^*\avy Sinking to
* Inferiority, Says
Retirin''Admiral
I —
[• Hear Admiral Huse Deelareg
Britain Ahead of lT. S. in
Naval Preparation; New
Ships Are Needed.
iy AKTIIl K NKAKS IlKWIMi.
'imalu lie*. Leased Wire.
Washington. Dec. 9— How (treat
Britain is modernizing its navy with
• in the limitations of the Washington
5 5 3 naval armament reduction agree
ment while the United States is per
mitting its navy to decline to a plane
of marked Inferiority was disclosed
today by Rear Admiral Harry McD.
P. Huse, 17. S. N.
I Great Britain not only is building
-v new battleships permitted by the
agreement hut is .strengthening and
modernizing old ships and making !
many other changes ns a result of !
which two-thirds of our battleships
aro outranged in gunfire by British j
ships of tho same rank.
The British and American navies
are to l>o maintained at a parity under
tho terms of the Washington agree
ment hut tlie American navy will re
main far Inferior to (lie British in 1
strength unless the United States
adopts a modernization program. To
ureservo a navy second 4o none, ac
cording to Admiral lluse, it also will
be necessary to increase the personnel \
and build not less than 1G 10,000 ton
cruisers.
Admiral lie tires.
Admiral TIuse retired yesterday on
reaching tho age of 64, after 44 years
of artive nnd distinguished service.
Having retired he deemed himself at
liberty to disclose what lie knows of
tlie manner in which tho British are
outstripping the Americans In naval
strength nnd consented to an inter
view.
f The admiral was asked how the
naval limitation agreement is work
ing out.
"At first.” he replied, "the gen
eral idea was that Hie only effect
of the treaty would he to scrap a lot
of American battleships and to stop
all further construction of capital
ships except such ns Great Britain, .
Franco and Italy would lie allowed
to build under its provisions.
"Since all work was stopped on the
construction of the new battleships,
practically nothing, or at least very
little has been spent on the old bat
tleships in this country. Meanwhile,
Great Britain has not only proceeded
with the task of building two new Bat
tleships which she Is allowed to do
under the provisions of the treaty and
which will naturally embody all the
very newest developments In naval
construction nnd ordnance but she lias
spent very large sums In modernizing
her old ships."
Put ‘‘Blisters” on Ships.
Tlie changes made. Admiral lfusc
said, include putting "blisters” on the j
sides of tlie ship, increasing tlie thick
ness ef tlie deck armor, Increasing the
elevation that enn be given 'u turret
guns find improving tho ballistic
qualities of tlie but*erles.
"How has it come about that our
pens aro outranged hv the British ^
guns?” the admiral was asked
"The answer is tho development in
aeronautics nnd the use of airplanes
in directing the fire of ships," re- .
plied Admiral lluse. "Everybody '
knows that after fire has been opened
on a target the range must he cor
rected by ‘spotting.’ That is, by ob
serving when shots fall beyond the
target and when shots full short of
it. tlie skillful spotter can estimate
very closely the necessary change to
lie made In tho elevation of tho guns,
to bring them on the target. When
tiie correct range has been found,
salvos from the firihg ship will '
‘straddle’ the target, some falling
short and some going beyond, due to 1
tho dispersion of the salvo. The area j
within which tho projectiles fail Is I
called tho ’pattern;' and tlie more ac- j
curately the guns are caliberated and ■
laid the smaller will ho tlie ‘pattern’
nnd the greater will he the probable ,
nurtiber of actual hits when the range ,
is established.
Could Destroy Enemy.
“It is evident that if a fleet can
reach its target at a range of 30,000
yafils while the range.of the enemy's
guns Is 31,000 it can destroy its enemy
from a position of perfect security.”
"The English have placed large
swellings on the sides of their ships
extending practically tho whole length
of the ship which they call ’blisters',^’
^ he explained. "Their purpose Is to
^ give additional protection against tor
pedoes and against depth bombs
close along the aide but as the result
is an Increase in the buoyancy of the
ship It makes it possible to add to the
thickness of the armored deck and the
oil fuel capacity.
"The treaty of Washington forbids
any increase in tlie thickness of side
armor or of turrets and any Increase |
in the caliber of guns. It also forbids
any change in the arrangement of tho
battery. It can easily be seen that
without some such restriction a ship |
could practically be entirely rebuilt so
as to evade the restrictions placed up
on new constructions of capital ships.
Want Armaint’iit I .united.
"Of <-ourso we all knew that it was
the desire ef the United States to limit
naval armament in all its branches;
cruisers, destroyers, submarines, etc.
But this was not <lnn« and the I nited
States, which was f r behind Ureat
Britain and even J..|»n in cruiser
force at the time of the treaty is rapid
ly falling still further behind.
"The policy of a navy second to
none requires not only that we should
maintain a personnel in excess of that
now allowed Out that we should mod- *
cruize our batleHhips, build cruisers,
and maintain in all types of warships
the trea'ty ratios established for battle
ships. The treaty of Washington in
volves a constructive policy as well as
a destructive policy; it requires that !
we should build as well as destroy. To
stand still is inconsistent with the
it policy of a navy second to none and
j« absolutely inconsistent with the in
ternational duties that our leading
position in the affairs of the world im
poses upon us. The navy of the United
states Is the most potent power for
peace In the world today. It is the
most effective instrument of the altru
istic policy of the United States, i he
true lover of peace should give it his
earnest Mupport."
Paris Boulevards Offer
Happy Hour to Strollers
Canny Office* Boys Outwit
Traction Company—Auction
Rooms at the Salle Drouot
No PI ace for the Layman.
By nU DKKK K K. ABBOTT.
l’aris, I>er. 9.—It's pleasant to take
jour stick in one hand and >-our
gloves in the other and stroll down
the boulevards these snappj’ winter
afternoons—when It doesn't rain. The
flashing stones and tempting pearls
In the windows of the jewelers are
too good to be true. The art dealers
show jou rare old furniture—you
wouldn't dare to sit on any of the
chairs, perhaps—but it's pretty stuff
just the same.
The modistes' windows, with the
dear little hats, are very attractive,
and the hats are really very dear—It
isn't the hat that's so dear as it the
feathers they put on it. Shoes,
cravnta, handbags and lots of things
keej) your neck lame and make your
purse slink deeper and deeper into
jour inside vest pocket.
The people, too, are Interesting.
Tile girl in the tiger skin coat guid
ing her sporting roadster—with James
up in the .rumble—across the opera
and not hitting a thing but a pretty
good pace. The dark lady In flesh
colored stockings looking into the
windows—probably deciding how
much it's going to cost hubby to get
out of his Christmas duty. Then
there's the group watching the no
handed artist painting j'oung master
pieces with his teeth. And above all
the old man with the Pekinese pups
trjing to get a llolls Boyce price for
a Ford size dog. ft's really very In
teresting on the boulevards—when It
doesn't rain.
The diplomats are having some fine
sport. President Millerand has In
v.ted them on several occasions to
take part in shoots held on Ins private
game preserve. All the diplomats—
Ambassador Herrick included—have
had very’ good twigs. The only one
that didn't seem to have very good
luck was the president himself. He !
doesn't shoot. The others, however. |
piled up many rabbits, partridges and 1
pheasants. There is another diplo
matic shoot on for next month.
Any system can be beaten. The
Paris traction companies thought they
had an unbeatable one. But try to j
put anything over on the office boy.
iou’il find it a hard task—the traction
companies did.
When one wants to get aboard a
trolley car or an autobus one tears
off a littlo ticket—from a block of
them attached to the poles in the !
streets—upon which is a number, then
waits in turn to get on the car. First
come, first served.
At noon hour, when everybody in
Paris goes home to lunch, and at ]
night after office hours, there is a !
grand rush for the numbered tickets.
But the office boy is generally the
first to climb on—bo has beaten the
system. He managed to sneak out
on a supposed errand about 5:30 p.
in. Ho hies himself to the trolley
stop and allowing enough numbers for
the next half hour, he tears off—un
derneath—enough tickets for himself
and friends. At 6 he dashes out of
the office and at the stopping point
ho distributes to the boys of his gang
the latest numbers.
“Going, going -. Well, who's
offering more?" Is the cry one hears
from all sides at the Salle Drouot,
the city auction rooms. Here are
sold all the fine things of a once mil
lionaire or the humble belongings of
some poor family. Everything Is
treated alike, good or bad; it is placed
on the auctioneer's block and he gets
as much, or as little, as he can.
There are 18 salesrooms in t lie
building on Ilue Drouot, and what a
conglomeration one sees in them! An
old bathtub, a secondhand safe, a
cook stove. handmade lace, rare
•
stamps, dislios, coins, fragile china
ware, umbrella stands, hats, wines
and rugc are only a few of the hun
dreds of things on show. These things
usually have been seized by the sher
iff and sold for the benefit of the
state. But sometimes they are • ol
untary sales by owners themselves,
lii this case the state takes a cer
tain commission on the total.
But let the layman from the street
beware. He'd better not try to pur
chase in the Sail© Drouot. One’s
first Idea of "What a fine place to
go to furnish tho flat” is all wrong.
The flat will cost you double if you
buy here. Seems quite Impossible,
doesn't it? Nothing is more possible.
The place is fairly alive with "deal
ers” anti they feel that the sales are
run for their sole purpose—and they
are pretty nearly right, too. They
buy at a very reasonable price—take
the purchases to their stores and fix
them up—a nail or two and a hit of
polish—and they resell at a hand
some profit.
Of pourse, such a good thing must
be protected and they take strong
measures to do tlie protecting. All
the dealers know one another very
well. /They will bid up to a certain
polht And then stop. They all know
how - mudh the object on sale will
bring in the open market. Once at
a certain price the auctioneer knows
his cltdnfs well enough not to ask
for .more. But let the poor, unsus
pecting chap who's trying to furnish
a flat liappen in.
When the bidding starts he has It
all his own way, but If it s a beauti
ful soreen, we’ll say, that he knows
his wife would he glad to have, he's
willing to pay a little more. The
price goes up—he wonders—but feels
that his judgment must be good—
there are others that seem to know
its value. Up, up. goes the price and
he keeps along with the crowd until
he feels certain that the price is
more than that of a new one In the
store. He ventures one last hid.
"Sold,” and he finds himself the proud
owner of tho. screen. lie inarches
home with it. Tak.es a taxi—because
he knows that he couldn’t get on the
street ear. ftets home. Shows It
to wlfey. "Fine,” says she, “how
much was it?” He replies, "So much
and the taxi." Wlfey falls into a
chair. The "dealers” have done
they duty.
"But.'’ you ask, "what if the young
fiat furnisher hadn't bought it,” Oh,
that's simple. If the flat furnishing
gentleman had not given the last hid
the article would have gone to one
of the dealers, and he and his broth
ers In coBjmerce would have shared
the loss and considered it cheap at
double the price. Strangers, keep
out of Salle Drouot!
Nash Motors Plans
for National Shows
Preparations are being made by the
Nash Motor company for its display
of six and four cylinder caTS at the
New York and Chicago Automobile
shows. Nash models on display at
this season's shows, it is said, will
eclipse in point of appearance, com
fort and construction any car ever
produced by Nash Motors.
• Interest on the part of the general
public and by dealers will be greater
at the automobile shows this year
than it has been for several years
past," said Charles B. Voorhis, vice
president and director of sales of the
Nash Motors company. "This Is due
to the fact that conditions generally
are for better than they were last
year or the year before and to the
further fact that developments In
motor car construction have been
very great during the last 12
months.”
The Nash exhibit will Include
closed as well as open models on the
four and six-cylinder car chassis. The
raw Nash sport model, completely
equipped fpom nickel bumpers to
combination stop and tail light and
tho Nash Six roadster, in deep ma
roon with silk ecru top, are likely to
attract considerable attention on the
part of show visitors, it is expected
that they will divide honors at the
Nash exhibit with the four-cylinder
Carriole and the six-cylinder sedan for
five passengers.
Buick Service Clinic
Reported Big Success
•'With nearly every Buick service
station in our territory represented at
our service clinic Tuesday and
Wednesday, we believe we have bene
fited every Buick dealer and every
Buick owner. Our service stations
will have a better idea of how to
do the best work in the quickest
time," said H. E. Sidles.
Officials of the Nebraska Buick Auto
company were very enthusiastic over
the results of the clinic. The clinic
was in charge of A. H. Sarvis, head
of the service at the Buick factory,
and was accompanied by C. E. Walk
er from Delco factory, K. R. Pierce
from Marvel Carburetor company, C.
J Slater from the factory and H. T.
Fielding, also from the Buick Motor
company, Flint. A complete display
of accessories and automobile supplies
was one of the features of the clinic.
The clinic, it is reported, probably
will be held next year either In Lin
coln at the home office or in the
Omaha branch, which is opening a
large automobile accessory and supply
department January 1.
Omaha Pastor Chosen for
Meeting in Grand Island
Rev. John L. Barton pastor of Im
manuel Bnptlst church, lias been
chospn ns the speaker for Young Peo
ple's week at Grand Island, Neb.
The dates for the meeting are Decem
ber 11, 12, 13. The work has to do
with the students of Grand Island
college, and the young people of the
First Baptist chureli of Grand Island.
Mr. Barton will deliver two ad
dresses to the students of Grand Isl
and college, hold personal interviews
with them concerning their life, work
and their personal religions problems.
In the evenings Mr. Barton will de
liver addresses at the First Baptist
church.
Gas Service Contract
Upheld hy High Court
Lincoln, Dee. ?.—The supreme court
in a decision declared the Lincoln Gas
and Electric Light company must con
tinue to supply gas to the consumers
at University Place, a suburb, at the
rate of J1.50 a thousand. A contract
was entered Into between the Univer
sity Place municipality and the gas
1 company several years ago making
| this rate perpetual. The court said it
cannot take into consideration the in
I creased cost of labor and fuel to
| which the company Is subjected.
Letter to Harding
Stirs 11> Election
Puzzles in House
DiscU'.-ion of Alleged Over
Representation of South in
Congress and in electoral
College, Renewed.
Uj t.l OKt.K F. VI THIKK
nanhiigloii ( urrrsiMimlcnt Tlie Omaha Bee.
Washington, Dec. —(Spocial i—By
writing a letter to President Harding
on the subject of violation of the 14th
amendment to the .constitution, Repre
sentative George Holden Tlnkham of
Massachusetts, has renewed discus
sion of the alleged over representation
of the south in congress and in the
electoral college. The discussion has
an intimate bearing on the agitation
which Senator Norris of Nebraska
has started to secure election of presi
dents by a total vote of the people
rather than electing them by states in
the electoral college, l’.y this system,
the south, which votes almost unani
mously democratic on a local issue,
would he able to outvote more popu
lous sections where voters divide on
party lines. On the other hand, the
south would not be able to vote Us
solid electoral votes for democratic
candidates, the representation in the
college being based, not on the votes
cast, but on the total population.
Stirred l p Hornets' Nest.
Mr. Tlnkham wes desirous of stir
ring up sentiment on the Volstead
amendment by his letter to F’resident
Harding, but instead, has stirred up
a hornets' nest relative to the south.
The 14tli amendment provides that
where persons are deprived of their
franchise, representation in congress
and in the electoral college shall be
cut down accordingly. It is a well
known fact that the large negro popu
lation In the south Is denied the right
to vote on one pretext or another, yet
the representation in the house and
tlie electoral college is based upon the
combined tiopul.ition of voting whites
and non voting blacks.
Kvery effort heretofore made to
remedy this situation has been vigor
ously and successfully resisted by the
south.
The solid south, including the states .
of Alabama. Arkansas. Florida. Geor
gia. Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland
Mississippi. North Carolina. South
Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and VIr
ginia. casts lit votes in the electoral
college.
Comparisons Show Difference*.
Some conception of the differences
in voting populations In these states
compared with northern states which
have the same representation In
the college and In the house, may be
gathered by a few comparisons. Ala
bama has 12 votes in the electoral
college, but its voting population lti
1916 was 131.177. California with its
in electoral votes, the same year cast
999.551 votes. Virginia with 12 elee
to*\a 1 votes cast 153,900 votes In 1916
while Iowa with 13 electoral votes
polled’ 516,495 votes. Georgia with 14
electoral votes east a total popular
vote of 168.600 while Michigan with 15
electoral votes cast 648,507. Arkansas
has a representation of nine votes In
the electoral college, and in 1916 east
168.310 votes while Nebraska with
eight electoral representatives cast a
popular vote in the same year of 2S6.
177. Florida with six electoral votes
cast 80,803 while South Dakota with
five votes in the college cast 128.942
votes. Texas with 20 electoral votes
cast 372.461 and Pennsylvania with 38
in the college cast 1,297,079.
These comparisons hold throughout
the southern and northern states. The
same thing is true of representation
in congress. Congressmen in Nebras
ka, South Dakota, Iowa and Michi
gan, represent from three to four
times os many voters, frequently, as
do southern members.
This situation has been going on so
long that It has come to be accepted,
yet it Is bound to cause friction In the
future and the figures give food for
considerable thought.
Fastidious Politicians.
London, Dec. 9.— Members of the
London county council have perfumed
air blown Into their offices.
Bee Want Ads produce results.
Newspaper Men
Honor Salesman
Given Promotion
George S. Foxwortli) V ill Go
to Pacific Coast as Man
ager of 'W estern News
s
paper Union.
Lincoln, Dec. 9.—(Special ) Thirty
years ago George S. Fox worthy was
bending over a printer's ‘'makeup''
desk endeavoring to tell the public,
in black type, that a Lincoln retail
establishment was selling goods at
cheap prices. In the parlance of the
printers he was an "ad setter."
Last night, nt the Chamber of Com
merce in Lincoln, George S, Fox
worthy was the guest of honor of 150
Nebraska newspaper men and news
paper women, who had learned to
love, honor and respect a man who
had made good and played square
with them.
For in those 30 years, George S.
Foxworthy lias become Omaha man
ager of the Western Newspaper
Union, he has learned the financial
and family secrets of the great news
paper life of Nebraska, and has put
the firm he represents in the same
respect and esteem that he, George
S. Foxworthy, enjoyed in their busi
ness and at their hearthstones where
he was often a visitor.
Association in ( barge.
The dinner tonight was directly in
charge of O. O. Buck, secretary of
tlie Nebraska Press association, and
was in honor of Mr. Foxworthy's ad
vancement to tlie head of tlie branch
of the Western Newspaper Union on
the Pacific coast with headquarters
at San Francisco. ^
J. I'. O'Furey, president of ttie as
sociation, presided at the dinner. The
toastmaster was C. D. Traphagen of
Lincoln. There were five-minute
speeches by Harry Dobbins, Lincoln;
Jacob Baer, Lincoln; Will M. Maupln,
Gering; Chattle Coleman Westenius,
Stromsburg; Arthur Thomas, pub
licity bureau Omaha Chamber of
I'ommerce; tleorge Johnston. Omaha.
tit Milan ami personal guest of honor.
Cartoons thrown on a slide and
drawn hy Oz Black, Lincoln cartoon
ist, was another feature of the en
tertainment They sketched In
graphic, humorous style the trials of
the "ad setter," the salesman, the
office man and the manager, much to
the amusement of Foxworthy and the
newspaper folk present.
Cartoons Explained.
Frank llelvey. Lincoln, an old time
printer and newspaper man, ex
plained to members of the younger
newspaper generation the meaning of
"pied type," "type lice." "printer’s
devil" and "hell keltic," which were
depicted in the black screen cartoons.
The program committee was com
posed of Horace M. Davis, Lincoln;
Will Owen Jones, Lincoln; James
Lawrence, Lincoln; C. K. Verity,
Western Newspaper Union; Frank
Helvey, Lincoln.
Members of the reception commit
tee were; A. II. Backus, Columbus; J.
P. O'Furey, Darlington I'hattn
man Westenlus, Stromshurg; ^
Israel, Havelcx C. l-’. Clark, <
t'.ty. G. i:. Carpenter, Oinah/
an honor guest nt dinner.
Mr. Foxworthv gave a sho
dress reviewing his life In Ne
and expressing regret at leavl
( friends he had made durmg th
1 ness days of his life.
Sioux Lily Hanker Dies
Following Long 1
Sioux City, Dec. 8—F. W.
Irrann. prominent Sioux City
and clubman and a resident •
city for many years, died follov
illness of many months. Drat!
; one day prior to his C»0th birth
Mr. Kammann "as born
Louis. l>eoember 0, 1804. and s]
boyhood in that city. Early in
with bis father, entered the l
business In St. Louis.
lie came to Sioux City In 1
was connected with the Con
National batik prior to bis i 11 n
Telegram ;
from
Santa Claus
H. PELTON,
THE NEW BUICK DEALER.
2019 FARNAM ST.
YOUR XMAS MORNING DELIVERY ORDEF
ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AS FAST AS
RECEIVED. BUT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK I
CAN GUARANTEE XMAS MORNING DELIVER
ON BUICK CLOSED CARS.
SANTA CLAUS HEADQUARTERS
(OLD ST. NICK HIMSELF)
Concerning
PAC KARD
We pledge to every Packard owner and pros
pective Packard owner the utmost in courteous,
efficient and economical service.
Quite naturally we feel good over the fact that
we are the newly appointed sales and service
representatives of the Packard Motor Car Com
pany in Omaha and vicinity.
We have a thoroughly modern sales and service
building at 3016 Harney Street where complete
service for Packard cars and trucks may be ob
tained.
Full advantage has been taken of improved
methods and efficient shop lay-out. We are
here to serve Packard owners as quickly, effect
ively and economically as is possible.
Come in and get acquainted when you have the
opportunity and let us explain some of our busi
ness policies.
g ' ...
There is now on display a representative line of
Packard Single-Six cars. Whether or not you
are a Packard owner or even an immediate
prospect you are most cordially invited to in
spect our facilities and cars.
RICHARDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
3016 Harney Street HA rney 0010
cAsk. the man who owns one
