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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
Corferenciaran en- Monterrey los Grales.
carranciStaS

Corresponsal en- Laredo, TIE,
Xas,
Y aunque para la fecha nc
hemos recibido confirmation
de esa noticia, tampoco ha 81.
do restificada, por 10 que cree
mos que Sc llevara a cabo el
cambio de guarnici6n con OBJ
ieto de evitar que los militia
res afectos Villa vayan a dar
un golpe, animados por los
simpatizadores del jefe chi
huahuense que Sc encuentran
en- la ciudad texana.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
Felipe Riveros esta
en- aprietos
,. DICE QUE SALIERON
DE LA RUTA.

Felipe Riveros, como va es
bien sabido, no esta de acuer-
do con el primer jefe". Ell,
Riveros, que "gobierna" por
obra y gracia de la fuerza de
las armas en- ell Estado de ST.
naloa, obra de acuerdo con
ell "presidente conventional.
Esto ha disgustado a los
companeros de armas del go
bernador", porque asi andan
ellos: unos por un lado y ell
resto por otro. Pues bien, Juan
Carrasco, general de "bri-
gada" envi6 a Riveros I'm XII
(Pasa a la 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
Las obras de arte de Mexico aadar
en- Hlan0 de fiIiIlusteros
Faeron robadas en- e]
saqueo de Zacatecas

De Boston Mass. nos llega una
noticia refereate a cue en- aque
la ciudad 90 han vendido algu-
nos cuadros &c gran VaIor artfs-
tico, de los que fuerOn robados
por los vii.istas en- les saqueos de
Zacatecas. Raproduc;mos Ia in
formation rpferida:
UnCs americanOS cue mllltaron
como soldados de fortuna en- las
flas villistas, Sc encuentran en-
esta ciudad vendiendo algunos
cuadros hermosisimos, que fue-
ron cogidos por ellos como botin
de guerra en- algunas de las po-
(Pasa a la 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
Antonio VillarreaI presidira la junta

Antes de salir Ricaut de Nuevo
Laredo, anunci6 que volverfa a
tomar possession de Ia comandan-
cia de armas el pr6ximo
sabado a menos que recibiera Or
denes contrarias, 10 que parece
que ha sucedido, pues aver
mismo publicamos la noticia
de que ell sobrino del primer
jefe" habia recibido instruc-
clones de salir con sus fuerzas
para Matamoros, segdn tele-
gramas que nos envi6 nuestro
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
El representante
Sillirnan esta
e1nbotellado
NO PUEDE REUNIRSE CON
CARRANZA.
Ell representante personal

Ell representante personal
del Presidente Wilson, Mr..
Jhon R. Silliman, ha quedado
"embotellado" en- la Ciudad de
Mexico, debido a que todas las
comunicaciones con la Capital
han sido cortadas por las dis
tintas facciones que operan en-
los alrededores.
Mr.. Silliman tiene inten-
clones de unirse a Carranza
ante quien fue nombrado re-
presentante personal del Presi-
dente americana, pero ha en-
(Pasa a Ia 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
Los 'colorados' derro.
tan a los villistas

Sc han con. irmado las noti-
cias que Gimos de encuentros
registrados en- Chihuahua en-
ire villistas y contrarrevolucio-
narios.
Hace cuatro dias, segin los
informes que proceden de Ell
Paso, una partida de fedora
dos" que Sc cree mandada
por Santana Caraveo, atac6
a la guarnici6n villista de mas
de Glen hombres que Sc halla-
ba en- la hacienda de San Lo-
(Pasa a la 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
En- EI Paso hay TN
nuevo Consul

FL Sr. Errcsto Arteaga y
Fc-nandcz, nombrado consul
mexicano en- Ia cildad de El
Paso. Texas, po~ Ia Convention
dc Aguasoalicrtcs, la cstable-
edo, segun Sc nos comunica,
sus oficinas en- Ell caurto piso
del First National Bank Bull
ding.
El represetannte del 60
bierno provisional que preside
el general" Eulalio Gutierrez,
tiene 6rdenes de recibir el ar
Pasa a la 5a.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
La ciud2d de Guerrero, chihuahua
no esta en- poder de los Herreras
Asi 10 dicen los informes
llegados de Ell Paso

C0n1rarias q las nOticias
prop2ladas especialmente por
las fIcntes de information ca
r~arcistas, references a que
l@s ruerz&s cue cOmanGan los
hc.manOa Herreras, Sc habian
apodcrado de Guerrero, Chi
huahua, cstan los nucvos infor-
mes Ilegados hoy de Ell Paso
Y que hacen saber que es del
todo punto inexacta la mott
cia del triunfo de los elemen-
tos carrancistas que Sc encuen-
tran en- chihuahua.
Los mismos informes a que
(Pasa a la Pag. ~
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28

Green que asi Obtendran
ei recoHocimieRto

Las ultimas noticias recibi-
das de Ell Paso, Texas, hacen
saber que el general Willis
ia Ornelas, Comandante mill
tar de Ciudad Juarez, mani
fest6 aver, que los cOnvencio-
naiistas tienen el prOyecto de
reinstalar en- la ciudad de Me-
xico, el ultimO Congreso made
rista que fuG disuelto pOr el
Pasa a la pap. Z
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28
INQUIETUDEN
MADRID
Sc DICE QUE FUERON ASE-
SINADOS ESPANOLES
POR LOS ZAPA-
TISTAS.

Noticias procedentes de
Washington dicen que el En-
bajador espanol en- Estados u
nidoS, senior RianO, ha recibido
un despacho Official de Madrid
en- el que Sc le dice que varios
eSpanoles fueron muertos Y
sus hogares saqueadOs, GUAM
do las fuerzas zapatiStas entra-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-11-28

LARGEST CIRCULATION
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We guarantee LA PRESSA
- TO have the =
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
POUND FOR THE POOR.
TABERNACLE SLOGAN
Food and Clothing For Needy VIII
Be Collected at Slough
Meeting Tonight
MUCH DIRE DISTRESS HERE
Evangelist Gets Scores of Appeals
From Suffering; 80 More
Hit the Trail
MUCH DIRE DISTRESS HERE

"A Pound For the Poor i, the slo-
gan for the special night of Rejoicing
this evening at the tabernacle, when
every one who attends the service is
expected to bring a donation of a
pound of some dry grocery, or article
that can he distributed among the poor
of the city and neighboring towns.
Clothing will also be acceptable, and
orders for more bulky supplies such as
a ton of coal, a sack of flour, a bushel
of potatoes or a barrel of apples will
be welcomed, and the material will be
called for during the week as necessity
demands.
The aim of the occasion is to secure
a large donation of supplies that are
easily distributed and are not perish
able, and the idea of each person
bringing a pound of some common
necessity was determined on as being
the most practicable and easily man
aged plan of arranging a public char
ity. The goods will be placed at the
disposal of the Associated Charities OF
CONTINUED on Page Il
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
BANK ROBBER MAY
Be FRANK J. HOHL
Two Cincinnati Banks Relieved of
Cash by Man Who Es-
capped in Auto
By Associated Press

Cincinnati. Ohio, Dec. 17.-An un-
identified automobile bandit entered
the West End branch of the Provi-
dent Savings Bank and Trust COM
pany at Eighth and Freeman avenues
in the heart OF the West End business
district. here to-day. fred two shots at
the cashier gathered together about
5000, jumped into waiting auto
mobile and has thus far escaped. The
police in another car pursued him.
Two hours later a man, believed to
be the same bandit. entered the LIB
erty Banking and Savings Bank, ten
blocks away. and after shooting the
cashier escaped with a bundle of
money the value of which Is not
known.
Puts Money in Pockets
The robber. entering the Provident
Bank within an hour after it opened,
climbed an eight-foot screen into the
office and without warning fired two
shots at Cashier Edward Hughes. He
then seized $4,000 in currency lying
on the cashiers desk, rushed to q
table near by where $4,000 more was
stacked. stuffed this into his pockets
and slowly backed to the door. He
then jumped into q machine that had
been placed in front of the bank and
driving the car himself. sped away
Hughes in the meantime had obtained
his own revolver and fired at the flee
ing man. None of the shots, either oi
the bandit or Hughes, apparently, took
effect. The police responded TO the
call in an automobile and soon picked
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
Bundle Water Meter
in Carpet or Burlap,
Bowman Advises Public

Property owners throughout the city
are cautioned by Commissioner II. f.
Bowman. uperintendent of public
safety, against the danger of freezing
water meters during the extreme cold
weather and he suggests a safeguard
IN the shape of burlap or carpet wrap
pings. Especial attention should be
given to the mechanisms that are
located close to an open window or
coal hole, he says.
Nearly 400 meters were practically
put out of service last year because of
''freeze-ups." The cost OF repairing.
varying from S2.25 to S4.7J per meter,
must be borne by the property owner,
although the water department makes
no charge for replacing damaged
parts other than the lahor involv=d.
The Necessary sections OF the meter.,
are replaced ty the department exactly
AT cost
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
MASONIC TEMPLE IS
AGAIN NEARLY BURNED
Early Morning Blaze Cuts Lodge
Rooms and Destroys Records
and Paraphernalia
ORIGIN COMPLETE MYSTERY
Three Floors Are Damaged; Loss
$6,000; the Second Fire
Within Six Weeks

Fire in the Masonic Temple early
this morning again threatened the de-
struction of the building.
Starting in a kitchen on the sixth
floor. the flames spread to cloak and
restrooms on the seventh floor and
burned through to the fifth floor. The
kitchen was gutted, the blue lodge
room was burned out; a portion of the
red room was damaged; books and pa
pers in the secretarys room were de-
stroyed. and the lodge paraphernalia,
including fifty to seventy-fve Knights
Templar uniforms, was burned.
The total loss is estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and 10000. 1t is par
TALLY covered by insurance.
This was the second fire within six
weeks at the Masonic Temple. on
November Il fire started in wallpa-
per store on the first floor, spread 20
the second floor. and caused damage
amounting to $4,000.
The flames to-day were discovered
by a pedestrian about $50 this morn
ing An alarm was sent In from Box
231. Third and State streets.
William T.. Nachlin. the custodian
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war is claimed to-day by Germany.
The Berlin official statement contains
these words:
''The Russian offensive against ST.
leSia and Posen has completely broken
down. In the whole of Poland the
enemy was forced TO retreat after
fierce and stubborn frontal battles and
is heing pursued everywhere"
\ semiotIiciaI statement from Berlin
speaks confidently of the situation in
the east and says that the Austrians
appear to have achieved their first
actual successes against the Russians
I'm the last few days in Western Galicia.
Petrograd admits that the German
thanking movements threaten the Rus
sian lines of communication and that
il has been necessary for the Russians
to draw back their lines i'm certain sec
tions, hut IL gives no intimation of
! such revcrses as arc reported from
Berlin.
CLAIMS ARE CONFLICTING
The great battle i'm the west. which
is being carried on most liercely in
Belgium and Northwestern France. is
the subject of conflicting claims. The
German war Office announces that the
! allies have made new attacks. but that
| they have been beaten back with
| heavy losses. The French statement
says that several German trenches in
DelSiuHh nave DceH tdptuTcu DN lutaH-
! try assaults and that at other points to
the south and east the artillery of the
| allies has done effective work.
| -Four steamers were sunk by mines
on the east coast of England i'm the
territory covered yesterday by the raid
| ing German warships. These vessels
were said in England to have scattered
mines to cover their retreat.
Seventy-four Killed
Seventy four persons were killed and
CONTINUED on Page 12l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
SeeeiaI % 7he Teleerath

Columbia, Pa, Dec. 17.--Major Ed
ward c. Shannon has Just been re-
elected TO that office in the Fourth
Regiment of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania. Major shannon is a
popular officer and q man of fine mill
tary bearing. He is also custodian
of the State armory at this place and
is one of Colnmbia's most highly os-
teemed citizens.
Major Shannon enlisted in the Guard
in 1889 as a private in Company G.
Fourth Regiment. and was soon pro-
NOTED to corporal and then to SER
gesnt. He was elected lieutenant and
then later captain. During the Span
ish- American War he was captain of
the company. He was in Porto Rico
with the regiment and after the war
he was elected major when n reor-
ganization was effected. He has sew
eral times represented the State Guard
at the National Guard Association
meetings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
F|NAL PRUNING Of
BUDGET ORDINANCE
City Commissioners Meet in Ex-
ecutive Session For Purpose
This Afternoon

City Council met this afternoon in
executive session to consider the final
necessary pruning and pairing of the
1915 budget ordinance so that the
skeleton measure may be in shape
for consideration at Tuesdays regular
meeting. Whether or not any more
special sessions will be necessary will
be determined after to-day's meeting.
The budget, as it now stands, calls
for something less than s560.00O it is
said. and by figuring on this basis of
expenditure, the Commissioners be-
lieve that half Il mill can be Topped
from the present tax rate of nine and
a half mills.
From the original budget City Com
missioner II. F. Bowman, superinten-
dent of public safety. cut $4,000 ap-
propriated for the department of food
inspection. This item. he pointed out.
was unnecessary in the general bud
get in view of the fact that the bu-
reau is self-sustaining. To date there
is balance of between 500 and $500
in the department and the income has
been so big that Mr.. Bowman has been
able to announce Il cut of from 81 to
So in the license fees.
mo reason exists so far as | could
sec for letting that $4,000 or more in
the general budget for the food in
spection department" said Commits
sioner Bowman. ''It only makes the
total look so much larger and the
/ money really isn't needed. The in
come we derive from licenses can be
used for no other purpose than main
tenance Of the department and we've
more than enough.
In addition to this $4,000 was pared
/ out of the original sum asked A
/ thousand wanted by Mayor Royal for
! an automobile runabout for the city
sealer of weights and measures was
refused. and $1,000 was Topped from
Mr.. Bowman's estimate for an assist
ant plumbing inspector,
! Mayor Royal said to-day that the
Commissioners might be able to skin
through on nine mill basis" but he
added that he believed if this is done
now. it will be necessary TO put II
back again next year. There is S1s,-
{ 600, the Mayor said, set aside for the
sinking fund of the third improve
"a ioau. This had been provided
for. according TO the long established
precedent a year ago, so enough is now
being held in the sinking fund for thai
purpose cor next year, he said. The
! 1915 budget, however, will have to in.
clude this sum again, he concluded.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
ONE SHELL KILLED
WINE At HARTLEPOOL
Another Is Reported to Have
Ended Lives of Three and
Wounded Eleven

Mddlesborough Ems, Dec II, via
London, 80 A. M.--Latest returns of
the killed and wounded as the result
of the German naval raid show that at
Hartlepool the majority of the victims
were civilians. About eight of the
killed and thirty-sevcn of the wound
ed We're men engaged in coast defense
work but of the remainder the bulk
were civilians who were shot while at
work in the streets or while in their
own homes
Scores of houses in the two Hartle-
pools have been wrecked and scarcely
one of the large factories in the two
towns escaped damage. The tele-
phone service is completely dsorgani-
zed.
The gas works were shelled with
exceptional severity and every gas
holder was put out of commission.
Several churches and schools also suf-
fered from the enemX's fire.
Many Ships Damaged
East Hartlepool suffered the most
in the bonn bardment but there was also
much damage done in West Hartle-
pool Many ships in the harbor were
damaged, including the steamer Die
Continued on Page 121
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
KILLED BY SHELLS
First Warning of Attack on Scar
borough Was Made at $3.50
Yesterday Morning
By associated Press

Scarborough, via London. Dec. II,
S.15 a. m.-"The Queen of English
watering places" has recovered to-day
from the unexpected bombardment
at the towns helplessness under un-
der the guns of the German squadron.
The first warning sound of distant
firing, which attracted little attention
except from the military authorities,
came at $50 in the morning At s
o'clock three German warcraft, which
the majority of witnesses agree were
one battle cruiser and two lighter
cruisers, loomed out of q heavy fog Sc
close underneath the cliffs that they
TContinued on Page t91
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
Unable to Enter Rooms
of Austrian Hospitals
Because of the Stencil
By .fssociatcd Press

responded of the Times who journey
ed over the path of the great Austrian
retreat from Servia telegraphs from
Valjevo as follows:
There are a myriad of evidences of
the completeness of the great debacle,
which far surpasses similar incidents
in the Balkan war.
This retreat is terrible tragedy.
The roads along which the Austrians
impresses one most is the appalling
filth which the Austrians left behind
them. The hospitals containing their
wounded are in pestilential state. 1t
lis impossible to enter many of the
rooms owing to the stencil. The Ser
vians are busily engaged in trying TO
restore order"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
National Guard Is Now
Being Organized to
Protect Metropolis
By Associated Press

London, Dec. Il, 1926 a. m. In
view of the possibilities of an invasion
London is now to have a defense
corps under a title hitherto not used
In this country. the national guard"
The morning papers contain the fol-
lowing notice displayed in large type
in the advertising columns
ut is felt by a large section of the
community that some steps should be
taken in the city of London to meet
the possibility of an invasion.
With this idea in view a force un-
der the name of the National Guard is
being raised under the presidency of
the Lord Mayor. The object is to pro-
vide force of actively engaged pro
fessional men, businessmen. artisans
and others of the age of 40 and up
wards
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
FIRE IN DRUG STORE

Fire in the cellar at Kitzmiller's
drug store, 1884 Derry street, this
morning. was stopped just in time
The flames were discovered in rub
bish pile. The Allison company was
called by telephone and did good work.
The damage was slight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
OCCUPY GERMAN TRENCHES
In 1feocinied prcts

Paris, Dec. II. 2.5S r. NJ. - The
French war office gave out an official
statement this afternoon as follows
Between the sea and the Lys we have
occupied several German trenches at
the point of the bayonet: consolidated
our positions at Lombeartzyde and st.
Georges. and organized the territory
taken from the enemy to the west of
GheluVelt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
n DEAD AND 115
INJURED AS RESULT
OF COAST ATTACK
Mines Strewn Wake Of Fleeing German Cruisers Cause
Destruction Of Steamers; Germany's Plan For Opera
ton Against Russians Is Gradually Unfolding; Petro-
grad Claims Defeat of Turks

SOUTH SHIELDS. ENGLAND, DEC.
IL. VIA LONDON, 2.45 =. M-FOUR
STEAMERS. ONE BELIEVED TO BE,
y PASSENGER SHIP. WE'RE SUNK
BY MINES IN THE NORTH SEA
OFF FLAMBoRoUGH HEAD LAST
NIGHT.
ONLY ONE OF THESE YES
Sells HAS so FAR BEEN IDEN-
TIFIED. THIS Is THE STEAMER
ELTERWATER. TWELVE OF HER
CREW WERE SAVED BUT SEVEN
LOST THEIR LIVES. THE CASUAL
TIES ON THE OTHER SHIPS HAVE
NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED
BUT 1T is REPORTED THAT THE
CREW AND PASSENGERS or THE
PASSENGER VESSEL WE'RE SEEN
TAKING TO THEIR BOATS
THE ADMIRALTY HAS AN
/ NOUNCED THAT ALL TRAFFIC BE
| TWEE FLAMBOROUGH HEAL
AND NEW CASTLE HAS BEEN
STOPPED INDEFINITELY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
GREEK CONDEMNED TO DIE
By Associated Press

London. Dec. II, 11.25 a. m.-Reu-
ter's Telegraph Company has received
a dispatch from its Athens CORE
spondent saying that a Greek naval
offler attached to the Greek legation
at Constantinople has been court mar
tailed and condemned to death on the
charge of spying. particularly in con-
nection with the departure of steam
ers from Constantinople.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
FIFTEEN SCHOOL BOYS KILLED

London, Dec. II. 1.35 P. MA ma
jority of the victims at Hartlepool were
women and children. Fifteen school
boys were killed by a single shell. only
one boy in group escaping. Ten per-
sons were killed by the collapse of a
building in which they had taken
shelter. One shell damaged a building
E miles from shore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-17
TURKS DEMORALIZED AFTER
BATTLE WITH RUSS FORCES
Rr 1ssncintcd Ptct.

Petrograd. via London, Dec. II, 6.23
n. ma communication issued by the
Russian staff in the Caucasus says:
The Turks considerably reinforced
from Bagdad and by a new formation,
assumed the offensive in the Eu-
pirates valley and the Van region,
which resulted in a number of en-
gagements of secondady importance. In
these battles the Russians were in
variably victorious. with the result
that the Turkish forces are demoral-
lied and in some cases have lost their
effectiveness.