Daily British Whig (1850), 7 Sep 1915, p. 11

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BLEM IS SOLVED In a tint that seemed to meit into the 'sea, even the Queen Elizabeth, back from -the Dardanelles, looked small for hef tonnage and gun pow- er until compared with the Inflexible, the flagship of the Falkland Is:angs battle, or the vessels of the light Frederick Palmer Tells Of a Visit CTUISEr squadron, which had Made To W¥itain's Great Fleet.-- Saw Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. | saw just {aboard under strict discipline, with THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1915. where the resuits of each shot isplayed 1is.is the best we have until the an fleet comes out and gives us an for the real thing,' he said. ito a small room where s clicked anda com- J wireless apparatus was hidden behind armdr, the correspondent the workings of the station, which brings Sir John word of. any submatine sighted or any movement in all the seas around the British Isles, and carries.the Commander-in- chief's orders far and near Healthier Than In Peace. The bluejackets invariably sturdy, long-service men of mature years, who have been kept atilling] in 'the same ship since the war He- gan, Their health is better than in times of peace, as they are kept are {ed to the adoption of a hopeful tone By. Frederick Palmer London, Sept. 6.--For: the first time the veil of secrecy over the Brit- | ish naval operations has been lifted, | and during the past weeks I have vi-| naval bases. 7 { At one naval base I saw drydocks capable of docking the largest Dread { noughts built since the war began. I was shown maps marking the points] where German submarines had been and the results of attacks] 'captured," "suppos- | When bub- | bles are observed rising for a iong| time in the same spot in smooth wa- | ter it is taken for granted that the] career of a submarine has ended, | When officers were asked, "How did you get them?" the answer was: | "Sometimes by ramming, sometimes | by gunfire, sometimes by explosives --and in other way wé cannot tell."| All the officers aboard the battle-| | ships and armed eruisers are envious MGR. H. F. NORMAN. Ten . dh 8 iN of the BLADDER relieved in 24 HOURS Each C sule bears the (MIDY name 8&3 Beware of counterfeits No increase in Price. Automobile For Hire (1915 REGAL) Special Rates for all Kinds of Drives. | WeoDINGS A Seeciavty. Prompt uention lo Boat and Train 1 of those engaged in submarine hunts. : Professional opinion expressed to the reason the Germans are ready to forego their submarine attacks on| liners is that they want their sub-| marines and their personnel to carry the as jon a campaign. The Admiral commanding at on2 |of the important naval bases stated { that Britain a 1 ! mine sweepers and other auxiliaries had 2,300 'trawlers, outside of the regular services of duty in the wotlk of maintaining the blockade from the British Channel to Iceland and keeping the North Sea clear. He said their reservist crews {had been most zealous in their im- portant part in overcoming the kind of naval warfare Germany has wag- | ed. Continual Practice: As our destroyer, after the €ruise at sea, following the coast, turned the headland into the harbor Where Jets you bought." IN THE SUCCESS OF HER ARMY'S | OPERATIONS s ------ Appointment Of Gen. _Alexiev 'In- creases Optimism-----Russians Have Good Chance To Defend Ihyvina Line Against German Onslaught. Petrograd, Sept. 6.--The appoint- ment of General Alexiev as chief of staff to Grand Duke Nicholas and of General Ruzsky as commander of} the northern armies of Russia has y the Russian press,'which express es confidence in the - future opera- tions of the forces of the Empire. General Alexiev made a notable re- putation in his conduct of the Rus- sian operations against Austria, The Russian offensive on the right bank of the Viliya River has slowed down, but may proceed further. Rus sian military critics are convinced that the aim of the Germans, is to cross the River Dvina, take posses- sion of the railway line between Riga and Dvinsk, capture Vilna and alse the fortress of Rovno to the south, and entrench for the autumn and winter. Already they are within. ten miles of Rovno and are working against the northern end of the line, , A conference of Petrograd City Councilmen and-citizens has selected a committee, the membership of which includes Alexander Guchkoff; to prepare reselutions for submissfon to the council on Wednesday. M. Guchkoff criticized the conduct of the war, an@ suggested that: a deputation. be sent to the Emperor bearing a message, in line, with that adopted by the council and citizens of Moscow. M. Falbork, a Libera! councilman, expressed a desire for a popular expression of the nation's determination to wage the war to a vittorious contlusion. His utter- ances: were loudly applauded. P---------- Very Hard Luck! An. old Jew bought ten lottery tickets. One. of the tickets turned out lucky, and the old fellow won five thousand dollars. * A friend met him and said: 'Solomon, you are a lucky man. I hear you have won five thousand dsl- lars on one of those ten lottery tick- But the old man looked sad and shook his head. "That's all right," he said; "but what am I to do with the other nine tickets?" ------------ Tired of Crook Plays. ~~. What the show?" asked - the mamwith a large hat and long hair. | " 'Hamlat," " 'said the box office! man. "What's it like?" "Well, a man murders his step- AGE ELEVEN ™ 3 h---- E------------ Pure, clean, flavory . ET -- tea® Tea "is good tea" New York Fruit Stor Crawford Peaches 60c. Per Basket. Blue Plums, 11 qt. Basket Red Plums, 11 gt. Basket Green Gages 60c/Lombards .... ... ... & Bgg 60c Peach Plums Fruit delivered to any part of the city. Poni 2 Phone 1405 If is impossible to make better soap than Ivory - 7 because it is impossible to / use better materials or to combine them with ; greater skill and care. father out of revenge for the mur- der of his own father. At the finish there is a mix-up with swords and ADMIRAL SIR JOHN JELLICOE, 5 CENTS Who commands. the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea. AA ~~ tg {the Grand Fleet was anchored I saw {a target béing towed in the'Custom- alls, Servite and Efficiency. Guaranteed, Phone 300. 340 Johnson 'eet. Gary &Practical my 'Home Dress faking Lerrons Prepared Especially For This Newspaper by Pictorial Review + +BORCH FROCK OF Chie, simple and inexpensive is this frock of figured lawn t¥immed with re- vers, flaring collar and cuffs of hen- stitched organdy. To wear on. the porch during the long Surrmmer afternoons this would be a Very attractive dress, fashioned of ring-dotted lawn. The skirt is cut upon . @ mew four-piece model with a box- Pleat inset between the gores. The outstanding fefitures of the walst ase the hem-stitched révers, standing col- Iar and cuffs of ergandy. The vest is of lace or all-over embroidery, as the fancy dictates. 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Sew to lpwer edge of waist over stay, centers even, and bring the center of the side box-pleat to un- der-arm seam... : Many' of the figured lawns this sea son are trimmed with plain batisté"or organdy in a color that matches the figures of the dress material Sizes 3% 34 36, 38 40, 42 4. 46 and £ { the Commanded | quarter deek. come from "sweeping" Sea, as scouting is called. Every deck was stripped for gae- tion, steam was up in every ship, and 4s our destroyed threaded {ts way among the ships of the fleet jn the turrets were seen turning guns being elevated and lowered in the course of drills. The seaplanes which were sailing over the fleet had their home on. a fampus Atlantic liner which has car- ried many thousands of passengers. the North | sufficient' exercise' and plenty of good food. ' Misdemeanors of all sorts al- So have 'decrensed sitice the war. One feature of the Wsual routine only has been changed. The decks are not washed every day, but twice a week, as the daily washing down gave the men less freedom of move- ment and kept their surroundings too | moist. . { = The aim is to keep the men always up to the maximum of efficiency, the officers explained, and not to over- train to the point of staleness or per- mit any slackness. I was amazed at thé patience and application of the men in view of the dearth of action. Whether in the turrets, on the bridge or below decks there is a sigs nificant absence even of the minutest thing which would not serve the pur- pose of battle.- Only in the Com- mander-in-chief's 'cabin, with its nu- merous sea maps on the wall, did the The "Cat Squadion." In their places in the battle cruis- er squadron, which is known in 'the navy as. the "cat squadron," were the Lion and the Tiger, which sank the Bluecher in the North Sea battle. "This seems sufficient denial of the German report that the Tiger is at thé bottom of the sea," said an officer. poison, and--" "That'll do, I guess I'll stpoll out and see a cabaret. I'm tired of these crook plays," ------------ Pride usually selects weak-brain- (ie) MN riLoats IVORY SOAP 994s PURE if ed people for its agents. The whip sometimes makes a. lot of 'trouble in the home. "vr nn nn, Looking strange among the homo-P00ks and pictures . suggest' other J than naked utility for war. : Sir John-and all his officers spoke in'the same strain about the situa- tion. It the German fleet had any geneous types of ten -gunships whieh belonged to the regular British navy was a Turkish twelve:inch Dread- nought taken over at the outset of the war. t As we appro set of the war, they said. 3 Ready To Meet Subs. They agreed that with every month the. British fleet had grown stronger and better, organized to meet any possible: emergency. Though the submarine had played a more mpor- tant part than many had anticipated, methods of countering their attacks the flagship of chief an officer pointed out Sir John Jellicoe as one Of two officers promenading Frearried a teles cope .under his arm. ~ From the quarter deck he can keép anleye on all these grey monsters which form the fighting part of Mis command, while ethers of his host are aboard on different errands. Quick of movement and speech and tanned by a year of exposure on consiant duty, only a broad band of gold lace differentiated him from other officers as he received jis guests at the gangways. Whether it was Beatty, Sturdee or any other of his squadron command- ers that one met théir youth was most striking. Jellicoe at fifty-se- ven is the senior of them all, which includes Vice-Admirals at forty-four, | ing for battle. He is never without that telescope ready, under his arm, officers say, when he| out to is on deck, and nothing which the| that young officer on watch sees misses his eyes. e The Admiral escorted his guests through the ship, showing the men atdrill, and was most interested in calling attention to a spectal machine for practice loped beyond expectations. They mentioned the fact that sub- marines had waited outside the har- | bor whenever the fleet or any part of it went forth, but had succeeded in hitting only one = vessel, cruiser of the Grand Fleet itself, which had learned how to care for itself, SL The hardest part of the war for the navy was inthe early days, when Now, secure and the officers said it could steam 'action instantly. They added patrois, which the North Sea, report any signs o the enemy. : J ti, How Birds Die in War Zone. A correspondent of 'the London > i : .™" tells the sad' by Sy Shotiers n fir fen ud 'vidence that they are keen- Sb ashe, impact of bie air. the Zeppelins paid visit to Norfolk in January the - Susceptible to a Nght} the fleet was continually at sea look-| Times, writing of "Birds in the Fir-| chance .of success it was at the out- and destroying them had been deve-} continually sweep] Procler & Gamble Factores in Hamilton, Canada ~*~,"

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