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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
40 OF EMDEN's CREW
 HAVE CAPTURED COLLIER
Mounted Two Maxin1s on Her and Are
 Are Raidina the Pacific.

Manila, P. T., Dec 1s-Forty men of the crew of the German cruiser Emden who were left on Cocos islard when the Australian cruiser Sydney discovered the Emden and. chosed and forced her to run ashore some time ago. have captured collier and mounted two Maxims on her and are now raiding commerce in the Pacific, according to a report received here.
 The report came through officers of the British steamer Afalacia. which has arrived at JoIo. The report has not been confirmed officially.
 The men of the. Emden had gone ashore on Cocos island to dismantle the wireless and fled but were unable to rejoin their ship when the Sydney put in an appearance. The German party, which is commanded by Lieu tenant Won. Muecke. left Cocos island. with a communicated schooner and plenty of provisions and also their own armed launched and two boats. &C., cording to the reports where they cap tured the. collier is not stated.
 The Malacia reports that she steam ed to Jolo without showing lights at night.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
DECLARES ONE BRITISH
 WARsHiP WAS SUNK
In the Recent Engagement of the
 Falkland Islands.

Washington, Deco. 16.-Despatches to the German embassy today from the German minister at Santiago Chile, Announced that the British fleet whfchS sank the cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig off the Falk- land Islands recently, was badly dam aged and that one of the British ships apparently, was sunk.
 4 statement issued tonight at the embassy said:
 According to information received by the German embassy from Chile the battle off the Falkland Islands lasted from nine o'clock in the morn ing until 2 o'clock in the evening.
 "On the British side, the Invincible. Infexible. Canopus, Carnarver. Corn wall, Kent, Glasgow and Bristol were engaged: many German officers and men were saved but lack of boats prevented the number from being larg- CT. The British cruiser Defence did not take part and has been seen aground at Port Stanley.
 ."Only seven English cruisers left the scene of battle, so that one must have been sunk. The others were bad ly damaged.''
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
COMPARATIVE STRENGTH
 OF THREE GREAT NAMES.
In Points England Has 7,76s, Germany
 3,s1s, United States 3,562.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Inquiry into the condition and needs of the navy was continued today by the house naval committee with Assistant Secre- tary Franklin D. Roosevelt on the stand. During the hearing Repre- sentative Hobson made public a teIe- gram from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt saying he did not think any useful purpose would be served by his ap- Hobson had suggested that the former president be called as witness.
 Navy Short Over 30,Oo0 Men.
 Questioned about the shortage of men in the navy. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt said: We are from so,o00. to 5o.0eo men short of,stiIe needs of the navy as laid down in the confidential war plans of the war college." He ex- plained that many additional men would be needed for purposes other than manning ships now in commits sion. Asked why Serviceable vessels were laid up in reserve he said no na- tion kept all of it's ships constantly in commission, except Haiti with it's navy of two gunboats. MT Roosevelt ex- plained a table worked out some months ago by the navy department, according to a well known formula showing the strength in armored fight ing craft of various navies in points. ? follows:
 England 7.T6s. Germany s,s1S. United States S,562. Representative Wither- spoon suggested that these figures might be changed by todaY's events in the North sea, and MT. Roosevelt agreed that they might be very mate rfaliy changed before morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
AARTLEPooL FORWARDED
 FOR e5 MINUTES.
All the Killed Were Non- -combatants- Women and Children Suffered Equally With the Men.

Hartlepool. England, Dec. i8, via London, 11.30 p. m-The two towns known as the Hartlepools were sub jected to a 25 minutes bombardment this morning from several German warships estimated to aggregate from two to six, but which could only be dimly seen through the thick fog which enveloped the sea.
 Soon after the first German shell fell in the town the forts at the mouth of the river replied. and while they ap- parently did no damage to the raiders, they succeeded in driving them off.
 Pieces of shell were found all over Hartleuool and West Hartlepool As the ships were wheeling around and firing broadsides, every section suffer ed.
 The number of persons killed is not yet definitely known. but it is believed to be large. Many more persons were injured than killed, however. All the fatalities were among non-combatants. Women and children suffered equally with the men.
 The bonbardment, coming early in the morning. and without the slightest warning, prevented the people seeking safety and they fiocked into the streets.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
scARRoRoUeH's ACCOUNT
 OF THE RoMsARDMENT
Three Women and Baby Among the
 Killed.

Scarborough, England, via London, Dec. 16, 11.30 D. m.-TTle casualties in Scarborough as a result of the attack by German Warships this morning in- clude among the killed John Hall. a prominent alderman: Alfred BeaIe a postman, Mrs. Bennett and two chil- dren. Mrs. MerriWether and rMs. Trow. all well known residents of the city; two unidentified women, houseuaid. a young woman named MacIntyre and g baby belonging to a family of the working class
 Town Aroused at 8 a m.
 The town was aroused by iiring about, o'clock. German warships. &C., cOmpanied by a trawIer, had come into They were thought to be British ships by the people along the water front.
 LuII in the Firing.
 There was a Hull in the firing at a quarter past eight o'clock and then ly. Women and children took the first train from the station.
 Church Struck by Two Shells.
 Organist Musgrove of St. Martins church says communion was being celebrated by Archdeacon Mackarness when two shells struck the edifce, but that the congregation remained calm. A4IC SIiOlc were OlE6CLcu on the heights. but they failed to hit their mark. The cruisers then turned their attention to the electric light works and the gas tanks, evidently having accurate plans of the town They failed. however, to destroy these, al- though they damaged the building in the vicinity considerably.
 Bookkeeper Woods of the electric company and his son both were hit and, slightly wounded.
 "Both my son and myself" said Mir. Woods. were standing near a butcher shop in the vicinity of our home when shot burst overhead. It took off the roof of the butcher shop. I got my wife and boy into our cellar and then gathered together a few Belongings in order to get away from the place.
 Ships Fired Upon.
 Soon after the bombardment be- gan the guns on Castle Hill made re- ply. The Balmoral and Royal hotels were struck and many houses along the waterfront were riddIed"
 The bodies of the dead were taken to the mortuary and the wounded to hospitals, this being carried on amid the falling of shells.
 At various places in the city it is difficult to force a passage through the streets on account of the debris.
 Postman Beale had his head blown off while he was delivering.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
WHITE SLAVE CHARGE
 AGAINST STATE AUDITOR
or Illinois Brought by Divorced Wo- man Whom He Married in Miehi- gan.

Chicago. Deco. 16.-James J. Brady. state sS1itor, was today accused of having violated the Mann white slave ace. The charge was brought by Mrs. Mary Quilan Kuhns Brady, his Michi- gan wife, whose suit alleging breach of pro'S'se by Bradyss having refused to mary her in Illinois at the expira- ton of year from her divorce is pending.
 Mrs. Brady visited Charles F. Clyne. United States district attorney, early today was charged that the state audi tor had violated the federal law in transporting her from Detroit to Chi easo. She is also said to have told the United States officials of other in = terstate trips in addition to her we'd ding. journey Clyne said he would in vestfgate.
 Mrs. Brady charges the auditor with having married her in Michigan a few days after she had been divorced rom a foImAr husband. The Illinois supreme court has held that remar riages within a year of the divorce are illegal. Brady refused to make her his legal wife in this state, Mrs. Brady charges.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
A Squadron of Swift German Cruisers Crept Through
 Fog and BOmbarded Three Ports
CASUALTY LIST OF l1O---31 KNOWN TO BE DEAD

Men, Women and Children of the Civilian Population Were Struck Without Warning While at Breakfast or at Work-Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough, Three important Towns, Were Shelled At Hartlepool Three Churches Were Damaged the Gas Works and Lumber Yards Set Germans Chose Foggy Night for the Raid and Escaped in the Mist After Encounter With Coast Guard Vessels-English People fingered at Smelling of Unfortifed Towns-An Those Killed at the HartepooIs Were -Combatants, Women and Child ren Suffering Equally With the Men-Mysery How Ger Ships Escaped Mines.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
PosToFFIcE INSPECTORS
 uNcovERs LOTTERY SCHEME
Thousands of Dollars Have Been Drawn from New England by Gen. eva Club,

Boston, Dec. 16.-A lottery scheme. said to involve investments of thou sands of dollars in New England, was uncovered by postoffce inspectors to- day. Letters from Geneva, Switzer- land. assuring periodical chance of huge and sudden fortune for an in- vestment of $5 were seized in the mails. The packers of the scheme are named as the Bond Certificates Club of Geneva. Claim was made that the prizes to be gained were. in fact, part Of the interest on bonds issued by certain to be paid. Thousands of such letters have been received here, in spectors said, and hundreds of persons have invested.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS
 FOR POLITICAL oFFENsEs
To Be Forbidden in Mexico by Rrssl-
 dent Gutierrez,

Mexico City, Dec. 15, via El Pzso. Texas, Dec. 16.-President Gutierrez will issue decree tomorrow forbid ding any summary executions for po- ntfcal offenses. It is reported that many have occurred during the last week
 General B1anco has arrived at fha capitol but would make no statement except that he had retired from the army. It is reported he has been slated for the post of secretary of the in- terior on the Gutierrez cabinet.
 Guadalajara, second largest city in Mexico. has been captured by the Villa forces, according to an official report made public here.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
BRITISH SUBJECT CHARGED
 WITH AIDING cARRANzA
is Now on His Way to HermosIiIo
 for Trial.

Douglas, Aria. Dec 16-H Perry Mealxer, a British subject arrested on the charge of aiding Carranza arher~ ents to escape from Sonora into Sins aloa, is now on his way to HermosiIlo for trial. according to notification re- ceived there by J. T. T. Paxton, British consul here.
 Maytorena officials imprisoned Afea- ker at Navajoa- It is said he was deceived by Mexican ranchers who in- duced him to furnish transportation for them after they learned that q messenger carrying their pledge of Ioy. alty to Carranza had fallen into the hands of Maytorena's Yaqui Indians.
 Paxton made demand on Governor Maytorena today for 1Ieaker's imns- diate release
 Fighting at Gina, So miles soufh, between 950 CarranZa troops and Iflc1 number of Maytorena soldiers, cons tinued today. AguR Prieta officials FeA ported heavy losses on both stdeA
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
PARoLED PRISONER CAUGHT
 CRACKING SAFE AT BOSTON
Broke Down and Cried When Captured
 by Police.

Boston. Dec. 16-wilIiam Peters. at liberty from state prison on parole. was surprised while cracking a safe on Broad street tonight according to the police. When arrested Peters broke down and cried
 This win go hard with me" he said. God knows have tried hard 10 keep straight, but Christmas Has coming and had no money for rent, no money for food and no job. What was a fellow to do ?'s g
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
PROMINENT pANeuRY MAN
 COMMITS SUICIDE AT CLUB.
Drained Bottle Filled With Poison
 Members Found Body in Chair.

Danbury. CoIh, Deco. 16.-WaIlace A. White. well known local real es- tate operator, committed suicide to- night while alone in the Lion club. Members of the club later found him dead in chair. White had apparent- ly drained the contents of a bottle filed with poison and then shot him self through the mouth with a, re- volver No reason is known for the
 White was 50 years old and is sur vived by his widow and three ciliI- dren.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
GERMAN FLEET DROPPED
 MINES AS THEY DEPARTED
To Prevent Ships from Following in
 Their Wake.

London, Dec. r, Al a. m.--A des- patch to the Daily Mail from Hartle- pool says:
 As the German fleet steamed out to sea they dropped mines to prevent any ships from following in their wake,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
Aeronautieal Laborztory pedicated.

Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 1s.-The Reronautical laboratory of the MassaL- chusetts. Institute of Technology, the first permautnet building to be com pleted on the new site of the institute in this city. was dedicated today. The laboratory will be devoted to study of the principles underlying aerial flight, g new departure in technical inGtruc- t1Rp fm 4k5R onaEn
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
90 SMITH COLLEGE GIRLS -
 IN BURNING BOARDING HoUAz
President Assisted Firemsn Ga ouaes
 ing Them Out

NorEhsmrton, Mass, Dec l6.-PresSs dent Marion Leroy Burton of Smith college assisted fremen today in guids ing 82 young women students from Q burning boarding house Much excite. ment prevailed when the fire was dis covered but there was no panic and no one was injured. Some of the stu. dents lost all their belongings. ,-
 President Burton had already begun the rescue work when the firemen ar rived. He stood near the entrance and directed the scaping girls, while stu dents from the other buildings aA- sisted in minimizing the excitement and disorder. -u
 The fire started in the basement of the boarding house, three story wooden building. It spread quickly and soon all the floors were in flames. Inc loss W1n not exceed f1Aoe1,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
AMERICAN BATTERY IN
 POSITION NEAR NAco
Faces Front of the Villa Bes;eaIno
 Force and HilPs Trenches.

Naco. Ariz-. Dec. I6.-An Amercan battery was placed on the Bisbee road today nearly three miles from Nsco put about two miles from the border la ln "a straight line and directly north Of Governor Maytorena's headouarfer-
 This battery faces the front of fine Villa force besieging General HiITs Carranza soldiers in Naco, Sonora I4 also faces HiH's east trenches. The guns are trained directly south.
 No. firing was carried on today h., the Mexican factions except an oc. casional shot from HilPs trenches,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

After thirty two years' of service, William $. Mcclure, said to be Chica- go's model policeman, and reputed to be worth over s100,0o0, resigned from the force.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
PROTECTION OF BRITISH
 AND FRENCH CONSUL.
At Hodeida, Arabia, to Be Looked Out For By Our Ambassador to Turkey.

For By Our Ambassador to Turkey.
 Washington. Dec. 16.-Thme United States government has instructed Am bassador MorgentEau at Constantine pie to make inquiry about and use his good offices for the protection of the British and Franch consuls at Ho- deida, Arabia This action was taken after the receipt of an official report of the armed clash at the Italian con- sulate at Hodeida. where the British and French consuls took refuge, an incident that led to the Imprisonment of the Italian consul. his rescue by two Italian warshfps and a demand by Italy for public reparation from the Porte.
 As the care of British and French subjects has been entrusted by Great Britain and France to the United States. the Washington government has undertaken to secure safe conduct for the two consular officers.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Charles Denby, consul general at Vienna resigned from the diplomatic service to take charge of the export sales department of an automobile company.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
CabIed Paragraphs

London Department Store Owner Dead.
 London, Dec 1T, a.45 a. m.-Sir John Barker, the millionaire department store owner, died yesterday. He was 72 years old
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The French Cabinet will ask Parlia- ment to appropriate s60,000,0O0 for re- lief of the French population in the Departments recently evacuated by the Germans.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
Mevsments of steamkhips.

Pirasus. Dec. 4-Arrived: Steamer Ioannia, New York
 Genoa Dec. 1s.-Saiied: Steamer Finland, New York.
 New York Dec 1e.-Salled: Steam eE kapian1 LlgNpopk
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The steamship Aurora left Sydney New South Wales with a part of Sir Ernest Shackelton's Antarctic expedi- tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

A fourth Italian dreadnausht, the Conte Cavour, will be completed in February. to be followed soon after by a fifth and sixth.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Marten Joseph GanricE, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a reservist on his way to France in New York while hunting a thief with a shotgun.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Governor Hall of Louisiana has ordered an investigation into the lynchings in Caddo parish. La, where five negroes were hanged within the last ten days.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Governor Perish, of Michigan, pa roled Lewis Oliver, sentenced to life imprisonment for stealing a ham, his third offence.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The Bethlehem Steel Co, has leased a ten mile stretch of land along the Delaware Bay shore for testing big guns.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Five minstrel dances win be held in Chicago on New Years Eve, as a counter attraction to the usual rev. eleries in cafes.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

London will have the usual New Years Eve banquets and celebrations. the Government having agreed to lift the ban for the occasion.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Seven men were injured in a ben zol explosion in the Edison moving picture developing plant at Belleville, N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Raw rubber has been added to the list of articles prohibited for export from Canada during the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The Greek Government purchases made in the United States since Sep tember are estimated at $10,0oo, ,0o0.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

A secret indictment was returned at Boston by the grand jury which for more than a week has been inyestigat- ing the afffairs of the collateral Loan Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

To give the older employees an op- portunity to make living during the winter, several of the railroads en- tering Toledo, have laid off number of their younger men.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Policeman Edmond Lehane, of the New York traffic squad, was killed by a. trolley car at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street, when he turned his back to signal another car.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
OBITUARY.
Auetin L W Kittredna.

New Haven. Conn. Dec. 1e.-Austin l.. w. Kfttredge, for the last 26 years superint of the police signal ser
 vice in New Haven, died suddenly of heart disease tonight He was 54 years
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Charles B. Reynolds, a lawyer of At lanta, Ga, was shot and killed in a revolver duel in his home. The burg lar escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

FOE ASSAILS ENGLISH COAST
 FOR FIRST TIME IN CENTURIES

the royal navy is to engage and de- stroy the enemy,s ships and that this purpose will be infiexibly pursued, de- spite all subtle temptations to abandon it for other objects.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

All Belgians were ordered to hand over to the German military authori- ties all the copper, tin and lead in their position.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Enver Pasha, Turkish Minister of War, refused to take the command of the Turkish troops in the Caucasus.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

More than a thousand Germans are confined at Courtrai, near Rotterdam, suffering from typhoid fever.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

French dairymen are experimenting with ccopa sheIls as fodder for their cRssls
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
Thomas Ecaa.

New Britain. Conn. Dec. 16s-Thom- as Egan. well known in Hibernian cir cles throughout the state, died sudden ly tonight of heart disease. He was, 45 years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The New York City budget for 1915 as revised by Mayor Mitchell calls for an expenditure of $1ss, 1888, ,7S6.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Johannes Bernadus Blorier, presi- dent of the Dutch Academy of Paint CTS, died in Amsterdam.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The Port Lobos Petroleum Co.,, Ltd. with head office at Montreal was in- corporated at Ottawa, with $30,000,- 900 capital.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The conviction of Henry SisaeI, the New York banker, cost the State oi New York S50,O0
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

Mrs. Jennie stransI<y of New York was burned to death when her hus- band set her bed on fire, and choking her., held her on the burning mattress until the police arrived.
 Jacques FutreIIe of Seituate, a son Of the author of the same name, who perished in the Titanic disaster, was today appointed a page in the lower branch of the Massachusetts 1egisla- utre.
 Daniel H. FowIe, one of the best known hotel keepers in New England, died at Newburyport, Mass, after a brief illness. He was 5S years of age and the father of former Represent attve James K. Fowie.
 The Kings of Sweden, Norway, and affairs, will meet at Malmo, Sweden, Friday and Saturday. to discuss econ omic situations in Scandinavia. brought about by the war.
 Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vice President has joined the knitters. She sat in a stage box in the National theater, Washington, at the concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra and knit throughout the programme
 The promotion Of public health ia a higher function than the advance ment of education. Governor walsh told the Massachusetts Homestead and the Local Planning Board in joint conference at the state house.
 It is announced that the British neet which recently defeated the Ger man cruisers Scarnhorst, 0nfesenau. Leipzig and Nurnberg of the Faik- land Islands, will arrive af Montivideo. next Sunday. The German survivors 2f tBe battle win not be landed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The new steel plant of Armstrong Whitworth, of Canada, It, was open ed at Longueil.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17

The Bank of England received 5ss, 900 pounds bar gold.