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IMPORTED BIRDS THRIVING
Oame Warden Rutenbeck Finds
Many of Them in Northwest.
LAW STILL PROTECTS THEM
Rate Etpfrl Powrll lines in hlcaan
to Attend Hchrarlne; In fall
fornla I'rnteat on Rales for
Xebrnska Floor,
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BATTLE TERRORS
(From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Sept. 25.-Speclal.) "The
woods are full of them," said Ganio War
den Qua Dutenbeck this morning when
asked If he knew what hnd become of the
Chinese pheasants which were turned
loose a couple of years ago because the
legislature refused to muke an appropria
tion to keep them where they could be
watched and bred.
Mr. Rutenbeck returned this morning
from a hunting trip In the vicinity of
Chalron and said that be saw large and
numerous covlcs of the pheasants in the
timber along the Niobrara river near that j
town. Residents of the town estimate j
that there must be at least 1,000 of them j
around the river within ten miles of the
town and they have become very tame.
The law will not permit them to bo shot
and aa a result they are multiplying very
rapidly. Their beautiful brhtht plumajro
makes a beautiful sipht as they fly about.
They go In covles something like quail.
Hoyne, Inanea (all.
Secretary Royse of the Rate Banking
board has Issued a call for reports from
state banks for September 21. There are
Tftf of these institutions coming under the
Field Marshal Reveals Human Side
of Conflict in Report of Brit
ish Operations.
GERMANS THINK SELVES BEATEN
This I Opinion of t'ommnndcr, Whti
Make fnntlnns Prediction of
Vletorr llnae hrl Called
"Jack Johnson."
liOXDON. Sept. 25. The of filial '
press bureau tonight issued a report
from Field Marshal Sir John
French's headquarterc, supplement
ing the dispatch or September 22, j
on the rtrltlHh operations In France, j
The text follows.: i
"The enemy is still maintaining
himself along the
order to do so is
fight detachments composed of
units from very Mfferent forma- I
ttons, the active army, reserve and j
landwehr, as is shown by the uni- I
forms of the prisoners recently cap-;
tured. i
"Our progress, though slow on '
account of the strength of the de-'
fensive positions against which "e j
are pressing, lias In certain direc- j
Hons been continuous, but the pros- ;
ent buttle may well lust for aonio
days more before a decision i
s still maintaining .a
whole front and in
i throwing Into the fi
jurisdiction of the board, the largest in reached, since it now approximates
me nistory or me ooara. somewhat to elege warfare.
iif-arm on no.r m-.. ,.Th( (.rnlanu ...... l,l..unr I
rsilway commission, will go to Chicago searchlights. This fact, couple !
on October 9 to be present at
bearing of the flour rate case
the interstate cominljslon. The
one in which California mlllcra
mending a higher freight rate
the re- with their prent strength iu heavy itf
before arlllery, leads to the supposition It
case Is i..i..
i are de- , .3
on Ne- ! 'which may have been collected for
braaka flour, because it comes Into com
petition with the flour manufactured on
the coast. However, they are anxious
th.it the present r.ite should remain on
wheat, which they are glad to get, so
they can make flour us good a that made
In Nebraska. 'Nebraska wheat iewnted,
but Nebraska flour is not. The Interstate
commission bad ruled against them once,
but they aro coming before tlicm again
for another try to keep cornhusker flour
out of California.
Morehcad Adopt Aolo Finn,
'.lovernor Morehcad will also take tile
Htitomoblle route In an effort to reach
tho people. He will sturt out Monday.
September 2. at Fremont and will cover
the towns on the Klkhnrn valley, ending
up Saturday, October 3, at West Tolnt.
8nuf lowers find Water.
If experiments made at the experiment
station of the University of Nebraska
farm are correct it can be readily seen
why Nebraska Is ahead of Kansas in the
products of the eoll and raises a greater
amount per acre than does the Sunflower
state.
Investigations made the last year have
shown that sunflowers use three times
as much moisture as corn, the experi
ments showing that a eunflower stalk
takes two barrels and a keg of water,
or about 9,"-2 pounds of water, while a
stalk of corn only uses four-fifths of a,
barrel o 300 pounds.- However, tho ex
perimental manager does not show why,
if a sunflower takes so much more water
to thrive than a stalk of corn, sunflowers
along the road seem to thrive so well in
dry weather, while the corn Just over the
fence seems to be suffering badly.
Inanranee Consolidation.
Insurance Commissioner Brian, who
went to Asheville, N. C, to attend a
meeting of the national organization of
Insurance commissioners, upon his return
will find a proposition before him of set
tling the matter of the consolidation of
tho Fruternal Aid association of Law
iencc, Kan, with the Fraternal Union of
Denver.. The consolidation Is saaid to
have been made without any advance no
tice to the Nebraska members of tho
Kansas society, but ie said to have had
the approval of the insurance depart
ments of Colorado and Kansas.
It is said that the consolidation will
Klve. a membership of about 80.000 and,
ihat tho object of the consolidation was
to cut down expenses. The Colorado com
pany ha a policy which pays benefits to
members who attain the age of 70 years,
which Is said to be liable to work a
hardship on the association In the future.
the siege of Faris.
Knglinh See Victory.
"The nature of the general sitiin
tion after tho operations of the
J8th, 19th and 2oth, cannot better
be summarized than as expressed
recently by a neighboring French
commander to his corps: 'Having
repulsed repeated and violent coun
ter attacks made by the enemy, wt
have a feeling thai we have, been
victorious.
"So far as the Tiritish are concetti' d
the course of events during these three
days can he described in few words.
l"urlng Friday ISth, artillery fire was kept
up Intermittently by both sides durlni;
daylight. At night the Germans counter
attacked certain portions of our line, sup
porting the advance of their infantry as
always, by a heavy bombardment. But
the strokes were not delivered with gre.-it
vigor and ceased about 2 a. ni. Durins
the day's fighting an air craft gun of
the Third army corps succeeded In bring
ing down a German aeroplane.
"News was recetved also that a body
of French cavalry had demolished part
of the railway to the north, stopping at
least temporarily, one line of communica
tion which Is of particular Importance to
the enemy.
Evr Room nf Cannon.
"On Saturday the ISth, the bombard
ment was resumed by the Hermans at an
early hour and continued intermittently
in reply from our own guns.
"Some of our infantry advanced from
under cover apparently with the intention
of attacking, but coming under file they
retired. Otherwise the day was unevent
ful except for theractivity of the artillery,
which is a matter of normal routine
rather than an event.
"Another hostile aeroplane was brought
down by us, and one 'of our aviators
succeeded In dropping several bombs over
the German line, one Incendiary bomb
falling with considerable effect on a
transport park near 1. Fere. A burled
tore of the enemy's munitions of war
also waa found, not far from the Alsne,
ten wagon loads of live shells, and two
wagons of cable being dug up. Tracts
were discovered of large ijiKintities of
stores having been burned all tending to
show that as far back aa the Alsne, the
German retirement was hurried.
"There was a strong wind during the
day accompanied by a driving rain. This
militated against the aerial reconnulsance.
Enallah Loss Heavy.
"On Sunday tho 2uth, nothing of im
portance occurred until the afturnoon
when there was a break in the clouds and
an interval of feeble sunshine, which was
hardly powerful enough to warm thi
soaking troops. The Germans took ad
vantage of this brief spell of fine weather
to make several attacks against different
points. These were all repulsed with loss
to the enemy, but the casualties Incurred
by us were by no means light.
"In one section of our firing line the
occupants of the trenches were under the
Impression that they heard a military
band In the enemy's lines Just before
the attack developed. It Is now known
that the Gorman Infantry started their
advance with bands playing.
"The offensive against one or two points
was renewed at dusk, with no greater
success. The brunt of the resistance
naturally has fallen upon the Infantry.
In spite of the fact that they have been
drenched to the skin for some days, and
Borne wells for irrigation purposes. Water I their trenches have been deep in mud
is now found at a depth of from fourteen ' "d water, and In spite of the Incessant
to thirty-five feet, which has been suffl j niht alarms and the almost continuous
t lent for stock purposes, but up to date bombardment to which they have been
thee wells have not been tried out for subjected, they have on every occasion
irrigation purposes. The commissioners I been ready fr the enemy's infantry when
agreed to drill at least three wells, and. the latter attempted to assault, and they
THE
HAT
YOU
OUGHT
TO
WEAR
is probiiltly quite differ
ent than those you've
seen so far this Fall
You want the right hat,
we've got the right hat.
You should talk it over
with onenfour Hatters
tomorrow---
Soft head-gear from
$2 to S5
Clever Derbies
$2 to $5
Smart Fall Caps
50c to $2
This ad was written for such
men as you so read on
We know you are naturally interested in new fall wearables,
that's why we want to tell you of our wonderful showing of
New Fall Suits and Overgarments
Omaha men have learned to ox poet hig things from this store; they expect choicer merchandise,
larger assortments, hotter service. They expect to see the new things here first. They have formed this
habit simplv because we have alwavs given them the tliinus thev now expect of us. That's vhv we are
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THE NEW SUITS
might bo called attractive, but the.
are more thnu that, they are master
pieces of clothes building It's tho
many iniall things so difficult to de
scribe, but easy to nee, that in a V en K.
P. suits the desire of all well dressed
men
$io to $40 r',,H,c"
Best value Suits in the
state for boys, at . . .
That's the price the majority of Omaha mothers want to upend
for their Hons' euitu Alwayn eager to offer best values, we'vo
put forth extra efforts to secure the world's best pults for boys
to sell at Kive Dollars. We think we've micceeded. May we have
your opinion soon
A sturdy Mackinaw Coat for your boy
The Overcoat that was especially designed $4 S7.50
to stand the wear and tear of a healthy .
Omaha lad here in big varieties at ana 3O.JU
POPULAR BALMACAANS
l'opular with old and young nun,
with merchant ns well as student -We're
meeting the demand for thee
Coats, with a lUuble-A assortment.
Many have told us It's by fur the
greatest in the city. We believe it
is, and we are rertain the values
are
$10 to $35 Kf2
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FARMER KILLED AS DRIVES
HIS CAR OFF EMBANKMENT
LEXINGTON. Neb.. Sept. Ci (Spscial
Telegram.) Charles Hmlth, a prosperous
farmer living north of this city, was In
stantly killed last flight by driving his
uuloniolille off an embankment into Buf
fttlocreek. The county commissioners had
built a new bridge and the place where
the old bridge had stood was not guarded.
The machine fell over an embankment
about twelve feet high and into three
feet tf water. Three other occupants of
the machine escaped with the exception
of a few bruUes.
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To Drill Wells for Irrigation.
ALLIANCE, Neb., Sept. 15 (Special.)
A epecial committee from the Alliance
Commercial club met with the county
commissioners Wednesday, asking their
co-operation In promoting the sinking of
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even by Immense uhells filled with a
high explosive, which detonate with ter
rific violence and form craters large
enough to act as graves for fkve horses.
Xhella Called Jrk Johnson.
"The German howltser shells arc from
eight to nine inches In caliber and on
Impact they send up columns of greasy
black smoke. On account of this they are
Irreverently dubbed "coal boxes, 'black
msrlHs' or 'Jack Johnsons' by the soldiers.
"Men who take things in this spirit
are, it seems likely to throw out the
calculations based on loss of morale so
rarefully framed by tho Oerman military
philosophers.
"A considerable amount of Information
has been gleaned from prisoners. It has
been gathered that our bombardment on
September 15 produced an impression.
Opinion waa also produced that our ln-
fonirv ala-Hvi makes eucli goon use 01
soon as an airman hss flown over us,
ten minutes later we get their shrapnel
firs in our position. We have llttlo artil
lery in our corps; without it wc cannot
get forward.
" Three days ago our division took;
possession of these heights and dug It
self in. Two days ago, early in the morn
ing, we were attacked by immensely
superior English forces one brigade and
two battalions snd were turned out of
our positions. The fellows took five gum
from us. It was a tremendous hand-to-hand
fight
" 'How I escaped myself, I am not
clear. I then had to bring up support
on foot. My horse was wounded snd the
others were, too far In the rear. Then
came up the guard, Jager buttallon,
Kourth Wager, Sixth regiment, reserve
regiment, Thirteen and Landwehr regi
ments Thirteen and Sixteen, snd with
Whether It's
tho ground that the CWnian companies j the help of the artillery we drove the
. ,i..ftini,i,ipd bv our rifle fire liefori
the soldiers can be seen.
"From an official diary captured by the
First army corps it appears that one of
the German corps contains an extraor
dinary mixture of units. If the composi
tion of the other corps is similar, it may
be assumed that the present efficiency of
the enemy's forces is in no way com
parable with what It was when the war
commenced.
"The losses in officers are noted aa
having been especially severe. A brigade
is stated to be commanded by a major;
some of the companion of foot guards by
one-year volunteers, while after the battle
of Montmlrail ona regiment lost fifty-five
out of sixty officers.
(.erinnna Lone Heart.
"The prisoners recently raptured appre
ciate the fact that the march on 1'arls
feitn-ua nut of the position again. Our
machine guns did excellent work; the
English fell in heaps.
" 'In our battalion three Iron Crosses
have been given, one to O O one to
captain and one to surgeon (names
probably deleted.) Let us hope that wa
shall be the lucky ones the next time.
" 'During the first two days of the
battle I had only one piece of bread and
no water. I spent the night In the rain
without my great coat. The rest of my
kit was on the horses which have been
left miles behind with the baggage and
which cannot come up Into the battle be
cause as soon aa you put your nose up
form behind cover the bullets whistle.
F.aft-llah stemming; Tide.
" 'War is terrible. We are all hoping
that a decisive battle will end the war.
round
v... .. iw.le fnrcea lire re- iruupa
una 1 in 1 .... .. - - .1...
I arts. 11 we ueai mu ejiikiibh
resistance will e-wn be broken. Russia
treating, but state that the oojeci or mis
movement is explained by the officers as
being to wlthdrsw into closer touch with
the supports which have stayed too fax
In the rear.
"Tho officers are also endeavoring to
encourage the troope by telling them that
they will be at home by Christmas. A
large number of men relieve that they
are beaten,
will be very quickly dealt with; of this
there is no doubt.
" 'We have received splendid help from
the Austrian heavy artillery at Maubeuge.
They bombarded Fort Cerfonlalne in such
a way that there was not ten metres of
parapet which did not show enormous
craters made by the shells. The armored
'Following Is an extract from one doc- turrets were found upside down.
havo beaten them buck with great loss
lii'b-ed thu sight of tile troops coming
up lias been a positive ref after long,
trying hours of inaction under shell fire,
sought to Shatter rvc.
"The. obuct of tho great proportion of
artillery the Germans employ In to beat
down thn resistance of their enemy by
concentrated and prolonged fire, to shat
ter their nerve with high explosives, be
fore the Infantry attack is launched. They
si-em to have relied on doing this with
us, but they have not done so. though It
has taken them several costly experi
ments to discover this fact.
r rom statements or prisoners. It ap-
Hitll.
were much t etter than anticipated by the , ronled by the fact that the moral ef
management and with the close of the ff.ct produced by their heavy guns
second annual fair steps will 1 taken to j despite the actual losses Inflicted, has
te i, re a permanent lo.tlon owned by th-;! not b,en t nI, commensurate with the
... . un4 nnprnuiibnt litl.li.in. mill.
............ ,.i u. ..,,, . colossal expenditure of ammunition w lu h
J-e. rret tea ior nei ear.
If tboy produced .1n,lo gallons lu ten
hours' pumping, tho farmer was to pay
all expenses, and If they did not produce
that much water the county is to pay
half the expenses. C. A. Newberry, the
hardware merchant, has agreed to furnish
nil the piping and other mateilal free to
the fariiwis for this experiment.
1'lfilte County Fair (loses.
COHMUI'S, Neb., Sept. S5. (Speclul
Telegram.) Over 10.000 people attended
the three days' Platte county fair, which
litis Just closed. Today was the record
Ireaker for attendance and Governor
Morehcad addressed the lurge crowd at
umrnt: 'With the English troops w
havo great difficulties. They have a
queer way of causing losses to the enemy.
" 'Yesterday evening about 6 o'clock, in
the valley In which our reserves stood
there was such a terrible cannonade that
They make good trenches, in which they Wp Baw nothing of tho sky but a cloud of
wait pat'ently; they carefully measure J moke. We had few casualties.' "
the ranges for their rifle fire and they, mongst Ut0 itelna cf nw, are the
open a truly hellish fire on the uiihus-J following. -Recently a pilot and observer
iwctlng cavalry. This was the reason o( (he Royal ,iyn Mrp, were forced
that we hsd such hesvy losses. by B i,reakage j their aeroplane to
" 'According to our officers, the Kng- (. ln tlie enemy's lines. The pilot
lish trtklng forcs are exhausted, the J nianllp1 to pancsks bis machine, down
KngllKh people really never wstited wsr.' ' e;uth -n(J ,h)) ,W() e,oapea )nt0 Bomo
"From another source: 'The English
are very brave and fight to the last men.
One of our companies has lost 1 !0 men
out of 2).'
View of t.ertiiau Officer.
"The following letter, which refers to
the fighting on the Aisne, hss been
printed and circulated to the troops:
"letter found on Oerman officer of
Heventh Reserve corps: 'Cerny, south of
Laon, September 17. My Dear Parents
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Dining Chairs, Lace Curtains, Bedroom Rugs or Stoves
You'll Find Big Bargains Saturday at
Orchard & Wilhelm's
Sale of Soiled Lace Curtain Samples
Beiiutlful Curtain", Clunys, Fancy Nets. Scrims, 'Imported Laces in
both white and ecru. Many pattern a have only one curtain of a pair
BliKhtly soiled, and there aro one, two and three pairs of a pattern.
Prices are marked to sell them out. In one day and costs have been
absolutely disregarded. We know it will Jie worth your while to come In
and sco mum.
MOfl
9l.73 Ik Lute t iii talns, pr. $0.1)5
IO.OO DurhosN OirtalnN, pr. A.Ho
2.1)5 fable Net Curtains. . I.O.l
J.rvo Vuukcr Lace Curtains 1.25 ,
SALE
OF
Note the examples:
HI.RO Merlin 1'iirtaliiHt Ir...
fllft.OO tluny Curtains, pr. .ii.."0
4 .no lut lies Curtain, pr. . 2.75
7.75 Filet Curtains, pr. . . JLHH
Irfcc lied Sets and odd One-half lalr at Hi Krductions
ODD DINING CHAIRS
AT KKIH t'TIONH X EARLY HALF,
Priced to close out every odd chair or small lot. These
arm chairs are Bargains for Offices, Halls or Living Rooms.
The side chairs for Bedroom chairs.
Come in and see them. Here are a few examples of the
bargains offered:
C Golden Oak Diners, gruuuio
leather blip seat, regular price
$8 each; Katiirday, the wt of
for IM5.
2 only. Golden Oak Diners,
wood seat, reKular price $2.7 &
each; Saturday, the 2 for $1.
Mahogany Arm Diner, leather
slip seat, regular price $10 each;
Haturduy,
Fumed and golden arm diners,
genuine, leather slip seats, regu
lar price $9.50 to $10.00, hutur
tlay HM.oo.
3 Fumed gtlckley Diners, Span
ish leather seats, regular price
$7 each, Saturday the H for fit.
6 Golden Oak Diners, genuine
leather blip Heat, regular prlee
$7.50 each; Saturday, the set of
0 for $t:t.
fin
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I thick undergrowth In the wool. The j
enemy cams up snd seised snd smashed
the machine, but Old not search for our
men with much zenl. Tho latter lay hid
till dark and then found their way to
the Alsne, across which they swam.
reaching ramp In safety, hut barefooted. '
Drtirsrd Rwlmialoi Hirer.
"Numerous floating bridges have been
thrown across the Alnn and some of the
permanent bridles had been repaired
Die groun.ls. The exhibits and attendance I pears that they have been greatly dls
lice .ead-rs are too lntcllit,'eni to t.ver
) the .'i'l"'i tiiniliep in tlie "want ad''
columns. Th' y re worth while reading.
ha really been waxted. Hy this it
not implied that their arttllery fire
not good: It is morn II, an good it
excellent. lUit tho Britlhh soldier in
dlffl'j lit person to impress or depress,
uur corps has the ta,K or homing the ; un(ler flre. On the twentieth Lieut (name
heights south of Cerny in all -ircum- dlidi nf Thir.i .tni IW. ii,.i r.,..
nances t'U the Fourteenth corps on ourgtneers. was unfortunately drowned while
l.ft flank cat. grip the enemy's flank. attempting to swim at roes ths river with
On our right are other corps. We are' a cable in order to open up a fresh tele-
fighting with tne Liignm guards. Mign- grsphlc communication on the north side.
landers and zouaves, ins insaas on Doth j
sides have been enormous,
part this is diie to the
French artillery.
" 'The KnglUU are iiiurveloutdy trained
Ir making iim of ground. Cue never sees
them aol one Is constantly under
The Krem h airmen iierform
"Espionage Is still carried on bv the
ror me roost 1 enemy to considerable extent. Recently
100
Beckwith Round
Oak Heaters
$21 Heater $10
A full line of double burner
Hound Oak Heaters at
(29.50, $33.75 and $36.50
Special Prices
on Round Oak
Base Burners
.-K IIhnc, Humeri. . .WIS
ttS Hae Hiirncrs. . . AH
4i:i Hac Hiirnei-N... t
Ranges --Special
I(i3: It. O. Itanvr lM"t
(1.1 IC. O. Kane. . . .VI
ORCHARD & W1LHELM CO., 414-416-418 So. 16th St.
Sal
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5 Bed Room Rugs
Special Prices for Saturday.
Now, wlirn you arc rearm nginpr your
bediviouis a new rug can ho used to good
advantage. This is your opportunity
to make this change at minimum cost
Many very beautiful and high grade
rugs are among those in thi sale. You
ire likely to find just what you want.
30x1ft Stenciled matting rugs, regularly '
priced at $1.15, Saturday t)3
(ix9 heavy quullly Wilton runs, very good
patterns, regular price $0, Sat. 22. 50
t!x Hurtworth Wilton rug, regularly
$24.r,0, Saturday 316.50
4-x7-I Tapestry UruHsela ruga, regularly
priced at $7.00, Saturday 85.75
Them! are only examples of what awaita .
jiu. There are many other sizes Dd grades.
oriiuani . the suspicion, of umu of th i,
troops were aroused by coming across '
a farm from which the horses hal been
Pmftl'At IflAP ann.A . . .. A . I .1 .
i . . . . ."iiiti aval, ii i nrv
fire (covered a telephone which was connected
wumicrful , t,v sn unrieru round tsl.le wlih n, :..
feats. W cannot get rid uf them. Asiuian lines, and ths uwntr of ths farm
paid the penalty in tha initial way in
war for his treaehi ry.
War t'omesllon. violated.
"Alter some cases of village finhtlns
which occurred early In the war it wus
reported by soma of our officers that the
Germans had ail. mpltil to aiproaiab to
dosa quarters by fmciug (.risoncrs tu
inarch in front of tlicm. Ths (ieimaus order reads, 'the Germans drove a col-
tixe recently rre.iiuq ins sume h ick en umn of Trench M lauliei .
a larger scale sgulnst tlie French, as I.
shown by ths copy of an order printed
below. It la therein referred to as a
rusa, but If that term csn be accepted
it is a distinctly illegal ruse.
" 'turing a rent night attack,' the
in front of
them. This action Is to ba brought to
tho notice of all our troops. In order
to put them on Iheir guard under surh
a dastardly ruse : in order that every
soldier may know how .the Germans
treat their prisoner!."