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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-11-01
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
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u suppose in the Russian cam
paign the German scientists mobiIized
the entomologists."
What for?"
For action on the Bug river
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Cash paid for clean cotton rags At
Daily Express office.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-11-01

AN HEIRESs or TWO
Nestor comedy. Eddie Lyons. Lee
Moran and Jane Waller.
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THE ACE OF DIAMONDS"
a powerful Biograph drama.

HEARsT-sELIG WEEKLY.
Showing eleven interesting subjects
The best weekly in the world Shown
every Monday
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templated asking authority from this
Congress to purchase a submarine or
submarines abroad. nut of course. the
European war makes such a course
impossible now"
This was taken To mean but, on.
thing. our office Of naval lntelli-
n had found out how far We
Jagged behind Europe in submarine
boat building. But Mr.. Daniels has
not let us know that the foreign con-
structors were able TO make specific
guarantees for the delivery of bigger
and superior craft. nor has he told us
that these same people, with every
tn'nc 70 lose should they fail. likewise
promised To deliver the boats in much
shorter time than 1t has taken our
people 10 build tho smallest submarine
they have ever constructed for our
Government.
'ne foreign firm of worldwide re-
nown proposed To build a hoa, of
1000 tons, capable Of making surely
IN and possible 10 knots an hour. and
guaranteed to have that vessel ready
Tor delivery inside of two wears from
the day tho contract should he .igned.
ihey old not say the undertaking
would he an experimental one. nor that
. tho engines were a dehatahle quantity
nut thev stood ready TO make good in
every particular. That promise was
not made in the spring Of 1al4-which
Mr. Daniels has referred to. bu, was
as far back as August of 1918.
If the Secretary II the Navy had
done what he had in mind then the
United states navy would in tho
course of the next three months he
tho stronger by possessing a
submarine vastly superior TO any
thing now in our service. and which
could do everything that the biggest
Of the German boats now have TO
their credit.
Tho mimic war game between A
mira FietcIer's defenders and Rear
Admiral Beatty's invaders has brough,
! our deficiencies more directly home To-
us; but the war in Europe long he
fore that had made clear 10 the naya,
student how sadly lacking we are in
many particulars. We are deficient in
Gestroyers. but evAn II that shortage
he maze good stiil we shall need light
cruisers for heavy weather scouting.
and then there are battle cruisers 10
ne proviied. Lastly, our whole sub
marine fot.ila must undergo a revolu-
ton. We must have more If these
boats and these must he a. e~ficien,
as those now owned by certain Euro
pean nay.es
Further. We must have seagoinr or
h"et suhmerslh'o>- not governmental
craft. hut vessels that can do the work
designed for them and he the equal
al least. Of the best now active on the
other side NJ the Atlantic. Commander
sterling has sails The sma lest sub.
marine that should he built should
not he smaller than about 500 tons
submerged displacement. and this
same expert has declared in the
cas-" Of n potential enemy. Il think
that she could bring her submarines
with her, all those Of sufrcien. ton
mage, 800 tons or ove.."
From this II = not difficult 10 pic.
ture our predicamer'' MANY Of our
own boats to-day are unequal To the
task of defence. while a possible foe
could bring his over the sea TO attack
US
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OUR NAVAL NEEDS AS DISCLOSED BY THE RECENT WAR Gan

tives tried to hide Tho state OF
affairs by parrying the questions of
his inuuisitors. The r. cent break.
downs among the submarines are held
to prove how Justified Commander
Stirling was iu his attitude.
In the name of economy our sub
marine divisions have been provided
with ~improvised tenders in the shape
Of three little harbor defence monitors
vessels designed to operate in shell
tered waters and never int nded to
face the rieors ~ heavy seas. These
monitors have not proper repair facili-
ties aboard and this necessities sub
jecting the submarines to n measure
Of neglect through delayed attention
which only serves to make their stays
at navy yards doub,y long.
The best that can I've said ~ these
monitors Is that they have hunking
accommodations for crews Of the un-
derwater boats and can carry some
supplies and spare parts. At Panama
an old sailing vessel Is used for a
tender and recently. In order to move
this craft about. a tue has been or
dered there. so that tho outfit can shift
around when the submarines 60 sea-
ward for mannuvres' And yet Capt.
winterhalter declared that the fot.lIa
had tenders enough.
More serious than this Is said TO he
the fact that the submarines them
selves are not measuring up to re-
auirements and in actual performance
are falling far behind what has been
! shown possible abroad. 1t is charged
that the engines are experimental
that the storage battery is a X
tious problem and yet IL is asserted in
plain terms that we are no worse off
n these particulars than our foreign
rivals.
This last assertion is not taken
seriously by the naval experts. They
know that the engines Of our sub
marines have given a vast deal Of
trouble and that other nations have
found engines that are N for this par
ticular kind Of work.
Considerable has been written about
the frs, Of our s~eagoins submarines
a craft OF 1000 tons submerged dis
placement and for which a surface
speed Of twenty knots has been prom
ised. But. again. we are told that this
boat Of 1000 tons is 90 big an advance
over those heretofore IN our service
that 1t is Of necessity. largely expert
mental. Further. one of our native
builders has said that the engines FOR
this craft Involve technical difficulties
Of a serious atu and. accordingly
that the Government has allowed the
successful bidder three years IN which
20 build the boat.
Like all the rest 81 our submarines.
when that vessel is finished. she vii
he a back number and lag years be-
hind the state IF the art In Europe.
This may he a mortify.ng revelation
20 most Americans, hut 1t IS reverthe-
less true. Substantially all Of our
submarines have been long DELAYED In
delivery by their hu.lders-in mos.
, cases this has heen a matter Of many
months.
When he appeared before tho Naval
Committee OF the House Of Repre.er-
tatives early IN December Of 1914
secretary Daniels made this ar
nouncement: This last spring We GO
in communication. through our ray4.
experts. with makers Of submarines
in Germany and in France and | con.
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ieiatiOil 20 au,.IicIig meet.
with our coast line. what are three
vessels of this sor even II they meas
ured up to the requirements" While
We have halted in this vital adjunct
to the fleet European navies have gone
on building and lettering them.
Abroad. and among our own nava!
experts. the generally accepted rule is
that for every ~dreadnought or battle
ship Of the first line, at least. there
shall he a quota Of four destroyers.
Indeed, our second line battlcships too
should have the same number Of de-
stroyers to serve for near scouting and
screening work. But We fall wofllly
short when II comes to living up to
this idea OF a balanced force. We have
to-day ready for service in the first
and second lines a total of 36 battle
ships. and according tn the above
ratio we should have IA destroyers.
Actually we have finished and ready
for duty only SO Of these boats. which
means that we have hut a little more
than one-third the number we ought
to have available.
~ n bftll saul, INV hNSll Wy " -
quite apart from their service as tor
psdo vessels, play an exceedingly i'm
portant part in the strategy leading
NJ to actual battle or its avoidance.
They, with the scouts. constitute the
eyes Of the heavy ships. and without
a sufficient number Of these a squad
ron Is either shortsighted or blind, as
the case may he, When Rear Admiral
Beatty, commanding the Red squadron
recently. turned the southern flank of
Admiral Fletcher's furthest flung de-
stroyer. the defending Blues were left
in tho dark, They could not get in
touch with the invaders. and accord
ingly Admiral Beatty was able to slip
by ~unnoticed and ~ mako q dash into
the Chesapeake, where he theoretically
established a base FOR our invasion.
He could not have done this had
Admiral Fletcher had enough scouting
craft 10 cover a wider arc and thus
to have intercepted the foe further
from the coast, giving In that way
ample warning, So that the defending
droadnoughts could he moved In time
To intercept tho enemy before he could
accomplish his purpose.
In point Of fact Admiral Fletcher
PROBABLY had at his disposal fewer
than n score Of dcstroyers 30 cover
tho scouting arc from the coast Of
Maine tn a point somewhere seward
of the capes Of the Chesapeake, and
this only emphasizes the measure of
our shortage.
In 1912 the General Board Of the
navy recommended the building Of two
battle cruisers and Secretary Meyer
asked Congress to appropriate for that
number. but U national legislators
were In a thrifty mood and allowed
that ear hut a single battleship.
The public has heard enough about
battle cruisers 10 have n fair idea of
the nature Of these vessels. They
really represent the modern idea Of
the armored cruiser and are actually
d~readnoughts Of increased speed and
formidable gun power-a sacrifice be-
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weather. to annihi.ate these, and thus
TO break through the foes screen and
send back Information TO the remote
supporting dreadnoughts.
The destroyers measure terms with
enemy destrc yer. and by cooperating
in group and within closer int rivals
they may hold the enemy boats OF the
same type at bay. battle with them
and even drive them further away
from the objects OF their own inquisl-
tiveness. In short the speedy light
cruiser and the d stroyer serve a two
fold purpose: that of scouting TO get
IN touch with the enemy and that OF
screening to prevent the rival craft
from learning anything about the
number. the speed and the course OF
the heavy battleships so shielded and
possibly hidden below the horizon.
II will he recalled hat Admiral Sir
David Beatty's squadron of battle
cruisers was c. ntred, so to speak, upon
a widespread sector having its outer
most line covered by scout cruisers
and It's inner but more numerously
dotted line marked by an arc Of de-
stroyers. Rear Admiral Hyper, COM
handing the German squadron, had
also a formidable array of battle
cruisers covered by a screen Of high
speed light cruisers and a flotilla of
destroyers-the scouting ships and de-
! stroyers being in advance and the first
to come in contact with the British
Nice-Admiral's scouting craft. The
German light cruisers were capable of
! speeds ranging from % to 27.25 knots
"a, la,,- ,,lfIa Tho uroiI niph hnr,npn-
neous light cruiser squadron OF the
| British-somewhat bigger ships-had
a uniform speed u fully 25.5 knots an
hour.
The German scouts as loon as they
learned Of the nature Of the British
| force Of battle cruisers wire . ssed the
information to Rear Admiral Hyper,
who sought to edge off so as to gain
the advantage in falling back upon his
base at Helgoland, The kaiser's de-
! royer equally alive to the work cut
out for them, stroVe to hold off the
Rriti.h destroyers and by their smoke
to hide the movement of their armored
ships. But -Admiral Sir David
! r. atty's scouts broke through the veil
! ana the british destroyers forced their
rivals back as they tore through the
! screen.
What followed is well known. As
the great German cruisers swung
around Rear Admiral Hipper's UNI
hrellallke screen Of dcstroyers closed
and then left IL 10 the big ships t.
fight it out-a long II a running
affair as It proved to he and a battle
that could only have been fought with
battle cruisers,
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ny WILLIAM BRADY, VI. d.

CTRIPED silk suspenders with
German silver and oNidized
~ buckles are coming in again.
During the approaching season
,ruuser supporters will be much af-
iected 10y stout men with a view to
developing the chest. II appears that
a portly person can throw out his
chest with greater security and con
tidence when he has suspenders on.
AS a gen raj rule IT may he said that
a man whose waist measure puts to
shame his chest measur ought to
cultivate s~uspender., even II the law
doesn't r quire him to wear them.
Until recent wears a silly notion
prevailed among the shirtwaist boys
that suspenders were not exactly good
form to wear In public. The 25 cent
kind, given ava with each sl5 suit,
may not he very ornate. but one may
find wonderfully attractive patterns a.
TIE h~aberdashers' for 81 and upward,
The better shops are now showing ex-
elusive designs which really vie with
the present vogue in h~atbands. so that
the discriminating dresser should be
able to obtain some fetching effects in
negligee,
nv IfbklftNlNN NIbTN IN ItdlllIlHE
an old English model in an artistic
weave known as surcingle webbing,
with rusted mountings and ingenious
c.asps at the shoulders to keep the
suspenders close up against the neck.
American inventive capacity has in
deed made the modern article incom-
parahlv superior TO the one-strap gal
ius and shingle nail attachment of our
~Grandsires' time. though the ideal sus-
pender has by no means been achieved
as yet.
In former days mon wore suspenders
to ward off colds, fines or imprison-
ment and gave little thought to the
aesthetics OF the custom. But a great
impetus was given the evolution Of
the garment by the discovery Of adjust
able buckles and in~detachable buttons,
with the addition more recently Of
stern halyards. shock ahsorhers and
ball bearing devices. So that the
present product closely approaches
commercial perfection. although IL
leaves much TO he desired from the
| practical standpoint.
The chief defect to he noted is that
no one has yet succeeded in designing
4 pair universally acknowledged suit
able for n~egligee wear, something
can wear out on the porch on a sultry
summer day without offending the
conventions and s~Candalizing the
~neighbors or displeasing ones wife
and humiliating ones daughters or
winning the contempt Of ones sons.
We have tried all the better brands
on the market and not one II them
stood the test, no matter hat price
we paid. There appears To he a strong
prejudice in certain quarters against
wearing them negligee under any cir
cumstances. Intil this serious short
coming is remedied the garment Can
scarcely be considered perfect. No
article of apparel which causes family
Jars and unpleasantness can he called
a perfect product.
Ministers who invite men to take
on treir coats and make themselves
comfortable IN church may think they
have done their whole duty. hut w
don't think so. Not 70 criticise the
cloth without just reason, perhaps We
may he permitted to drop a gentle
hint In behalf NJ a million perfectly
respectable, well meaning middle aged
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The Seydlitz, type of German
battle cruiser, $4,000 tons dis
placement, speed (maxi-
mum) 2S.I3 knots.

dreainoughts in playing for a strate-
gle advantage. Although more vul-
nerable than our dreadnoughts. SUI
periority of position might easily neu-
tralize this disadvantage.
Admiral Won Specs ships. II will he
recalled. were in the shade. well nigh
lost in the gray OF dusk. while
Cradock's cruisers were sharply out
Tired against the afterglow of The
western sky. It should also he kept
= mind that these battle cruisers are
not the main reliance OF their navies,
but that he. foreign ervices in ques-
ton depend ultimately upon their
S.ower hut mightier hattleships. To
meet an enemy's squadron Of battle
cruisers We should have ~ depend
Gpon tho hest Of our dr~eadroughts,
and while these we're so engaged the
'1e'S dreadnoughts would probably be
able % hammer their way through our
other and less formidable opposing
ships.
The recent naval war game revealed
another weakn 50 of our fleet: a dis
hcarteninC percentage of the subma-
rines engaged in the work cut out for
the defending Blues failed This has
50 thoroughly disturbed Secretary
Daniels that he has set about reor-
ganizinG the administration Of this
branch Of the navy. 4 short while
hack Mr.. Daniels was busy sounding
the praises Of our under water craft
and he gave tho public to understand
that the boats Of our fotilla were
as good as any abroad. Indeed. when
the young officer in charge. Com
mander Yates Stirling. called the De-
partment's attention to the condition
q. { his boats the official acknowledge
inent amounted 10 little short Of a
rehuke. Capt. Winterhalter about the
sam time made light of tho dcfcien-
cies and when before the Naval Com-
mittee Of the House Of Representa-
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ropres-Gtins modern battle units.
r'preset!ng modern battle ulits.
The Reds outwitted the defenders,
s pped around the scouting craft of
IL Blues and within the time limi;
- Got into Chesapeake Bay and
c-'ahliShed, according To the Jules of
q" game. an advance base properly
ir'd and sufficiently defended H.
Withstand attack. With that done,
tloo-orCally. the Reds We're in a
p"si ion to land "A large military force
and To- start an active invasion. strik-
iHs uorthwald toward Washington,
ltt more, Philadelphia or New York.
The >uppoS.tion was that the enemy
would make full use of existing rail-
roads and any other available facilities
O transportation. Why did Admiral
J et,her's Blues fail?
/" the popular mind the principal
purpose Of battle craft Is to get at
tie foe as quickly as possible and to
d's'rov him or to weaken him so that
9 ape is his only choice short Of
surrender. This. however. is hut one
- tho many problems confronting a
r'ht or squadron commander. Between
fVid' forces victory may GO TO the
o." having the choice of position or
te advantage of light. Again, success
:" : certain plan may hinge entirely
h'"n secrecy Of accomplishment, and
a an times a squadron's base, whether
t1t no A permanent one or one to he
'.'ahlishod, will largely innu nee the
manner in which tho nag officer will
'.El.l hi La-zn .g.1,A. l., gAAltno
. avoiding tho enemv. or in d'sposing
" tho forces at his disposition.
HrlefF, Admiral Fletcher failed
""0'iyeiy to defend our shores he
cause bis feet was not a balanced
!" Tho modern aCceptation Of tho term.
i- force WIS sadly lacking in scout
'-tsers, decidedly deficient in de-
r'v'~s and totally lacking in bate
'r,o~e. As for submarines. that is
t'' another story Of shortage and in
'"..oocy.
These things are not matters e
ou'r.o1 Vhero an honest difference
= SH' reasonably no entertained, They
a." conclusions based on facts dis
''-"l 0' tho battles So far fought
w. 'r''ng Cffoct in tho south Pacific.
IN '.r south Atlantic and in the North
'' Indeed. the North Sea battle
'''r- more Vital,v upon II W un-
l'''arrdnosS than the action off the
'''N' oi chile or the so-called Falk-
i".' Islands hEht, spectacular and In
''|'lve As those las, w were.
No niva' commander wants to
'''nh'" upon the onemy. In a way he
".7''ng a game Of chess with stakes
!''o' ing not only his ships and his
r'n hui the honor II not tho security
- nation he represents. There
r. : Is NJ tho utmost Importance
'' him 'hat he should he able to feel
is possible antagonist, lear he
J '+sAro NJ his force and his line Of
an'o while himself being shielded
Ton observation.
7" maj end two types of vessels are
r'' IN vcrsi'lN recognized as essen
"1' .'out cruisers and large sea keep
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Failure of Admiral Fletcher's Fleet to Cope With
Potential Invader Held to Demonstrate Weakness
in Many Details-.Create Lack in Battle
Cruisers and Dcstroyers
-or the first time in more than

-Or the first time in more than
l. $50 years the navy has played
NaI same moving the pro-
',yt on If = moderate stretch
r. ny Atlantic $ aboard. The defend
rs Blues under Admiral Frank
.dl, fletcher have lost. Theoret.-
'.r ,.ur.Iv IS unable to cope
W. % potential invader coming IN
81 II .,n' force and provided with the
Il. - types " hattie craft!
Tt.s outcome OF mimic war is likely
=, . We every peace loving citizen food
far q deaf uf thought. AS has been
told over and over again. the navy IS
fro r,ion's prime defence. Should
o. d~rcijnoughts fai, to- halt an ae-
t.csso~ ,om.n% from ovc the sea
i-on INVASION AID rum liatlon would
e,s'a.ul. o." oar .o'.
I'll, . a.c those tina, vii promptly
r,.ort. "bl. that VAS only make be-
lcvc conflict. In time OF actual
! s~..''Ies only hts count and you
t.oN Admiral Fletcher could not fire
,io,ted guns" The military experts
a. - comfort in this fashion. To
tIfI VT |.f IlHl. WI - IbN ~ liNf VAN ~
,-'.l. shortage IN our battle fleet.
frl they contend that Anne leans
: o.-d rect. ~ 1. because every foreign
. mrg''y knows of our deficiencies
al the : hcmos ~ action take full
Account o. our Weaknesses.
u not necessary 20 go into any
g 80 IDEAS affecting the recent war
mo- n enough 10Y the layman To
) .rN PIN; Ndm al FatCher's problem
1ls p ma p MOI mod :: ono tina ]
,s Ie hs Z We w,re face To face
~ impending str.fa. Instead OF
! ..~g the entire Atlantic coast 10
Is,i ho was called upon to intercept
. 4 :, bring To- acton an imaginary
{ c8Hed tho N d. So X NJ to reach
c- shores and - cs;abl.sG there an
{ iya.,e base with n a gore bounded
! ,1' eastern Limits Of Name on the
nth and Cape Hltteras on the south.
.,1- Admiral Frank Edmund Beatty
! 4 e me % handful, o, shin : 10 repre-
re- % hostile force. but because ~
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Copyright American Press Association.
E type (hrst two on lefD and D type (remaining three) of
United States submarines.

.ns made in the way Of armored de-
fence. The average maximum speed
or our first line battleships Is some
thing short of nineteen knots, al
hough most Of the vessels can do
'~wenty-one knots and some of them a
l!ttle better. The German battle cruisers
and the English battle cruisers are
much faster vessels than the fleetes
# our Observation-Disclosures best of them
angling from twenty-eight tn thirty
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knots an hour and armed with
weapons Of the largest calibres.
In our service we have nothing
short OF the first line dreadnoughts
capable Of measuring forces with the
! iggest of these hattie cruisers. our
armored cruisers would be hammered
to pieces before they could get close
enough to more than just sting these
formidable high speed giants. These
battle cruisers could outstrip our
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strong enough to run at full speed
when buoking a heavy sea
The German Eight cruisers are ves-
sells ranging from 1900 tn 1900 tons.
while the British light cruisers in the
battle Of the North Sea are craft Of
o'"oO tons, and sturdy and faster than
our scout cruisers, because they can
60 hammering along at full TIT in
stormy weather. But ask the eyperts.