TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 18. IPOS
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scott Street.
FOR CITY SLAUGHTER HOUSE
ProTisioni of Ordinance that Will Be
Submitted to Council Tonight
OMAHA FIRM TO BUILD PLANT
Fees for Its turn to Be Fixed
tr Coanell mm All Aalmals
Art te Be In
spected. With the passage by the city council of
the ordinance drafted by City Solicitor
Kimball all of the arrangements for the
establishment of a public slaughter-house
In Council Bluffe will be practically com
pleted. Thla ordinance km aubmltted by
Mr. Kimball to Wasaem Broa. of Omaha,
who are prepared to erect and operate the
nubile slaughter-house, 'and - the special
committee from the Commercial club hav
ing thla matter In charge. Some alight
changes In the ordinance were auggeeted
and these win be made by Mr. Kimball
before submitting the measure to the city
council at Ita meeting tonight.
Wassem ,Brca. had planned to estab
lish a small private packing plant on thla
aide of the river, but when the need of a
public slaughter-house In thla city was sug
gested, offered to erect and operate one
If granted the right by city ordinance.
They do not ask any bonus, and will pro
vide all funds needed for the erection of
the plant. A new ordinance was necessary
aa the old one prohibited the establishment
of a slaughter-house within 330 feet of any
public highway. This provision of the old
ordinance . consequently practically pre
vented the erection of such a plant within
the city limit or In any location' accessible
te the patrons of the establishment.
The alaughter-litjure proposed to be ea
tablinhed by Wassem ' Broa. will be lo
cated In the block between Ninth and Tenth
avenuea and Fourteenth and t Fifteenth
streets. It , will' M convenient to railroads,
being accessible to the tracka of the North-
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Great Western. . . .
'provisions ( Ordlaance.
The ordinance drafted - by the city so
licitor provides aa follows:. '
That after the city slaughter-house ahiill
be In operation. It shall be unlawful for
any persen or corporation to erect, main
tain or uae any other slaughter-house
within the limits of the city, and no ucr-
. .V.n II Will .l.ttshtA. anu nnli..,.l .
be used for food or for sale or use in
amy other place than the city slaughter
house. That It ahall be unlawful after the
city alaughter-houae is In operation for
any person within the limits of the city to
kill or slaughter any animal for use as
food, or to be sold for food, unless such
animal or animals shall have been In
spected by the city food inspector and
found fit for slaughter for food, and it
shall also be unlawful for any person to
sell or offer for sale any butchered animal
which has not been duly Inspected by the
city food inspector or by a duly authorized
Inspector, as provided by the lawa of the
United States. ' '
The city, council may' fix the location of
the puhllo slaughter-house and the person
or corporation operating, niust do so under
' contract and agreement as shall De ap-1
proved and adopted by the city council.
Charges for use of. slaughtering nouses by
Fersons other than the operators to be
Ixed fay , resolution fay the city council.
' That the slaughter-house shall be ouilt
, according to plans and specifications ap
proved by the . oily council, and shall be
pialntathed and operated in a hygienic span
ner and subject f.o the requirements-ui.d
regulations of the local Board of Health.
The city food Inspector to have full uu
thortty to Jnsptect and mark all animals
slaughtered or sought to be -slaughtered,
' .unless the same are Inspected under atat-
' trtea or the united states providing lor in
spection of animals or goods Intended for
interstate commerce.
The public aervlce of 'the city slaughter
house to be controlled and regulated by a
Committee consisting of the mayor, the two
councilmen-at-large and two members of
the local Grocers' and Butchers' associa
tion. The person or persons operating the
public slaughter-house are prohibited from
engaging In the retail butcher bualneaa
while operating auch plant.
All of the local butchers who kill their
own meat. It la said, are perfectly willing
to patronize the city slaughter-house and
are satisfied with the rules and regulations
aa provided In the ordinance drawn by the
city solicitor.
Other Qaestloata te Come Cp.
In addition to taking another turn at the
- water works problem, the city council la
scheduled tonight; to name Judge and
clerks and make other arrangements for
the primary election to be held Monday of
next week. 'The question of establishing
. the grade on Avenue A west of Twenty-
night in a report from . City Engineer
ronyre. . - t ...
' "Mr. Etnyre has been preparing a profile
of the present surface of Avenue A, west
from Twenty-sixth street, the residents on
that section- of . the - thoroughfare having
petitioned for. the establishment of the
grade. Thla profile shows that considera
ble filling - will be necessary between
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-eighth streets,
but that west of Twenty-eighth street the
land la . comparatively level. West of the
car bams on Twenty-eighth street the
tracka of the street railway company are
above grade, and to bring them to the
level of the abutting property the double
track would have to be relald to Thirty
seventh street, something which the street
railway company naturally objecta to
doing.
Mr. Etnyre haa also been working on
the water works plans In an endeavor to
bring down the cost of construction to
within the amount the city can expend for
this purpose.
Hardware) Dealers to Meet.
Paul C. DeVol will go today to Cedar
Rapids to attend the tenth annual meeting
of the Iowa Retalt Hardware association, of
which he Is president and member of the
board of directors. A meeting of the board
of directors will be held tomorrow morning
andthe meeting proper of the association
Stokers Way Down
in the boiler-room of the steam
' ship shovel in the coal night
and day that jives her power
to make a record. The best
coal jives the best power.
That is why
Scott's Emulsion
produces flesh when other things
fall. It contains more power.
It is truly a body fuel Many
a man, woman and child hava
broken their records for weight
by the pounds of flesh gained
from SCOTTS EMULSION.
It is a powerful flesh-producer.
AlDrfji BO, and $1.00.
BLUFFS
Both 'Phones 43.
will open In the afternoon and last over
Friday.
"One of the Important topics to come be
fore our meeting," said Mr. DeVol yester
day, "will undoubtedly be the parcels post
question. We retail hardware dealers have
been leading In the opposition to this
measure. Charles W. Burrows of Cleve
land, O., who is recognized as an expert
on the subject of the postal laws of the
United Statea. Is on the program to ad
dress the association on thla subject."
A prominent feature of the convention
will be the trade exhibit by the leading
manufacturers and wholesalers of hard
ware throughout the United States. The
trade exposition, Mr DeVol expect, will
be the biggest In the history of the asso
ciation. W. S. Wright of Omaha, president of
the Nebraska Hardware Dealers' associa
tion, is booked to addrona the convention
Friday afternoon.
Maalelpal I.eeaee Appointments.
. Mayor D. Macrae, aa president : of the
Iowa League of Municipalities, announced
the appointment of the following standing
committees for the year yesterday morn
ing: .
State legislation C. F. Kimball, Council
Bluffs; W. H. Hremner, Des Moines; Par
ley Rheldon. Ames; K. J. Bradley. Eldon;
T. L. James, Fairfield; F. H. Daubney,
Decorah.
Judicial Opinions B. F. Swisher, Water
loo; J. H. McConlogue, Mason City; M. J.
Mitchell, Fort Dodge.
Street Paving J. R. Robertson, Keokuk;
J. K. Bovee, Washington; B. P. Hoist,
Boone.
Street Lighting R. L. Taylor, Spencer;
H. C. Modlin, Terry; W. P. Galloway,
Estervllle.
Rewerano and Sanitation C. C. Orvls,
Okaloosa; K. B. Wiley, Grlnnell; H.
Kltng. Bloomfield.
Water Works and Supply F. H. Munger,
Waverly; M. Hammond, Cedar Falls; T.
B. Hlnes, Dubuque.
Taxation and Assessment C. H. Finch,
Fort Madison: p. A. White, Centervllle;
George Underbill. Onawa.
Municipal Franchises E. B. Weacott,
Clarlnda;vJ. EL Bartley, Tipton; H. F..
Johnson, Pella.
Municipal Accounting F. C. Norton,
Hnrltngton; W. T Noth, Davenport; J.
Swain, Shenandoah.
Membership First District. W. T.
Brown, Columbus Junction; Second, O. H.
Bralnerd. Iowa City; Third, C. S. New
comer, Eldora; Fourth, T. L. Hanson,
Oelweln; Fifth, W. P. Applegate, Toledo;
Sixth, Charles Deed. Ottumwo; Seventh,
E. W Hartman. Indianola; Eighth, W.
N. Temple, Osceola; Ninth, T. J. Nichols,
Atlantic; Tenth, J. B. McCreary, Lake
City; Eleventh, T. J. Reeves, Hnwarden.
Special Committee on Annual Dues and
Constitution T. B. Ingnlls, Maquoketa; J.
L. Farrlngton, Iowa Falls; W. A. Willing,
Northwood; G. A. Molntyre, Shell Rock;
S. H. Johnson, Carroll.
Fnneral of Cheater N. WUIetts.
The body of Chester N. Wlllets. who
died Saturday at Oakland, la., haa been
brought to the home of hla nephew, N.
Blown, i20 Harrison street, from where
the funeral will be held this afternoon at
2 o'clock. Rev. Charles Mayne, pastor of
Trinity Methodist church, will conduct the
services at the house, and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, of which de
ceased was a member, will have charge at
the cemetery.
' Deceased was 62 years of age, and had
been a realdent of Council Bluffs for twen
ty-two years. Besides his wife he Is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs. J. W.
Brown of Dixon, Neb.; Mrs. H. Olds of
Besser, Wash., and Mrs. Vincent Brown of
Cedar Rapids, la. He waa also a member
of the Union Veteran legion.
Let us estimate your lumber bill. We pay
the freight and still save you money. C.
Hafer Lumber company, Council Bluffs, la.
Packers' Exemptions Illesjral.
. SIOUX CITY, la.. Feb, i7.-(Speclal.)
Woodbury county tax ferrets are after
the Cudahy Packing company and Armour
& Co. for the purpose of compelling them
to pay taxes from which they were ex
empted by common consent of the busi
ness men of Sioux City and the city coun
cil. The Board of Supervisors haa parsed
a resolution empowering Judge Ben Mc
Coy of Oskaloosa and D. B. Shontz of
Correctlonvllle, the ferrets, to bring suit
against the Sioux City Stock Tarda com
pany, the Farmers Loan and Trust com
pany, Edwin E. Dewey and other Incor
porations and Individuals who have failed
to pay taxes on their personal "property.
Ten years ago the city council exempted
the Cudahy Packing company from pay
ment of taxes on their packing house
property. During these years the com
pany has paid taxes on a nominal valua
tion of $10,000 or $15,000, whereas If the
law. was strictly enforced It would prob
ably be assessed for something like $Vb0,
000. The agreement between the council
and .the Cudahy Packing company has
expired. The agreement between the
council and Armour & Co. will run three
years more. It Is said to be the Inten
tion of the ferrets to make the packing
companies pay up all the taxes that would
have been assessed against them despite
the exemption agreement. Woodbury
county lawyers agree that the exemption
of the city council was illegal.
Iowa News Notes.
SIOUX CITY The Brewed Malt bowling
team, champions in the Sioux City league,
left tonight for Cincinnati, where they will
participate In the national bowling tourna
ment. MARSHALLTOWN Andrew W. Martin,
a civil war veteran and a former resident
of Knoxvllle, la,, also the father of Mrs.
B. A. Morgan, a promlrient society woman
of thla city, died thla morning at the Iowa
Soldiers' Home of heart disease. He was
"0 years old. Mrs. Morgan Is the wife of
one of the most prominent druggists of the
city.
MARSHALLTOWN George Caton, form
erly of this city, but who has lived in
Oskaloosa for the last few years, and who
la among the oldest of the Iowa Central
engineers, died at his home this morning
of Brlght's disease. He had been sick but
a few days. Mr. Caton'a body will be
brought hero for burial Monday. He has
during his service on the Iowa Central
lived for several years at both Mason City
and Albert Lea, Minn.
SIOUX CITY The basket ball champion
ship of the atate of Iowa will be decided In
Bloux City next Saturday night, when the
joung Men's Christian association Olants
will clash with the fast Young Men's Chris
tian association team from Des Moines.
Both Des Moines and Sioux City have been
playing gilt-edged ball during the season.
The Sioux City boys have not been de
feated, their defeat of the Muscatine five
being especially noteworthy. The Des
Moines team was loser against the Musca
tine players by a close margain.
SIOUX CITY-The proposed effort of
Woodbury county tax f.rrets to compel the
Cudahy Packing company and Armour &
Co. to pay taxes from which they were
exempted by consent of the city council
has aroused the Commercial club and busi
ness men. A committee composed of Mayor
W. a. bears, W. H. Beck, president of the
Commercial club, and E. A. Burgess ap
peared before the Board of Supervisors and
asked that the resolution of the board au
thorising the ferrets to bring action be
rescinded, i The board took the matter
under advisement and a further hearing
will be given in the matter.
i,MRaiHLL'roWN-8ev11 carloads of
the finest horses and steers bred In central
..'. I lne tte ror l,1,t matter, were
unloaded here today, to be used by the
animal husbandry ciaaa of the farmers
short couree. which Is to be In session here
next week. The animals include six Bng
i!" i JV n! coch horses imported from
"fi"J?y.the Am" AgrlcultuTal colleg
V" Producl" typical American
roadster, also a carload of sleek steera
from the same college, moat of which wl
first Paces at the International live stSck
show In Chicago lu.t fall. In addltkm
n".' WriS eder. of Shorthorn cattle
and.Percheron horsea unloaded here tJday
five 00ir cars ti U4r. sloes,
PENAL SYSTEM IS IMPROVED
Iowa Board of Control Patting
Modern Methods in Effect.
ADVANCE ALL ALONG THE LINE
('(hnnae In Warden at Fort Madison
Wot Dae to Polities aa Was
Suspected by Party
Men.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Feb. 17. (Special.) Tho
announcement made the last week by the
State Board of Control of a change In the
management of tho state prison at Fort
Madison has awakened the people of the
state to the fact that the State Board of
Control is deliberately carrying out a policy
of betterment and modernizing the Siate
Institutions, and that a great change is
taking place in the character of the penal
system of Iowa. The plan of the State
Board of Control is to put the entire penal
system of the state on a modern basis and
to adopt the best methods In use In the
world. It has been known among students
of the subject for a long time that Iowa
la very far behind other states In these
matters. Some years ago the State Board
of Control encouraged a movement for the
building of a new penitentiary to replace
the old one at Fort Madison, on the ground
that there was no hope of progress In a
prison which followed the old lines and
which was a perpetual disgrace to the state.
But political Influence prevented this and
the old prison is patched up and new build
ings added. The board is determined that
In the prison the best methods only shall
prevail.
Some Reforms Accomplished.
Judge Robinson of the board prepared the
first bill to put Iowa under the reformatory
and Indeterminate sentence plan. Now the
state has adopted this plan. In part, and
made: some slight start toward reform of
prison methods, with a view to making bet
ter citizens rather than to make more and
worse criminals. The last year the older
and more hardened prisoners have been
placed in the prison at Fort Madison and
the younger and more tractable ones all
grouped at Anamosa. This latter Is to be
henceforth a reformatory.
The board, has been Insistent, even before
the passage of the law, that better methods
shall prevail. It was upon the demand of
the. board that the lockstep was abolished
long ago and now the men at both Institu
tions march like human beings. The board
also provided tor the dressing of the pris
oners In proper clothing. But It is stated
that a great many of the old relics of the
past as to discipline and punishment of
prisoners still, prevails. The board will in
sist upon some advance all along the line.
As a result the policy Is to put new men
In charge all around and to develop strong
superintendents and heads of Institutions.
Position of Warden.
The rumor was at first spread that the
seelctlon of Prof. J. C. Sanders of West
Union to be warden at Fort Madison, was
purely political In Its nature . and that It
was actuated by revenge agatnat the pres
ent warden. This proves not to be true.
The statement has been circulated purely
for political effect that ..Warden Jones Is to
be supplanted because he "is a red-hot
Allison man," but, as a matter of fact, he
is an avowed advocate of Governor Cum
mins' election to the senate, and the change
was made upon recommendation of some
of the strongest of the anti-progressives of
the state. But there s, In fact, no suspicion
that the State Board of, Control had in
mind any political effeot because of the
change to be made next Spring; on the con
trary, ft has ever been the policy of the
board to totally disregard all politics.
The work of transforming the Anamosa
prison Into a reformatory Is proceeding
slowly. Some trades have been Introduced
and a general change has beerf made In the
character of the Institution. "But It will be
long before the Institution can become what
Is Intended of it in the law. t
Feeling; Against Board.
It Is believed that a good deal of the
Supposed anger at Fort Madison over a
prospective change In the head of that
Institution Is a reflection of the old bitter
feeling toward the State Board of Control
because of the material change In the
method of handling the business. The
board has followed the system of making
all purchases of supplies upon formal bids
after advertising. Under the old system
the warden had virtual control and pur
chased everything from local dealers at
high prices. Then there haa been much
opposition to the entire system of having
the Institutions controlled by one board and
this still lingers in some parts of the state.
Primary Law Features.
A good many of the newspaper men of
the state are criticising the attorney gen
eral because of his opinion as to the intent
of the new primary law In the matter of
newspaper advertising of candidates. The
attorney general took the gTound that it
was Intended that candidates should not
continue the practice of subsidizing the
newspapers, hence should not be permitted
to secure newspaper support by generous
advertising or in any other way. This
leads to the principle that the candidates
and their committees should not buy adver
tising space in the newspapers and should
not secure publication of favorable notices
by paying for the same or by buying and
circulating large numbers of copies, etc.
Some of the newspapers that have Always
heretofore got a good deal out of political
campaigns are thus deprived of much
needed revenue. But thus far none of the
candidates have had the hardihood to
Ignore the attorney general's decision and
buy newspaper Influence and space.
, Taft Men Itejolce.
The friends of Secretary Taft In Iowa are
rejoicing over the events of the last week,
The most significant was the adoption of
strong Instructions in the Marshall county
convention for Taft and placing the power
to name the delegates In the hands of a
candidate for delegate who Is unquestion
ably for Taft. This was done after some
show of a fight, which. It Is stated, was
with a view to securing a delegato not
friendly to Taft. Three or four ojher
counties have held caucuses and in every
case Taft delegates have been selected.
Sidney Farmers' Institute.
SIDNEY. Ia., Feb. 17. (Special. )-The
Fremont County Farmers' Institute closed
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Its eighth annual session Saturday. The
Institute was highly successful. . The In
terest and attendance Increases from year
to year. R. K. Drennan of Iowa college
and Theodore Sexauer of Ames spoke on
topics of interest to farmers. Prof. W. B.
Johnson of Tabor college talked on good
roads. Mrs. Senah Baylor Keenan of Des
Moines delivered two Interesting and In
structive lectures on her travels in Eu
rope. The newly elected officers are:
President, O. P. Dixon; vice president, J.
F. Oreene; secretary, Charles Fraxcr;
treasurer, Silas Crandal.
Inspection of Diseased Cows.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Feb. 17. (Spe
cial.) Cows, which by test have been found
to be Infected with tuberculosis, cannot be
sold Indiscriminately to meat dealers, ac
cording to an authoritative letter received
today by Mayor Ingledue from State Vet
erinarian Paul O. Kote. The question to
which the letter Is an answer was raised
here under the recent milk Inspection ordi
nance, when dairymen asked what were
to bo donq with cows condemned by the
city veterinarian. Mr. Kote holds that
under the state laws the animals , shown
by test to be Infected can only be sold to
packing houses, where government Inspec
tors will pass on the flesh before It Is sold
to the retailer or used for food purposes.
Mr. Kote also holds that where one cow
of a herd Is found to be Infected with
tuberculosis, the entire herd must be placed
under quarantine. This was another ques
tion that local milk dealers raised, and
which was appealed to the state veter
inarian. Do Not Take the "Just aa Goods."
Red Cross -- Cough Drops real thing. 8c.
BARON TAKAHIRA RETURNS
Ambassador Says War Between Japan
and the United States Is
Unthinkable.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17-Declarlng,that war
between the United States and Japan would
be the "most inhuman event In the world's
history" and was "too hellish" to bo
thought of, Baron Kogoro Takahtra, the
new Japanese ambassador to Washington,
said today, upon landing In New York,
from the steamer Etrurla, that the Japan
ese people know nothing of a break In the
cordial relations which have been historic
between the two nations.
Talk of war. Baron Takahlra declared
with much emphasis, was utterly unintell
igible to him, unless as some one had sug
gested. It was spread broadcast to serve
the commercial ends of some newspapers.
The new ambassador said there might be
some matters pending In Washington which
would require his attention, but they were
not Berlous. As to the cruise of the Amer
ican fleet to the Pacific ocean, he regarded
It merely as a naval maneuver on a grand
scale, designed to show to the world at
large that America has a wonderful naval
power which can be dispatched at a mo
ment's notice "In support of a legitimate
cause, which always Is at the bottom of
American diplomacy."
Baron Takahlra leaves for Washington
tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock to present
his credentials to President Roosevelt. He
Is a warm personal friend of Mr. Roose
velt's and is looking forward to his meet
lng with the chief executive with a good
deal of pleasure. The baron is returning
to the American capital after a two years'
service in Rome as ambassador . to Italy.
The baron left Washington as minister and
was subsequently elevated to , the rank of
ambassador. He was one of Japan's en
voys at the Portsrnpu'ln peace conference.
"I am pleased to corns back to this country
In my present capacity." said Baron Taka
hlra to the Associated Press. "I started
my diplomatic career as en attache at our
legation in Washington some thirty years
ago and I have always regarded that city
as my cradle. Now I am going back there
as the personal representative of the Jaj
anese emperor, accredited to the president
of the United States.
"You know it Is well said by your famous
general, that 'War Is bell.' It Is now a con
current opinion among the best military ex
perts of all the great powers that war Is
more hellish than it used to be, owing to
the great scientific Improvements whloh
are constantly being applied to manslaugh
ter machines. It Is Impossible, In my
opinion, for any man'of ordinary sanity to
think of a war between two powers like
ours In view of the sincere friendship which
bo long has actually existed between them.
To think of It is a crime against humanity,
against civilization, against the well-belng
of the whole of mankind. Such a war, if
ever fought, would be the most Inhuman In
the world's history. , Our people, at least,
do not think of such an unfortunate event."
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NAVY'S CRITICS ANSWERED
Admfral Convene Reports on Its
Fighting Condition.
SECOND TO NONE IN WORLD
Delia of Ship tlest of Period In
Which They Were Unlit and
Personnel Is I'nanr
paaaed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. By direction of
the president. Secretary Metcalf has made
public the report of Admiral Converse on
the fighting ships of the American navy,
called forth by many criticisms recently
published In magaslnes and otherwise. This
report was prepared primarily to satisfy
the president as to the exact state of our
naval ships, compared with those of other
navies, and Its publication la authorized
with the design to reassure the American
sailors as to tho quality of the weapons
with which they 'must go Into battle.
Admiral Converse characterizes the, criti
cisms as "prepared by persons whose
knowledge of the jrubjccls discussed was
limited and lncorrect.v There was. he says,
ample Justification for the adoption of the
battleship designs which have been fol
lowed. "It Is not claimed that mistakes
have not been made," he adds, "or that
our ships are without faults; but In view
of the state of the art of battleship
building, this fact Is not to be wondered St.
It Is remarkable that the mistakes were
so few and that none were really serious.
In this respect our record will compare
favorably with that of foreign services. '
All Points Covered.
In the ninety one pages which the ad
miral devotes to the defense of the navy,
the subjects dealt with Include battle drills,
free board of American ships, heights of
gun positions, torpedo defense guns, bat
tleship armor, turret designs, ammunition
hoists, In and out turning screws, Kear
sarge and Kentucky, and- general notes.
His emphatic conclusion Is:
"Our ships are not Inferior to thoso In
foreign services."
"We have," he says, "made compromises
In our designs of battleships, because It ia
impossible to construct a perfect battleship;
such compromises have, perhaps, detracted
from the desired perfect ship in some re
spects, but at the same time have made
It possible to Improve upon some other
existing disadvantage, and, on the whole,
the compromises, each and all, have tended
toward a nearer approach to the desired
perfect finality. Other nations have labored
and will, like ourselves, continue to labor,
under this same difficulty In endeavoring
to approach as near as possible to. that
Impossibility a perfect battleship.
Lackfns In Quantity Only.
"The quality of the material of our navy
Is Inferior to none; In quantity of vessels
alone are we lacking. With an Increase In
number of ships, the American navy will
have been supplied the only feature neces
sary to make It second to none In all that
tends toward ' fighting efficiency. And
when the stress of actual combat, If such
should ever unfortunately come, brings to
only really practical test, our country need
hve no misgivings or fear but that our
battleships will give an excellent account
of themselves and prove themselves all that
we have designed them for and know them
to be."
The admiral "says In treating of battle
drills that It was not until the spring of
1903 that our "new navy" achieved the size
of a squadron eight battleships; and not
until last spring that we acquired a fleet
two squadrons. It then, for the first time,
became possible to oarry out fleet tactics.
These were begun In July, were Interrupted
for target practice, and resumed again In
the present voyage to the Pacific coast. In
this connection, the admiral remarks:
Personnel Second to None.
"The personnel of our navy, In ambition
and professional knowledge, la second to
none In the world."
Considerable space Is devoted to a refuta
tion of the criticism that American fighting
ships do not set aa high out of the water as
those of foreign navies. It is admitted by
the admiral that the Indiana and Kear
sarge classes (the first battleships of the
navy), are too low forward for efficient
fighting at sea In fairly heavy weather,
"but the remainder of our battleships could
without doubt, give a good account of then
selves In a fight at sea In any weather in
which it Is at all likely for a fleet to en
gage." The question presents the choice of
being well armed and consequently
weighted lower In the water, or being
lightly armed and setting high out. It Is
atated to be the policy of the American
navy "to always have our vessels armed
better than our opponents."
"It may not be amiss," the report adds,
"while dealing with the subject of gun
heights and free board, to add that the
Japanese In their most recently designed
ships have, notwithstanding an increase of
speed and length of vessel, not raised their
gun positions nor the free board, which Is
These rates effective daily March 1 to April 30: . . '
$30.00 from Omaha or Council Bluffs. '
$30.00 from Nebraska stations.
Tickets are one-way, second-class: honored in Pullman Tour
ist Sleepers on payment of berth rate.
The Rock Island offers choice of two through routes to Cali
fornia: via El Taso Short Line or through Scenic Route.
one of the results gained from their experi
ences from their recent war, and which
seems to uphold the good Idea of our sys
tem of building ships without the excessive
heights deemed to be necessary by some
ctltles."
It is noted that one of the lessons learned
from the Russn-Japanese war was that the
three and slx-pounder guns were not heavy
enough to repel a torpedo boat. As a re
sult all of our btttlesh ps now carry heavier
batteries for such service.
Kentarky nnd Kearsarae.
"Devices to prevent the two-fold danger
of flarehack and Ignition of grains of
powder In turrets," the report says, "have
been Installed In our ships. Otherwise In
turret design we are like the British,
French and Japanese navies. Of the Kear
sarge and Kentucky the report says no
commander would hesitate to take these
vessels Into a fleet action, and It cannot
for a moment be believed but that with
their heavy battery of thirteen and eight
Inch guns and good armor protection, they
would give an excellent account of them
selves, notably against ahlps of about their
own date of design, but also ngnlnst any
other vessel falling within tlje range of
their guns. They are good and effective
shins, but wo do not claim they are as
efficient as more recent vessels "
The present lack In the supply of tor
pedoes Is admitted, due to the Inability of
manufacturers to meet the demand. This
Is to be remedied by the completion of a
torpedo factory at the Newport, R. I
naval ' station. It Is asserted that our
navy Is abreast of the times In the matter
of sights, range finders and conning towers.
"We have never hesitated to adopt an idea
that promised Increased efficiency," Is re
marked In this connection. All criticisms
made from time to time, the report says,
have been reached and considered by the
board of construction. "When the condi
tions and circumstances seemed to merit
action by the board, such has been In
variably taken."
AMERICAN FLEET OFF PERU
Rear Admiral Evans Is to
Accorded Honor of Vice
Admiral.
Be
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 17. The American
fleet, which is steaming up the west
const of South America, Is expected to
arrive at Callao next Thursday, and the
government has ordered that Rear Ad
miral Evans be tendered the honors of a
vice admiral. Everything Is in readlne3s
at Lima and Callao for . a glorious wel
come to the American visitors. The
official program, Includes a great banquet,
which will be given by President Pardo to
the offlcehs In commemoration of Wash
ington's birthday.
On Friday Admiral Evans, ts his health
permits, will visit the president and the
visit will be returned on board the Con
necticut. A "-bull fight has been fixed
for Monday, at which nearly all of the
officers and at least 6,000 of the sailors
will have an opportunity to see the sport
ofV the court. An excursion to Mount
Meigs has been arranged for Tuesday, and
on Wednesday there will be a reception
at the American legation. The war min
ister will give a dinner to the American
officers on Thursday, February 21 and
the following evening the National , club
will give an officers' ball.
FLOWERS F0R ASSASSINS
Portuguese Republicans Decorate
Graves of Man Who Killed
I Kins; Carlos.
LISBON, Feb. 17. Republicans who were
not permitted to show their respect for the
assassins of King Carlos and the crown
prince at the funeral of these men, which
was held last night, went In large numbers
to the cemetery today and laid flowers 'on
their graves.
King Manuel observing that the repub
lican, Prof. Pedrose, was among the delega
tion from the scientific academy which
called upon him this afternoon Invited
Senhor Pedrose to come often to the palace,
adding:
"You will stay a republican, but we are
agreed In being both lovers of our coun
try." TRAIN SERVICE EXTENDED
Milwaukee Road Starts Resrnlar
Schedule Between Aberdeen,
S. D., and Terry, Mont.
TERRY, Mont., Feb. 17.-The Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway today ex
tended to this city the train service of the
company'B Pacific coast extension. The
new line crosses the Yellowstone river for
the first time at Terry. The train service
Is daily between Aberdeen, S. D.. Nearmart,
N. D., and this city. The record of the
Milwaukee railway In building its Pacific
coast extension has, it Is announced, never
been equalled In the matter of time by any
similar undertaking. Track la now being
laid at the rate of five miles per day, and
by the end of this week the east and west
track laying forces to Montana will meet
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transcontinental railway .will be perated
through to Butte, Mont., by May, 190R, and
Into Seattle and Taeoma about One year
later. '--
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BOSTON. Feb. 17.-Hpcrlnl Telegrsm.)
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