Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 5

0 FINDS WRAK POINT IN AMERIGAN NOTE Feeling Assumption Dual Govern-| ~ ment Should Have Been In- formed of Policy Wrong. N0 DIRECT ANNOUNCEMENT | VIENNA, Dec. 15.—The American note to Austria-Hungary concerning | the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona is regarded here as weak in | one important point, which may de- prive the note in general of its foun- dation. This concerns the standpoint taken that the Austro-Hungarian govern- ment should be familiar with the at- titude of the American government regarding the freedom of the seas be- cause President Wilson had explained this to the German government, thus implying that Austria, as Germany's ally, should be acquainted with the principlea laid down and desired by Washington. Objection Ratsed. Against this stand of Washington the objection is raised in responsible quarters here that the government has knowledge | of the negotiations in the Lusitania case only through the ‘newspapers; that it could give to these reports no diplomatic values and that it has not concerned it- self in any way with the Lusitania case. 1t s pointed out by the same authority that the American government can scarcely demand that the imperial gov- ernment base its policy upon newspapers, and it is suggested In any case it would have been better If Washington at the time had communicated the memorandum of its standpoint to all belligerent gov- ernments, 1n which case the present note would seem more justified. Will Accept Explanation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.~The State de- partment probably will accept the exs planation made by Baron Erich Zwie- dinek, charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy here, regarding a letter he wrote to the Austro-Hungarian general in New York, suggesting that neutral passports be bought to assist reservists in this country to reach Austria-Hungary. The letter was written while Dr. Con- stantin Dumba, the recalled ambassador, was in charge of the embassy. Zwiedinek called upon Secretary Lansing the day after it was published and ex- , plained he was a subordinate official at the time and was acting under the in- structions of Dr. Dumba. Secretary Lansing did not indicate what his view would be, but it is learned that there is no disposition at the department to ques- tion the charge's statement that he was Baron | I NI A 4 gLl y\‘ i RIS IS SN X T i MILLIONS TO MAKE U. §. GOASTS BRISTLE Government Plans fenses at Great Cost for Na- tion’s Extremities. not responsible for the letter. No Word from Vienna. Acceptance of Baron Zwiedinek's ex- planation will clear up one of the in- cldents out of which grew the situation aggravating relations hetween the United States and Austria-Hungary. There prob- ably will be no decision in the case of Alexander van Nuber, Austro-Hungarian consul: general at New York, charged with objectionable: activities, whtil after a reply has been received to the note to Austia-Hingary demanding repatition for s¥icany ¥4 lost When the liner Ancona was sunk, and assul ices that such attacks will not be repeated. No“word came today from Ambassador Penfield to indicate when a reply to the note might be looked for or how the communication was recefved. Officials were still of the opinion that the reply would arrive by the end of the week. Sent to Wrong Address. COLOGNH (Via London), Dec. 14.—The Cologhe Gazette prints the Amefican note on the Ancona without extended com- ment. Jt merely maintains that the Americdn statement of facts does not correspond with the Austrian official re- port, which asserted that the Ancona was fired upon only after it attempted to escape and that it was torpedoed only after fifty minutes of grace for saving passengers was tllowed. “According to this,” says the Gazette, “the measures adopted by the submarine were adequate to insure the safety of the lives of noncombatants and the high | S 'y - phrases of the note regarding humanity and international law are directed to the wrong sddress.” Keen Competition For Larry Flynn's Hand in Marriage Why 1is Larry Flynn, deputy sheriff, a bachelor? Mr. Flynn answered this question seven times yesterday when as many different girls called him by telephone. “A bachelor is a man who has been crossad in love,” he explained. “And a married man is one who has been double- crossed,” ‘The girls kept the telephone wires busy as the result of publication of informa- tion that a New York girl is trying to marry Flynn. They all wanted to know why Omaha girls were not good enough for him. f ‘The keen competition for Flynn's hand in marriage has panions in the sheriff's office to form a plan to dispose of him by auction to the highest feminine bidder at the court house ball next Friday evening. This means that the tallest girl is to have him. Firemen's Ball is Successful Affair The annual ball of the members of the Omaha fire department was given last night at the city Auditorium and the big floor of the municipal bullding was gay with dancers until the early hours of the morning, Fifteer hundred persons attended ana the affair was declared by the partici- pemts to be one of the most successful ever held by the firemen. The ball was given for the benefit of the Firemen's 'Relief assoclation, City Commissioner W. H. Wifhnell ang his daughter led the grand march. A ——— Recommended fur Crouwn. Coughs, colds, croup, hoarseness, in- flamed: throat, bronchial troubles or ‘sore chest are relieved by Foley's Honey and Tar,/which opens stopped air passages, soothes and heals inflamed surfaces, and restores normal breathing. W, C. Allen, Boseley, Mo., says: “I have ralsed family of four children and used Faley's Honey and Tar wtih all of them. I find it the best cough and croup medicine I ever' used. 1 used it for eight or ten years and can recommend it for croup™ Beold everywhere.—Advertisement. caused Flynn's com- | ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED | — | WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Further 'light was thrown upon the scope of the administration’s defense plans today when the department’s esti- mates for coast defenses during the coming year were submitted to the military committees of congress in the form of a preliminary draft of the foftifications appropriations bill carrying a total of $23,305,123 for all purposes, including the mainte- nance and increase of permanent works in the Hawallans and Philip- pines. Estimates for the Panama canal which will fall under the canal government will add another $00,00 to this sum, and in 'addition the War department asks au- thority to make continuing contracts dur- ing the year to a total of more than $10,- 000,000 for mobile and coast artillery and ammunition, the appropriation to be made next year. The bill last year granted such authoritity to the extent of $0,00, covering contracts for moblile artillery, fleld guns, siege guns, mountain guns and howlitzers only. Enginecring Work Estimates, For engineering work to be done on new fortifications the department asks for $5,- 360,20, the only specified projects being that at Cape Henry, where it is indicated eighteen gun emplacements are to be built guns eventually are to be Installed with the necessary smaller weapons. On an- [ 815,000, in gun wire alone, to be used i | for all its major fortifications. While no | details are revealed in the bill, it is shown that definite plans have heen laid for | | all the contemplated 160-inch batterles | which it is understood will be added to | the defenses of New York and other fm- | portant harbors. Estimates for $i1800 are presented to complete the work of | modernizing the present twelve-inch bat- | teries by raising thelr elevation and in- creasing the range. - | For new guns, cither field or seacoast and for ammunition to be purchased im- mediately $9,961,000 is asked. Under these | visions come the experiments now in Progress to determine how biz guns can be ‘mounted on .motor cars or rond: trains ond moved along the coasts .to points of danger. They also embrace ex- perimental work with new types of field, slege and mountain artillery. | [AHA, THURSD DANIELS AGAINST 100 BIG WARSHIPS | Thinks it Better to Increase Fight- ing Units in Number Rather Than in Size. CITES LESSON OF THE WAR WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Super- dreadnoughts of the California class, displacing 32,000 tons, are declared to represent the high-water mark in the size of American battleships in a statement presented to congress by Secretary Daniels today outlining the ; lessons of the European war as to| the best type of ship for war. | “It would be unwise,” the state- ment says, ‘‘to build dreadnoughts so large that they could not easily pass through the Panama canal. It | is also believed that in view of the | | Increased efficlency of the torpedo, | the very extensive use of mines and | the bombs from afrcraff, it is de- | Fancy Goods with Old Rose Satin, values up Leather - Sofa Pillows, two full hides in made {BER 16 cidedly better to increase the fight- ing units in numbhers rather than in size, the high-water mark in size having been reached in vessels of the California class.” Closes the Debate, «The statement was submittéd in re- sponse to & requirement of the last naval | appropriation bill that congress be fur-| nished with a report “on bullding four warships of the type, power And speed which in his (the secretary's) judgment, based on knowledge gained from the pre. valllng war in Europe, are best suited | In his reply Mr.' Danleis apparently | brings to a close the debate which has | been agitating the Navy department for many weeks as to the general character- istics of the first battleships to be recom- mefded under the administration ' five- year bullding plan. The Most Importan: Lesson. “The first and most important lesson," says the statement, “Is that the British grand fleet, composed not only of. dread- noughts and superdreadnoughts, but also of battle crulsers, light cruisers, destroy- | ers, submarines and auxiliaries, has to date maintained command of the sea, thereby assuring to Great Britain and ita| allies dommuniéation with il parts of | the world and remsonably safe oversea transportation for its military forces and Imported Tapestry Boxes, lined to of Polnsettia and Poppy, Indian heads and fringed, at $3.50 5 supplies, at the same time denying simi- Iar ddvantages to its adversaries. It is further known that, despite the efforts of submarines and other fainor craft, the Tosses of this flest have nat boen serfous. ‘Another notaBle fact was brought out by the tatemenit of the first lord of the admiralty 1914, that by thé end of 1916 there Would have been added to the fleet fifteen dapi- tal ships, together with a correspotiding and adequate nimber of vesdels of other types. All of these indicatés goncluslvely that the commahd of the séa with the at- tendant secutty of the sheres of a coun- try exercising (hat command rests with the power possesding shiph which i the Aggregate have a preponderance in the prime military shatacteristic enumetated Above.” OFFICER TOD SLOW; HE IS TOUCHED UP WITH LEAD DOUGULAS, Ar Dec. 15.~Lieutenant Antonio Morent, a Villa officer, Is in the Agua Prieta ltospital with a bullet wound (hrough the lungs, which, he anid teday, was Inflicted by Genéral Rafael Chstro because Morena was too slow in gétting his men Into action against the Cartan: forces inder - Ggnernl Angel Morréd at Fronteras, Sonora. Use The Bae'd 'Swanper” cotumn, to Parilament in November, | DR. POWELL WILL GIVE FREE LECTURE MUSICAL Dr. Alma Webster Powell will give & free lecture-musical at the University of Omaha January 18. Dr. Poweli s tour- ing the country with the purposs of arousing Interest in the establishment of free schools for the study of music, | THe prima donna {llustrates her lectures with some twenty wselections from the music of different countries, playing il her own accompaniments. i Dr. Powell is an authority on her line of work, being a graduats of the Uni- versity of New York and Columbla uni- versity. She t her own éxpense. Washington Affairs The h ways and meahs committes ;‘ -:-u‘i:x' epnr(y yote reported favorably Bor jority Leader Kitehin's resolution ts on ‘;;qlg‘qamemncy tax law to . An ent deticiency bill appropriating $10),000 to defray expenses in connection with the coming pan-American sclentific ¢ol and meet certaln departmental de i, Yua passed by the hous. Tt i3 the tirst legielation of the kind this mes- slon. Chairman Hitchcock announced after 8 fee of the senate Philippines com- mitten the bill to provide more ax- ne! tended vernment for the Phillp- WO pushed in the senal A ng on the measure will be held to- day. d a1, Kewpie Novelties Those cute little cherubs, made } up into many novelties for M Christmas giving. With silk | jersey sweater and cap. The season’s latest novelty....800 : Umbrellas M;kq Very Useful | A Sale of Fine .fi;sierz in Smart, pretty hoslery in holly boxes, for a most acceptable Xmas gift, and an Boxes § and where huge sixteen-inch, wire wound | other section of the bill is an estimate of | Elaborate De-| the first of these gigantic weapons to be | | manufactured by the government itself | — e and Practical Gifts Here are some ;;(c.p!l.nll values: Men's Umbrellas, made of our regu- lar $1.98 quality cloth and with fancy stag, pearl, ivory and ébony. handles, trimmed with massive sterling lllVQ‘ and finest gold filled mountings, han* dles alone worth $2 to $4, all put up in nice holly boxes, special, Si 98 . | while they last, each.. Ladies’ Very Fine Umbrell tatfeta silk and fine sterling silver and gold filled han- dles. These are exceptionally $3 98 . | fine and very cheap, at..., added attraction of very réasonable prices. Women's Pure Thread 8ilk Hose, plain and. fancy. F0ll fashioned, bigh apliced heels and tobs with &;uhlu soles. Some all sllk to the top. 51 98 ecial, 3 pair in fancy box, for....... . omen's Fancy Silk Hose, with wide garter tops; double heels and toes; #ood. shoe i ghades. Special, two pait Men's Thread Silk Hose, ll colors. Double heels and toes. One, two and four pair in & 50 and sl fancy box, specially priced, at,... C We are Omaba headquarters for the celebrated Phoenix Silk Hoslery. Every pair is guaranteed to wear. They are put up In !lncy Christmas box Two pair of Men's Phoenix Pure Stik | Women's Phoenix Pure Thread Silk Hoslery, gray, flavy, black and $1 Hoslery, black and colors. Two white. In fancy box b o 81050 .":“éi‘ ] fancy box.. . Other Umbrellas for Men and Women, a $5 * $20 | % beautiful assort- from | ment, at : What Games: Pit, Rook, Rummy and all the 50-card games, spe- . An indication of the preparations planned s shown by the fact that $,- 32,900 is asked for subcalibre guns and | ammunition to carry out training in markmanship next year in addition to | the work with full charges. The appropriations ought cover new plans for submarine mines and torpedo stations as well as for the purchase of the Hammond radio dynamic torpedo for which 47,00 is asked. Glven Seven Years, DULUTH, Minn,, Dec. 15.—Joseph T.| Nelso:, former cashier, and G, L. Wedan, aseistant cashier in the county treasurer's office hore, both confesssd defaulters, were sentenced today by Judge Dancer in district court to a maximum term of seven years cach ia the state prison. | the supply. —$400,000 Preferred Common Stock. onstrated success. 2568-72 Farnam St. Opportunity To Invest in Motor Car Industry Over Six Hundred Millions will be in- vested in new automobiles in the United States alone during the' year 1916, The de- | mand for standard grade cars will far exceed You are given an opportunity to invest in the motor car industry by the Drummond Motor Company of Omaha, Nebraska, estab- lished in 1884. Authorized capital $500,000 Stock, and $100,000 $100,000, 7%, cumulative, preferred and participating stock now offered at par, viz: $100 per slfare, subject to prior sale, The Drummond Motor Company is mar- keting the Drummond Car, which is a dem- ney Will B‘!X—ij_n— Toyland Pile Driver; sharp tap, tap, tap of this clever automatic plle driver i urce of and delight to expense. tractive cartons, including | tickle 13 bright colored marbles; size of carton 3x3x21 in. at, each, Your Mo the woill child. Bhould sell for 80s. A big special, Dolls Characte r Baby, face, Jimbs, bisque head, 14 inches high, worth $4 $2.98 Big Chnnon, 14 ° inches long, T%.inches high. Exact imitation, -of the German siege guns; worth. 49¢, ‘spe- cial for Thurs- l 9c day n of our de- biles, pro. very great A toy that will of “every 25¢ Jewelry Offerg a Wide Choice of Gifts Ladies' Solid Gold Bracelet Watch, case and bracelet both solid gold; fitted with a 16-jeweled lever move- ment; guaranteed. 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You can conceive of no other to take the place of this instrument to make for complete satisfaction and happiness in a music- loving home, The great artists of the world are all at your disposal. With the Vie- trola it is possible to fln a concert every evening of a greater variety of famous artists than were ever seen together in any one house. * The Vietrola affords a splendid accompaniment for dancing. The latest and popular music is all reproduced on records. S A Christmas Victrola $82 50 Special—Victrola X. . With Choice of Ten Double Face Victor Records—Twenty Selections in All This Vietrola is like the illustration and is one of prettiest made. This spe- cial Christmas outfit caamot be equaled as a holiday ; ) ‘2 month. 'Victrola Dept.— * This outfit will be sold on terms of $8.00 and $6. Pompeian Room. : : P best