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THE OMAHA Si' N DAY NKK: IHTOBKK 11. V.U4 i A LOUYAIN IN RUINS, POMPEUOF TODAY Professor of University Thera Pic tures Desolation Left by the Invaders. GRAVES NEARLY EVERYWHERE Writer of Letter Say Prajaalaa Of fteera Stole Kverythlaar They Tonld Conveniently Carry A Tray. WASHINGTON, Pert. 2S. A grnphle de scription of the wreck and desolation of the ancient city of Louvln. Belgium. I given by Prof. E. Qllson 6f the University of Louvnin, in ft letter to the, Belgian minister of Justice. Henry Carto de Wlart, ono of the Belgian high commis sioners who recently presented a atate ment cf Belgium's case to President Wilson. The letter snya. "I ente the rlty, conilnc from Ter vueren. Beginning; ' s.t Berthem, I wee numerous burnt and crumbling buildings; the nearer you come to the gloomy and silent city the more the number. I pas through the St. Esprit street, the M. Jacques square and Brussels street, where only a few houses are In ruins, although most of them are sacked and pillage. Smoking; Heap of, Ralaa. "At the Sept Coins Louvaln reveals Itself to my eyes, like a luminous pano ram a In the glade of a forest. The center of the city Is a smoking heap of ruins. Houses are caved In, nothing remains but smoking ruins and a mass of brick. It Is a veritable Pompeii. But how much more tragic and vivid Is the sight of this new Pompeii. "An oppressive silence. Kverybody has fled; at the windows of cellars I see frightened faces and at the street corners Prussian sentinels, stolid, immovable and silent. "In the center stand the waits of St. Peter's now a grinning silhouette, roof and belfry gone, the wolls blackened and caved in. In front stands the Hotel de Vllle, dominating everything and almost Intact. Further on, the remains of ls Holies, entirely destroyed except for the arcade of big pillars of the Salle Des Perdus. ' Libraries and Trenaures Gaaaw "The library and' its treasure ara en tirely gone. Entering St. Peter's by the Rue de Mallnes I find what was the big bell among the ruins. The vaults ane for the most part caved in; there is a, con tinuous stream of stones falling, so that we could not enter It without denser. "Everything is burnt If the paintings by Boeht and Vander Weghe have not been saved, they must have perished. The Jubilee In the choir Is standing. I walk all over the 'open space wtir the city used to stand. At the Sept Colna everything Is lying on the ground. The Rue Des Ecremers is burnt; to the right, the Audience Is burnt; the upper jiart of th Rue Du Canal Is burnt, including the house of the dean and the students' bouse. , Naaaeon Odors. "The Rue De Diest up to St. Eeters Is a heap of ruins, bricks, scrap Ison and charred beams; no trace of a sidewalk Is visible, and from the ruing tha snost dis gusting odors are arising and enveloping everything. Rue De La Station Is en tirely burnt; but the fronts of tjje modern houses have restated the fire I and the eight there is not as tragio aa -elsewhere. "I now approach the statu of Just Ilpse; everything burnt The house of David Alschbach and tha hop of Mr. Desagher; fallen to pieces, sad fn the Petite Rue Louis Nelsena everything is destroyed. At the foot of the. statue, on a flower bed all trampled underfoot, there Is an Irregular hillock covered, with few dead leaves. Killed br Ikrapnel. "An old woman, reoognlzlnr me, comes out of her cellar and tells nas, 'Monsieur, this is the grave of Monaiear David and his son, the best people thalt ever lived,' ahe cries. They were killed "by the shrap nel fired upon them as they were leaving their house. The Capuchin brothers burled the dead and made temporary graves for them. Grave were found nearly everywhere. In front of the statue near a house I find tracesj of fire. 'In this place the old woman, tells me, the Prussians burnt a body after soaking It In petroleum. Some men buried the charred remains.' I pick tip a key whieb must have belonged to the dead man. Everything Is Btoraed, "The greatest part of .Rue Leopold Is burnt; the houses of Van Oeluohten, Le maire. Debalaleux, and many others among them. In the Place du People everything is burnt, exaept one house, which Is riddled with bullets. At the II arc he Aux Qralns thei house of Mr. Gilbert Is destroyed, as well as the first houses to the right, towards Boels. The lower part of Rue de TJirlemont Is also raxed to the ground; the military hospital and the pharmacy of Mo. Rauwes are re duced to ashes. A sectknn of the Rue de la Monnsle, the whole fcloek facing Leg Halles, the; house of Mir. Van Grunder beo, the optician, the book store of Mr. Peelers, etc., and that whole Vieux Marche, except the college of the Jo sephitea, form an entangled mass of ruins of many shapes. "In the liue de Karnur, above Lea Halles, nothing is burned, but everything Is pillaged. The avenues of Dlest and Tirlemont are destroyed. Diabolical Right. "In the center the sight Is extraordi narily picturesque, gleomy, abominable, and more so In the enlng when the full moon Is shining over the mass ef ruins; it U really fantastic, diabolical, to look at. "The "center of old Lrmvaln, the old city of the dukes of Brabaat, exists no longer; a new city will have , to be built in the center of the quarters spared by the torch. "However, that la mt yet the end: The How to Banith Wrinkles Quickly big avenues converging In the Center have also greatly suffered: the roads leading In to the adjacent cities are burnt wherever th barbarian parsed through. Thus, for Instance, on the Koute de Ma llnes, everything Is In ashes, right and le?t. and within a circumference of eleven kilometers,' that Is as far as Campenhout. where the shrapnel of the Belgians ar rested the torch cf the Inoendlary nutans, everything Is laid bare. Imtrea Shot. "The village ef Herent has been practically the object cf attacks; It Is half burnt: rixleen persons were shot and a number of men sent Into captivity, In cluding the old priest and hi two vicar and tho eld retired priest. "These two observations I made In the course of my exploration of this modern Pompeii. "First, the ashes of the ruins leave no doubt that the Incendiary operation were carried on systematically In a wll-thought-out manner, and beyond doubt by some one's order. Kach house was set on fire separately. This fact Is par ticularly noticeable on the Chaussee de When Kiug Ak-Sar-Ben XX Was Crowned I" si Jth. gaw J . . W Czar Near Troops as They Surprise Town of Prussia N j (Copyright. 1014. ,y Press Puhllshlng Co) PKTUOdl'.AP. Oct !.. Special Cable- Rrsm to New York World and Omaha Bee.) The cisr aa within a doion miles of his troops when by night stl.tck they captured (he town of Hlallfe (Hlalla Is five miles Inside the Prussian frontier i and twenty miles southwest of Lyckpy. The commainler-ln-chlef afterwards Is-j sued an army order declaring tha mar's j visit will Inspire everyone to new exploits' such as HitHsIn never yet has seen. j The army besieging I'rseniysl hits, stormed ami captured the outer fort if!- cation. The spirit of the army Is height-! rued by an Intense affect'on for their gen. i eral. lie sleeps on straw under the sky! like Ills soldiers, shares their hardships and moves among them dally, helping their comforts. The Herman In the section of Poland J t I tit axw P-S-m: V Miss Frances Hochstetler. qu Hall, lorothy Black, U Q. E. d Darlow Beaton, king are seated on the throne Nan Murph The others, from left to right are; Handing Eleanor Mackay, .tanet Blanche- Deuel, Sitting Halcyon 'Jotton U.i,-.4lj,l. RanHa I ItniWIl Jimet)h H T k P C. E. Black, Charles II. Ptcken. J. Deforest Wchards and I-ouls i;. iNasn ii.... ii.ii.ai,.. fr.i,.-iw a M.u niuuat. II. J. oiirien. w. ii. i losforu. s. v . j no son. Harriet Mts, menu inumtnei, amcs jacquitn, wi .'ici, nin Mallnes, where a large number of small houses, completely Isolated, the dwell ings of poor -peasants, were set on firo out of sheer malice, one after the other. Poor, Innocent wretches! Heavens Cry for Keve.nae. "The heavens are crying for revenge for such acts. A villager told me that the aoldlcrs had two ways of setting fire to the nouses. One was to break the windows of the first floor, to throw petroleum on the finer and throw la torches of burning straw, while others were engaged In shooting at the upper story windows to prevent the Inhabitants from throwing missile on those setting fire to their homes. Sometimes they would fire special cartridges Into the windows of the upper stories; it I be lieved that they were explosive cart ridges or perhaps Illuminating cart ridges, some kind of rockets used during the night while fighting. Curtain and bedding and other Inflammable matter Immediately took Ore. Bom houses which had been spared by the fire bora thl inscription; Dieses haus u schutzen." (This house to be spared.) PHIasT I Methodical. "Second, Another observation: I enter consecutively ten house which' had not been set on fire, but which had been pil laged. Among other I visited the house of Baron Da scamps, and the Impression which I gathered from my examination of the house. Immediately after the pas sage of the German troops, Is the follow-, Ing: Pillage, as well as Incendiarism, has been methodically carried on. It'wa not the work of a drunken trooper, whi all at once break from his bonds, but a careful, methodical and minute ransack ing of the house from th cellar to the attle. Drawer were everywhere pulled out and their content looted. Closets which had been left open were not broken, those that were found locked were ransacked and their contents strewn over the floor. "Evidently the thieve had looked for valuables that would not be too bulky to carry off easily. Clocks, for Instance, which as a rule are rather bulky, are generally intact, and so are paintings and engravings of large sz. In my house, water colors were carefully cut ' f roni their frames and carried off. Valuables, Jewels, silverware and small art objects were especially looked for. i Offlears Also Steal. "It is proved that the Prussian offloers were stealing no less than their own men. As an example, on the Chausse de Ter vueren, a villager noticed a carriage stopping in front of a house whose In habitants he knows; two officers en tered the house and came out shortly afterward with packages and a clock, a small but artistic and -valuable piece of art, and worth about 800 franca. They took time to pack, everything Into the carriage and to run off. "It Is the veriest highway robbery." CHRISTMAS SHIP'S MISSION OF CHEER (Continued from Page One.) r . i. . . . ii iui average woman oniy anew it, It is not at all difficult to preaerve the youthful contour aiuj velvety smoothness if complesten. k fry woman hates to ee her facet wrinkled or baggy, and prac tically every one h-M experimented wuh iome sort ef patent remedy In the effort tlther to remove sisch condition or ward ,t oft. As a matter of ffart the most effective remedy In ttie wurld U one that any soman can easily make up herae.lt at nome In a moment time. let her take one ounu of puiv powder ad aaxoiiie, which she ran purchase at any rug .tore, and dissolve It in a half pint of i'h hazel. Ap)y this burmiee nd refritihlnif solution to the face every in. 1 li4 result are surprising and instantaneous- Kvrn after the ery first application a marked improvement 1 apparent. The ,. inkle are leas in evi dence and the f at e ha a comfortable, aiiiug farling of firmness that is most delight, ill. Advertist-menl, Two French Torpedo Boats Collide and , Go to the Bottom LONDON, Oct 10. A Reuter dispatch from Toulon says that the French torpedo boats, the S3S and the 347 collided Friday morning off the Isle of Porquerolle In the Mediterranean and sank. The crew of both vessels were saved, but salvage of the ship will be Impossible. BORDEAUX, Oct. . According to an official announcement made by the French government today, the French fleet com manded by Vice Admiral Boue de la Pcye, after revictualihg the garrison at the Montenegrin seaport of Antlvsrl, visited the Islands In the Adriatic be tween Cattaro and Usse. Latter the French warships appeared before Ragus and Oirevosa. The Austrian authorities and other notables at Ragus fled precipitately on two special train a soon a the battle ships were sighted. OVER 500 FRESH I ES IN UNDERGARB LOOSE IN FIELDS MADISON, Wis.. Oct 10 -More than B00 freshmen of the ('tiivrlty of Wisconsin mere turned lose today in the field, mile from Madison, clad only in their under garments. While tho freshmen were getting ready for the annual class rush with the sopho mores they were caught by the sophuion few at a time, and ruh4 out Into the country In automobiles. Oymnsslum looker checks were given them for the dot lup -f which they wer stripped. constructed by man. These men re the fathers of the children of Europe, nd every time one of them Is shot down In battlo be leaves a home without head, children without a father. . . . That Is what war means, how It affects tho family and th children. The fathers of one country go out and shoot at the father of another country. It Is not In hatred nor In malice, but in that fright ful passion that haa the name of "war." and battle means a place where widows and orphans ar made, Plnn that is Wlnalnsr. Knowing that ever so many children would be left fatherless, and with only poverty and distress before them, it was the thought of a great newspaper editor tn Chicago that the school children of America be asked to assist in providing a real Christmas for those of Europe. Mr. James Keeley of the Chicago Herald asked the . editor of The Bee and the editors of a great many other American newspapers to Join with him, and thus the enterprise was set on foot Ninety newspapers have taken up the work, and through their efforts much Is being don. President Wilson ha given the plan his approval, and Secretary Daniels has promised a ship of tho American navy to carry the cargo to Europe. Many other eminent people have endorsed the move ment Superintendent Graff Assists. Superintendent E. U. Ciraff of tho pub lic schools? endorsing tha Christmas ship plan, by which the little girls snd boys of war-devated Europe will be cheered on Christmas day by gifts from Amer ican children, said: 'Ono of the misfortunes of such a war a this is the effect upon children, who have in no wise been responsible. It ia regre table , that children should be brought detrimentally Into grown people's quarrels. Th quarrels of life will come all too soon for them. "Therefore, any movement that can In any wise bring cheer to these children Is certainly praiseworthy and should be en dorsed by everyone who , is Interested In child-life and likes children that Is, everybody." Superintendent lraff will not now authorise any collection In the schools, but many of th school children have come to th aid of the Christmas Ship editor by giving pennies for their little brothers and sisters beyond the sua. What a Pastor Write. Rev. W. U Oastoii, pastor of the First Baptist church at Broken Bow, Neb., writes -his approval of the plan an fol lows: BROKEN BOW, NKU., Oct. V.-To the Christmas ihlp Kii'lor of the Bee: Relative to the proposed Cliaintmaa Ship, that la to bear our Christmas cheer and good will to the destitute funiilles of the "war mad" nut:ona, permit me to extend congratulations upon the promise you have received from the secretary of the navy that one of our "sea fighters'' will be sent to shoot Christmas cheer Into thous ands of homes that are destitute and sad tiecause "daddy" is out in the trenches with the fighters, or with the dead. Isn't It grand? The orator of the world for the next hundred years will make the atury of that ship blaze with glory, and kiiiHH and kaisers may learn how to use war ship. Our flag floating over a victorious field could , not gather to it .'old such splendid glory and dignity as It will receive when It floats from the muni of that "Peace on earth and good will" ship. What can I do for you? I want to help in every posslbla way. Tell me what you want, an I will see that Broken Bow does all ia Its power. 1 have already spoken of the project to large congregation and the propo sition is popular. Verv sincerely yours, W. Ia, GASTON. What te Do. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools In Chicago, and Dr. William A. Davidson, superintendent of schools at Pittsburgh, who is well known In Omaha, aa formerly superintendent here, have also given the plan their hearty approval. Clergymen have spoken of It During the last week th Christmas Ship Editor of The Be haa received many letters, asking 'or Information and some containing money for th fund. To those who asked for Information, the reply was that anybody Is permitted to help; that anything useful will be ap propriate for gifts; that good should be packed securely, In order to stand the rough usage of a ocean voyage; that packages should be plainly marked on th outside, with h pmt of the dou'jr. and should be sent to the Christmas Hhlp Editor of Th Bee, with charge pre paid. All sums of cssh should be sent to the same address, and receipt will be publicly acknowledged. Cash Iionatloae. During the week cash subscriptions were received from tho following: i.Mrs. Francis I. Colson, Fremont $S. llurnell t'olson Fremont... j "0 Helen ami August Worm, Omaha 1.M Esther'Campliell, Omaha 1.00 Henry H. Campbell. Omaha 100 Three Frenchmen Take Quick Firers, Rout Two Companies BORDEAUX, Oct. W. The story of how three French soldiers captured two Ger man quick firers and put to fllgnt two companies of Qerman infantry. Is fclated In a letter sent homo by the captain of a company of Infantry which Is fighting on theAlsne. Two corporal and a private. In reoon nolterlng, crawled within len yads tf th German trenches. Most of the Oerman soldiers were away to get their d'nners and the officers were some distance back of the guns. The three Frenchmen sprang Into the trenches and turned the guns on tho un suspecting Germans, who fled, communi cating th panic to two- companies. French artillerymen who had been watching the proceedings then opened fire and exterminated the Germans. The same night the two corporals were made second lieutenants and the soldier a sergeant major as a reward for their i daring. they ocoupy have arrested all th volun trir fir brigade and have sent th older to dig earthworks, and the .younger to serv against France, under a decree of the temporary governor who was re cently the Qerman consul at Warsaw. Be readers are too Intelligent to over look the opportunities in the "want d" olumn. They're worth whll reading. Julius OrMn 1510 DOUGLAS ST. A Word About Our Waists V 1 It i-a ci.j-.4ltttifr i a it M"i(i n nwiti' iJiiiift urn y one ttyl suqirisp after another coming so fast 1 tint you enn hartlly count t lie ii ,'iml tliey go ns fast n they come. THAT Ib one of the reaBontr why you may alwiiyn lie Mtr of Mnd lns hrt stlf that are Interesting, and full of tho text, of originality. These New Blouses $1.95. $2.50, $2.95 and up to $6.50. Are really goinalhlng to wonder at, for the- fineness of the materials and tin! beauty of the fashions. We douht 'Whether y. u can possihly find so much that in new and Mich variety lor the price. Tailored Suits Xew Arrival at $15.00 to $55.00 Keiuarkahle vaiucs, special V. nday at $19.50 Kxclusivp tttvle, made of finest imported materials, at ! $35.00 A VERY UNUSUAL SALE OF Silk Dresses Specially purehned and priced low $12.50 & $14.75 Julius Orkin, 1510 Douglas St. Cloak and Suit House t "i-S- Swap Anything in th-c "Swapper Column'' FRENCH INSCRIPTIONS IN SAARBURG ALL MUST GO, LONDON, Oct. Th German military I commandant at Saarburg, Uinalne. haa ldRUed a proclamation ordering the re moval of Bll French lgn and Inscrip tion from the shops, building and achools, according to a Reuter Telegram company dispatch from Baarhnrg ey way of Amsterdam. The Oerman commander also forbid the use of envelope, letter and bill with French heading. I 0 jr2p3Cp5 aa3waXiii w. 13LT & SONS CO. P wnffl 'Pfi'iiift 11111 I' -' !'.iea. tlth'a!m QEE9S 1J515 HARNEY RADIANT HO.ir) MKATKMH AM) HANUKH Furnace Hcoop Regular 76c; Mon day 40 FiiniATA I'oker Regular 76c, Mondgy 49 flAlvanUed DanketH Regular 1.35; Monday 81.00 K7 IS TIIE im Ak-Sar-Ben Festival Is over, carnival grounds are closed. Now let us make preparations for a nice comfortable winter. A RADIANT HOME BASEBURNER AND A QUICK MEAL Range will do much towards making the winter seem short and comfortable. Come in and s?e them. A FEW SPECIALS FOR THE STOVE OR FURNACE ..cxunis.'!. Coal Hodn Regular 25c; Mon- iy r .-T.!) 15c Stov Polish. 10 20o nickel pollnh .X5t All sizes .Mic. , all sites K K MKAL HAXGK, fta TP, Knameled Flue. 16c Stove pipe only 10 16c Stove Pokers only ...10 1 Oc Fir 8hovel 5 Oil Heater, Special ..... 83.25 Gaa Jet Heaters, only. ... ,50 IBS When You Hear That Dinner Bell Doc Your Mind Go-IWk ta tf.elhjty When You Could Hat IJke Farm Hand? The memory of an appetite I a woe- ful thin. The In or atomarh power 'the ability to eat the yearning after flood uld-fuahloned food that condition I a -pitiful. Why can't you rcalli what thouannd of other have demonatrted? i a i oia Walt till I get a plate- coraed beet and cab- riret Ma "I'm a hunrry hear." Second ful of food are." Ixiolt at the above Uluatratlon. Mont every one n-inemher am'ti a ene. Fancy youmeif wild for food now. Kanry yourneir all to eat a one of lliina nen can eat. Ue a little common ene and look at your atomarh trouble In a iractieal man lier. Hoinelhlnir 1m (one wrong with your dlKeatWe apparatus Sat your body machinery aright. Htuart'a Ityspeooia TuOict are Nature' own way to ritxeat ing food, ily eating wie of the Uibleta after each meal you dlgect that meal. Liigeating that meal maana easing the work of the atomat-h, Inleatlnea, liver and pancrea and storing up new material for dib'catlng future meal. 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