods of communication are improved. On two which a few days ago intimated that \the Russian armies were ready to re- This promontory ai North Sear- this particular, as propos hi : ee 4 ay fn ity SAE: ; i shi Charle: Balti is pa ar, 2 posed in the|abandon Belgrade, which was evac-| “Constantinople learns .uthoritatively| ‘The principality of Sagan embraces|occasions Russian forces approaching | tire to more favorable positions behind borour! ba ‘ 4 Charlene Sue of Baltimore] Johnson amendment.” ETE at RE RoIGE that a Mohammedan upris.ng has oc-/the handsome castle of Sagan and|the German frontier have been driven | Warsaw. nee spy that city after a long illness. nator Galiinger, the sepublican! uated without fighting. curred in toe Caucasus and that 50,00) |twenty-four estates, aggregating 60,-|back by reason of the remarkable sys-| “Now that the Russian army has was first stricken with paralysis rix four years ago. Death was due terio sclerosis. He was borm in sore November 26, 1851. z 1 leader, for many years chairman of the District committee while the republi- cans were in power, said today that he ” opposed any change in the and best “Our troops have fought long fatiguing battles, but are in the of spirits.” armed Russian Mosiems went over to ight against the Russians. “The Temps (a Paris newspaper) est!- mates the Sore losses at over 1,6v0,- s 000 acres. Duke Helie renounced his title’ of Prince of Sagan in favor of his son at the time of his father's deaty in 1910, tem of German railroads which en- ables Germany to move her troops ex- peditiously, and it has been suggested that Russia should begin gt once the splendidiy responded to the situation this will not be necessary, and the next move will be 2 maneuver to the Ger- man flank.” “« POE ESS