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TilH JJKK: OMAHA, TI KSDAY, PKCKMFER 15. 1914. THOMPSON, BELDEN -S CO. Women's Robe, Ki- monos and House Dresses Bath Robes in nil color?, $2.98 to $5.50. Crepe and Fleeced Kimo nos, Crepe Apron sets Houpo Dresses. -If yon wish to make a most acceptable gift any one of these are appropriate. ' Basement. Children's Bath Robes and Kimonos Plain and fancy colors, sizes 2 to 14 years, $1.75 to $3.50. . Third Floor. Toilet Goods Specials Sachet Powder, 5c 75c Perfume, 39c Sale of Wool Dress Goods $1.75 to $2.50 Quality, Now 98c a Yard Extraordinary value taken from our regu lar stock. Many of them dress lengths only. A dress or skirt length will make a handsome Christmas present and costs but little. Your choice 98c a yard. GERMAN CRUISERS CHASED BY ENGLISH SQUADRON Above, the Dresden; be low, the Nurnberg. At right: Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturde. Handsome Scarfs, Pink, Light Blue Ivory and Black, Now 29c Ea. . Generous size, two yards long. Hand somb colors. Regular 75c quality, your choice at 29c. Silk Dept. Main Floor. Women's Winter Underwear Women's Fleeced Cotton Union Suits, hisrh neck, loni? t-leaves, 1 hitch neck, elbow sleeves, ankle length, 1$.X). Women's Wool Union Suits, different styles, $1.25. We have a beautiful line of Swiss ribbed lisle Vests, hand crochet t'p. They make very pretty gifts. .Vic and up. Third Floor. M i i 1"l .- :- A - t-T?'-Vi" rWrj-. .."., m kv " v -.--'". n-m' fn ' " ' i-.. ..-"Ian ' j AUSTRIAN BODROG BADIiYCRIPPLED Hirer Monitor ii the Target for Hail of Shells from the Servian ' Artillery Sear Belgrade. SMALL BOATS EFFECTIVE second ex- without mishap, nl lati curslon wan made. On th fifth trip. October 21. at : a. m., while near Sabacs, the Teme hit mine anil Bank alraoat Immediately, losing thirty-three of Ita crew In tha explosion and by drowning-. It la aald that Invaluable work liaa baen dona by tha Danube and Have flotilla. Their patrol' work has been excellent almost unique In scope and nature, and many retreata of the Serbs across tho Sav river have been rendered coatly by them. la Be-rtanlNt f the War They Hit Patrwll! ' Diaake L Praatrat- Maay Attempts y The Allies. . (Correspondent of Tha Aaaoclated Press.) PETBRWARDEN. Hungary. Nov. 11 A ah ell from a Servian run hit the upper deck of th Austro-Kungarlan river j monitor Botlrog, smashed up thlnfa con ' alderably In the galley, (tut a eteamplpe ns If It haa been mad of cheeae, then hit tha Iron floor and exploded, fta content breaking; up whatever had remained In tact In the galley. Ftve ether .hell came In rapid auceeaa'on. One of them put a. large dent tn lh armor well for ward, three other did a similarly negli gible' amount of damage, but the fifth expio4ednacalnat the outside . of tli crow neat broke tha bark of the Inok out and aruached of hie ler. ' ' ' HeeJlet of the heavy fir two of the rrew rushed up to th crew' Beat and lowered th ln)urd man with a rop. Tliey were carrying him aoroaa th upper dok to a place of aafety when Servian infaatry on th bank fired a volley. Mtrang to aay, tha reacuers eacaped un hurt, while the wounded man received two nioro woonda, a bullet in th arm and th lega. Meanwhile alx other of the crew, which numbered about ninety, had been wounded. All ia Day's Work . Tne commander of the Bodrog, lieu tenant Olel Wolff, explained today thla aa a mar Incident In a day' work. With other hi veaacl had been aent late la lieptfinber to Belgrade to give aub atane to a aliam demonatratlon which waa t prevent a maaalaa" of th Servian army agalnat a small Auatro-Hungartaa fore west of Belgrade along th Save river. . ,., To navigate th Danube along the Aer vlan border waa then, and la at present, no small matter.' according to lieutenant Welft la aplte of th taot that th moni tor and other ciaft of the Auatro-Hun-aartaa Luu flotilla ar painted a pe tullar sort of dive, which mell com pletely Into the vettetatlon along the bank th (hlpi were vUtWe agalnat the back ground of drab anub water and offered aa aay .target.. To th fir which the Servian artillery concentrated Invariably upon the hated monitor the Austrian tan reply with but small effect. The Barbs maak th poaltlona of their gun tn a very thorough manner and before th crew of the monitor ha located a alngle poaiUun a veritable hall of ahell come. D Effeetlv Wrk. But vulnerable apota on even a monitor ar not many, and field artillery la not dealgned to cop with armor plate. For tuea reasons the Auatro-Mungarlan mon itors have been, able to do much good wrk. Not n of them haa been aunk by Kervlan artillery. The Teme. aUter ahlp of the Bodrog, went down on October O by hitting a mine In a field which It had traversed four tlmra - under leas fa vorable circumstances. The. blocking of th juouth of the Save by the Kerbs at the outbreak of the war TWO AMERICANS' SLAIN JN MEXICO Bryan Direct an Investigation of Reported Outrage Agftinit U. S. in Sonora FIBINO AT NACO CONTINUES Respective Commander fall Re eelT laatraetUas (haf natterrra aaa Carranaa Hay Were f Iaaaa, "WASHINGTON .De. 14. Thomas Francis and another American, whoa nam has not been determined, have been killed In Snnora, Mexico, according to a report today from th American conaular agent At Cananea. Becretary Bryan directed an Investigation. No de tails were given in today's dispatch, ex cept that the killing took place between Agua Prieta and Nacosarla. Although both provisional President Outlerrea and general Carrania assured th American government that their forces had been Instructed to confine their fir to Mexican territory, nothing official had been received, lata today to Indicate the receipt of such Instructions by the respective commanders at Nac.o. Officials here are unable to. understand th delay in th delivery of .the mes sages, copies of which ' have passed through American telegraph ltnea to Naoo. In the meantime Intermittent fir ing continues. Ths general belief tonight was that President Wilson would wait at leaat another day, perhape discussing the sub ject with his cabinet tomorrow, and then if the demand of th Vnltei Bute were not compiled with, the threat of ths Washington government to return with artillery firs any firing Into American territory would b carried out A yet, however, no further order have been aent to Brigadier General Tasker H. Bllee. In charge of the ittuatlon at Naco, Arisuna. HOPE COMPROMISE ON DAHLMAN IS GO (Continued from Page One.) MUSCOVITES WIN A GREAT YICTORi Czar'i War Office Beporta Piercing , the German Line in the Vicin ity of Frzasnyu. SWINGING MOVEMENT SUCCESS Raaslaa Left Advmae oa Mala Road fraaa Plk to Mlawi Battl Kads with Cavalry Fight at Jarvnalaetaa. acixicTinr. PKTROORAD, DC 14. The general staff of th Russian army has given out the following communication under data of Sunday, December 13: "Ther has been no engagement of im portance on any of the fronts. In ths region of Mlawa we continue to' fore back th German troops, who are In re treat, . i "On the left wing of the river Vistula ther haa been no change, "In tli region of Mount Buekla, Aus trian column ar coining down the northern slop of th Carpathians." PKTROORAD, Dec. U-CVla London.) Report reaching here today from th front state that th operation of Rus sian forces north of Warsaw, partial suc cess of which wa announced last week, have now resulted in a decisive victory, after having pierced the German front beyond Ctechanow and Prsaanyss. Th Russian success on this front, according to these advices, has been clinched by a wide swinging movement of th advanc ing Ruaalan left on th main highway from Plock to Mlawa, concluding In a heavy cavalry engagement at Juroml netna, seven mile southeast of Mlawa. Ruaalan succeaaea of this nature would have three Important results. The im mediate pressure north of Warsaw would be relieved and .the German threat against ths railroad lines leading east from th city would be answered. Rus sian troops on th right of th Vistula river would be freed to sk a crossing and endanger the, position of ths left Wing of the German army In th region of Lods. It is said her that th Russians will now be able to alralgnten their entire front, running to the Katurlan lake. Baaalaaa Defeat Tarks . An official communication Issued by th Russian army staff of tn Caucaau aay "All day Friday fighting occurred on the front, extending through the vll iagea of Pyruak, Aamer and Tutak (south east of Kraerum.) The enemy waa ev erywhere repulsed and pursued oeyond the Euphrates with sever losses. tie raisers and llv tock assoclatlona of the west and southwest as well a th packer and last week a score of repre sentatives of these Interests appeared, be fore th commission to demand that the new tariffs be suspended pending srgu ment. This sfternoon ths Interstate Commerce commission grnnted 'the prayer of the petitioners and un order waa Issued Juat at the close of the business day which suspends the Increases until Anrit is i ol:ied four of the Austro-Hungariun j ,h" rn'n,lm the commission will hear iiionhore to remain In that river. Betweeu j rk"umcnt by the railroad representatives in lavor oi inc Uicreasea and bv the GOETHALS AGAIN ASKSFOR WARSHIPS (Continued rrom fat Ont.) I '' : mi U1 ti-., Iv I i I ta ill I 1 Y-V aV-Vw . I . 7 -T"-4 V 4 X if 3 sjjsgjgmaW ECZEMA SPREAD ALL OVER HANDS Would Dry, Crack and Swell. Could Not Put Hands in Water Nor Do Work. .Itching and Burning Ter rible. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Hands Well. lot 8. Boots St.. Marion, Ind "Fins th eeamna started on my fingers, then spread all over my bands. It broke out la tiny Misters, then would get dry and crack and swell so I could not have my hands In warm water they hart m so badly. I could no do all my work. Tb Hebteg aad burning wer terrible. Ths more I scratched aay hands tha worse It mad then. Thy wer so bad I oould not help eratcMng tbm and would walk th floor tbey annoyed tne so. I could not sleep, lost many nights of rest on account of tb My hands wer not It to be see and I kept them wrapped np aad wors mittens that I made out of old linen. "I was about on year using remedies, then I saw an adverUaement in tb paper ' saying that Cuticura Soap and Ointment were good. I wrote at once for a sample. Than I bought one cake of Cuticura Soap and on box of Cuticura Ointment and be fore they were half gone I oould see my hands were better. Before th second box of Cuticura Ointment waa gone my hands were well and hav remained well aver stnos." (Signed) Mr. O. W. Sharp, Oct. 91, 1013. Samples Free by Mall Although Cuticura Soap (26c) and Cvtf eura Ointment (50c.) are Bold throughout the world, a sample of each with 33-p. Skin Book will be sent free upon request. Ad dress post-card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston." rr SERVIANS CAPTURE 28,000 MJSTRIANS French Official Report Telli of Ad vance Made at Several Point of Battle Front MINES USED IN LAND FIGHT Preach AM t Mora Up Their Maes by ITslagr High EzploelTea Moa teaegrrla Drift Aaatrtaaa Aerea th Drtaa. PARIS, Dec. 14. The French . official communication, given out In Paris, read as follow: ' There ha been nothing of Importance to report between the sea and the Olse. In th region of the Alnne to the northwest of Bouplr. th enemy bom- bardly violently our- entrenchments, W replied and detnonsned his positions. There were no Infantry attacks from one Id or the'other. Our artillery destroyed an Important, field work of the enemy In th vicinity of Allies. "In th Argonne, at the forest of 1a Orarle, we have made alight progress by th us of mine. . Ther were no attack from the enemy. "On th height of the Meuae ther haa been violent cannonading. Batteries of th enemy would appear to have been moved to positions further north. Repala C'oaater Attacks. In th Woevr district, after having occupied a line of entrenchments along a front of tot yards In the forest of Mort main, our troop repulsed two violent counter attacks. "In Alsace our advance ha brought our front to a line that paasea 426 'yard to th north of Btetnbach, thence to Pont d' Aspach. and thence to Pont De Brlnlg hoefen. 1,300 yarda t the west of Eglln gen. "Servla: During the daya of December 10. 11 and U th enemy continued to re tire along the entire front. The Hervtan advanc guard hav progressed as far aa Veliki and Bosnlak, In ths direction of Rhabata. and as far a Kavlaka, In the direction of Losonlca. During their retreat th Austrian abandoned many trophies of war. From th time the Servian re sumed the offensive up to the Itth of De cember, Inclusive, the number of prison ers made by th Servian reaches SS.0O0. The Servians captured seventy-four can non and forty-four machine guns. "Montenegro: After two days of fight ing Montenegrin force have captured Vlshnegrad and driven the Austrian back to the other aide of the Drlna river." TURK WAESHIP IN DARDANELLES HIT BYT0RPED0 (Continued from Plge One.) umably wa not scratches. It escaped gunfire and the pursuit of torpedo boat in a manner truly remarkable, and it was necessary for It crew to endure the ordeal of remaining under water for nine hour on a stretch. Busslan guns have from time to time Inflicted some damage on Turkish warships bombarding Russian porta, but th disaster reported today robs th port of Its Ita first big ship. Tha loss of life Is not estimated in the brief announcement of th episode given out by th British admiralty, but If the Messudleh was manned as other Turkish ships have been, then ther were a num ber of German officer on board. r Official Rert at Raid. - The bureau's statement is is follow: J'Yesterdsy submarine B-ll, In charge of lieutenant Commander Norman B. Holbrook of the royal navy, entered the Dardanelles and In spit of th difficult current dived under flv row of mine and torpedled the Turkish battleship Messudleh, which was guarding the mine field. "Although pursued by gunfire and tor pedo boats the B-ll returned safely after being ubmerged. on on occasion, for nine hour. "When last seen tha Messudleh was sinking by th stern." The Messudleh was an old boat, having been built at Blackwell. England. In 1874. and reconatructed at Genoa In 190J. It waa 332 'feet long, fifty-nine feet beam and of about lo.oou tons burden. It haa a speed of seventeen and one-half knots and its main battery consisted of two 9.1-lnch guns in turret and twelve -inch gun In battery. In the war with Orece In Ult th Messudleh wa reported badly dam aged In a naval battle in th Dardanelles. It carried a crew of 000 men. RUSS LOSE OYER HUNDREDTH ODS AND Berlin Official Pre.ii Bureau Quotei Paris Tempi on Muscovite Casualties. OVER HALF .MILLION TAKEN Germaa Utatcmeat Asserts that Aslatle aad Africa Troop Ised aa Fd for Powder" r Freaeh aad English. BERLIN, Dec. 14. (By wireless to Bay villa, L. I.) Among the item Issued to day by the official press bureau for pub lication are the following: "Th Temps (Parli) estimate the Rus sian losaea at over 1,900,000, of whom more than 600,000 hav been made prison er. . "The board of the Milan corn ex change has addressed a protest to the Italian foreign minister, charging arbi trary seleure by the British and French of eleven Italian steamers. "The Oasetta Del Popolo . (A Turin newspaper) report from Dunkirk that an enormous percentage of the Indian and North African troops have ' been severely wounded because they wer used a 'food for powder' by the Eng lish and French." Bavarian Soldiers At Antwerp Meeting AMSTERDAM, Deo. 14 -(Via London.) A dispatch to th Handelblad from Ant werp saya reports ar current in Antwerp of a mutiny on the part of th Bavarian troops garrisoning the olty. While the story is not confirmed, It Is a fact that the Bavarian barracks have been closed to outsiders. UNIQUE HAVE A PHOTO BOOK PUATH MADK FOR HER Inexpensive SAMPLE UPON APPLICATION., Bee. Engraving Dept. 103 BEE BUILDING. 3 J 4vJ Bi MM If sZLV mm (JJ Mi 0 m flmr-"lti It Mat laW!" lra lHagjal everybody Reads the) day'g happening . tv7 day. If folk don't read yttar stor new arcrv day, It'a your fault. AMUSEMENTS. the city of liulgrad and th barrier, how ever, lay a territory through which the t'erba could easily effect an invasion of the empire, and It aeemed dealrabl to have these craft available la ome op eration, occupying th greater part of October. . ... 1 , . Mt Ta Prblea. How to get monitor past Belgrade was a problem. Ths vessels not only would have to steam through a large mine field nn-1 past th Servian artillery position, but they would also Lav to pass under th International bridge which connects Belgrade with Bemllu. X bomb dropted rrom th bridge upon the deck of a moni tor would hav frustrated th plan. Oa a dark night, September 1. part of tb Danube flotilla, tha monitors Bod rog and Tern and a vara! other vessel, set out on tha perilous trip past Bel grade and succeeded In getting as far aa Gipsy Island. Th mines wore avoided by slgutB-iag through the field and. con trary tt, rxpectatlona, th Herb threw no liub from th bridge. They had thoUKht ;U enterprise of th Austrian boats lm Kible, but discovered to their Pont that Uiey had taken too much for granted. A ft days later tb flotilla returned, again stock raisers opposition. and others Interested in Denartaaeat Order. - WASHINGTON. Dec. U-fscll Trl egiani.) Nebraska pensl'ina granted: M. 1 '". -Ml mien, Kmeltne Mitchell, Mo Cook. li The comptroller of the currency baa ap proved the aillcUio of the following persons t.i organise lh First National lank f Frankfort, a 1.. capital Uuu: A. U. Kolmison, J. W. Yaurr, A. N. Nahn en and H. A. Kleppln: (to succeed the rarnifra Ktale bank 4f KVankfort . Assistant fekMirtar yof the Treasury Newton bus aelm ted the site for t ruction of the .ulvllc iHillcllns at Marengo, la.. c aud at tli nortbeut aorner of Wash Instn aixi r'ranklin rtreeta. H. J. Mur t'lf lh "net- to be paid is Tli following vrterinsry Inspectors have been appolnUd In omneciion with the buiwau of animal Industry: U V. i. Xj ""T riur' cny- located at Btiuth Oinaha. Nelv.; 1. o. lsnt of Soodbiu-y, !., (t CTiicaao; it, o. Hy. ruim of Durant. la. at i hkN and t'. J. took of I'miwtt, Neb., Kansas t'lty. !" rart M ill Tat, Reeess. WAH1IINOTON. Dec. M The supreme court today announced it wuuld lake a rvtrtm afUr announcing detisiona oa De cember IX until January . uueallons involved require the considers- tlen of th State department and the Navy department, aa well as my own, I hav taken th matter up with the other departments, and as soon as tha require ments ar fully ascertained proper action will b taken to meet them." Secretary Garrison declined to discuss the situation In th Canal ion or to Indi cate which of th belligerent was violst- Ing the neutrality of th United States. It Is known, however, that th Austral Ian steamship, Ualltna, which recently left Balboa, without claaranc papars, has been under strict observation by Panama canal officials. That ahlp, aa well as ther colliers, has been suspected of sup plying British ships In Pacific waters. Alleged violations of Canal son shipping regulation hav been th bast of strong representations to the British minister at Panama. The Lamson. Worden. Terry, Perkins and Walk ar In reserve at Charleston, 8. C, aad on or mors of these vessels could be dispatched to canal waters almost Instantly. On th Paclflo coast th nearest craft available ar th Whipple, Paul Joaea. Parry. Preble and Truxtoa, all lying off Ban Diego. Costs More to Travel To Atlantic Coast WASHINGTON, bee. K.-Increased pas senger farea betwven Ht. Louis, Mo., Chi cago and other similarly located cities and point In the eastern territory eat of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh lines will be come effective at midnight. By the terms of the tariffs filed by the railroads with the Interstate Commerce commission all round trln tickets sold at reduced rates between points in clasal ficatlon territory and Central Passenger association territory will be withdrawn, and only straight fare tickets sold. Th straight rates between points ' In i th two territories ar increased generally on a basts of a quarter of a cent a. mile, j The advance between Ht. Louis and New ! York for Instance Is K. The far bet tween Chicago and Nw York will be . an Increase In about the same proportion. The advances were niado by th roads following the suggestion of th commis sion In its decision of the advanc ret case that passenger farea generally did not yield an adequato revenue. The commission has not passed upon th reasonableness of Increased fares, but holds them aa subject to complaint If any should be filed. (fiipm i 5c CIGAR In Attractive Xmas Packages ot 25 Cigars TELEPHONE ORDERS RECEIVE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION PHONE DOUGLAS 1505 OahkMh Pay Bill. Th Ottawa club of th Illtnols-Mliwourl Iragu ha received draft for t3H to cover the sale of Pitcher Fred ('arrow to th fehkoah club, A previous sal f the player to ('Union. Ia, waa set aside by the national aecrvtarv. J. H. Parrotl uu the ground ef lllegel'ty. Wlsis Falar Lad. Th Cardinal managomt-ut hasn't a bit of us for Ivy Wli.su mi. i h Jumped to th r eds. Witigo was such a "dubf' that two trading National lra-u managrra ould hsv given up a lot of ensh for the hard-hitting id-had from Georgia. i caacnr EL Distributors 1808 FARNAM ST. Your Friends Will All 6o to See Mile. Anna Pavlova at th CHARITY BALL Wednesday Evening, December IS and they will expect to meet YOU there. Tomorrow it may be difficult to get a good aeat, but ther ar plenty now at the following prlcea: Lower floor, front j.. ; Lower Moor, back and first Bow Balcony,.., X Dancing privilege free with above.) Balcony, except first row $1.00 t0 $2.00 Dancing privilege with ft I f and ti seats, extra W I .UU Dancing privilege to those not attend. Ing Pavlowa enter- M Aft tainment iUU You will be out of harmony with all your surroundings Wednesday night If you ar not at the Charity Ball. $5.00 $2.50 BRANDEIS Belg-laa Tea at Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb.. Dee. H.-(8neelal. A Belgian lea was given In Plrentsn hall Saturday afternoon at which the sum of tiU was raised for th Belgian relief fund. The organisation of oom inillee to carry on work la this city hes been oom pie tad and It I thought Beatrice will be ready to and a carload of flour to th sufferers within ths next week or ten daya Be Want Ads Produc Results. DENNIS "CLINCHER" FELT WEATHER GTRIP STgaT MNotas)! as. as. as. 1 s. P lTa Li IT, 13 rr J i III ataa weather strip TOVIOztT AT SiOO and All Weak. stats. Wed. aad atH Th Theater's Big rest Ipvotaol, JOStPH AND HIS BRETHREN sTlght aad Batnrday Matins. SO to $i Popular Xat. Wed.. Best Beats, glO. 1 QtAA'B FTST CsHTTIB" WATSOU & COHAN ww?". V2Z. MW DREAml MEXiCO" Th tunny aide of tlie Bebelllon. One ' of the Greatest Laughing Hits at thh" ' theater last season. Beauty Ciioru of , Widow Regular and Orasa, Tired anoppers- stat. XTery Wees Pay. HOW AND SAVK COAL GOTH MOULDING AND fLT New Stylo DENNIS Clincher James Horton 6 Son Co., ,51,1tr3e?todeo "THE HARDWARE PEOPLE." bs ' Soaglag 494. iOTisdlO AUOBTIX.X.a. ou, ati: t u. Kihi. i u Other scut (sis wssk CBJEgST Charlie Alwara; Mil. Mr SBd DATBTS VaSie: Alaiaiuler S Scott: Ms DlTturt: lah- lia's CoBedr Ds: Psits A I'm Unus WMklr. I'liCM list. fUry. lOu, bt mwH tUI Sub , Or. Mbu. 1st. Sic, Mc, Ikt. tni ill W E E K BOYD P-d" Mil TOsTIOXT AIU. WS( tats. Wednesday aad Batarday. Th Boyd Theater Btoah O. HCN OWN MONEY grlgha as aad BO Mat. . at Wa -Th Wasaa ta Ths Out."