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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JULY 1!, 1917. BRITISH NAVY TO OPPOSECRITICISH Tor a Long Time Sailors Tol erated Detractors, but Now They Are Growing Restive. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London, July 1. The attitude of the British navy toward its critics among press and public was for a long time one of ainuced tolerance. Of late it had grown more restive and many naval leaders now believe that the time has come when the navy must pxesent a realty belligerent front toward its detractors. "It would take me a long time to ' ... answer the criticisms which are being passed upon the work of the admiralty and the British navy," said Sir Ed ward Carson, first lord of the admir alty, the other day. "I can divide the critics into several categories. There are my political critics. I despise them in the middle of war. Then there are critics who have been disappointed in the past. There are many of them, when you read criticisms of Sir John Jellicoe, try to find out what is the origin of them. "But, after all, it does not really matter; there will always be grum blings and growlings. Let them grumble and growl; let us get on with our work. The work of the admiralty, the work of the great Brit ish navy, is done silently and courage ously.. It is done in the day, it is done in the night. It is done every hour and every minute, and I tell you with all confTdcnce, that I believe in the whole history of the British navy there never was a time at which our men displayed greater heroism and courage then they do at the present moment." A group of naval men the same afternoon .were discussing some of the recent utterances of one of the most acid of the navy's critics. "The navy has failed us," was one of his re marks which they quoted, "there has been lack of energy in tackling the U-boat menace. New men are wanted, and changes in the high command." After remarking that one of the reasons for this particular critic's op position to the present naval regime was its failure to adopt a naval in vention of his, the senior officer pres ent said: s "Criticism of this nature is partic ularly irritating to naval men, be cause it is so loose that it offers no hold for refutation. Here is a state ment, for instance, that ..'their policy - before the war was a mass of mater ial against men and methods.' Now what is meant by that? How a policy can be a mass of material, or how a policy can be against men and meth ods, in the abstract, is beyond me. Then he proceeds to suggest that 'we should get rid of the old group, and secure a different school of thought who would not be slaves of manu facturers and designers.' "Now, what does he mean by the 'old group?' Does he mean the group who left the admiralty six months ago, or does he mean the group who took their places? If he means the former, they have been got rid of al ready; if he means the latter, he might convey more to his readers if he called them the 'new group.' But it is an open secret that among this new group are several men who at an earlier period refused point blank to be slaves to manufacturers and designers. Presents Other Ideas. "Another naval critic presents an extraordinary scheme for mining out side German harbors so that U-boats could not pass and repass., He sug gests that the carrying out of this scheme will lead to a meeting be tween the battle-fleets. As this is presumably the height of our naval ambition, and as it is apparently so very simple, the reader is naturally surprised that no one has thought of it before. I suppose the critic has an equally simple methcd for dealing with the mine fields, coast defense bat teries, and submarines which would certainly be encountered. If he has not, then his statement amounts to nothing. If he has, I am glad the censor did not let him write about it, because, of course, it will be acted upon. "If criticism cannot be logical, in structive, constructive and single purposed, the navy rightly resents it as impertinent and mischievous. In times like the present, to scare a public somewhat ignorant of this spe- J V lIlLUHJIIglVO J ' jiiciaugc 01 wuiua, is Mil auusc 01 inc privilege of free publication." Stirring Tale of a Dog as it Wags On This is the tale of a dog brought by Edward Corbett, San Francisco. It concerns Alaska Jack, pioneer of Fairbanks, Alaska, and a thorough Irish terrier in strain and character. Corbett was bringing him to New York to his master, Dr. James E. Fuller, San Francisco, who is waiting ; to go abroad with a Red Cross unit. Just out of Albany, Alaska Jack, who had been lying quietly on the deck, watching with tense eyes the flickering rays of the searchlight that played about for the passengers' amusement,, suddenly rose and sniffed eagerly. Then over the deck rail he went into the river. Mr. Corbett and other passengers begged the captain to send a boat off to pick up the dog, but the captain would only slow down the engines and follow the dog with the search light. The terrier swam a straight course through the still water toward a launch whose) lights gleamed off the port bow about 200 feet away. Then Mr. Corbett says he realized that all was well. Dr. Fuller is an enthusiastic yachtman. "Ahoy, Jim Fuller," he yelled. A voice from the launch answered back in amazement: "Yes; what is it?" "I thought so," Corbett said. Then cried: "Hey, Jim, , that's your dog, Alaska Jack, swimming; to you; pick him up, and the passengers lining the rails saw Alaska Jack's bedraggled form lifted to safety by his master so Mr. Corbett and others say. Mil waukee Journal. ' Will Ask Three Billion Dollars for, War Budget Washington, July 13. War appro priations of about $3,000,000,000 in ad dition to the enormous sums already nnrnnrntlH nr smicrht Will be asked of congress in estimates which admin- w istration officials nave given nonce will be submitted next week. University Tutors, in Statements, Strike Back at Defense Council (By Associated rrcsa.) Lincoln, Neb., Juljl 13. Charges by the Nebraska State Council of Defense that certain professors at the Uni versity of Nebraska here were guilty of disloyalty to America and that their sympathies were with Ger many in the war, caused a professor of American history to issue a state ment today asserting that "autocratic and aristocratic elements throughout the country are taking advantage of the war to override democratic ideas,", brought from the head of the Ameri can history department at the univer sity that "it's a lie that disgusts me to sa that these people are not pa triotic just because they disagree as to the methods the governmen . should pursue," and caused the chancellor of the university to issue a statement saying the action of the Council of Defense was "patriotic and just" and would "help the few remaining pacif ists and. internationalists in univer sity circles to decide whether they are going to play the part of patriots in the present struggle." Prof. . Clark E. Persinger of the American history department of the university, said he would continue to wage a "vigorous fight against auto cratic and aristocratic elements wheth er it cost him his position at the uni versity r not." Prof. Howard W. Caldwell, head of American history department, declared he recognized "that there are good and bad qualities in the Germans, the English, the Austrians" and "if that is unpatriotic let them make the most of it." x Chancellor Samuel Avery, who had earlier issued a statement expressing a belief that by the time the univer sity opens next fall condition: will be such that "the council will not think it necessary for the regents to take official cognizance of any cases of supposed lack of patriotism," read the statements of the two professors and said he was "very much surprised, but had nothing further to say now." Regents of the university would not commit themselves as to whether it is intended to "take official cognizance of cases of supposed lack of patriotism." MRS. STEWART WINS IN STATEGOLF RACE In Championship Play Leads Mrs. Sprague, Four Up and Two to Play, When Last Hole-Reached. In the play for the woman's golf championship of Nebraska, Mrs. J. T. Stewart defeated Mrs. E. II. Sprague. On the Happy Hollow links, the for mer finished the course, 4 up and 3 to play. The championship rivals got away to an even start, halving the first four holes, but on the fifth hole Mrs. Sprague drove into the rough and had to replace her ball, with the result that she took an eight for the hole as against Mrs. Stewart's seven and the latter was 1 up. Mrs. Stewart captured the sixth hole with a dandyt'iree, and also took the seventh hole, making her score 3 up. Mrs. Sprague rallied and won both the eighth and ninth holes, cut ting Mrs. Stewart's lead to 1 up on the first nine holes. Scores for the" first nine holes are as follows: Mrs. Stewart.. M I II ! II 757 Mrs. Sprague.. .5 4 7 5 S 4 10 9 57 Mrs. K. A. Lininger won the con solation flight of the state tourney by defeating Mrs. W. G. Silver, 1 up in nineteen holes in the final round. McGraw's Repudiation Of Interview Under Probe New York, July 13. The adjourned investigation of the authenticty of the alleged McGraw interview af Pift. burgh on June 14 was resumed today, two witnesses tor the New York club manager being heard. Even though the investigation is COmoleted todav no immrrliat vpr. diet is expected. The conflicting testi mony nas Deen transcribed and fills a number of pages. This will be laid before the National leactie nrrsirlenU for such action as they may decide to taice. The investigation resulted from Dublished comments on PreoMent Tener by McGraw after the latter had oeen tinea tor a dispute with an um pire. McGraw later repudiated - the interview and the newsDaoer men who obtained it demanded an investiga tion. Mathewson Retains Singles Tennis Title in Northeast Fremont. Neh . liilv i Telegram.) Charles Mathewson of waiuiiu successfully derended his ti tle as champion of the Northeast Ne braska Tennis association, when he defeated his doublet partner, Paul Langenburg in the challenge round here this afternoon. Mathewson took me matcn three sets to one, after a hard fieht. The srnre was R.h 1-h 6-3, 6-4. Mathewson now has two legs on ine silver loving cup. l hree wins, noi necessarily in succession, gives in jusstaaiun ui inc iropny. Mathewon and Langenburg defeated Partridge of Fremont and Elliott of Westnoint. defenrlinr their tttU a. doubles champions. They became owners or tne suver loving cups hav ing won the championship two years in succession. The match went four sets, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, 8-6, Mathewson and Laneenhurc have won the rlmiHI. ti tle for four successive years. Quimet and Edwards to Meet in Golf Finals Chicago, July 13. Francis Ouimet won his way to the finals today by de feating Donald Edwards, Chicago, 4 u pand 2 to go. Ouimet's opponent will be Kenneth Edwards, who won his match in the semi-finals from John G. Anderson of New York, 5 up and 4 to go. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. x Summer Amusements Hun "Two Llttla Imps," the William Pox photoplay, (tarring Jane and Katherlne Lee, S and 7 years old, respective!-,, will close its run at the Bun today. This picture has had a wonderful showing here. It Is some thing out of tha ordinary and very well done. These children, now being starred for the first time, are captl.atlng. They thrill and amuse the old a well as the young. Moth era like, to watch them and coming on their own offspring with the genius shown by the Lees. Hipp Mary McLaren will be Che photo play attraction at this theater today in the latest Butterfly production, "The Plow Woman," a drama of the seventies, produced In a manner that leaves nothing to be de. sired, i Muse To those unfamiliar with lumbering operations In the big tree districts of Cali fornia, the announcement that Wallace Held and Kathlyn Williams will be seen at the Muse today for the last times means that today will be your last chance to see this wonderful photoplay of unusual interest, for not only does this thrilling drama tell an exciting story, but shows the lumber op orations as they really exist. One of the many thrilling Incidents was the photo graphing of an actual forest fir In which the co-sura take part. WANTS BUSINESS MENTODO "BIT" French Senator Says "Words Won't Whip Germany," and Recommends Doing of Big Things. (Correspondence of The Associated Tress.) Rome, July 1. "Talk, words, won't whip Germany in either a military sense now or in a commercial sense after the war," said Edouard Herriat, senator of France, war mayor of Lyons, member of the French Eco nomic council and a delegate here to the International Commercial confer ence. "So far as concerns France and the United States, I want to see the business men of the two nations get together now and talk business and do business in a big way. I have been invited to the United States and may go there in August or September. I have never been there, but now that we are allies, I wish to in order to meet people and understand the country better. In the Lyons fair, which we have now held for two years we will again hold next March, there will be an especial branch for busi ness men. Business Men's Exchange. "Only since the United States be came an ally have we determined to establish at the Lyons fair a branch, to be known as the Business Men's exchange. This branch will not be for talkers, but for doers. I am said to be more like an American than a Frenchman, and I want to get American men of action to come over to this fair. Last March Americans did business to the amount of $48,000, 000 there, and I hope this next March they will do more. Americans need to know more about the things we have to sell in France, and we, in particular, need the. heavy machine parts made in America for construc tion work. We need to be taught some of the American's ways of or- f "This Business Men's exchange L.Mi :. a : - - -1 - . j win give rvinci a tuautc lu uu business, not only with us, but with Italians, with Englishmen, with Span iards and others. For instance, it might lead to the building of the pro jected canal from Geneva, Switzer land, to Lyons, the center of industrial France, on down to Marseilles, con necting with the great river Rhone Marseilles canal now being completed. This exchange ought to lead to the electrification of some of the French and Italian railroads, to. the building of plants to utilize the water power of the mountain streams of these two countries. "There's plenty of big business doing over here and we want the big business men of America to help us to share in it." Widow Halts Eulogy At Husband's Bier To Score Society New York, July H.-While Rev. Dr. Nathan A. Seagle, rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal church, was de livering hi3 eulogy at the bier of David Whittet Thomson, at Camp bell Funeral church, Broadway and Sixty-sixth street, the widow rose and asked to be permitted to say a few words. Seeing that Mrs. Thomson was un dergoing intense emotion, Dr. Seagle accepted the interruption as grace fully as possible and granted the permission. Most of the thirty or forty persons present were surprised by the incident. Mrs. Thomson wept as she spoke, making what she' termed a plea "against the present day Christian society." She said her husband had been "a victim of our Christian civ ilization," and urged that the' "un realities, the shams and the pretenses of our mode of living be brushed aside," and that "the living should realize 'the realities of life." She also highly eulogized her husband. When she had concluded Dr. Seagle continued his address. Mr. Thomson was vice president and treasurer of Seessel, Inc.,' interior decorators. No. 331 Madison avenue, and lived at No. 107 West Forty-seventh street. Preferentia Shipment ; Bill Rejected by House Hartford, Conn., July 13. Mrs. Amy E. Archer-Gilligan was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the superior court here today. She was convicted of the murder by poi son of Franklin R. Andrews on May 30, 1914. Andrews was in inmate of her home for elderly people at Wind sor. She was sentenced to be hanged November 6. 1917. Persistent Advirtising is the Road to Success. Stanxl The wonderfully vivid and pic turesque Alaskan romances of Rex Beach have been read by many millions. His most widely read story Is "The Barrier," showing In film form at this theater. The picture closely follows the swift action and striking situations of the book and Is a faithful por trayal of adventure and romance of life In Alaska In the days when that land was the haven of hunted men and the last frontier of civilization. The final performances are today. Bell-ans Absolutely. Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. PREPARE FOR COMING OF AMERICAN TROOPS General Sibert Arrives to Take Charge of Training' Camp; Plans Under Way to Care for Overseas Forces. (By Associated Frees.) Paris, July 13. Major General William Sibert, who will command the American training camp behind the French front, arrived here today. Major General John J. Pershing, commander of the American forces, visited the largest ammunition plant in the Paris district today, lie was shown about by Albert Thomas, min ister of munitions. It is announced that the American Red Cross will take over all French infirmaries relief stations between its bases and the portion of the front where the American troops will be placed, supplanting the French, who will take up other duties elsewhere. The American troops in France, it js made known in a partial report of investigations made by American of ficers, will discard the well known poncho while in service in France and will adopt the French cavalry flicker in a modified form as best adapted to trench lighting. The troops also will be equipped with sleeveless canvas jerkins, lined with wool, as sleeping bags, and with nu merous other . devices that have proved efficacious against the intense cold of winter. Puttees Must Go. The familiar puttee will disappear in favor of cloth leggings, such as were used by the expeditionary force in Mexico. Each soldier will have a folding cloth fatigue cap to wear un der the irksome steel helmet. Some idea may be gained of the immensity of the task of supplying the American- armies when they reach full strength by the fact that each million men must have a 1,000 ton refrigeration plant, the steel and iron for. which must be brought from America. The refrigerators must be located not only at the base, but close behind the righting line. Storage tanks with a capacity of a million gal lons will be needed at the bases with depots for transferring gasoline to obviate .the necessity of using trains. Plans already far advanced include the construction of so-called salvage depots for the repair of worn out clothing and shoes. A pair of shoes last a soldier in the trenches only three weeks on the average. The magnitude of such depots is shown by those used by the French, which employ 7,000 men each. Each million men probably will consume one mil lion pounds of meat daily. LANE DISCUSSES DEFENSE COUNCIL Members of Advisory Board Donate Services to Govern ment and Neither Body Has Purchasing Power. Washington, July 13. The relation of business men to the government was described today by Franklin Lane, secretary of the Interior, and one of the six cabinet mem bers, who compose the Council of National Defense. Answering talk in congress and elsewhere, suggesting that members of the council are in position to make contracts with themselves and thus derive personal profit from the war, Mr. Lane said the business men composing the ad visory commission have no control over contracts and in fact give to the government infinitely more than they receive. Analyzing the campaign further, Mr. Lane gave high praise to the business men, experts in their several fields of industry,, who comprise the many committees on supplies, includ ing raw materials of all kinds and manufactures. Have Nothing To Sell. The statement was given to The Associated Press as the result of in quiries concerning recent criticism of the commission and a report that re organization of the council is immi nent. The response was characteristi cally frank from the opening ques tion, which bore on the possibility of cabinet members constituting the council making any personal profit out of contracts. Man Killed by Train At Grand Island Grand Island, Neb., July 13. (Spe cial.) Harry Kalloa, a Greek, em ployed by the Union Pacific, in this city, was found alongside the tracks suffering .from severe injuries about the head. He was at once taken to the St. Francis' hospital, but all ef forts to save hi? life proved futile. 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