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2 THK PEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. New Black Silks for Fall Complete is the only word which properly describes our Black Silk Section- Satin de Meteor, Satin Duchess, Satin de Luxe, Silk Section, The Store for Shirtwaists In tomorrow (Friday) night's paper will appear the announcement of a remarkable sale of silk and chiffon blouses. Remnants of Dress Goods, Colored and Black Friday Almost every style of fabric serge, wool crepe, batiste, suiting and soft , fine weaves for dress wear. Lengths for misses' and children's school dresses, separate skirts and many full dress lengths. Don't miss Friday's opportunity. Pre Goods Section, Main Floor. " in -ru' ; - k ' X: -rrr, r tt .11 sr. 4J fa'jteMJfcjKi liar amm'f arA tZGTf&St'D AND SIXTEENTH JBTRCfTRS ASK NEW TRIAL FOR JONES Kan Conriotei of Omaha Harder Reads for Another Chance. APPEARS IS SUPREME COURT Jcaacea, rmt Kebraeka Foot Ball riayer, Aeeare la tne Ca.tv Stale Bear 4 f Health la Session. (Prom a Buff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Bept. t7.-Spcll.)-Whcther tha atata will have to buy an electrocu tion chair this year will depend upon the action of the supreme court, argument having teen submitted to the court today on the application for a new trial for John Jonea, convicted of the murder of Bam Leone, an Italian pool hall proprietor la Omaha. Jonea shot Leone after a quarrel In tha pool hall of the latter something over a year ago and waa sentenced to be electrocuted - August. 4 last. .An apepal waa made to the supreme court for a lay of electrocution pending a submis sion of the caee'trf the . higher' court which Was granted and Attorneys Carrot H. Wright, John A. McKenal and Will N. John, the latter colored attorney and wall known In Nebraska as thg sensational colored end of tha University fjot ball team a few years ago, Were ap- l-olnted st attorneya for Jonea. . Grenade Advance. The grounds given In tbe brief and a loo In the argument made today before tha court for a . new trial are that tbe court erred In admitting testimony show Ing that tha case was premeditated. They admit that Jones made a written confes sion at the erlraa in which he admitted premeditation, but attempt to show that after the crime waa eommlttced and Jones waa brought back to Omaha that he was forced to sign the confession under the application of the third degree by Chief ct Detectlvea Steve Melon 0 Omaba and hi assistants. . It la alleged that Jones waa threatened wtth being beaten up If ha did not make a confession and under such threat be wrote ut a oonfeaston. The confession did not ult Helonay, aooordlng to the argument, and he wrote out a confession himself d forced Jonea to sign it. Jones claims he did not Intend to shoot Leone and fired law to scare, him but tha rebound threw up the mussla of tha gun and tha bullet struck eLona In tha ab domen. He also claimed that Leone waa trying to get bold of a Winchester rifle which he had la file desk. B)ar ( Health Meets. The State Board of Health held a ees alon this) morning and appointed J. II. Bleotntngkamn, who has been aaslstlag In the Mate laboratory at tha state house. asartctant state bacteriologist at a salary ct 81.a per month. Mr. Bloomlngkamp la a graduate of Rush Medical college. Brown Leads la Voting;. The referendum vote taken to glva the democratic president a ttp aa to whom he ought to have the aenvta confirm aa Lin coln's new poatmaatar shows that A. V, Johnson, recommended by Congreaman Magulre la third In the race while 8am Whittlng hea stepped up to aeoood place However, F. W. Brown la so far ahead of both that It looks as If he had the cnll for the place If the people have anything Everyone Needs'J The Great War Manual In it you will find over 1,300 indexed facts and places and personalities connected with the stupendous conflict now shaking Europe and the workK THE OMAHA BEE will send you a copy today, bound in strong cloth, full of maps and pictures and data about the war. This grent War Manual has been prepared by the Editors of The World's "Work, which is a guarantee of its unquestioned authority. ( s Tear off this coupon and bring it to The Bee I office with 50 cents for your copy. Add 1 fire cents for postage when sent by mail. ; mm J Crepe de Chines, Crepe Poplins, New Cord Effects. Main Floor. f-e 'b? to ny. The vote this morning shows Drown, 42S; Whiting, 71, and Johnson, M New Strejet Car. The IJncoln Traction company has given the people something new In the line of transportation, four "trailers" of the latest modern type being put on '.he runa yesterday. The four cara coat about :5,0O9. Great Britain Apologizes for the U. S. Criticisms WASHINGTON. Bept. 17.-Flr Cecil Forlng-Rlce, the British ambasssdor, called at tha State department today and formally expressed his regret for the pub lication of an Interview attributed to 81 r Lionel Car den. British minister to Mexico, criticising the United Htatee for with drawing troopa from Vera Crui. Auetrians Advance . Against Servians ' PARIS, Sept. 17.-A Nlah, Bervla, dis patch to the Havaa agency aaya: "Resuming tha offenalva tha Auatrlana leased the Drtna river to the couth and southwest and marched toward Kroupa.nl and Vallevo (Servian town about ten and thirty-five mtlee respectively from the Bosnia border). - "On a front of more than sixty miles, comprising Leubovla, Svornlk. Losnltsg gnd Leanitra along the Bosnian frontier, desperate battle have been fought for four days. The latest new declared the position Is favorable deaplte desperate attacks." COVEROR ISSUES HIS ELECTION PROCLAMATION (From a Staff Correapondent.) LINCOLN. Bept. 17.-(Rpeelal.)-Oov. crnor Morehead laaued a proclamation to tha votera Informing them that there will be an election thla year and that on No vember 8.1P14, the people may select one governor, one lieutenant governor, one secretary of atate, on state auditor, one treasurer, one state superintendent, one lend commissioner, one railway commis sioner, two regent of the university and one member of congress from each of the six congressional districts. They may also select thirty-three mem ber of th state senate from the twenty eight district of the atate and loo rep resentatives from . the seventy-seven representative districts. One Judge of the nonpartisan flavor will be required In the Becond and Fourth Judicial districts and a chief Justice of thj state supreme court will be required. Three constitutional amendments must be voted for. L.s.a Sheakta gale. LONDON. Pept. 17,-At a sale of sheep skin held here today there were l.a bale offered, principally New Zealand. West Australia and Punta Arenas. There waa no continental or American demand, but home traders were fair buyers. Price declined from 1H to 1 pence per pound for cross breds and from 1 to 1H pence for merinos, or about 10 cent respectively. Get Into Chance." business via t. " Business Xff X rill ,Y K IE, V CORPORAL'S DIARY TELLS WAR STORY Nine Day. After Leering with Troopi on Special Train, the Last Word ii Written. HARDSHIPS OF MARCH ARE MANY F"reneh "-Cnm" K sf ! r ftreat la St ere Thejrc Diary End.. (Copyright. 1P14, by Preaa Publishing Co.) FRANKFURT. Bet. 17. (Special Cable blegram to the New York World and Omaha Bee.) A corporal In the French army. Who had been wounded In battle, left hla diary In an ambulance. It had been kept from the day he left home, and contalna the following entries: Thursday, August Departure from Lodeve by special train. Friday, August 7 Travel through the valley of the Baoma and arrived at Martlnrourt field. Faturday, August I First march toward the front, crossing Mlrecourtho, visits made by General Tauerne Vldal and Xardel. Sunday, August (Rise at t a, m., start for the drill grounds it 7 a m., return to our quarters at I a. m. Almost without any change we get beans and canned meat Men Drop frem Heat. Monday, August 10 Leave for a new place, to be designated later, march Is very badly led. Fearful heat Our bag gage very heavy. Everything helps to Weaken us. Men drop In large numbers. A number of companies are lyinx In the gutters. Victim of the day, two dead, of the One Hundred and Forty-second and one dead of the One hundred and Twenty-second regiments. Arrive at Bayon. Tuesday, August 11 We are marching end marching again and again. Today too many remain behind. My poor core feet carried me with great pain. Wednesday, August 13 Arrive at Lune- vllle. Wine, coffee, fruit are being dis tributed by the Inhabitants. We get first sight of the Germans three prisoner. Cannon roar constantly. Thursday,- August 18 Remain on the qulv viva the entire day, but don't march. Friday, August 14 Departure of the en tire corps In the direction of the fron tier. We arc to go to battle with the Bavariana. That ' will be an awful en counter. If I should die. I shall do so with the awful feeling that I did not get a' message from you. Eight o'clock In the evening, we are on the battlefield and sleep in the oat fields. The thunder of the heavy artil lery can be heard uninterruptedly. Within five hundred metres from here, a village Is In flamea, aet afire by the Prussians before they retired from the scene. Some thing very great la In atore for ua to morrow. x This Is tha end cf the diary. German Wounded .No Longer, Stoics (Copyright, 1914, Press Publishing Co.) BORDEAUX. Bept 1. (Special Cable gram to New Tork World and Omaha Bee.)-There I on marked difference wholly psychological, between the Ger man and the French wounded." who arc constantly arriving here now. r v' Physically there I little difference be tween the German wounded eoldter being tarried by, and hi wounded French an tagonist on th nearby cot. The bullet or shrapnel has torn the! German" flesh no more cruelly than It has torn th Frenchman. But almost all th German prisoner are suffering extremely from nervous exhaustion. Therefore the popular opin ion of the outlander of the characteristics of the two la wholly reversed. The French wounded Instead of show ing signs of nervous excitement, is eom tmratlvcly calm, whereaa the woundeu among th Germans, despite their reputed stoicism, spend th greater part of their waking hour sobbing plteously. STATE LABOR FEDERATION , ASKS RECALL OF POOL (From a Btaft Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN, Neb., Bept 17. (Special TeW gram.)-Th labor unions appear to be after the scalp of Labor Commissioner Charles Pool. Resolution were paased at the meeting of the State Federation of Labor thla afternoon calling upon Gov ernor Morehead to let tha commissioner out . .. A resolution opposing th workman's compensation law was also passed. .Those opposing the Us claim that the Jaw was Introduced by th Insurance lobby to give th business' liability Insurance a boost Most of the opposition to th law cam from th Omaha delegatea. Another resolution is aimed at the Dodge convict labor law. Thla resolution la expected to come up after the com mlttea ha taken sufficient time to discusa It and la liable to bring on a fight In the convention. Woman suffrage waa endorsed. foaatlaatloa Poison Yes Dr. King New Life Pill regulate your bowel, prevent constipation and stimu late the liver to healthy action. c. All druggist Advertisement. Echoes of the Strife To Dlalnfeet Battlefields. LONDON. Sept 1.--Reuler' Parla cor respondent aaya ft firemen left Paris today to carry out under direction of the army medical service such sanitary meaa- urea on the recent battlerteid aa will free the ranital and the region round- abount from all danger of Infectious aiseases. Veaaelc Coaasaaadoered. ' SEATTLE. Wash.. Bent. 1. -The British admiralty haa commandeered not only all the Canadian Pacifio liners on the Pacific ocean, but haa also taken the Union nteajnshlD oomoeny a new Australian liner WUIochra and the new ttnvr Tehtia from the Ban Francisco-Australia run. No Battle Oft Coloa. COliON Bept 11 There la no truth In the report published In the I'nlted Btatee that there has been a naval engagement off Colon. The report that there had bean a battle at aea arose from th fact thai tbe big guns on Toro Point Were being fired lor testing purpose Note Aataoc Boraoaaa BORDEAUX. Bar. 11 Max Nordeauz tha author and Dbyalclan. and Count Michael Karolyl, president of the Hun-. arlan Independent party, are among the f urate nera who arc being temporarily de tained her. Norrte Aeka Prone. I WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Congreo I atonal Investigation of campaign coliec I tluna and expendliuree In the recent aen- I atorlai primaries In Pennsylvania, and . Illinois aaa proposed In a resolution In troduced today by Senalo Noma, re fiubllcan of Nvbraeka. Germans Returning East Prussia LONDON, Or ft. IT - A petrogrsd special dispatch to the Times says: "According to the Litest Information available here the German, realising the futility of the withdrawal of eight army corps from their western front are returning their first line of troops from Kent Prussia weatward. ."Military writers here are still pustllng over the problem why Germany should have made the blunder of sending such GERMANS FAIL TO CIRCLE RUSSIANS IN EAST PRUSSIA (Continued from Page One.) lty of the Russians, whose army divtslens are composed of sixteen battalions of In fantry, wtth cavalry and artillery anO un limited supplies of ammunition. Tha Rus sian divisions are considerably stronger than the Auatrsns, especially aa regards artillery. Austrian soldiers declare that for every ten Rueslan soldiers killed twenty came In their plaoes. The Russian art! Hey 'fire they said waa wonderfully good, but the Infantry work waa of an Inferior kirfd. It Is anticipated hero that there will be a temporary lull in the fighting, as both sides are apparently exhausted. The Viennese Journals of Tuesday are ' en- tlrely without new of any Austrian flgntlng. . Wocaded Nsmber Thoasaadc. The wounded continue to arrive In Vienna In great numbera. Slght thousand were brought In on (Sunday alone. The hospitals and the varloua public buildings, converted Into temporary nursing homes, are terribly crowded. Ten thouaand wounded are being cared for In the ro tunda of the exhibition building In ' the Prater, the Imperal park. Sunday after noon 10,000 person Visited the soldiers in the General hospital. The bank statement shows that with drawals during August aggregated over $!t,000,009. Nearlnar Prsemysl. fNDON, Bept 17.- dispatch from Pelrograd to the Reuter Telegraph com pany give this outline of. the situation In Galicla: . , "The postlon of'Orodek, occupied ' by tho Russians. Is eighteen mile west . of Lemberg and I situated on the heights, under which a chain of sis .almost con necting lakes stretch out toward the Russian frontier, forming a natural de fense for fourteen miles, running north and couth. The Austrians abandoned this position after the capture of Lemberg. "Mosclska, to which the Russians have advanced, Is a little over forty miles weat of Lemberg, on the main line between Pmemysl and Lemberg. The shattered second Austrian army was evidently In capable of staying th advance and took refuge in Frxemayl. from which the Rus sians, according to the latest official re port are only nineteen milee away. . "Great enthusiasm continue to prevail throughout Russia and all classes are doing their utmost to help In the present smergency. At Moscow the Barbers' guild have offered to shave and cut the hair of soldiers free of charge, while. at Vllna fifteen cab drivers have offered their services tor the transport of tha wounded. St. Clair Vanishes After His Parole t ' (Trent a Btaff Correspondent ) LINCOI.N, Bet 17. 8eclaJ Telegram.) George A. St. Clair, the convict at tho state penitentiary, who received notoriety last winter by refusal to obey the rules of the prison, providing 'that prisoners should attend church and whose case waa taken before the State Board of Control by Charlec Wooeter, the Silver Creek statesman, has decamped. 8t Clair became suddenly good after the board decided he had to obey the rule and for hi conversion he waa a few day ago given a parole. ' After being placed on the train he ha not been aeen. GERMANS LACK NURSES, WOUNDED IN GRAVE STATE PARIS, Sept. 17. The pitiable sUte of most of tha Oerman wounded la explained by some of the prisoner a due to a lack of nursing. .They aay th Oerman were convinced that they would creas Prance and take Pari at the douole quick, that they . did . not . provide for wounded. When the famoua '76" gun of the French began to make ravage th Oerman oommander took from th rank men beat , qualified for th work of car Ing for the wounded, but their services were quite Insufficient. Yesterday a train load of wounded. comprising a large number of men In the Imperial guard, arrived In Bordeaux. Nearly all are In a grave atate. They were accompanied by a Oerman surgeon and one nurse of the Imperial guard. All of these wounded recognised the good care they have bad since falling In the hands of the French. MEETING TO LAUNCH PLAN FOR INCREASING U. S. TRADE NEW TORK. Sept 17.-Consular repre sentative of twenty Latin-American re public who have formed an association for th purpose ot encouraging trad re latione with thla country, win mi m Saturday for the purpose or lormsjiy launching their plane Tho Diana of the conauiar representa tive Include the opening her ot a per manent exhibit of what their reapectivc countrlee have to cell, inia oanitmwn will aleo have a bureau for tne nenani of American wienufeeturere Co that they can learn the needc of the Lauin Ameri cana In thic way the concular repreeen. tatlvcc hope to create aa Increased Inter change of trade between thla country and their wn. PRESIDENT REQUESTED TO REINSTATE NEBRASKAN WASHINGTON. Bept 17.-Preldcnt Wilson wa asked today to order th re instatement of lnon 3. Lonsrgan of Ne braska and M. Jemall ot Rhode Island, wh recently resigned from the naval academy at the request of officials. Rep roaentatlvcc Klnkead of Nebraska and O'Bhauaeeey of Rhode Island asked for th reinstatement and' the president prom- teed to take th case under advisement Bee reader are to intelligent to over look the opportunities In the "want ad" columna. They're worth while reading. Troops from to Western Field an army to East Truss's, where It waa Iwund to remain either inactive or make an attempt to Invade Russia with the almost complete certainty of sharing the fate of the Austrian forces In Galicla. "The real explanation teemi to be that when half the population of Kest Prussia stsmpe'led before General Rennenkempff, carrying the panic to Berlin. Germany felt compelled to tranquillse the popula tion by sending a great army to area occupied by the Ruesfsns " ARMIES BATTLE ON EVEN TERMS; 3,000000 FIGHT (Continued from Page One.) oentive of knowing that should th Oer man right be again turned there are no great defensive positions behind the In vaders until they reach the Meuse river. The poeltlon of the army of the Oerman crown prince, making Its way toward the i Stenay gap, remains full of Interest. The French army which barred the exit of the crown prince by Toul I ctlll hurry Ing In pursuit of htm. There Is no confirmation of the reported would not be surprising. In the opinion of observer In London to see the Germans quit Belgium altogether If there Is any truth In the report that the eastern area of the war ha become the declelve posi tion In German eyec and that Germany will be content to maintain a defensive attitude tn the west. .Italy and Rsmaals Bnay. Italian and Roumanian activities seem today to point to decisive action In the near future. Should these countries take the field against Austria-Hungary. H 1 argued hero that Busta would have Its hand freed and that Germany would be thrown entirely on Itc own resources to repel the Russian hosts thus strongly re inforced. Italy seem to hav called IU reservists to the colors and to be on the point of occupying Avlona In orfler to safeguard Its Interest In the Adriatic. French Official View. " PARIS, Sept. 1T.-The text of an of ficial communication today I aa follows: ."First, on our left wing th resistance of. the enemy on th height to the north of the river Aisne he continued In plte of tho fact that the 'enemy gave back lightly at certain point.. Second, on the center between Berry-Au-Bac, on the Alsne and the Argonne the situation shews no change.- The enemy continue to fortify itself along the line prevtou Indicated. Between the Argonne and the Meuse the Germans .are entrenching themselves in the vicinity of Mont Faucon. In the Woevre dldtrlet we have come in contact with several detachment of the enemy between Etant and Thlaucourt. "Third, on our right wing. In Lorraine and the Vosges, there has been no change. . "Summing up, the battle Is being con tinued along the entire front between the river Otse and the' river Mouse,- the Germans occupying positions organised for defense and armed wtth heavy artillery. . "Our progress Is of necessity slow, but our troops are animated by a spirit of offensive action and they are 'giving evidence of vigor and enthusiasm. They have repulsed with success the counter attacks undertaken by tre enemy both during the day and at night. The morale of the French soldiers Is excellent. 'The . Austrian armies evacuating Galicla arc tn full rout. Their losses In killed, wounded and prisoners are esti mated at several hundred thousand men. The German army corps which went t'o their succor are retreating." beny Allied Victory. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17.-The German embassy today received the followlnr wireless from Berlin: - "All th French and English report of victories of battle in France are untrue. The German retreat of the western wing wa a tactical maneuver not affecting the strategical poeltlon. The French attempt to break through the center, of the Ger man Bosition was victoriously repulsed. "There I confirmation of German successes at several points of the long extended battlefield. The Temp report that the losse of the British army In the recent fighting amount to 15,000 dead and wounded." . German Ship Sinks Five British Vessels TOKIO. Bept. 17. (9:56 p. m)-It 1 re ported here that the German cruiser Em den lis sunk five British steamer oft the const of India. The paaaengers of the veeael are said to have been caved. teavoaer Arrives. NEW TORK, Sept. I7.-The ateamer Patrla from JJarselllta, with 418 paaaen gera, and the ateamerc Theasalonikl and Athlnai. from Piraeus, the latter having 16A passengers, arrived in port today. Tha steamship Baltic Is due late today or early tornorrow, with passengers from Liverpool and the Lusitania, - from th same port, la due tonight. Those who know our service recommend us to their friends. That is why our business has grown, we are not in' com petition on the price question st all, and yet comparison of our bills with those of other undertakers will always show our charges to be the lowest. And you are told the itemized eost in advance. 24th mmd Dodg thomm Don. 3901 Teething Badies SUFFER IN HOT WEATHER use Krc.WinsIow's Soothing Syrc? A SPLENDID REGULATOR Fl'RUY VECETASLE-KOT KASCOTIC HAUBEOGE FORTS STILLHOLD OUT Wonderful Defense Being Made by Garrison of French Force Against Siege. STEADY RAIN OF HUGE SHELLS Direct Assault I pon Fortifications Abandoned Rrraoae of Tremead oce Toll of Lives that Waa tbe Reaalt. (Copyright, 1914. Press f ubllshlng Co.) t MiT roe.f ne. -. . . - aepi. it. -(special Cablegram check to facilitate the retreat of the mass to the New York World and Omaha Bee.) of the armies of Generals Von Itluck -Berlin officially announced the fall of ' ,nd Von Buelow, has ccveloped fnto V! n 8I'mbr wltn 409 "WWhat will probably be called In history ard. 4,000 pr.eonera. j th, of Ant Wnetner tn. Qer- A correspondent of the London Tele-, , found lt necessary or advisable to ..-....- xjuuiuans uiai was In the vicinity of Maubeuge Sep tember U and that the forta were still holding out. The German report of the fall of Maubeuge ha never been con finked. "The defense of Maubeure by I a few hundred Intrepid French aoldiera," says the correspondent, "seems to have been overlooked, almost Ignored, during the advance of the German to th gates of Paris and their subsequent repulse. But the resistance of Maubeuge has been one of the finest feats of ct.is In the campaign. The Germans Invested Mau beuge on August 23. Bonibardm-ai Ceglna. "The bombardment ot the forta by the big Oerman siege guns began on Xentem- ber 1 and has been continued with brief Intervals of rest ever since. Maubeuge Is defended by seven forts and each con tained on August 25 Na garrison of 210 men. It -1 Impossible to say how many turvlve, but It la known that in one or two of the fort th casualties were large In proportion. "Ten thousand of the kaiser' troops were detached from the main armies to Invest and attack Maubeuge. Each day at dawn th huge Oerman siege gun be gan to hurl missiles at the forta. The German gunner dropped shell after shell right on the foru and defenses. The bombardment Is Inceesent all the morn ing, then an Interval of rest and the bom bardment is resumed. So It goes on, hour after hour, day after day. - "Occasionly the artillery attack is var ied by a rush of German infantry at the fort and then the" machine gun of the defender mow down the rank of the advancing army with terrible precision. Attempt to carry the forts by atorm were frequent at the outset, but heavy losses inflicted on the Germans led to their abandonment In favof cf th steady hall of shells from their , Krupp siege guns.' "On September 9 the Oerman embassy In Washington gave out two official mes sages received by wireless from Berlin as follows: . As. salts Too Co.tly. " 'Maubeuge has fallen. We have cap tured 400 guna and 4.000 prisoners Includ ing four general.' " "All the papers (In Berlin) emphasised the Importance ot the capture of Mau beuge. The German military lines are now free. Also the rapture of so great a number of prisoners means an 4mport ant weakening of the enemy." WILL NOT SEND WARSHIPS TO TURKEY FOR MISSIONARIES WASHINGTON,- . Pept." 17.-Presldent Wlls,on has no Intention at present . of sending American battleships to Turkey to relieve the fears of missionaries, ac cording to statement today by official. CJJ CT Friday Sale of Afternoon and Evening Dresses Values to $35.00 THE HOUSE OF EH AG S3 "Th Store for Gentlewomen" 1613 Farnam Street Aal'SKMENTS. DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR At Elkhorn,Neb., Sept. 23-2614 Bigger and Better Than Ever $3,000.00 IN PREMIUMS New grounds have been secured, new building erected, and the agricultural end live stock exhibit will be the beat ever held in the county. OMAHA DAY, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2.1. Bad lea' Health Contest, under auperviaion of Mias Ruth A. Bailey, Twentieth Century Farmer, Omaha. Neb. ATTRACTIONS First and last carnival attractions and many free entertain ments in connection with the fair. Come and kpend one day at least. President CHA8. WITTE. Elkhorn, Neb. Secretary J. F. McArdlo, South Omaha. rhoae Doaglaa 44. ASTAVCrO TAVBKTZZ.LB. Thla week. "Taklag Thlnga Easy," Minnie Allen. Woodman l.i vlngaton. The Kandalla. Harry Bieen. H. li. Murtin, Jack A forla. The Orpheum Travel Vrteaa'' Matlase Oallety, lt; beet Mta tuB etir as ud C. Nlahia 10c-2c-4v-lc BATTLE DEPENDS OH CROWN PRINCE Ability cf Him and Hii Army to Stand and Fight May Determina Engagement at Aiine. TRUCE TALK IS DISCREDITED Constant Stream nt Woaaded frens the Front Disproves Kaiser's Rnmored Desire to Listen to SngSeatlon of Peaces PARIS, gept. 17. The rear gusrd action, supposed at first to be Intended as a turn and enraee in a eeneral action, thif grent battle wages fiercely and rivals In Importance the battle of the Ma me. The war office aaya that the French have not flinched at any point. ThU aounda as If. they were on. the defensive and this micht be so In view of the strength of the pos tlon the Germans oc cupy. The official communication Sunday said that the French and English had crossed the Alsne. If so they have the river at their back, while the Germans are strongly entrenched on the heights of Laon and Rhelms with their right protected by the Otse and the Alsne at Norton. In Parsnlt of t wwi Prince. The undetermined element In this tight Is the allies' right which Is In pursuit of the crown rlnre' army. All report In dicate that the latter Is quite as de riiorallied as was Von Kluck'a army and I suffering equally from lack of pro visions and ammunition. While Von iCluck has no doutt received what he need in this respect It 1 doubtful if the crown prince haa. The battle may depend on what condi tion the crown prince reaches the front and whether he can make a stand and prevent the allies from turning the Oer man left. Some of the military experts "till think that the Germans hope by this action only to check the onrush of the allies and that, later they will take up the defensive on the Namur line. There was credit even for a rumor current yerterdey that Km peror William had ordered General Von Kluck not to resist In France and that he was ready to listen to offers of truce through Pope Benedict XV jr President Wilson, but the steady stream of wounded coming from the front seems to disprove this and Indicate that the battlo will be to a finish. ROOSEVELT TO SUPPORT PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 7. The pro gressives having Joined forces with the democrats In the fight for the governor ship, leaders of all parties and factions today said that the political campaign in Pennsylvania will be prosecuted with greater vigor than ever. William Draper Lewi, the Washington party nominee for governor, who yesterday withdrew In favor of Vance C. McCormlck, the democratic candidate, haa placed himself on record to support Mr. McCormlck against Martin O. Brumbaugh, the te publican gubernatorial candidate. Colonel Roosevelt will come into Penn sylvania soon and "big guns" of the lather parties are expected to speak In I the state next month. Sale AMI IEMENTS. BRANDEIS TOsTIwXT StSOl at. ICat, and Might, EiSOU IIU WaiOHTfJ "Tha -Winning of Worth" Frioce. Cat. Hat, Soo-SOo-TSci Sec. S5e-Sl COKXBTO. BepkMj3TjAaaic lunt Sept. 17th g Pay "Th Baa W1T SuWU-M DOLLAR DOLLS and every one of them looks th yn lewis & cody v:r (Nut) Nelson, Flo Talbot. Walter John son. Marcel Cnerie, Cliff Wormaa end Beauty Cherus of SO Baby Dolls tn "Thf Phoney Ietectlvee.' LAOXXS' BOO MA. Will fwa i.