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Princess Olga and the Elterwater Part of Crews Perished
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-It is
Believed Mines Were Laid Yesterday by German
Raiding Cruisers All Traffic in Those Waters Has Been
Ordered Stopped.
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England. Dec. II
. belie
i:nk u
I the coast from Scarborough, one of
via ' Pnts bombarded yesterday by the
S German cruisers. Thev were, renorted
M.) Three steam- t0 ave jeft mines m their wake, as
to be a passengerj they steamed away.
The area from Flamborough Head to
Newcastle in which all traffic has been
stopped, embraces the entire field in
which the German, raiders operated.
mines in the North
h Head, last night.
acJ Flamborou
The Elterwater Lost.
trese mree esseis nas
ified. This is the
fair cne o
.. for ii-(n is
!rer Elterwater. Twelve of her
The Princes Olga Lost.
Scarborough, Dec. 17, via London.
(1:32 P. M.) The steamer Princess
MUCH GREATER
ACREAGE S
1
WINTER. WHEAT
Great German General
On Prussian Frontier
TCA.ait'u sou the other ships O.a. bound for Aberdeen, Scotland,
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been determined, Dut it i -lu- mme uu ueie iasi mgm. mu
crew and passen-1 went aown. rne crew 01 is men mnaea
in tneir own Doats.
rot vet
'.onnrrd that the-
jofth? passenger vessel were seen
to their boats.
Traffic Stopped. " The British steamer Princess Olga
ae pdmiraltv has announced that! was a coaster of 438 tons and 186
'traffic between Flamborough Head feet long, and was built in 1901.
-d Newcastle lias been stopped indef- The Elterwater also was a small
yjv . coaster, 743 tons, 255 feet long and
Flaxborough Head is 20 miles down built in 1907.
one
Automobile Bandit
Daring Raid On
Two Cincinnati Banks
Makes
f in the latter case he shot Cashier
... I fipnrep Winters. The nolire onre more
0 . Dec. 1.. A bandit j T111.pHf ,.n thft RPPTlt hllt parlv this af.
SKttly operating alone terrorized j ternoon the bandit remained at iarge.
lest End business section of Cin- j
j Associated Pres?.
Cincinnati. O . Dec.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 17. Tremendous
increases in the acreage devoted to
the planting of winter wheat in the
south were shown today in the de
partment of agriculture's estimate of
the total area sown in the United
States. That amounts to 41,263,000
acres, an increase of 4,135,000 acres
over the area sown last fall and on
which the record crop of 684,990,000
bushels of winter wheat was harvest-,
ed, this year. j
The condition of winter wheat on
December 1 was 88.3 per cent of a
normal, almost 1C per cent lower than
it was last year at this time and 2
per cent below the 10-year average on
December 1.
South Carolina's acreage was in- j
i creased 220 per cent compared with i
jthe 1913 planting; Alabama 185 per
(Pent! M ississinni 1 9.Z nor rent-
(Georgia 118 per cent; North Carolina denberg is given credit for halting the
I 75 per cent; Virginia 60 per cent; Ar- Russian invasion of East Prussia.
kansas 44 per cent; Tennessee, Tex- wnue ne nas not oecome so weu
as and Oklahoma 20 per cent. known as von Hindenberg the people
In the great wheat growing states of Berlin took on him as one of their
the increases in acreage range from heroes who has already saved them
five tn fifteen npr font owpnt in thft from the Russians.
greatest of winter wheat states, Kan
sas, where a two per cent decrease in
acreage is shown.
By
To General Machensen almost as
much as1 to Feld Marshal von Hin-
0f ie Of Greatest Victories
Of The War Is Claimed
Germans In Poland
Coast Towns Are Being Thrown Into Readiness for Another
Attack Which is Expected Great Rush at Recruiting Sta
tionsGerman Cruisers Returned to Their Base Unharmec
In West Flanders While No Striking Turn in Events Has
Been ftecorded, Allies Seem Bent on Thrusting Germans
Out In the East Germans Lay Broad Plans for Cutting
Off Russian Sources of Communication Austrians Report
Capture. of 3T,000 Russians While at Several Points Rus
sians Are Said to be in Retreat.
T 1
STOPPING
MEXICAN E
ACROSS B
iKi today, robbed two banks with-
Cincinnati, Dec. 17. An unidentified
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ii radius ot ten blocks, senously - t.wl - -H.t OT,toro1 ntJ wet
oea iue w m U"VUW "Eni branch of the Provident Savings
cashier or the other, and seems - . n, ,T ; . w v
of the West End business district here
today, fired two shots at the cashier,
gathered together about $8,000, jumped
into a waiting automobile and es
caped. Police in another car pursued.
Two . hours after the robbery, the
Liberty Banking & Savings Company,
ten blocks fom the Povident Bank,
was entered by a man supposed to
be the same bandit, and another
bundle of money, value not known,
was obtained.
George Winters, cashier of 'the
Liberty Bank was shot by the bandit,
it 10:30 o'clock thp bandit drove im and probably seriously injured. The
toe the Provident Bank in a small robber again escaped in an automo-
atoaobile. He scaled an eight foot bile driven by himself.
wen in the bank, fired at Cashier 1 At the Provident Bank ; the robber
ward Huehp? srrahhpri $8 OOOr back- climbed an eight-toot screen mio xne
d to the door and disappeared in his office and fired two shots at Cashier
machine followed bv a fusillade from ! Edward Hughes. Then he seized $2,-
tisave escaped the police in an auto
3i!e. It is known that he obtained
S in the first bank, the West End
ranch of the Provident Savings Bank
ifet Company, and officials of the
Seny Banking & Savings Company,
it second bank robbed, believe the
aicsat stolen from them will run into
tends.
At least 12 persons were in the banks
K the time of the robberies but the
jramiseuous use of the bandit's revol
:?r held them in check, although a
me description of the man and his
EtoBobile was obtained.
000 on the cashier's desk, took from
a table nearby $6,000, backed to the
door, and jumped into an automobile
and sped away.
Hughes, who had obtained his own
revolver, fired at the retreating ma-
tactics which had nrnvwl sue- chine." Police in an automobile soon
fssiu! at the Provident Bank were picked up the bandit's track and fol
ded by the bandit at the Liberty lowed it through almost every street
the only difference- being that in the West End section..
aes revolver. The police in their
mobile got on his tracks which led
various sections of the West End,
flaa almost given up hope of locat
'? aim that way when it was reported
'JHibertV Ran l- hoI hQcn T-nhSoH TTiq
Washington, Dec. 17. Witner wheat
was sown this autumn on 41,263,000
acres, an increase of 4,135,000 acres
over the revised estimated area sown
last fall, the department of, agricul
ture announced toda . j;,
- The condition of winter wheat' oti"
December 1 was 88.3 per cent of a nor
mal ,against 97.2 last year, 93.2 in 1912 j
and 90.3, the 10-year average. j
Rye was sown on 2,851,000 acres, an
increase of 78,000 acres over the revis
ed estimated area sown last fall. Rye
condition December 1 was 93.6 per cent
of a normal, against 95.3 per cent last ;
year, 93.5 in 1912 and 93.0, the 10-year
average.
10 MILLION
DOLLAR EIRE IN
Great
n Prog
Thirty
Battle Is Now
ress At A Point
Miles From Warsaw
ess.
Associated Pr
Wav, via London, Dec. 17. 4:20
WaczPJre.an ba,ttle is in PrSress at
.jc (-. - west ot Warsaw.
. -rfflan wedge which is proceed-
W "tioLeiiy uireciion iroiu
j , . - oi aaci licit V Jf 11 511 1-
v been inflicted, to es-
m
t Snnt.. a "garter of a mile west
ThP p rS ai that Pint
1.., ' merman fnin
sian--5'. i.erce resistance' by the
vere, sometimes hand to hand en
counters. Artillery fire was heavy
and continuous.
Reinforcements are being poured in
rapidly on both sides. The Russians
are bringing in troops from Warsaw.
The Germans are moving forces from
the Lodz region.
Notwithstanding the conflicting na
ture of reports concerning the charac
ter of German operations it is evi
dent their maneuvers which accord
ing to some reports include as many
as five army corps, are being conduct
ed along a line to the" north 3 ot
Lowitz.
POTTSVILLE. PA.
OPPOSITION
TO SCHEDULE
ITHESXL.
New Arrangement Will Bring
No. 13 Into Charlotte at
12:30 A. M. Instead of 11
O'clock, if Connections Are
Made.
Commercial Salesmen Who
Make Towns Down the Sea
board Will be Seriously Af
fected if the New Schedule
is-Put Into Effect.
i Considerable comment is being oc
casioned in Charlotte by the receipt of
the information that the Seaboard Air
Line Railway contemplates a new
Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 17.-Fire in the Xreb ?traif ST? 4'
business section of Pottsville early lllf'JI1 3' ,hlf fnow
today destroyed property valued at S"e M 11 clock rom
nearfv $2,000,000. An entire block of SwS2bnTlgPa88e5S?? fr-f
busings buildings stocked with holi- SSS.S8?' -Va nf t8 Clty
day goods was destroyed. j JfSl!" 39 a' m- lf a11 connections are
Twenty stores, the Pennsylvania Na-j er.r,ai v
tional Bank and the Academy of Music' 5? !Mtl2?2Si ?
were among buildings destroyed. The' JJJ. VSSJmIS? S,'iwa,ts the
FltaCeeefSM fir6' W" Wthto1MS
vvooi worm ""r"r roe means the cutting of the run of
one side to the Bntton-Hoffman furni- x- , - . . t-t,i. 7
ture store .and on the other to City De- ' ""between Portsrnnnfh v
partment Store the upper floors, of J vSgg
which were used as offices wntpr! between Hamlet and Monroe will - be
Inability to secure a sufficient water eliminated f rom thig run B 1 f
supply at first is given as a caus e for. me&ng Nq
the fire's rapid spread. Power was shut r0m Portsmouth, Va., to Hamlet,
off f N. C., and return, and that another
iS5i and 1 r Strlef car service train wiU Perate from Monroe, N.
lights and power. Street car service c tQ Atlanta Ga f and return, leav-
svSP i o i,oir'- lnaWp1 the 53 miles between to be; served
The 8ST?rSJrf vault anl onl No.. 13 and 14 operating
rrer6beHevedd to MSSSt S f Trollfe Charl0tte'
Uni0? Sa?! .W??! But the cSief tlnT'aoes not lie
nearoy, was . as"y in the fact that this train is cut out
bank opened for bsuiness while the - ,
fire was burning itsel f out j if which 'now leaves
Much of the loss is not covered by Wiiminrton at 3 0 m and arrivp
insurance especially that on the large ( lt lla-
SIOC1S.S Ul UUllUdJ guuuo.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Dec. 17. Brigadier
General Bliss, commanding the troops'
on the Mexican border, reported to the!
war department today he conferred at?
Naco yesterday with General Ramirez,
military secretary of General Maytor-i
cna, the Villa commander. .Ramirez was'
told by General Bliss what was ex
pected of the Maytorena troops in
shaping their operation against the
Carranza forces so as to avoid dan
ger of life and property on the Ameri
can side of the line, and he under
took to communicate the representa
tions to Maytorena.
The war department has not .made
public details of General Bliss' report
but Secretary Garrison declared it
disclosed the conference was harmon
ious, and that General Bliss did not
make threats as to what be' would do
if his warnings were imkeSae'd. ' '"ri,J,J
Officials here expect the orders of
Provisional . President Guiterrez to
Maytorena to rearrange his forces ifj
necessary to stop the fire into Ari
zona, will bear fruit before all the
American troopers and batteries order-
ed to Naco get into their positions.
In official quarters no predictions are
made as to the ' course the United
States will pursue, but it is generally
understood that after Brigadier Gen
eral Scott arrives at Naco Saturday
and conducts his negotiations with
both sides of the Mexican factions,!
further firing into American territory j
can have but one result. Legal author
ities here say if the United States
troops were to shell the Mexicans' out
of their positions such an act would
be repelling an invasion and not an
attack upon Mexico.
STE1ER DERENTIE
!
5!
I. EQETHALS OFF
ill WASHINGTON
'As.
' Press.
:S oh' Dec- "Governor Goe-
tori,. canal zone, sailed from
t0 a 7 on his way to Washing
0ltlt&itteff r before congressional
ions !n "harge of canal appro-
lthm,f A'dii announced a month
l quest :rcferece to any of tie
!ilP , !!l!uns elating to the ca-
th.7 - Ulousn it is to be ex-
SIX PERSONS
ADRIFT ftT SER
Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 17. Help
less in a disabled gasoline launch with
a southeast gale blowing, six persons
were adrift early today off Redondo
Beach. Other launches which started
to the rescue abandoned their search,
but early today the destroyer Preble
took it up. s
Those adrift were Mr. and Mrs. J
H. Blake, Charles Blake, aged 22 ;
Harriet Blake, aged 17, and Ruth
Smith, aged 1L all of Redondo.
SUNK BY RU
N
BATTLESHIP TURKISH TROOPS
By Associated Press. H K I H ! I If H H K 1 1 1
Trnrad Dec .17. via London, 4:10 fl 1 1 L U U Iff! U II 1 1 U L
p. m It was officially announced to
day that the steamer Derentie of the
German Levantine line, was found nav- By Associated Press,
igating off the Turkish coast near Athens, Dec. .17, via London 11:47
Kerasunt and was sunk a Russian a Britsh d n has bom.
warship after all on board the mer- . . ,
rt, t,oH hTi ordered to leave, barded Turkish troops who had con-
Onlv two Turkish officers and twelve centrated Sunday on the coast of the
soldiers obeyed the order, and the gulf of Saros the arm of the Aegean
the ship, sea, norm 01 me laraanenes. . xms m-
j-i nmmt rlrwrn with
Kerasunt is a seaport of Asiatic Tur- formation was received here today in
B.CJ , IV "
the Black sea
EXPORT MOVEMENT
OF GOT
ON INCREASE
NATURALIZED GER
MAN CITIZENS
ARRESTED
TN
Bv Associated Press. , ,
New Orleans, Dec. 17.-The export
movement of cotton today was the
lareest of any day !ice tbe first of
the season and tne neginnmg 01 me
European war. Total clearances from
all United States ports for foreign
ports amounted to 107,331 bales. The
increase in shipments will make this
week the record week, for the sea-
Jmington at 4:30 and reach this city
the corresponding hour and a half
later. ...
j No. 13 .will reach Hamlet at 9:05, the
: arriving time of the fast train from
jNew York city to Florida and there!
jwill take on the Atlanta - cars, one
j express and one Pullman car.. The By Associated Press,
switching that will be necessary will LondoIlj Dec. 17, 3:25 p
i make the leaving time under the i new nntruali 'd Germans in the
schedule, iot AO. is at aDout a:du Ar- of Sunderland, a short distance
riving at Monroe these cars will have " f the English COast towns
to be switched out' for the short run ;J h were bombarded by the Ger
tram between Monroe and Atlanta to notar.Aav arrested over-
and thus additional time is ritv! tn a disnatch mib-
15 into n-hv .-Uisuw vv, B - .
" lished by . the
Company.
take up
lost. This brings No.
Exchange Telegraph
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GERMAN STEAMER '
PATAGONIA SEIZED.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for North Carolina:
. -a rr-oaa Washington, Dec. 17 The city of
By Associated n-ess. Puebla in the Mexican state of that
London Dec. 17, 1:26 p. m A dis- name, has been evacuated by Car-
X natch received here from Buenos ra-nza forces and now is held by Zap-
Fair tonight, and Friday, not Aires says that the Argentine cruiser atistas. ' A report to the state depart-
son thus far with 291,491 bales clear- much change in temperature. 5"? Pueyrredon, after a hot chase, has mnt today says Carranza troops
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cd already, to wnicu must u mueu ,seizea me Kivuuau sieiuuei raio6uu'a ourneQ ue ramua-u smuou ueiwe u
One of the greatest victories of the war is claimed today by Ger
many. The Berlin official statement contains these words:
"The Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen has completely
broken down. In the whole of Poland the enemy was forced to retreat af- .
ter fierce and stubborn frontal battles, and is being pursued everywhere.
A semi-official statement from Berlin speaks confidently of the easterJi
situation ,and says the Austrians appear to have achieved their first ac- .
tual successes against theRussians in the last few days in western Gali-
cia. Petrograd admits that the German flanking movements threaten the
Russian lines of communication and that it has been necessary for the
Russians to draw back their lines in certain sections, but it gives no inti
mation of such reverses as are reported from Berlin.
The great battle in Belgium and northwestern France is the subject
of conflicting claims. The German war office announces the allies have
made new attacks but they have been beaten back with heavy losses. The
French statement says several German trenches in Belgium have been
captured by infantry assaults and that at other points to the south and
jast the allies' artillery: has donei effective work. x ...,.-,.
Four steamers were sunk by mines off the east coast of England, ir
the territory covered yesterday by the raiding German warships whicr
were said in England to have scattered mines to cover their retreat.
Seventy-four persons were killed and 147 wounded, according to th
best figures now available in the German raid on the east coast of Eng
land. Heaviest losses were in Hartlepool where, the British informatior .
bureau announces, fifty-five persons were killed and 115 wounded.
. Unofficial reports give the casualties in Scarborough at 15 killed anc
30 wounded, and in Whitby at two killed and two wounded.
The Germans' success in running, past the line of British warship
and through mine fields and in escaping after the bombardments lead;
England to expect another attack, preparations for which are under way
Berlin newspapers hint yesterday's exploit may be the prelude to greatet
events on the seas. -
Germany's new plan for the operation against the Russian armies is
unfolding gradually. Petrograd despatches say Austro-German flanking
operations in the Carpathians and on the Vistula are being conducted on
a large scale, and that they threaten Russian lines of communication.
Such importance is attached to these maneuvers, that apparently Ger
many is willing to risk an invasion by the Russian a"mies in the south,
withdrawing troops from that region for use west of Warsaw. An official state
ment from Vienna says that in Galicia and southern Poland the Russians
an rratinrt alnn th Antir fntnt anj ara h.inn nnraiiifl
Russia's Caucasian army is having frequent encounters with the
Turks but official statements are at such sharp variance that it is diffi
cult to form an opinion of results. The Russian general staff states the
Turks, reinforced, assumed the offensive in the Van region, Armenia, but
were beaten decisively. The Turkish statement says these battles "re
sulted In our favor."
Recruiting Stimulated. y
London, Dec 17, 12:25 p. m. Tlu
German raid on the east coast has
stimulated recruiting in the British
! Isles. Other results are preparations?
at coast points for protection of the
civilian population ' in case of further
attacks, and the organization in Ixsn
don of a national guard for local de
fense. In Flanders.
In. the west, especially in Flanders."
the roles of the contending armies
would: appear today' to have been
clearly reversed. All the recent offi
cial communications, issued by the al
lies and the Germans refer to the al-'
lies' offensive from Ypres to the sea.
Consequently the Germans are on the
defensive.
A Uritish squadron, standing off th
coast, has aided the attack nea
Nieuport, but nowhere has mavkeu
progress been noted.
It may be said, nevertheless, that
the allies' attempt to push the Ger
mans out of Belgium has definitely be-
oniri anrl fTiof i, a t.csh1 cs 'en r ttAiAurl
ed in Flanders have converted the Ger
man line into a series of tenaciously
held positions rather than a straight
front; at many points allied wedges
have been driven in. -
Russian Claims.
Russia claims . to have checked f cr
the moment the Austrian movement
across "the Carpathian, passes; - she
contends 'also that shg has pushed the
Germans further back toward the east
Prussian frontier, at the northern' ex
tremity of the' eastern front. West ot
Warsaw, however ",the Germans con
tinue, their advance. " I v.
, The German press, commenting on
the situation in the west has express
ed the opinion that operations of im
portance are impending in Alsace
where, it is said, French reinforce
ments are being brought up. A new
French attack from .the direction o;
Toul also Is expected in Berlin. It i;
added that German guns considerably
damaged the French position in the
Vosges, south of St. Die.
The increase in recruiting, resulting
from the German raid, is particularly
are lacking.
AUSTRIAN TRAINING
SHIP SUNK
London, Dec. 17, 4:44 p. m. In a
dispatch from Rome the correspond
ent of the Central News says:
"A Trieste official has announced
the blowing up by a mine and ' the
sinking of the Austrian training ship
m A11 Beethoven with the loss of the crew
seaport and all the cadets on board."
CARRANZA FORGES
EVACUATE PUEBLA
the foreign clearances of tomorrow. J q s;g & &
in the gulf of San. Jorge.
larun&-.
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