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2 A TTTB OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 22, 1914. .THOMPSON, BEtOEN S CQ Textile Broadtail Coats The Very Latest Fashion $39.50 to $65.00 , Rich in texture, authentic in fashion: these coats are most desirable: trimmed with valvar.. a textile broadtail pbat is most fashionable, most appropriate for a great variety of uses. $39.50 to $65.00 Dancing Frocks for Misses $16.50, $19.50, $24.50 , i ; Dainty, artistic, these delicate, creations of chiffon and laces sug gest by ..their very lines the gracefulness of the dance.'. $16.50, $19.50 : $24.50 The Store for Shirtwaists Offers a complete showing of fine blouses for afterrioon wear. , , $3.75, $4.50, $5.95, : $6.50 ; Handsome New Satin Plaid Silks ' - They are the new fiatia fin islietl fabrics in all the color combinations. t.'f'i Attractive Winter Suits $29.50 and $35.00 This showing is most appealing to women who desire exception al value in hand-tailored suits. $29.50 and $35.00 Bathrobe Blankets Sizo 72x90, sufficient mater ial for a large sized robe; all 6hades and designs; price in cluding cords and frogs, $2.50 each. ' . Basement. Embroidered Pillow and Day Cases We have just received an ad vanced shipment of our Holiday Line, including scalloped, initial, H. 8. and ' 'embroidered cases at 50c, $1.25, $1.50, $2.50 and $3.00 a pair. Basement These are the Dress Goods Keeping Dress Makers Busy SOFT IlICII CHIFFON VELVETS A charming fabric in all the dark rich shades. SILK AND WOOL CREPES AND POPLINS Rich and beautiful, for afternoon, call ing or reception gowns. FRENCH SERGES AND GABARDINES Jus', tho material you want for a good practical dress for street or traveling wear. LODY FACES SQUAD WITH JEYES OPEN Former Omaha Man Said to Hare Been Executed -at Demand of Lord Kitchener. LIGHTER PENALTY FAVORED evernl MrmWri of (ablaet al1 Have Advocate Life Sentence I.ongon Reports Said to H Area rata a ad Clear. , Cold Weather Gloves Lined and unlined, CAPES and MOCHAS, warm, com fortable and durable; grayB, tans, browns and blacks. $1.00 to $2.25 a pair. KAYSER'S Double Silk Gloves, particularly good for muff wear, in colors and black and white, $1 a pair. Crepe de Chines and Satin Meteors These are the two most pop iilar fabrics in silk. Over fifty shades to choose fron?; surely there will be no dis appointment as to color, and our prices remain the same as they were before the pres ent scarcity. ' Exclusive Agents for McCall Patterns REICHSTAG OPENS ON DECEMBER TWO Session Will B Short and Likely CoacjntrateJ 'Around ' Toting' New Fundi for the War. RUSSIANS ARE IN A TIGHT JXACE German Mllltarr Cerresaeaaent Re . tarda , Pool ilea mt the Csar fr'ereee la PUi4 aa aa - tar a viable Oar. 11ERUN, Nov. .-Vla London, Nov. 21.) Tha coming session of th Reichstag, which opens oa .December f, la xpected to ba short. It la probable It will con cern itself only with tlia voting of a naw flve-byiloa-mark cradlt and th ratifica tion of th varloua emergency law pro mulgated by tha Duodearath. This la to ba accomplished. If poeaible, without de bate. Neither tha budget nor new taxa tion propoeala ar expected to ha sub mitted. The budget wUl ba laid before tha Reichstag at tta eaaion In February. Tba steady prograaa reported day by day from the eaatern theater of war la most encouraging to the military critics and tha public and little anxiety for tha safety of tha - frontier districts la naw manifested. " " Major aioraht, military correspondent '.of tha Berliner Tageblatt. sects' full success for Generals on Hlndenburg and DankL Ha' thinks the heavy Russian loeaea In kllleland prisoner hav shaken tha morale of tha Kuaalane. -I- B aula as la Bad PwetttM. Tha continuance of the concent ri a attack on tba north, wast and . south, he hulds, places the Russians In an unen viable position. 1 .Tha troops which 'threatened the East Prussian frontier at feoldeu and Its vicinity ara continuing their retreat, ap parently toward tha ' crossings of the Vistula and . the Bug at Novoa Ueorglcwak. The wintry weather (a the war theater Is considered to- be of the greatest im portance n tba . field operations, espe- cUUy In the Inundated district! of Flanders, Today's report shows that It to colder In tha southwest and northwest. , Both Met and Brussels report a temperature below tha f reeling -point,. Tha snowfall lr the northwest has ceased, but Is fairly general in th. east,' and probably will continue for several days! so that tha battle of Poland will ha rnn.ht ... ..... - vui vn enow-coversd field. TEUTON RUSH INTO RUSSIAN POLAND SUFFERS CHECK (Continued from Fag One.) TUEKE EXPLAINS FIRING UPON FLAG AND U.S. SATISFIED (Continued from Page On.) I tensive between tha Wert and Vistula has been checked ao definitely that the Russians have been enabled to resume the aggressive, an attutuda which they sig nalised by the capture of a bnttery of Oorman artillery to tha northwest of Lod. This. If true, Indicate the possi bility that tha Oerman ara in danger of being outflanked. Nevertheless. It Is ap parent that tha two arrays ara facing each other and waiting for the next mora la what may prova to be one of tba moat decisive battles of the eastern campaign. A week ago th Oermena were retreating from Warsaw. They turned at bay on reaching th territory controlled by their own atrateglo railroad system and brush ing Mid th Russian cavalry, they began to push back th army or Emperor Nich olas until a position betweea tha Vistula and tha Warta waa reached. Thl Is th point where th expert predicted, that th Germ as would makethelr stand on tha retreat front Warsaw. Now tha ra aecupatlon of thia lln probably will mean that th second phase of tha Polish cam paign will proceed oa tha more or less expected line. Tha cold weather la having It effect on th eastern front also, but contrary to th prevailing opinion Oeneral too, Hln denburg malntalne that this will favor the- Germans because the Russian will not be able to dig themselves la when th ground I fro sen. 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Secretary Tumult laau ki. ... . m wviliriDUUI WILD I M 1 1 1 0 Tl T I Wilson: ... i in publlo alreaifv k una. t... pened. aamsly. a boat from the Tennes. w vneq 10 enter th harbor, a harbor which tha Turkish government had do vwvu i-iosea. a snot was fired aero It bOWS tO Bton II. Th. si.r.t.1.. .u. Tsnnessee reports that It was not In- u-naeo as a nostuo act A full In vest lira tin. mao ana sxDLsnsilnna . i. hd of th Turkish government. Pre vlou attempu to communicate with Am bassador slorcenth hnv M to dalayi of m much wk." Standard 0U Ship Is Declared Prize NEW TORK. NOV. M.-8tanlarrf nil company officials received frem it. at IltuuUton. Bermuda, cable confirmation of tha report that a British prise court had decided against th company la th case or ids tanker Led, which nw the German flag, and was captured Auguat by tha British cruiser auffolk not far from New York City. Tha Led waa taken a a pru of war to Hamilton aad th agents' cablegram of today a.nm n u rfA that tha pris court had decided that th veaael and cargo war to be aoM at auc tion. The Lada sailed from Kottm on July 33 fur Baton Rouge, La. (Correspondence of the AssiK-iatfd Pre LONDON. Nor. J3.-At 7 o'clock on the roggy morning or November . Csrl Hans Lody, the German naval lieutenant, whom the people of London had come to know a "Lody the Spy," sat In a chair In a courtyard of the old Tower of London and faced a firing squad selected to put him to death, lie had been convicted by court-martial of communicating with the German authorities to th detriment of ICngland. and in view of tha ag.tatlon raised throughout tha British Isles on the queatlnn of alien enemies, no penalty but death seemed to meet the situation. This Is th usual fate of alt spies caught In war time, but as th court-marital was held In London, as remote In many' re spect from th scene of fighting as New Tork, some doubt was expressed at first whether th xtrem penslty would ba In flicted. It wss said even that certain members of the cabinet favored life Im prisonment. But, so the gossip runs, Lord Kitchener, quick to seo the necessity for extreme action with tha spy monace ao rampant. Insisted upon the death penalty. At any rate, Lody I dead. Ten aeconds after he set In the chair In tha tower courtyard, ayes unshielded at his own request, he toppled forward lifeless, with seven bullets through his breast. Half an hour later an undertaker's wagon came and the body was taken away for burial in a pauper's grave. Met Una Is Historical. The scene of the execution the first In the tower since the middle of the eight eenth century Is but a few rods from the fipota where Anne Boleyn, Lady Jan Grey and other English celebrities died by the axe i many years ago. All the retainers and employes In the tower' cluster of old structures soon heard of th execution In fact, many of them were awakened by the volley and visitors who camo to the tower that day were told of It In whisper. Lody had died game, they said. Throughout th night he had prayed with a British army chaplain. To th last he refused to tdl for what person In Germany he was act ing. Nor was It disclosed t , th court-martial Just what reports Lody had sent to Germany. When certain documents were discussed reporters were barred from th room. That they were Important, now ever, Is generally admitted. Those who hav read soma of the reports pay high tribute to Lody' clearance of expression and tha acuteness of his observations. Taken aa a whole. It ts said that his data forms on of the most remarkable ex hibit aver brought to the attention, of Scotland Yard. ; Looked Like American. Lody was about 15 year old. but looked .onnger. Though a native of Berlin, he ad traveled widely, and ha spoke Eng lish with almost an American accent. This, together with the fact that he looked Ilk an American, was ' doubtless th main reason h was sent to England aa a spy. He had spent much time here before, but on the last occasion he came In August shortly after hostilities were declared with Germany. Clever he was. the Intelligence cfflc of the War department soon got wind or hf actions, and he waa watched. It waa during this shadowing that he Insisted that he was Charles A. Inglls, an Ameri can. In thl role he vn went to th police and complained that he was being followed. Thl tor a time threw off hi pursuers, but the espionage was later renewed and In October he was arrested. Usioa Papera Have Loag Reports. ciusn counsel derended him. Th court-martial was short; the prisoner's span of life after sentence was pro- nouncea was even snorter. He wa taken secretly to the tower and not until four y arter hie execution was th new officially made public. Whether relatives will make any at tempt to claim tha body I not krown her. Th London paper hav beea de voting long account of hi death In on ens strangely out of proportion, since inousaaas die ch week on th continent. nut Lody wa a spy. and there was dash of tha pkituresque about him. and na a led in the tower, which appealed to tha British Imagination. No Englishman lameal hia death; but all the newspapers pay him th tribute of dying bravelv Ilk a pnuovopner. II had accepted th risk and b paid th penalty. ALIENATION SUIT AIDS CHARITY Mrs. Claire BeU Barney, formerly her husband's stenographer. Barney alleges that Prof. Chessin stole his wife's love and on trial declared would give charity whatever damages awarded. 1 Hve,r today crept over Little Rock bring ing an almost nlRht-l.ke darkness. Street lights were visible for but a few feel from their posts. ... fry- A v ... . vu . vrr. (I . ; f 1 ' V " ' i v -,'. " - - . J ; k J H iyy' RUSSIANS DRIVE '. MADERSMCK (Continued from Pone One.) IPrwBt ON-., . W AHIII VOTYiM a . . . gram.)-HatUe K. Bahr waaSoed pctmaster at S.inpson. Keyi Paha .r.d .l.h"W "-f Po'nl tempor ary postmaster at Lena. Artnur county. Nebraska, vie Catharln Router. -Igned. Claude Chlttlels waa appointed rural letter carrier at Wetonka, 8. U. Nebraska pensions granted: Minora of James Nevitt, Columbus, tl; Chrietln Broady, Johnson. $U; El.sabeth Fox woithy. Gibbon, U; Bridget PatUaon. Table Rock. U Shadow of Conscription Over Ireland and Northern England (Correspondence of th Associated Preas.) MANCHESTER. Nov. a-RecrulUng throughout th north of England Is pro ceeding slowly and th newspaper of Manchester and Liverpool r outspoken In their dlacuselun of th subject. Within th last four days Manchester, with a populatloa of about 0O,0ul, supplied only u recruit through a total of rifty re cruiting: depot. Report from Liverpool show that re cruiting I avea slower there. A boy scout band ha been parading th streets for day la an effort to stir up th youag man, but without affect. Foot, ball games draw large crowds. Theater are filled wtlh mea of mili tary age. But apparently they are not moved by Lord Kitchener' call for more la dlscuaatng th situation th Man chester New says: Ta shadow of conscription with all It inherent vil and It serious ladustrial handicap, looms over the auatry. Taa rr-wtdenlng ar I likely la ba prolonged. Should thl be th ease, all th mea that th army adviser have asked for will be needed. They ar aot being obtained, however. Whsa Man chester can send only 100 a day to rein force our army R becomea obvious that some thing will hav to b don to et a better pace. "Higher separation allowances for wives and children and new grant to their de pendent ar helping to Increase tha re pons te th country' oalL Th reduc tion of th standard of height to five feat three Incite should give a further stim ulus. If this does not meet tha case, new temptation must be offered. Otherwise compulsion face young men. who for varloua reasou are hanging back. In Ireland recruiting I slower than In th north of England, because It la com plicated with tha bitter political strife which has subsided only partially aa i result of tha war. Party leaders hav ex erted every effort to hasten Utah recruit ing, but without the results hoped for. Many Irish official hav explained the slackness ot recruiting la Ireland by say ing it la a country ot women and old mea aad that tb young mea mostly have left for oountrtea a here greater oppor tunity await them. Census figure, however, show that Ire land baa aot yielded recruit in th aam proportion to It avaUabl mea that Eng land aae. its strong fortifications is their last pro tected position-on this front." Lake Realoa Btroaaiy Fortified. The advance of tha Russian Into the Masurian lake region of Eaatern Prussia, near Johnnateburg and Arya ha revealed th extent of the prepartlona made by th German to resist Invaaion. The whole region 1 described aa a gigantic fortress, facing to the east and south in the form of a huge semi-circle, ninety miles In extent. Th apace betweea th lakes which rang from marshy ponds by the hun dred to bodies ot water tern miles long, ar entrenched with wire . fence. At Interval there are earthen redoubts, which ar reinforced with stonework and, protected by mine fleldst Wherever it Is practicable canals have been dug. Be hind the canal lie German trenches. At Arys. where th Russ.ana are re ported to hav made a considerable ad- vane In the last few days, they have been compelled to atorm concrete block houses, resulting In som Instances in heavy losses of life. Conditions lav Gallcla Better. . Improved conditions In Galloia are in dicated by tha fact that communication by rail between Kiev and Lemberg waa re-established. Reports from- Caucasia, state that the Russian advance into Tur key ta proceeding without serlou resist ance, although tha invading force ire under fir from Turkish light artillery, located on the hill tops, practically all- tlie time. There are amost no roads l-.i th region of the Ruaso-Turklsh border and It I necessary 'for the Russians to move their gun and supply wagons through the mountain passes by hand. The Turkish villages through which the Rusalana hav passed are deserted and stripped of provisions, Only In the Ar menian villages hav any supplies been found. In Gallcla the Rusalana are surrounding Cracow, about twenty-flv mile from the town. Heavy flghUng la reported In the north of the city. The left wing of the Russisn forces Is moving through the foothill to the southeast, following the line of th railroad from Prsemysl to Cracow. ' War Agents Ask Bids On MillionSweaters NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-Agents for the British and French ogvernmeuts an nounced here today that they were In the market for 1,350.000 wool sweaters, 600,00) wool stomach bands, 1,600,000 wool gloves and SOO.OOO pairs .of wool socks. In order to determine where such an enormous quanuiy ot wool goods might be pur chased quickly, an advertisement was placed in a commercial newspaper. It j was said that the goods were required for prompt delivery, that tho orders would be given Immediately and that payment would be made in cash for goods delivered in New York. The wholesale value of tho goods wanted is more than $7,000,000. FOREST FIRES RAGING NEAR LITTLE ROCK. ARK. LITTLE KOCK. Ark., Nov. 21.-Forest fires which are reported burning In many counties of the state and particularly north and northeast of Little Rock, today ar said to be Increasing In headway. Bee vera! calls for assistance hav been made to the federal forest rangers at Hot Spring and calls may be made for further help In the work, it was said by federal officials her today. Th last general rain In Arkansas oc curred more than a month ago. Previous to that precipitation rain had not fallen for fifty days. fimoke rails following the Arkansas Pull the Teeth and Leauty Fades Germany Accuses France of Violating 'Red Cross Treaty WASHINGTON, Nov. tlCount von Bernstorff, the German ambasraoor, filed a not with th Stats department today complaining of violations of Geneva Red Cross convention or July , 1M6. of which French troops ar alleged to have been guilty. The ambassador accompanied tlio not with a long report from th Oerman for eign office making detailed charges Th charge declare that German wounded were treated roughly and brutally, sometimes robbed and la soma cases mutilated and murdered. The com plaint also declares French troops at tacked German field hospitals and lobbed them ot their personnel snd equipment. In ene caa the commander or a hospital column la aaid to have been arrested by French troops and taken away, while an other affidavit declare a German field clergyman wa captured aad treated a a criminal.' 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