THE BEK: OMAHA, NATTKDAY. SKITKMHKK VK 1!M4.
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The Store lor Shirtwaists
Our buyer, now in New York, was able to purchase
for cash, at a great reduction, about 300 fine waists.
These blouses are from one of the best makers of ex
clusive waists. Every waist is a new fall model and
the showing includes both low and high neck styles; sleeves .from
3-4 length to full length-sizes 34, 3G, 38, 40 and 42.
These Blouses Are Offered Saturday Only at the Following Prices
BILK BLOUSES OF BLACK '.CHINA SILK
SILK AND MESSALINE, ip navy blue, black,
silver gray, brown, worth from jo Cktt
S4.f0 to $6.00, Saturday...! pOVD
SILK BLOUSES, INCLUDING ROMAN
STRIPES of every color, green and white,
blue and green, black and white in check, be
sides navy blue, bladk and' brown; waists of
crepe and satin, worth $6.25 to (t PA
$7.50, Saturday .... 1 . ,;p4eDU
CHIFFON BLOUSES A really remarkable showing in all the season's colors black,
delft blue, apricot, brown, gray, purple and white, very appropriate for
matinee and afternoon wear, worth $9.50 to $15.00, Saturday
$6.50
The. Fur Shop
"Yon buy furs here with
assurance."
A complete showing of
Fashionable Fur Sets
Muffs, Scarfs and Coats
Toilet Articles
Perotide Bath Soap,
for '. . ; . .8VjC a cake
Brunette Rouge. . 25c a box
35c Orange Flower Skin
Food 19c
Sale of Stationery
Saturday 25c a Box.
A special value, Saturday
only, of fine grade writing
paper and envelopes at 25c
a box; put up in four style
boxes paper and envelopes
together, or paper separate
and envelopes separate.
Main Floor.
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Hundreds of New Hats on Display for Saturday
Thousands who have vis
ited Thompson & Belden's
Millinery Section have in
dicated their satisfaction
in the exquisite millinery
and their keen pleasure in
the excellent service.
We have won distinct
favor this season again
simply because this de
partment has proved itself
a genuine sensation in
millinery.
Eeautiful Trimmed Hats
for Saturday.
High Grade Tailored and
Eemi-dress Hats,
$8.75, $10, $12.75 and $15
MILLINERY SECTION SECOND FLOOR.
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New Fall Shirts for Men
We are showing an exceptional line of Men's High
Grade Coat Shirts for Fall, in plain or fancy patterns,
at....' ..$1.00,. $1.50. $2.00
SWEATER COATS This season we are showing a
full line of Men's High Grade Sweater Coats; in the V-neck
or with Byron or shawl collars. . . . . . .$2.00 to $7.50
New -Autumn Dress Goods
. Will Be Shown Saturday
Something now to show you each day:
better selections now than later because it is
quite certain that some of the foreign fabrics
cannot be replaced.
New Silk and Wool Materials, New Gabardines,
New Spot Proof Broadcloths, New Serges, . ,
New All Wool Canton Crepes, New Corduroys,
New All Wool Roman Stripes, New Plaids,
New Suitings.
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HOWARD iK" AND SIXTEENTH STREETS
PARADE UNDERDIFFICULTIES
Dei Moines Style Show Windt Up
' in Wake of Big Storm.
STREETS LITTERED WITH DEBRIS
l.o'K Dar to Heavy Haln Wilt Be
flnnitred Thousand Pollers la
Capital Alonr Mall
from Fast.
From a Staff C irrespondenM
tFS MOINES. Is., Kert . ' IS -(fpeclal '
Telegram.) A parade of decorated float! ;
and other irwc ol fraturea made ' the
bualneM men of Dca Moines. cloe. a
three day "style show" under tomev-ttnt
unfavorable ausptoa at the big storm i f
last night dampened the ardor of imat of !
the people The perade waa followed by
flrewnrVs. !
Soma of the streets aim which the a-
rade was to have passed w.;i 1 11 badly
cluttered up with paving bl v Ui t v. n lit
ty the floods, and al-m :?ia gtree'a piii.ips
were at ..rk clear' t- out cellar. It l
rat malid that IVO) will bp the In fur
tc Individuals and tni city.
Only ,vrtlal train wrvi- was ita'tind
out of the city duruvr the day. No mall
waa received today :r.tri Chtcag".
Soma f the railroad will have t. re
pair hundreda of yarla of track before
the tralna will run again.
Work in the Valley Junction shops of
the Rook Island waa euapended because
of deep wnter In the rhJ.
Utah Mine Cavein
Entombs Twelve Men
SALT LAKE CITY. flan. Sept. 17.
Lete thla afternoon a cavd In on the 1,800
foot level of toe Centennlal-Eureka mlna
at Eureka hopaleaaly burled twelve men.
Haven of tha men are married and five
are single, but all have, relatlvea at the
camp who are standing about tha entrance
to tha mlna urging; tha rescuing partlea
to greater effort,
Arrange to Exchange
Captives Through U.S.
PARIS, Sept. 18. Tha Trench and Ger
man governments are arranging through
Washington for tha exchange of prison
ers of war. It la understood that James
Gerard, tha American ambassador to
Germany,' has cabled German's adhesion
to tha plan.
GERMAN CENTER
GAINING SLOWLY.
AGAINST ALLIES
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' iontlnud from Pk One )
the statement made In French and Eng
lish dispatches.
Tha wording of the latest German bul
letin may perhapa be Interpreted as In
dicating that there Is only a series of
miner engagements ' In progress, but la
understood that this a not the case and
that the attacks and counter attacks
mentioned are part of a heavy general
engagement. "
tory of Defeat of Raaalaaa.
Meanwhile the severity of the censor
ship qii tha Russian front has been re
laxed and a number of stories are com
ing through from which It Is possible. to
draw a gentral picture of. tha operations
leading to the defeat of General Ren
yieakampfrt Ruaslan' army.'
Frora September 7 to 13. the Ruaalana
took a strong position on the Una from
Angerburg. to Oerdauan, A Den burg and
Kehlau, tha left' wing resting on tha
Masurian UVea and the right wing pro
tected In the rear and flank by ttut forest
of Frlsching, whose pathless woods and
swamps furnished an almost Impregnable
position. The -Ruffians devoted great ef
fortsto entrenching their position and
brought up besides their heavy artillery,
Tlusa'an cavalry, which scouted far to
the west and south but otherwise, tha
army undertook no offensive operations
In the days following the battle of Tan
nenberg. i
Tne enemy's forces, 'according 'to the
German official account were composed
of the second, third, fourth and twen
tieth jorpa. two reserve divisions and five
cavalry dl virions.
General Hlndenburg,' thi 'German com
mander, tneana hlle waa assembling fvary
available man, depriving lha .fertresaea
of their garrisons, and railing In all but
a bare remnant of the fnre-a protecting
tha southern frontier In lha. vicinity of
Boldou, adding them to reinforcement a
tecelvrd from the weet
General Mlndenburg again resorted to
the customary German flanking move-
Patti Held as Prisoner of War;
Leaves Servants as Hostages
PARIS, 8e. lS.-Adstlna Tattl arrived
In Tarls yesterday, after being kept sev.
oral weeks, together with her. husband,
a prisoner of war at Carlsbad, where she
wss finally obllgod to leave alt her male
domestics as hostages . to gain her own
liberty. This was obtslned only after
laborious negotlationa and In the mean
time the Count and countess ware aub
Jected to Insults by tha people besieging
the hotel In which they were kept under
uard.
ment and since the. Ruaslaa right pro- the departments of philosophy, theology,
tected by the forest and marshes, seemed
too strong, ha adopted the daring strategy
of sending tha flanking force to the lake
region to the south, tha same character
of movement by which the Ruaalan army
was trapped and captured a short time
before, and which In case of failure might
have been equally aa disastrous for tha
Germans. 1
Strategy Baireeaafa)' Again.'
The atrategy, however, aueceeded, al
though General Rennenkampff offered a
dsaperate resistance to tha frontal at
iackK After three days' fighting the
Russians were forced bark slightly In the
oenter. When - tha flank movement of
the Germans waa - discovered already
threatening the flank, a counter move
ment was launched ags-inst them with a
new army collected at 1-yck, Including
the twenty-second corps, and .parts of tha
third Siberian corps, just arriving from
Irkutsk, but the counter attack failed
and on September 10 the Ruaalana began
to fall back on their malq position, re
treating In good order and well covered.
The Ruaaian artillery on tha right wing
appears to have, made , a good retreat
owing to a thtiely atari, while the west
wing waa hard pressed by the envelop
ing German Infantry. From thla wing
the Ruaalana retreated, serosa tha border
In two columns, while the main body went
northward and the others In an easterly
direction, pursued by the Germane, who
advanced far from tha border.
The German government has), appointed
Count Von Mefveldt aa governor of tha
Ruaalan rrovlnre of fuwalkl and other
points occupied by thirn.
The I nlverslty of Klelsberg today ooa
ferred on General Von Hlndenburg
nonary doctors degrees from all four of
wtrecscscna
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and personalities connected with 1he btupendous conflict
now shaking Europe' and the world.
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law and medicine.
The Berliner Tageblatt prints the fol
lowing regarding the operations In the
west:
"We are standing on the dofenslve on
a 125-mile battle line and tccauae we have
bten spoiled by a rapid serlea of victories
many are unable to realise that a de
fense under certain clrcumatancea. Is as
Justified as an offensive.
We have learned littlo concerning the
situation, but we can pqlnt to some suo-
cesses such ss the rcntilae of the French
night attacka and the fact that tha
French have succeeded neither In out
flanking the retiring right nor breaking
through the front.
"f he abandonment of ur original poat
tlons between Parle and Verdun for
strategic reasons Is In Itself nothing
momentous. In many !aya of battle and
shifting positions final results alone are
Important. 8u long us the battle con
tinues undecided with (he possibility of'
throwing In fresh troops, while the enemy
haa exhausted themselves by repeated
attacka, the German chances are belter
than those of the Anglo-French."
Deacrlbee bast Prvsalaa Action.
Captain Schaieckart, the correspondent
of the likal Anselger describes the ac
tion In east Prussia on September 10 as
follows.
"Our heavy how User batteries, located
on the extreme right wing bombarded
the entrenchments and bomb proofs of
the Russian army with their terrible ef
fect and from this position we could watch
the progress of the battle easily wtth
field glaasea but we. too, caught the big
notea of the battle muslo. '
"The battle salvos of the Russians came
In every shortening Intervals snd be
tween rolled the Infantry fire, now In
volleys and then Irregularly. Meanwhile
the hard rattle et rhe machine guna on
the adge of the forest had a deafening
sense, adding long runs of notes to tha
concert.
"Tha Russian shrapnel meantime burst
too high or too low near our batteries,
but the Ruaalana after a while got the
range. Coon our batteries Increased the
fire until the heavens seemed afire, while
on the horizon the village broke out In
flames.
"Through the field glasses I, observed
dark masses moving across the fields- It
was the well extended German Infantry
advancing with rapid speed. Altogether
too high oer therm etplodad shrapnels
and from the north cam Infantry fire
which waa soon, silent.
"At 1:46 o'clock In the afternoon the
Russian shrapnel fir reachedlu maxi
mum violence and then followed a cessa
tion of all frr (or ten minute, and
again tbe fire waa opened. At 1:46 o'clock
the Ruaalan fire atopped with our men
advancing aa repiaiy as poaaiBi and a
little while afterwards the effect of our
tlank movement behind Loetsea made l
self felt
French Announce the
Si tuation Unchanged
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.LONDON, Sept. 18. -An "announcement
leaued by tha official press bureau this
evening says;
"According to a
afternoon, there is no particular change
in ine situation.
'There has been some activity on the
part of the allied cavalrv. hut without
the present time any definite result."
SITUATION OF GERMAN
TROOPS REPORTED GOOD
tiONDON. Sept. lrf.-The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Central News agency
has forwarded tha following dispatch re
ceived from Berlin:
The el tuation -of the German troons
In the great battle on the western fron
tier la good, especially In the center,
where the Germans have, received sub
stantial reinforcements. Tha end of the
battle Is expected soon."
FOUR UNIVERSITIES CONFER
DEGREES ON HINDENBERG
BERLIN, Sept. 17.-(Vla Amsterdam.)
Empress Augusta Victoria today vis
ited the hospital named for her and con
versed with the wounded officers and
men.
Prince Joachim, the youngest son of
the emperor, 'who Is at Bellevue' faatle,
ta said to be recovering from his wounds,
but It will be several weeks before he is
quite well again.
All four' faculties of the University of
Koenlgaberg have conferred honorary de
grees on . General . lllndenberg. In recog
nition of his services In repulsing the
Russian Invaders of east Prussia.
Prince Frederick Carl of Hesse,
brother-in-law of, the emperor, was se
verely wounded recently ..by. s. . bullet,
which entered the thigh.
As Ideal Wosaaw's lataatlve.
Mo better laxative than Dr. King's Kiw
life Fills; they help the liver and bowels
to healthy action. Sc. All druggists.
Advertisement
INDIANTS MAKE CLEAN
, . SWEEP WITH TIP TOPS
BROOKLYN, N. T.. Bent. M.-lndlan-
apolls made a clean sweep of the five-
game series here, defeating Brnnklvn
to 4, today and taking first plac in the
reaerai league race, aa Chicago loat to
the Pittsburgh tailenders. Score: R it r
Indlanapolia 6 1 1 l l o 1 ft- it
BEH',k.'y? 0 1 1 0 0 i 0 -4 10 0
... BaUrtM: Kaiserilng. Mullen and Rar
Iden; Brown and Owena.
OPENING FOOT BALL
GAMES OF SEASON TODAY
KEW YORK. Bept, It -The opening
gamea of the eaatern Intercollegiate foot
ball season will be played tomorrow. The
.. ,ndln school and the Abright
college eevena will meet In the principal
contest of the day at Carlisle. Ph. In thlt
city the foot ball committee will go over
the 1914 rode and elear ui any doubtful
points due to any uncertain phraseology.
SCHANG QfTrWmMERS TO
REPORT JO PITTSBURGH
-.-. . v j , ..n,fc ocyi it. v a toner
echang of the Bt. Joseph Western league
burgh Nationals, haa teen ordered to
report to the Pittsburgh club et Boston.
At the time of the rurchas It waa an
nounced Kenan would finish the season
with Bt. Jcse-'h. Ha If a brother of te
ttar catcher of the Philadelphia Amer
icans. . - , , . .
fcidgar Wtat. aaal Lwaea.
EIK3AR. Nth., 8ept. . (Special.) Ed
gar and Nalsnn. played a double-header
on the "Mgar grounds yesterday after
noon. The flrat game was hotly con
tested. In the second game Edgar could
not hit the pitcher, off of whom they
made their runs in the first. In this
game Eilgar waa charged with eleven er
rors and Nelson with seven. Score, flrat
game:
IMgar 1 4oaeeft-4
Nelson 04 0 0 0 1 Zi
Batterlea: Edgar, Caraon and Xopp;
Nelson. Jepeon, McOlusky and Carrol.
I'mrrtre:. 1. K. Eiv?ana. tVeore, aeoond
game:
Nelson ..... 0 I I 1 M l I y4
Edgar 0 o0ao
Batterlea: Nelson, Jepeon and Carrol;
Edgar. W. Sconce and Kopp. L'rcxre:
L K. Evana.
NINE KILLED AS TROLLEY :
AND FREIGHT TRAIN MEET
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Bept. I7.-Nlne per
sons sre known to have been killed and
more than fifteen Injured early tonight
when an Illinois Central freight train
crashed Into a street car containing about
thirty-five passengers near Binghampton,
a suburb of Memphis.
The wrecked car, a trafW ws hurled
oer an emhankment. and the foremost
freight cars toppled over on It.
The identified- dead, all residents of
Memphis and suburbs, are.
HR L. H. Pittman.. dentist (
I. C. nOl'OLAB, aged 4Z, salesman.
HENRY HOrmEei aged IS, carpenter.
R. A. ROPFR,
W. H. OWENS, Hged 25.
II. 8. PKtKl. aged Ti. lineman.
J. n, BF.ITOGER. contractor.
WILSON REFUSES TO HEAR
PROTESTS ON ATROCITIES
WASHINGTON. Pept. l.Pret'derit
Wilson today declined to receive Horace
Li. Brand of Chicago, who came to present
messages from several German-American
organisations, protesting against the
chargea of atrocities made by the Belgian
commission against the German army.
The pres'dent la understood to be deeply
disappointed over what he feels la disre
gard of his neutrality statement. He is
determined to check, as far as possible,
continued efforts of natives of European,
countries living In America to take aides
on the question. He does not believe such I
c'tlsens should publicly tske sides.
Our First ' Anniversary Sale
Saturday Will Be a Wonderful Day at
THE HOUSE OF MENAGH
To make U such we have taken every High Grade
C'oat, Putt and Dress In our stock and put a price on each '
that will surety Interest every wearer of rood clothes. All
we, ak la a tomparlaon. Onr assistants take great pleas
ure In showing our merchandise.
Anniversary Sale of Suits at
$25.00
Values to if 40. Nearly all high
grade fabrics.
$25.00 Sale of Hi?h Grade Coats
Only the House of Menarli o.i'n'itv If
fered. They are worth from I3 to
They are oifere-1 for Haturuay at eo- '"
So come early. .
Afternoon Dresses at $12.98
These dreaaen are made from mesalln
and satin In the newest basque effects.
They are worth II. 00 and are of the regu
lar House of Menagrt quality.
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All Silk Jersey
Underskirts
$1.69
Heavy weight Jersey
and are the regular
$3 grade. All col
ors to choose from.
Anniversary Sale of High Class
. .Millinery
$7.50 Sale of Model Hats
Plush and velvet hats in all of
the newest Tricorn and Sailor
shapes. Values to $15.00; on sale
Saturday at '
$ 7.50
The House of Menagh
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1613 Farnarh Street
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Omaha's Real
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Drug Store
TKe prices tell - the story. -
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10c cake of Imported Castile Soap.
$1.00 S. 8. s:
60c Pebeco Tooth Paste .';....".,...'........,
Durham Duplex Safety Razors
15.00 German Razors on which you cau use Gillette blades.
$1.50 Beaton'a 2 -quart Water Bottle Sl.l
$1.50 Beaton's 2-quart Fountain Syringe $1.10
Odda and ends of 2 and 3-qt. water bottles and lountam syringes
11.50 values, Saturday, special, at .- 690
76c Rubber Glores (a household noccessity) 39
50c Doan's Kidney Pills 34 ?
60c Carmen Face Powder '. 270
75c 1-lb. Peroxide of Hydrogen 270
2 dozen, 6-grain genuine Asperln Tablets................ 250
$1.00 Newbro'a Herplclde 63
$1.00 Plnaud's Hair Tonic : gOjk
$1.00 Plnaud's Lilac Vegetale G4c
$1.25 Gudes' Pepto Mangan , 800
2fo Tooth Brushes 100
$1.00 Warners' Safe Cure 670
$1.00 Bingo Nerve Tablets ; 670
25c Laxative Bromo Quinine -140
75c Monogram Stationary, 390
26c Boxea of School Crayons 160
50c Daybrooks Toilet Waters, all odors .' .42
1-lb. 20-Mule-Team Borax , (
1-lb. Epson Salts . .' 5
Compare our prices and then
"Follow the Beaton Path"
Beaton Drug Co.
15th and Farnam Streets ;''
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MrrrrlUt Iajare.4.
BKWARH. Neb., Sept. 11 (RpexdaiV
Reuben Vogel won first money in the
motorcycle raa at the Seward County
fair on Thursday. Aftermard he raoed
a-lth Reeder. state champion motorcycle
racer, and his machine vsered Into the
fenr aurroundlng the track. Vogd'a
right arm waa broken. Splendid weather
lias made the county fair a ntnneaa.
SIXTY. THOUSAND PINCHED
IN CHI YEARLY FOR NOTHING
CHICAGO, 8ept. IT. PlJtty thouaand
persons are needleesly arrested In Chi
cago every year at a coat of IS.WO.000 ac
cording to a report made tot ay to a
council committee Inveatlgatlng crime.
The report was made by Miss Edith
Abbott an investigator:
City. Felonies. Misdemeannn .
Chicago 4 7 ! i
New York. 71 IS -
London .03
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
SENT TO BERLIN RED CR0S1
CHICAGO,. Bept. It Fifty thouaawl
dollars aubacribe4 In Chicago by the Ger
man and Auatro-Hungarlan relief asso
ciation today was cabled to the Red
Cross association In Berlin for distribu
tion ia caring for wounded soldiers.
Department Orders.
WASHINGTON. Bept. U Special Tele-
fram)-Post masters appointed In Ne
raska: Crab Orchard. Johnson county,
Leslie A. Piatt, vlca Frank H. chsrreit.
Greenwood, Case county, C. M. Coieman.
vice E. C. Coleman: Lem-tston, Pawnee
county. John W. Douglas, vice E K. Tay
lor: I nion. Caaa county. William N Pikes,
vice W. H. Dubola. ,
In Iowa: Lovla, Monroe county, Oscar
O Cone til. vice T. B. U' Brian.
Poetmastera reappointed In Nebraaka:
Nemaha, Nemaha county. Peart HuXis:
Talmas. Otoe county, August Dlcaen
man: Vosta, Johnaoa county, Charlea II.
Zelgler.
M. D. Wit che 11 was appointed rural let
ter carrier at Caraon. Ia.
Postofflce at Hamilton. Johnston county.
Wyoming, diacontlnued. mail to dm.
' Ttaitemi la Waahlagtea. '
WAJSHINQTON. Sept. U tSpeclal Tsle-
grajn.WHra. Frank Crawford, who haa
Just returned from Ekigland, and Mrs
lAurs Know of Omaha are guests of
their stater. Mre. Richard L Metcalfe,
aad oX CoDgreeemaa &Uaa Barton.
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Don't Put a Pretty Foot
in a Homely Shoe
"We fiave a pretty shoe for every :'oot. And a range of
prices that will fit every purse. For years this store has
been known as "Omaha's reliable shoe store." Reliable in
style reliable in quality. .
Newest Fall Models Now Being Shown
Come in and let us show you all the nevr styles.' Tou'rs
welcome, whether you wish to "look" or buy. Ladies'
shoe priced from
$3.00 to 85.00
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COAL AT CUT PRICES
Did you ever atop to think how much money yo.t could aave by tak
ing advantage of our prlcea? Kigura out how many tone of coat you
use. then compare our pries with those of our competltora, you will
find a aaving of 0c to $11.0 per ton. N
la thla not worth thinking about? We solicit your businasa M a
Quality Bersloa filae seeing baala. .
ROSENBLATT Cut Price Coal Company
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