Tim OMATTA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 22, 1914.
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OCTOllEK KLXDAV CIKCt'LATION.
44,684
State of Nr,raka. County of Douglas, e.
Hwlght WH lama, circulation manager of Tha Bee
Publishing company, telng duly sworn, aaya that
the averase Sunday circulation fur the month of
October. 1HM, w 44.
DWKJHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Msnsger.
Subscribed In mv prceenra and aworn to before
me, thla 6th day of November, 1M4. .
ROUEKT I1CNTKR, Notary Public,
Subscriber! living the city temporarily
should hare The He mailed to them. Ad
dress will be changed as often a revqiiestrsl.
The booster always gets
knocker.
further than the
a unique pln of raising money for the combined
charltloa of the rlty by the designation of a "gift
day." specifically fixed for the day before
Thanksgiving, for the collection of donations
through the agency of the street car fare boxes.
Each passenger riding on that dRy la to be asked
to drop In two fares Instead of one (or as many
more as he may feel like giving), and the street
car management Is to co-operate by turning over
to the Associated Charities fund all receipts for
that day in excess of the receipts for the same
day of the preceding year. Automoblllsts and
people who do not ride in street cars are to be
given an opportunity to contribute through other
channels. Commenting on the plan, the Cleve
land leader says:
Tho city council ha dona well In authorising- tha
line of the afreet cars, on tha day befora Thanksglr
Ing, aa plnrea where all who are willing to give
something for the poor of Cleveland may do so In
the easiest and moat convenient manner and without
embarrassing or unwelcome, publicity of any kind.
The poor man who wants to drop a nickel Inatead of
3 centa Into the far box can do ao, sura that his
I centa will go to tha relief of those much poorer
than hlmaelf. Tha well-to-do rltlxen who dealrea to
put half a dollar or a dollar Into tho treaaury of tha
Assoclsted Charitlee can do It without tha least Inconvenience.
Thla will make It the simplest thing In the world
for hundreds of thousands of esr-rlders to help ac
cording to their means and their dealre. They will
know that any aum, from 1 cent up, will go atralght
to the mark and that no one will be the' wiser,
whether they contribute much or little. No other
plan could ao readily open the way to clty-wlde gtv-
lug for the benefit of tha poor and distressed of the
hole community. Nothing could so easily spread
over the widest possible space the most convenient
opportunity to do something to prevent suffering In
a winter which threatens to bring mora than tha
usual burden of want
To os this looks like a good plan to raise
money for local charities. If It works In Cleve
land, why not In Omaha?
rally concluding that If the south la so nearly
broke as these supplications Indicate, then lis
people have no money to spend, bence It would
be futile to advertise. Business of various
kinds, says the Constitution, Is suffering In
other wars. And It adds that aouthern adver
tisers on the ground know that "the Idea of the
south being 'hanged, drawn and quartered' Is
grotesque. Hence they are advertising as
usual." And thus It concludes:
Let the world know that we era atandtng on our
own bottom and that wa are going to get through this
thing with flying colors.
.The Constitution has rendered the south, aa
well as tne norm, a vaiuaoie service in mia
broad-gauged presentation. Anyone who has
followed the great southern progress and de
velopment la recent years knows better than to
think that even such a stupendous blow to the
south's principal Industry -Is as nearly fatal as
ome of Its unwise representatives have made
out. Tbe Constitution's statement of the case,
furthermore, ought to make some of those lesser
southern spokesmen in congress begin to realize
Just "where they get off" In this connection. In
the end, we expect the south to reap a good deal
of benefit in lessons learned as to the diversifica
tion of crops, for one thing, from this bitter
experience.
Boost for Omaha and Nebraska, and then
boost again.
Ships that pass In tha night have to look out
for the "Karlsruhe."
Up to last accounts the grocer had declared
no moratorium for his customers.
Mexico Is still In a position where it can con
sistently call itself "a coming country."
' For a short, sharp and decisive war, this
combat of the nations holds the record.
"Two killed and three wounded. "No, not
war, Just a social event in an Arkansas hotel.
William of Wled, who is back on the firing
line, never lets the grass grow under his feet.
The Bee knew what it was talking about
when it said that fee grabbing in the court house
most go.
Every Thanksgiving day prayer service
should include a prelude or a postscript for
world peace.
Still, none of the prohibitionists threaten to
remove to Russia to make sure to living in a
dry country.
The dispatches say that "quiet reigns in
West Flanders." Only the regular amount of
dally killing la going on.
Compensation Law Uniformity Next.
The adoption in half of the states of the
union of laws embodying the principle of com
pensation for industrial accidents is naturally
directing attention to the need of approximate
uniformity in their application and operation. It
is doubtful it any two of these laws are exactly
alike in their provisions as to classes affected
and amounts of benefits claimable for accident
injuries, to say nothing of the procedure, to be
followed In filing claims, and making awards.
But If the cost of industrial accidents Is to be
made a part of the cost of doing business, as Is
the Intention, then this burden must be equal-
lied aa between competing establishments in dif
ferent states If the relative advantages of one
over the other are not to be disturbed. Diver
gence concerns as much the employe as the em
ployer, for more liberal compensation laws In
one state may make employment there so much
more desirable as to affect the labor market ap
preciably.
It goes without saying that uniformity can
not be obtained all at once, and that it will take
no little experimentation to ascertain which law
has the most fair and workable features. Yet
changes that are made in compensation laws
once enacted should keep the matter of uniform
ity constantly in view. Whatever changes are
from time to time deemed advisable should at
least be in the direction of uniformity rather
than in the direction of greater diversity until
finally a generally acceptable type of compensa
tion legislation may be worked out.
"Now for 19 It," exclaims j Secretary Bryan.
B4it really Mr. Bryan raised that err Imme
diately after the 1913 victory.
Let us repeat again, no American farm has
shut down, and no American farmer is out of
work, because of the great war.
Hungry Nebraska democrats waiting for fed
eral patronage pie expect something to drop be
fora Christmas on which they will have the drop.
CuBter county, which is taking the lead in
Belgian relief, might derive its compensation by
getting a lot of Belgian farmers to settle there.
California shows signs of the foot and. mouth
disease every time it raises a row about Japan
ese buying land, as It they could if it was not
sold to them by the white owners.
It takes St Louis ten years of agitation and
law making to get a free bridge over the Mississippi
river.- rnuaaeiphla Ledger.
And it Is not because of the great width of
the river, either.
' Seven bate already in the ring for the speak
ership when the Nebraska legislature convene.
But the entry list remains open until the gavel
fails.
That reminds us, the vulgarity of the new
dances seem to be attracting comparatively little
attention, considering the provocation. People
who become used to war will stand for most any
thing.
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Messrs. Market and flwobe hava been given aupe.-w
vtslon of all the eating houses on the Union Pacific
system.
vt. ii. ijuius. i-ier 01 me Olsiriol court, la eon,
flntd to his house with rheumatism and Deputy Clerk
Joseph Megeath la running the office.
The Bohwelxer Vereln gave a concert and ball at
Turner hall with thla committee in charge: John
Wuelhrk-h. Alfred Banert, A. Bchaefor, A. Cejorl aad
C. Weuthrich. - - -'
"The Ureal Republic waa presented at Boyd's In
allegory by the public s hool children, about 4u0 par.
tulpattng, to a well-flUtd house. The principal roles
In the allegory were taken aa follows: Goddess vf
Liberty, MI'S Gertie Clarke: Kouth Carolina, Paulino
(itdsmith; Cieirgia. IaIUU James; Florida, Net'to
Pritchard; Mississippi, Uvrtha Lelsenring; Louisiana,
Grace lieffley; Alabama. Hue King; Texas, Jennie
liuncher; Tennfesee, Lottie Cook; North Carolina,
Minnie (Juliette; Arkansaa, Addle Hurlburt; Vlrftni
uste Cook; Delaware, Hells Mount; Maryland, Ha ll
J'off; Kentucky. Kate Whits; MUsourl, Kdlth Pratt;
Oregon, Nettie Gunrxll; California, Grac McManua;
Nebraska. Ines liaakell; Colorado, Nellie Roeeweter;
Massachusetts, Jennie House; Vermont. Alice Ku.ttn
New liaioi-shtr. Minnie Chambers; Connecticut. Ml
me Woodman; Ma Iris. Amelia IMume; Indiana, Fannie
t'rutt; MU lilwan, Mary 81. ri wood; Illinois, Alice Avery,
Hhode Inland, fctta Whllnry: Ohio. Clara llutmaker;
New York, Luura I.y; New Jersey, Liisle Corby
Minnesota. !.lxz!e Whitman; Kansas, bertna Klrkelt
lowk, NelUe Kauseinian-. Wisconsin. Julia Newcomb
Wtrt Virginia, Netti ;ilits; Nevada, Vons Wells;
I Vmt IvaiiU, Blsnchs Henloo.
Nebraska and Lincoln Highway.
The leading part Nebraska has played and
Is playing in the success of the Lincoln High
way should be as cleary understood as possible
by all our people, so as to be fittingly appre
ciated. Through some of our public-spirited
cltlxena, Nebraska became a pioneer in the orig
inal scheme for the highway and has made nu
merous and generous contributions in money, as
well as time, toward insuring its success.
It is interesting to note from the annual fi
nancial statement of the Lincoln Highway as
sociation, with headquarters in Detroit, that of
the eleven "founders" of the enterprise who
have collected and paid in f 1,000 or more, one
H. E. riacek of Wahoo resides In Nebraska, also
that of the forty-eight states in the union, Ne
braska has (he largest number of contributors,
except Ohio and Illinois. Ohio leads the list
with 1,249 contributors. Illinois comes second
with 989 and Nebraska Is a close third with
946.
In addition to reflecting the general spirit
of enterprise and progress dominant in Ne
braska, this furthermore indicatea the system
atlo canvassing done by the wide-awake Ne
braska founders, who have given in time and
thought, beside their financial donations, what
money can hardly measure. Nebraska's state
consul, H. E. Fredrlckson last winter rendered
invaluable service to the enterprise by holding
public meetings in every town on the highway
between Salt Lake tClty and San Francisco,
which is given due mention la the annual state
ment.
Here, as in all great national movements, it
is the pioneer work that counts most. Getting
the scheme substantially launched waa the big
gest task bigger even than completing the
building of the highway Just as was biasing
the first path through the great frontier years
ago. the biggest tak In western development.
it is especially noteworthy and . apropos
of Its relation to the great Lincoln and the
cause dearest to him that our state should thus,
with characteristic 'spirit, get the proper vision
and put the proper effort back of this great na
tional boulevard.
Improving' Condition of Business.
From New York is aent out dally what is
known as the "summary, giving a cursory sur
vey of business conditions over the country.
From Saturday's "summary" received over the
ticker" in Omaha are gathered these fragments
of "Tangible Evidence of Increasing Trade ":
Part carlot shipments hava Increased 20 per cent
Gary bankers aay that the steel workers savings
deposits hava Increased rapidly In tha last thirty
day a.
Los Angalas Stock exchange will reopen for un
restricted bualneaa December 7.
San Francisco dispatch aaya Japan and China are
making cotton purchases In this country.
Manchester, N. H., manufacture hava received
an order for 12,000,000 worth of shoes for tho allied
army, 'Haisard Bhos company has order .for 20,000
pairs 'for England and France.
Ansorgo Export company of New Tork has re
ceived an order from France and England for 1,000,-
000 pairs of heavy wool hosiery and (00,000 cotton
weater coats.
Rock Island road reports grain ahlpmenta Increase
of 13 per cent over last year, cotton 40 per cent and
flour and grain products IT per cent better
Detailed reports Issued by the mora important
New Tork banka Indicate Increased sums deposited
there, particularly for English and French commer
cial Intsresta, with a sprinkling of German and Rus
alan accounts to be drawn upon to meet payments
for raw materials, merchandise and foodstuffs.
These are "straws gathered from various
parts of the country which show which way the
trade winds are blowing. Another such straw,
disclosed by the secretary of commerce, is the
fact that our foreign trade balance swung from
an Import excess of 120,000,000 in August to an
export excess of $60,00,000 in October. This,
of course, was largely due to war conditions, but
the effect is the same if it helps us to meet our
foreign obligations.
Last, and not least, in all the factors enter
ing into the revival of financial and industrial
affairs, let no one overlook the big 1914 crops
and the big prices they are bringing. The
United States this year on its farms produced
more real wealth than ever before in a single
season, and that is a vital element in the final
analysis of economic forces. In August, when
the war began, and an embargo fell upon our
wheat, American farmers became apprehensive.
Today their thief apprehension is to scrape' up
enough wheat out of 'this record-breaking
harvest to meet the demands of foreign com
merce. With the single exception of cotton, all
these crops that have yielded so abundantly are
bringing top prices, and even cotton is begin
ning to move encouragingly.
People and Events
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
Despite the fsrt that he Is 101 yeare
old. Oeorga filler, of Woodstock, Mich.,
hss hired to husk corn.
The prediction of a New Tork banker
that money will soon be "a drug In the
market" la worth noting. Many drugs
have advanced 60 per cent
The Tser and the Alsne are first-rate
modern substitutes for the ancient Styx.
And the ferries are doing a bargain
counter business dsy and night.
There Is frost on the pumpkin all
right and the glorious golden pie "that
mother used to make" has a worthy suc
cessor In daughter's fluted confectlona
A Brooklyn girl, rescued from death
twlra by the same man, has Just married
him In order to spare him from further
exertion. Usually a mnn's exertions he
gin when he attempts to prove that two
csn live as cheaply as one.
Considering the dsy In Its - kindlier
aspect. It Is fairly certain that Thanks
giving; dsy was pushed back toward tha
end of the month so that the political
defunct of November might be able to
alt up and take nourishment
The Insurance men of Cincinnati and
the brewers of Indiana are convinced
there Is considerable wisdom in tha doc
trine that "the consumer pays the tax,"
and will slip the war tax down the Una
Just for the pleasure of the exercise.
With a booster edition of 144 pages th
Hartford Courant eelebrates Its 150th
birthday, October 79. Tho Courant claims
tha uncommon distinction of being th
oldest newspaper in the United States
published continuously under the same
name. It doesn't look Its patriarchal
age and there Is little danger of It be
romlng an attraction for antiquarians.
The Courant Is the live wire of Connecti
cut Journalism add a splendid exponent
of ' the progressive spirit of New England.
Rev. Frederick Taylor of Indianapolis
caused the ministerial body at tha Inter
denominational convention In Cincinnati
last week to sit tip and take notice by
his criticism of the Impropriety of his
brethren "going from house to ho,w in
the afternoon, all fixed up nice, to call
on the women of the church while their
husbands are downtown." Brother Tay
lor also Intimated that salvation might
be dispensed more effectively hy visiting
the husbands at then workshops. Tha
Indiana Idea of mixing salvation with
Dusiness is surncientiy nonce .to Invite a.
trial elsewhere.
Trouble Is about the only thing that
you can get In this country without, advertising.
Every day or two a Joy ride results In
the amazing discovery that alcohol and
gasoline won't mix.
It seems funny, but it is a fact that
there Isn't much fun In gambling when
you can afford to lose.
Cheer up! The greatest victories In his
tory were won by men who were licked to
a frarile and didn't know It
Tou don't have to dig Into an encyclo
pedia to locate the leaders of men. The
first person you see who is wearing skirts
Is one of them.
When you hand a lemon to an optimist
he will dig up a little sugar and a little
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Frlend-l ve noticed Cutta. the tailor,
going tip to your st'idlo every day lor a
week. Is he sitting for you?
ArtlM-No. he s Isytng for ma. Boston,
Transcript.
Pplnnter Aunt-Ida. yon young girls are
very Ignorant. Tou don't know as nucl
now as I do about ancient history.
p,rt Niece But aftnty, dear, you re
member naturally things thst happenea
when you were young. Baltimore Amer
ican. Magistrate T understand that you ovsr
heard the quarrel between tha defendant
and his wlre7
Witness Yes, sir. ,
MsBlstrate Tell me, if you can, wnai
be seemed to bo doing. .
Witness-He seemed to be doing ma
listening, sir. National Monthly.
The brldearroom was
'My flesr, he saia
Intensely serious,
to his little wlfo
whisky and a little hot water and make (they are always little), 'Vouh8y,e," ""J?
1 1... iwrnrA vou. fow tiia.
himself comfortable.
When a crincess Is riding In an auto
mobile she Imagines she has to look borad delphla. Ledger.
or people wilt think she isn't used to
traveling In gas wagons. I
A girl Is real proud when she graduates I
from college with a B. A. But she is
even prouder when she enters the school
of matrimony and adds B T to her de
gree.
A fat woman will spend two hours har-
nesMna herself ill) so that the fat will'
-l. I.. ta.A IiI.m. Anil mi feh- mill
look slender, and the result Is that she I
looks fatter than ever. . ,. . rii the other day. . .
Th. fellow who contributes letters to1 A sturdy little chap. with golden natr.
the home papers and signs them
payer" is usually the lad who votes 1
you wUl have to prove to my four ls-
irrs inv at, u ..v....,
A MOTHER.
I had a tiny babe the other day.
A sweet pink roseoua, mu
rhikrma.
I held him tlirhtljr lest he fly
So like an annel was he In my arms
I scarce had kissed his eyes and cheeke
ThnLe? In his ankle, neck and wrist.
His cunning toes snd sy finger tips.
Than he was gone, so sun
missed.
full of wonder, toya
against every proposition to raise a little
money to make the city a better place to
live in.
The workmen cleaning out the Parts
Assize court after the last day of Mme.
Calllaux's trial found, among other arti
cles, two men's hats, two lawyers' gowns.
tfifty-two empty bottles, twenty-oiH
bananas and fifteen peaches.
The day that father picks out to swear
off using cuss words Is usually the same
day that mother makes him help her
straighten the stovepipe in tha kitchen
and the same day that the stovepipe man
ages to fall down on father's heaft
When they are first married lovey will
pick up a pin in the hall for fear honey
might stumble over It and Jar his dear
self. But after they have been married
a while lovey will place a rocking chair
In tha center of the dark hall so honey
will trip over It when he comes home
stewed and break his blamed neck. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Whoso world was
Encompassing and circling my chair.
The times 1 held him close and dried 1US
AB0UHD THE CITIES.
BRITAIN'S NAVAL DISASTER.
The Broad Southern View of It
In a ringing editorial, the Atlanta Constitu
tion, alwaya disposed to take the biggest view
of the south's problems, calls on the south to
"Take the Begging Sign From the Nation's
Doors." It has reference to, the cotton crtula.
It says:
lYora the moment the European war demoralised
tha cotton maiket, a howl for brlp was started in tha
south and It did not tuke It long to assume the tuna
of a charity wall. No wonder the whole country be
lieved that the south's and tha nation's cotton was aa
applicant for charity.
The Constitution refers to the various de
vices of public appeal as a "campaign of well
meant, but humiliating, impulse," whose coat to
the south "would be difficult to estimate." It
goes on to show how southern business men and
newspapers are paying the penalty of this hu
miliating Impulse. Newspapers are losing out
side advertising because the advertisers, natu-
Kew Sing Sing Warden.
The famous old New York penitentiary.
which has had Its share of mismanagement and
spoils politics, will now come into the limelight
from a new angle of interest, as Thomas Mott
Osborne, the prison-reform advocate, assumes
charge as warden. Mr. Osborne is the man who
some months ago incognito "did" a week as a
volunteer prisoner within the walls in pursuit
of his reform investigations. He came out sat
urated with the conviction that Sing Sing was a
miserably conducted institution, that some of its
systems were viciously archaic and that if be
had the power he would institute reforms fror
top to bottom that would put it on an entirely
new basis.
Now that the opportunity has come to him,
Mr. Osborne may be expected to make good on
his promises. Aa he was a very successful man
ufacturer before he took up the study of prison
.reform, perhaps he will not be called visionary
and impractical. Stern business men are usu
ally able to prove alibis on that score. On the
whole, New Tork is to be congratulated on being
able to get such a man into any office, particu
larly this office. Just as the man is to be con
gratulated for his willingness to take up the
work. Generally speaking, If we had more of
the proved ability of successful business men In
official positions, city, state and federal, we
would be much better off. Of course, business
men do find time In many instances for official
service, but the practice is by no means as com
mon as it might profitably be. In any event,
Thomas Mott Osborne is la the public eye under
peculiar circumstances and will be watched in
tently. Perhaps no departmept of public aerv
ice calls more loudly today for honest and effi
cient administration than prison management.
The labor unionists are largely for equal
suffrage, but in their gallantry they also want
the hours and conditions of labor regulated by
law for women and children and government
employes only, leaving the men In competitive
pursuits to look out for themselves.
Next year Philadelphia will build eight
een school houses at a cost of 13.000.000.
New York senda warning to the Jobless
to keep away from the city, which Is
already overstocked with Idle workman.
A smooth bunch of Joyriding burglars
are doing considerable) business In Salt
Lake City. Police appear dazed hy the
daring operations of tha crooks.
For the pleasure of tourists expected
next summer San Diego, Cat., haa dec
orated its largest park with an electrio
fountain which flashes a rainbow of col
ors, f
Drouth for three months has rendered
Impossible the filling of Baltimore's new
storage reservoir. Scarcity of water sup
ply haa curtailed tha demand for
"chasers."
Rock Island voters by a considerable
majority endorsed a project to buy a ball
park and establish a league team. Besides
the men 500 women boosted and voted for
the grounds and game.
Moneymakers of New Tork City paid
118,000,000 of the total Income tax levied
by your Uncle Sam. In view of the illu
sive capers of doughbags down there It Is
surmised that your uncle did not get all
that waa coming to him.
The street car company of Kenosha,
Wis., la trying out the honesty of tho
townspeople by banishing conductors and
trusting the passengers to put the money
tn the box. On the first day of the Inci
dent It was recorded that W.75 per cent
of the passengers were honest
And answered clever questions wera so
few.
I loved him so my heart was full of fears.
But when he reft, or how, I never anew.
I had a little lad the other, dsv.
Good health and happiness his nfrttagw.
The world of games and sports called lilm
To "match his skill with others of -his
My pride was great my love was almost
I watched him "closely, fearful lest he go
Aa had the olhera. but 'twas all In vain.
He went away, but when, I do not
know.
I had a stalwart son the other day
Who delved for knowledge through tha
mystic lore . , .
Of hooks. Far down enchanting wisdom
He wandered, and as in days of yore
I share,! his Joys and triumphs. Every
hour . ,
I laid Jeep plana to keep hlra near, due
I loved him more than life, still, all my
. power '
Could, not avail. Ho went: when, I
don't know. ,,.r
Omaha. -DAVID.
The real test of the nonpartisan judiciary
law win come when tne governor makes ap
pointments to fill Judicial vacancies. Will
democratic governor ever be nonpartisan enough
to appoint a republican judge to a position on
the bench?
A lot of people are still looking for the really
spectacular performances of the big war to be
pulled oft either up la the air or out on the
ocean.
An elephsnt blocked trafflo on Broadway.
Newa Item.
Yes, one blocked something else on Novem
ber I, in different parts of the country.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
There are no less than 70.000 cities, towns
and -villages in thla country that may be
reached by telephone.
One of the finest equipped factories In
the world Is co-operstlvely owned and
operated by the labor unions of Sweden.
Electrically operated machines for writ
Ing messnges In cipher codes and for
translating such messages have been In
vented hy a Russian naval officer.
Sawmill waste of Douglas fir. of which
an enormous quantity is found In the
western forests. Is being used to make
paper pulp by a mill at Marshdeld. Ore.
Tha largest armory in .the world. It Is
asserted, la now being built In New Tork
City for the Eighth coast artillery, at
Klngsbrldga road and Jerome avenue. It
will extend for 375 feet on Jerome avenue
and GOO teot on Klngibrtdge road, cover
ing an area equal to ninety city Iota, and
Its superstructure requires 8.000 tons of
steel. The roof arches have tha greatest
span of any In tha world.
Michael Idvorsky Pupln, a writer in
MoClurea says, arrived at Castle Garden
a penniless boy; got employment aa a
rubber In a Turkish bath; went to the
publlo schools; graduated front Columbia.
and is now one of the greatest of Ameri
can scientists and Inventors. "A single
Pupln Invention made possible our mod
ern long distance telephone service.'' In
c'dentally, Mr. Pupln haa become that
rare combination a professor in a uni
versity and a millionaire.
Brooklyn Eagle: The publication or a
photograph of the sinking of the Au
dacious, together with the stories of eye
witnesses, increases ths wonder that a
military censorship could be so Intoler
ably stupid as to seek to suppress details
of this event
Indianapolis Newa: The loss of such a
battleship aa the Audacious is serious.
even to such a mighty navy aa that of
England. There is always the possibility
of another blow of the same sort Sub
marines and mines are certainly proving
their effectiveness In this war. Only the
other day a British cruiser was sunk hy
a sunmanne in an cngusn nrr. ahu
now follows this destruction of a great
modern battleship.
New Tork Times: After allowing for
all the obvjous probabllltlea and possl-1
bllttles, and really about tne strongest
support of tha mine theory as against
the torpedo theory co'mes from the failure
of the Germans, during so many days,
to exult in the world's hearing over an
exploit so important and magnificent
from their point of view, as would have
been the sinking of British superdread-
nought by one of their hy one of their
submarines.
New, York Post: Without the loss of
a lire, in the presence or several con
scrts, this latest of dreadnoughts went to
the bottom because of a small mine, or.
possibly, a shot from a submarine. No
Goliath was ever more easily vanquished
by a little David; all its great armament
went for nothing In an Instant A few
mora such Incidents, and . It will hardly
be possible to challenge the. correctness
of Admiral Sir Percy. Scott's contention
that the day of the battleship Is over
or at least drawing to a close.
Springfield Republican: What the loss
of the Audacious demonstrates fully and
completely is that dreadnoughts of even I
the latest type are not Immune to torpedo ;
or mine. With greater subdivision Into
water-tight compartments, and greater
strength and dimensions in general, they
are possessed of more reserve buoyancy
and have more chance of limping into
port or, at least, they glva their crews
more chance of escape. The Audacloua
remained afloat for hours after its crew
had been taken off, while the old-style
Abouklr, Hogue, Cressy and Hawke went
down with appalling rapidity, one or mora
of them, however, being torpedoed twice.
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