TllE 11EE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, OCTOHEK 17, 1914.
CHRISTMAS SHIP'S
CARG0G0ES FREE
Railroads Hare Permission to Carry
Shipment! to New York With
out Freight Charge.
OMAHA ROADS GET ISTO LINE
Loral Frlt Traffic Mea All Eacrr
to Help Out In What They Ra
dar. BHii Great aad
Grand Enterprise.
A sain the United State government
his shown Its approval of the Christmas
Ship project
Vlrst, Tresldeot 'Wilson care the plan
his nnqualtded approval. Then, through
th? office of the secretary of state, the
representatives of the governments o?
Europe, now at war, were approached,
and their content to the aendins of the
ship and Its cares tn safety was (otten.
Then the secretary of the navy prom
ised to detail a vessel of the United States
navy to carry the carfo.
Now comes the Interstate Commerce
eommlsMon. and gives Its permission to
the railroad of the United States to
carry free all shipments for the Christmas
Ship. Without this permission, the
roads would have been compelled under
th law to ehnrre full rates on all the
goods sent on the ship. This, of course,
would have heen very dlstastef"! to them,
for they are always .ready and eaf er to
help in such a good cause.
Omaha Roads Will Help.
The Omaha-Chicago roads will all aid
The Bee. In sending a shipload of Christ
mas gifts to the children of Kurope who
have been made orphans by the war.
As soon as the news came yesterday,
announcing that the Interstate Commerce
commission had granted the railroads of
the -country permission to haul free of 1
charge enough presents and good things
to ftU the Christmas ship that the news- '
papers of the United States propose
sending, representatives of the lines be
tween Omaha and Chicago announced
their willingness to do their share. Here
is the way the Omaha representatives of
the lines received the Information:
II. II. Holeomb, general freight agent
of the Burlington It's a loble work and
I am glad that the Interstate Commerce
commlHslon has taken the view of the
situation it has. Of course, the order
will have to come from our general
freight office in Chicago, but unquestion
ably we will haul all the gooes that are
turned over to us and do so free of
charge. We have always responded to
the calls of charity. We hauled free sup
plies to the earthquake sufferers of Cali
fornia and upon many occasions the
Burlington has been among the first to
offer aid in the way of transporting
supplies free of charge.
Otfcej- Roads As Ocer.
Eugene Duval, assistant general west
ern agent of the Milwaukee We will
await instructions from the Chicago of
fices, but the Milwaukee will be found
ready to do Its share. The Bee has taken
tip a grand work, and I believe the peo
ple of the central west will respond lib
erally and that it will be an. easy mat
ter to secure a goodly portion of a ship
load of Christmas cheer right here In
Nebraska, where there is plenty and to
spare. The' Milwaukee can' be depended
upon to do Its share, r-'. - "-
Kd Hennesey, commercial agent of the
Hock -Island I am without positive au
thority to speak for the Rock Island, but
I can say that It will be among the first
of the western roads to offer its facili
ties for handling free of charge every
thing that the people of 6maha and Ne
braska desire to send to the little or
phans of the war sone of Europe. This
road Is on record as doing much In the
way of charity, and I am nertaJn that
this will be one of the times when It
will be found doing Its share,
John Mellen, general agent of the
Northwestern Of course, free of charge
we will haul as far east as our lines ex
tend all presents that it is desired to send
to the orphans in the war sons of Eu
rope. We hauled free carloads of sup
plies to the California earthquake suf
ferers a few years ago. We have often j
hauled free seed grain to districts where
crops have failed and many times we
have done the same thing In transport
ing provisions. The Northwestern can be
counted upon.
C. J. Chlsam, assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago & Great Western
I have not received any information
from our Chicago headquarters, but I
don't hesitate to say that the Great
Western will aid The Bee in getting to
the orphans of the European war sone
one or even more shiploads of Christmas
cheer. The movement undertaken by
The Bee should have the support of all
citizens and they should respond liber-
ally. We are going to help and that free 1
of charge to Chicago, the eastern j
terminals of our lines, all the stuff that ,
is consigned to us will be hauled. We
will be ready to take all that Is offered
and deliver it safely to the roads that
will transport It from Chicago to New
Tork. from whence I understand the ship
will sail.
Mrs. Chase and her associates In the
West Farnam district report a very
active Interest In the Christmas Ship,
and many promises of Immediate assist
ance In the work of getting togethor
Omaha's share fit the cargo.
Mrs. Gould Diets has volunteered to
look after the work In the Field club
district, and will take care of any dona
tions that are left at her home, 101
South 1 hlrty-elghth street. Her tele
phone number Is Harney 81, and she
requests all In that district who wish
to aid to communicate with her.
Mrs. Thomas D. Crane also volunteers
to look after and organise the work for
Florence. Her phone number Is Florence
2K2, and she Is anxious that all out there
who are willing to do something will
communicate with her.
Other ladies are planning for organ
isation to help out In the work, and
Omaha's share seems certain to be well
provided.
What It la For.
Once again, contributors and workers
should keep In mind that this is not for
the benefit of anybody tn America.
Nlnty-odd newspapers, scattered all ever
the country, with the Chicago Herald,
the New Tork World, the Washington
Tost, the Houston Post, the 8L Louis
Globe-Democrat, the Pittsburgh Post. The
Omaha Bee, and others of that class tn
the list, are co-operating to make the
Christmas Ship a big success, and they
are meeting with heartiest of support
Money or donations of any kind can be
sent to any of these papers, and will be
acknowledged by them, and will be
properly expended. It is open to all
the world to contribute.
StrensrtheAs Weak Kidneys.
Electric Bitter will more than surprise
you after the first bottle. Get a bottle
today. Safe and sure. Sito and 11.00. All
druggist Advertisement.
Botha's Men Take
Eighty Rebels in
First Engagement
LONDON. Oct. K A dlspat.h to Reu
ter's Telegram company from Cape
town says that Colonel Brits, the officer
appointed by General I-ouls Botba, pre
mier and commander-in-chief of the
union forces, to take over the command
of the rebel, lieutenant Colonel foiomon
Gerhardus Merits, reports that one. of
his patrols has engaged a part of Merits'
force at Kaledreat and taken eighty
prisoners. ...
CAPETOWN (via London), Oct. 1.-As
a result of Colonel Merit s" rebellion In
the northwest of the Cape provinces.
General Louis Botha, premier of the
Union of outh Africa and commander
of. the troop of the union, is taking the
field earlier than he originally In
tended to. '
Epidemics Among . .
Germans at Front
AMSTERDAM, Oct, II, (via London )-.
The Hetleven toilay publishes an Inter
view from its correspondent at Mets
with Prof. Bosserer, who, he says, has
been charged with the tssk of combat
ting a threatened epidemic among the
German troops.
The correspondent declare Prof. Boe
serer gave him an unfavorable account
of the health of the German soldiers,
asserting that there were a large num
ber of dysentery cases. Inflammation of
the lungs and several cases of typhoid
fever. He artdrd, however, according to
the correspondent, that nothing else
could be expected when troops had to
stay five days in trenches half full of
water.
PRINZ1P GLORIES IN DEED
Slayer of Austrian Archduke Proud
of His Work.
TO SHOW SLAVS' DESFERATION
Prisoner on Trial nroir F.loqnent '
a He Peelaree He Is No More
Criminal Than Other
Patriots.
criminal than those Hungarians, Hal-j
lar.a. roles or Irishmen who because
of the same distressing conditions In
their countries during the nineteenth
century followed Koss'ith, MaiElnl,
MfcroMavskl and Pa'nle'. OVonnell In at
tacking tyrants and tyranny regardless
of the mentis they used."
1'rlnslp a.ltr.ttte.l that he regretted the
ileath of the archduke's wife. II said
he alone was responsible for the as
sasalnatlon and that the others accused
with him were mure unconscious instru
ments than thinking factors In the irlmfl.
ROMK, Oct. U Additional details
have been recolved here of the arraign
ment at Sarajevo of Oavrio Prlntlp, the
assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
of Austria, together with Prlntlp's wife
and twenty-one other alleged accomplices
In the crime.
According to these details I'rlnilp, In
addition to having admitted that he shot
the archduke and his wife, declared that
far from repenting his deed he was proud
of what he had done. It was not a
crime, he said, as his object was tot to
kill a man, but to show the world the
dcaperatlon to which the whole Slav
population under Austria had been re
duced. Oppression roetlneed. .
After the Hlavs had tried by every
means, legal and Illegal, to obtain Jus
tice and recognition of their r slits,
Prlnilp said, Austria continued to tram
ple on their nationality, language, cul
ture, religion and everything whlen the
Slav nation as a whole, or families as
Individuals. considered most sacred,
using all the weapons at its disposal.
"The moment arrived when rebellion
was a duty, when th" :sr!v thing pnsallilc
was to protest by striking st the Indi
vidual who Incarnated such a despotic,
retrograde and cruel organisation,"
Prlnrlp declared.
The prisoner grew eloquent as he pro
ceeded, declaring that he was no more
WHY THE MARINE BAND
IS BETTER THAN OTHERS
One of the principal reasons why the
United States Murine band Is the great
est band In the world la that there
are few changes In Its personnel. Some
of Its members have been with It from
twenty to thirty years. Fully one-half
of Its membership has been retained
without Change for more than fifteen
years. .The full membership of the band
Is seventy-three. Of these, some twenty
who have been members five years rr
less are known aa "recruits'' and are
left In Washington whn the band goes
on tour, for Lieutenant Santelmann
tnkes with him only the most exper
ienced musicians.
Five mornings each week, from ten
o'clock to twelve, the band rehearsals
are held In the Marine barracks. Such
frequent and thorough rehearsal sre
not held by any other musical organisa
tion In the world. The examination of
applicants for membership In the band
is of the most rigid character and none
but the most accomplished musicians art
ever accepted. The band Instruments are
the very best that money can buy, for
"I'ncle Sam" Is not srlnsv In equipping
his pet musical organisation.
This band the people of Omaha will
have the privilege of hearing at the
Auditorium on Saturday October 17
Matinee and night.
SHOULD HARE MORE FRIENDS
EtT. C. W. Mitchell Says We Only
Make Acquaintances Today.
ARE KNOWN BY WHAT WE ARE
Men Are Met Mnnailt)! t'nante.ri la
Accordance with What They
Wear, bet lr What They
Hare la Them.
"We're not making friends today, we're
merely making acquaintances; the men i
who get on In (he world are the men w ho I
make and hold fi lends; and many aj
man falls today because he lias not the I
art of human approach," suld Rev. ;
Charles Itayard Mitchell in a rapid-fire '
talk that was a mixture of stunning :
humor and common sense at the Com- ,
merclal club at noon. The dining room
was crowded for the occasion. It was
one of the first public affairs luncheons
ef the fall. J
"A gentleman counts not for what be
has on, but for what ho has In," aald the
speaker. "We don't go to the tailor for
the measure of a man. The day of Par-j
tor Reeartua ore past. Again man Is not
measured by his muscle or his physical
prowess. I heard a fellow boast tt run
ning 100 yards In eleven second. I could
not keep still any longer. I told him I
had a little yellow dog that could brat
him. In college a big fellow six foot four
stepped up to me Just In fun, squared off
and sa'd, 'Mltrhell, 1 can knock you out I
In two rounds.' I said, "Oh. pshaw, I
know a little Jsrsey bull that can knock
you out In one." Co why boant of the
thing In which the loast excell you."
lie pointed out that Lord Nelson wa so
small and weak when born that h was
not expected to live. He never grew to I
weigh 1 pounds, yet he commande.l the
Urltlsh fleet at Trafalgar.
Rare Book Buyers
Like Plump Babies
NF.W VultK, i let. li -Like taking
camly from a fit ba'iy-that I how
George Fisher dtrerlbfd 1:1 fale of SO
ealed rare books to a c v Tork million
aire, necordlni; to Irving V Nemerov, a
w lines today In Hie government's suit
against Fisher, Jamea J. Farmer. Wil
liam J. Hartley and others, on the charge
rf having used the mull to swindle book
buyers to the amount of (lio.oon.ono. Mr.
Nemerov was secretary to James J. Far
mer when Mr. Farmer's business wa
flourishing.
The witness said Mr. Farmer congratu
lated his son, Glenn Farmer, and praised
hlin highly for having successfully made
a sale of nook for tI.0cO tn Mr. Emma
Rlrd of Salt Lake city. Mr. Bird testi
fied that the book were worth about
115.000.
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When your baby la cross and fret
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the irritability and bring back the
happy content of babyhood.
The very best laxative for children
I Pr. Caldwell's Pyrup Pepsin, be
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acts gently, but surely, without grip
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Pr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at fifty
rent and one dollar a bottle. For
a free trial bottle write to Dr. W,
;n. Caldwell, rl Washington St.,
;Montleello, 111.
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VI. E. SMITH & CO.
Ptstribators
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JOHN A. SWANSON, Tres..
Wll. L. IIOLZMAN, Treasurer.
Metropolitan Fall Fashions at Price
Within the Reach of
TP
every
The wonderful success of this new and greater store is
a mighty object-lesson in what value-giving will do.
Why We Lead in Style and Value
Our great buying organization directed by
MR. JOHN A. SWANSON is in constant
touch with America's most progressive style
creators. .This house is in the very midst
of style-development at all times and our
GREAT VOLUME OF BUSINESS enables
us to be first with the NEW STYLES
ALWAYS.
This close association enables us to offer match
less values. WE BUY FABRICS DIRECT FROM
THE MILLS. We stipulate a standard of work
manship not required by less careful stores.
Every fine point of clothes making gets utmost
consideration THAT WE MAY SERVE YOU
BETTER MERIT YOUR TRADE SAVE
YOU MONEY. .
Striking Example
Giving Is Offered
of Supreme Value
by Our Showing of
Men's and Young Men's Hand Tailored
SUITS, OVERCOATS $11
and BALMACAANS U
Comparison demonstrates that we offer $5.00, $7-50, $10.00
Excess value in Hand-Tailored Clothes at Popular Prices
Young Men's Wonderful assortrhents of Ultra fashionable styles for smart
IT C dressers. Autumn suits in dozens of new models, 2, 3, 4-button sack styles,
rail mjUltS single and double breasted; wide lapels; soft roll fronts; English and semi
English ideas. Beautiful Tartan plaids, checks, stripes, Glen Urquharts, shaded stripes, Heather
plaids, multi-tone weaves and genuine Gold Bond True Blue serges. Choicest patterns, colors, designs.
Nothing like it elsewhere in the way of superlative IM G Ofl OG
values; save $5.00, $7.50, $10.00 in Fall clothes here at P 1 pJ9 p6t)
m Chesterfield Overcoats
: Nowhere will you find the equal of these high grade
EEEr silk lined oxford overcoats. The ideal all-purpose
EE5 overcoat. Regular and stout sizes. Feel the com-
pgr fort of a smart Chesterfield $ i $OA $OC
ga Today, supreme values at.. mUXif CO
Balmacaan Overcoats
Greatest showing of smart Balmacaans in the west.
Rich fancy weaves browns, grays, oxfords, Tar
tan plaids, checks. Styles of distinction. Tail
ored by America's best $i e $on t?
makers. Superb values, . . lOj mtJj tj
Pleasing the Tastes of Most Critical Men
The reigning styles in Genuine Carr XXX Mel
men's and young men's ton finest Chesterfield
finest suits at Overcoats made. Special,
$30 $35 -$40 at $50.
Beautiful Exhibit of
Chesterfield overcoats
richly silk lined, at
$30 $35 $ 10
Balmacaans made of
genuine Ballymade fab
rics; superb overcoats,
at $30 and $35.
SPECIAL SIZES FOR ALL MENKegulars, stouts, short stouts, long etouts, tall and
short men's clothes in all sizes and variations greatest stock of unusual sizes in the west.
warm Jumbo weave sweaters with
Dressy Norfolk and Navajo trim
med sweaters. English Angora jackets and vests. Jersey turtle neck and
m Men's Shirte Men's Sweaters
Your every need tn shirts best sat
isfied here. See our smart new Man
hattan, Arrow, Bates Btroet, Tork
and other leaders. The season's
clever patterns and styles.
Kefflltee Shirts, $1.00. 31.50.
82.00. 82.50.
Dres Wilrts, newest styles, 81.50
S3.UO sna gZ.SU.
Men's Flannel Rhlrts, at 81,00.
81.50 to 83.00.
Collar attached shirt, 50. 81.00.
d 81.50.
Saturday Specials
$1.00 Men's Shirts 1.23 Men's Glove
Fresh oew patterns. High trade tan
la st&rchsd cuff. caps gloves, $1.25
negligee TO values, QC
I t7l Saturday.. iJL.
glove button sweaters. All collar styles
All weights, all colors, all prices
Stetsons Famous Hats
Newest fall and winter styles, at '
$3.50 to $10
sWx ovm
$1.00 to $7.50
Exceptional Hat Values
Clever new shapes and combinations,-
$2, $2.50, $3
J Isl iC "Star3 m wZZm
MEN'S SUITS
AND qVERCOATS
$7.50, $10, $12.50
Our obligation to the man who
wants good clothes at small prices
is as great as in the better grades.
We'll save you $3.00, $4.00 and
$5.00 in strictly reliable, well
made, Fall suits and overcoats,
at $7.50, $10, $12.50.
ROW Will COWS TODaT t IT PAT,
j.l-j 'll' .ui ns.,.,, jp
shirts at.
MHNA SWANSOMms.
CORRECT APPAREL FOB MEN AMD WOMEN,
Men's Underwear
Come to headquarters for under
wear. Largest showing of Vassar
Swiss ribbed, Duofold, Superior, Rite
size, all weights, styles and sizes.
Men's HIM!1 1'nlon HuH.,gj and S.SQ
Wool MUluro t nlon hulu 81. SO. 82 S3
Men's Finest I nlon Hulls jflfj to ft"
Warm (Shirts or lrwrr , . . .RQ to gl.SQ
Saturday Specials
9H.BO Sweaters 10c Handkerchief
Heavy ribbed Sliak- Men's hemstitched
r knit shawl collar cotton haodk'chlefs,
sweaters, SO 50 10c value.
spsclsl Saturday
5c