THE P.V.V.' ITIATTV FTtTHAV. VOVFMnEK 1 131.
rAFT MAKES PLEA
FOR PREPAREDNESS
Foraer Freiident Sayi lie Standi
Between Roosevelt and Bryan
on Defense Policy.
ISOLATION IS" NOT A SHIELD
Michigan Uni Plans
for Military Drill
three one-hour periods wc?kly be devoted
to this work. Those who would be ef
fected by adoption of compulsory mili
tary training are tha flrat and second
year students of the college of arts and
science, engineering and architecture,
pharmacy and dental surgery. Tha com
pulsory feature would not affect students
who are more than 16 years of age when
they enter the standing, student aliens
who do not Intend to become American
dtisena and students physically unfit.
No university credit la proposed In con-
nectlon with the work except In the ce
of ctimmL-'floned officers.
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
swing, was made.
The next meeting of the regents will be
held I member 1. rrotesU against the
senate s plan already have Peen rtceivea r
from Michigan alumni In several cltiea.
f.lvea License ta WM.
LINCOI-N. Nov. 11. (Special. Clyde A.
Dare of Omaha, aged J6, and Alma A.
William of Lincoln, aged . were giver
a license to wed by the county Judge of
Lancaster county yeaterday.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Nov. U. letall
of the university senate's recommenda
tion to the regents that compulsory mili
tary training be Instituted at the tint
verslty of Michigan n!Xt fall, were an
nounced today.
It ia proposed that the equivalent of
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CHICAGO, Nov. 11 National pre
paredness for defense was advocated
by former President William H. taft
In an address bere tonight before
the National Security league at a
banquet at a downtown botel.
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
nary be considered advisable, were
outlined by Mr. Taft, who said:
"Do not let us sacrifice the national
eeurity to an acanVmlc tf.eory or th
wish to vindicate It."
"In my view on national I'.efens,"
aid Mr. Taft. "I find myself somewhere
between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Itooievelt.
Only one nrrr,
"First, aa to Mr. Bryan and pacific
lm. Ia It more Itkxly that we shall In
vite war because we are merely ready
to defeud ourselves than that nations
will attack ua becauee we are helpless?
There la only one answer to thla ques
tion. "Nationa are made of men and have
Hot aa Man a alandard of morality In
atealinc with other natlona aa the aver
are man In dealing with other men. They
certainly have not reached the point yet
where from motive of cupidity they are
(tot willing when ocraa.on offers to take
advantage of the weakneaa of a nation
to carry out such a policy.
Great relianco Is had In peciflstlo
tbeorlee of our Isolation aa a nation.
What are the facte? If we make no
preparations for defense the oceans are
an eaaier mode of reaching; us than If
there were land between. They can be
made Instruments of defense, but only
by preparation.
Violation of Klahta.
"The proximity to ua of the present
war ahowa violation of our rights aa neu
trala. War cornea close to us. Peace
trembled In the balance over the I.us.
tanla. Our sale of ammunition and war
auppllea and food la according to Inter
national law. but the fortune of war
wept one side from the ocean and only
one alda la our customer. Resentment of
thla la natural and might lead to com
plice tlona.
"What do we need? Two lines of de.
fenae. First, the navy and coast defenaea,
and second the coast defenses and an
army large enough to resist an expedi
tionary force of troops.
W must have a navy equal to that of
,any nation having a standing army and
able to mobilise at onca a large expe
ditionary fore.
: "What have we in coast fortification T
Aa good aa any In the world. The coast
guna are twelve-Inch and foreign navies
have f If teen-inch guna. but the more
atable foundation of the coast defenses
; equalises- the .different aa haa been
demonstrated in the atUc:;a on the Dar
danelles. V Germany's navy baa' a ton
nage of l.SOO.OOO tona and our navy
900.000 tona. But wa need battle cruisers,
torpedo boats and destroyers and sub
marines, a 30 per cent increase, and we
need 18,000 men and too officers. ,
General Staff Needed. '
"A board of naval experts la needed
to apend money for the navy. Wa need
a general staff, which the secretary of
the navy opposed aa monarchical.
"The second line of defense T With the
navy wiped out an expeditionary force
must have an army of frjo.000. Our Na
tional Guard ahould have 138.000 men and
regular army of 78,000 men and volun
teera or reserves of 300. (KX) men.
"The second army should be Increased
to WI.0OO excluatve of Filipino constabu
lary and non-combatants, and the In
creases should be more largely In cavalry
and field artillery, for Infantry la more
easily drilled.
"With 300.000 ready to mobilise, wa
could add aOO.000 Infantry In alx montha.
Tha navy could prevent landing of ex.
petitionary forcea of large else unUl
then." .''"'
Mr. Taft discussed tha 'different methods
proposed for raising a reserve force, en
dorsing none of them, however. He
dosed by Baying:
' "We are an. adaptable people. With
equipment ready, with skeleton army
cavalry and artillery, wa could prepare
half million under atlning appeal to
country's danger In time If we have a
sufficient navy. Bo all centers about a
Siavy."
.Wilson to Consult
t Eepublicans on
! Plans of Defense
WASHINGTON, Nov. H.-Republlcana
In congress will be consulted by Presi
dent Wilson on the administration plans
for national defense before the opening
of the coming session. In line with his
announcement In his Manhattan rlub
speech In New Tork last week the pres
ident will appeal to men of all partlea
for leglalatlon to strengthen the army
and navy.
Officials today took the "lew that the
president Is hopeful that his plans will
receive the support of republicans and
thua overcome the opposition of soma
democrats, led by former Secretary
iirran.
The president has already received mes
suages from a number of republicans out
lde of congress approving bJa defense
plana. - t
PRESBYTERIANS PREPARE
FOR END OF THE WEEK
ATLANTIC CITT. N. J.. Nov. 11. At
Its closing session here today the execu
tive commission of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly, the ad Interim ruling body
f , the church, outlined an emergency
message on "preparedness" fur extraor
dinary conditions expected to follow the
close of ths European war. which la to
bo sent to 10,000 pastors, President Wocd
row Wilson and tn.uuo other elders of the
denomination.
President WiUon's defense program waa
decUrtd to have the moral eupport of
members of the executive commission.
Department Orders.
I WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 (Specall Tel
egram.) li. W. Heald has been appointed
lMuiiaier at Wlumer. Linn county, la.,
k Arthur H Kockntell. removes.
Archie 11. Watkins bus ben appointed
rural letter carrier at Wheatland. Wyu.
li its Ulna M. Kelly of K..U City, 8.
T., has ten siptited a clerk la the
avll service couituiulua.
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T0L L0F T0BNAD0
STRIKING KANSAS
(Continued from Pago One.)
rado. according to P. Conner, local
weather observer. There was no con
nection between the tornado In the Oreat
Bend district and tornadoes In South
Dakota and Nebraska. Mr. Connor aald:
The tornado at Oreat Bend and that
neighborhood merely wa a feature of the
general storm disturbance that prevailed
aver Kansas yesterday and last night
and which this morning has Its center
at Duluth. Minn.," aald Mr. Connor. "A
few days ago tha atorm developed west
of the Rocky mountains. It did not ap
pear severe. '
'Entering Colorado, the disturbance
turned Into a wind and thunder atorm.
From many points cornea reports of
wind varying from forty to fifty-five
miles an hour, and at aeveral points in
Kansas rains exceed one Inch. The
winds, however, contained no conditions
of a tornado. Only at Oreat Bend, where
a different air current probably waa en
countered, did the storm take on the
proportions of a whirling, dipping tor
nado."
With tha general storm area passed.
Mr. Conner said, fair weather and lower
temperatures might be expected In thla
section.
Tweaty-Five la hospitals.
GREAT BEND. Kan., Nov. 11. A terri
fic rain and windstorm, sweeping across
Kansas from tha Rocay mountains..
whirled Into Oreat Bend aa a tornado
laat night, ahattered scores of homes,
laid waste three large grain elevatora
and took a toll of two Uvea. In addition.
thirty-six persons were Injured, twelve
f them seriously enough to be confined
to hospitals today. The storm cot Oreat
Bend oif from communication with tha
outside "world, and for a time reports
were circulated that there had been great
loss of life. The pfoperty loss ia esti
mated at lAOO.OOO.
. Charles H. Smith, a piano aalesman.
and W. W. Hale, a mill employe, were
killed.
In tha southeast and of the town forty
residences were demolished and a similar
number were damaged.
r clone Cellars Net teed.
While hls section of Kansas haa many
"cyclone cellars," few of these placea of
safety were used. No one considered a
tornado poaslbla In November.
Resldenta whose houses were undam
aged Immediately tlhrew open their houses
to their less fortunate neighbors. Upon
tha plea of O. W. Dawson, mayor, Oov.
emor Capper today called out the loca.1
company of the Kansas National Guard
to help In relief work and assist In clear
ing the debris. The cKy will not be
placed under military control, the guards
men merely assisting tha city officials to
maintain order.
TEN AMERICANS
ABOARD ANCONA
LATEST REPORT
(Continued from Page One.)
were being niado ready for launching
and many passengera were killed or
wounded on the deck and in the boats.
Home of tha passengera who had been
thrown Into tha water approached the
aubmarlne, but were repelled and derided
"Finally shells and torpedoes were fired
at the Ancona from a distance of sX0
yarda"
1.r, .n Frees t'esasaesit.
LONDON, Nov. 1L President Wilson's
phrase regarding tha "lights of human
ity," as something for which the United
States waa contending figures promi
nently In the comment of the evening
newspapers on the Ancona tragedy .
'The fact that America's policy wt'i
depend upon the point whether American
Uvea have been lost Is a singular com
ment upon the claim of President Wilson
that America la contending for nothing
leas high and sacred than the rights of
humanity," says the Evening Standard,
which continues:
"Wa would frankly ask the American
people whether thla last addition to the
record of murder on the high seas doea
not convince them that there la only one
means by which tha pirates ran ' be
brought to book, namely Increasing vig
ilance by the allied fleet. 8ea power la
one and indivisible; by demanding that
wa relax our aea grip on the enemy tha
American government la demanding that
plratea be not punished."
CHARGED .WITH KILLING
ELK ON STATE RESERVE
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Nov. II. (Special.)
The carcasses of five elk and three deer
are held at Cody by representatives of
be state game warden as evidence
against Frank Christ moon. Frank DaW
lon. W. M. Slmmona and Ed Frose. all
of Cowley, Wyo., who are charged with
having killed the anlnvais In tha Ilopdoo
state game preserve, where hunt'ng Is
prohibited. Jn default of ball the de
fendants were remanded to Jail. It la
charged that they deliberately tnvaded
the game preserve after they had been
warned that hunting therein waa against
the law. Tha elk and deer fell easy vlo
ttma to their guna because their long
Immunity had caused them to believe
that humans would not harm them.
kyri-fli i ' fin
SHOULD JBjCE.
SHELL FIRE CAUSES
PANIC ON ANGONA
(Continued from Page One.)
davits, the occupants falling into the
water. Many were drowned before our
eyea.
Shell Fire Adiln to t-anlr.
"The shrieks of women, children and
struggling men rent the air, but It
seemed no help could be gven. Every
one was trying to act for himself. The
heart-rending screama were punctuated
with shot af'.er'Shot delivered mechan
ically from the deck of the submarine,
adding to the panic aboard. Had It not
been for these shots. It might have been
possible to restore a aemblance of order.
The conduct of the submarine waa In
comprehensible. Not one shot was di
rected at the ship, but they were flrod
all around tha vessel aa if to create aa
much terror aa possible.
"About eight boats got away clean,
some with a fair complement aboard;
others half empty. All drifted away
from each other."
One of the survivors. In describing his
experience, said:
"The boat In which T found myself
contained thirty members of the crew
and three passengers, an Italian woman
and her child besides myself. I am cer
tain fully half those aboard perished.
Home tima after we entered the life
boat wa heard explosions. Indicating the
end of the Ancona. Wa remained in the
boat all night, and were picked up In the
morning by a British steamer, which
brought ua to Malta.
Officer Hrrm ': nn bsnarlsiea.
CAPE BON. Tunis, Nov. 10.-Vla
Parle, Nov. ll.)-Ona of tha Ancona'a of
flcara, named Salvemldl. says that to
wards noon ha alghted two submarines,
which, by reason of the steamer's siren,
a thick fog and tha reduced speed of ths
liner, were able to approach unobserved.
Tha officer declared both aubrnarinea
flew tha Austrian colors, but several
other survivors affirm that tha flag waa
struck anfl replaced by tha Herman colore
aa soon aa the liner was alghted.
The nearest submarine was about 300
feet long and carried three-Inch guna on
Its bow and stern. The other aubmarlne
drew aoroaa the Anoona'a bow to prevent
any attempt at escape. Continuing, the
Ancona'a officer says:
"At the first shots the captain of the
Ancona ordered; out the, boat a The
eighth boat had hardly touched the wa
ter when the liner aank by the head, en
gulfing the remainder of the passengers
and crew who had taken refuge on the
poop deck.
"The eight boats, keeping together,
ateered on a southerly course. After
traveling some distance, they sighted a
ahlp with Its lights out. The aurvlvers
lighted flares and the ahlp approached
them, but the aubrnarinea, which were
following, turned their searchlights upon
It and It abruptly changed Ua course and
disappeared In tha night.
"Tha boats then continued. Twenty
six perrons were landed at o'clock Tues
day morning on tha beach at Bldl Daoud
on Cape Bon peninsula, where they were
taken In by tha European Inhabitants."
Salvemldl believes tha persons who
were not In tha eight boats Inevitably
perished.
Another boat with tha captain of the
Ancona and twenty-eight other persons
waa picked up thla morning on Zeembra
Island by tha lighthouse tender from
Cape Bon, while searching tha coast for
survivors.
Bridge Inspector and
Foreman Are Blamed
TOtEKA. Kan.. Nov. 11. Had the eo
tlon foreman and bridge Inspector used
due diligence, the Union Pacific wreck at
Randolph, Kan., October IT, In which
eleven persona lost their lives, would not
have occurred, according to a decision
which the Mate, Utilities commission
handed down today. At Randolph a gaa-
TpHE critics agree
7-' that we sew satis
faction into every gar
ment. The fall fab
rics are particularly
attractive have you
seen them?
Perfect Pit Guaranteed.
MacCirthy-VTilsoR TiiloriigCo.
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ollne motor car on the Union Pacific rail
road plunged Into a washout where an
overflow aaused by heavy rains tha day
before had undermined tha track at tha
approach to a bridge over a small creek
Eleven persona were killed and nearly
forty others suffered Injuries.
RUSSIANS BREAK
LINE 0 FTEUTONS
(Continued from Page One.)
llfihrd complete communication with the
French. Thla report if true, Ineuree tha
temporary aafety of Monastlr, where a
condition approaching panlo haa been
prevailing. Monastlr haa a large Bul
garian population and it waa feared
seme of the Inhabitants might Join hands
with Bulgarian Irregulara, which, on
aeveral occasions lately, haa threatened
the city.
London newspapera continue to devote
much space to tha sinking of the Italian
steamship Ancona. Many of them edi
torially express the opinion that tha at
tacking boat waa a Oerman aubmarlne,
and they arrive at tha usual conclusion
that the United States la more concerned
in exacting reparation than any other
nation.
(irrmisi Announce Retreat.
BERLIN, Nov. 11. By Wireless to Say
vllle, N. Y.) German troops have sys
tematically evacuated the forest district
to the west and aouthwest of Shlok, west
of Riga, because It haa been transformed
Into awampa by tha rains, says tha offi
cial announcement made today at ' Ger
man army headquarters.
At a point' to the west of Riga, tha
statement adds. Field Marshal von Hln
denburg yesterday repulsed Russian at
tacks which were supported by three
ships. To the' southeast of Riga 100 Rus
sians were made prisoners.
General von ILnsetagen's Auatro-Hun-garlan'
troops;" assisted by German artil
lery, according to the announcement, have
thrown the Russlana from Koaeuahnovka.
"General Koevesa' army yesterday took
prisoner seven officers and 200 Ruaslana
and captured eight machine guns.
"In the western theater the Germans
forced an English aeroplane to land at a
point northwest of Bapaume In Pae-de-Calais.
The occupants cf tha machine
were made prisoners."
reATMCr?
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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, Bave-you-money suits and
join the well dressed throng on
the Road to Get-there.
Suits and Overcoats
$16.50 and $25
t4Mak oar ttort your ttorm"
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Exclusive Clothes for Men an. 4
Young Men.
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indicates a weak, general condi
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niiOMPSON,BELPEN & (b.
Greatest of All Our Millinery Sales Friday
1
$ 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 account
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
sary Sale wonderfully suc
cessful the largest in the
history of our business.
Announcements
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 preferred stock will be sold for not less than 85 per
cent of par and common stock at not less than 125 per cent of par.
Ilolders of preferred sjock 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 percent 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. Ilolders 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. Doherty & Co.,
60 Wall Street,
' NEW YORK CITY.
Order Blank for "Billy" Sunday Special
Bee Publishing Co., Omaha.
Sirs: Enclosed find remittance in the sum of for copies of
The Bee's "Billy" Sunday Special at 10 cents a copy, to be mailed to the following addresses:
Name Address
Choice of Any
Un trimmed Hat
At Half
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 Hats. $ 7.00 $35.00 Hats. $17.50
18.00 Hats, 9.00
20.00 Hats, 10.00
25.00 Hats, 12.50
But hundreds of rem
nants and dress lengthB
are left. So now for one
Sweeping Clearance.
:
Trimmed or
in Our Dept.
Price
50.00 Hats.. 25.00
See the display in our
windows watch the pa
pers for date of sale; and
very, very important see
the goods early.
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