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TIIE DEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914. 17 GARDNER 8 AYSNAYY IS SHORT OF MEN Congressman Declares that the Navy it Building Warships for Cold Storage. NO CREWS ARE AVAILABLE Klhtr Fighting Vriirli toald Not He Placed la lommliiloa Shoal En(ner Arise I'atll M Are Enlisted. House Cuts Off 20 Cents Mileage Item WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-The legisla tive, executive and Judicial appropriation bill wss passed by the house today, after opproprlatlon of $;.JM.CI for an agricul tural census wera stricken out. bringing Its total down to about SW.OW.OOO. By a record vote the house provided payment of actual traveling expenses to members In Heu of the prcaent rats of JO cents a mile. A etmliar proposal last session died In the senate. I LAKE WATERS ARE POLLUTED Are Becoming a Serious Menace to the Publio Health. WASHINGTON, Deo. lS.-Representa-tive Gardner was the principal witness today before the house naval committee. He read a lonf? statement In support of his proposal for Investigation of the na tional defenses by a special commission. "I em here to ask you to appropriate for the full number of new ships recom mended by the general naval board for this year's construction." he said. "I am sorry to say that Secretary Dsn lels In his recommendations to congress has cut the naval board's building pro gram for this year almost exactly In two. "If you gentlemen had permitted me to present as witnesses a few recently re tired officers, in a single day the coun try would have learned of our demented policy of building warships for cold stor age. Out of thirty completed warships, do you know that twelve of them are unavailable without a long delay on ac count of our refusal to pay for manning them? I'.laht Vessels Without Trews. "If we had gone to war with the rest of the first-class powers early in August, ilo you realize that no less than nine of our battleships would not have been j ready to fight? We have fifteen cruisers, j twenty-two destroyers, eighteen torpedo boats, five submarines and perhaps a dosen miscellaneous fighting ships In cold storsge with the battleships. Eighty fighting vessels of our modest navy are not available for battle in an emergency. "I charge that our navy Is 18,000 men ahort and a further shortage of 40,000 men Is in sight." Far Below Board's Estimate. "The general board, which has actually made our war plans, estimates the en listed force of the navy as between 80,000 and 60,000 men Bhort for war. If any at tention hud been paid to the general board's emphatic appeals for our national safety. Instead of only twenty-seven bat tleships built and building and authorized, we should now have forty-seven battle ships built, building and authorized. In- j stead of sixty-eight destroyers we should now have 187 destroyers. If we heeded the advice of the general board we should have a fleet of fast scouts today. How many do you think we actually have, g-ot? Just three, and these were authorized oven ten years ago. "You know that we have fifty-six sub marines in all, built and building, good, bad and Indifferent. Now comes Secre tary Daniels and In a few soothing words, recommends submarines to the paltry number of eight or so. , Too Few New 'Planes. "We have Just a dozen aeroplanes In the navy. Last year the aeroplane board recommended an appropriation of tl.S0O.O00. Instead of that sum, according to Cap tain Bristol, we let the aviation service pend only 350,000 or ftOO.OOO. The general naval board in Its current report says that we must spend JS.000,000 on aircraft. Secretary Daniels recommends no regular specif lo appropriation., at all, but lie tells us about a volunteer afrcrat foro. Cap tain Bristol says that that volunteer force doesn't amount to Hannah Cook. "Rear Admiral Straus tells us that all battleships in .commission now, or which will be In commission Wrfore the Nevada and the Oklahoma are completed, 'are equipped with a short range torpedo which may be considered obsolete for tha battle fleet' "Some persons have quoted Hear Ad miral Fletcher as saying the American navy ranks ahead of that of Germany. I have searched the admiral's evidence and find that he said nothing of tha sort. 1 don't believe that any well Informed man believes our fleet to be superior to that of Oermany. A year ago Rear Ad miral C. F, Vreeland testified that we are third In the race, and moreover, that we are e. pretty bad third, for he said that we should still be third In 1820, even if we adopted the building program of the general, board." NAYY YEARS BEHIND BESTJFFICIENCY Would Take U. S. Half Decade to Make Fleet in Shape to Meet Foreign Ships. REAR ADMIRAL FISKE TALKS Deficient In Aircraft, Mines, ftcoat (raisers. Torpedo Boat Destroy era. Submarines, SweVji ers. Training. Kaiser to Return - to Front This Week AMSTERDAM, Dec. l.-(Via London.) According to the Telegraph. Emperor William, who has been detained In Ber lin for some time because of Illness, will return to the front thlH week. : The emperor, the dispatch says, has Just conferred the decoration of the Iron Cross of the first Clara on Chancellor Von Uethmann-Holiwcg. v INSANITY TO BE DEFENSE ON DOUBLE MURDER CHARGE SHERIDAN, Wyo., Dec. IS. (Special.) William Flanders of Crook county Is on trial In district court, charged with mur der In the first degree. The case was brought from Crook to Sheridan county on the grounds of prejudice at home. On the Morning of July 19, Flanders shot and killed his wife and Ham Aultz, neighbor. Aultz and some of his family were in one rig, and Mrs. Flanders and son were in another. Both were driving to Hulctt. about five mitos from the Flan ders and Aults homes. A portion of the trip had been compieusd when the two itgs were fired upon 'from ambush by the roadside, the weapon used being a rifle. Holh Aults and Mrs. Flanders were In stantly killed. The Flanders boy, who was rldina- with his mother, was also fired upon, but he escaped. It was immediately .learned that It was Flanders who did the shooting. Ha was promptly arrested and held for the double murder, but feeling against him has been so strong that both he and his attorneys thought best, to take a change of venue. hence the hearing in this county. Two days have been devoted to securing a Jury and It was not completed until late Thursday afternoon, much difficulty being encountered in finding men to alt on the Jury, owing to the wide publicity given tha casa In all the newspapers In Wyoming. At the opening of the case Flanders' attorneys made a proposition to plead guilty to murder In the second degree, but tha stata refused to accept It. Alleged In aaoUty will probably be the defense. GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING Recommended that Waters I en aa Boats Be Purified Before, V.rd foe Drinking; Pnrnoseo to Stop Disease. WASHINGTON. Dec. lS.-Follutton of the great lakes and tributary rivers Is becoming a serious menace to health, ac cording to the annual report today of Surgeon General Hupert Blue of the pun- Ilo health service. He points out thst about l,ono.or0 passengers are carried each year over the great lakes and that more than 1,00 vessels use these waters. "It becomes apparent, therefore." Dr. Blue declares, "that these Inlsnd vessels play an Important role In the inaJnte nanc of the high typhoid fever rate In the United States. "The degree of pollution of the great lakes and rivers contributory thereto Is becoming a serious question. These largo bodies of water constantly are becoming more polluted, thus lessening their value as a source of water supply. Practically all of these vessels get the water used aboard for all purposes by pumping from the lake." It Is recommended that water so taken be purlftid before used for drinking pur poses. Investigation Net t'omnlete. Dr. Blue dAtalls the work of the medical officers under Mm for the year In eradi cating plague, Investlg ating tunerculosl in making special Inquiries into epidemics of typhoid fever snd other dlsesses. Public health officers ho eanilned conditions relative to the effect on per sons who come into contact with migra tory consumptives, found little reason to believe thst such contact hss proved In jurious. He points out again that In vestigation by American officials doe not besr out the claims msdn by Ir. P. K. Friedman for a speclfl-- for tuberculosis Investigation of the Von Ruck treatment for the same disease, he announces, Is Incomplete. Speaking of tvphoil Pr. Blue says thst although Its prevalence in this country is being reduced and th rate Is not more than one-half what. It was thirty years ag. It Is st'U higher than for some other advanced countries. The urgent need at present is for rural ssnlistion. Study of the use of'dr.igs In this coun try, where anll-narcotlc legislation has made statistics available, Dr. Rlur says, leads to the belief that the estimate of drug users has been high and that the users i'f morphine and opium In this country probably do not number more than 11.000. while the number of cocaine users Is probably "very much loner.'' Lumber Associations to All Join Together ( llH AUO. Dec. 1.-Oiganlsallon of all lumber associations in the country Into national body will be effected at a conference to be held here on February H slid -". It wss announced today. This movement was "decided upon yes terday at a conference attended Vv ap pioxlmately IPO lumber men represent ing various sssoclstions In the lumber Industry. The meeting wss held under the auspices of the National Lumber Manufacturers' association. The purpose of the. February confer ence, it was said, will he to launch a co-oprratlve advertising and publicity campaign In behalf of the Industry. PUDATIIFDC CFMT Tfi NAPfi ! represented at the foithcomlntf conven UAaUlilLna OLM 1U nAvU lion of chiefs which Is to select a presU Special Agent of State Department with Villa Off to Join Scott. CARRANZISTAS WIN A BATTLE ;olerrea Orders All Generals lo Re Represented at Convention of t hlefs to Choose President. WASHINGTON. Dec. W.-Ueorg C. Carothois. sprclsl agent of the State de psrtment with Ocneral Villa, ha been sent to Naco to Join his efforts with those of Rrlgadler Ocneral Scott, who ar rives there tomorrow, to stop firing from the contending .Mexican factions into American territory. Secretary Bryan has secured, through tlve government of Qennral Outlerres, as sur.inces that Governor Iturblde will have i ' a lair trial. Department Orders. A dispatch to the t'arranta agency WASHINGTON, 1X !. (Special Tel- 1 here reports the defeat of the Villa forces esraui.) Nebraska tensions arantsd: south of Tnmnlm Mnry A. Kline. Nora. 112: Armenia C. titarr. Hsatlngs, $12. t'hsrles II. Hrnnum hss been appointed postmaster at Colony, Cook county, Wyo ming, vice B. W. Sheppard. l-eon Ieach has been appointed rural letter carrier at Lincoln, Neb. Consular Agent Canova at Mexico City i-elKirui the departure of lfi.OCH Outlerres troops for the west roast and the occu pation of Pucbla by Zapata troops. Outlerres has ordered all generals to be dent. More Bullet Fired Across Border. NACO, Arls.. Dec. lS.-Stray bullets from the Mexican stdo crossed the Amer ican line during the usual bombardment of tha Mavtoi-ena trenches by the Car ranna carrHcn of Nnco. Ponora. Reporta concerning the Mullets, their probable oi mln snd the dnmiisn done are being systematical!) gathered by the army of ficers. ' Thirty-seven spent bullets were gath ered by two officers Inst night Just esst cf the Amcrlrsn town. Four bullets struck houses snd stores hero. One en terel the I'nlted States Immigration cf (ices and two struck a store. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 7.-(Vla El Paso, Dec. UO-Dotsils of the fall of the city of PUobls were received here today. it wss s.i Id that after evacuating the plsce the f'arrnnr.a forces made a stand to the north, where they were defeated, losing msny men The Csirsnsa Iroops retreated In dis order tnwarils the Interoceanlo railroad, with the evident Intention of making their way toward Vera Cruz. The retreating forces burned freight and passenger trains. The oil tonka In the vicinity wero emptied snd set on tire. Generals Zapata, Arguemedo and Almason were In com mend of the Villa troops. They place their losses at fifty killed and wounded. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-Flvo years would be required to put the United States navy In the highest state of effi ciency to meet a hostllo foreign fleet. according to a statement today by Roar Admiral Fiske before the house naval committee. , The admiral, who Is chief of the bureau of derations, member of the general hoard and a former president of the naval Institute, said the navy now was deficient In air craft, mines, scout cruis ers, torpedo boat destrovers. submarines. and In number of trained officers and men, and had no mine sweepers. Members of the committee wnra par ticularly Interested In Admiral Flake's views as to the possibility of foreign air craft dropping bombs upon American cities. Responding to questions, he ex pressed the opinion that an attacking fleet might begin sending Its airships on bomb-dropping flights over New York front a range of 600 or 600 miles off the coast. One Navy More Efficient. One foreign navy, which was not named. the admiral said. waS more efficient than the American fleet in gunnery. This, he declared, however, was so only because the American marksmen had not been given opportunity for adequate practice. In speaking "for the highest state of effi ciency," the officer explained that he had In mind the state of a certain unnamed power whose officers and men have In bred the spirit of a military nation. 1 "I doubt If In five years' time we could get the navy up to a state of the highest efficiency." he said. "That Is to the efficiency that one of the navies of Eu rope now has. I have even heard some officers say It was doubtful If It were possible to bring It up at all to that high est efficiency." The German raid yesterday on the Brit ish coast waa referred to several times and the admiral suggested that If the British had five or six fast submarines In the vicinity of the attacks, the possi bility of the bombardment would have been reduced. He aatd that if the Ger man cruisers passed through English mines the explanation might be "that by the wonderful system of spies Germany has' it may nave . been found out Just where those mines were located." Ho added ' though, that possibly the Germnn cruisers carried mine sweepers. Alum auuui iiiv ir nutxiiiei - viini, i no officer said no enemy could attack It so long as the American navy controlled the sea. With tha fleet defeated, how ever, he thought there would be no se curity for this, "the roost valuable part of our possessions." "Couldn't you mine there as well as anywhere else and protect the mouth of the Panama canal?" he was asked. "Tea." "Could you prevent a hostile fleet from coming In the canal with those defenses there nowt" "I should say not." Tha fortifications alone, be explained. would not be sufficient, "because a hos tile fleet could land men a few mllea awav." Under further questioning the admiral said tha European war would bring changes that no one can prophesy, and that among the possibilities was an agree ment between some of the foreign nations "to let one another alone" on certain conditions which might involve the integ rity of the Canal tone. The Stores for Men and Doys Leading Styles K Leading Styles fA ( $ in Men's Hats yWWi : m "."'T. $3.50 A ft' "Brandcls Special" Soft T yfSJL 't .W and HUff (H ff WX55 Hat At... PaCeUU ' "L' U ,'The Sterling' Soft Hats 0fi00 J 5paciof Vsmi OfYWraaf I Cs2Qf&, STV ': Saturday in Afan's mni I wfe tW'V IjJ Boy' Hat and Cap ijVe fff HUGH MURPHY RECOVERING IN SOUTH AFTER OPERATION HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Dec. 18. Special Telegram.) Hugh Murphy of Omaha reached the Arkansas Hot Springs todsy from Baltimore and plans making an ex tended stay at the Arlington hotel. He Is getting over his recent Illness and though confined to an Invalid chair la able to spend most of the day time In the hotel rotounda. OmanaHEmy Omaha LIQUOR and D RUG Treatment 1B02 S. 10th Si, Phone D. 75C6 OMAHA S. A. Meacham For eigbt years with tha Columbia Fire Underwriters of Omaha, will open a general insurance agency at 411 Bee Building, Jan. 1st. 1916. insurance: FIRE TORNADO - HYMENEAL Joaea-Barton. Hairitrt Id. Barton and Charles E. Jones I nem married by Rev. Charles Savldge Thursday evening at North Sixteenth tret. .The witnsaes were J. E. Cramer and Mrs. Helen K. Hall. "..,.!"," U' ""Ml-. .("HI III .!,! !, ,.,.. IW Overcoat Here is News That Will Travel Fast 300 Men's That Were Made to Sell Up to $37.50 Bought from Ilirsch-Wickwiro & Co., and Rostn- ( weild & Weil, Chicago at enough price conees- , J II , mm as . - . - I sion to auow us to oiler you choice Saturday at Ws wish there were more, hut there are Just Soft of these overcoats the finest hand tailored garments made to sell up to 1ST. B0. Thefi are Blaok Chesterfields, silk lined: Imported Chinchilla and VI-eVna"- .Tam"'r '' F"tiil and hslf lined. Hhawl, convertible an l plain collar. I,ots of bla-ks with velvet collara. 1'lsnty of Bnl- ,.,wn,in. j, v. mi me inmi in rrear vnurseir tn rin. ri.-h. ti s overcoat thla Saturday, don't overlook thin opportunity Another Big Special Saturday All-Wool Chinchilla 0'coats For Men and Young Men They are single and double-breasted, shawl nd convertible collars. Bhort and long models. Also Balmacaans. Grays, browns, blues, dark greens 4 a n and plain blacks. Actually I fi 1 uvv $25 values, offered Qaturday 0'coats in Fancy Mixtures With shawl and convertible collars. About 200 in the lot. Fine blue chinchillas. These are offered at a saving of 13.50 to 7.60. They go in two lots Satur day at $10.00 and $12.50 Men's and Young Men's Suits In ait assortment ao big that ws guarantee to suit every man aa to his Individual taste and we guarantee also to fit every man whether he bs of regular build- or extra tall, stout, slim or stubby. Comparison will also ahow you that there Is quite a difference in your favor when you buy here. Trices $10, $12.50, $16.50 (mi Full Dress and Tuxedo jj Silk Lined Suits & Finest fabrics, tailored according to the very latest fashion, finished to perfection and the price is about half of what you would have to pay to custom tailors for dress suits that perhaps would not fit so well. These are really $30.00 and $35.00 val- fttlQ CA . ues, offered at Ja-tfeWV Genuine All-Wool Mackinaws The good warm coats that arc really "bigger than weather." Indeed they are the ideal outdoor coats. Ono siK'cial lot of mackinaws ' worth $10.00 and $12.50, bought at a big discount of which we offer you 'choice Sat- t?r7 TA urday, at Vl t)U Fur Caps-Just What You Want Now We have large stocks of fine far caps. Any man will ap preciate a gift of this sort. Whether you buy for yourself or to give at Christmas, these values will interest you. Black Coney Fnr Cape Detroit style, at $2.45 J J gQ lludnon Keal Caps Excellent val ues Saturday at 93.00 and $3.50 Alaska Sealskin Caps At $1SOO, 10.00, $7.BO and j)D.OU Genuine Persian Lamb Caps - De troit style. Special ....... $19.50 What Will You Give the Boy? This Is the Boys' Store of Omaha Come to our Second Floor Old Building let us show you how simple it is to select boys' gifts from our large stocks. There are some splendid val ues in Suits and Overcoats offered for Saturday, Boys' Balmacaan Overcoats, $4.75 to $7.50 Indian and Cowboy , Firemen, Soldier, Scout and Police 8ulU $1.50 to $1.98 Hoys' Pajamas $1.00 to $1.50 Flannel IUouaea Five shades to se- A( tJ7U 25c LT! 50c and 35c beautiful light ...65c Boys' and Girls' , Choice $1.00 to $3.98 Boys' Bath Robes $1.98 $3.98 1 w Iect from Saturday at Christmas Neckwear, In Boxes What Shall You Give Him This Christmas? ' i Select HIS gifts horn our immense stocks and you'll be more than certain of pleasing him. "We show complete- assortments ana a more diversified variety than you'll find anywhere else in Omaha. up Beautifnl All-Silk Fonr-in-Hand Ties Made in tne large ii.oq shapes. f"Q Bpeclal, Saturday, at .. OiC Fine MIk Foor-ln-lland Tire Large open ends. All the very latest patterns. jja Special, Saturday, each OUC Imported Mlk Squarm Made I'p In Kxtremely Irge Shape Four-in-lland Ties Q QQ Exclusive patterns, at 1, f2.5 and PJ.a0 Christmas Set of Tie; Hose, Handkerchiefs ( also Dress Tie, Muffler and Chain Special, at Sample Hath Rouvs Made of fine quality wool and cotton blankets; also Terry robes worth to is.60. Special, 93.08, fl.08. An r o 'If, and j)..l70 V lasaa eAAl aAllaaai mail. f . . ....It... '!'. ems si luai uuv i tvimi , ninuQ Ul flUfj ( U 0,11 1 J wool and worbtad. Worth up to nr $6.60. Special, gat., $4.85. $2.04). $lOJ Silk Four-ln-Hand Ties Made up in medium wide end ties; all new patterns, worth to 60c. Off Special, at fCuriitmas Combinationi All-Leather Belts, Bill Book and Watch Fob. with Cigar Cutter. Spe cial val- &4 spr ues, at . . 4 X . J Christinas Suspenders . and Garter Seta Spe cial at 1, .. Cfn 7Ac and uUL Silk and Silk FHxr Hose In all new shades. Special Boys' Pongee Blouses In stripe effects- Regular $1.00 values. Saturday Boys' Norfolk Suits WITH EXTRA PANTS. Blue Serges, Tweeds, Hornetpuns and Cassl meres. Tartan shades. Actually worth 16.60 to $1.60. Special, at Boys' Two-Pur Pant Suit In Velour fabrics . . . . Boys' Ma klnaws Worth (ff" ff $6.S0 to $8.(0. Special O.UU Boys' Chinchilla Overxoata -With caps to match. $1.80 values. fri - Special, at P'. O $4.75 $3.45 21c Four Pair Silk How Gray, tan, navy anil black colors; put ,up In fancy Christmas tool.; stt. rial, Haturday, I ft at dl Box rout Fairs ria. XUsU Hoj. Assorted colors; iut up In fancy Christmas boxes. ...... 59o Siiecial values in Silk Hone, 50c and $1.00 $1.00 to $5.00 Men 89c Sample Union Suite 1 large bargain square for Saturday's sale. Win ter weight and worth to $3.25 stilt. Special, suit, SI.7H, i.at and Men's Pajamaa Made of fine quality Holsette and outing flannel. Special, 2T.!.'. $1.00 All Silk Pajamas Tn blue, white and pink. Worth to $8.60. 8pe clal, suit.. Men's Glove One big spe cial lot. Lined and un- llned. Worth to $S a pair Special, at, $1.39 and . Perrln's, Fowne's and I). & P. Gloves for Men We are showing all the new shades of leathers, at, pair, $1.50 to $3.00 $6.50 98c You Will Need a BAG or SUIT CASE Yarn Arm C ins Away Oner f As Holiday: tiara' am Opportunity. Can't For ft That Bag aula Suit Cant AfaAe Vtry Aeeaptabla Chrittmat Gift. We show complete lines of fitted bags: aluo fine Cowhide and Genuln wairua ubks auu oun nn irui iu wen anown lactoriea oi lv. H.auimann i I & Co., Newark, N. J., and The V. II White at Co., Philadelphia, Pa. the best i- Genuine Cowhide Bags and Suit Caaes At flQ..'V and several prices between (10.00, ?.V5.....$4.95 Genuine Walrus Travel ing Hags for Men and Wwinrii At fM and several prices between down to V. $7.45 Traveling Bags Fitted with white ivory and genuine ebony. At $J7JSo and m a a y J : prices between (Ni r U down to .... ivf W&$Z$gitt Oeo Our Other Ad. 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