The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-17
Entire Machinery of Home De-
tense is Being Put into Mo-
ton by British.
SWEEPING SEA FOR MINES
Belief General in London That
Germans Were Assited in
Raid by Spies.

fl LONDON, Dec 11.--Ehe Gripping
OF telephone and telegraph wires by
the bonn bardment yesterday of three
ports on the east coast Of England by
German cruisers together with the
precautions thrown about these towns
by the military authorities made II
impossible even today, more than
twenty-four hours after the shelling
of Scarborough, Hartlepool and
Whitby, to obtain more than an ap-
proximate estimate of the civilian
dead and wounded.
According to an official statement
given out today total of tifty-five
persons met their death in Hartlepool
while lis were wounded.
At Scarborough seventeen dead and
thirty wounded was the toll.
Both official and unofficial esti-
mates place the Whitby casualties at
two dead and two wounded.
The MAXIMUM of wounded is close
on to $50 persons.
England Wrath and Astir.
Bristling with wrath and resent
ment at this attack on unfortified
towns is astir today as never before
since war was declared. Another
raid is confidently expected and the
entire machinery of home defense
has been put into motion.
On the east and southeast coast of
England emergency committees are at
wor kwhile in London plans to or
work while in London plans TO or
old for military service are under
way.
Although to the British mind a
raid on London seems remote yester-
days episode drove home the reali-
ties OF war as nothing else could.
Arrangements have been made at
Deal and Dover to expedite the re-
moval of the civilian population in
case OF an attack. These measures
Z are primarily to forestall any panic
or congestion on the railroads and
thoroughfares which might impede
military movements.
Through wireless telegraphy Ber-
lin promptly heard of the outcome OF
this visit of German cruisers to the
English cost and this morning wire
less message from the German capi-
tai repeated the tale of the attack as
printed by British newspapers yester-
day. Nothing has been added from
German Official sources.
Steaming at high speed the Ger
man raiders barring mishap should
have reached their advanced naval
base off Heligoland some time after
midnight last night, their trip re-
quiring about fifteen hours. Thirty
hours out of port in such venture In
mind laden waters is feat English
[. newspapers do not belittle and in his
heart every Englishman hopes that II
will be essayed again and If necessary
again until the call is paid once too
often.
Mines Left Behind.
1t is presumed that behind them
the German cruisers dropped mines
SO feet of trawlers is now out en-
gagged in the task of sweeping.
The towns attacked yesterday had
resumed much of their normal ap-
pearance today except in the homes
and hospitals, where the wounded
were quartered. Everywhere tho
sound of hammering was heard as
the damage was repaired.
The belief is general that the Ger
mans in this expedition had the able
assistance of spies. The remarkable
secrecy with which the raid was exc
cuted is shown by the fact that not a
single incoming vessel at any east
coast port saw the German ships prior
to their sudden appearance.