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THE HEli: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUUUST 4, 1N14 Our Annual August Linen Sale August Sale Napkins $4.00 lUem-herf Table Napkins $2.89 a dox. $3.50 Klrarhcd Table Napkins $2.48 a do. 'August Sale Towels -.)( J luck Towels 25c each 75e Huck Towels 50c each $1.00 Iluck Towels 75c each $1.50 Huck Towels $1.00 each August Sale Table Cloths $LLY Bleached Table Cloths $1.75 $4.50 IMenehed Table Cloth $2.89 $(5.75 Bleached Table Cloths $4.50 $7.50 Bleached Table Cloths $3.00 August Sale Crash Toweling 15e Crash Roller Toweling 12Vc a yard 18c Crash Roller Toweling . . .. 15c a yard 2()e Crash Roller Toweling 17c a yard GREAT SALE OP LINENS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ' HOWARD AND QIXTC CNTH BRITISH 'ARMY IS TO BE MOBILIZED; , FLEETJN ACTION , (Continued from Tuna One.) condition of it neutrality for the time blnt " ... . Sir Edward Grey In a second statement In the Houae of Commona after tha con ference of tnlnlatera In resard to the German ultimatum to Belgium aald: "Tha Brit lull govrwiment la taking Into grava oonsldf ration tha Information re celved and will make no further com ment." 5'I understand that the German govern ment will be prepared If we would pledge ouraelvea to neutrality, to agree that Iti fleet would not attack the northern coaat of France. That la far too narrow an engagement." Sir Edward drey than recited tha hla tai'jr of Belgian neutrality, aaytng: "Our Intereat. la aa atrong today aa It' waa tn 1870. V'a cannot take a leva erioua view of our obllgatlona now than dh) the lata Mr. Oladaton In that year. ."When mobilisation began I tele graphed both the French and tha Ger man governmenta aaktng whether they would reelect Belgian neutrality. France tepiled that It waa prepared to do ao un Ka another power violated thut neu trality. '. i " " Tha Garrnaa foreign secretary replied that ha could not poeslbly glvt, a re sponse before eonaultlng tha Imperial t imncellor and tha German emperor." Jae Intimated that ha doubted whether It waa pcsalble to give an gnawer because that aftiwer would disclose German plana. "Wi ware sounded last week aa to whether If Belgium neutrality were re stored after the war It would paoify us - and we replied that we could not barter our Interests or our obllgatlona." ls Edward Grey then read a telegram . from the king of the Belgiana to King ieorge making , a supreme appeal (or diplomatic Intervention to safeguard the Independence of Belgium. British C'ralser I.eacs Havana. HAVANA, Aug. 2. -The British, cruiser Berwick left here at midnight with all Ughte extinguished. Part of Port of He bee f'loaed, tjL'KBKC, Aug. I. The port Of Quebec was today placed In charge of tha mili tary authorities. The northern channel off the Island' of Orleans was ordered closed to navigation and H is believed to have been mined. All buoys and hsiinel Jlglita have been removed. The regulations forbid all persona approach ing government ships or dry docka. French llaer Cemmaadeered. NEW OHLJSAN8. Aug. S. Tha Cap lain of the French line steamer Mti slppl, which arrived today, received or ders to unload aa quickly aa possible and" report to the French consul general here.. The consul general would not dis cuss the order. Hundreds of French re servists and volunteers are being enrolled by the consul. BILLUTIK. flht Off Vssrssrer Probable. VANCOUVER, B. C Aug. J.-The Canadian cruiser Kalnbow lay in the royal road Victoria today with Ha decks cleared for action, awaiting advices con cerning the German crulsr Leipatg, re ported somewhere off Cape Mattery. Tha Lelpalg Is faster than the Rainbow by three knots, but tha Canadian . war ship baa the better armament and Ilea between the Ltpeig and her nearest coal supply. Tha German crulxer, Canadian naval mlllta officers say, ' cannot leave for the China station. . whither It Is bound, without replenishing its bunker. Bt LI.UTIN. LONDON. Aug. I. German cavalry today raided the French frontier near the fortress of lielfort and attempted to tomrrvindeer horus, according to dis patches from larls. German patrols also (wire attacked Jonchery, near lielfort. Bl I.1.K1IN. EHU811-, Belgium. Aug. 3. It Is es timated that luo.uuo German aoldlera have occupied the duchy of Luxemburg and are nassed along tha French frontier. , KTATEMEXT BV 1IIK PRCklUK.NT Kxeealtvr hays Ftaaaelal Slteatloe la fsssSi WASHINGTON, Aug. J.-President Wll son told callers today tha United 8tatea had not directly or Indirectly made any offer to uaa its good of flcea to bring about peace in Europe. He said he had nut heard it a suKgeettun by the queen of Holiaud that tha t'nlud tUatea unite with her ouuutry to offr mediation. ' The VWilte Houae authorised tljla quo tution from the president's remarks to tt.u WaninngUj.'i correspondents: It l extremely eoa.ry, n is man!-;-tly neciury, in the present atate of tttfalru on the other aid of the water ii. at you should be extremely wareful not i- l in any way to the excitement. Of v.. v . V X1 ATRCETS course, the Ouropefin world Is In a highly excited atate of mind, but tha ex citement ought not to spread to tha United States. Bo far as wa are con cerned, .there la no causa for excitement There la great Inconvenience, for tha time) being, in tha money market and In our exchangaa, and temporarily, In tha han dling of our crops, but America la abso lutely prepared to meet the financial altu atlon and to etralghtan everything out without any material difficulty. Tha only thing that can possibly prevent It la un reasonable apprehension and excitement. "If I might make a suggestion to you gentlemen, therefore, I would urga you hot to give currency to any unverified rumor or to anything that would tend to create or add to excitement. I think that It will be agreed .that wa must all at tha present moment aat together aa 'Amer icana In aeelng that America does not suffer any unnecessary distress from , what la going on In tha world at large. The situation In Europe la, perhapa, tha graveat tn IU possibilities that haa arisen In modern tlmea, but It need not affect tha United statea unfavorably In tha long run. Not that the United States haa any thing to take advantage of, but Ita own position la Bound and It owea It to man kind to remain In aurh a condition and In auch a state of mind that It can help tha ' rast of tha world. "I want to have tha pride of feeling that America, ' If nobody alaa, haa Ita aelf posaeasion and atanda ready with calm ness of thought and ateadlneaa of pur pose to help tha rest of tha world. And wa can do.lt and reap treat permanent glory out of doing It, provided we all co-operate to sea that nobody loses his bead. I know from my conference with tha aecretary of tha treasury, who la In close touch with tha financial situation throughout tha country, that there is no cause for alarm. There la cause for get ting busy and doing the thing in tha right way, but there I no element of un soundness and thera la no cauaa for alarm. Tha bankera and business men of the country are co-operating with tha government with a seal, Intelligence and apirlt which make the outcome secure." A proclamation of neutrality, Mr. Wil son aald. will be Issued aa eoon aa It ran be completed by tha State depart ment Ha doea not believe thera will b any necessity for congress to remain In session because of the situation In Europe. CZAR OF RUSSIA ,' TELLS OF EVENTS LEADING TO WAR ' (Continued tron Page One.) mum eafuguatd the honor, tha dignity and the Integrity of Russia and her posi tion among the great powers. "We believe unahakeably that all our faithful subjects will rase with unanimity and devotion for the defense of Russian soil; that Internal discord will be for gotten in this threatening hour; that the unity of tha emperor with his people will become still more cloae and that Russia. rising like one man, will repulse the In solent attack of the enemy. "With a profound faith In the justice of our work and with a humble hooa tn omnipotent providence In prayer wa call J God a blessing on holy Russia and her valiant troops. ' valiant troops. (Signed) NICHOUtal." New York Money Market Is Quiet At Six Per Cent NfcVV YORK, Aug., , S.-The money market of New York, tha Infallible Index to flnaucltl conditions, was quiet today. Oaing to the auapenslon of the atock ex change there waa no market for call loam. Tha demand for time money waa below normal. The slackness was re garded as a reassuring indication. Ona of the largeet banka In the atreet made loans fur all dales at alx per rent in no quarter waa there an urgent de mand tor money auch aa might be ex pected In case tha flnantcal market waa undergoing a severe strain. Commercial paper waa quoted at alx per cent for all dates. Urokra who had loans maturing today I Id off their Indebtedneaa Instead of ar ranging for renewals, as la customarily the case fhen business Is proceeding normally In tha street The suggestion that arbitrary rates of exchange be fixed from day to day waa put Into effect Informally aed re sulted In a sharp drop in quotations. Beveral housea quoted a rate of it for 4mand sterling. Last weeks' quota tiqns of K and over were . made. No rates were obtainable for rabla transfer. Tbe Kuropean , censorship praventa tha use i f cable ' oodee and tha axpanaa ef transacting business in cable transfer w.thout the use of codee would be ao hay as to halt ordinary transactions. Giant Liner l 1 he Kaiser's action In placing Germany under martial law haa led to the tempor ary retirement of the Hamburg-American Hne and tha North Gennaa Uoyd WILL BRITAIN BE DRAWN INTO WAR? (Continued from Paga One.) throwing the nation into war on aucb pretext. Of our Incapacity to in tervene effectively la a land war on the continent, and of our grave dan ger, bereaved of our gmall and sin gle expeditionary force, If we did go Intervene, I wrote yesterday and I adhere to what I wrote. Delglum Probably Safe. Even a German attack upon Bel- glum, a very unlikely event, would not Justify the dispatch of the army to the continent, treaties notwith standing. Naval pressure would be open to us, but -naval pressure would not govern the issue on land, while It would infallibly produce an Irre sistible demand for action on land, however hazardous and difficult. There are, of course, limits to the provocation that we might conceiv ably be asked to endure. IIow Forces are Situated. As to the war now actually begin ning, let the following strategic points be clearly grasped: Down south, far away from the de cisive theater. Austria with 300,000 troops, la at grips with a Servian army of about the same strength. - Russia. Is - unlikely to. give direct aid to Servla la this contest, for the whole of Ronmanla Ilea between her and the scene of conflict Her part Is to mobilise rapidly and threaten the northeastern frontier of Austria. Much Depends on Servian Much therefore depends upon the tenacity of the Servian resistance, for time,, in modern campaigns, is of priceless .value. . If Servla can delay the Austrian advance until the Rus sian offense is ready, Austria's posi tion Is seriously compromised. At present reports seem to show that the Servians are playing their part well, stoutly resisting the pass age of the Save and Drlna and al lowing Belgrade to be gutted rather than surrendered. , This tenacious resistance of tha little power today haa great effect In the larger strategy, for with the Auatrlan army divided and distracted. Germany, with the vaat foreea of Russia on her eastern flank, will be bold Indeed If It dare Invade France on her western flank. But Russia moves vary slowly and baa alwaya lacked offensive vigor. Germany and Austria may be counting on their power to deal lightning atrokea against France and Bervta before Ruaala la ready for action. Time will soon show. Russian War I "',,-. m8t , f e6A4NT VM fCts,xfnuv J I a aw y VUXNA 1 fJWDMMT The dotted line Indicates the boundary Hug between Russia and Ger msny. it Is here, around the little border towns shown In the map, that the first battles will be fought In the war of Germany against Russia. Imperator Held in Port ' ' , 1 " . . . - "K- .'.' i ; BBC VH -..1 ',-J9...fclUJ...l' -... line from the mudnesa of transporting passengers , acroaa the Atlantic. The gigantic line Imperator, practically new, haa beea ordered to cancel Ita selling TAXE STEPS TO PROTECT GOLD (Continued from Paga One.) taken by tha. association since similar action during the panic of 1907.' Between M0, 000,009, and tW.CiOO.OOO emerg ency currency arrived in New Tork today from Washington and waa loaded on twenty trucks to be Ijauled to tha sub treasury. This announcement was made' at tha aubtreasury after the aecretary of the treasury had started back to "Wash ington. , . Hrokeja Are Lroatns; Money. Stock exchange brokera , reconciled themselves today to the probability of a prolonged suspension of the market of New Tork. W. C. Antwerp, a member of the board of governors, aald that there was no thought of reopening the ex change In the Immediate future. The financial aspect of the situation, he aald, waa a serloua one. Members of the exchange realised that they would suffer enormous loaraa should the period of auspension be prolonged, for, while receipts In tha form of commissions on Stock exohange transactions would be cut off, expenses go on aa uaual. In tha caaea of aonve of tha larger stock exchange flrma the expenaea run np to $800 to 11.000 dally. Although Immediate resumption of business is not expected, brokera have hesitated to disorganise their machinery by dismissing employee and cutting off private wlrea, for In caaa of a audden reopening of the exchange they would be unable to transact business. Tha general situation haa been made more aoute by the poor business which Wall street experienced for many months. More than one hauaa In the atreet, ac cording to general opinion, haa not made expenses for tha last year or more. The apeaial committee of five brokera appointed last week met early today and It waa aald- would continue In session each day while the exchange . la , cloaed. Thla committee will attend to the settle ment of such points aa may require ad justment, acting aa representatives of tha atock exchange flrma, and will keep In constant touch with the European Situation with tha view to determining the probable chances for the resumption Of business. Wall street's army of sal aried employes waa particularly anxious tor tha future. Bo far as could be learned no wholesale dismissals of clerka and other employes waa contemplated for tha Immediate future. Similar Move, la Cklmao, CHICAOO, Aug. 1 Chicago banka to day began the uae of certificates In the clearing house and put In effect tha sixty-day notice for the withdrawal of deposits on saving accounts. Tha plan followa that enforced In Naw York. There will be no certificates for general circulation. The clearing house committee called its meeting for an early hour In order that the new system might be put under way without a hitch or delay in the operation of the banka. Little difficulty waa an ticipated on account of the announcement that the sixty-day notice clause In. sav ings bank receipts, requiring that amount Boundary 'LOHSh TX0MO a i wv A LvuWizti CA , eTTVArtiei.aav .SSSW weatwee, by Kaiser Because of : x f datee and hold Itself ready for service aa an adjunct to the German navy. Hun dreds of Americana traveling In Europe who had bookM paaaage on the Impera cf notice, be given by depoaltora before withdrawing ' funda, would be 'enforced until further notice. It waa planned to iasue an appeal to the patriotism of the patrons of banka . calling to their atten tion the - necessity of preserving Amer ica's '' gold aupply from depletion by the extraordinary demands of Europe on ac count of the war. f John 3:. Mitchell of the clearing house committee and president of the Illinois Trust and Savings : bank, explained the situation today. ' , ' "The' exportation of gold to Europe In the last few days haa begun to be felt here. If we had not taken , this action Chicago would soon be emptied of Ita gold. . There la no cauaa for alarm: Aa aoan as we obtain supplies of currency under the Aldrich-Vreeland bill the clear ing house certificate basis will be discon tinued." BleAdoo oa Way to Waahtntaroa. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1-Word waa re ceived early today at tho treaaury that Secretary MoAdoo will return to Wash ington at S p. m. to take up the finan cial situation In the weat with repre sentative of the Chicago and fit. Loula clearing house associations. Mr. McAdoo la anxious to learn to what extent the treasury's offer of t34,000,foo to national banks for crop movement will aid In meeting the present situation. It waa not known whether Comptroller Williams will return with the aecretary, but Charles 8. Hamlin, member-elect of tho federal reserve board, will remain in New York. ' Mr. Hamlin will watch developments and inform the treasury. Seventy Thousand Men Are Converging ' on City of Mexico SAl-TILLO. Max.. Aug. . An advance on Mexico City of more than seventy thousand well armed and equipped con stitutionalist aoldlera was begun today on orders from General Carrania. IRA.PUATO, Guanajuato. Max., Aug. 1, (Via ,E1 Paso, Tex., Aug. J).-Oeneral Alvaro Obregon, commander of the divi sion of the northwest, arrived here today and his troops are mobilizing here for the movement on Mexico City. This place la only ISO milea northwest of Mexico City. Obregon's forces prob ably will converge with those of Ueneral Jesus Carranxa, who recently took Guana juato. Irapuato was taken after heavy fight ing. After tha troopa under Colonel Miguel Acoata drove back tha federal out poata. General Luclo Blanco, Obregon'a cavalry chief, attacked Irapuato on July . After a three hours' fight the federals reattacked but were' defeated. Blanco promptly followed up hla advantage and with hla two cavalry brigades crushed the 5,000 federals on July 81 at a ranch ten milea east of here. During tha fight ing tha federals loat about 200 killed and 800 prlaonera Blanco's loaaes were about the same. - . French Physioian is Shot for Trying to Poison Wells at Metz LONDON, Rngland, Aug. S.-Telt-grame from tha chief of the German general staff received at the German embassy here assort that a French doctor with two aasiatanta tried to polnson the wells near Mats with cholera microbes. Tho doctor waa tried by court-martial and shot Another French party, according to the aama sourae of Information, endeavored to blow up a atrateglc tunnel near Cochan on the Moselle. All were shot DEATH RECORD Marjorle Lydla Boyer. Marjorle, infant daughter of Mr. and Mra. K. P. Boyer, 724 South Thirty-sixth atreet. is dead after a brief illness. Fu neral aervicea have not yet been ar ranged, but will be private and friends have been reaueeted to omit flowers. Mrs. limner Cooper. SIIELTON, Neb., Aug. 1. (Special. "Grandma" Nancy Cooper died Saturday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. C. Buttereon. Bha waa one of tha early settlers of weat Hall county and waa past M years of age. A number of children and grandchildren eurvtve her. ONT Our prices are the lowest in moving and for storage space equipment and service right up-to-the-minute. GORDON FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE & VAN COMPANY Call U Dowtaa 394. War Scare j tor are held up through the government's action. TRYING TO SAYE CEGILIE Ship with Gold Ordered to Avoid ' British Ports. IT CARRIES. TEN MILLION Bl Shipment from Neve York is Coaalgneal to Beaks ta I.oadoa and Tarls Three Libera Reach New Yerk., WASHINGTON. Aug. .-Thla govern ment Is investigating a report that the steamer Kron Prinxesain Cecilia tiae been taken In charge by British- cruisers. The gold bullion it carried la regarded aa neutral until delivered to the Englleh and French consignees. NEW YORK, Aug. aWIreleaa mea ages were dispatched today from the home office of the North German Lloyd Eteamahip company In Bremen ordering the Kron Prinxesain Cecllie, which haa on board 110,800,000 In gold for London and Paris banka, to proceed directly to Bremen without touching a usual at Plymouth and Cherbourg. This order, aa announced at the New York offlcea of the company here today, waa taken to mean that the eteamahip officials pro posed to deliver tha gold aboard German warahlpa rather than run tha rlak of selxure by British ships. The report that the ahlp waa off the north coaat of Ireland last night, and another that It had been captured by British man-of-war, were not confirmed, nor was there any information as to the disposition of the paasengers. - Moat of them are bound; tor England and France. Llaersi Reaeh New Yar',, The anxiety In New York for this and other ateamahlps Increased as the reports of war actlvltiea were read today. There was relief In two instances in the ar rival of i the steamers George Washing ton from Bremen, Southampton and Cher bourg and the Rotterdam, from Roterdana and Boulogne. Their cabins were crowded with home-coming tourists, grateful to have reached port In safety. The Hamburg-American line offlcea here learned today that their eteamahip Albingla, headed for Jamaica, had put back to Cartagena, Colombia, rather than run tha rlak of entering a British port today. Tha Graecla, from the Weat Indlea, arrived here aafaly. Agenta of the Auatro-Amerlcan gteam ahip line announced that the steamship Kaiser Frans Josef L which waa due to sail from Trieste and Flume on Saturday, would be held there Indefinitely. The Martha Washington of the same line ar rived aafely at New York today. Women Will Serve Sandwiches and Coffee at Barbecue A committee of ten women has been ap pointed to select a larger committee - of aome fifty to serve aandwiches and drinks at tha big republican rally ana barbecue at Florence, August S. Tha committee la made up of the following. Mrs. W. B. Sheely, Mrs. Henry F. Meyers, Mra. Louis V. Guye, Mrs. Robert C. Prueaedow. Mra. II. . Hare. Mra J. B. Cooley, Mlaa Monda Marquardt, Mra. J. F. McArdle. Mra. Edward Mortality, Mra. F. 8. Tucker. These will have power to select some forty more women to assist. Rev, J. B. Cherry On His Annual Trip to Climb Pike's Peak Rev. J. B. Cherry, pastor of the Pres byterlan church at Walnut, la., waa In the city yesterday, enroute to Colorado, where he goea on hla annual vacation, which ha makes a tramping tour. For a number of yaara Rev. Mr. Cherry waa pastor of tha Third Presbyterian church of Omaha, going from hare to Walnut. For aeven yeara ha haa been apendlng his annual vacations In Colo rado and haa acquired tha habit of climb ing Pike's paak. . Last year he climbed It three tlmea In alx days and this year ha la going to break a record by climb ing from the base of the mountain to the top aix consecutive days. Got anything you'd line t swap? Use the "Swappers' Column." FORGET 219 N. 11th Street. J TO HELP AMERICANS ABROAD President Wilion Asks Appropria tion of Quarter Million. AMBASSADORS CASH PAPER Arraagemente Madr. for Cioverament Repreaeatatlrea to tloaor All Klada ef Money Orders for Yaaheea. WASHINGTON, Aug. S. President Wllaon today sent a special meeaage to congreaa aaking immediate appropria tion of 1250,000 for relief of distressed Americans abroad. President Wilson, In conference with Secretary Bryan today, approved plana for financial assistance tor Americana abroad. The main features are: American ambassadors have been In structed to laaue "Ambassador's orders" or checks in exchange for letter of credit, travelers' checks or exprees money ordera. Instructions have been sent by the State department to American embas sies to arrange with the French, Britten and German governments to cash such checks. Steamship companies have been asked through diplomatic officers to accept em bassy checks for transportation. Many Deposit Money. Friends and relatives of Americana In Europe needing money may deposit any sum with the Stats department here and an equivalent sum will be Issued In the form of an ambassador's order abroad. Two representatives of New Tork bank ing houses will start at once for Iondon and Paris to arrange for the further fi nancial accommodation of Americans. Postmaster General Burleson arranged to issue international money orders, lim iting the amount to $100 for each person. Unofficial Information reached here today that the United Statea Steel cor poration was ready to offer the services of about thirty ships to carry American exports abroad and bring Americans from Europe. The offer la being Investi gate. Aaka Transportation. LONDON, Aug., 1 Walter H. Page, the American ambassador, on the urgent representations of hla compatrlota here, haa aaked tha American government to furnish eoon aa possible transportation homo to the thousands of Americans marooned on the continent of Europe and London. Norman-I.anarer. Miss Alice Langer, daughter of August Langer of Denlson, la., and Chester Nor man of Madison, 8. D., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at Ills residence Monday noon. They were accompanied by the bride's elster. Miss Marie Langer of Denlson, Henry H. Fr&hm and his daugh ter, Hattle, also of Denlson. Mr. and Mra. Norman will make their homo in Madison, S. D. Our policy is one of co-operation and Helpfulness. We do not plan to attract your patron age by quoting a low price on a casket and then make up the loss by excessive charges on other detY la. We tell you just , what every feature of our service will cost and our charges will be found not merely correct and fair; they will be low. lmant DFEKI MS & fUtt HIDES 24th and Dodse Phona Doug. 390i i. .,mm. a I J I i ... : s t re 1 ;. -rl . x .-. "t i OCEAN TRAVEL. 4, By the Short Sea Route aamta sATunoave Fran Iloirfnal ft Quebec "TEUT0X1C" "CAKADA" WHITE5TAR- DOM INIQW LINE VHIcSO " AMITSKMENTS. 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