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THE WEATHEU.
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VOL. XLIV NO. 151.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1914 TEN PAGES.
oTr.i. a SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS,
SOI la ITAWfl DCb
KAISER'S HEALTH
MUCH IMPROVED,
IS BERLIN REPORT
Emperor! Catarrh ii Relaxing and
Temperature Normal, According
to Official Announcement
SEA VICTORY CHEERS BRITONS
English Rejoice Over Naval Triumph
in South Atlantic.
LINE IN THE WEST UNCHANGED
t
Indioationi that Allies Are Prepar
ing for Forward Movement
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST
Captnre of Loda' In Temporarily
Eclipsed by Reports of Heavy
Fighting Aronnd Craeoir
and In Kaat Prnssln.
BILLKTIN.
AMSTERDAM. Holland, Dec. 10.
Emperor William's health has con
siderably Improved, according to an
official announcement made in Ber
lin today. His catarrh is relaxing and
his temperature is normal.
BlLLETI.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dec. 10.
Wireless reports received here in
dicate that the German cruisers
Dresden and Numbers", the surviv
ors In the engagement with an Eng
lish fleet December 8 in which the
Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and the
Leipzig were sunk, closely pursued
by British warships, are fleeing In
the direction of Port Santa Crus,
on the Argentine coast north of the
Atlantic entrance to the Straits of
Magellan and west of the Falkland
Islands. It is reported here also that
the German auxiliary cruiser Prince
Eltel is cruising In the South At
lantic and that It has on board 1,500
German soldiers.
LONDON, Dec. 10. The British
naval victory in the South Atlantic
is being discussed in England today,
almost to the exclusion of all other
phases of the war news.
The last word regarding the naval
.engagement was that the British
squadron, after sinking the German
cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and
Leipzig, with the loss of nearly 2,000
men, was pursuing the fleeing Dres
den an4 Nurnberg' the two other
vessels present when the action
opened. The British public Is walt-1
Jng anxiously for news of the out
come f this chase.
Defeat "ea Meana Death.
FRENCH CLAIMING
SLIGHTADYANCES
Report Several Gains Along Line,
but Admit of No Repnlses on
the West Front
WHERE THE SOLDIER SPENDS HIS DiTf Type of
French bomb-proof on the advanced t,V
HAVE REPULSED ALL ATTACKS
Tell of Driving Oermnne from Their
Trenehea by Artillery Ft re from
Heavy ( Repnlse the
Toanter Attaeka.
F
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,5
PAR18. Doc. 10. December passed
quietly In Belgium a well aa In the vi
cinity of Arras, accordlne: to the official
statement given out at the war office In
Paris this afternoon.
The war office claims French advances
at several point on the extended battle
front, and makes .10 mention of any
reverse. For Instance, near Le Qiesnoy,
gains of from 200 to 603 yards we-e made;
In the Alan ard on the heishAs of the
Mouse, the French artillery mastered the
batteries of the enemy, and near Rheims
French cannon compelled the evucuatlon
of trenehea. Counter attacks were repulsed
near Perthes, and In the Argonne. In the '
latter locality new trenches were taken '
by the French.
The text of the communication follows:
"The day of December passed quietly
In Belgium, as well aa lr. the region of
Arras, where the enemy made no attempt
at a resumption of offensive opomtlons.
Cicroiana Rrpalaeu.
"Further to the aouth. In t.ia region of
Perthes, the enemy oy means of two
counter attacks, endeavored to recapture
the intrenchments which It loat t i us on
December 8. Tbey were repulstd. The
ground token by us has been effectively
protected. .
"In all the Argonne region we have con
tinued to make progress. We have occu
pied trenches; repulsed with complete suc
cess six counter attacks and completed
and consolidated the ground won from
the enemy.
"On the heights of the Meuse there have
been artillery engagements In which we
maintained the distinct advantage and
this, in aplte of the very great activity of
the batteries of the enemy.
"In the forest of Lepretre we have taken
some new trenches.
There is nothing to report v on' the re
mainder of the front ai far aa the Swiss
frontier."
"Further to the south, in the region of
Lequesnow and around Andechy, we njude
advances . varying from uoo to 6W yards.
Our gains were maintained and con
solidated. .
"In the region of tho Alsne and in
Champagno there haa been no change.
The German artillery, over which we
gained the advantage during the last few j
days, yesterday evidenced increased ac- i
tivlty, but was again mastered by our
heavy artillery. In the environs of Rheims !
the heavy French . pieces compelled the i
Germans to evacuate several trenches.
This evacuation waa carried out under the
tire ot our infantry."
Frrm-h Ere-Wltnesa Reports. ..
fin official report of the principal hap-
4enlnS of the battle front from Novem
ber 21 to December waa given .out In
Paris today.. It la in part from the ob
servations of eye-witnesses at the front
and Is as follows:
The period of time between November
.4
-sT Jf-".'. i
S jf jf " . :v , " -v-. W
s , i .V
Si '
jr -I T
RODLIERS ENTERED
BY ALLIES, TEUTONS
QUIT ARMENTIERES
Forces of Coalition Occupy Flanders
Town Northwest of Ypres, Ac
cording to Amsterdam Paper.
i BRITISH HURL BACK GERMANS
English Trops, it is Reported, Drive
Invaders Out of French Border
City.
SEA VICTORY NOT CELEBRATED
t !
, i
"
I t
1! f
7 r
Fortifications Are So Strong
They Will Never Be Put to Test
tlon off the Falkland Islands, make note
of the fact that In all naval engagements
In the present war there is great dispar
ity between the losses of the victors and
the vanquished. In the case of the Brit
ish cruisers Monmouth and Oood Hope,
sent to the bottom by a German squad
ron off the coast of Chile., early In No
vember, the Germane were practically
unscathed and the same Is tme of the
British In their victorious engagement in
the South Atlantic.
In other words, defeat at sea means vir
tually annihilation and the loss of all
crews with the exception of such men
as the victors may be able to save.
This is attributed to a great extent U
the fact that naval engagements have
been between ships ot unequal armament
The German guns outranged the Brit's1:
off the coast of Chile, and the roies were
reversed off the Falkland Islands. Never
theless it la argued that even with ships
of similar armament the disproportion ot
losses between the victor .and the. van
quished would be greater by far than
anything possible In land warfare.
RIMrta of Kalaer'a 111 Bees.
The reported Illness of Emperor Wlillam
continues to be variously described, gome
dispatches say it is serious and perhaps
pneumonia., while others declare he is a
victim of mental depression or that he
(Continued on Page Two. Column TfY ree.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Friday;
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair, no Important change in temperature.
Oiaaaa Yesterday.
Hours. Deg
or nnri nacnmlmr & w not marked by
Naval observers, commenting on the ac- operattons of any great extent, but ob
servations made duHnir these days estab- !
Ushed'the fact that along the entire front
we have tuKtiu u.e a..u.aiil over the I
enemy with our artillery and Infantry. ;
The French artillery, without suffering
severely from the fire ot the German
NEW YORK, Dec. lO.-The person who
would believe the defenses of this coun
try are in other than splendid condition
Is either lgorant or vicious," declared
Representative fhirley of .Kentucky, and
chairman of the fortifications commit
tee. In the house, in an address at the
annual dinner of the New York Southern
society tonight. Continuing, he said:
"W are In a better position ot pre
paredness than we have been at any time
since-the civil war, and. wer are In- no
true sense a defenseless condition. I do
not believe there Is a well Informed man
In America who will not frankly admit
that we have the best fortifications In
the world, and I make bold to say that
we are so well fortified in the United
States that our fortifications will never
be put to the teat.
"The statement that an enemy's fleet
eould stand out of the range of the guns
that defend New York and put them out
of commission will not be supported by
the authority of any military experts
qualified to Judge. No commander of a
battleship, having any appreciation of
the value of ammunition, would waste It
by firing at any such distance.
"It may Interest you to know that of
the thirty-six submarines now owned by
the United Ktates twenty-two are larger,
faster and more powerful than the U-
of the German fleet, which' waa respon
sible Xpr the sinking ot the Hawke and
Is reported to have been drawn la the
flKht --when the Abouklr, Creasy- and
Hogue were sunk.
"Its personnel, In Its accuracy of gun
fire,- ship for ship, our, navy la not sur
passed by the navy of any nation. (
"No . worse enemy of the republic, ex
ists than he who by false and alarming
statements as to our military prepared
ness seeks to frighten the people Into
an undue military expenditure, unless It
be the Impractical Individual who either
persuades himself that war will never
come to us, or that should It come, we
can without effort overcome our enemy."
People of Island Too Much Wrapped
Up in Continental Struggle.
NO NEWS FROM EAST WORRIES
Lark of Definite Informalloa Coa
rrrnlns Mltaatlna la I'nlana ('
ln I nrstlnrti I si nllrl
Klnadom.
niM.RTIN.
AMSTERDAM (Via Indon) Dee, 10.
The allies have enterel Houllers (Rous
seloere) In west Flanders, about twelve
miles northeast of Ypres, according to the
Sliris correspondent of the Haiidlesblad.
LONDON, Dec. 'lO.-Rcuter's Boulogne
correspondent, who has Just returned to
Boulogne from Armentleres, says that
Tuesday the Germans were driven out of
Armentleres by the British and hurled
back beyond artillery range. Armentleres
Is nine miles northwest of Ulle.
Drttona Don't Deliberate.
LONDON, Deo. lO.-Whlle the defeat of
the German squadron In the south At
lantic has evoked the llvltest satisfaction
throughout Great Britain there has been
no celebrations such as marked the vie
t6rtea of the South African war, the Brit
ish peojvlo being too mjch wrapped up In
the action of the alll?d armies on the
continent. '
The lack of news frnm Poland cause
some uneasiness mgardlng the result of
the prolonged battle between the Russian
and Germans, but reports from Franco
are considered here to bo more favor
able to t allies.
French Slake alow Progrreaa.
The dally communications from Pari
show that the French have been making
slow progress at many points for the last
fortnight, and a review sent by a French
eye witness for the period from Novem
ber 27 to December 6 cla'ma that the as
cendancy of the French Infantry and ar
tillery over the Germans haa been es
tablished, and that while the Infantry haa
advanced the artillery has mastered the
German batteries.
The report from French headquarters
thle evening adds little to the general
knowledge, as It saya the situation is un
changed, which, indicates, howavVr, that
the positions taken have been maintained.
Berlin on the other hand state that the
French attacks In the Argonno have been
repulsed, '. - - .
Teaaperataiw at
5 a. m 14
a a. m II
7 a. m 16
8 a. m 14
a. m 14
10 a. m 13
11 a. m 14
12 m 14
1 p. m 14
S p. m 15
S p. m 15
4 p. m 15
5 p. m 16
6 p. m 15
7 p. m 16
t p. m 15
Coaaparatlvet Local Uvcnra.
1314. ms. i9u. mi.
Highest yesteriay 1 48 43 44
!xwet yesterday 13 33 22 3
Mean temperature 14 40 32 40
Precipitation T .00 .W .71
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures rrora me normal:
Normal temperature Y, 29
Deficiency for the day IS
Total excess since March t H31
Normal precipitation OJ Inch
Deficiency for the day ftS inch
Total rainfall since March 1.. 24. Inches
Deficiency sine March 1 3.70 inches
Deficiency tor cor. period, 1!1S. 5.11 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1912. 1.72 Inches
Reavorta from Station at T P. II.
Station and Stat Temp. High- Rain
of Weather. 1p.m. est fait
Cheyenne, clear In
Denver, clear 22
Des Moinea, snow 22
North Platte, clear 3
Omaha, cloudy.... 16
Rapid City, clear 4
Sheridan, clear
Hioux City, inow 14
Valentine, claar ...2
JU A, WJUJH. Local Foreoaataa.
cannon, was successful at a number of
nnlnta in ailencinir and demolishing bat
teries of the enemy. Our Infantry made
progress everywhere and at no point was
progress followed by retirement.
"From the sea to the Olse, on the first
of December, and at Blxschoote and Mer-
ken, our heavy artillery Inflicted serious
eral ammunition wagons were blown up.
The same day at Wydendreft we de
stroyed a section of German . machine
guns. December 4 our heavy artillery Im
posed silence upon the heavy artillery of
the Germans. On the 28th of November
our heavy artillery demolished certain
bridges built by the enemy and destroyed
his supplies in the region of Knocke.
There waa a similar aeries of engage
ments December t at Bixachoote.
"On November 27 we bombarded suc
cessfully at a point near Lens certain
German supply trains and on November
S we demolished the earthworks of the
enemy in the vicinity ot Roclincourt.
List of Ena-aa-eaaents.
"Here is a list of the principal Infantry
engagements with the date and locality
of where they took place:
"At Paachcndaelle, on November 27; at
Blxschoote, on November 30; again at
Poachaendaelle, on December 3; at Wle
dendrtft, December 6, and at Brodselnde,
to the east of Ypres on November 29. In
this last mentioned engagement the Ger
mans evidenced great energy In their of
fensive. Some of the attacking force were
killed on the parapets of our trenches.
No fewer than 160 corpses were found In
front of one trench.
"From one end to the other of the
northern section our Infantry haa made
advances and won ground. In the region
of iHreen Strante, November 29, we ad
vanced between 100 and 150 yard at
Veldhoek and the same day we ina'e
sixty yards at Swartelen. The following
day we advanced 150 yards, near the Inn
at Kortmeker and on December 4 we
progressed more than 600 yard In the
region of Langamark.
BIG EDISON PLANT
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Eleven of the Eighteen Buildings
Destroyed, While Loss is About
Seven Millions.
INVENTOR'S RECORDS SAVED
On Man Is Killed and Two Others
MlMlsc Work at Rebuilding .
Begins at Once Fire Prob
ably Due to Explosion.
.no
24 .00
24 T
1 .00
16 T
14 .01
10 .00
Is T
I .01
Pope Will Receive
Great Britain's Envoy
ROME, Dec. lO.-The Observatory Ro
mano publishes today an official com
munication stating that Sir Edward Grey,
the Britiah aecretart of state for foreign
affairs, had asked the Vatican whether
the appointment aa envoy from England
to the Holy See of Sir Henry Howard
announced on November II, waa accept
able. Cardinal Caaparri. papal secretary
of state, replied that Sir Henry would
be welcomed aa the Britiah representa
tive.
This la the first of'lclal announcement
from the Vatican concerning its new re
lations with Great Britain, which for
merly haa not had a representative among
the diplomat accredited to the pope.
ALL FARMERS TO GO
INTO HUGE COMBINE
American Agriculturists Expect to
' Place Their Interests Under
One Organization.
MAY MEAN BIRTH OF NEW ERA
WBST ORANGE, N. J., Dec 10. When
the fire which swept tin ten-acre manu
facturing plant of the Thomas A. Edison
companled here was extinguished today, a
hurried Inventory of the damage revealed
that eleven of the eighteen building had
been destroyed, others had been damaged
and that the loss would approximate t7,0U0-
000. Seven thousand men are employed at
the plant and a half of these. It Is estim
ated, will be out of work temporarily.
The entire force of employes waa put
to work today at removing the aeDris.
Under the active supervision of Thomas
A. Edison they began tearing down the
concrete walls, which had to be removed
while the embers were cooling.
At least one man perished In the flames.
This became known today with the find
ing of a charred body in the ruins of the
film house, where the explosion occurred
which started the blaxe. Two other men.
both workmen, were reported missing.
Inventor's Workshop Saved.
The flames were beaten back from the
laboratory and workshop of Mr. Edlaon,
where were stored Innumerable records
and materials gathered from every corner
of the world, the result of more than
thirty year of the Inventor's efforts. At
the helght-of the fire, a force of men re-
(Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
The National Capital
Tasrsaan December lO, 1014.
The. senate.
Met at noon.
Senator Worka Introduced a bill to pro
hibit export of all supplies to me cai
roue an belligerents.
Investigation of charfrea of dlscrlmlna-
tlona In coal rates agtlnat South Atlantic
porta waa continued before a ayeclal
committee.
H..ttrlnKs on the hydro-eleotrlc ' land
leaaing hill were continued before the
lands committee.
Met at noon.
Adjourned at 4:55 p. m. to noon Friday.
The Hons.
Repreaentative Gardner spoke for his
resolution for Investigating the pre
paredness of the nation for defnae.
Resumed consideration of District of
Columbia appropriation bill.
Adjourned at .22 y. a. to boo a Friday,
i
Various Hclr.tlea Expert to Amnl
aramate Their Governments with
a View Towards Betterlagr
Their Conditions.
Unless the plana go awry, at 9:80
o'clock this morning' in the white parlors
of the Millard hotel will be torn the
American' Farmers' Federation. That la
the hour set for the birth of the organ
ization that Is to equip American agri
culture, with a bualneas system, accord
ing to J. A, Everltt of Indianapolis, who
at this time la the temporary president.
It was the Intention to have brought
the American Farmers' Federation Into
existence yesterday afternoon, but so
many of those Interested In the movement
were In attendance upon the other gath
erings of farmers that It waa deemed ad
visable to wait until today.'
The American Farmers' Federation Is
in an embryonic stage at this time. Last
August leading agriculturists from a
number of states met at Kansas City
and talked over the plan, selecting some
temporary officers and adjourning to
meet In Omaha at tills time. Hence the
meeting now.
If the birth of the new organisation la
decided upon, then aeaalona will be held
today, and Saturday, when with the clos
ing session. It If possible that It will
have a membership that wUl run into
the thousands, aa It Is expected that It
will include the members of alt other or
ganisations to which the American farm
ers belong. A merger of associations is
not proposed, for the reason that Presi
dent Everltt does not like the word
When discussing It he said, "Please call
It federate.'.' "
One Has Organisation.
In short, the plan la to federate, all so
cieties, associations and clubr to which
farmers belong and make the American
Farmers' Federation one gigantic organ
isation that will equip tha producers of
agricultural products with a business
system at the distributing, or marketing,
end; one that will enable such producers
to secure the maximum market rlces
and the corresponding profits. Here are
some of the things that President Everltt
assert that the American Farmers' Fed
eration will do for it's members after the
Wilson Wires if it
Is Safe to Take Men
From Colorado Zone
WASHINGTON. Dec 10.-President
Wilson tonight telegraphed to Governor
Amnions of Colorado, asking whether It
would be safe to withdraw the federal
troops from the strike district. If Gov
ernor Ammons replies that the state Is
ready to assume control of the situation,
the president will withdraw the troops
Immediately.
The president acted following a confer
ence with Senator -Thomas of Colorado,
and after formal word had been received
from the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica that the coal mlneds strike had been
oalled off, effective today.
Mr. Wilson is anxious to withdraw tha
troops, but wants formal assurances that
the state will be able to control the situa
tion. Becreary Garrison of the War de
partment, acting under directions of the
president, has completed preparations for
withdrawing the troops as soon aa word
comes from the White House.
Austrian Troops in
Servia Imitate Russ
Retreat from Lodz
NEW YORK, Do. 10. The bonds of
$10,000, furnished by H. L. Llnder, waa
declared forfeited today by the court of
general sessions when Llnder failed to
appear before Judge Malone to plead for
mally to an Indictment charging him with
having violated section 652 ot the penal
law In revealing the contents of a tele
graphic message sent out by the As
sociated Press, Llnder was a Postal tele
graph operator In the office ot the New
York Globe.
City of Przemysl
is in Dire Straits
LEM BERG, Gallcla, Dec. W.-(Vi Petr
rograd and London) Prlaoners who were
taken In a sortie made by the garrison
Of the Austrian fortress of Praemyal
were brought here yeaterday. They
declare that all ' the inhabitants of
Prxemsyl have desterted the city and
that it la fast becoming uninhabitable.
Food stores have become exhausted, tbey
say, aid few cattle are left. A day's
rations for an entire company, according
to the prlaoners, haa decreased to four
teen pounds of meat, and even canned
goods are almost gone.
(Coutittuad oa Fag Two, Column Three.)
MUNICIPAL bonda for eaatern
Nebraska or w extern Iowa farms.
Owner will exchange $20,000 per
cent, 10-year municipal bonds for it
tirat-claKs Iowa or eastern Nebraska
improved farm. Farm must be put
in at spot cash value.
Tot farther information about
this opportunity, see the Want Aa
seotloa of today's Baa,
The Day9 s
War News
The naval battle In the South
Atlantic and the Illness ot Em
peror William diverted attention
today from the great struggles
now In progress In Belgium,
France and Poland. The fate of
the small German cruisers Dres
den and Nurnberg, which at last
accounts were being pursued by
British warships, had not been
disclosed.
The British admiralty pre
served Its silence as to the make
up of the squadron which sent to
the bottom the formidable Ger
man cruisers Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau and the smaller cruiser
Leipzig, but It was Intimated at
Toklo that the warships which
avenged England for the loss of
the Oood Hope and Monmouth
were all British Teasels.
The latest raport concerning
the condition of Emperor William
was that he was unable to leave
his bed and that his fever had not
decreased. There Is no official
confirmation, however, of reports
tht the emperor is suffering
from pneumonia.
The German armies In the west
have been stirred to renewed ac
tivity by the offensive movement
of the allies, as is shown not only
by their sharp attacks in Flan
ders, but by their attempted ad
vance in the department ot Olse,
which the French War office saya
was repulsed. Ypres and Furnes
again are reported under heavy
bombardment by the Germans.
An official Russian statement
shows that there has been no let
up in the fighting In the east.
The German line that stretches
across France for more than 200
miles is said by he French War
office to be giving way before the
attacks of the allies. The official
statement from Berlin today gives
few details of the fighting In
France, although asserting that
the allies in one Instance were re
pulsed with heavy losses.
The German statement is con
fined so far as the fighting in the
west Is concerned to a reference
to the conflict In the Argonne,
where, it Is stated, an attack ot
the French was repulsed,
up In the fighting in, the east,
which baa been proceeding with
almost unprecedented sererltyfor
a fortnight.
NURNBERG SUNK,
DRESDEN AT BAY
IN THESTRAITS
One of Cruiieri at Firt Reported
Escaping Sent to Bottom and
Other Cornered.
NINE SHIPS IN BRITISH FLEET
British Battleships Lion and Inde
fatigable Notable Among Stur
dee's Craft.
ENGAGEMENT LASTS FIVE HOURS
Scarccorts Goes Down After Three
and Gneisenau in Another
Two.
VICTORS LOSE NO VESSELS
South Americans Are Pleased Be
' cause Makes Commerce Free.
PAPERS SHOW GRATIFICATION
Defeat German Paelfle Sqaadroai
Meaas Trade Win Ifot Be DIs
tarbed ta Wafers of West
ern iresnlapaetre.
WILL HOT BECOME
AN ARMED NATION
Daniels Says People of United States
Do Not Want to Be Mili
tary Power.
SECRETARY FOR LARGER NAVY
lie Advocates Steady Ioereaae la
Uttlldlnar Program and the Crea
tion of a Naval Reserve at
25,000 Men.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Secretary
Daniels told the house naval committee
today that while the American navy
should be "steadily strengthened In an
orderly way" each year, the sentiment
of the American people was against mak
ing the United States Into a military na
tion In competition with the heavily
armed powers of Europe.
The secretary's declarations today close
upon the remarkable testimony of Rear
Admiral Fletcher, commander of the At
lantic fleet, who yesterday told the com
mittee there was only one navy in the
world England to which the United
States waa not equal, came as a climax
to two days' discussion of the prepared
ness of the nation for defense.
Secretary Daniels declared he decried
demanda for groat Increases in the array
of battleahlpa and submarines, and de
clared the United States already was a
strong nation. He outlined this year's
plan for two dreadnoughts, six torpedo
boat destroyers, eight or more subma
rines, including one of the seagoing type,
and the others for coast defense, one
gunboat and one oiler.
Plana Naval Reserve. .
He advised congress not to act any
differently In providing for naval strength
than It would have acted If there had
been no war In Europe. He declared
that after the conflict abroad had been
settled there would be many lessons
made plain, and he expressed the hope
that the universal disarmament might
come then, though no nation could af
ford to stop its construction, program
until an international agreement had be
oome an actuality. Mr. Danluls outlined
a plan for a naval reserve to keep 2S.O00
trained former sailors of tho navy for
practically Instant service, and revealed
that all retired officers were being reg
istered for that purpose now.
. "There Is no occasion," said the seo
retary, "to have aa big and powerful a
navy as England, for instance, but we
ought to have a powerful navy, steadily
strengthened each year. My opinion Is
that universal disarmament will come,
but never by the action of aAy one na
tion, and we would not further it by
stopping construction now."
Caaatrr In Good Position.
"If war ahould be jumped on ua In a
month would you feel that a defenae
would be successful?" ho was asked.
"Ho far aa the auxiliary transport and
similar ships are concerned, we can com
mand them at any time," the secretary
said. "And with the progress we are
LONDON, Dec. 10. The official
bureau announced this afternoon
that the German cruiser Nurnberg,
one ot the warships which escaped
from the English in the engagement
of December 8, has been sunk.
The text of the official bureau state
ment reads:
"A furthnr te lee ram has bean received
from Vice Admiral Mr Frederick Doveton
Sturdee, reporting that tha Nurnburg waa
also sunk on December t, and that the
search for the Dresden stlU Is proceeding."
Latata Five Hoar.
"The action lasted for five hours, with
intervals. Tha Scharnhorst sank after
three hours and the Gneisenau two
hours later. The enemy's light orulsers
scattered and were chased by our cruis
ers and llglit cruisers.
"No loss of any British vessel Is re
ported." The Nurnberg was one of the small
unlta of the Oerman aauadron which was
defeated off tho Falkland Islands by the
British warships on December s. it naa
a displacement ot S.1G0 tons and a com
plement ot 2 men. Its length en the
water Una waa 3M feet and JU beam
forty-four feet. It carried ten ftl-lnch
guns, eight . flve-poundera, four machine
guns and two torpedo tubes.
Dreaden Cornered.
BUENOS ATREH, Argentina, Dae. 1ft.
The German' cruiser Dresden, the only
warship of Admiral Count von apse's
squadron to escape after the battle with
the Britiah squadron under command of
Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee. has been
cornered In the Straits of Magellan, ac
cording to advices obtained through welt
Informed circles today.
The naval division commanded by Ad
miral Sturdee la understood to Include
nine warships, notably the British battle
cruisers Lion and Indefatigable.
Their Displacement.
The en ilners Lion and Indefatlable dis
place K0 tons and 18,750 tons, respec
tively. The Lion was built In 1910; Is 680
feet long, elghty-alx and one-half feet
beam and haa a draft of thirty feet. The
Lion carries eight lS.S-lnch (una and six
teen four-Inch guns and Is equipped with
. 1 . ... . I l . . - . . . V.
j mree iweniy-vuc-mcn lurpeuu iuuob. jib
: complement consists of 1,000 men and It la
; capable of traveling twenty-eight knots
an hour,
i The Indefatigable is GTS feet long,
' seventy-nine and one-half feet beam and
! twenty-seven and three-quarter feet deep.
It was constructed at Davenport In 1911
, and has a speed of twenty-six knota. Tho
Indefatlgable's armament consists of
eight twelve-Inch guns, sixteen four-Inch
guns and three twenty-one-inch torpedo
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