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HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 18, 1920.
ADMIRAL -SIMS
PARES ERRORS OF
U. S. NAVY IN WAR
Home Office Did Not Back
Him jp,. Commander of
' Overseas Forces Tells
- Committee,
(Continued From Pitf One.)
outline a policy of naval co-operation
with the allies. -
"As usual in such cases," it con
tinued, "the policy was .academical
ly round, but that it was not carried
out or. understood by the depart
ment is shown by the fact that 10
months after its receipt I was urg
ently recommending an increase of
forces still trying.to convince the
'department that the war was in the
cast Alantic, that the United States
naval 'force wasWf the European
coast and not off the United States
soast." -...
, Admiral Sims' letter declared lie
. vias. much embarrassed in his rela
tions with other allied commanders
by reason of the fact that although,
after an allied naval conference, it
w?.s recommended on July 21, 1917,
that four coat-burning American
battleships he sent to guard the'
: Eitirlish ' channel against German
. cruiser raids, there was long delay
before the-request was even ac
knowledged and finally it was re
fused. In the following November,
the letter said, the chief of naval op
erations nrrived in Europe with
Colonel House's mission and imme
diately thereafter cabled instructions
to send the battleships. Two to six
months could have been saved, Ad
i miral Sinis declared, if he could have
? appeared in person daily in Wash
ington, as little attention was paid to
his cabled recommendations.
Violation of Principles.
"The recommendation of the
Navy department's representative,
baed upon conferences with the al
lied commanders, should have been
, accepted and immediately acted
upon." the letter said, and charac
terized the Navy department's policy
in this respect as a violation of the
fundamental principles of warfare
'which continued throughout the war.
Admiral Sims declared that failure
to' heed his early plea that destroy
ers and light craft be hurried and to
- assign him any staff officers except
. the' ride who accompanied him
'abroad, which continued for four
i months, caused him serious dim-
kuttv. ' i
r; "The ortlv information received up j
' to April 27.417, was that six de-j
t-troyers would be sent," Admiral
Sims said. "The situation was then
so very critical that I appealed to
the American ambassador in Lon-
i'.on, who sent a most urgent mesr
sage to the president, and on May 3,
1917. the first definite information
was received of the department's in
tention to send more than six de
stroyers, and that ultimately 36 and
two repair ships would be sent."
,. Tooireat a desire to protect the,
coast of the United States at the im
minent risk of losing; the war was
-..manifested by the Navy department,
the letter declared.
Assurances Were True.
"The dei r.rtmcnt was repeatedly
assured thnt the allies at all times
had remarkably accurate informa-j
tidn as to the movements of sub-
mtinps." Admiral bims said, ana
that it wss practically certain that
they could not reach our coast or
even leave European waters without
advrnce information being sujv
plied," the letter said. Subsequent
events proved this assurance to be
true. No submarines visited our
coast until May, 1913, and the de
partment was in all cases informed
when thev started acrdss and often
as tp their exact destination.
"I tried to induce the department
to view the campaign as'a whole; to
consider ovr naval forces as one rel
atively small item of an allied naval
team; that our mission was the pro
tection of all allied lines of com
munication and not the United
'States line of communication alone;
.tht it was quite possible to give our
relatively smnll commerce "quite su
perior protection at the expense of
losing thenar bv deny.ng essential
protection to the vastly creator allied
commercrnpon which the success of
the common cause chiefly depended.
Couldn't Select Aids. '
Euticinj the German" submarines
to the coast of the United States
would- have been preatly to the ad
vantage, of the, allied cause even
though Ameican shipping suffered
more heavily thereby. Admiral -Sims
said he told the department, urging
that every vessel capable of steaming
across the ocean, be sent to the war
zonei Risk of public condemnation
of such a course, based on inaccurate
information and fear, would have
been a negligible factor, the letter
', declared. .
. "At no time during the war was I
permitted to select my subordinate
" aag commanders and but very few of
iiv subordinates." , .
. . When ,-the house naval committec(
' sked for complaints he had made
' Admiral Sims said he received a
cablegram from Admiral Benson,
; chief of ooerations, telling him that
t "strong positive statement" was
highly desirable. Knowing that his
reply must become public informa-
. tton and that any criticism therein
would give aid and encouragement
to the enemy. Admiral Sims said, he
framed an answer on the basis that
those at the front must take what
- those at home send. ' ;
Recapitulating his criticisms. Ad
miral Sims, rr his letter, said "Ad
miral Mahan had described interfer
ence witn the eommander in the field
or afloat'as "one of the most com
, non temotations.to the government."
"The K&v-r department." he added.
"did not resist this temptation and itsj
- .requent, violation of this' principle
-iis the most dangerous error com
mitted duringr the war." ' '
Fate of Davis. Again
Rests in Hands of Jury
,i
(Cnotui'MVt From Pace One.)
"rogues' gallery." This photograph
was shown to him after he returned
from Florida, wliere he pent . a
. month recuperating from the in
juries which he received at the hands
of . the mob during the court house
rior. Davis was indicted by the
grand Jury November 7 and arrested
'Jim" Hanley Will See to itv
That Nebraska Stays Dry
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Uncle Sam Makes Him Responsible for 1,250,000
Individuals Will Keep His Eyeon Them From
Federal Building in Omaha Plans Educational
Campaign.
James H. Hanley, better known
in Omaha'as "Jim" Hanley, is the
man who has been chosen by the
federal government to supervise the
enforcement of the national pro
hibitory amendment in Nebraska.
It will be lip to Mr. Hanley to se,e
that more than 1,250,000 people of
this great state observe in letter and
spirit the prohibitory amendment
which is about as drastic as anyone'
might wish, according to statements
of those who know about the law.
One half of 1 per'cent of alcohol
is the speed limit which has been
set, and it will be Mr. Hanley's
work to see that the law is strictly
observed. He will have several field
assistants and will work in conjunc
tion with the prosecuting branch
which will have headquarters at
Denver for this district. Mr. Han
ley's office will be in the local fed
eral building.
Mr. Hanley first will conduct a
campaign of the state, oatlining the
provisions and penalties of the law
and seeking the co-operation of
commercial clubs, civic bodies,
churches and other organizations.
After that work, he will begin to ob
tain evidence against violaters of
the new law, which, went into 'effect
yesterday morning at 12:01.
The 'search and. seizure" feature
of the national prohibitory amend
ment will be one of the stringent
lfj5- te y
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provisions .which will fall with frill
force upon those who violate the
lth amendment.
in Lincoln three days later. Mayor
Smith saw him in the Douglas
county jail November 12 and identi
fied him with great Dositiveness. He
also testified at both trials that therei
could be no mistake in his identifica
tion. ; j
.Sister Gives Bond.
Davis was released under $14,000
bond put up by his sister, Mrs. Cath
erine Campbell of Memphis, Tenn.
This covered also two other charges
which are pending against him
namely, conspiracy to murder Will
Brown, the negro lynched the night
of the rior, and unlawful assemblage
and rioting.
These facts were brought out in
evidence at the first trial by the
state pointing to Davis' guilt:
First Mayor Smith's "positive"
identification.
Second Statement of John Over
bay that he saw Davis strike the
mayor..
Third Testimony of Russell Nor
gard that he saw Davis in the crowd
just before the mayor was assaulted,
about 9:45 o'clock.
Defense Has Alibi.
Against these statements the de
fense placed an alibi, sworn to by
six witnesses, that George Davis
came home at about 8:15 the night
of the riot and did not leave then
again until the next morning.. Davis
also testified to this, declaring he
went home in a taxicab, after
spending several hours in a soft
drink parlor at Sixteenth and Dav
enport streets, drinking and playing
cards. , -
The alibi witnesses were just as
positive that Davis was at home
from 8:15 that night till the next
morning as Mayor Smith was that
Davis struck him at Seventeenth
and Harney streets at 9:45 that
night.
With the second trial came new
and startling evidence. The taxi
cab driver who took Davis home
that night was produced, a young
man named Scott Leach. His
"trip sheet" shpwed that he went to
1509 Davenport street ""and took
Davis to J512 North Twenty-eighth
street at 10:10 the night of the riot
Penalty Is Severe.
A witness wa produced to show
that it takes approximately nine
minutes to walk from Seventeenth
and Harney streets to 1509 Daven
port street. So tha,t, it was clearly
possible for Davis to strike a blow
at the former place and tften walk
to the latter address and call a taxi
cab and go home at' 10:10.
Against this the defense placed
the alibi witnesses of the first trial
and one man who testified that he
saw Davis enter a taxicab at 1509
Davenport street at about 8 that
night. . i
No Group to Dictate,
; Says Democratic Chief
: (OntlaMd mm Om.)
tory, according to Prty leader, in
the persons of Mrs. George Bass
of Chicago, chairman of the worn-,
en's bureau of the national com
mittee and Miss Mary F.Ty of
Los Angeles.
The commitMe agreed to provide
hotel rooms free of charge to mem
bers of the national committee and
associate members while at the con
vention, but they will be required to
pay for their meals and railroad
transportation, as in the past.
Subcommittees Handy.
Following is the list of subcom
mittees, the first named being the
chairman in each case:
. Hotels and entertainment Isidore,
B. Dockweiler, California: John' T.
Barnet, Colorado; Dr. J. W. Cough
lin, Massachusetts; Robert H. Elder,
Idaho; Mrs. George Bass, Illinois.--Transportation:
Charles Boesc
enstein, Illinois: Patrick H. Quinn,!
Rhode Island; Wilbur W. Marsh,;
Iowa; Frederick B. Lynch, Minne
sotaj Isidore B. Dockweiler, Cali
fornia. Hall and seating: Norman E.
Mack, New York; Wilbur. W.
Marsh, Iowa; Edmund H. Moore,,
Ohio; A. F. Mullen, Nebraska; Miss
Mary E. Foy, California.
Tickets and badges: Homer S.
"ummings, Connecticut; Edward G.
Hoffman, Indiana; Dr. J. W. Cough-
hn, Massachusetts; J. Bruce Kram
er, Montana; Charles Boeschen
stein, Illinois.
Press: Clark Howell, Georgia;
Norman E. Mack, New York; Ed
mund H. Moore. Ohio.
Personnel: Homer S. Cutnmings,
Connecticut; Frederick B. Lynch,4
Minnesota; J. Bruce Kramer Mon
tana; Norman E. Mack, New York;
John Barnet, Colorado.
Demand Sent to Holland v
For Extradition of Ex-Kaiser
Paris, Jan. 17. The supreme
council's letter to the Dutch gov
ernment demanding the extradition
of former Emperor William has
been sent to that government. It
was forwarded officially during the
night. '
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THOMPSON - BELDEN gf-Ca
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thrift Wtek Jnj7-24 Linensrf Bedspread
Attractively tncea
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Take the Elevator to the 2d Floor.
Modern Shoe Co.
2d Floor Paxton Block.
Use Entrance 217 South 16th St.
SALE CONTINUES
Every shoe in itock radically reduced come in early Mon
day morning.
REAL BARGAIN
Every $14 and $16
shoe in stock, abso
lutely the very best
quality custom made
shoes. All of the new
novelty styles in
cluded. Get in early
on these exceptional
values.
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PARTY SLIPPERS
Styles to suit Fashion'B latest
whims. Hand-turned soles, ex
tremely high French heels.
Black or white satin. . .86.95
Patent leather 8795
Silver shoe cloth 87.95
SPECIAL
Calfskin Oxfords, dark brown,
low heel, $11 value. .$7.95
AH sizes.
A Popular Shoe
E s p e c i a lly de
signed for street
wear. A $12 value
$7.95
One lot of broken
sizes, mostly small,
from 2 to 4. This
lot includes all col
ors and styles. To
be sacrificed at
$10 Values
S t y I i fc, up-to-the-minute
hi-top shoes in
field mouse, gray kid,
brown kid, with crave
nette tops. High or low
heels. To- be closed out
during this great sale
' $6.45
All sizes.
$195
Buy Thes Quick
Special Bargains in
Growing
Girls Shoes
Every shoe in this
lot to ba sold at much
less than today's whole
sale price. Think of
these $8.60 values sell
ing for
$3.95
Ladies' tf T7 nc
Dress Shoes S f gj
A n exceptional I
bargain. A special fl
f lot of these $13 val
ues at
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Dr. Todd's Dental
Service Appreciated
by the Public
In no other way could the pub
lic express its appreciation bo
forcibly as by the generous pat
ronage it is being accorded. -The
dental parlors during business
hours is being overwhelmed with
patients seeking the ' advantages
afforded by Todd's Painless
methods in extraction and dental
execution. The fears of torture
with dental work done here are
dismissed, the public being confi
dent of the latest and most ap
proved painless methods- being
used. -
A gpoi way to keep your
mouth pure and sweet; your
teeth in a state of perfect pres
ervation and to arrest and pre
vent pyorrhea is to use Dr. Todd's
Pyorrhea chewing gum, a perfect
confection with medicinal quali
ties. If you cannot secure- the
same at your druggist write to
this office.
DR. G, W.TODD
Fourth Floor Barker Block
15th and Fanum Stt
Omaha, Neb. .
iiiciiiraiii'ilii'iwniiaflroiciiiniiniifaw
Common Honesty and Common !
Sense Make the Foundation
of the 0AKF0RD Plan
It is COMMON SENSE backed up by COMMON HONESTY 1
that causes us to deny commissions for influence in selling our g
1 pianos, or to devise schemes or contests which have been used by, I
I many other piano dealers. We" aspired to sell pianos at the i
I LOWESTTRICES IN THE UNITED STATES, and COMMON I
SENSE- told us it was impossible to do this and pay commissions.
I Besides COMMON HONESTY dictated that to do business in the a
1 right way it was necessary to give the BIGGEST VALUES for the 8
j LEAST MONEY.
It was COMMON SEfc'SE also that insisted on the FIRM ONE 1
1 PRICE system. We believe that success in our business depends " I
solely upon the trust and confidence that we inspire in the public 3
I mind. We can not see justice in a system that permits the prices i
1 on its goods to vacillate in accordance with the knowledge of its ''H
customers. . In our opinion the plan of charging one customer one
I price far a piano, and another person another price for the same
I piano, was not in keeping with COMMON SENSE and decidedly i
I opposed to COMMON HONESTY. N J
ARE WE RIGHT?
I We are willing to leave the question to the piano buying public, i
Here are a few especial values in new and used pianos;
I NEW BISHOP SB?. .... -...$295 BUiJ
1 iNtw KURTZMANN $495
I USED CLARENDON $265
I USED SCHUBERT '.. $150
S NEW WEBER GRAND $995
I NEW AERIOLA .:. $595
I ' -We also have a wonderfully fine stock of
PLAYER ROLLS
All the late popular hits are in our stock. If you cannot call,'
write in today. e
Pay $1S
Monthly
Pay $8
Monthly
Pay $6
Monthly
Pay $25
Monthly
Pay $20
Monthly
ftAKFORD 1807 Farnm St.
Vm MOsric Co. , Omaha, Neb.
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Work- ' 'v.
Because the increase in production, possible if we
strive a -little harder, has a direct 'bearing on the
price of everything we buy. : -
Save
Because the man or woman who Jives only in the
present, without a thought of the obligations of the
future, is building upon an insecure foundation. .
"
Thrift and Quality Go Hand in Hand .
There are good and sufficient reason for the superior
ity of quality articles. They are better made, of better
materials bespeaking of a high artistry in design and
having the happy faculty of proving permanently in
teresting and desirable. 9 . ,
The most expensive and extravagant things we can buy
are "those of inferior quality. They do not last they
do not satisfy and do nofc serve for such things hav
ing nothing to recommend them, other than a smaller
first cost that is smaller-when one considers dollars
onlyin reality a prohibitive price if or.: considers their'
lack of quality.
Quality Bears a Price in Proportion to
Its True Worth but Never 'Higher
Than Is Justified.
The Thompson-Belden Store has been inseparably linked
wjth quality during all of the thirty-three years of its
establishment in Omaha.
Through these many years of service founded upon the
basis of quality and fair prices we have' learned that
after all, the pleasure of selling things of known worth
is only equalled by the pleasure and satisfaction that
lies in the purchase of such things. .
ThriftEconomy-- Quality
together make for a better ex
istence and a happier outlook.
.' 1886T.-B. & Co.-1920
Specials for Monday
$10.00 Irish linen tabe cloths, $7.89. : - '
' $13.75 Irish, linen napkins, $11.89 dozen. "
$13.75 Irish linen table cloths, $10.00.
$17.50 Irish linen napkins, $13.98 dozen
Hand -hems titched, - Genuine Mosaic t e a
hand-embroidered pil- : napkins, $10 quality, for
low-cases reduced from Monday only, $7.50 a
$4.75 to $4 fe-pair. dozen. . . ' , ' . ; 1
Real Madeira Lunch Cloths
Beautifully Hand Embroidered
$20.00 Madeira cloths reduced to $15.00. '
$25.00 Madeira cloths reduced to $18.75.
$30.00 Madeira cloths reduced to $22.50.- '
$35.00 Madeira cloths reduced to $26.25. r"
, $50.00 table cloths reduced to $37.50.
Ripptette Spreads
-$3.50 quality (72x90),'
reduced to $2.89.
$4 quality (80x90), re
duced to $3.38.
$5 quality (90x99), re
duced to $3.98.
M arseilles Spreads "
Fine satin, finish, scal
loped and with cut cor
ners '
,$13.50 spreads, $11.89
$15.00 spreads, $12.89t
Lace Trimmed Scarfs
$1.50 value for 95c. ?,
Children's
Wear
Reduced Monday
Dresses white and col
ored, skirts and crepe
kimonasn sizes 2 to 12
years, only a few of each,
have been priced to effect
a quick clearance. The
showing is new, attractive
and the prices advantage
ous. $2.25 qualities, $1.89.
$2.50 qualities, $1.69.
$3.25 qualities, $2.19.
, $3.50 qualities, $2.98.
$3.75 qualities, $2.98.
$4.50 qualities, $3.49fc
$6.50 qualities, $4.98.
$7.50 qualities, $4.98. .
Second Floor
Underwear;
Vests and Pants
for 98c a Garment
The vests are high neclc;
and long sleeved, the
pants are ankle length.,
A $1.25 quality, Stret;
ton make, offered Mori-?
7day for 98c a garment.
Vests for 59c
Warm , vests with a ;
light . fleece regularly
$1 Monday, 59c eachT
Union Suits, 98c
Cotton union suts, lpw t
neck and sleeveless':
ankle length a $1.50.
quality for 98c
Second Floor
Apparel of Quality
For Lower Prices
If You are
Interested
in lamp shades in general
stop in the Art Department
and see the ones that are
being made there every
day.
And if you're interested in
a particular shape or color
scheme let us design . a
shade for you, carrying out
your idea and assisting you
in the making.
We've had splendid results
in the ones already com
pleted, and our shapes' and
materials are entirely
"unique. Different from
any obtainable, elsewhere.
Art Dept. Second Floor
29c Specials in
Toilet Goods
For 29c A clothing
and hat brush that is
very satisfactory.
For 29c A nailHbrush
for-manicuring.
$3.75 Tref ousse
Gloves for $2.95
Single clasp, pique sewn,
with self-colored or con
trasting embroidered backs,
to be had in taupe only.
As a special, a number, of net
top lace "flouncings, braid
trimmings and the like, have
been placed on a table in the
center aisle and greatly re
duced for M onday.
Children's Silk
Lisle Hose for 55c
A special value in silk lisle
hose, white, black or brown,
with "double knees, wheels
and toes especially recom
mended for service. Mon
day, 55c a pair. - :
Apparel with Ihe distinction which makes
price of secondary importance, in that the
wearing Quality is as great as the charm;
the attractiveness is not merely superficial.
Furs, Coats, Suits,
Dresses and Blouses
Have much lower prices and when reduc
tions so substantial are made on garments
of this sort the economies are. doubly
worth while. - - .
20 to 50 percent 'reductions
on all winter apparel
All Sales Finak -
!
Third Floor
The Opportunity to Buy the 'f.;
Best of Shoes at Lowest Prices
r
.Every pair of colored shoes
offered at a great reduction
Dark brown shoes of soft kid, -with light hand-turned -soles
and Louis heels. Dark brown kid with welt;'
soles and Louis heels. -Dark brown kid with mili
tary heels. Field mouse and dark brown with light ',
colored tops. New styles, made of the best mate-,!
rials ani fashioned with the skill that makes for long
and satisfactory service. . v -
Tfiese have sold for $17.50, and $18.00 ys
Monday ' $12.85 a pair: ' -
Shoes in broken sizes. A large se
lection of desirable styles in black
.and combinations of colors. Splendid
qualities. , ,
Sold from $9 to $15 "
Monday $6 a pair
Shoes for $1.95 a pair I
All small sizes and only one pair of
a kind. i
$1.95 Shoes Will Not
Be Fitted
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