Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1915, Page 8

THE BEE OMAHA, SATURDAY NOVEM BER 191 WARSHIPS FOR U. . Tentative Plans Being Considered for Two Thirty-8ix Thousand Battle Craft. BIGGEST GUN AFLOAT FEATURE WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-—Tenta- tive plans are being considered, Secretary Daniels said today, for| two 36,000-ton battleships to be in- cluded in the first year's part of the | five-year building program congress | will be asked to approve. There | are no warships so large afloat any- where in the world now. Part of the increased - displace- ment in the newest ships will be due to changed hull construction to pro- | vide additional torpedo defénse | bulkheads. While ~ the - general characteristics of the ships have not been disclosed, it is probable they will have increased armament and epeed. New 10-Inch Rifle. The navy has developed a .u('fl\—lnrll; , rifle, of which no use has yet been made, and the new ships may oarry ten or more of these if developments of the European war Indicate the wisdom of mounting them. The largest guns now afloat are the fifteen-inch weapons of European navies, which the American fourteen-inch rifle Is said to pqual for all practical purposes. Maximum speed of American battle ships now bullt or authorized is less than twenty-one knots, although Buropean first line ships go considerably above that. It 1s considered probable that a speed of perhans twemty-five knots will be sought hereafter. % - Secretary Dsnlels_has recelved no re- port as yet on the exdmination of private | bids recelved yesterday for battleghips Nos. 43 and 4, all of which appeared to be above the limit fixed by congress. It is understood, however, that a careful nnalysis of the exceptions to advertised specifications bears out the Indioatiem that private builders will not attempt to construct the hulls and machinery of the ships within the §7,800,000 limit Market Swept € Nelther ship can be lald down before next summer, it s sald, for lack of structural steel, the war having swept the American steel market clean. Secre- tary Danlels showed considerable eon- cern today over this fact. He intimated that unless some arrangement could be made with steel plants to insure prefer- ence for government orders congress might be asked to act. An emzargo on WORLD'S LARGEST ‘ WSpectacleé on Dogs | BULGARS ENTER Latest Thing in Styles CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—It is not only in falry tale illustrations that dogs wear spectacles. They do it in real life now. aceording to Charles F. Clyne, States district attorney here. l'nu!d: SMALL BOATS NOT PLACE OF SAFETY |This is View of United States in Case of Ancona, Sunk by “A woman purchased, through an ad Submarine. vertisement, some spectacles for her dog - and now comes to me with a complaint | POSITION ALREADY DEFINED that the glasses wern not as advertised,” | IR sald Mr. Clyne today. “I might h WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—While been skeptical, but the other day I called on my oculist and was astonished to find him fitting lenses to a high-bred dog. He told me ihat many doge of high degree which are taken about in autos have spectacles.” FEAR MAY BE SERB DEBACLE London Alarmed When No News Comes Through Since Thursday Morning from Saloniki. MONASTIR LONDON, Nov, 18 have been recelved either from Athens . or Saloniki since early Thursday morning and this closure of telegraphic communication is re- garded as ominous for the position of the Serblan army, which is en- |gaged in a difficlut retreat Unconfirmed reports have come |through Rome and Paris that Bul- 'garlan advance guards have entered Monastir, but they are regarded here |with suspicion. According to offi- clal statements, however, almost four-fifth of Serbla already is over- |run by the Austro-Germans and Bul- garians, whose advance Into the mountain kKingdoms has been very rapid, Approaches the Sanjnk. The Austro-German advance from the northwest approaches the Banjak of Novi- plzar, haviig reathed to the north of Ras! Thence it passes through Kur- sumlya and Badan, ending at a point between Leskovats and Vranya. The oo- cupation of Kursumlya brings the in- vaders close to Metrovitza and gives them the key to one of the few great cross- roads cutting Serbia from east to west. The Serbian army s being forced be- tween the limits of two narrow frontiers, Metroxitsa and Pristina, In the center, and Prilep and Monastir on the south. The Berblans have the alternative of No dispatches exportations of steel until the govern- ment's wants are supplied has been Bug- cested. [Italian Socialists - Shot for Refusal -+ .to Join the Army Y BBERLIN, Nov. 19.—(By wireless to | | Tuekerton.)~'"“The famous socialist, Dr. Yovegren, a member of the Swedish padiament, describes the removal from Florence, which he witnessed, of 20 Itallan wmoclalists,” says the Overseas News agency, ‘“These soclalists, who wore uniforms of the army orf navy, had refused to join the army and were trans- ported to Arezzo In order to be shot."” Bavarian Savings Deposits Increase (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) MUNICH, Germany, Nov. 8.—An idea | of the economic status of Bavaria in | war time s galned from a béok just| tssued by the Bavarian government in which the finsncial and industrial condi- tion of the kingdom is concretely sum- marized. The document shows that 110,000,000 marks ($28,600,000) were subacribed to the first and second war loans, and that savings bank deposits iIncreased by 40,- 000,000 marks (§10,000,000) despite tho Trains of all three war loans. Since the king's original apveal to the youth of | the state to form into wsemi-military bodles, 78000 boys have responded and are taking military training. A total of 108 hectars of moor land | have been prepared for cultivation by prisoners of war, The big brewerles supplied 8 per cent and the little brewerles 18 per cent of the beer used by the army, and Bavarians supplied 40,000,000 marks ($10,000,000) worth of army clothing ordered by the chief supply station in Berlin. Merchant in India Forges Thumb Print| (Correspondence of the Assoclated Preas.) CALCUTTA, India, Nov. 1i — The forgery of a blind man's thumb print h Just been the subject of protracted Mtiga- _tiow In the high court at Madras, for the first time, it is sald, In legal history. A merchant asked for judgment against the blind man, supporting his application with a document signed with the alleged ‘thumb print of the debtor. The latter repudiated the paper, declaring that the plaintiff had traveled in & train with him and while pretending to massage his fin- | #ers had taken his thumb impression and ‘used it for fabricating the document. The court, afl projracted hearings, found the bMud debtor's story correct and rdismissed the merchant's application for | judgment. AMERICANS IN LIVERPOOL ARE GIVEN TWO WEEKS LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19, —T welve Ame. | cans, members of the crew of the Amer- {dcan line stesmsr New York, which ar- § here Monday from New York, were ®lving battle’ where they stand or retir- ing. Bulgars Har Way. There appears to be no hope that the British and French forces landed at Sa- lonikl can give the Serbs any assistance in their difficult retreat. The rallway from Mitrovitzsa south is not available, s the Bulgars bar tht way at the Uskup Junction and the Katchanik pass, whil the most avallable roads are not sultable for the transport of large armies with &uns and commissariat wagons. The result of the conference of Denys Cochln,” memiber of the French cabinet, With the Greek mintsters at Athens is #till unknown, but, according to a state- ‘Times, the Greek premle; Is not in favor of dis- arming and interning the Anglo-French and Serblan troops should they be forced into Greek territory, There is reason to beliove that should they be compelled to withdraw into Greece they will not be interned. The morning newspapers, like the Post, Protest strongly against the licensé given In the House of Lords for the leakage of decisions, which, they say, should be withheld, Coke Regions Are Short of Laborers CONNELLSVILLE. Pa, Nov. 19— Coke operators throughout the reglon re working thelr plants six days a week nd firing additional ovens when labor can be secured. Production during the week for which reports were received today, amounted to 427,000 tons and ship- menta to 430,000. The mercant plants gen- erally are clean of stock and operators Are talking $ and $3.60 per ton for coke before the end of the year, There a: not enough men in the reglon to operate the ovens already fired and as numbers of these insist on extra holidays every week the labor situation is becoming acute. DENIES GERMANY ABOUT TO ISSUE FOURTH LOAN BERLIN, Nov. 19.—(By Wireless to Say- ville.)—Rejorts that Germany was about to lssue its fourth war loan are denied by the Overseas News agency in a state- ment today which sa. “Germany s provided with ample financlal means for continuing the war until the coming spring. Therefore, no sane person in Germany expects a new war loan in the fmmediate future.” YOUNG WOMAN ANTHRAX NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-Miss Sophia Rosen, 17, the third anthrax thix city within the I here today The irl 1s belleved to have contracted | the disease, which is cominon among ani- | mals, by wearing & fur neckplece, the skin of which had not been propérly treated Washington Affairs Dr. Henry R. Carter, veteran yellow fever fighter of the United States pub- lie health service has been stricken in Porto Rico with denmue, the malignant against which he recentl: ted & campalgn on isla it few months, died Y"\IMM.A. ud support to Dr. P, J *president e ‘and “Navy club of Ch ' vy -.‘-ml.un 37 1 e y b s Ifl":o: ram to the pervice, announcing {liness, wald his condition that his recovery was 100,000 is now held b P rve biard in its tlement fund to the eredit of t the sot- reserve od More than ‘ederal nks and reserve agents. The fund has | ba been in existence six months tomorrow, and In that time balances between bank: and reserve agents amounting to §7 #55.000 have been settled through it. posits by reserve banks in this fund are counted as legal reserve, Associnte Justice Lamar of the supre: court has 80 far (mproved fam the flinese which has kept him off the bench during the pr‘l’.l'\l term that he is expected to ume his ary or G vietim in | p the United States will wait for the Austrian reply to Ambassador Pen- {field's inquiry concerning the circum- stances under which the Italian liner Ancona was sunk, it was stated offi- clally today that the placing of Amer- ’ICIB citizens in small boats on the high seas was not regarded as ac- cording them ““ a place of safety’ with the meaning of the term as used in International law. In Ita correspondence with Germany over the Frye case the American gov- ernment expressed the wlew that open boata did not constitute a place of safety This was broadened today by an official interpretation to apply to all American citizens whether traveling on belligerent | o8 heutral ships ality Assertions. Officlals qualified their assertions some- what by stating that If a vessel was do- | stroyed within & few miles of shore life boats would be regarded as safe, but that weather conditions and the opportunity | Kiven for passengers to transfer even then was pertinent. From these intimations it was belleved the American government would develop the entire question of submarine warfare further In correspondence with Austria and that even though, as the Austrian admiralty had declared, forty-five min- |utes was given for the passengers and {crew of the Ancona to be transferred, this was not regarded as affording Amer- fcan citizens an opportunity to be saved. The United States has Insisted through- out that the operations of the submarines shall not jeopardize the lives of American citizens and notwithstandinz the formal shelled after it stopped and the fact that the ship actually was torpedoed while a number of passengers still were aboard is regarded as the chief ecircumstance upon which representations will be made. Official Report Recelved. The first official report, alleging that the submarine continued shelling the An- cona after it had halted, reached the Btate department today In a conBular dis- patch outlining an affidavit made by Dr. Ceclle Grell, officlally the only known native American survivor of the tragedy, Costly Passenger Boats Are Used For Prison Ships (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) LONDON, Nov. 10.—"“From the point of view of the shipping man, the whole his- tory of the war so far as the transport service is concerned is a wicked story of ignorance, ineptitude and colossal waste,” asserts the editor of SByren and Shipping, the leading journal of the shipping trade. He adds: “Costly and useful ships were used for months as prison ships. Super-ships, like the Aquitania, werei employed on ut- ing missions, thelr magnificent passen- ger equipment gutted. Ships were allowed to load cargo or to book a full passenger list and then owners were informed that the admiralty required these boats.” An instance 1s given of a 7,000-ton boat which was all ready to sail with 200 pas- sengers when it was taken over and sent empty to the west coast of South Amer- foa, although it might have been loaded with coal and realised a small fortune, Another case is given of a 6,000 ton boat &t Huelve, about to load with a cargo of fron ore for England, which was requi- titioned suddenly and sent empty to the Pacific, although there should have been plenty of merchant ships available much nearer the desired destination. “How long," asks the journal, “will these methods be tolerated? In the na- tional interest & committee of shipping men should have been selected to or- §anize the admiralty chartering.” Selling “Boss” Flinn ““Salted” Mine Costly RTNO, Nev, Nov. 19.~Benator Willlam court judgment against the Twenty-One Mining company of California and its directors for §25,000, as the result of an eifort on the part of the company to sell & “salted” mine to him. The mine fs located In California and the money re. covered was advanced as the first pay- ment of a $350,000 option. MAX BAEHR COMING HOME FOR THANKSGIVING DAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Max J. Baehr, former American consul at Berne, Switzerland, was in Washington today en route to his home in_8t, Paul, Neb, to spend the Thanks- |#iving and Christmas holidays with his | family, | —_— New Postoffice Established. WASHINGTON, Nov, o y b od FUR NECK PIECE GIVES SR Jumniits has bese satebliahod Miss Carmen M. Acost Steamer Hits ) LONDON, Nov. ~The American |schooner Helen W. 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Meder, for- | merly commissioner of public welfare, was quoted in the newspapers here as saying: “I know there were as many as 350 ! cases of ruined girls in the high schools | here st year.'” Mrs, Meder replied to an inquiry of | Mrs. Young by sending a copy of a letter |#he had received from Parker™H. Her- combe, recently employed by the board as | | director of a bureau of statistics. The let- | ter said: | | “Answering your finquiry, 1 am in- | | formed by people who claim to know that | the annual record of girls attending high schgol in Chicago who become pregnant Is from %0 to 3. There is certainly a | wondertul flela for your welfare work in this city.” Hercombe | told the committes he did Inot remember writing the letter, but if | he gave out any such information he took Ino responsibility for the figures | | “I may have repeated something I heard at a woman's club meeting,” he sald. Tsuruga Becomes Munition Storage _Point for Russia | (Correapondence of the Associated Press.) | TSURUGA, Japan, Nov. 6—This Iltlle‘ port has suddenly taken on great Im- portance to the Russian army. It is the Japanese terminus for the Russian volun- teer fleet, opgrating between Vladivestok and Japan, and has suddenly become a great shipping center for arms and am-| munition. Two boats operate regularly | every week between Tsuruga and Viadi- vostok and this survice has been sup- planted by & number of small coaling ships. The docks at Tsuruga and platforms of the rallway station are now stacked high with gun carriages and ammunition cases. | Temporary shelters have been thrown up und canvas is used for covering supplies | | which camnot be placed under roof. Most | of the war supplies are handled by Japa- nese women dock laborers. Although the women are less than five feet high, thelr hard work has given them great muscular l:7710 l"llglllt of the Stork. very normal person is interested in the arrival of the stork. It is the greatest event in one’s life. The expectant mother needs, above everything comfort and peace she is sure to have if e Shothers Friend, the’ sk dependabl other's external rflmody’, is nud.’u sooth o network of nerves and to enable the muscles to expand naturally; thus re- lievin, due strain. Mother’s Friend, obtained at lny’ drug store, is the one remedy used and rocommcn:ed hLflmudl;ndn of women ever, ita wonderfal merit. " oo ¥ They wear short kimonos which expose their muscular legs from the knee down, and their bare arms show great strength, as they lift cases of shells | and drag along the wheels of calssons. | Teuruga is a small city. It hes less | than 1,000 inhabitants and most of these | are fishermen and seagoing folk. The | protected inner port s small and hills rise abruptly from the shore line, lmit- ing the space available for trackage and docks. Hitherto the demands upon ware- house and dock faeilities have been slight. development made for the deluge of Japanese ma terials the rallroad is unloading here for shipment to Viadivostok. Tsuruga fs thoroughly connected by rall with the rms and ammunition centers of Japan and {s bearing its share of the extra bur- | den Yokohama and other better known | ports are not able to acoept i Shimoniseki is also receiving much war | material from Japanese factorles for | shipment to Fusan by steamer and then | the Transsiberian rallway line. per, lead, shells, cartridges and guns man At Yokohama ufactured in Japan. and Nagasaki forelgn war chiefly fre large guns. Consequently thers was no preparation | duty of the minor ports is to handle cop- | carrying such freight. Kobe supplies, n America, are received fry ships which do not call at Viadivosathk and forwarded by steamers calling at the Siberian seaport. « Steamers arriving al ! Yokohama from American Pacific ports almost invariably land many shells for ‘The handling of such frelgh on ships not provided with magazines over the Korean raillways to Harbin and | causes some apprehension among passen- The chief | gers familiar with the risk incurred by + GROUP NO. 1 Choioe of Any Suit in Our Stock From $40 to $75 35 Millinery Clearance Your Absolute Choice of Any Trimmed Hat ‘ in the House $2.50 Untrimmed Shapes Ohoice Saturday 79c IR Have You Been Waiting for a Big Suit Sale? Then Here It Is, and Be Sure to Come Early Saturday There is no Need of Further That Is Good Style This Season. 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