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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
TEN THOUSAND LIVES AND THIRTY
SHIPS LOST IN GREAT SEA FIGHT
fiOTH BRITISH AND GERMANS
SUFFER HUGE LOSSES IN BIG
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
TEUTONS ELATED AT OUTCOME
flear Admiral Horace Lambert Hood,
British, Went Down With His ship,
As Did Many Other Officers Steel
Ships and Modern Warfare Cause
of Enormous Death Toll to Both
Belligerents.
London. The latent reports from
the British lleet, from neutral ves
sels which witnessed parts of the
great naval battle In the North Sea
4iud from survivors, cause the British
public to believe the engagement was
ilot so near a defeat as at first re
ported and in nowlso a disaster. Tho
losses, with all England's ships en-
gaged accounted for, wore approxi
mately as follows, according to Brit
ish reports: i
battle cruisers, Queen Mary,
Indefatigable and Invincible; three
armored cruisers, Defence, Black
Prince and Warrior; about u dozen
destroyers and one submarine.
Germany
Two battleships, W.Qstfalen and
Pommern; two battle cruisers (un
named); four light cruisers, includli g
the Wiesbaden, Elbing and Frcuen
lob; six destroyers and a submarine.
British naval experts, maintain that
Croat Britain continues to hold the
supreme command of lhv sett by a
safe margin and that It.? I'noraous
navy could better affor: the .looses 11
suffered than could tUj -smaller Ger
man establishment.
British Lobs About 5,000.
The first reports of the heavy loss
of life unhappily have not been re
vised. Groat Britain mourns for
5,000 of Its best seamen and the
whole nation Is oppressed with sad
uess, which Is reflected in the faces
of all tho people of London. It Is es
timated in London that the German
losses In men aro nearly as great,
thus bringing the total number of
dead In the great sea light up to
lO.OOOor more.
There were somo 0,000 men on the
ships which sank, and only a few
hundred have been saved. The hor
rors of modern naval warfare far ex
ceeding those when wooden ships
fought and continued to float even
when they censed to ho fighting units,
were realized to their utmost From
five of the largest ships which went
under with a complement of morn
than 4,000 men, only seven Junior of
ficers and a few seamen wero res
cued. , Rear Admiral Lost.
Hear Admiral Horace Lambert
Hood, second In command to Vice
Admiral Sir David Beatty, and Cap
tains Sowcrby, Cay and Prowz wero
lost with many others whose names
lira not yet known, because the gov
ernment has not so far Issued any
casualty list. There were no surren
ders, and the ships which went down
carried with them virtually tho whole
crows.
Only the Warrior, which was towed
part way from tho scene of battle to
a British port, was au exception.
Of some thousand men on the
Queen, only a corporal's guard Is ac
counted for. The same Is trun of tho
Invincible, while there are no sur-
German Aircrafts Lost.
Paris. A squadron of French aero
planes, pursuing a group of German
machines which had Just bombarded
Bar la Due, brought down two ma
chlnea one of which Avas a Fokker.
Storm Does Great Damage.
McGregor, la. More 4ban flO.OOO
worth of stock was lost In a storm
thnt reached the proportions of a
.cloudburst here recently. The water
flooded stock pens In tho railroad
yards, drowning hundreds of cattle.
Business section greatly damaged.
SEA BATTLE DIVIDED
INTO FOUR PHASES.
London. There were four
phases to tho great contlict In
the North sea.
First The battle opened al
3:15 p. tn May 31st, when
English battle cruisers and
German crulsors engaged at n
slx-mllo range.
Second Tho large battleships
from both sides arrived and re
inforced tho fire. Before this
phase British cruisers wore
sunk.
Third A desporate encounter
between great battleships then
ensued. This ended with the
Germans retiring about 9: Id
p. m.
Fourth In n weird procedure
tho German flotilla of torpedo
boats bogan attack after attack,
IJke Infantry following artllleiy
preparation, on tho big English
ships. This, It Is seml-ofllclally
stated, did not result in nuy
damage.
vlvors reported from the Indefatiga
ble, the Defense 6r the Black Prince,
It Is Impossible to visualize any
coherent story of the great battle,
which lasted many hours, with the
different unit3 at times fighting scat
tered engagements.
All Arms Used.
Admiral Beatty, commanding tho
battleship squadron, presumably on
his old flagship, tho Lion, was' again
In the thick of the action. Every arm
of modern naval warfare was em
ployedbattleships, battle cruisers,
torpedo boats, destroyers, submarines
and even Zeppelins. Whether much of
the destruction was accomplished by
gunfire or torpedoes Is not yet known.
British oflicers say that the battle
was fought by the methods known
and practiced by all navies. There
were no surprises and no new devices
of weapons or strategy.
How far the Zeppelins contributed
to the German success is a matter of
dispute. Only one airship came with
in sight, according to the British ac
counts, and It was soon badly dam
aged and withdrew. But the Gei
mans lay stress on the assistance ren
dered by their air service and'
neutrals report the presence of six
Zeppollns In the North Sea. The poi
ular belief among tho British public
is thnt scouting Zeppelins kept the
German fleet informed by wireless of
the approach of their enemy and of
his numbers and formation.
The Germans are greatly dated at
tho outcome of the engagement In
which their main fleet under Admiral
Scheer met the British, whose main
lleet, they nssort, also was engaged.
That tho Germans hold the field af
ter tho battle is shown, they declare,
by tho fact that the Germans picked
up survivors of British warships that
went down.
London bfllcially denies that the
grand fleet was in the action. Tho
battle cruiser squadron which Is re
ported to have rushed between tho
Germans and their base, seems to
hnve borne the brunt of the fight.
Eleven British battleships eventually
went into the battle, it is admitted,
but of these several nre declared to
have been only partly engaged.
The British losses In oflicers wero
extremely heavy, the list Including
Rear Admiral Hood, who wont down
with tho flagship the Invincible;
Captain Sowerby of the Indefatlgablo,
Builds Huge Storage House.
Vienna. In the hope of bringing
about some improvement In tljo food
situation, the Vienna municipality has
Just erected one of the largest cold
storage warehouses In Europe.
Irish Parliament to Open.
London. Tho London Daily Stand
ard makes the statement that a basis
of agreement has been arrived at for
settlement of tho Irish question and
that tho proposed Irish parliament
will be set up Immediately, Ulster be
ing excluded.
Captain Cay of tho Invinclple, and
Captain Prowse of the Queen Mary.
Tho total British losses are estimated
at about 5,000.
Few Officers Saved.
The ofTlclal list of the casualties
among oltlcers shows that hardly a
single ofllcer of the lino escaped from
tho British cruisers sunk In the bat
tle. Au additional casualty list of
petty oflicers shows that forty-threo
of them were saved from tho Queen
Mary, Invincible, Fortune, Ardent and
Shark. Nono was soved from tho in
defatigable, Defense, Black Prlneo,
Tlppernry, Turbulent, Nomad of Nes
tor. The list gives tho names of sixty
five men killed aboard tho Warrior
and of twenty-seven men wounded.
On tho other ships engaged In tho
fight 115 men wero killed and eighty
five wounded.
Says Germans Had Advantage.
Genovn. According to news re
ceived in Switzerland from German
sources, whatever advantagu Ger
many secured In tho naval battle was
duo to two principal facts:
First, that the Gorman now 2S
centimeter guns outclassed tho Eng
lish 40-centimeter guns In a running
fight and, second, that German sub
marines In attacking the larger ships,
wero of great assistance.
Where BattlcOccurred.
From tho advices thus far recolved
It would nppear that the greatest
naval battle of history has taken
plnco. Never before have two naval
forces of such magnitude as the Brit
ish and German high sea fleets en
gaged In combat. But apparently tho
battle was not fought out to a point
to dotormlno mastery of the seas, for
tho losses, serious as they arc report
ed to have been will not Impair tho
strength of either fleet to a vital ex
tent. These scone of the battlo was In
tho eastern waters of the North sea.
It Is probably the German lleot was
on one of the excursions into the
North -sea which It has taken from
tlmo to time during the war nnd met,
whethor or not be design, with tho
British fleet.
Skakerak Is an arm of the North
sea between Norway and Denmark.
The point referred to In tho otllclal
Germnn statement as Horn Itlff prob
ably Is the reef off the Horn, on tho
southwestern extremity of Denmark.
Previous to this battle Great Brit
ain had lost during the course of the
war ten bnttleshlps, oleven cruisers
nnd various smaller craft. Germany
had lost eighteen cruisers, nineteen
auxiliary cruisers chiefly converted
passenger liners, and numerous small
er vessels.
Since the beginning of the war Brit
ish cruisers ,nnd destroyers have pa
trolled during tho day and night tho
approaches to the German fleet's
base, In tho bay formed by tho mouths
of tho Elbe and the Weser, protected
by the mighty fortifications of Wll
holmshavon on the south, on tho
north by the supposedly Improbnable
defenses of the Kiel canal nnd guard
ed by the outlying Island of Helgo
land. Until the engagement that has Just
occurred, however, no Germnn fleet
has put forth in force to necessitate
tho giving of tho alarm to the British
main fleet.
The long months of watchful wait
ing by the British, however, wero
broken Into by two naval ongage
mepls In both of which the British
were victorious. On August 26, 1914,
Admiral Sir David Beatty In an en
gagement almost undor the guns or
the great Helgoland fortress sank
three Germnn armored cruisers and
two destroyers.' The German loss was
2,500 men.
Street Cars Stopped by Snow.
Pctrograd. Phenomenal cold, for
this tlmo of year, prevails throughout
ltussla. Tho street cars at Kazan
have been stopped by snow. Tho
temperature is at freezing point.
Damage of $25,000 at Decorah.
Decorah, Ja. About 125,000 damage
was done by a severe rain and wind
and rain storm hero recently. Two
bridges near here on the Milwaukee
line and another on the Hock Island,
about io miles from hero were
washed nway.
SENATOR HARDING
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
Address to G. 0. P. Convention
by Temporary Chairman.
EARNEST PLEA FOR HARMONY
National Defense, Protective Tariff,
Square Deal for Business and
Straight Americanism Set
Forth as Country's Needs.
Chicago, Juno 7. Sonntor Warren
G. Harding of Ohio as temporary chair
man of tho Republican national conven
tion today sounded tho koynoto of tho
party's campaign. His addross was
la part as follows:
Gentlemen of tho Convontton: It
Is good to greet this ropresuntatlvo
body of that American Republican
ism on which aro centered tho high
hopos of the republic. 1 can bollovo--nay,
1 know that a vast majority of
tho people of our United States is ex
pecting tho party sponsors hero assem
bled to wrlto anow tho sncrcd cove
nant of Republicanism, and reconse
crate tho party to tho nation's servlco
and the people's advancement. That
samo majority expects you to select a
standard-bearer who shall not only
typify our expression of faith, but
shall so onllst tho contldenco and trust
of our American citizenship that the
work of this convention will bo con
firmed overwhelmingly at tho ballot
box noxt Novomber.
Tho country, wearied afresh by a
disappointing and distressing Demo
cratic administration, is calling for
Republican relief, and there is every
inspiration, ovory encouragement, ov
ary confldcuco thnt tho light of Repub
lican conscience, set atlamo In this
convention, will lllumiuo tho wuy to
tho country's restoration.
We did not do very well In making
for harmony tho last tlmo wo mot.
Tho country has rogrcttcd, lot us for
got and ninko amends to our country.
We did not dlvldo over fundamental
principles, wo did not disagroq over a"
national policy. ' Wo spilt over meth
ods of party procedure nnd prcforrod
personalities. Iot us forgot tho dif
ferences, and find now Inspiration and
now compensation In an united en
deavor to restore tho country.
Tho essential principles of Repub
licanism are unchanged and unchang
ing; the lofty intent, tho lndcstructl
bio soul and tho undying spirit of Re
publicanism aro as dominant today as
in tho destined beginning CO years.
ago,nor at any time during tho inter
vening years, and they aro empha
sized today by tho proof recorded to
Republican credit in the matchless
chapters of American progress.
The World at War.
Much of the discussion of tho hour
Is hinged upon a world at war. We
need not wonder thoreat, bocauso tho
enormity of tho conflict and tho Influ
ences of Its upheaval havo sot man
kind In upheaval. Tho traditions of
civilization have been broken nnd In
ternational laws havo been Ignored.
There Is a tldnl wave of distress and
disaster, thore aro violent emotions
and magnified fears. There are tho
extremes of Incalculable sacrifices
and measureless now fortunes not
all American. Thore aro new won
ders and new hindrances in com
merce, changed balances of trade,
now rnarvols In finance and utterly
changed economic conditions. These
have attended ombarrassmonts in. our
foreign relations as difficult as those
which the Individual citizen experi
ences whose every neighbor Is In
volved In doadly quarrel. Everything
is abnormal except tho depleted con
dition of the federal treasury, which
Is characteristic of Democratic con
trol, and tho facility of the adminis
tration In writing varied notes with
out effective notice.
Amid these conditions has stood
this unarmed giant, typifying tho
American republic, neutral and sane,
to whom tho noutrnl nations have
turned for leadership. Our national
unselfishness hud bcon proven, our
devotion to humanity had been es
tablished, our committal to Interna
tional Justice had long been 'pro
claimed. Tho world had previously
heard tho voice of American fearless
ness, 4nd all the conditions single us
out for leadership among tho neutral
powers, but the administration at
Washington spoko with moro rhetoric
than resolution, and we came to re
alize what tho warring powers soon
came to know, that the official Amor
lean volco lacked tho volumo of de
termined expression that once de
manded international heed, and wo
lacked tho strength of confidence in
our own defenses.
For National Defense.
Perhaps It Is a reminder moro than
n discovery, but thoro haH come to
us a conviction that this great nation,
rich In resources and strong in pa
triotic manhood, has been negligent
concerning Its own defense. We have
dwelt In fancied rather than real se
curity. Pride mlnglos with regret In
this, because tt suggests tho mind of
a nation so freo from Intended of
fonse that there was no cultivated
thought of needed defense Our right
eousness of purpose Is portrayed In
our triiBt In unarmed safety. But
there Is a earning in bleeding Eu
rope, and there Is a call today for pru
dent, patriotic and ample national de
fense. There is no mistaking tho sen
timent. We are not thinking of the
byatorical, wo need not bo movod by
f'
a preparednoss which la partisan in
conception Wo.iocd not bollovo In
a defense proyugnndn Inspired by
thoso who aim 7o wax fat In tho pro
duction of nrts and munitions, be
cnfiso thero ft nono. 1 deploro tho
teaching thnt nn anxiety about our nn
tlonnl dofenso Is Inspired by greed.
We rejoice In freo Bpooch nnd freo
press nnd untrnmmoled opinion, but
patriotism is illy promoted by tho Im
putation of rnlso motives, whether
aimed nt thoso who bollovo In dofenBo
or thoso who doubt its wisdom. Such
a teaching rends tho concord of citi
zenship, which may dovelop a worse
peril from within than from any en
emy without.
Though wo do not protend to bo
exclusive tu our devotion, wo Repub
licans bollovo, "Inccrcly and soberly,
In ndoquato national dofenso. Wo
have always bolioved In nn ample
navy, as Invincible In modern might
ns John Paul Jonos bullded In our
freedom's earliest light. Wo havo In
mind a protected commerco on tho
wators, nnd a scacoast sccuro In
strong naval defense. Wo wero build
ing to high rank among naval powers
when the Democratic party Interrupt
ed, nnd wo subscribe to a stronger
committal now, because of n now re
alization of tho envy which our
wealth nnd our commerco Invite, and
n now appreciation of our command
ing placo In tho affairs of tho world.
I shall not sny that It is ours to havo
tho greatest navy In tho world, but
noting: tho elimination of distnnco and
tho pnBslug of our ouctlmo isolation,
wo ought to hnvo a navy that fears
nono In the world, nnd can say any
tlmo and anywhoro: Thoso aro Amer
ican rights nnd must bo respected.
No Curse of Militarism.
Lot no ono apprehend tho rurso of
militarism In this fnlr lard. V do
claro unalterably against It. Our
freo citizenship, walking confidently,
absorbed In tho triumphs of peaco,
would tolcrnto no such blight on
Amorlcan Institutions. Thore Is no
surrender of cherished Ideals. With
that yearning for ponce which has
marked our continued development,
with that samo committal to Justico
which has given us front rank In the
Senator Warren G. Harding.
onward march of civilization, with
that rare unselfishness which led us
to uusheath tho sword for humanity's
sake nnd put all territorial aggrandize
ment aside, with that boliof In the
square deal, Individual, national and
International, which is tho foundation
of American faith, wo mean to go on,
au exemplar of peaco to all tho na
tions, au arbltur of Justico to all tho
world, a promoter of rlghtoousness
to all the pooplo of tho oarth.
At the same timu wo havo moro to
do than to chart a national course
through the wators surging with tho
turbulcnco of war; our inspiring
course is on tho highway of peaco.
Our armed defense must ever bo
linked with our Industrial self-reliance,
and the nation worth dying for
must Urst bo worth living for. Out of
nature's prodigality wo havo Incal
culable resources and limitless possi
bilities, and thoro Is need only for
tho unhindered application of man's
genius and Industry to makq Us ns In
dependent Industrially as wo aro freo
politically. Ample dofenso rests on
"Industrial' freedom and solf-rollunco as
well as patriotic sacrifice, and Indus
trial preparedness gives that assur
ance of material good fortune in
peace on which must bo founded all
our higher aspirations.
The Protective Policy.
Subsistence la the llrst requisite of
existence, and wo havo tho higher
American standard of living because
of, tho Republican protective policy
which makes of Americans tho best
paid workmon In all tho world. Out
of tho abundanco of employment and
higher compensation, together with
the beckoning opportunity which of
fers every reward, we Americans havo
attracted the laborers of tho earth,
and set now standards here.
It Is not for me to put tho stamp of
relative Importance on ponding Is
sues tho Intelligent voters will de
termine that for themselves. But I
know what they are thinking, and
they bellevo that the protoctlvo policy
which made us Industrially and com
mercially eminent la necessary to
preserve that omlnonco. I know they
want it restored and maintained, For
mysejf, 1 prefer .a protective and pro
ductive tariff which prospers Amer
ica first. I chooBO tho economic pol
icy which Bends tho American work
ing men to tho savings banks rather
than tho souphouses. 1 commond the
plan undor which the healthful glow
of prospering business Is reflected In
every face from the great captain of
M mill h try to tho schooling child of tho
dally wage-earner.
Tho Democratic party Is always con
cerned about the American consumer.
Our Republican achievement is tho
making of a nation of prospering pro
ducers, nnd by producers I mean ov
ory human being who npplloa muscle
or skill or brain or all to tho conver
sion or nature's abundanco Into tho
necessities nnd luxuries of Ufo or par
ticipates In tho ways and moans of
their transportation and exchange
Far bottor a high cost of living and
ability to buy than n lqwerlng of cost
nttonded by destruction of purchasing
capacity.
Square Deal for Business.
No honest business in this country
Is loo big to bo good nnd useful, or
too llttlo to bo protoctetl nnd encour
aged, nnd both big and llttlo descrro
the American shlold against destruc
tion by foreign competition, nnd pro
tection from tho raiders, political or
otherwise nt homo. Business nnd ita
agencies of transportation nro so in
separable from each other and from
tho common weal thnt tho political
party which doos not pledge them a
square doal, no moro and no loss, dooa
not desorve tho cdnftdenco of tho peo
ple Tho strength of tho business
heart shows in ovory countonauco in
nil tho land, and tho weaknoss of that
heart holds a nation 111. Wo must
strengthen tho heart of American
business In government co-operation
rather than official opposition.
It Is not Inspiring to reclto Demo
cratic failures. I shall not dwoll on
that pnrty's Insincerity or Incapacity.
Tho country Indicts nnd tho record
convicts. U proclaimed tho sncrod
hobs of Its plodgos nnd then profaned
thorn. It professed economy and la
staggered by Its own extravagance.
It has turned ndoquaoy or rovonuo un
der direct nnd unfult taxes to Insula
6lcncy and dlroct taxation.
The National Expansion.
Tho president has said ours Is &
provincial party, ovldently forgetting
the federalist founding of our nation
ality and Republican expansion to
greater national glory. Tho Demo
cratic party not only falls to grasp
our Immensity nnd Importance, It la
sectional on tho mainland nnd unheed
ing of our island possessions. Its vi
sion doos not catch tho splendor of
Old Glory in tho sunlight of tho world.
Right new when tho devouring flamoa
of war nro burning most llorcoly,
when our nntlonal vtow must bo
world-wide to, ha comprehensive, tho
Democratic administration has pro
posed to set adrift un Island omplro,
tin violation of our obligations to tho
world, to tho Phlllpplno pooplo nnd
ourselves. No administration which
hauls down tho flag and nono which
proposes to haul It down evor can suc
ceed In directing tho affairs of tho
Amorlcan people.
One century of marvelous dovohjp
mont has lod us Into another century
of International sponsorship. This
mighty people, Idealizing populnr
government and committed to human
progress, can no longer llvo within
and for ourselves alono. Obliterated
distance makes It lmpossiblo to stand
nloof from mankind and cscnpo wid
ened responsibility. If wo aro to be
come tho agency of a progrosslvo civ
ilization nnd God's great lntont and
to believe otherwise Is to deny tho
proofs of Amerlcnn development wo
must nssume tho responsibilities oC
Influence and example, and nccopt the
burdens of enlarged participation.
To meet tho obligations we muBt
first mako suro of maintained montaL
moral nnd physical health at homo.
The American Spirit.
In tho travail of Ufo, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness the Amer
ican soul was. born. Sot aglow at
Bunker Hill, It was reflected in tho
faces of patriots of a feurloss repub
lic, where men dedicated themselves
to tho solemn and momentous task
which was traced by nn Inllnlto hand.
They were not all Americans by
birth, but they woro dedicated Amer
icans In tho baptismal rites of a now
republic and a now patriotism. Thoy
could not all sign tho Declaration of
Independence, but they committed alt
Americans to It for all succeeding
tlmo., Thoy could not all Join In mak
ing tho Constltutlop, but thoy pledged
tho succeeding millions of Americans
to its everlasting defense
Tho gates of our ports havo swung
Inward over Blnco, thero hns been a
welcome to tho foreign-born, whom
wo asked to drink freely or tho waters
of our political life and find their
plncos In tho sun of Amorlcan. oppor
tunity. Thoy aro an Inseparable and
Important and valued part of Amorl
can citizenship, nnd tho few zealots of
nuy origin who violate our neutrality
do not and cannot Impugn tho loyalty
or tho Amorlcau patriotism of that
great body which adds to the swelling
chorus of
"My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet Innd of liberty."
It Is not surprising that In tbelr
hearts thoro is sympathy or partiality
for the land of their nativity when it
Is Involvod In a llfe-and-dcath struggle
like that which saturates Europe with,
the blood of their kinsmen. Search
your hearts deeply, my countrymen.
One must be humun to bo an Amorl
cau, ho must bavo human sympathies
and human loves, mid I should pity
tho foreign-born and tho sons of foreign-born
whoso very souls are not
wrung by the cataclysmal sorrow of
tho old world. But sorrow Is the test
of soul and the very altar of recon
secratlon. This Is tho momentous
hour for the btazlng soul of Ameri
can alleglanco. Tho spirit of tho fa
t'.era is calling, and the safety of un
born Americans Is demanding and tho
security of tho republic is requiring
that now ind hero and everywhere,
undor the Star and StrlpeB, we pro
claim a plain, simple, glad and unal
terable Americanism. It must bo tho
offering of loyalty and devotion and
lovo and trust, and life, It need bo,
to theso United States, now and ever
lasting. ,
GERMAN FLEET WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO SLIP OUT
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