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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1H14 i Our buyer, because he was on the ground in New York, was able to purchase, at a decided reduction, high grade hand tailored suits from one of Fifth Avenue's best manu facturers. Women's Fibre Silk Hose Fibre Silk Boot Hose with lisle tops, lisle heels and toes, 35c, 3 pair for $1.00. Full Length Fibre Silk Hose, with garter tops, 50c a pair. Women's All Silk Hose Thread Silk Hose in the new fall shades of green, brown and blue, also black; lisle tops and soles, $1.05 a pair ; BATTLE LINE OPENS ' , TO KANSAN'S NERVE ' ' rt-'ontlhued f rrfm Nin One.) aid t'. Thompson ,a photographer from TopeWa, Kun. Kurnpe la chockablnck with war. photographers,' but Thompson la th unljr on I have come acroaa who haa itrn war and actually photographed It. N'6 one but an American could hsv ae- conVpllslied what he haa and no American but on from Kansas. iHtUner "mil Wlu. . Thompson is a Utile man. built Ilka Harry Lauder, hard aa nail, tough as rawhide. Ma' far' tanned the.'relor of a welt smoked meerarheum and hla (see perfectly wreathed in .what ha calls hla "Sunflower smile.'.' Thompson reached Europe on a tramp ateamar with an overcoat, a toothbrush, two clean handkerchiefs and three large camera. II expected to lav aome of them amaahed. he explained, ao ha brought along three as a mere matter of precaution. "By using a big camera no on can pos sibly aceu m ef being a py." be ex plained. Hia papers conalat of an American pass port, a certificate of membership tn the Elks and a letter from ttamuel Hushes. Canadian minister of mllltla, autho a him to take picture of the Canaalsn troopa. Theee and hla unmitigated nerve have taken him .where no civilian ha been. Ma Time Arreeted. Thompson made nine attempt to get from Pare.to the front. k He waa arrcetej nine time and spent nine night in prlaon. .Each time he waa taken before a military Everyone The Great War Manual v In it you will fin J over 1,300 indexed facta and places and personalities connected with Mi stupendous conflict now iliakiiig Europe .and the world. THE OMAHA BEE will send you copy today, bound in fctrong cloth, full of maps ahji picturoa' and data about the war. This great War fabuanias been 'prepared by the Editors of The World's AVork.Vhich is a jruarantee of its unquestioned authority. ...... '. . . . .. . Tear off ihii coupoa and brinit to The Bee ! I ' office with 50 centa for vonr codv. Add I , JTive. cents for postage ... We will The Store for Shirtwaists Is showing an attractive black lace over white blouse for $6.50. The Autumn Waists are priced from $2.95 to $27.50. Long Silk Gloves 16-button length, double tip silk gloves, white only. Special values, 69c a pair. HOWARD AND SIXTEENTH r-i trlbimi'.l. I'tterly Ignoring the subordinate offi cer, he would demand to so the com manding officer. Me would graap that sMonltihrri official by the hand and nearly wring tl off, meanwhile. Inquiring solid of his family. "How many languagea do you apeak?" 1 naked. "Three," aaid he, "English, American end Tankee." . Ready wiltb Btraiee. On on occasion he commandeexed a motorcycle standing outalde a cafe aid rode It until the gasoline gave out. On another occasion he . explained to the Frnrh officer who had arreeted him that he wa sin search of his wife am" ui. ter. who were dying somewhere ..i the Rrlglan frontier. Shortly after midnight a train of flat car loaded with wounded pulled Into the station. Thompson climber on top. There wa an American refugee train standing on the next track, and he made a flashlight picture. Panic ensued In the tat'on. Every on thought that a Oer man' bomb bad exploded. 1 ' ' To Prosit oa Troop Trela. Thompson wss pulled down and roughly handled, but the British ld1rr Inter fered and a'd he belonged to their regi ment, eo he wss released. Shortly afterward a train loaded with artillery being ruined ot the front pulled Into the station. Thompaon crawled un der the tarpaulin covering the flelu guns and fell asleep. When he awoke the next morning he was at lions. A regi ment of Highlanders Was passing. Hs borrowed a helmet and fell In with them. He marched four hours under a scorch ing sun and then went Into the trenches with the soldiers All through that terrible day Thocnp- .i-J-i. i Needs 47 f when sent by' mail ! $27.50 to,$40 relay $18.75 Suits embracing practically all of the new style ideas in a remarkably wide range of fabrics, ' including broadcloths, serges, pebble serge, poplins and novelty weaves. All the popular Fall colors are represented including navy blue, black, green and plum. Sizes ,14, 16, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44. We would consider these suits good values when offered for $27.50 to $40.00. Saturday one day only we offer them for $18.75 Because of the very low prices suits on approval or accept their also make a small charge for alterations. Fashion Calls For More Hair To Be Worn With the New Large Hats COMBINATION SALE. A around Transforma tion and 24-inch Switch, both of natural wavy hair, Special, $2.90 for both. An all-around Transforma tion and a 28-inch Switch, both of natural wavy hair, Special, $3.70 for both. A Sanitary Hair Roll, that can be washed and combed, 50 cents. Large Rise Ton Hut Net of real human hair, Hpexial, COc. Combing made Into Switches, Puffs, Transformation, etc. Mall Orders Wiled Promptly. Hair ood flection, Third Floor. on piled his trad as soldiers did theirs. Men were hot dead on either side of him. The British wore so hard pressed he was d'sregarded, ao he dunned for ward and lay down Immediately In the rear of the Hrltlsh guns. He said that the Oerman fire waa wounderfully accu rate and rapid. They would concentrate their entire fir on one battery and when that was out of action would turn to another. That night he bivouacked with a French line regiment, the men giving him food and a blanket. The next morning he waa arrested for the tenth time and taken be fore the general commanding the dlvl alon, stripped and searched and sent to Amiens under guard with orders to leave Instant for Kn?. A the train for Iioiilog,. waa pulling out, packed to the door with refugees, he noticed a first class compartment marked "reserved" and occupied only by a young woman. Nationality Save lllat. The train was moving, but Thompson took a running jump and dove through an open window Into the lap of the aston ished lady. She waa considerably startled until he explained he waa an American. The woman, who waa young and very good looking, proved to be a countess, a Russian of high family, leaving Paris for Petrograd. The government had given her a compartment, but she bad her maid and all ter money takea from her. Thompaon told her that Scotland Yard detectives would search him When the train reached Boulogne and aaked her If she would con real his films on hsr person. She con sented, but asked In return fo rthe danger she was Incurring, to be paid 1.000 francs. He only had 3S0 francs, so he paid her the balance in cigar store coupons, which he explained were American war cur rency. She aeemed quite satisfied. Thompson said he paid her almost enough coupons to get a briar pipe. At Boulogne he was arrested, stripped and searched, but nothing was found. He was permitted to continue to London, where he went to the countess' hotel and recovered the negatives.. An hour later hs was on hlj way to the continent. MIKADO TAKES LEAF FROM KAISER'S BOOK eBMsasSBBSawS) WAAHlNaTON. Kept. 4-Landlng of Japanese troops on Chinese territory to take part In the attack on the Oerman defenses at Klao-Chow I net viewed at the Japanese embassy here as a violation ! of China's neutrality which can lead to ny serious protest ! , Whan a nation's "vital self-interest." I which virtually means Its life, Is at stake. ft waa said at the embassy, that nation la not obliged to hold Itself to the strict letter of neutrality. Walter Korfloet le Dead. STORM LAKE, la.. Sept. l- Special. Waltor Norfloat, the youug maa who as stabbed at Nemaha August it died ' at 1:SD thla afternoon of u re rale aeptlcema. i Young Korfloet had made a brave fight for hla Ufa while lying In the owallum hospital and up till noon today was be lieved to have a good chance for recov ery. Norfloat la the laaooent victim of a brawl at Nemaha. we cannot send these return. ml j CZAR WINS TWO BIG BATTLES IN. AUSTRIAN POLAND (Continued from Page One.) captured In the Immediate vicinity of ljemberg another score of guns. The forward movement of the Rusatane con tinued without Interruption, the Austrian having entrenched In a strong position west Of Lemberg at Gorodak, eighteen miles back, on which to retire . when forced past Lemberg. Of the magnitude of the Russian vic tory before Lemborg there can bo no question, the correspondent add. The Austrian forces amounted to no less than 20O.0P0 men with eno srttlKry ' pteoes. There were three complete army corps, ths third, eleventh and twelfth and parts of the fourteenth and seventh. An Aus trian armp corps on war footing, It was explained Is raised to three divisions of which the third la made vf of reserves. By this victory Russia haa put out of action a quarter of th total Austrian flrt lino troopa and caputured nearly a quarter of the Austrian artillery, besides commanding all roads leading from Uallcla Into Hungary. The Oallclana warmly welcomed th Russian troops, ao eoidtng to the prisoners, who also spoke of the terrible execution of the Russian artillery. Beglaalaar of ae Ead. LONDON. Sept l-(l:3 a. m.)-The Tim correspondent In Petrogrsd sends the following under data of Thursday: "Information toluegraphed by the head quartere etsff today encourages the hopo thst the victory at Lemberg is only th beginning of the end. The retreat of such an enormous force, reliably esti mated at eight ermv mroa tk.n oonjunctlon with the rout of the army wnicn wss to servs aa a screen to their retreat alreadr aoella fltataaf kt aamnl.t. and overwhelming. Information obtained oy ine war office shows that tn. ..... son has already been preparing positions ... uruutK, twenty miles to the west ward, on tho railway to Prsemysl. "The fall of LamUra hiih . .... junction of eight Important railway Hoes. we nussians absolute masters of the whole eastedn dalle la." Aastrlaa glove May stevolt. LONDON. Sept. i-(4:e a. m-V-A dis patch to the Router Telegram company from Rome says that from private news which came aoross th Austrian fron tiers It apiwar that great dlsoootent pro vslls among th Austrian troops of Slav nationality. Several casae of Insubordina tion, It Is said, have beJh supproeeed by the shooting of those suspected of dis loyalty, but a mutiny tn aome of the reglmenta la feared- AUSTRIAN SHIP SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER LONDON. Sept. .:. p. ' m The sinking of the Austrian steamer Bathori by a British cruiser In tho Bay of Biscay waa reported this afternoon. IENEMY IS TWENTY MILES FROM PARIS Line Now Extendi to Creil, StnlU and Crepj-en-Valoi, Town Cloia to Capital. AIIITS NOW ON SIEGE LINE Have Fallea nark to Ktreoathe.iied Positions Both Keel aad West frosa Paris (saaaalsg Breaks Wladows. . BILLETIX. PARIS, Sept. 4. (J:40 p. m.) It Is officially announced that the opposing armies ' around Parts have not come In contact. They continue their movements taking positions." BltLKTI. LONDON. Sept. 4 (4:65 a. m.) The correspondent of the Times at Dieppe, under Thursday's date. Indicates that 'the Germans are leas than twenty-five miles from Paris. He aays: "AH day yesterday the head of the wedge which now forms the German right was furiously .forcing its way to Paris, battering at the rear of the' retreating French through Senile and Crepy-en-Valois. Th cannonading broke windows in Chantllly, which Is only seventeen miles north of Paris. The Germans are also near Solssons." BULLETIN. LONDON. Sept. 4 (3:15 a. m) In a dispatch from Rouen, France, a correspondent of the Chronicle says he has learned that the French authorities In Paris are considering the surrender of the city to the Ger mans In order to avoid the destruc tion of property from artillery fire. This will only be done, the corre spondent .declares, in case the outer Una of the defenses ot Paris are passed by the invaders. British, French and Belgian wounded are being transferred from Paris to other cities and the-great exodus of the populace of the French capital to the south continues . .. - .i, , ,, , . .. - . ; , Tweitf Miles from Parts, ' LONDON, Bent.; 4.-0010 a. m.)-Th Oerman army,-at least at one point. Is now within twenty miles' of the outer fortifications of Pari, according to late advices received here. However, the veil of secrecy over' tho western area of the fighting the country north of Paris never has been hsrder to penetrate than during the last twenty four hour. There Is no evidence at hand to show -ths t -the- persistent -ad vanco - of the Germans haa been appreciably checked.'".'. .;...-.. -.'.'- t Late ngws dispatches from Dieppe de scribe the Oerman right as at the rear of the retreating French through Crell, Penlls and ' Crepen-en-Valols, towns (Continued on Page Two, Column One.) twenty-four, twenty, land, yiirty-five miles, respectively, dlstsnt from the' boundaries of Paris proper. The fortifications of the French capital extend roughly ten miles beyond the city' limit. Th allies probably now occupy a line or alega both to the vast and. west of Paris. ..... , ; Cheat Is In Panic. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Ghent says the people there are In a panic over the expected advance ot the Qermuns on their city, which is Indicated by the per sistent presence of aeroplanes and scouts In Its vicinity. It la believed that the Germans are -now at Termonde, sixteen miles east of Ohent Th Belgians tiavo flooded ths district around Wallnes to hinder the progress of ths German artillery. ' Omaha real estate is the best Investment you could makH Read The liee s it al estate columns. DRIVING WEDGE TOWARD PARIS i ... . . . r- f : , .. "(Continued from Pag One.) plegne, in. whlcb the British took a heroic part - This -battle took ' place Tuesday morning. ; The allies'' left was brought around and to the southwsrd on Monday. The headquarters of the left wing was at Aumale. under th French general, De made, tho Morroocan hero. ' On" Tueaday the left wing was well to the north of tho lino from Ctourney.Kn-Drsy to Beau vala, and It has sines closed, tn still more on the German arow head." British Ptght at St. Qaenlln. "St. Quentln was th scene of a British fight on Sunday. On tho British right, tho French under Genernl Pau scored a distinct success. On Sunday and Mon day, tho Germans were hotly pressed near Guise. The French hammered away at th enemy and completely demoralised them. Tho German losses were very heavy. A French Infantry captain who waa wounded told mo: ' Wo took th offensive and bent their line back to La Fere,' he aald. "The British forces are still Intact and Inflicting Immense damage on th enemy. The Brittah forces bear th strain of con tinual fighting even better than the French. They appear to be an array of athlstss tn top form. .... One of tho British wounded said: " These Germans seem to have an In exhauatlblo supply of troops. We mow them down and atlll they come on. It la Impossible successfully to oppose such a mass of troopa unlass you hav big sup pert.' "On of tho moat striking things to one who wanders about en tho firing lino of the armies Is ths cheerful optimism of the French troops. They have had some bad time, but none of thera are dis couraged and all are confident of ulti mate victory. . Frearh Soldier's Diary. ' 'The following Is a verbatim extract from a French soldier's dairy: " 'Arrived Kth at 8L Quentln, 'where en gaged In reoonnalsance work.' " Twenty-seventh learned Germans ap preaehiag, - wboreusoa wo ovaeuated" Bt. Quentln. destroying railway bridge as we go. Arrived la tho evening at Te'rg nler. ' " Twenty-eighth, reached Cnauay this afternoon. Twenty-ninth, ordered back to Terg nler. .because the Gerptans had succeeded la forcing tho English linos. We passed A :2 FALL MATS Will nronite yon Into trying; on one of the new contrast band styles, 'a hit that hM taken the town by storm." II one of the first to wear this new fall novelty. The Guarantee Special Hats Of quality and style. Fea tured in all the correct shapes of soft and tfl Q0 -.iie An r P U sim nais, $4.tu : See these new hats in our windows. LAST CHANCE! To secure our finest suite. $18.00 Suits.... $9.00 1 20.ori Suit-., si n nn H $25.00 Suits... $12.50 $30.00 Suits... $15.00 OFF $35.00 Suits... $17.50 Kr.,Y Mostly all suits are medium weight. (GUARANTEE CLOTHING GO. 1519-21 DOUGLAS STREET -"J K. . AJI-VTSnr A, MATH aw3 $19.50 Sale Saturday is Dress Day Probably nowhere In the west will you find such a collection of exclu sive dresses as we are showing for our Saturday sale. TUT MATXaXAX: used tn these dresses are satins, crepe de chines, crepe taffetas and beautiful serges with satin combinations. THE STYLES B as ansa In modi fied and extreme models. Mandarin In -a late (novation. The- new two tier effects. ' TM TALUKS Not a single dress offered at this sale Is worth leas than $11 00 and most of them are worth $27.80. $30.00 and $35.00. They have everyone, been passed on by the best style critics. Every dress has been censored by our quality expert, so that every garment offeredt is of th regular House of Menagh nuall ty. There are about 200 offered for Saturday, ao come early and get the best pick. SXKOS MESSES TO SOSOOI. WEAJt. We have specially prepared for the Miss who goes to school the pretti est showing f serge dresses that will be offered In Omaha this season. We have pretty all wool serge dresses with satin sleeves and satin skirts at SS.SS. We have 100 beautiful serge dress es mnrte In styles that will Just stilt' ' you If you want esoluslve . models,'. , They are specially priced for Satur day at $18.60 and $10.00. Saturday Will Be a Great Day in Our Millinery Dept. We have 100 copies of French models that we have specially ar ranged for Saturday. All of the new velvet and plush shapes will be shown, fiices $S.OO and f 10. The House The Store for Gentlewomen" "Eomrybody Know Lon'" FALL HATS READY Once more Leon's are ahead with the new styles for Fall, 1914 "Tom Pepper" SAVE $1 on YOUR NEW FALL HAT You men and younfcT men who want Broad way styles of today that are absolutely correct, combined with good honest Leon quality, need pay no more than two dollars. And here you will find a range of styles and co ors large enough to please men of all tastes no matter how. extreme or conservative. LOOK AT OUR WINDOWS They are fashion plates of hat styles that are cor rect for the coming season. You'll appreciate the many new colorings in contrast effects which are 11 j a H A T S T Y L E s I I B lr Tnstnas' L rcauy very peautuui. "Leon's $2 Calais Omaha's Beat" Prod not 31 S SOUTH SIXTEENTH ST. Opp. BeaUta Kotal "Everybody Knowi LEON'S" Monteacourt and reached Jussey. where we hold back the Oermana momentarily. We were ordered to destroy all railroads and bridges on the main Una to Paris, and we work all night to the sound of cannon.. We assist many refugees all along the line. ' ' Thirtieth, we Are at Complegne. We heard cannonading continually. We hear the German being badly beaten at St. Ouentin. We ssslst la a duel between a Germs a biplane and a French monoplane. The' biplane loees the fight aad falls Into Peep at Our STETSON HATS The hat that sets the stand ard of values in hatdom. Stetsons are featured g a r by us In the new fall JS JDJ coloring ajid shapes. UjfbUU ovb Broken lots of our $10 and $12 Suits, sizes 33 to 44; Saturday $4.75 of Silk Dresses at the House of Menagh . $5.90 Sal Trotting Skirts for' Saturday. We offer, for Saturday 100 Talleur Skirts that are made for street wear. They come In the new accordlan sad' 1-Inch sidle pleats, slso fine effects that are pleasing. Kverynne of this lot. values to $8.00, are on sale Bst urday at $5.90. Illustration show the new B&aque model. Hieavy silk Jersey underskirts, all new fall colors, specially priced at $2.48. of Menagh 1613 Farnam Street H A T S T Y L E 1 1 the allies' line. 8 1 no leaving 6t. Quen ijtln ere hav been with English troops. '.Rumors of a Oerman defeat at St. Quen I tin must be falae for the English troopa j are retiring. W evacuate Compelgne jand reach Lianrourt.' " 'I Uancourt, mentioned In tha French sol 'dler's dairy as the polat to which the J British and French had retired on An- ,gust M, ts tn the department of the Olsa 'and only about twenty-five miles aorta iiof Paris. Ij "Bean BrnmmeU" ISi mtliisa