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oled down to Insignificant proportion? 'to leer grimly st us as we passed lit tle-grated windows and low, scowling doors. Occasionally we passed a clump of empty boxes, barrels, and such debris and merchandise as hsd been crowded pell-mell from ?c:re in ner storage by their newer sad more ^dignified companions; and now and then wo passed sn empty btw, bulging up in the darkness like a behemoth of the olden times; or, Jutting from still narrower passages, the sloping ends of drays and carts innumerable. And along even as forbidding a defile as this we groped until we came upon a low, square brick building that * .might have served at one time as a .wash-house, or, less probably, perhaps, a dalry. There waa but one window In the front, and that but little larger than an ordinary pane of glass. In the sides, however, and higher up, .was a row of gratings, evidently de signed more to Berve as ventilation ?than as openings for light. There was :bnt one opening, an upright doorway, 'half above ground, half below, with ?little narrow sidesteps leadl*- : down j to lt. A light shone dimly from the {little window, and as the boy mo tioned me to pause and Ii6ten, a sound of female voices talking In under tones was audible, mingled with t Bound like that of someone snoring ?heavily. "Hear the old man a-glttln' In hil work?" whispered thc boy. I nodded. "He's asleep?** "You bet he's asleep!" said tho boy still In a whisper; "and he'll Jls ?about stay with it thataway fer fiv< hours, anyhow. What time you go now, cap?" ; "A quarter now till four," T replied peering at my watch. "Wy, lt's 'Jhrlstmas, thou!" hi cried In muffled rapture of delight but abruptly checking bia emotion he beckoned me a little farther frat the door, and spoke in a confidently whisper. /'Cap, look here, now, 'fore we go i I want you to promise me one thin -'cause you can fix it and she'll neve drop! Now, here, I want to put up Job on Sis, you understand!" "What!" I exclaimed, starting bac and staring at the boy in amazemen "Put up a Job on Sis?" "Ob, look here, now, cap; you oin a-goln' back on a feller like that! broke in the little fellow, In a mil fled tone of pleading and reprool "and if you don't help a feller I'll hi to wait till broad daylight, 'cause M alu'i got no clock. "No clock!" I repeated with i creased bewilderment. "Oh, come, cap, what do yoe sa lt ain't no lie, you know; all you ? .to do'll be to Jlst tell Sis it's Chi*, mas-aa though you didn't want n .to henr, you know; and then she git my 'Christmas gift!' .first, y< know;-und. oh, lardy! .won't, ul "hink jhe's played lt nae!" And -j ,i slowly comprehended the meanii cf the little fellow's plot I nodded E 1 willingness to assist in "putting 1 .the1 Job." ; "Now, hold on a second!" continu tho little fellow, in the wildest gi? I darting through an opening in a hil 'board fonce a dozen steps away, a in on instant reappearing with a bul parcel, which, as he neared me, I d (covered was. a paper flour sack hi ?filled, the other half lapped down a ?fastened with a large twine strli j'*Now this stuff," he'went qn exclti 'ly, "you mu?t Juggle in without I eecln' lt-here. shov6 .it under ye (.ben,* here^there-that's husinei \Now when .you go. in, you're to I I down with the other side to'rd s t ?bed, you see, and ween Sis boll? .Christmas gift,' you know, you J kind o' let li slide down to the fie like, and I'll nan it slick cnougl though 111 p'tend, yoti know, it ai j Christmas yet, and look sold out, s say lt wasn't fair fer you to tell fa and all that; and then 111 open suddent-llke, and If you con't see i Sis bug out them eyes of ham I do w?ujt a conti" And as.th* gleeful I concluded -this speech, ne put hfends over his mouth and dragi mo down the little, narrow steps. ' Vf?eiVs that feller come to see y ?Sis," he nnndunced abruptly, open . the door and peering In- "Come 0 j he said, turning to me. I follow Closing the dpor, and looking cork j ly around. A squabby. red-to (woman, sitting on-the edge of a 1 ?bed, leered upon me, but with i salutation. An old cook-stove, prop; [np with bricks, stood back against Wall directly opposite, and throi the warped-and broken doors.in fr . sent out a dismal suggestion of fire that bumed within. At tho i Of this, prone-upon the .floor, lay Wretched figure of a man, evSdci tn the deepest stage of drunkenn and thrown loosely over him was old tottered piece of carpet and a tie checkered shawl. There Was no furniture to speak ?cue ?hrJr-and that was serving a stand-stood near the bed, a I hnmp-shouldered bottle sitting on 1 fruit-can full of water, and a little and smoky lamp that glared suUdl "Jamesy, can't yeo git the ssa . cheer er sowepin'?" queried a i voice frota ther bed: at which the faced woman rose reluctantly i the rather aullen words: "He caa here, I reckon," while the boy toe at me significantly and took np a cition near-(he "stood." I "So this fa 81s?" 1 said, with re enos. The little haggard face ! bent a! waa beautifnt The -eyes were < and tendar-very teaser, and thc deeply sunken wera .-most ?WWW a?yieeahm and ttar^pw? and -lui ona. ; Bee reachedra wasted little 1 te -sae* saying simply: Tt mighty good in TOO to giv? th?m things to Jamesy, and send me thai mo-that-that little box, you know ,cn'y ? c^c3B I-I won't need lt." As .hu cpoko a emile of perfect sweet ness retted on the face, and the hand within my own nestled in dovelike peace. ; The boy beat over the white fae? from behind and whispered something ?In her ear, trailing the little laughing dips across her brow as he looked up. I "Not now. Jamesy; wait a while." : "Ahl" said I, shaking my head with feigned merriment, "don't you two go .to plotting about me!" "Oh, hello, no, cap?" exclaimed th? .boy, assuringly. "I was on'y Jist a tellin' sis to ast yon if she mightn't open that box now-honest! And you .jlst ask her if you don't believe me I won't listen." And the little fellow gave me a look of the most penetra i tive suggestiveness; and when a mo I i int later the glad words, "Christmas j git ! Jamesy," rang out quaveringly ! la the thin voice, the little fellow ii ched the sack up, In a paroxysm Ic delight, and before the girl had time t J lift the tong dark lashes once ' upon his merry face, ht had emptltd ?ia contents out tumultuously upoo the bed. , 'TTou got lt on to me, sis!" cried the little fellow, dancing wildly round the room; "got it on to me this time! but I'm game, don't you terglt, and don't pat up no th in' snide! How'll them shoes there ketch you? and how's this for a cloak?-ls them .enongh beads to suit you? And how's this fer a hat-feather and all? And how's thfs fer a dress-made and everything? au? I'd .'a' got V coralk with it if he'd on'y hal any little enough. You won't look fly uer nothin' when you throw all that style on you In the morning!--Guess not!" And the delighted boy went off upon another wild excursion round the 'room. . . i. . Even slatternly Molly looked np .with a faint show of Interest that might h?ve grown into enthusiasm, and the sodden lump of flesh on the floor stirred and moaned uneasily, .his drunken slumber disturbed by the noisy joy of Jamesy. "Sis" gasped a bit and lovingly her thin hand hovered over the things that should have been preoious to giri or woman.' She lifted the shoes, stroked the cloak and dress, and there iras Just the s.usvlylon Of a sob In Uer throat aa she iondled-the hat, "feather and ail." Then sho turned toward rae. "Lean down here," said the girl, a great light In her eyes and the other slander hand sliding .from beneath the covering. "Here ls the box you sent me, and I've opened it-it wasn't right you know, hut somopin' kind o' said to open it 'fore morning-and and I opened lt"- And -the eyes seemed asking my forgiveness, yet ?Wer? filled with great bewilderment. "Too see," she weat on, the thin voice falling in a fainter ton?, "I. knowed that money in the box-that ls, th? bills-I knowed them bills 'canse one ot 'em had v. inkapot on it, and the other ones bad been pinned with lt they wasn't pinned together when you ..nt 'em, but tho holes was in where they had hjien pinned, and they was all pinned together When Jamesy had 'em-'cause Jamesy used to haye them very bille-he didn't think I knowed but enc't when he ; waa. asleep, and father was a-goln* through his clothes, I happened to find 'em in hi? coat Tore he did; and I counted 'em, and hid 'em back ag'ln, and father didn't find '?m, und Jamesy never : sowed it. I never said noth in', 'cause somepin' kind o' said to me it waa all rieht, and sonzfptn' kind o' said I'd git all thea? things her?, ion-?n'y I won't need 'em, nor the Money, nor nothin'. Row did yon get die money? That's all!" The boy had by .this tisse ap proached the bed, and was gazing oa rioosly upon the solemn little face. "What's the matter with yon, fllsi" he asked in wonderment; "ain't yon glad?" , "I'm mighty glad. Jamesy/ ate ?.i?. the UtU*. thjn hands roaching, .sr lils own. "GUM* rm too clad, 'cause I can't do nothin' on'y jlst feel glad; anu somepln' kind o' says that that's the gladdest glad in all tbs world. Jamesy!" "Ob. pshaw, 81s! Why don'r yon tell a feller what's tbe matter?' said the boy, uneasily. The white hands linked more close ly with the brown, and the pure face lifted to the grimy one ".Ul they were blent together In a kiss. "Be good to father, fer you know he used to be so good to us." "O Sis! Sis!" "Molly!" The squabby, ed-faced woman threw herself upon her knees and kissed the thin hands wildly and with sobs. "Molly, somepln' kind o' says that you must dress me in the morning but I won't need the hat, and you must take lt.home for Nannie- Don't cry so loud: you'll wake father." I bent my head down above the frowzy one and moaned-moaned. "And you, sir," went on the falling Toice, reaching for my hand, "you you must take this money back-you must take lt back, fer I don't need lt you must take it back and-and give it-give lt to the poor." Ano' even with the utterance upon the spa cious Ups the glad soul leaped and fluttered through 'he open gates. LEGEND OF THE YULE LOG Old Negro Tradition of Its Origin as Told in Virginia Every Christ mas Evs. ' While the family "sit around the yule log and sip their Christmas eggnog, there is told in many Virginia homes every Christmas eve ?the old negro tradition of the origin of the yule log. In the early days one of the old dar kles would recite the story after the fire was kindled and the lurid glare of, the yule log lit up the darkest cor ners ot the room. Then the old legend was told as fol lows: One very cold Christmas 'eve; when tho frosty wind howled across a world j of snow, an old black* man wa" elt- j .ting In his little cabin on : mountai? side, wishing and wishing that he had a fire to Warm Ulm. Suddenly bs heard the cry of a little child away out In the cold. The old .black man hobbled to the door and gazed out across the Icy world of '.snow. The wind and the snow came 'rushing tn and the old man shivered till his "onliest two teef" chattered with cold. ,' The plaintive cry of a little child came again across the snow. It went straight to tho old raan'r, heart and he wished with all his power of long ing \hat ho might have strength to go out and find tho unfortunate little one. A third tin.?s the walling cry case, an? then a wonderful thin? happened. A mlracU!c*?? pcrrer Siled the old man's veins. Hts muscles became strong and tense, hlB crotch fell back into the cabin and ho stepped from the threshold, ont into the snow. He hurried over the snow with an activity he had not .possessed slnco boyhood, ami by and hy he came to a little, child in a snow bank. Aa the child's little .tania touched him a great, new strength came to him which seemed, to give him wings to speed back to his little cabin. He placed the child .upon the bed. and tenderly drew the .ragged quilt about lt and then he !u?';ed to see if there.might be a piece of furniture of which to make a Are to warm the little one. At that very Instant a great log rolled across the threshold and Into the flrepV.ce. The llttle/cntld looked at the .log with eyes like stare, which sept gleams of light that kindled the log with the moat brilliant fire the old man had ever eeon. ' .** The ding;/ little room was fl'led with radiance abd warmth, and as the light wrapped. the child ; he laughed and laughed like a song of the heart The old man turned his eyes to where the flr?> burned sud watched the flames leap in beautiful rainbow tints over tho log, forming the shape of. a cross In fire. : The flames of the cross leaped higher and higher, bine, red, yellow and ,white. till all mingled.into the colors of the rainbow, and aa the old man watched all this display, sud* denly and magically a table appeared in the center of the room, covered with a Christmas feast such as never before had been spread before his eyes, and never .again waa he hungry, or cold and never after that waa there ' a Christmas in old Virginia without the yule log and the Christmas Child to give light and warmth. This ia the, story of the yule log as it ls told In Virginia every Christmas ?ve. Good fllMsn. ' I wish we could hold the elections along about Christmas tima," said the astute politician. '.'Oh* that's ,a poor. time for.? cam paign," objected the unthinking per* son. "Poor -tisse?" responded ?he ?state politician. '<Why. Just think of the vote ?hat would be raked in for ?ha party that set np a cry for the 'Full Christmas stocking!' - For the Reindeer. ? In Belgium ?ha boy? and girls flu their shoes with deans and carrots, and put them in the chimney corner for the reindeer of St Nicholas. The steeds cat the beans and parrots and the ?amt pats sweetmeats in the shoes ba baa emptied. 8>mU fl (?lf ri?iuuta By MART V. AKHOTf K^TOTp-^INDENETTE struggled valn W:iM^i' ly Wllh 1118 icarB that R i%?? equeeaed at last through " tired eyelids. It was not often that the brave little homemaker gave Way to grief, but in the present mo ment she seemed unable tr control her emotion. In the next room childish voices prattled Joyously. Lindenette bad not found the heart to tell them that Christmas would have to come and go without the. much heralded visit from Santa Claus. Since the los3 of bf Mi parents Linden ette bad managed to keep a roof over the heads of her small brother and sister and had provided food for their slight frames. What did it matter if her cheeks had lost their roses and her Upa their cheery bloom? The smile lingered. That waa all that mattered. She brushed her tears aside and arose to answer on unex pected summons from the knocker. She looked her surprise -c the .great man who stood on hor '.iny porch. ;"I have come in search of one Lin den Lane," the stranger said with smile to which the girl i es pond ed. "The name is unusual." admitted Lindenette, "and my own '.s even more Impossible-being Lindmette Lane, .May I ask you In from toe cold?" She opened the door and Marvin Goodwin cptered the pitifully barren room into .which sho led him. His eyes followed .the girl rather than the contents of the. room. , Two small,'pale faces peered at him from the kitchen door, and Goodwin smiled at them "Do I look Hi e Santa Claus?" ho asked .them by rKfc rf breaking the Ice. 1Vo, you don't;" returned the boy, hi' i atly. "Besides, Linda saya it muy J ?B too cold for Santa Claus to come out this year." There WUB a wail from tho little sister, and the boy strove vainly to conceal his disappointment at this announcement . Linda gave them each a hug and 'told them to run along. When they had gone she turned to Goodwin with inquiry in ber eyes, i "My errand ls a pleasant one," he said quickly, for bis own voice waa none too controlled. "It will ad?! to 'your-happiness, I know." He drew a memorandum from his pocket am? after consulting lt asked: "Your fa ther, Linden Lane? Did he live in Stillwater, Minn., 22 years ago?" - ' "Yes." replied Linda, with a flush of excitement lending roses to her ! cheeks. "I waa born there.'* "Then, to come directly to the point," Goodwin told her, "we find two depos its o? f26 each in two of Our banks I ihere. One Linden J. Lane opened the account 22 years ago." i 'Linda laughed softly. "Hy father used always to fear bank failures, and. put email amounts in .'many banks." She turned sparkling eyes upon Goodwin. "We thought we .had collected all his savings," she !said. ! "TbcBe two nests were undiscov ered," the man laughed, "and the hens ?have been laying golden eggs, fou 'have, at this very minute $300-" ' "Three hundred dollars! Oh!" sho ?impulsively held out her two tollwora ?little hands, "lt is a fortuno! The children! .They can have their Santa .Clans!" * Goodwin found himself feeling hap pier than he remembered having felt before. Was lt the knowledge that he had been tho Good Fairy In this small family, or .waa it something more sub tle/ moro .wonderful that had crept into nia mind? He laughed a trifle nervously. "I am* going to ask for imsaedlatQ payment for tho Joy I-have found for you," hs said and when Linda's ques tioning eyes met his he said Impetu ously: "Let me come tomorrow-and help .make Christmas glad for the children. May I come?" Linda glanced at him with a new shyness. "Yes," she said, simply. "If. you like I will go with you to .help get, that Christmas tree." !. Next morning Linda and the ebJS*J oren were up. early. . The crackling ot the Ase aa it roared up the stovepipe created a spirit of j cheerfulness that greeted Marvin! Goodwin when he presented himself1 afc an earty hour. "Oh!" shouted Bobby, "here's eur! own Santa Claus!" His eyes were! ?raed to the r.rmful of packages Good win deposited on the table. ? "Bobby!" cried Linda. "Haven't you ever been Santa Claus' before?" queried Peggy. "Never! This is iny very first ex-'; pert once. I hope I will acquit myself with proper dignity." And Linda's eyes, over the heads of. the children, looked down deep Into Goodwin's big soul, and unconsciously | she let the man read what her heart, wanaaring. "Next Christmas," he was saying in, his mind.. "Linda will nave permanent , rosea in her cheeks, and her eyes ,?111 j be mine, and that will be all tbe hap?; pincas one Santa Claus could have." < RESULTS OF CAMPAIGN FOR REL6IAN RELIEF WILL BE hv .NOWN AT MEETING OF ?HE COM MITTEE .,.," TONIGHT AT EIG?TI _ . -ob In Room? of the Chambea of| Commerce-Other Matters to Be Taken Up. At the Chamber of Commerce at 8 o'clock this evening will be a meeting of the general committee in churge of the campaign to rajse in Anderson a contribution to the South Carolina fund for Belgian relief. When the committee has determin ed the amount of money secured for j this worthy cause the results of the campaign will be wited to New York, where the headquarters of the work | have been established. When this matter has been dlrfijt?s-1 ed of the question of perfecting an or ganization for furthering the cause or I charity here In the city and county of j Anderson will be taken up. Tho com mittee will discuss a number of mat ters along thc line of local charity, such as a community Christmas tree, an Idea suggested at tba recent meet ing of the Churchmen's Club, of Grace Episcopal church, which was held at the residence of Gen. /'. L. Bonham one night this week. Common Sense the Chief Qualification WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.-Presi dent Wilson let lt he known today that he had made "common sense"! th?> chief qualification of the five men be will nominate au members o? thc Lew trade commission. He does not desire theorists, but men who can deal intelligently with business con ditions. Politics, it is said, will not govern the board's makeup. At least] one Republican will be named. Among the numerous men whose | names are under consideration are Joseph Davies, commissioner of cor porations; A. C. Tli ur m on, solicitor of the commerce department; E. N. Hurley, president of the Illinois Man ufacturers' Association; John E. Richardson, of Tennessee; Thoma? S. Felder, of Georgia; George Rub lee, of New Hampshire; Samuel L. Rogers, of North Caroona: Prr'^ssnr Henry J. Waters, ot Kansas; E.- A. tCrauthoff, of Missouri, and W. B. Westlake, of Indiana. Steamers Captured For Violation Neutrality! LIMA, Peru. Dec. 17.-A dispatch from Buenos Aires says the Argentine cruiser Pueyrredon has captured tho German steamer Eleonore Woermann for au ali?go? vic:: Mon of neutrality. The British steamers Orcoma and Corcobada are remaining in port at Arica, Chile, fearing to put to sea us the German auxiliary cruiser Prim Eitel Friedrich ls outside. Thc Orco ma is awaiting the arrival of a Peru vian crulsei- to accompany her to Cal-| lao. . rr-* A dispatch from Buenos Aires Wed nesday said the Pueyrredon had chas ed and captured the German steam- j er Patagonia In the Gulf of San j Jorge, alloging that she violated - Ar gentina's neutrality by supplying a j German cruiser with provisions.. The Eleonore Woermann, which be longs to the Woermann Line, was last reported November 1 in the harbor of Buenos Aires, where she had arrived font West Alica. Declares Dividend. NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-The Atlantic! Coast I due Railroad today declared a| semi-annual dividend of 2 1-2 per cent, oh Its common stock. .The dividend ls payable January ll. Six months ago a 3 1-2 per cent, seml-anuiial dividond was declared. This is the first time since 1912 that the stock has paid less than 7 per cent. _ ftiJ Complete Jury to Try Town Clerk I NEW CITY. N. Y" Dee. 17^-To complete a Jury to try William V. Cleary, town clerk and Democratic lender o' Haveratraw, un a charge of murdering, b.is son-in-law, Eugene M. Newman. Joly 23, Justice Morscbaus ?r held a, session of the supreme court b?r? tonight. The first panel was ex hausted this afternoon after ten Jur ors had been sworn. . The Jury was complety at tonight's session and the. case for the people was presented. Twp unimportant wit nesses were examind ebefore the' sion was adjourned. Masked Bandits Seise P Issi fell' " ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17.- Two mtWMfr bandits tonight enty-ed a Jewelry store near Grand and Olivo street*) in the heart ot the city, seised ROf& worth , of diamonds and, after ex '"?g?ng a cozen shots with the pro Shewed He Surprise?" Roiye. Dec. 17.-On his arrival at I Rome,' Prince von Buelow. former | Gorman chancellor and how ambassa dor to Italy, was Informed of the bom bardment of the English coast by German ships but showed no sarprise. He-'?aid this accomplishment had been arranged for nrior to his departure from Berlin and added: "Tbik ls simply t*e prelude to what | tho German fleet ls soon to undertake] which may aabMilab. tte world.' GOOD THINGS TD EUI For the next 10 Days we will Sell Snowdrift Lard at 10c per Pound. 2 lb. Buckets Snowdrift. . .20c 4 lb. Buckets Snowdrift 40c 5 lb. Buckets Snowdrift. . .50c . 10 lb. Buckets Snowdrift . .$1.00 . 20 lb. Buckets Snowdrift. . $2.00 18 lbs. Granulated Sugar for . . $ 1.00 Kerosene Oil.10c gallon 1 gal. cans Velva Syrup.55c 3 lb. cans Hand Packed Tomatoes 10c Kingan's Sliced Breakfast Bacon, 1 pound boxes.35c box Extra choice Irish Potatoes 35c peck Exrta choice Peaberry Coffee 25c lb. Good Flour at. . . .$5.75 per barrel We are agents for the celebrated Paul Jones Flour, made from washed wheat THESE PRICES ARE CASH We are the "Poor Man's Friend." We Divide Our Profits* with You., Southside Grocery Comply . CHAS. C. PRESVOST, Agent... 2 Phones-:Nos. 74 and 98. OFFICIAL WAR ?------j--T - PARIS. Dec. 1?.- (2:50 p. ni.)-The French war office gave out an official I statement this .afternoon as follows: "Between the seo. and the Lys we , have occupied several Germait trench- ' es at the poiat of the bayonet; con- i ?ol id a ted our positions at Lorabaert-' i zyde and Rt. Georges, snd organized I the territory taken from the enemy to the west of Gholuvclt. "We have mado progress at gora; j i points in the region of Versselleji. - i Here has been SO infantry nc i ion i along the remainder of the front, but i we report very effective shooting on : the part of our heavy artillery in '.tho i environs of Tracy-Ln-Val on the Aisno and in Champagne, as well ns in the j Argonne and .in the region .of Verdun, i "In Lorraine and in Alsace there is i nothing to report," . VIENNA, ' ia Amsterdam to London, Bec. 17.-(7:45 p. m.)-The following i official communication was issued to- 1 ?ay: ' t . "The latest news permits of no 1 further doubt that the resistance of the Russlsn main force'has been shat- ? tered. After the defeat of t??, south ern wing in the battle o' Limanovo, Which lasted j several days, our aillos also gained a. victory near Lode'. . "The Russians now are completely ? routed on the River Bzura. ' "Threatened/by our advance across the Carpathians from thc south, the enemy began a general retreat which they are trying to cover by stubborn .fighting ii the regions before the Carpathians. "Our troops are attacking on the linc of Grodno-Zaklicsyu. , "Along the other i arts of the front , the pursuit has begun." . BERLIN. Dec. 17.-(by wireless to' .. London, 3 p. ra.)-Array headquarters , today issued the following statement: , "tresteriay the French continued , their attacks nt Nieuport without suc cess. Attacks were attempted -at , Zlllcbe ie and La Basase, but were re pulsed with heavy ..losses to the ene my. . ! "The intention of tl^ French ' to throw a bride over the Aisne at Sols sons waa prevented by our artillery. .. "French earthworks tc? the east of Rheims were destroyed." PARIS, Dec t7 -(10:Hf) n. m.)-J The following official communication was issued by the war office tonight: . "In Belgium our troops have gained ground north of the road from Ypres to Menin, and also on that ? to the south and southeast of Blsschoote. ., "We have debouched to the north" east of Arran and have reached tho first houses of St. Laurent Blangy. "Appreciable progress -has been made at Ovlllorn-La-Bolss?lle, -Mam mbtz, and Maricourt in Ute region of iBaprume and Peronne STATEMENTS j "Proal th? Somma to the VosgeB there IB nothing to report." LONDON?-li?e.. ?7.-*(9:45 p. m.) rho olllciul prees bureau tonight is sued the following statement concern lug thc making.of .Egypt a British pro tec to rate; "His Brittania majesty's principal jecretary of state for foreign affairs, gives .notice .that in ?lew of u state of war arising out of the action of Tur key, Egypt is placed under the pro tection of his majesty and will hence- : forth constitute .a British protecto- ' rate. "Tho Suzerainty of Turkey over Egypt la,tbus terminated, und his maj esty's government will adopt 'all measures, necessary for the defense of Bgypt and the protection of its inhab itants' and .interests. "The king h.tn been pleased to ap prove the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur Henry Mu -Mahon to be hlH majesty's high commissioner for Egypt" 82 KILLED; 250 INJURED ?-j . Latest Official Est?mate of Casual ties Resulting From German RaW at Hartlepool, (By Associated Fr in \ ' HARTLEPOOL, ?^-laad. Pce. 18. (vis London, /.ir. n. m.) - 'uthougk at a lato hour tonight nilicial estl av.itv of tho cannait?*? was 82 person? killed and about 260 Injured, many wrecked houses had not been explored sad it was believed the list of dead eventual ly would reach 100. Eight sol diers and two sailors were kited. Throughout the day rumors were current that German and English fleets were firing off tbe Scotch coast Army officers estimate that tho Ger mana fired 200 shells, chiefly 9 and 12 Inch missiles. Several unexploded 12 Inch sheila were found today. Two large German cruisers and ono small cruiser did the shelling here. C. Nielsen, the American consular agent,, narrowly escaped death, the h ou 6e ad joining his being demolished. It ls estimated that the cruiser* were about 4,000 feet off shorn during tho heaviest part ot the shel ling. The ?h?re guns acquitted theinxelvr/ creditably and wcre uninjured. Steamer Sails With Horses. NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Dec 17. TheY British steamer Anglo Patagon ian, carrying a cargo ot 1,000 horses for uso by the allied armies tn the Eu ropean war zone, sailed from this port for Bordeaux, France, today.