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FIREMEN HOLD LOSS TO $5,931 ON 192 ALARMS Chief Miller Reports Low Losses on Property Valued at $299,540 Endangered During Year.

TRUCK UPKEEP LOW Motor Apparatus Costs Citv 21 Cents Daily While Each Team Incurs Expense of 81 Cents. Fire Chief Ed Miller, unless some exceptionally big fires occur between now and Dec. 31, will again be able to report on Jan. 1 one of the smallest, if not the smallest, annual fire losses of any city in the state, although the loss this year will be larger than it was last year, when Richmond was able to report one of the smallest fire losses of any Ame rican city. Up to midnight Dec. 15, there had been 192 alarms turned in since the first of last January, but through efficient work the firemen were able to hold the losses to only $5,931. which is an average of a little over 5::0 per fire. Property in Danger. The total value of property endangered by fire so far this year is $299,640, which graphically illustrates the excellent work Chief Miller and his men have accomplished. The insurance on the buildings where there have been fires this year amounted to a little over half the value of the property, $147,7S5. There have been 1U.050 feet of hose used in extinguishing blazes this year and 1,910 gallons of chemicals. Up to the present time Richmond has been particularly fortunate in not having any destructive blazes in factories or business houses. The two most destructive fire? of the year now drawing to a close were at the old ice house in the norttr end, ivhere-t&a. Iobvs ! was $2,000, and at the Hasemeier home in the east end, where the loss was $1,100. Fewer Alarms in 1913. In 1913 there were only 117 alarms with a total loss of $2,695. The value of the buildings endangered was $224,235, with insurance amounting to $114,230. The desirability of motorizing the fire department from the standpoint cif economy as well as efficiency, has been aptly demonstrated this ypar by ihe use of the motor combination hose and chemical truck. It is not only the first to reach any fire, no matter from what part of the city the alarm comes from, but its maintenance is only onefourth the cost of maintaining a horsedrawn wagon. This year the daily cost of maintaining the fire truck has been 21 cents, while each team of fire horses has. cost the city SO cents. Today Chief Miller presented every member of his department with a suit of heavy, waterproof clothing, especially useful for fighting fires on winter nights. These suits were purchased with money presented the chief by the Misses Evans of Spring Grove, for paving their beautiful home from destruction last summer. Spring Grove Is outside the city limits but the department responded to the alarm and extinguished the blaze which badly damaged the third story of the building and threatened to destroy the house entirely. SCARBOROUGH HIT BY BIG SHELLS OF ATTACKING CRUISER TBY LEASED WIRE. SCARBOROUGH, Eng., Dec. 16. Just as daylight broke this morning a Herman vessel of the cruiser type was observed off Scarborough. She came cIosp in, and for half an hour threw t-hell after shell into the town, doing considerable damage. A woman standing behind the count-1 rr in her husband's shop was instantly I filled. Her husband was injured by j flying debris when a shell wrecked the: fchop. I About forty shells were thrown, the! Germans objective apparently being I the town hall find the wireless station. The latter was unharmed, but the town hall was slightly damaged. Other properties In the neighborhood suffered greatly, the German shells causing great wreckage. Windows vere blown in and great holes made Jn the walls of buildings. Thfl German vessel, after steaming plowly past the town, shelling as it passed, finally disappeared in a southerly direction. Iater a dull sound of rannonadlng as if coming from a great distance, was heard. MRS. EDITH SMITH ENTERTAINS CLUB HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Dec. The progressive club met this afternoon with Mrs. Edith F. Smith. A very interesting literary program interspersed : with music by Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Siersdorfer and the hostess was enjoyed. I Mrs. Carlos Burton. Mrs. M. T. Fox j Ind Miss Laura Mason were guests, j The neNt meeting will be Dec. 30th i nvlth Mrs, Sam Siersdorfer.

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MONARCH QUITS CHARITY BOARD; -DOANJJETS JOB Chairman of Executive Board Tenders Resignation Which Compels Bureau to Re-organize. SIX TERMS EXPIRE Officers of Organization Retain Places for Another Year Governing Committee Meets in January. Frederick R. White, president of the Central Charity bureau said today H. L. Monarch, chairman of the executive committee tendered his resignation in writing to the governing committee yesterday afternoon and that Walter Doan, representing the Associated Charities had been appointed to succeed Mr. Monarch as a member of the governing committee. Mr. Doan has been a member of the Associated Charities board and has worked in the interests of organized charity for several years. Whether he will fill the office of chairman of the executive committee vacated by Mr. Monarch lias not been decided. In the first January meeting of the governing committee a re-organlzation will be effected. According to "the laws of the organization six members take office every year. It is said an effort will be niacin to keep the present governing committee next year as it now stands as the present members in working out the details of starting off the work, have become closely acquainted with the work. The members whose terms end January 1 are, Mrs. A. W. Roach, George H. Knollenberg. Benjamin Johnson, Dr. A. J. Whallon, Rev. Conrad Huber and Mrs. Benjamin Rush. All officers of the organization will hold over with two members in addition. They are Frederick R. White, president; Willard Z. Carr, vice president; J. T. Giles, recording secretary; George H. Eggemeyer, treasurer, and Walter Doan and Mrs. Millard F. Warfel. ICE PAVES WATER FOR WINTER SPORT Skaters Enjoy Sing of Steel on Frozen Morton Park Lake. Jack Frost put a solid layer of ice over the wnters of Morton lake and thus provided an atonement for the heavy hand he laid upon the community in furnishing the first good skating of the year. L.ast night with the sky dark and the stars blue steel in appearance and giving no light, many young people and children skated over the smooth j ice. j

GERMAN CRUISERS DRIVEN NORTHWARD

BY LEASED WIRE. ; LONDON, Dec. 1 6 :30p. jn. Five German cruisers were met by British warships off Hartlepool and after an engagement were driven northward. 18 PERSONS KILLED IN BOMBARDMENT OF SCARBOROUGH CITY German Shells Tear Big Holes Into Streets and Knock Over Houses. (BULLETIN.) SCARBOROUGH, Dec. 16. The au thorities of Scarborough tonight an nounced that 18 men. women and chil- J dren were killed in the bombardment. ; BY LEASED WIRE. J LONDON', Dec. 16. A dispatch to j the Evening Standard from Scarbor- , ough says that eighteen persons were killed in the bombardment there. Persons who fled to Darlington from Hartlepool say that German projectiles tore great craters in the streets of West Hartlepool during the bombardment this morning. More thrilling details of the German bombardment of Scarborough were received at Hull this afternoon. Fifty or more shells fell in the city proper, a number of projectiles raked the suburbs. One fugitive, James Harvey Scott, of Westborough. a suburb, said; "I was walking toward the railway station about ten minutes after S o'clock when a shell fell a short distance away. I did not know until then that the city was under fire, although I could hear the thunder of guns. Then I saw a puff of smoke go up from the Balmoral hotel, where it was struck. I continued toward the station and could hear shells bursting overhead a.t frequent intervals. "A railway porter picked up a fragment of shell right near the station. Just as I arrived a man and wife and two children and a servant ran up and said that their house had been struck and was burning. Looking out from the station I could see part of the town enveloped in smoke. Before I departed another shell burst near the station, but the fragments did not hit any one." A railway guard named Lamb, who arrived this afternon from Scarborough, said: "I was walking along the seashore before the cannonade started. It was very misty and I could not see any ships. When I left at 7:25 the cannonade was going on briskly. I saw a dozen projectiles strike, many falling in the streets, others striking near Castle Hill." AUTO REPLACES TEAM. GARY Tom and Dick, horses, who have been pulling the headquarters hook and ladder truck for seven years have been retired to private life. The old hook and ladder has been replaced by an up-to-date motor truck that will put. Gary's fire fighting force on a modern basis. The new truck was innue lu iMiiuia, .. i. ii vut. lue cuy i pf Gary $6,000. j -j i r? i I .. v- T i . . 1, ..

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GERMANS RAID SURPRISE TO BRITISH ADMIRALTY

BY HERBERT TEMPLE, European Manager of International News Service. LONDOX, Pec. 16. German warships today ?i!od the British ports of Hartlepool ;.nd Scarborough on the North Sea. British war-ships were sent out to repel the invaders and a naval engagement is now taking place. The Admiralty made the following announcement through the government press bureau: "German movements of some importance are taking place in the North Sea this morning. ' Scarborough and Hartlepool haye been shelled. Our flotillas have been engaged with the enemy at various points." Make First Attack. The carrying out of the long expected German attack was the first time that the British coast had been attacked since the American war of the revolution, when John Paul Jones conducted " successful forays into English waters. Hartlepool lies in Durham, between 220 and 225 miles north of London, just north of the mouth of the river Tees. Scarborough lies in Yorkshire, about 45 miles down the coast in a southeasterly direction from Hartlepool. The point of attack lies approximately 400 miles from the Kiel canal, where the German fleet was concentrated at the outbreak of the war. It was necessafy for the German ships to steam clear across the North Sea, passing through mine fields and evading the powerful British patrol fleets stationed all the way down the east coast of England. Show Good Seamanship. The German attack upon the coast of northern England is the boldest yet attempted by the Germans. The German naval men showed exceptional seamanship in getting by the guardian British fleet, a feat which the fleets of Napolean were unable to accomplish. The first intimation of the attack came in the announcement from the Admiralty, and the point of attack was a surprise, for it had been believed that the Germans would choose a point nearer the southern coast. Neither Hartlepool nor Scarborough is a fortified city, but large numbers of British troops have been stationed in their vicinity, as well as at other points along the eastern coast of England and Scotland since a German foray became a possibility. Populous Centers. Both are populous centers and have extreme extensive commercial trade. Scarborough is a well known resort, being known as "The queen of watering places." The city is built upon a series of terraces, rising one above the other in a crescent from the beach. This gives a decided advantage to any hostile fleet attacking the city. Both harbors were crowded with merchant shipping at the time when the Germans began to shell. Description of Town. Scarborough lies just north of Flam-borough-head, off of which point Paul Jones, with an American squadron, won a famous naval victory over a British fleet in 1779. This promontory is a line of limestone rocks, upon which stands a lighthouse. It is understood that the light on this promontery has been extinguished at night upon orders o $e An,ryifjjf,

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I Hartlepool is built in two sections, known as West Hartlepool and Hartlej pool proper. Both unite to form one j borough. The city lies at the apex of a wedge of land that just into the , North Sea, nineteen mjles southeast of the inland city of Durham, j There were four German cruisers in the squadron that bombarded Scari borough. Chief interest does not center in the amount of damage inflicted by the shells but in the fact that the Germans ' had left their naval base to come out into the open sea to give battle to the British. As soon as word had been I flashed to the Admiralty the German men-of-war were off the North coast j orders were dispatched to British i flotilla to go out and give battle to the j Germans. ! Route of Attack. ' It was surmised that the Germans ' had felt their way across the North ; Sea the Dardanelles with all the lights , on their ships extinguished. The ! route giving them the most safety unI der the circumstances would be due : north from the western entrance of I the Kiel canal, past Denmark to a point off the southern coast of Norway; thence a straightaway dash westward to the English coast. I A Leeds dispatch stated that several ! persons were killed in Scarborough by ; German shells and that a number of ' buildings were demolished. The Ger- ! man ships were in easy range of the city and the gunners threw an accu rate fire that covered a great part of! tthe city. According to this dispatch the ships appeared off the coast at daybreak and immediately opened a brisk fire. At the first sounds of the cannonade peri sons began rushing from their houses j in the belief that a naval battle was I being fought. Shells began dropping ' into the city and many residents fled, I as some of the bolder ones sought the harbor side to watch the ships in action. Smash Churches. Three churches, whose spires had evidently attracted the attention of the German gunners, were soon demolished. Several shells fell into the plant of the Municipal Gas Works, completely wrecking it. As the shells began to rip through buildings, and plow up the streets many persons were seized with panic and fled into the ' ijiiiB we&i oi lue cny iu avumi me uerman projectiles, i ne Aamirai-, ty commandeered all the telephone and telegraph wires leading out of Hartlepool, and Scarborough as quick-1 ly as possible, cutting off both cities: from the outside world. Fugitives who ueu aiong me iracns oi me iui iiicum1 a i ii t c a. i v. j. eru railway to seauier, a lew units, southwest of Hartlepool gave details of the bombardment which were tele-j graphed from that point, thus escap- j ing the Admiralty's news embargo. j Residents in Panic. A dispatch from York says that the , residents of Scarborough were thrown 1 into panic by the bombardment, nun - dreds of them rushing to railroad sta-

: tions where they crowded aboard ern portion of the United States is .trains just leaving for Hull and other, moving southeast and will bring con- ! cities. This telegram said that the : tinued cold weather for the next 3C i cannonade began at 7:56 o'clock. The , hours. Killing frosts in California i morninE was hazy, but despite the foe: vfsterdav. Th

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KAISER'S NAVY BRAVES

SEA SOWN WITH MINES TO MAKE DARING BLOW Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on North Sea Suffei Heavy Damage and Loss of Life From Projectiles Hurled by Teuton Guns Attacking Force Sails 400 Milei Across North Sea. . . 4 s :

FLEETS REPORTED FIGHTING OFF HARTLEPOOL

British Admiralty Admits Raid of Germans, but Refuses to Confirm Destruction of Two Attacking Vessels English Coast Raided for First Time Since Napoleonic Era Houses in Towns Smashed by Cannonade.

BULLETIN. PARIS, Dec. 16. Rumors that some English warships had been sunk In the North Sea were current here this evening. At the ministry at war and ministry of marine, It was stated that "the outcome ef the battle between the German and British warships is not definitely known." The first news of the battle reached here late this afternoon, wire not having been working during the forenoon. , , BULLETIN. " LONDON, Dec. 16. All infantry and artillery units In England have been called out at the coast stations. Trenches on the coast are fully manned. Several towns have been notified to cut off all gas In anticipation of an attack. Inhabitants of Tynemouth were ordered to remain Indoor this evening.

BULLETIN. LONDON, Eng., Dec. 16. Forty-seven persons were killed and many were wounded by the German bombardment of Hartlepool today. The cannonade, which was terrific in character, lasted forty minutes. The weather was so foggy that the hostile ships could not be seen. Thirty persons were killed in Hartlepool proper and 17 In the old town section. Many were wounded in West Hartlepool. Four storage gas tanks were destroyed and the city tonight Is in darkness. One house was struck by three shells and all the occupants', a man, his wife and their six children were killed.

BULLETIN. BLYTHE, England, Dec. 16. Sea planes have been sent out to patrol the Northumberland coast and to give warning of any attempt to land German troops. (Blythe is 10 miles from New Castle.) LONDON, Dec. 16. German cruisers, sailing 4f0 miles from their base at Kiel and safely traversing waters which the English Admiralty believed had been so mined as to prevent the passage of hostile ships, today bombarded three British ports on the North Sea, Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. British warships were immediately dispatched to attack the Germans and a naval battle followed off the coast. The result of these naval engagements is not yet known, but there are reports here that two German cruisers have been sunk. The press bureau refuses to confirm this. Many persons were killed and wounded by German shells dropping la the three coast towns and severe damage is said to have been done at all of them. Conflicting reports have been received as to the total number of dead, some saying that as many as forty persons -were . killed In Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool. The German ships were obliged to abandon their bombardment of the coast towns when the British fleet appeared. The opposing squadrons are said to have met off Hartlepool. A dispatch received there late this afternoon said that the naval battle was in progress off the coast and that the firing of the big guns was shattering windows within a radius of 0 miles of Hartlepool.

War Office Confirms Raid Along Coast. LONDON, Dec. 16. The war office Issued the following statement at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon: "The commander of the fortress at West Hartlepool reports that German warships engaged the fortress from 8 to 9 o'clock this morning. The enemy was driven off. A small German vessel opened fire on Scarborough and Whitby." Whitby is 18 miles north of Scarborough.

German Shells Work Havoc at Whitby. WHITBY, Eng., Dec. 16. Two German cruisers approached to within three miles of Whitby between 9 and 10 a. m. today and bombarded the town heavily. At least one person was killed and several were wound,ed. A number of houses were demolished. The historic abbey, which stands on the site of the abbey of St. Hilda, founded In the seventh century, was partly destroyed. After bombarding the city the German cruiser drew off and disappeared. The German bombardment of Hartlepool lasted for 25 minutes. It is reported nine persons were killed and a number Injured. The town was badly damaged. The gas works were set on fire. Several rows of houses were smashed and a number of persons were killed.

Projectiles Smash Scarborough Homes. LONDON. Dec. 16. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Hull says that one of the first German shells fired against Scarborough struck St. Martins church, tearing a great hole in the edifice, another church was struck and damaged. Soon after the cannonade began the streets were filled with women and children who had fled from their homes in their night clothing. The roofs of a number of houses were carried away by projectiles.

The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair tonight and Thursday. Slightly colder tonight. a TEMPERATURE. Xoon .". . . 17 YESTERDAY." Maximum " . Minimum 9 below lqcAL CONDITIONS Fair and j coloer tonight degrees below zero. Thursday fair j an(j continued cold. ' GENERAL CONDITIONS The cold! wave of the past 4S hours is now ovor ! th southern states, causing freezing I ! temperature in Northern Florida Knother cold wave central over the north. making the coldest December day j since 1909. 1 -W. E-ilQOSE. Forecaster,

TEES RIVER FORTS SHELLED BY ROVEf BY LEASED WIRE. RED CAR, England. Dec, 16. The German warships that bombarded the ! British ports of Hartlepool, Whitby , nd ScarboroSh are reported to have the English forts at the mouth of the river Tees also. Shortly after 8 o'clock residents of Red Cai wer aroused by heavy firing at sea am' three warships could be seen, They appeared to be throwing shell i against the British forts at the mouth of the Tees, but the authorities drove civilians from the seaside before It could be ascertained what target the ships were shelling. The cannonade lasted for half an hour. Toward the end . of half an j weather was foggy, but the flashes of flame from the turrets were distinctly visible here,