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TTIK I IKK: OMAHA, Till KSDAY. .JULY 19. V.W).
BREAK IN WELSH
MINERS' STRIKE
Several Thoutand Men Employed in
Heath District Decide to Re
main at Work.
LAW FIXES THE PRICE OF COAL
HI M.KT1S.
IONDON, July 14. The first
breach In the miner' front was an
nounced from the Neath district.
South Wale, coal fields. Men there
totalling many thousands decided to
continue work.
The ten of the price of coal limi
tation bill, which was Issued today,
verifies that coal may not be sold at
the pit mouth at a prtre exceeding
4 shillings a ton more than the price
at which the same kind of coal was
fold during the twelve months end
ing June 30, 1114.
LONDON. July 13. The session
of Parliament today was marked by
a series of most Important announce
ments by the ministers after the
House of Commons had. at the sug
gestion of Premier Asqulth, who
moved It, adopted a resolution ex
pressing gratification at the success
of General Louis Botha In conquer
ing German Southwest Africa.
Th rharw11or of the erhiiir. Rl
nald MrKrnnt. announced tHat the sub
scriptions to the war loan had reached
the unprornlmtMl fluri of nearly X
Ann or rtt.om.noo.ono) not Including small
urns received at the pout offlres.
The president of the Poard of Trade,
Walter rtunclman. aroused the houae
to further cheers by the statement that
In view of tha failure of the Pouth Wales
coal owners and miner to reach an
agreement on the aa dlnputea. the sov
tmiwnl hail decided to apply to the min
ing Induatry the munition! of war art.
This make It an offenae to take part In
a strike or lockout unleae the differences
Save been reported to the Board of Trade
and the board has referred the matter for
settlement by one of the methods pre
scribe! by the act.
A very aerloua view la taken of th j
fuaal of the miners to accept a compro
miae, for, even In the face of the deci
sion of the government, ther are threat
ening defiance. Moat of the coal for fhe
r.evjr cornea from Pouth Walea, and even
before the trouble arose the supply was
affected by the enlistment in tl-e army
of M.OQO of the younger miners, wbleti
eventually made It neceaaarr for the
government to- stop recruiting In the
mining dlatrtrt of Walea. '
Vlolatlea af Law.
The criala first threatened three months
aao when the miner gave notice to ter
minate the existing agreements on July 1,
and. In lieu of these they proposed a
national program, giving an all-around
Increase in wages. The owners objeeted
U the consideration of the new terms
during tlie war and aaked the miners to
accept the existing agreementa plus a
war bonus. After a aertea of confer
ences the union officials agreed to rec
ommend a compromise which was ar
ranged through the Poard of Trade. The
miners, however, voted yesterday agalnat
this, and the government was obliged te
take action.
Ceald Well Pay It.
Tha minors aaaert that their demands
would mean no more than pence (II
rente) a ton, and argue that as the own
ers are receiving much more for their
coal than previously they could well pay
IU Aa a matter or fact. Mr. Runotrnan
today also introduced a bill la the house
to reaulate the price of coaU
In the House of lxrda, the mareula of
lanadowne, a member of the cabinet
without portfolio, stated that twenty-two
or twenty-three British dlvlalona are now
In Prance and Belgium, and expreeaed
the opinion, that although recruits are
flowing in, the country would not much
longer tolerate the anomalies and In
justices of the voluntary system, which
la taking unusual proportion of married
men. and the! national register would
be useful, should It be found neoeeeary
to inlrodufo compulsory military service.
He Intimated alto that the munitions
tuailou wna now. being satisfactorily
handled. .
- Beyond tlie German claim that they
have made further progreaa In their at
tack! near Bnuches, the Frenoh air raid
on the Herman 11 nee of communication
aervlng their front In the Woevre, and re
pulses by both aldea of tha usual daily
attacks, lltUe has happened on the west
ern front.
Ouvrattoas la East.
In the east the operations are entering a
new phase, the Russians having been
aucfeesful In the counter offensive against
the Austriana in the region or Kraenlk.
Thev have taken new positions In ths
hilia to the north of that town and ap
patently, are waiting for tha Austro-Oer-mena
to make a move. It Is not expected
that this will be long delayed for General
von Matkenaen has had time to receive
retnforcemente and supplies of guns) and
ammunition for hla next great effort te
secure control of the Lublln-Choim rait
w a y.
Tlie Balkan situation la again In the
limelight as a result of the dtecloauree
that the Auatro-Cerman have offered
Houmanla alternative concessions either
to continue neutral or Join with the Oer-
manlo alllea. Confidence la expreeaed la
Kiimh, French aad Italian circles that
tbe t.alkaa atatea win not Join the
Auetro-Uermana, but it ia considered
likely that, owing to the failure of Rus
sia te hold Gallcla and Bukewlna. they
mlrht decide to remain neutral. Of
course, success by the allies la the Dar
danelles, where they are unofficially re
peated te have gained further Turkish
trvachea. would chance the situation.
CrMk Press I r Aeitve.
Il le also said that tbe former Greek
ireinltr. Venlselais, la anticipation of his
um is powwr, na arranged to re
organise the Balkan alllanoe, of which
he waa the Initiator.
M. Vaniaaios baa beea a eipportar of
the entente alltre, and la event of eucb
reo.-santaatloa. It la auggeated the Balkan
si&tea might poeelbly joia tble combina
tion,. . .
YCUr.3 GERMAN KILLS
SaF IN ABERDEEN HOTEL
ABERDEEN. . D., July 14. -f Special
TeUarara ) Antoa Oottaer. a stalwart
young Oerman, waa found asphyxiated
r gae la his room la a hotel her. Ff
fori a to revtva hiia were fruitless. Doora
end windows were titfMly cloead aad
iies,ie p.,!oie to eulcida. Gottner eras
a nui irf r.r. Me hal I ) on frit per
k. a tn-i It is euppoard worry oer the
i.j-..u war caused hla action.
Ashes of Author of Marseillaise
Taken to Paris and Reint erred
PARI", Jury 14. With Impreentve cere-
mony the aahea of Csptaln Claude Joeeph '
Roiie't de l.lsle, compowr of ths
Marseillaise. a ere plsced today In the
Hotel !e Invalids. Thousands stood
with heedn uncovered ss the coffin, upon
a gin rarriare of the revolutlonery
period, ped under the Arc de Triumph
dowa the Avenue f)es Champs Elysees.
srrns the Alexander bridge to the
ICsplanade.
President polncare. all the members of
the cabinet, the presidents of the Henate
and Chamber and the highest officials of
the government marh'd behind the gun
carriage, while a detachment of dragoons
led the way.
While the cortege waa paesing the hos
pitals in the hotels along the Avenue
Pea Champa Elvseee every balcony and
window waa filled with wounded men,
and In the denen crowds on the pavement
tiany maimed soldiers and bronsed re
rvlsts, home on leave, saluted the bier
and the president of the republic In
solemn elleme.
There were no cheers until the proces
sion passed the Grand palais, when tha
Republican Guards band struck up the
MsreelllalBe.' "Vive la France" and
"Vive ti'Armeel" shouted the crowd In
a spontaneous buret of enthusiasm
GREAT ARMIES
IN G ALICIA ARE
ONDEFENSIVE
(Continued from Page One.)
war end anxious for a separate peace.
Though none of the reports finds con
firmation, some sections of the British
press profess to believe that they are not
improbable, In this Turkey Is beginning
to feel the pinch of ammunition ahortaga
In the Dardanelles by virtue of Rou
mania's refusal to allow munitions to
cross its borders.
The attack made on ttoumanla by Ber
lin newspapers coincide In this theory at
lesst to the extent that Roumanians at
titude In the matter of arms and ammuni
tion traffic la being felt.
The Botilh Wales miners' executive
committee met todsy to consider the situ
ation created by the government's pronla
matlon forbidding a strike pending negoti
ations regarding the miners' demanda
nder the munitions measure.
Tho mine owr.ers are co-operating with
the government In the hope of a settle
ment and It la probable that the miners
ill continue to work .on day-to-day
contracts until a middle ground Is
reached.
French Official Report.
PARIS. July H.-The French War de
partment today gave out the following
official statement:
"In Belgium, after tho bombardment
reported In the offlcinl statement last
night, the Uermans attacked the trenches
aptured by the British troops on the
eaat bank of the canal to the southwest
of Pllken on the night of July ft. They
were easily repulsed. '
In the region to the north of Arras.
north of the Chateau De Carlcul and at
the 'labyrinth' there occurred during the
Ight trench-to-trench combats with hand
grenades.
"Arree and "olssons were bombarded
by shells of large caliber. In the region
of tha Homme, at Prise and at Pay (west
of Pet rone), aa well aa In the Champaign
district, near Perthes, mine battle oc
urred.
"In the Argonne German stacks which
were concentrated In the region included
between Marie Thereee and the Chev
auohee heights were definitely stopped.
'Between the Meuee and Moeelle, In
th forest of Apretriont, ther was artil
lery cannonading, hut no infantry action
On th rest of th front tner ia noth
ing to report." 1
Oeraaan Offtrlal Report.
BERLIN, July 14,-The Oerman official
statement Issued today announces that
Oerman forces yesterday captured FTench
positions In the forest of Argonne for a
width of three kilometers (t.l miles) and
for a depth of one kilometer and that
they also stormed Hill No. x86. The Ger
mans claim they made 1UI prisoners,
took two field cannon and rendered eight
cannon useless. The text follows:
"Western theaters Fresh hand grenade
attacks near the auger refinery at
Souches were repulsed during th night.
The French blew up without result a
few mine In the neighborhood of Troxoc,
it of Craonne. and at Carte la the
Champagne our bombardment with hand
grenades prevented them from settling
themselve Into th mined positions.
"In th Arejonnes a Oerman attaok re
sulted In complete success northeast of
Vlenna-Le-Chateau, Our troops took by
storm the enemy positions In the hills
extending over a width ef three kilo
meters and a depth of one kilometer. Hill
No. M, La Fillet Morte, la In our poa-
aeaaion. Two thousand five hundred and
eighty-one uninjured prisoners. Including
fifty-one offlaers, fell Into our henda In
addition WS wounded were taken under
our care. Two field cannon, two revolver
cannon, all machine guns and a large
quantity of toele were captured. Our
troop advanced a far a th positions
of the French artillery and rendered eight
cannon uealaaa. These are now standing
between the French and German llnaa.
'Eastern theater: Between the N is men
and the Vistula our troops obtained some
local successes In the neighborhood of
Kalwarla, southeast of Kolno, at
Praaayuss and south of Mlawa.
'aoutbeaatem theater: Ther la no
change wrth the Germs a troops."
FORMER SOUTH DAKOTA
MAN KILLED IN FRANCE
BlOt'X FA LI 4, 8. D., July M.-tRpe-
elaj. Information ha reached th elate
of the death In battle In Franc ef Robert
Watt a. formerly a Uyman covuuy home
steader. News of th death ef Walts waa
received through hla son. Robert Watt,
Jr., of Bloomfleld, N. Y.. who apeat his
yoanger year en a South Dakota home
stead with hi father. A letter
celved In May by South Dakota friends
from the elder Watts stating that he had
enllated with the Canadian contingent
and was a member of th "Black Watch'
(Royal Highlanders) and was leaving
England for France.
Watta resided In Lyman county up te
a few year ago, when he made final
proof en a homestead wear Murdo. After
leaving South Dakota he took up hi real,
dance la New Tor state, where he re
mained until he en I luted ia the Canadian
contingent ef th British army. He had
bean at the front tea than twi
when he waa k filed.
Apartment. rau. houare and eotlagee
eaa be rented eulckly and cheaply by a
Bee "For Kent"
A flotilla of aeroplanes, flying low, clr
over the Arc de Triumph at the start
and followed the line of the procession to
the Hotel Des Invalids.
"Wherever it resounds." said Preeldent
rolnoalre, spoaklna: at the Hotel Res) WASHINGTON. July M Prospects for
Invalids, "the 'Marselllalae' evokes the the bllllon-bushei wheat crop continued
Idea of a sovereign nation that has a to grow during the week ended yewterdav.
rami ton for Independence and whose sons, j prlng wheat had the most favorable
all of them, prefer deliberate death to week of the season over much of the
servitude. i helt and the outlook everywhere Is most
"Its striking notes apeak the universal J promising. The national , weather ami
language understood today throughout rop bulletin announced today that win
the world. A hymn tike that u needel ' ter wheat, however, had unfavorable
to Interpret in a war like this ths gener-
ous thought of France
"Once more the spirit of domination J tain, much ripe wheat being atlll un.-ut
menaces the liberty of the people. Our' In southern portions of the belt and f'a
democracy for many long years contented! rifle coast states harvesting la progress-
Itself with works of pesce, and It would
have considered criminal or Insane any
man who would have dared to nourish
warlike projects, notwithstanding re
peated provocations, snd regardless of
surprises at Tangier and at Agadlr,
France remained willingly silent and Im
passive." President Poire-are rapidly sketched the
events In Europe lesdlng up to the wsr,
finding everywhere a deliberate purpose
of Oermany and Austria-Hungary "to
provoke war for their own objects, aa
history will show."
RAILROADS BADLY
WASHED BY RAINS
(Continued from Page One.)
break a. Reports to the railroad office
are to the effect that every acre of val
ley land In the counties referred to has
been flooded, and that where the land la
level It will be several days before the
ground will be In condition so that farm
era will be able to get Into their field.
In this section the small grain was prac
tically all cut and In the shock.
Missouri Pacific trainmen coming Into
Omaha asserted that coming through the
storm stricken section of the southeast
ern part of the state they saw numerous
fields where the harvest had been com
pleted and where the top of th wheat
shocks were soarely above the water.
Tralas from Wret Oa Time.
Fifty miles back from tha Mleeouri
river and from there west there waa eorv
alderatle rain during fhe night, but not
enough to do any damage. As a result
trains to and from the west are moving
on time.
On the east slds of the river, while ac
cording to reports the rain was little If
any heavier than up and down the stream
from Omaha, the damage appears to have
been much greater, both to the crop and
to th railroads. Of the railroads, the
Wabash was the heevlest loser. Along
Its lines to Kansas City and fit. Ixuis
twelve bridges were washed out, and so
great Is the damage that it la probable
that repairs cannot be made for several
days. '
Nine laehee of Rata.
The Wabash agent at Chlllloothe, Mo.,
reports nine Inchea of rain there Inside
of six hours. At Shenandoah. la., ther
waa aaven Inches and about the same
amount of precipitation all the way
through to nt. Joeeph and Kenans City.
The Burlington's Omaha-Chicago main
line continued Intact and trains came and
went on schedule, but th Kaneoe City
line aucrumoea to tne floods when a
long stretch of grade and a couple of
bridge went out Th branch line south
of the main line, ail through western
Iowa, were put out of commission and
service was annulled.
The Milwaukee had a bad washout
west of Manilla and the Rook Island had
trouble eaat of Council Bluffs, but both
roada got their trains In. though late.
The Northwestern, the Illinois Central
and tha Great Western escaped serious
damage, though considerable track was
badly washed.
When Burlington officials learned that
their line to Kansas City and 8t
Joseph were waahed out, they arranged
to route the business over the Mleeouri
Piufllc. but later In the day when a
uriuss oi iu iswt namea road, over
Muddy irvek, near Stella, went out, that
shut traffic off completely with the
south.
High Water at atella.
BTEU.A, .Neb.. July H.-(8peoial Tele
gram Three and one-half Inchea of rain
before daylight this morning and one
half Inoh thia forenoon caused Mud week
to flood the bottom and tor out 1,000
feet of track on the Missouri raclflo road
Below Stella th night passenger from
Omaha has been her twelve hour and
did not leave before o'clock tonight. Th
K ansae City panger train to Omaha,
stalled at Bulla, left here at noon. The
Omaha raasrnger train to Kansas City,
due her at 11 a. nt., cam this far and
went hark. No other train are running.
The Hayenheck a- Wallace shows on th
way from Nebraska City to Falls City
on the Burlington went aa far aa 5hu-
bert and had to turn back and try th
route by Tecumeeh.
Beven Inchee of rain In July, with wheat
and oat damaced by hail two week ago,
ha caused heavy loar On thousand
acres will never be harvested.
Dltrh Helps rarer Flood.
tCcSftirrebufyUSpeclal
Telegram.) Following a very heavy rain
here early thla morning the Nemaha
river came out of Ita bank at Twouraseh
and Blk creek, despite the new drainage
ditch. Considerable damage was don to
com and wheat. At Sterling, north of
here, the river did not leave Ha hanks.
The water soon receded, th ditch carry
ing it off In a abort time.
Heavy Damaa-e la Beese,
ALBION, Neb.. July la-SpctaI.)-A
vlokurt elect rto and rainstorm occurred
here this morning, badly Injuria small
Suits to Order
$17.50
Reduced from $25
H5.C3 SoiU Reduced ta$2S.C0
, The are, we believe, ttie beet
clot r.ln value offered In Omaha
Some fin blue and gray Mpl
Included in this offer.
We in ut reduo our etook and
heeo our tailors buay.
We carefully tailor evry var
ment te measure and eruaraaiae
perfect fit and etyle.
HacCarthy-Vilsoa
Tailoring Co.
315 Kouth lAth ttt.
grain and hay. The experiment gardens
of Day Veil near the city sustained se
vere Injury by washing.
Weather Delays
Harvesting Ripe
Winter Wheat
weather and horveetlng had been delaved
l i h. inn..i .t ... i
Ing sutisfactory and good yields are re
ported. Com waa favored with somewhat bet
ter conditions than during the preceding
weeks, but la being retarded In the more
northern portion of the belt. Elsewhere,
however, it made more rapid growth and
la reported taseellng as far north aa cen
tral Kansas, with prospects of an excel
lent crop, largely assured further south.
Rain I delaying harvesting of oats In
some sections snd promising too heavy
growth, and ruat In others, but on the
whole the crop outlook continue excel
lent. Tobaoco generally made, satisfac
tory growth.
Mob ReDorted On
Way to Try to Lynch
Frank Doesn't Come
ATLANTA, Oa. July 11 Reports hat
a mob would attempt to take Leo M.
Frank, eervlng a life sentence for Mary
Phagan's murder from the state prison
farm at Mllledgevllla and lynch him,
have not been confirmed by development.
Three oompanie of atate militia were
hold In readlnes at Macon throughout
th night to proceed to MlUedgevllle to
protect Frank It necessary, but today
were permitted to return to their home
Officials of the state farm reported
from Mllledrerllle that the usual quiet
prevailed last night.
DEATH RECORD
General W. R. Donaraerty.
OAKLAND, Cal.. July 14 Brigadier
General William F. Dougherty, United
States army, retired, died late last night
at his residence In this city. He was a
native of Ireland, born In 1R41. He served
through the civil war and entered the
regular service In 18K6. He was commis
sioned colonel of the Eighth United
Btatea Infantry In March, 1901, ami waa
retired aa brigadier general In 1M4.
Mrs. Hattle Baekae.
HARVARD. Neb., July 14 (Speclal.)-
Mrs. Hattle M. Backua, widow of U 8.
Backus, who died September li, 1908, died
at her home In North Harvard at I
o'clock this morning, after a week's se
vere illnees from Intestinal troubles. Two
brothers. Matt and Frank Farmer, sur
vive her. Her funeral will be held at
th late horn at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning. Rev. B. A. Warren of Geneva,
br former pastor, officiating.
laekarlalt Brown.
PLATT8MOUTH. Neb.. July 14. (Spe
cial.) Th body of Zachariah Brown,
who died at the ' Immanuel hospital In
Omaha last evening aa the result of an
operation for an abscess of the lung, was
brought to this city for Interment. Seven
children with th widow sarvlve.
HYMENEAL
- - Dadek-Petersoa.
YORK, Neb., July 14.-8peclal At the
horn of th bride' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Peterson, Nebraska and
Ninth streets, occurred the marriage of
their daughter, Llla, to Mr. J. O. Dudek.
Rev. R. 8. Lindsay officiated.
Barraw-Scott.
TOPvK, Neb., July 14. (SpeCtalV-Mlas
Trese Beott and Arthur J. Barrow, both
of this city, wer married yesterday by
County Judge H. G. Hopklna.
Department Orders.
WASHINGTON. July 14.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Nebraska penalona a ranted
Irene Fllen Chllvers. Pierce, $12: Kvalln
H. uonaen. liridgeport. III; Husan Hoy,
Auburn, tlx; Sarah A. Barto. Bassett,
Maltnna H. Uotioe, Beatrice, III.
The ooetmeeter at Kloux Kalla. . D
ha bean allowed two additional letter
carriers and the postmaster at New
Hampton, la., two carriers on October 1
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JURY DECLARES
HARRY K. THAW
IS AJSANE MAN
(Continued from Pae One. I
mother e!e shook hands with the Jury
men, saying to each. "Thank you so
much for all that you have done." One
of th Jurors asked her whe'her she had
ever hsd eny doubt of the result of this
proceeding;. Mrs. Thaw rmHed and re
plied In the negative.
The lury and Thaw then filed Into a
room adlolnlng the court, where photos;-
! raphers were welting. Thaw himself
' moved the benches snd chslrs around in
! the room, so that he and all the jurymen
might get into mo picture.
I. u-llh irriftiltw lhal th. '
jrourt attendants and deputy aherlffa pre-;
1 vented acorea of men nd women from 1
j dashing up to Thaw In the court room
j and the anteroom and ahaklng hi hnnd '
in congratulations of his legal victory.
It waa with much difficulty that the
crowd waa cleared from the court houee.
Rtepa Crowded.
Outside the court house within the
shadow of the towering municipal build
ing, there ia a wide flight of atone steps
stretchg down Into chambers. Theee
step had been crowded all afUmoon
with hundreds of persons. The etreet
snd sidewalks on either side were aleo
congested. When Thaw flanked by
deputy sheriffs, appeared In the door
way a great cheer went up and those
who did not cheer applauded with their
hsnds.
Still Id the center of the cordon of
deputy sheriffs. Thaw crossed the stand
went to the aherlffs cfflce. There he
removed his coat, eat down, lighted a
cigar, and crossing hla legs, loked out
of the window at the great crowd being
dispersed by policemen In the street be
low. Tonight Thaw was taken to the office
of an uptown physician to have a wound
In his hand dressed. It was aald he re
ceived th Injury, while playlna with a
medicine ball In th Ludlow street Jail
last night.
Why Two Ballote Takes.
In explaining why two ballots were
taken, on of th Jurors, Paul J. Marks,
a brother of the president of tbe
Borough of Manhattan, said that on the
first ballot tha vote was 11 to 1 that
Thaw waa sane. The dissenting Juror
said that he caet hi ballot that way
more aa a matter of form than any
thing else, so that the verdict would
not be rendered without formal discus
sion. The vote was .inanlmoua on the
second ballot.
Mr. Marks also aald that the and the
other membera of the Jury believed that
Thaw waa ecoentrlc and possibly, men
tally weak, but that they did not believe
that he would harm anyone else.
Young Girl Drowns
Bathing at Riverton
SHENANDOAH, la.. July 14. (Special
Telegram.) While swimming In the high
watera at Riverton Alice O'Brien, IS
year old, was drowned this morning.
With a number of girls ahe had gone
down to look at the swollen 'river and
had gone in bathing. Two plunges in
th water were enjoyed by the girl, who
waa said to have been an eicellent'swlm
mer. The third trip out she got water
In her mouth, became excited and sank,
Sydney Clark responded to her calls for
help, but was unable to save her. , Her
body waa recovered an hour later from
the freshet water which came out over
th bottom after the heavy rain of four
inchea last night. Mis O'Brien was th
daughter of Joseph O'Brien of Kansas
City, but has made her home with th
Holt family here aince Christmas. - Th
funeral will be held Thursday.
MAN SCALDED YEARS AGO
MADE OVER BY SURGEON
MASON C1TT. Is.. July 14-(8peclal
Probably one of the moat miraculous es
capes from being acalded to death la that
of Herbert Crowell. Just about a year
ago a traction engine he was running
blew up and the scalding water nearly
covered him. He was rushed to th hos
pital here, and It waa not thought that
he even had a fighting chance to get
well. Today he was out for the first
time. He la a patched up man through
cut, a veritable craxy quilt. At five dlf-
Stort Tour Btort"
Clothes for
Young, Men
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ferent times the doctors have seked peo
ple who would give of their skin to pre
serve the life of this man. and each
time there were volunteers from this city,
from Clear take, Nora Springs. Charles
City and other surrounding towns, so
that the skin that covers the body of
Mr. Crowell Is only hla by the grafting
process. And In this case It has been
wonderfully successful, and he is coming
out of It showing a few scars, but Inside
of another year will be aa good a man
aa ever. He will get the use of his llmhe.
something that was not dreamed of a
year ago.
Rent houses quick with a Bee Went Ad.
Xhompson-Belden Co.
Great July Clearing of Silks and
Fine Cotton Dress Goods
Our Values are Never Exaggerated to Make Savings
Seem Greater.
Each year at this time we have a clearing of thousands
of dollars' worth of high-class fabrics. The new Autumn
Goods will begin to arrive in a few days. Every broken
line must go. We ask you to look them over the value3
speak for themselves
$1XX) and $1.25 Spot Proof Foulard Silks, now 29c a vard
$2.00 Tub Orepe Silk, double width, in dainty
8triPe $1.25 a yard
$1.50 Pompadour Taffetas, 38-inch 98c a yard
$1.00 All Silk Novelty Marquisettes - - - - 29c a yard
$1.25 Silk-and-Wool Poplin, 40 inches wide; blue, two
shades of wisteria, and brown 89c a yard
July Sale Imported
White Embroidered
Voiles
Thursday morning wc
will place on special sale all
$1.75 and $1.50 French and
English White Embroider
ed Voiles, 42 and 45-inch
wide, at
50c a yard
Laces: 19c and 29c
a yard
White net top and
shadow laces, narrow and
wide widths, a special val
ue for our July Clearance
1 0 and 29 a yard.
AMtlaBHENTS. .
26th NATIONAL SANGERFEST
Of the SANGERBUND OF THE NORTHWEST
July 21, 22, 23, 24, 1915, Omaha Auditorium
GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT EVER HELD in the WEST
5 ORAM) FESTIVAL CONCERTS Male Chorus, of J.000 volcas; chil
dren Chorus 3,000 voices; Festival Orchestra 60 ArtlaU; 6 Artista of.
International Renown; 6 of the foremost Local Artists.
Wednesday, July sist: Reception Concert by the Local Chorua. Artista
and Orchestra.
Thursday Afternoon 8:80, July 82d: Oala ArtlaU Matinee.
Thuraday Evening, July 22d: First Concert of the Saengerbund;
2.000 Male Voices. International Artiste and FeaUval Orchestra
Friday, July 23d, 2:30 P. M.: Chlldren'a Chorua of 2.000 voicea; In
ternational Artista and Festival Orchestra.
Saturday, July 24th: Festival Parade of the Singers in the forenoon
and picnic at the Park of the German Home In the afternoon
6 ARTISTS OF INTERNATIONAL RENOWN:
Madame Marie Rappold, Dramatic Soprano; Metropolitan Opera Co
New York. ''
Paul Althouse. Heroic Tenor. Metropolitan Opera Co., New York
Henri Soott, Bass. Metropolitan Opera Co., New York
Miss Julia Claussen. Meiso-Contralto. Grand Oper Co. of Stockholm.
Chicago and Philadelphia.
Christine Miller, greatest American Concert Contralto. ' ' . 1
Enrico Palmetto, famous Danish Tenor.
PROMINENT LOCAL ARTISTS:
Miss Corlnne Paulson. Pianiate; Mlsa Margaret Damm, Soprano; Mra.
Thomas J. Kelly, Soprano; Paul Reese, Baritone: Louia Schnauber.
Violinist. Omaha, and Edwin C. Boehmer. Baritone, Lincoln. Neb.
DIRECTORS:
Mr. Theod. Kelbe. Milwaukee. Wis.. Director Male Chorua of 2.U00
voices Mr. Th. Rud. Reese, Omaha, Neb., Director Local and Chil
dren Choruses and Festival Orchestra.
Tirkrta $2, $1.50, ft, 78c and SOc Bond-Tickets reserved July 15 16
17. General Seat Sale opens July 18. Box Office Auditorium. Tlck
ets reserved by mail.
Address: Omaha Saengej-fra Asa'n, 1311 Howard St., Omaha, Neb.
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Scbaffner St Man Suit
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Austrian Troops
Dying of Cholera
BREW1A, Italy. July 14.-(Vla Paris.)
The Austrian prisoners say that cholera
Is dslly growing worse among the Aus
trian troops, especially those who have
been returned from Oalkia. and that
there are many fatalities as a result of
the dleeese. The Italian authorities are
submitting ail prisoners to a severe medl
rel examination. Men suspected of hav
ing the rholera are isolated.
A "For Sale" ad will t'irn second-hand
furniture Into cash.
Clearing of Remnants
High Class Cotton
Dress Goods
$1.00 White Organdie Em
broidered Colored Dots,
44-inch, now 50c a yard
$2.00 White Voile Flounc
ing, dainty color embroid- '
evy, 44-inch, $1.25 a yard
$1.00 to $3.00 Imported
Novelties for suits and
jackets - - - - 59c a yard
Hundreds of odd pieces
will be included in this
great sale. .
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