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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1914)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1914. Our Annual August Sale of Suits Saturday 8.50 A.M. $6.75 and $10.50 An Event Hundreds of Well -Dressed Women Look For. In .keeping' with our policy of a complete new stock of ready-to-wear apparel, twice each year we mako a thorough clearance each August and January. At the present time we have exactly 168 lato Spring and Summer Suits on hand. These go on sale Saturday at two prices: $6.75 and $10.50 There are no reservations. Every suit in stock goes, and every suit is from our regular stock. 4? Hand-Tailorod Suits Some plain tail ored though mostly novelties in Shepherd Plaid, Green, Blue, Black and Tan, in Serges, Gabardines, Wool Poplins, Crepes and Moires; sold formerly, $19.50 to $35.00. Saturday $6.75 122 Hand-Tailored Suits in novelty and plain tailored styles in Silk Poplins, Moire, Taffetas, Gabardine, Serges and Novelty Orepes, all the Spring Colors, including White Serge and Whipcord Suits; sold formerly for. $29.50 to $95.00. Saturday $10.50 In addition 6 Wash Suits worth $11.50 to $19.50, Saturday, $5.00 Because of the low prices asked wo cannot make alterations or accept the return of these sale suits for credit. Our Annual August LINEN SALE Commences Saturday at 8:30 A. M. SALE REAL MADEIRA PIECES $22.50, 45-inch Round Lunch Cloths $15.89 each $25.00, 54-inch Round Lunch Cloths $19.89 each $15.00, 45-inch Roimd Lunch Cloths $9.75 each Specials for Saturday in Men's Departmeat SHIRT SALE Saturday we wil' place on sale a line of men's high grade Coat Shirts in percales, madras and mer cerized goods; these shirts come with laundered or soft cuffs; some, with collar to match; all good patterns; special for Saturday 95c 10 dozen of silk mixed shirts with attached or detached collars, $3.50 values, Satur day $1.79 75c High Grade Belts, Satur day 37y2c 50c Wash Neckwear, 35c 3 for $1.00 35c Wash Neckwear, 15c 2 for 25c 50c Silk Hose, 35c, 3 for $1 25c Boston or Paris Gar ters 17c Soft Bleached Handker chiefs, Saturday 4c Cotton Hose, 15c, 2 for 25c Saturday Underwear Specials 12y2c Women's Gauze Vests, now 3 for 25c. 35c Lislo Vests, now 25c. 35c Women's Gauze Pants, lace trimmed, now 25c. 35c Gauze Union Suits, now 25c. $1.00. Lisle Union Suits, now 79c. Hoys' Balliriggnn nnd Athletic Shirty nnd Drawers; values np to 50c; to close.... 15J each Toilet Articles White Ivory Combs, regular 50c and 75c value, spe cial 15 c Powder Boxes With Puff, special Gc Nail Buffers, regular 50c value, special 15c Rubber Cushion Hair Brushes, double bristle, regular $1.25 and $1.50 value, special 59c Seat of Austro-Servian Hostilities SALE MADEIRA SETS $8.75 Real Madeira Lunch Sets $6.38 a set $13.50 Real Madeira Lunch Sets $10.00 a sot $20.00 Real Madeira Lunch Seta. $15.00 a set SALE REAL MADEIRA NAPKINS $15.00 Scalloped Embroidered Madeira Napkins $10.00 $12.00 Scalloped Embroidered Madeira Napkins $8.00 $8.75 Scalloped Embroidered Madeira Napkins $6.75 $8.75 Scalloped Plain Madeira Napkins $6.75 $3.50 Scalloped Embroidered Madeira Napkins $2.00 SALE MADEIRA CENTER PIECES 27-in. $7.50 Round Scalloped Embroidered Center Pieces, $5 ROLLER TOWELS, READY MADE. All 50c Heavy Crash Roller Towels 35c each All 65c Heavy Crash Roller Towels 50c each EXTRA SPECIAL. All Our $5.00 Silk Bath Tow- Art An i i eis - 32.uu eacn SALE HUOK TOWELS. All 75c Huck Towel3, 50c each All $1 Huck Towels, 75c each All $1.50 Huck Towels, $1 each All 45c Huck Towels, 25c each DAMASK BY THE YARD. All $1.50, 72-inch Bleached Table Damask $1.00 a yard All $1.75, 72-inch Bleached Table Damask. . . .$1.10 a yard SALE TABLE CLOTHS. All $2.25 Bleached Table Cloths $1.75 each All $4.50 Bleached Table Cloths S2.89 each All $6.75 Bleached Table Cloths. $4.50 each All $7.50 Bleaclu-d Table Cloths $5.C0 each All $10.00 Bleached Table Cloths $6.89 each SALE NAPKINS. All $1.75 Silver Bleached Hemmed Napkins. .$1.19 a dozen All $4.00 Fine Bleachedl Napkins $2.89 a dozen All $5.00 Fine Bleached Napkins $3.75 a dozen All $7.50 Fine Bleached Napkins $5.00 a dozen LONG SILK GLOVE SALE, 69c A PAIR. 500 pairs, Long White Gloves, good quality on sale Saturday, at 69c a pair. HOWARD AND SIXTEENTH STREETS SALE OF INFANTS' SOCKS. Snturday wo will sell nt a special price all of our Infants' Socks: 25c quality 15n 35c quality 25c 50c quality 35c their disposal tot irosa thp Drlna a'ml ail' vance twonty miles within Austrian ter rltory. It la alio argued that tlie an nouncement 'Xhat 800,000 Austrla.aoldler Tcre on the march Into' PervlaH" piae. FINAL EFFORT TO STAf' WAR TIDE IS NOW BEING MADE (Continued f;'om Page One ) public hoptTthnt a general Vnr might bo averted.. ' 1 The Stock exchange In London and the big provincial cities, as well ns these on tho continent, were closed owing to tho breakdown of tho credit system, which was mado complete by I ho postponement of the Paris settle ment. This, it was pointed out. would neccsBarlly be followed by tho 1 TOU,( 1,01 luck' Poeaors to give failure of somo fifty members of the ! -while at the same tlmo (ho continent con-. t Irniod to pour stock Into London. Rankers horo had lxon trying for days to -get their customer to take up this atock) bvt the impossibility ot finding tlcjtlly Ipfcredjble.. U la sold that .Austria leash .And. the Inability to sell tho securl- cannot havp W),000 men on the move In loss than alx weeks. American visiting Kuropo received a fchock today when it waa announced that the salting ot the Imperator from Horn burs for New York hart been Cancelled Rowing to the unsettled situation. There .was a rush to steamship offices to en deavor to book passage, hut few or none were (o bo had as all the ships were filled to capacity until the middle ot September, ftualnesji men to whom It waa Imperatively necctiry to act back to America offered premiums, for bertha, but even then London Stock exchange. The precautionary military and naval meaauieg taken by the Uritlih - govern ment are almost completed. The pre- ailing public opinion here la determined that England mutt obaerve Its unwritten obligation fts assist France In its dlffl- ultlea with Germany, but a amall body ot radicals continues to utter objections to Kngl&nd'a Involving itself in the quarrels ot the continental power. SUIrtalahtn Along- Frontier. ' 'Dispatches from Nlsh In Hervla and from Vienna told ot encounters between Austrian and Servian troops on the fron tiers, but authentic details of the fighting were lacking. It seems certain that con flicts between the frontier guards have occurred, but military men here point out that stories of fighting with heavy losses auch as that aald to have occurred nt J'oteha ere absurd, as It would be Im possible for the Servians In the time ot them up. London 14 xi'han set Cloaea. LONDON, July 3l.-The London Stock exchange has been closed until further notice. The daulston to close the ex change was taken by the committee nt a meeting held this morning. The committee also announced that the settlement duo August 13 has been post poned until August T7, am tuat the con sola settlement due August S haa been put over until September, Stocks which have, yet to be dollvcred for the account Just closed .must, how ever, be paid tor. Tho chief reason for the unprecedented action ot the London Stock exchange committee waa the fact that the system ot credit had practically broken down and It was Impossible to carry on business in tho ordinary way. This situation did not 'arise through .over speculation, but because bankers could not collect mar gin, which had been gradually shrinking The Road to Economy Leads to Beaton's Tourist traveling toilet cases from 76c up to $4.00. Those are the most compact and convenient articles over devised for tho com fort of woman whilo traveling. 7oc and 85c Pure Rubber Bath Caps, all shades. . . .37tf $2.50 Thermos bottles, quart size 31,05 $1.00 Thermos bottles, pint site ........ .67tf 1 Pound Powdered Borax Or 50c Can Do Mar's Talcum Powder X9t Durham Duplex Safety Razors, 10 $1.00 Plnaud's Lilac Vegetal , 4$) 75c J ad Salts 53tf 25c Sanitol Tooth Paste 12 25c Heaton's Tooth Paste ..... 12 00c Pebeco Tooth Paste 2Sit 35c Pastourino l'ic $1.25 Goutorbe Face Powder 5( 25c Fitch's Shampoo Boa'p , -17c 50c Fitch's Hair Tonic J0 25a Bromo Seltzer iW 25c Carter's Pills , X2 25c Mennen's Talcum Powder 12i 50o Do Mar's Benzoin and Almond Lotion for tan and sun burn 25 A 35c Castorla 21 Horllcks Malted Milk 34J, Q7d and $2.70 $1.25 Bath Spray, extra special ., 80c 50c Charles' Flesh Food 101 25c Peroxide of Hydrogen k OneLot of 50c and 75c Triple Extracts, per oz 10 $1,00 Plver's Perfumes, all odors, per ox 50d $2.00 Houbigant's Ideal Extract, per oz 81.20 $2,25 Mry Garden extract, per oz , 81.30 25e Usterine , 14 Our photo supply department is complete in every rospect and our prices will surely please you. 5C M. Q. Developer, Saturday special, 10 for 25 "FOLLOW THK BEATON PATH." BEATON DRUG CO. Fifteenth and Farnam ties caused credit business automatically to cease and the closing of the exchange became necessary. Tho street today waa full of dealers and their clerks discussing the situation In a more or less mournful tone. The banking situation in London has become so abnormal that it is understood that the 111 ltlnli cabinet at Its meeting today discussed the possibility ot taking measures to prevent a possible panic. The Bank of Kngland was today charging 10 per cent for weekly advances an un precedented rate. The rate ot discount waa raised to 8 per cent. There has been nothing In the nature of a panto or a run, but officials have been ipiletly paying out gold and silver since tho opening of the bank this morn Irs. Wall Street Hxclinitflte Cloe. NEW YORK, July Sl.-The New York stock exchange vai closed today on ac count of the European situation. The Consolidated Stock exchange and the New York curb market also ceased business. This waa followed Immediately by an nouncements of the closing ot exchanges In the other chief cities throughout the country. Ths official announcement was made by the secretary of the Stock exchange. "The governing committee decided that tho exchange be closed until furthor no tice, and that all deliveries be suspended until further notice.' With the suspension ot business here transactions In securities the world over came virtually to a halt. New York for the last few days had been the .only great market ot tho world to carry on business as usual. The decision to clute came sud denly and unexpectedly a short time be fore the usual hour for opening. It was at a meeting ot bankers at the offices of J. P. Morgan &. Co. that the decision was reached. After a long dis cission It was decided that the strain on credits might reach a dangerous degree If the exchanges were open. No definite period for the closing ot the exchange has been s. fitock exchanges have notified their offices not to inake deliveries for received stock until further notice. William C. Van Antwerp, a governor of tho exchange, said that It was the flrai time since JS73 that business had been suspended for a full day. Marc fluid Sent to Knroiie. The movement ot gold to Europe, which has reached unprecedented proportions during the last few days, was continued. The steamship fit. Louis, which sailed for Kuropo, today, carried, the largest amount of gold ever taken from any port at the world on a single vessel. The total value of the cargo waa $11,036,000. The total on this movement of gold in five days aggregates Jt5,35,000. Tito New York Coffee exchange followed the lead ot the stock exchanges and sus pended business. i At a special meeting of the board of! governors of the Stock exchange Presi dent Noble was authorized to appoint a1 committee of five savernors to make rul- f Inge regarding deliveries on the cub. !ellverlea on the curb were suspended unless by mutual consent between the! ccntractlnir turtles. I Gold ait Pre nil a ra in Tart. PARIS, July SL-Oold was at IVa per cent premium heretoday. English sov ereigns were selling at 23 franca each, Instead ot the normal rate ot allghtly lower than SS francs. A cabinet council Is to be culled tomor row to consider an extension ot the terms of payment for obligations falling duo. The apprehensions of the smaller trades people litre have gone to auch an extent that many of them refuse to take the new government 20-frano and 5-frnnc Wlls. Department stores are doing only about half their .usual business,, qwlng to the ;lnck at small change... , ,, Ntrlnt Oii.oi-kIiIii lit Awafcla. VIKNNA, July 3l,I?oiulor lehthuslosm' In connection with tho war against Servla shows no signs of abatement. An appeal for Red Cross nurses today met with an Immediate responso from 1,000 women and girls belonging to all classes. Archduchess Mario There fa applied to Emperor Francis Jcsfiph for permission to bo enrolled as a itcu cross nurse. The polloo authorities have forbidden thn publication of exlra editions ot the newspapers and even the regular editions have not bce.i permitted to refer to the occupation of Belgrade, which la still not generally known. The Austrian plan of campaign, it is understood here, Is to attack Korvla chiefly by way ot Bosnia, while the armies on the Danube in the north blinply occupy positions and remain temporarily Inactive. Ainerleuit OffW-e.ru Hecalled. GENEVA. Switzerland, July St. Sev eral American naval officers on leave In Switzerland wero recalled today on .or ders from Washington. Tho Swiss gov ernment has ordered a partial mobiliza tion and tho troops aro ready to defend the neutrality of, Swiss territory. Internntlounl Trains Suspended. BRUSEBLS. Belgium, July 31. The German Imperial railway administration toduy Informed the management ot the Belgian State railways officially that all International trains Into Germany had been suspended. WARLIKE PRINCE AT DURING CRISIS. TENNIS KENNEDY OUT, BLACKBURN IN tContlnued from Page One.) ' ' wait my withdrawal an a candidate, for tho republican nomination for congress hi mm uiHirict a no mis ior iwo reasons: v irsi i no conaiuon or the hcaltn of my w'lfe continues such that 1 cannot devote too time and attention to tho campaign Which Is required. Second Tho success of our party In the forthcoming eloctlon Is more to be de sired than tho satisfaction it would be to me to secure a nomination. If wo both remain in the field we shall em barrass many mutual friends and a vig orous campaign might divide political forces which should be united. I think, therefore, that under the cir cumstances it would bo wise for me to withdraw and permit you to make the campaign without opposition from me. Assuring you of my high personal re gard and that I shall do what I can to bring about your election, I remain, etc. About noon on Friday Mr. Kennedy wired to Mr. Blackburn as follows: OMAHA, Neb.. July 31. 1914. Hon. T. AV. Blackburn, Care Andrew Dow. El wood, Gosper County, Nebraska: Since you left Omaha, clrcumstancos have arisen which constrain mo to withdraw as1 a candidate for congreBs. If you re call your withdrawal, count on my sup--port. You are certainly well qualified for tho place. JOHN U KENNEDY. nlnckburn Aska Reinstatement. Mr. Blackburn acted with his custom ary promptness and yesterday afternoon at 4:06 the secretary of state received the following telegram, sent from El wood, Neb.: Request for withdrawal as candidate I sf,i)rVOj BKWs.tat. Vj"v"W mitroviczaV m fjf M A BEL&Bftoe V?2?c 2 & VAUEVO J to 0y S E'RVI A V 5 o r v . v o . i i tf'ftH in . I ( i ONTENEG.RO : ; I CcrjNJE , V-'xyRW : JrJ PODGORITZA t V V 0 5KUB Invasion, of Balkan Kingdom Bogau at Mitrovicza, Ahout Fifty Milei. Northwest of Belgrade. Montenegro's Capital Was Removed Inland from Cetlnje to Podgoritza. for nomination for congress made under misapprenension. i'leaso reinstate as candidate for republican nomination Sec ond district. T. W. BLACKJitTRN. At 4:i3 the following telegram was re ceived by the secretary of state from Omaha: I wish to withdraw my name as a candidate for the republican nomination for congress. Second district. Letter ot confirmation follows. JOHN L. KENNEDY. After consulting with tho attorney gen eral, Secretary of Stato Walt decided to glvo the law a broad Interpretation and reinstate Mr. Blackburn and accept the withdrawal of Mr. Kennedy. When tho attention of Auditor W. B. Howard, who Is also a candidate for the republican nomination In the same dis trict, was called to the withdrawal of Mr. Kennedy and the reinstatement of Mr. Blackburn, he simply smiled and said: '.'Well, both of them aio good men, but I do not know as If It makes much dif ference to me which one runs, or whether both of them run. I expect to be nom inated anyhow." PRACTICAL JOKE RESULTS ;,, .. IN.ARREST ORTWO MEN GRISWOLD, la.. July 31.-MSpecIat.)-As a result of a practical J olio Len King, residing southeast of ' here, was badly burned with an acid. Mr. King has been working with the East Elliott company threshing machine, and while threshing for John Westerlund It Is alleged that Ouy Rosencrans and Oeorge Halbert, two young men who are running tho machine, saturated the top of the engine box, on which Mr'.' King was accustomed to' sit, with an acid. Mr. King sat down on it and was terribly burned. The Injured man made a trip to Ited Oak, where he swore out a warrant for the arrest ot the two young men. WELL-TO-DO FARMER ENDS HIS LIFE BY SHOOTING FAIUBURY, Neb.. July 31.-(Special Telegram.) Albert Wood, wealthy farmer, living near Dlller, committed suicide today, by shooting. He had been acting queerly and It Is thought he had been unbalanced by tho heat. When his children returned from town, they found their father's lifeless body behind the barn and the shotgun lying beside It. Mr. Wood was B0 pears old and rated wealthy and well liked by his neighbors. KAISEB DECLARES MAETIAL LAW IN GERMAN EMPIRE (Continued from Page One.) (Continued from Page One.) anxious to see tho latest dispatches, which, in many cases, were read out aloud to the public round about. Great processions paraded the streets, tho demonstrators earning banners and portraits of the emperor. Loud checra were shouted for the em peror and the army. Striking scenes were witnessed at the mobilization offices, while the people of all classes flocked to register their' names. Dntcli Army Mobilising. THE HAGUE. July 3i. Queen Wilhel- mlna of Holland this afternoon issued an urgent decree 6rderlng the general mo bilization ot the Dutch army. Civilians May D Shot. KOENIOSBERG, Germany. July Sl. The .German military' authorities have posted notices ' tnat ihe rajlroad Ration end tracks hero .have been placed un.der. military guard. Nobody Is' allowed ia approach nearer than 100 yards of thu tracks and culverts, and ap order say that civilians disobeying tho sentrjes' challenges will expose themselves to the danger of being shot. Steamer La Provence Requisitioned, PARIS, July 31. La Provenoe of th French transatlantic line was today requisitioned by the, French minister of marine for the service of the republic. It Is to be armed at once and therefore has been withdrawn from the transatlan tic service. The France, which is not an auxllllary cruiser, will soil Tuesday Myron T. Herrlck and Mrs. Ilerrick were to sail for America on the Franco Saturday week, but as its sailing date has been advanced they cannot go by that vessel. Mr. Herrlck will not presen his letters of recall on. August 3, as pre viously arranged, owing to the enormous amount of work falllns on the embassy. North Gemiun Lloyd Holds Ships. NEW YORK, July 31. The North Ger man Lloyd steamship line "announced to day that none of Its steamers would sail from New York until further notice. col- Swap anything in the "Swappers' umn." FRY'S COT PRICE SALE OF LOW CUTS HAS XHE1VI ALL COJMIIMG! Never before have we had such a large response to one of our sales, and we have had many wonderful sales. But this year we are offering a larger selection of sizes and styles than ever before at About Mali Frice Fop WOMEN Laird & Schober'B patent and gun a mm metal colonials. Cuban and Louis l m V heels; $6.00 values, now WTaTll Laird &. Schober's patent dull and gtf tan Russia pumps, 15.00 and J5.G0 vJ 11 values, now 9Ual U Wright & Peters' patent co-ed pumps gkft f r also dull and suede pumps, $4.60 (Jit and $-1.00 values, now WfagUU Ziegler Bros.' straps, pumps and mj AT colonials, patents, dulls and tans, V U la $4. GO and $4.00 values UfaaUU Wright & Peters' Batln delaine Cu- "9 1" ban-Louis heel colonials; also mat V fl kid button oxfords; $5 values, now.0UcI y Twenty lines, all good makes, strap gn mm and button oxfords; patents, dulls TV IU and tans, $3.50 values, sale price... ti iU 325 pairs, small sizes, $3.50 and gm $4.00 values, on our bargain table, MHP your choice , UUU For IV1ENT Johnson & Murphy's tan Russia, gun sk a "Jf metal, kid and patent oxfords, $6.50 k values, now !0TaI U McDonald & Kilejs English oxfords, m ip in tan, Russia and gun metal, $6.00 xn Jh values, now vTsTU Howard & Foster's gun metal, tan, am Russia and patent oxfords, button I! J Ik and blucher, $5 values, now IPlIaTU Reynolds, Drake Oabel's rubber Af mim sole oxfords, in tan, Russia; $4.60 V J Ik values, now vUsTw Excelsior Shoe Co.'s tan Russia and n ftf gun metal oxfords, English and Jy Uk Dawg lasts; $4.00 values, now at... If CiUU Fifteen lines, all good makes, tans, a a jp dulls and patent low cuts, $4.00 and x j A h $3.50 values, now at WbaTll 235 pairs small sires of broken lines, gf $3.00 and $5.00 values QuG CROWN I'niNCB FREDERICK W1L. LTAM. BERLIN, July 3l-Fearlng that the crown prince, Ftederlck William, wight bo carried away with war fever and oommltt some Indiscretion that might embarass Germany, should ho stay in thn cupital during the present crisis. Emperor William haa banished his heir tu tho tennis courts at Zeppot Tho prime has received orders to stay at Xeppot plaing tennis until the crisis lis? past Bargains in White Footwear We have included in this big Clearing Kale every pair WHITE FOOTWEAR, high or low, in imported BucksVJn, Xubuck, Linens, Duck and Canvas, Boys' aid Yoiiths' Footwear 20 per cent off on all Boys' and Youths' Tan and Gun Metal Oxfords; also on all Scout Shoes. See Our Display In Show Windows HO& C). 16S6uDOUGLAS.