nil) BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, BRITISH FIRST LINE ; FLEETJS READY Correspondent Describes Visit to the Great Modern Armada in the North Be. BATTLE CEUTSEES HOLD HONORS SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH I.EA. Feb. 11. (Via London.) Great Britain' first Una offensive fleet, an Incomparable combination of speed and gunpower, ready for Instant action, was Inspected yes terday by a party of Trench and American correspondents and a representative of the Associated Press was permitted to view from the bridge of a torpedo boat the naval unit which la eipeted to mee the first shock of a German attack In the fleet were virtually all the eteran flhtlnn craft, which have been In action in this war, but they showed few scars, with the excep tion of an occasional dent in tbelr armor. The pride of place was held by battle cruisers which in engage ments from the Falkland Isles to the Dardanelles hare born the brunt of the sea fighting. Unpopular with officers and mm be fore the war because titty were con stancy coaling and never mora than cautiously praised by ths proponent of tha miperdroadnauKht policy, these hug fighting marhlnea hold th premier posi tion tn th British navy. In which war ship apeed la now regarded as th first and tnoat Important principle of naval strategy. Br ( th rit. Th correspondent left th naval baa under a sunny sky and on reaching th outlying patrol of torpedo boats found th water covered with a light haie. There waa no see running. A th launch with th visitor on board turned toward the line of battl cruisers against th tiortson they could ee th "y" of th fleet, in th form of a few prowl Ing destroyers, which keep up Incessant watch, not only to protect their mighty slater from submarine attack, but to catch th first vlw of any adventure mm German warship which might poke It iim Into th open North Sea. Looming through tha mist could be en th giant tripod masts, which Iden tified th fleet aa Including th very lat est typ of battl cruisers, and soon th launch waa at th foot of th boarding ladder of a hug battl cruiser which got Its baptism of fir at Helgoland Bight, and later bora an honorable ahar In th Dogger Bank action. Befor luncfc th visitors wr permit ted to enter any portion of th ahlp they eho and tho not toe heavy got through th trap door In th top or a turret, th only entrance left opn In war time, and occupied themselves ehlafly tn watching th youthful turrt rommander or rate a hug HI Inch run with th same ease that a man haadle a snorting rifle, from th time tn charge and th projectile lv th am munition hoist to th actual dUcharg of th rm they watched th operation . which makes th turret th most lm- portent part of th fighting ahlp. Llea Ha ear el Battle. The party then lunched aa guests of Jhe divisional rear admiral, who waa using th cruiser aa his flagship, thn wr takes on board th cruiser lion, which waa Admiral Beatty'a flagship In ito Dogger BenK. battle. With th exception ef a dent In It forward turret armor and a similar scar Just above th water Un tola show vesMl of th British navy displays little algn of th terrifl ham mering It got when three O reman battl cruiser concentrated their fir on 1U Carefully mounted In th companion lay la an eleven-Inch, unexploded shell which Us Beydllt hurled through th lion s armor below th water Una. No evldenc haa ver been found I justify th tory that tha L4on waa tor pedoed, but It eftlcera and crw ar still marveling at tha slight harm don . her vital part by th rain of hvy bell. No sign vii left ef th twJve-lnch hell which blew tn th bulkhead of th admiral's quarters after going through th deck, except th casing and cap occupying th place of honor among th lion's trophies. Even the captain' bath tub which waa hurled overboard by th explosion ef an eight-inch shell which probably cam from th Bluecher, haa bn replaced. Th ngin rooms of th Lion showed n sign of th ship aver having been tn battle. Th shell which did th moat dam did not penetrate th armor casing of ' th engine room, but dented It In so fr.r that salt water got Into a broken feel pipe. This reduced Its speed from twenty-seven to eighteen knots and forood It to withdraw from th battl. In whlcb any veaael apeedlng less than twenty fry knot had no chance of keeping the rang of tha fleeing German. ', Th tripod mast, with th control bridge and th crow' noat had not been subjected to a severe trial, aa the sec ondary batteries of th German ships never had been within rang and th Mg guna devoted their attention to th more vital parte of tha ship. rartr Visits the Tiger. A. torpedo boat picked up a portion of the party from tbe Laon and the re mainder from tha almost equally cele brated Tiger, mhlcb. looked like a newly commissioned ship, despite tbe many tlmea K waa repvrud to have beea sunk. Th oil burning torpedo boat tore along th Impressive bit of batlls cruisers In th battl formation In which they ex. pert t meet th German fleet. Beyond th battle cruisers a long line of light cruiser lost Itself In the fog. txm of these vessels are veterans and shew sign of th rough patrol work tbey aire called upon constantly to do, but jneny are newly commissioned and I, are yet to wear tha scars of service. Cpeed. now th fetish of th navy, reached tha aenlla with these light cruiser. Any of them could easily avr haul tha fastest liner so far built. Beyeod the light cruiser waa a groat flotilla, of eoJItera constantly feeding la hungry stroke holds of th battle cruiser, which even at anchor keep up a full hand of ataara, aa their turbJne must be rested but nevsr allowed to grow to Id. Scattered about th fleet wr sever. destroyer squ droit, with light cruiser --"rs and merchant ship as parents. After sweeping around th dastroyera, trie torpvdo boat headed toward a pre- rlr Jaovight. looking formidable enough f itvinaa. JjlU. ibUjr Ittmcd. . U FIRST WOMAN PROSECUTOR IN UNITED STATES Miss Lita Belle Hibben, recently appointed deputy under District Attorney Woolwino at Los Angeles. Miss Hibben is 20 years old, pretty and has been practicing law for two and a half years. i - lj by th officers accompanying th party a a third Una unit or bait to entire the Otrmaa fleet Into th North Bee. Persoael Fit nad Kaaer. Th personnel of tha whole fleet seemed to be remarkably fit and eagerly Inter, stsd In tha work despite th uncom fortable condition under which their patrol work In th North Bea 1 done. Th battle cruiser, Princess Itoyal, which waa visited by th party, had only two members of It crew In th sick room. Doth of these men were suffering from Injuries caused by foot ball, which la played with treat sest whenever a field la available. The btflcer oc casionally get aom golf, but both men and officers must depend upon their shipboard ulutle for their chief .means of exercise. Rumors of th possibility ef Zeppelin raid on th 1st were rife, and tha of fleers and crews expressed an eager hope that tha Zeppelin would coma to give th gunners a chance to test their anti-war craft guna. Tha last glimpse th party , caught of th great fleet Was an occasional flash through th darken ing mist as signal were exchanged be tween various division. PRESIDENT'S FAITH IN CONGRESS BRINGS APPRECIATION YOTE (Coulluued from rag One.) dm for th guard and for a standardised method of recruiting to till up th wast age of regiment sent to th front. Provision also will be mad under which th quota of troop to b furnished' by each, stat and th proportions of ar tillery, cavalry, engineers, signal corpa and ether sreclai servtc troop would be determined by th War department Spe cial federal appropriations would be pro Posed for th maintenance of three troops. Met Wall Crrstallsed. Th senate committee la not so well erystallsed. It la indicated, however, that It legislation for th regular army will Include substantially all of tha plana of th war coileg as to organisation and that It will be accompanied by a regular army reeerve not designed to build up and maintain a force more than equal in numbers to th foro with the color. Short enlistments with th colore and th discharge Into th reaerve of any man found efficient by his officer at th end of a year's training undoubtedly will be among tha plana proposed to accomplish thl and. A to sli of th standing army, th men with th colors. It Is indicated that th senate bill will exceed th Increase of 0M men asked by Secretary Oarrieon and many senators will urge th full SO.000 total strength sought by th war collngs. Chairman Chamberlain haa prepared a bill carrying out tha plan of 1913, deviaed by th war college and which would provide a force with th color of approximately tOO.OOO men. Where They Disagree, It waa over ' this plan that Secretary 6atienn and Senator Chamberlain cam Into sharp disagreement last year. Th chairman of tha senats committee desired tl en that the War department urge a complete reorganisation of th army as suggested by h plan of llf. Secretary Garrison, however, presented a aeries of bills deelmed to strengthen what he con ceived to be the weakest spots In th army and held that thee should be ncacted to be followed gradually by other bill to carry out the full plan. It n reported without very definite authority tonight that tha hous would be willing to ac-ept the senates regular army plan even on a basis of MMoe men with th colors, provided th National Guard federalization plan went through. In addition to plana already outlined It Is thought there will be provided In the bills proposed or In companion measure a definite plan for industrial mobilisation In tiro of war behind th fighting lines. Reserves of civilian aide to military op erations such aa railroad men. automobile driver and mechanicians, tlegraphers. telephone engineers and operators and th thousand and on man of othr civil occupations necessary to aa army prob ably will be formed, tha task being made easier by th fact enrollment will be all that I neressary, th men being In con lent training In pence time In th very duties thry would be called upua to er form la war. Jtone lour Want Ads to Th Bee. 1 set I y 1 HIDfflH.. I TEXT OF AUSTRIAN WARSHIP ORDER (Continued from Pag On.) mercTiMntnieit to Illegal acta, and tbla in complet contradiction to assurances which It communicated to th stat de partment at Washington. Its allies, par ticularly Prance and Italy, followed th exampl of Oreat Britain during th course of hostilities. "Without wishing to eoter lnte an ex amination of tha surprising claim ad vanced by the British government, ac cording to which liner armed by that government retain their Inoffensive char acter, while merchantmen armed by th nemy are regardabte by the British naval forces aa auxiliary cruisers, th Austrorllungarlan government limits it- elf to establishing that every merchant man provided for any purpoa whatvr with cannon lose through thl fact alone, tha character of a non-combatant hip. Order Kffeotlve February ' "Under thee condition th order has been given to the Austro-llungarlan naval forces to treat such ship at com batantsan order which, however, will be tn force only from February . WIS. Thla delay 1 granted In th inUrU of neutral power, In order that they may be placed in a position to warn their nationals of the danger to which they will expos thmelv la they en trust their persons or property to armed merchantmen of states at war with Austria-Hungary and alao to notify thoee of their nationals who may alrady be aboard hlp of th above mentioned character. The ministry of foreign affair has th honor to request the cmbaaay (or lega tion) to bring th above telegraphically to the attention of Ita government." 1 British Order daetetd. Bh-RUN. Feb. 10. (Vie London, Feb. U Th appendices attached te the German memorandum notifying neutral nations that armed merchantmen be longing to the countries at war with Germany will be considered warahlp Include alleged secret Instruction by th British admiralty found en tbe British steamer Wood field. Tb Wood field wee sunk November L last. A list ef the crew aboard showed a gun captain and gun crew from th navy en board the veaael. The Instructions opened by de claring: The rating embarked aa a gun crew will algn the ship's articles at th rat of pay communicated. "" Rating are not required for dutlea not connected with armament except In case of emer gency, e e e e Thy are to ep watch at sea, and also when tha ship Is anchored at any place where It la liable to attack by a submarine. They will not mesa with tha crew, but tn on of th officer' messes, Uniforms win not be worn in neutral porta." Dozens May Have Perished by Blast INDIANA, Pa, Fb. ll.-An explosion occurred m th mine of th Rochester Pittsburgh Coal and Iron company at Ernest, flv mile front her, late today. VCore than MO men were et work at the time, but all escaped with the exception of twenty-four, whose fate la unknown. YOUilBROXCHlALTUBES When a cold settles in U bronchial tubes, with that weakening, tickling cough, immediate treatment it very important. The breath seems shorter because of raucous obstructions; usu ally (ever is present, your head jars with every couch and Your cheat may ache. This is no time tor experimenting or delay you must get Scott Emulsion at once to drive out the cold which started the trouble, and it will check the cough by aiding the healing pro cess of the enfeebled membranes. Ii you have any symptoms of bron hitis, or even a stubborn cold, always emembcr that Scott's EmuUion has x-cn relieving this trouble for forty ears. It U free from alcohol or drugs. tcfuse substitute. ko.it a Stows. ItlueaaSeld St. I. IS-SS LANE SUGGESTED FOR THE VACANT CABINET CHAIR (Continued from Psge One.) retire "sbanlutely" from politics and pub lic life. He said he would not diffusa Ma resignation from sny political angle. Mr. fJarrlxon Intimated, kowwr, that he might "do somrthtrg" In the mattT of giving tinrxtrt to the movement 1i fa vor of a continental army, the Issue upon whlrh his resignation hlngd. This Inti mation earn In response to a nidation put by newspaper rwn as to whether he would "give his moral support to thoee who centime urging the policy of n con tinental army." "I cannot anewer that question," aaM the former secretary, "hortuiw it would Infringe upon politics, t eay this to you now ao that later If I do decide to do Something you will not say that I tried to deceive you. "I will not discuss my resignation from the cabinet from any political anglo whatever, either as reirsrds the present situation or the situation to be produced, or assumed to he produced. The fscts will be disclosed to anyone who will care, fully read the correspondence between myself and the president That corre spondent cannot be misinterpreted by anyone. "I Intend to retire absolutely from pol itics and public life. Get It out of your heads that there was anything political In my action." Mr. Garrison was asked by Interviewers If he Intended to "follow the example of Mr. Bryan and coma out publicly against any of Mr. Wilson's policies." "Absolutely not," waa the reply. "Would you accept the nomination for governor of New Jersey?" waa another Question. "I would not accept the nomination for governor of New Jersey If the certificate was hnndnd to me on a silver platter." he said. Mr. Uarrlsnn said that he had no knowl edge of the Intention of any other mem bers of the cabinet to resign. In respect to his own resignation, he said he had consulted with no other cab inet member, although Assistant Secre tary Breckenrldge was aware of hie In tention. "I assumed." he said, "if Mr. Brecken rldge remained In the same state of mind he would resign also." KOTHIBfO TO IT, SAYS rilDELL Peoria Editor Saya lie, lies Not Been Offered Place la Cabinet. PBOBJA. 111., Feb. ll.-Henry M. Pin dell, publisher of the Peoria Journal, mentioned in dispatches last night as a possible successor to Secretary of War Garrison In President Wltson's cabinet, today Issued a statement saying: "Thar I no foundation whatever for any report that I have been offered a place In the cabinet of President Wil son. Z am going to Washington next wee If on a purely social mission." Belgian Legation Denies Eeceiving Offer of Peace LONDON. ro. 11. Th Belgian lega tion announced today that the rumors which have been circulated ,that peace proposal recently were made by Ger many te the Belgian government are de void of foundation. THREE HUNDRED ATTEND ADVENT1ST CONFERENCE LINCOLN, Feb. U. Th Central Cnlon conference of the Seventh Day Advcntlste reached Ita maximum attendance today with SOO delegates present from the states of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and Wyoming. Rev. R. A, Underwood. preeldent of th conference, in his semi annual report said there had been a large Increase In the membership of the denomination of the five etatee, with ap proximately 1,800 additions and a total of $301,171 In tithe, an Increase of 944.000 over th previous period. A paper for the blind, he said, had been established at College View. One aeealon of th con ference today was given over to reports by preeldent of the local conference in the union. Elder D. IT. Hale of College View, reporting for Nebraska; W. D. Maclay ef Wichita, for Kansas; J. g. Rouee of Clinton, for Missouri; A. T. Robinson of Denver, for Colorado, and N. T. Sutton ef Crawford, Neb., for th Wyoming conference. LOR! MER'S TRIAL IS SET FOR FEBRUARY 16 CHICAGO, Feb. IL-The trial ef Wil liam Lo rimer, former senator, charged with conspiracy te defraud the Laaaile Street Trust and Saving bank, of which he waa president, waa set today for Feb ruary 11 Counsel for Larimer appeared in criminal court and asked for an Im mediate hearing of the case. Piles I era ts te 14 Oaye. Druggists refund money If Psio Oint ment falls to cure Itching, Blind, Bleed ing or Protruding Piles. First application gives relief. 60c Advertisement. Sekayler Wins Debate. NORTH BEND. Neb.. Feb. 11 fSoe- clal.V Schuyler won in debate from North Bond on preparraneae. Th Judaea were nupennienaent A. it. Wsterhouse of Fremont and Prof. Oainee of the Fremont college. R. O. Brewnall of Schuyler presided. BLOUSE SALE SATURDAY AT JULIUS ORKIN'S 1508-1510 Douglas Street UPTO XM VALUES, 81.00 rr to w.oo values, 32.95- Also thousands of new Spring Blouses in all the new shades, spe cial Saturday at S3.95, $5.00, $5.95, $6.75. 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