Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 12, 1915, Page 2

| ! 2 TAFT MAKES PLEA | FOR PREPAREDNESS Former President Says He Stands | Between Roosevelt and Bryan on Defense Policy. ISOLATION IS NOT A SHIELD CHICAGO, Nov. 11—National pre- | paredness for defense was advocated by former President Willlam H. Taft in an address here tonight befcre the National Security league at a banquet at a downtown hotel. The present position of the nation and its lack of adequate preparation for defense, together with a review of what additions to the army and navy he considered advisable, were outlined by Mr. Taft, who said: “Do not let us aacrifice the national security to an academic ttecry or the wish to vindicate it.” “In my views on natlonal defense,” #ald Mr. Taft, “I find myself somewhere between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Only One nawer, “First, as to Mr. Bryan and pacific- fem. Is it more Iilkely that we shall in- vite war because we are merely ready %o defend ourselves than that nations will attack us because we are heipless’ ‘There is only one answer to this ques- tion. “Nations are made of men and have not as high a standard of morality in @ealing with other nations as the aver- @ge man in dealing with other men, They certainly have not reached the point yet ‘where from motives of cupidity thoy are not willing when occas.on offers to take advantage of the weakness of a nation %o carry out such a policy. ‘Great reliance Is had in pacifistic theories of our isolation as a nation. What ere the facts? If we make no preparations for defense the oceans are Roosevelt, #0 easler mode of reaching us than if | there were land between. They cun be made Instruments of defense, but only by preparation. Violation of Rights, ““The proximity to us of the present war shows violation of our rights as neu- trals. War comes close to us. Peaco trembled In the balance over the Lusi- tania. Our sale of ammunition and war Subplies and food is according to inter- national law, but the fortune of war Swept one side from the ocean and only one side is our customer. Resentment of | this s natural and might lead to com- plications. “We must have a navy equal to that of Rny natlon having a standing army and ‘able to mobilize at once a large expe- @itionary force, “What have we In coast fortification? As good a:'l:y :lh. world. The coast guns are ve-inch and forelgn navies bave fifteen-inch guns, but the more foundation deten 5 eyt ; taff Needed, naval experts is needed money for the navy. We need staff, which the secretary of opposed as monarchical. line of defense? With the wiped out an expeditionary force have an army of 600,000 Our Na- ‘tional Guard should have 13,000 men and regular army of 75,00 men and volun. reserves of 300,00 men, second army should be increased exclusive of Filipine constabu- non-combatants, and the in- should be more largely in cavalry artillery, for infantry is more rilled, ] 4 “The s‘? i3 it i 200000 ready to mobilize, we 300,000 infantry in six months. could prevent landing of ex- forces of large aise until . Taft dlscussed the different methods for raising a reserve force, en- them, however. He - L people. With . Republicans on | Plans of Defense WASHINGTON, Nov. 1L.—Republicans n congress will ‘be consulted by Presi- | ‘Wilson on the administration plans | national defense before the opening ©of the coming session. In line with his announcement in his Manhattan #peech in New York last week the pres- fdent will appeal to men of all parties for leglslation to strengthen the army and navy. Officials today took the ~iew that the president fs hopeful that his plans will recelve the support of republicans and thus overcome the opposition of some democrats, led by former Secretary Bryan. ‘The president has already recelved mes- #ages from a number of republicans out- #ide of congress approving his defense PRESBYTERIANS PREPARE FOR END OF THE WEEK ATLANTIC CITY, N, J., Nov. 1L—-At #ts closing session here today the execu- tive commission of the Presbyterfan gen- | oral assembly, the ad interim ruling body of the church, outlined an emergency message on “preparedness”’ for extraor- H ve the morai support of executive comwmission. 11 ~(Specall Tel- a e £ club | swing, was made. | | | | | EIGH TLIVES THE ' TOL LOF TORNADO ' STRIKING KANSAS (Continued from Page One.) rado, according P. Conner, local weather observer. There was no con- nection between the tornado in the Great Bend district and tornadoes in South Dakota and Nebraska. Mr. Connor sald: ““The tornado at Great Bend and that | nelghborhooqd merely wa« a feature of the | general storm disturhance that prevalled over Kansas yesterday and last night and which this morning has its center at Duluth, Minn.,' said Mr. Connor. “A few days ago the storm developed west of the Rocky mountains. It did not ap- pear severe. “Entering Colorado, the disturbance turned iInto a wind and thunder storm. From many points comes reports of wind varying from forty to fifty-five miles an hour, and at several points in Kansas rains exceed one Inch. The | winds, however, contained no conditions {of & tornado. Only at Great Bend, where o different air current probably was en- countered, did the storm take on the proportions of a whirling, dipping tor- nado."” With the general storm area passed, Mr, Conner sald, fair weather and lower temperatures might be expected in this section. | to Twenty-Five in hospitals. GREAT BEND, Kan., Nov, 11.—A terri- fle rain and windstorm, sweeping across Kansas from the Rocky mountains,; whirled into Great Bend as a tornado last night, shattered scores of homes, lald waste three large grain elevators and took a tol! of two lives. In addition, thirty-six persons wers injured, twelve of them seriously enough to be eonfined to hospitals today. The storm Great Bend oil from unication with the outside *wofld, and for a time reports , | were circulated that there had been great loss of life. The pfoperty loss is esti- mated at $500,000, Charles H. Smith, a plano salesman, and W. W. Hale, a mill employe, were killed. g In the southeast end of the town torty residences were demolished and a simflar number were damaged. Cyelone Cellars Not Used. While this section of Kansas has many ‘“‘eyclone cellars,” few of these places of safety were used. No one considered a tornado possible in November, Residents whose houses were undam- aged immediately ghrew open their houses to their less fortunate nelghbors. Upon the plea of O. W, Dawson, mayor, Gov- ernor Capper today called out the local company of the Kansas National Guard to help In relief work and asslst in clear- 10g the dobris. The cliy will not be placed under military control, the guards- men merely assisting the city officlals to maintain order. TEN AMERICANS ABOARD ANCONA LATEST REPORT (Continued from Page One.) were belnk mado ready for launching and many passengers were killed or wounded on the deck and in the boate. Some of the passengers who had been thrown into the water approached the submarine, but were repelied and deridec. “Finally shells and torpedoes were fired ot the Ancona from a distance of 30 Tondon Press Com: i, phrase regarding the “rights of human- ity,” as something for which the United States was contending figures promi- {neatly in the comment of the evening newspapers on the Ancona tragedy . depend upon the point whether American lives have been lost is a singular com- ment upon the claim of President Wilson that America s contending for nothing {less high and sacred than the rights of humanity,” says the Evening Standard, which continues: “We would frankly ask the American people whether this last addition to the record of miurder on the high seas does not convince them that there is only one means by which the pirates can be brought to book, namely increasing vig- flance by the allied fleet. Sea power la ohe ang indivisible; by demanding that we relax our sea grip on the enemy the American government is demanding that | pirates be not punished.” { CHARGED WITH KILLING ELK ON STATE RESERVE CHEYENNE, Wyo.,, Nov. 11.—(Special.) The carcasses of (ive elk and three deer Cody by represettatives of me warden as evidence against Frank Christinsen, Frank Dal- ton, W, M. Simmons and Ed Frose, all having killed the animals in the Hopdoo state game preserve, where hunt'ng is prohibited. In default of ball the de- fendants were remanded to jail. It is charged that they deliberately invaded the game preserve after they had been warned that hunting therein was against the law. The elk and deer fell wvie- GETTING READY FOR JAP CORONATION—This picture shows the harvesting of the new sacred rice from which wine for the Japanese coronation ceremonies, now in full Michigan Uni Plans three one-hour periods weskly be devoted | nection with the work except in the care to this work. Those who would be of- of commissioned officers fected by adoption of compulsory mili- The next meeting of the regents will be tary tralning are the first and second |held December 1. Protests against the v year students of the college of arts and senate's plan already have been recelved o | solences, engineering and architecture, |from Michigan alumni in several cities. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 1l.—Detalls | pharmacy and dental surgery. The com- s o WA { of the university senate’'s recommenda- | pulsory feature would not affect students | Given Licenss to W for Military Drill LINCOLN, Nov. 11.—(8pecial.)—Clyde A LONDON, Noy. 1l.—President Wilson's | “The fact that America’'s policy wid ! versity of Michigan next fall, nounced today. |tion to the regents that compulsory mill. | [tary training be instituted at the Uni- were an- | who are more than % years of age when they enter the standing, student allens who do not intend to become American cltizens and students physically unfit. No university credft is proposed in con- Dare of Omahs, aged 26, and Alma A Willlam of Lincoln, aged 2, were giver a license to wed by the county judge of It is proposed that the equivalent of Lancaster county yesterday. \ PANIC ON ANGONA (Continued from Page One.) davits, the occupantis falling into the | water. Many were drowned before our | | eyes. | Shell Fire A to Famie. “The shrieks of women, children and struggling men rent the air, but it| seemed no help could be giwen. Every | one was trying to act for himself. The | heart-rending screams were punctuated [ with shot after:shot delivered mechan- | [seally from the deck of the submarine, | adding to the panic aboard. Had it nnt‘ been for these shots, it might have been possible to restore a semblance of order. The conduct of the submarine was in- comprehensible, Not one shot was di-| rected at the ship, but they were fired | all around the veasel as if to create as; much terror as possible. “About eight boats got away clean, some with a fair complement aboard; others halt empty. All drifted away from each other." | One of the survivors, in describing his | experfence, said: | “The boat in which T found myself contained thirty members of the crew | and three passengers, an Ttallan woman and her child besides myself. I am cer- tain fully half those aboard perished. Some time after we entered the life- boat we heard explosions, indicating the end of the Ancona. We remained in the | boat all night, and were picked up in the ! morning by a British steamer, which brought us to Malta. Officer Sees Zwo Submarimes. CAPE BON, Tunls, Nov. 10.—(Via Paris, Nov. 11.)~One of the Ancona's of- ficers, named Salvemidi, suys that to- wards noon he sighted two submarines, which, by reason of the steamer's siren, & thick fog and the reduced speed of the liner, were able to approach unobserved. The officer declared both submarines flew the Austrian colors, but several other survivors affirm that the flag was, struck and replaced by the German colors | @s soon as the liner was sighted. ‘The nearest submarine was about 300, feet long and carried three-inch guns nn! its bow and stern. The other submarine | drew moross the Ancona's bow to prevent any attempt at escape. Continuing, the Ancona's officer says: ‘At the first shots the captain of the Ancona ordered out the boats. The elghth boat had hardly touched the wa- ter when the liner sank by the head, en- #ulfing the remainder of the passengers and crew who had taken refuge on the poop deck, ““The elght boats, keeping steered on a goutherly course. traveling some distance, they sighted » #ship with ita lights out. The survivers { lghted flares and the ship approached them, but the submarines, which were following, turned their searchlights upon it and It abruptly changed its course and disappeared in the night, ““The boats then continued. Twenty- six pernong were landed at 9 o'clock Tues- day morning on the beach at 8idl Daoud on Cape Bon peninsula, where they were taken in by the European inhabitants.' Salvemidi believes the persons who were not in the elght boats inevitably perished. Another boat with the captain of "'Gi Ancona and twenty-elght other persons ‘was picked up this morning on Zeembra Island by the lighthouse tender from Cape Bon, while searching the coast for survivors. Bridge Inspector and Foreman Are Blamed TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 11.—Had the pec- tion foreman and bridge inspector used due diligence, the Unlon Pacific wreck at ‘anlolph. Kan,, October 17, in which ’-le\fl\ persons lost their lives, would not bave occurred, according to a decision which the State Utilitles commission handed down toda At Randolph a gas- _—_— together, After ! | THE critics agree * that we sew satis- faction into every gar- ment. The fall fab- rics are particularly attractive— have you seen them? \Wilcox & Allen overflow saused by heavy rains the day before had undermined the track at the approach to a bridge over & small creek. Kleven persons were killed and nearly forty others suffered Injuries. RUSSIANS BREAK LINE 0 FTEUTONS (Continued frora Page One.) ifshed complete communication with the French. This report, if true, Insures the temporary safety of Monastir, where a condition approaching panic has been prevalling. Monastir has a large Bul- garian population and it was feared seme of the Inhabitants might join hands with Bulgarian irregulars, which, on several occasions lately, has threatened the ecity. London newspapers continue to devote much space to the sinking of the Italian steamship Ancona. Many of them edi- torially express the opinion that the at- tacking boat was a German submarine, and they arrive at the usual conclusion that the United States issmore concerned in exacting reparation than any other nation, oline motor car on the Union Pacific rafl- road plunged into a washout where an Germans Announce Retreat. BERLIN, Nov. 11.—(By Wireless to S8ay- ville, N. Y.)—German troops have sys- tematically evacuated the forest distriot to the west and southwest of Shlok, west of Riga, because it has been transformed into swamps by the rains, says the offi- clal announcement made today at Ger- man army headquarters. At a point to the west of Riga, the statement ddds, Fleld Marshal von Hin- denburg yestérday repulsed Russian at- tacks which '‘were supported by three ships. To the southeast of Riga 100 Rus- ns wi made prisoners. General von iLnsengen's Austro-Hun- garian’ troopk assisted by German artil- lery, accordinug to the announcement, have thrown the Russians from Koseushnovka. “General Koevess' army yesterday took prisoner seven officers and 200 Russians and captured elght machine guns. “In the western theater the Germans forced an English aeroplane to land at a point northwest of Bapaume in Pas-de- Calais. T'be occupants cf the machine were made prisoners.” Prosperous, well-dressed folks have a habit of getting chummy. Don’t trail around with the crowd going down the Road of Never-Mind towards the town of Failure. Spruce up in one of our snap- py, save-you-money suits and join the well dressed throng on the Road to Get-there. Suits and Overcoats $16.50 and $25 ‘““Make our store your store’’ Exclusive Clothes for Men and Young Men, 203 So. 15th St., Near Douglas. For Loss of APPETITE ‘Where there is imgdud di tion, with little relish for f it Sion satec by ek o phaspbsten, | ° n, caused by lack of phosphat of which the system hl‘-’hbz'n deprived. Supply this lack and appetite will assert itself with the 4 r:i:g vitality, To accomplish <93 HORSFORD’S Aclq . Keep a bottle in your home l' Bee Publishing Co., Omaha. The Bee’s “Billy’’ Sunday Special at 10 cents a copy, to be mailed to the following addresses: t‘ A ) “THompsoN, BELDEN & (O. Greatest of All Our Millinery Sales Friday Choice of Any Trimmed or Untrimmed Hat in Our Dept. At Half Price Friday we offer our entire stock of Goura, Paradise, and imported Trimmed Hats for Dress and Street Wear at one-half of the original selling price. The Reason: We Have Too Many Trimmed Hats £, $15.00 Ets. $ 7.00 $35.00 Hats, $17.50 18.00 Hats, 9.00 50.00 Hats. 25.00 20.00 Hats, 10.00 25.00 Hats, 12.50 $ 7.50 Hats, - $3.75 8.50 Hats, - 4.25 10.00 Hats, - 5.00 12.00 Hats, - 6.00 During this sale Friday on aecount of the low prices we cannot send any hats on approval, and we do not accept the return of any trimmed hat either from cash or credit customers. Millinery Section—Second Floor Advance Notice of a Great Dress Goods Sale You made our Anniver- See the display in our windows—watch the pa- pers for date of sale; and very, very important—see the goods early. z But hundreds of rem- nants and dress lengths are left. So now for one Sweeping Clearance. sary Sale wonderfully suc- cessful—the largest in the history of our business. AnnouncementE At special meeting of board of directors of Cities Service Company today, officers were authorized to sell $5,000,000 worth of preferred and $2,500,000 worth of common stock for $5,000,000 cash. A strong American syndicate has purchased this stock. Sale of this block of securities will enable the company to retire its entire float- ing debt and furnish ample working cash capital. Arrangements with purchasers provide that their stock will not be offered to the public at the present and purchasers may withdraw their stock from the syndi- cate only on agreement that the preferredstock will be sold for not less than 85 per cent of par and common stock at not less than 125 per cent of par. Holders of preferred stock of the company of record December 15th, 1915, will be given the right on January 1st, 1916, to receive 5 per cent of convertible debentures for the amount of 9 per cent of their holdings as payment for the preferred dividends to that date, the holder to have the right to convert debentures at any time into stock on the basis of $100 of preferred stock and $25.00 of common stock for each $100.00 of debentures. Holders of common stock will have 9 per cent on debentures set aside for them and certificates will be issued to holders of record December 15th, 1915, which will entitle them to receive debentures when all holders of preferred stock have been paid their deferred dividends. Company will resume regular monthly dividends in cash on its preferred stock February 1st, 1916, to holders of record January 15, 1916. Henry L. 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