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R.eoonizes French proteetorat..

London, Dec 21-Great Britain has
recognized the French protectorate
over Morocco and declared her adhe-
sion to the Franco-Moroccan treaty
of March, 1912. The Franco-Moroccan
treaty of 1912 instituted French pro-
tectorate over Morocco, with French
resident general who exercises civil
and military powers under the sover-
eighty of the sultan. The treaty pro-
claimed religious freedom of the peo-
pie and gave France the right to en-
ter into military occupation Of any
points for the maintenance of order.
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consider U. s. Coast Defense.

Washington, Dec. 21.-Headed by
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge, a
special board of army officers of high
rank has been in session at the war
department for several days consider
ing. the state of the coast defenses of
the country, and particularly the mill
tary situationi N the Canal Zone Pro-
ceedings of the board are secret, but
known. 1t is expected evidences OF
it's work will soon be visible through
recommendations to Congress for
funds.
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east portion of the county of Dus-
ham. Its population is abou: twenty
five thousand. Adjoining Hartlepool
Is West Hartlepool, a city of more
than sixty-five thousand inhabitants.
The, Hartlepools are provided with
a vast system of docks.
Whitby is in the north riding of
yorkshire, on the coast, and about
half way between Scarborough and
Hartlepool. 1t is town of about
twelve thousand people, and also is a
seaside resort.
The extensive ruins of the celebrat-
ed Abbey of st. Hilda at Whitby,
upon the summit of the east cliff, and
the ancient church closely adjoining.
are the most notable buildings of the
town and are prominent from the
sea.
Germans Escape In Fog.
Inc German squadron escaped prac
tlcally unframed. The organizer pur.
suit shat drew England's great ships
from their stations at sea could no:
eaten up or cut off the fast raiders.
The Germans had In their favor a
heavy mist. which covered the sea, and
they made rapid withdrawal after
dropping shells on the coast towns for
about thirty minutes.
The only official mention of damage
to the raiders is contained in an off,
clal British statement which said the
batteries at Hartlepool had damaged
at least one of the vessels which ap.
peared there
The Yorkshire Evening News prints
dispatch to the effect that two Ger
man cruisers have been sunk, and that
British warships were damaged.
Most Daring Raid of War.
1t is the most daring and success
full exploit the Germans have per-
formed in the war. amazing in it's saw
age thoroughness. All England is
alarmed and enraged because a squad
ron of Germany's most dangerous war
craft was permitted to escape from the
Kiel canal and remain undetected long
enough to give Englishmen even a
light experience of the horrors of war
that have come to Belgium and France
There Is fear that an invasion will
be attempted, but there is more reason
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Among the Buildings Damaged Are the
BaImoral Hotel, ST. Martins
Church and the Coast Guard
Station.

to believe that the devastating raid
was the first stroke Of a great coup.
Germany. it is positively known, has
been planning for weeks a concerted
rush of battle cruisers and dread
naughts from Helgoland and the mouth
of the Elbe, in an attempt to ruin
British commerce on the Atlantic.
Many Dead at HartIepooI.
1t is officially announced that at
Hartlepool seven soldiers were killed
and IA wounded and 20 civilians were
killed and so wounded In opposition
to this dispatch from Stockholm on
Tees to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany says:
1.-The effect of the bombardment at
Hartlepool was that 80 persons were
killed and 100 injured. At West Har-
tlepool 20 persons were killed and
many injured"
The admiralty places the casualties
at Scarborough at II, but refugees
from that city say that IS persons
were killed there. At Whitby two
were killed and two wounded.
Precautions which are being taken
by the military authorities indicate
that they do not consider that today's
raid will end the efforts of Germany.
British Expect New Attack.
The Newcastle Chronicle, according
to a dispatch reaching London this
evening, says there is probability of
oft n
Northumberland, at the mouth of the
Tyne, and about twenty-five miles
north of Hartlepool.
The mayor of Tynemouth has issued
a notice declaring that the local emer-
gency committee has been advised by
the military authorities to have the
gas in Tynemouth turned OF at once
for military reasons. The civil popula-
ton have been advised to remain in
doors, but If necessary to leave their
dwellings they are advised to go in
the direction of Newcastle, eight miles
away.
Started on Monday Night.
It was supposed that the admiralty
was thoroughly prepared to prevent
such a raid as occurred, and German
threats that a successful attack would
soon be made on the English coast
were taken as mere boasts.
From all that can be gathered from
the official news and such detailed re-
ports as have come from the 50-mile
stretch of coast that suffered from Ger
man shells it would seem that the Ger.
man cruiser squadron left it's base at
Helgoland probably on Monday night,
since it could hardly have made the
distance between Helgoland and the
northeast coast Of England on Tues.
day night alone.
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is patrolled day and night by between
five hundred and six hundred members
of the newly organized home guard
regiments. Automobiles and motor
cycles are used by the men on patrol
duty.
These measures, it is said, were
taken In response to demands from
civic organizations along the Canadian
side of the Niagara, who insisted, In
communications to the department of
militia that a raid similar to tire
Fenian raid was by no means re-
mote possibility.
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French Capture German Collier.

Havre, Dec. PA German mine
layer, disguised as French collier, is
reported to have been captured sew
eral weeks ago by French destroyer
only a few miles outside the harbor
entrance. The vessel attracted sus-
picion by it's movements and accord
ingly destroyer went out to investi-
gate. When the skipper refused to
show his papers, the naval men went
aboard and found the vessel loaded
with floating mines. The crew spoke
only German and were made prisoners.
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HAVE GUARDS ALONG BORDER
Canada Takes Elaborate Precautions
Against Possible Raid by
an Enemy.

Buffalo.-Extraordinary precautions
have been taken to guard against a
possible raid by Germans or German
sympathizers across the Niagara river.
A permanent guard of 30 militiamen
has been stationed at Fort Erie, di-
rectly opposite Buffalo, and the whole
river front from there to Niagara Falls
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25
ROADS GET RATE INCREASE
ADVANCES OF S PER CENT ON
FREIGHT TARIFFS GRANTED.
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gives Opinion-Means $3o,ooo,ooo
Increase Annually to Railways.

Washington, Dec. 19.-Increases in
freight rates, approximately 5 per
cent, on all the railroads between the
Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi,
| north OF the Potomac and Ohio rivers,
I were granted by the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission in a divided opin-
ion, excepting upon certain heavy com.
modities, which comprise a large bulk
of the traffic.
The increases will further apply to
those railroads west of Buffalo and
Pittsburgh, that were granted partial
advances in the decision of last Au-
gust, which denied them altogether to
the roads east of those points. 1t is
estimated the advanced rates will in
crease the annual income of the roads
about 100000
Confronted With Emergency.
The commission made its decision
upon the showing OF the railroads that
in addition to conditions from which
they previously asked relief, they now
are confronted with an emergency be-
cause of the war in Europe
With Commissioners James S. Har-
Ian and Judson c. Clements dissent
ing, the majority of the commission de-
clared:
Whatever the consequences of the
war may prove to be, we must recog-
nize the fact that 1t exists; the fact
that it is a calamity without precedent,
and the fact that by it, the commerce
of the world has been disarranged and
thrown into confusion. The means Of
transportation are fundamental and in
dispensable agencies in our industrial
life, and for the common veal should
be kept abreast of public require
ments."
Report Gives Three Causes.
Summarizing the basis of it's deci-
sion, the majority report of the COM
mission said:
1.-The flcts disclosed, and occur
rences originating subsequent to May
29, 1914, as presented at the further
hearing, may be summarized under
three heads-first, completed returns
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1914.
and returns for succeeding months;
second, the war in Europe and, third,
results of the original order.
when these cases were originally
submitted, as also when the original
report was prepared, the revenue and
expenditure account for June, 1914,
and the property investment account
for that fiscal year were not available,
the war was unforeseen and the results
of our order were, Of course, yet to
come. Collectively, they present a
new situation"
The commission issued this order:
ct is ordered that respondents here
| In be, and they are hereby authorized
to publish and file, by not less than
i 10 days notice to the Interstate Com
merce Commission and to the general
public, in the manner prescribed in
section 6 of the act to regulate COM
merce, schedules of rates which do not
exceed the limits or transgress the
| limitations stated and prescribed in
| said report.
| 1T is further ordered that the per-
mission hereby granted does not waive
! any of the requirements OF the COM
MISSIONS published rules relative to
the construction and filing of tariff
publications, nor any of the provisions
If the act to regulate commerce, as
amended, except as to the notice to be
| given" ~
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Washington

Colonel Goethals, governor of the
Canal Zone, according to information
to the British embassy at Washington.
which was communicated to the state
department, has found that the British
collier which was thought to have viO-
lated the neutrality of Panama Canal
Zone waters by sending wireless
message, actually had no wireless
equipment.
Increases in freight rates approx
mating five per cent on 1913 railroads,
comprising all the lines between the
Atlantic seaboard and the Mississippi,
north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers,
were granted by the interstate COM
merce commission at Washington in
divided opinion, excepting on certain
heavy commodities, which comprise a
large bulk of the traffic. 1t is esti-
mated the advanced rates will in
crease the annual income of the roads
about $3O.OOO.OOO.
IF We had gone to war with the
rest of the first-class powers in Au-
gust, at least nine of our battleships
would not be ready yet to fight. We
are dwindling. We have been follow
ing the demented policy of building
warships for cold storage" Represent
alive Gardner in this fashion summed
up the situation in the navy at hear
ing before the house naval affairs COM
mittee at Washington.
The administrators economy pol
icy" is maintained in the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
bill reported to the house at Washing.
ton by the appropriations committee.
The estimates are cut consistently all
down the line. Including the allow
ance for the caucus, the bill carries
S3S, 744,73
Brig. Gen, Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff of the United States army, ar
rived at Naco, Ariz., and began an in
vestigation of the Mexican border
| trouble.
Commander Stirling. commanding
| the Atlantic fleets submarine flotilla
| told the house naval committee the
navy had 81 submarines altogether
| He regarded the submarines at Colon
as ready for any emergency to take
offensive action by going out after any
enemy's ships that might menace the
Panama canal"
President Wilson selected w. H
Hefferan to be postmaster at Rockford
| Ill. The nomination was sent to the
senate at Washington.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial bill, carrying $36.000,000, was
passed by the house at Washington
Provision for an agricultural census
costing s2,2S6.0O0 and a proposal to
reduce the mileage of members from
| 20 to 5 cents a mile were stricken
from the measure. Plans of Post
master General Burleson for depart
mental changes were blocked.
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Hotel Proprietor Murdered.

Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 22.-William ].
Troy, so years old, proprietor of sew
eral hotels, was found stabbed to death
in a room in the Troy Hotel at ST..
Clair Avenue and Ontario Street.
The fact that more than 5000 Of
Troy's money and diamond ring were
reported missing caused the police to
work on the theory that robbery
prompted the crime. The police were
appraised of the death by woman's
voice over the telephone which said.
s"Our old friend Trey is dead"
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Entertain U. S. Belgian Society.

London, Dec. 21.-The members Of
the American commission for relief in
Belgium were entertained by Ameri-
can business men at the Luncheon
club. In introducing Herbert c.
Hoover, the chairman, Ambassador
Page gave high praise to the work of
the commission. He said it was the
only existing link between the great
belligerent nations and the farmer OF
the Mississippi valley.
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LAfE WAR DEVELOPMENTS

Furious fighting in the western thea
ter of war is said to be centering now
in northern France. Further siign'
gains are claimed by the allies who al
the same time assert that the desper'
ate German attacks to recover ios'
ground have been repulsed. A Berlin
report. however, asserts that on De-
cember 10 German arms won victory
at Newport.
In the east there is yet no sign OF
decisive turn in affairs. German forces
are directing terrific attacks against
the Russian position along the Bzura
river in Poland, Austria claims sue
cesses in the Carpathians. but admits
the Slavs are again in control In Cali
cha, while in east Prussia Petrograd
lays claim to some success.
Formal protests against alleged vio-
lations of it's neutrality laws have been
lodged at Berlin and London by the
Chilean government
The British steamer Tritonia, of the
Donaldson line, foundered off the
north coast of Ireland Saturday morn
ing. The crew was saved.
A three months moratorium has
been proclaimed in Italy.
The kaiser has fully recovered and
returned to the front, an announce
ment from Berlin, transmitted through
Amsterdam and London, asserts.
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NEWS NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST
KERNELS cuLlED FROM THE
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS.
STORIES FROM OVER GLOBE

Items From Happenings OF World
Arranged In Their eriefest and
Most Succinct Form for the
Busy Reader.
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Foreign

King Victor Emmanuel received
Prince Won Buelow, the German am
bassador to Italy. who presented his
credentials at Rome. Prince Won Bue-
low said he was greatly satisfied with
the result of his audience.
The police at various places in Italy
had difficulty in keeping down riotous
demonstrations at celebrations of the
anniversary of the death of the ire
dentist leader, Oberdank.
King Gustave of Sweden, King
Haakon of Norway and King Christian
of Denmark arrived at Malmoe, Swe-
den, for their conference, at which
they are to formulate an agreement
designed to combine their respective
interests during the war.
1t is officially announced il London
that Prince Hussein Renal has been
appointed to succeed the khedive of
Egypt.
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Allies Bernhard Fort.

London, Dec. %. An Athens dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph CON-
pany reports that the allied feet bonn
barded the interior forts Of the OAR
dapelies.
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Detroit Editor Dies,

Detroit, Dec. 22.-John M. Hall.
founder ard president Of the Bay
View Reading circle, a national lit
erary organization, and for many
years editor of the Bay View Maya
zine. died at his home in Detroit yes
terday. He was 60 years old.
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Personal

Eugent Zimmerman, former presi.
dent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &:
Dayton railroad and millionaire, died
suddenly at his club at Cincinnati from
hemorrhage of the lungs.
The engagement Of Miss Elizabeth
Reid Rogers, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard r. Rogers, to Prince Chris,
tian of Germany, nephew of the kaiser.
was confirmed at Washington by init
mate friends of Miss Rogers, who re-
ceived the news in letters directly
from the bride-elect
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Kaiser AGAIN at Front.

London, Dec. 21.-The German
emperor has completely recover
ed and returned to the front, &C.
corcing to an announcement from
the Berlin main headquarters
transmitted through Amsterdam
to Reuters Telegram company.
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Cruisers In Chilean Port.
Puerto Montt, Chile, Dec. 22.-The
British cruisers Glasgow and Bristol
have arrived here
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GERMANS SHELL
ENGLISH CITIES
Elude Vigilance of British War
Vessels and Wreak De-
StructiOn.
OVER 100 PEOPLE KILLED
Immense Amount Of Property De-
stroyed In Raid, and kaiser's Yes
sells Escape Unharmed-Beiieved to
Be the First Of a Series Of Devas-
tating Raids Planned by German Ma.
val Board Of Strategy.

London. Dec. 17.-Conflicting re-
ports from Hartlepool, Whitby and
Scarborough make it difficult to give
the exact number of dead. The
Chronicle announces that 4S were
killed and 116 wounded in the three
towns. A London Times dispatch
from Hartlepool says SO soldiers and
civilians were killed in that town
alone and 48 bodies have been recov-
cred. The war Office statement is
sued early in the evening gave the to-
tai as 81. The Evening Standard says
II were killed at Scarborough, while
another dispatch says Is died at that
place. Reports seem to agree that
only two were killed at Whitby.
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Mexican Revolt

George c. Carothers arrived at the
camp of the Villa forces across the
border from Naco, Ariz., and went into
conference with Governor Maytorena,
who had denied receiving a second or
der from Gutierrez to cease opera
tions.
Consular Agent Carothers tele-
graphed the state department at
Washington that Governor Maytorena.
commanding the Villa forces besieging
General Hills garrison at Naco, Sono-
ra, was preparing to withdraw his
troops to a point twelve miles from
the border.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-12-25

Berlin, Dec. II. = An official an.
nouncement issued here says:
Parts of our high seas fleet made
an attack on the English east coast
and bombarded December 16, early in
the morning, both fortified and coast
places at Scarborough and Hartlepool.
Regarding its further course of action
no information can yet be given"
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European War. News

A report that the British dread
naught Thunderer was sunk In the
North sea on November by a mine or
q torpedo was brought to New York
by a passenger on the steamship ST.
Louis from Liverpool.
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London, Dec. 1f.-Germany daring.
iy attacked England herself early in
the morning.
After a dash across the North sea
on misty night, German fiotilla
bombarded Hartlepool, Scarborough
and Whitby. unfortified cities on tine
east coast of England, early in the
morning.
Some thirty women and men were
killed. Churches were ruined, hotels,
dwellings and stores were destroyed
by the bombardment, which endured
40 minutes, after which the Germans
steamed northward from Scarborough
and escaped pursuing British cruisers.
The gun flashes indicated that four
big warships were firing. One shell
that has been picked up was IL inches
in diameter and SO inches long.
Hundreds fed in panic while the in
vaders' projectiles Numbered and
burst, setting on fire the structures
they had set in ruins. Others. af-
frighted, took refuge in cellars.
The exploding shells of the bold
cruisers who slipped through the Brit
ish fleet and the guard ships and
lodged the mines thickly strewn in
the North sea, dug holes in the streets
of Scarborough SO wide and deep that
a railway truck could pass through
them
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Domestic

Twelve of the thirteen OF the 1918
general assembly charged with pre-
senting false claims were acquitted
by Judge Marley of the criminal court
at indianapolis, Ind.
Five lions escaped from the Eighty
sixth Street theater in New York.
throwing down about one hundred per-
sons. two of whom were badly injured
Three policemen were Slot when one
lion escaped to the street. He was
killed. The other four were captured.
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The German emperor has complete
ly recovered and returned to the front
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Warships Repei Raiders.

Warships RepeI Raiders.
Hurriedly called by wireless, British
warships fastened from the nearest
points to attack the enemy. But the
German cruiser force. made up ol
their fastest cruisers, escaped in the
mist from the British squadron.
The squadron which shelled Hartlc
pool, where the bombardment was
most destructive to life and property
was composed, the admiralty announ
ces, of two battle cruisers and an ar
mored cruiser, while from four to six
light cruisers attacked Scarborough
and Whitby.
The number of the attacking force
has been variously estimated at from
three to six cruisers. Some had a
submarine. Necessarily there is no in
formation on this point yet.
The attack began at Hartlepool
about five minutes after eight in the
morning when most of the people
were at breakfast 1t was like thun'
derbolt from a clear sky, most persons
thinking thunderstorm had arisen
The first shell exploded near a man
who said afterward he thought Brit
ish squadron was practicing gunnery
and was making bad craftsmanship
Of 1t.
Several victims Of the bombardment
of Scarborough arrived in London. Ar
thur Wood and his twelve-year-old son
both wounded by fragments of shells
came in with bandaged heads and
were interviewed by an international
News service correspondent.
1.-The bombardment was incessani
for three-quarters of an hour" said
Wood. 1.-THE cruisers first directed
their fire toward the wireless station
but without effect. They next trained
their guns on the electric light plant
and the gas works, but their shots
went wide and inflicted severe damage
on property in the vicinity.
''My son and were injured by the
same she'll"
Scarborough English Resort.
Scarborough, which was shelled by
the Germans, is a seaport and fash
ionable resort of England, in the
northern part of Yorkshire. on a head
land extending into the North sea. II
is 81 miles northeast of the import
ant English city of York. 1t is little
more than two hundred miles from
London.
Scarborough has been popularity
styled the queen of watering places.
The permanent population of the
place is more than forty thousand
persons.
HartIepooI a Trade Center.
Hartlepool is a seaport and munich
pal borough of England, in the south
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The allied fleet bombarded the in
terror forts of the Dardanelles.

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg'
army, which is advancing on Warsaw
over wide front between the Vistula
and the Pilica rivers and which on
Friday occupied Lowicz, reached the
new Russian positions along the Bzura
river and southwark to Rawa and an
other big battle Is in progress.
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A three months moratorium has
been proclaimed in Italy.