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t -- 2 A THE OMAHA MJXDAV DEE: AtUt'sf 'JJ, 1 !M " . ELEYEH DROWNED IH ST. LOUIS FLOODiMAYlsKKAisER Levee Breaks Saddrnly and Inun dates East Alton, Wood River and Benbow, 111. STOBM IS NOW OYER OHIO ST. LOl'IS, Mo.. Aua. Jl. Eleven persons are known to have perish fid in the flood that swept the west and southern parts of 8t. Louis and some of the suburbs yesterday. One of the victims Is a white woman. All the others are negroes. The wind and rain storm was an offshoot of the storm which swept Texas earlier in th week. It did damage estimated at several million dollars to crops and other property, seriously Impaired transportation and wire facilities and endangered thous ands of lives. fit. touts. Its suburbs and neighbor ing Illinois Uwns suffered mott from the floor waters, which followed the storm. Seven to nine Inch of ratn fell in twenty-four hours. At East Alton, lit., mo-foot section of the new levee cave way and a wall of water from the Wood rlver rushe-J toward th towns of Wood River, Ilon how City and East Alton, but two horse men who had stood watch at the lavte raced a hundred yards ahead of the on nmlng water, renins-. right and left. "Run for your lives.- In less than an hour the three towns were covered with ten feet of water, hut not a soj! had lingered. The population of Moot. River and Benbow City raced for West Wood River, while residents of East Alton took refuse in Alton. Bprintfleld. Mo., reported that the damase to the Otark peach crop would exofted 40.000; the damase to corn Is estimated at near ti.ooo.oou; ' real estate man believe the astrrcate property lames to Bt. Louis bulldlnrs will he Ir tie vicinity of $1,000,000. torn Novr la Ohio. Chicago, 1U., . Aug. 21.-The Texas storm which . yeste.day swept north ward, crossing Illinois and touching Chlcat-o, la In central Ohio and moving east, according to th elocal weather bureau. H wa somewhat decreased In energy today, but high winds and heavy rains still followed In Its path, flalveatow la Ctewalasj 17s. Ualveston. Tex.,- Aug. SI. Mayor Fisher of Oalveaton today ssld it was probable that the cittsens there would end sn appeal to the Texas legislature asking that they be given an exten sion upon their taxes In order to meet the big financial dram caused by Mon-I day's storm. The Monla eceordtns- to ths mayor. are ).uaain additional aradn 1 raising and ' Tilling to meet the new problems which the Istest storm brought to liiht. A wall mcloslng the Inner harbor hsa been suggested as a protec tion In ease of further storms. Work .continued st Increased speed upon ths cleaning up of ths city, every available man being put to work by the authort Uiea. It was promised that before night water .in a fair supply would be com ing Into the city through the big main from Alt a Lome. Fattwiatea of Dannr T Iti. '' WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. fl.-Oov. emor Ferguson of Texas today tele graphed President Wilson that th loss of life from the tropical storm along tha Texas coast will not exceed 100 and that estimates of ths damage have Smr ' ... . ...a t.l ,-. . 1. - - wv.w.w. . , iie situation was under control. .,Tb mes- sage waa in reply to a message from President Wilson offering .sympathy and assistance. REED RULES RAIL BOARD IS ILLEGAL Continued from Page One.) constitution, whicn is ss follows, to-wlt: "Ths fftcers mentioned In this article shall give bon'ie In not less than double the amount of monsy that may oonie Into their hands, and In no case le.-s t .an tue sum of JjO.wOow), with auoh ptovtwton as to aurelles and the approval iherecf, and for tha Increase of penalty 01 such bonds as may be prescribed by lit, ste Forth the Oath. "Section tVT!. ' revised Statutes of Ki breaks for 1813. provides as follows: All state, district, county, precinct, township. muntclD&l. ami aanw4i.ii w wnted offloere, except those inent onad In section 1. article xlv of the i-onsuio- i.ri..Vt:rr?.!''ir"l"5 1. jf "r FT- following oatix. which shall be endorsed' upon their respective bonds: I do sol- ornnly swear that I will support tre con- sittutlon of the United Mi.i.s, tha aZ- ututlun of the Mate of Nebraska and iailfilu 1" and ImiwirtlMllv tw wm . - iti.ll.. . Ik. .,7.1. --..-w ' " - accoraing to law and to the beat at ml ahliiiv k-ir. me Ood. ... . ' ' Frvl a to ads. ' "Bertlon STOg provide: ah oeeital twnds of state officers mat! e In lurm. Joint and several, and in 1 tie payable to the slate of Nebraska in such penalty and with such cond. tlons as ra quired bv this antes or the law creating or regulating the office. ' Be, tlon mi provides Official bonds, wl'h the oath endorsed' ir.ereon ehall be filed In f e proper of- omlVtelir on or before the flrat Thuredav after the !.,Tt.i.TuT1?y w jn"y next succeed- n.ent: of officer, elected at any eiw-ial v nun, nu iiy ana vll'ege r th ra r.tlluH " niinv uaya aiier ut caavaae o the vojea of the elecUon at which they I were cboaen. 1 ! rta laetrwaneate riled. . jrJ of Oerman effort In the cea "An exajmuailon of the office of the lhtrr ar. where In the near sw.retay of state dlwoeee the fact thatl,utur will be forced te neither Henry T. Clarke, Jr., L O. Thy- I oonln w"k three approaching armies lor or Thomas U Hail has ever executed to th P,lon of this moat important and de Jvered to said officer, whoa dut ' Referring to evacuation of Kovno, K la to have possession of the official ! tt i1 tnat almost the entire garrison ' bonds, a bond of any kind or character; v up th,lr llvs before surrendering1 ! ior ha any bond by. ssld acting iuu'u" Position. rallway oonunlseloners ever been ten-1 Today's official statement ef the Rue- I derad ss a condition precedent to the sub- l,Ua w" office Indicates that the Aus I sonblng by the said artlna railway ' tnv-Oermans are Dresalna- towards Rm. I misuionera th oath of affica as . condition precedent to their eoreptmg aad attempting to exercise and perform th 1, m au'" oevomrg upon them as a duly elected and qualified official within tha tvnnruuon ana laws or tbe stats: aad the time has now elapsed within which the said acting railway commissioners, nu ean or ti.em, cau give a bond a provided by law Lm. R'abt t Of flea. "In view of the foregoing It Is self evi dent, 'that such provuion is self-executing, and that unless the official bond. where on ta required, u filed within the time provided by law the person etocted uses an rigr.i to the offire. and the kXBC)r ran be fl:led without any previ ous judicial detrrniLiailon of the fact.' ir'kle aklnt lAiielng-, m .Neb. Ut) "Having taken tl- cialh of of rice to ipprt the cun tllutlon, the same as my--". It betonies your duly t appoint tunc fctate lixllecy ciumiaelonere to fill the Yscanry caused by the nts-tart on ths part of thou who are now acting aa turh I to file their bond and qualify as by tew required." TO EXPLAIN THE ARABIC ATTACK (Continued from I'nne One.) elded the attitude of the American gov ernment. Pome of the facta already received by the State department are considered by officials as conflicting and Secretary Lansing wants these apparent Inconsist encies cleared tip before proceeding. Little Kerr Iiata. The two cablegrams from Ambassador Tags contained no Information whatever J regarding the phytlral features of the attack on the Arabic. One ssld the White fli.r ii. f,,r. if a k I dor thst Mrs. Brugulere and Edmund Woods were the only American mUl:i that Paul 'Brugulere was confident that he saw his mother In the water and was sure that she wss lost. i Ths second meeaage ssld Vice Consul j Thompson had Informed him that Mr. , and Mrs. Rrugulere and J. J. Kellett should he sddrd to the list of survivors. The name of Mrs. Moore should be changed to Leopold Moore In the list of survivors, leaving the missing only two. ) Dd .Not Try t Escape. UJN'DOK, Aug. 21. Although no offl- ' clal report on the sinking of the Arabic I naa been received. It la learned on In quiry In official circles here thst the BrltlMh government Is satisfied that the Arabic did not attempt to escape or to ram the submarine which sank it. This conclusion Is the result of state ments made by Captain Finch and other survivors. All sgree that the submarine wss not sighted until after the torpedo was fired. The Arabic, Instead of trying to escape, hsd been slowed down for ths purpose of ascertaining whether assist ance could be given to the steamer Duns ley, previously torpedoed. British of ficials scout the Idea that ths Aarbie was attempting to ram . the submarine. They say that by doing so Captain Finch ! would have been almost certain to strike j ths Puns ley and wreck his own ship, Statements thus far received maintain without exception that no warning was given by ths submarine, Twentr-Ore of Crew Mtssiagr. QUBEN8TOWN, Aug. ll.-An amended list of the missing members of the Arn- blo's crew places the number at twenty- one Instead of forty. M previously given, According to the revised figure of. missing psssengers and members of the crew, the total death list Is thirty-seven, - In accordance with Instructions front th 1 State department at Washington. the American consulate Is procuring affl-1 dvu ,fnrn American survivor bearing particularly upon the assertion i that n wee given oy we uerman suo- rtne Which torpedoed the Arabia. Statements of this nature already hare been taken from Mr. and Mrs. P. W. A. Collins, Zealah Oortngton and Mis K. Chrimpton. h s Nt Belas; CaTyeel. -LONDON, Aug. tL The British gwe emmsnt today authorised the statement that the steamship Arable was not being eonveyed when it was torpedoed by a Oerman submarine, - , The following statement was given out today at the offloes ef the White Btar ' , - ' , . "Ws are In .a position tn state, that the following paasengsrs reported missing did not smbark oa the Arabia: Maurloe Davis. Mrs. Fisher and Mr Band.: Aa amended list ef passengsrs lost on the Arablo gives a tofal of sixteen, which with the forty members of the crew, who were lost, places th number ef dead at flfty-elx. 1 - Body of Mrs. Brwsraier.' NEW TORK, Aug. ll.-The body of Mrs, Josephine L. Brugulere, one of the two Americans lost with the Arable, ha been found, th White Star line announced today. This waa based on a conversation, it waa said, with Mr a Marion Brugulere, the dead woman's daughter-in-law, who was quoted as saying she had received a cable message to that effect Toung .Mrs. Brugulere also waa quoted by a representative of the line as having said that the body of her mother-in-law French maid. Margaret Boudet, bad been reoovered, too. Mm. Boudet.. one of the two maids who sailed with Mrs. Brugulere had heretofore been listed among the sur vivors, ... ... .. . It wss said that the cablegram received toy Mrs. Marion Brugulsre contained no details. . , Tw Bailee Waahed Ask. NEW lORK, Aug. Il.-A cablegram re- 0lr4 4T by the Whit star Un her tnt the bodies of two vlcttma of the Arable .had washed , ashore near Queanatown. n ... k. . V - OM bod3' a woman, preaUmaMy. a cabin passenger, mi A , v.- -ka. - w . . w.Mwi v. n ii7ww. iia vouiea had not been identified. Brest-Litovsk Is Center of United Efforts onRussia "KTrnKj RA n, Aug. Sl.-(Vla London.) Russian military observers in their th.mc.nt operation. In th. minimise the Importance of the fall of the fortresses of Kovno and Noo- tlPated, and point with Satisfaction to t tl K Ml. rf e . V. . S by the Russian garrisotuk The military writers declare that JTreat-Lltovek Is the LHovsk from the northwaat ant m ik- aouin, with the evident Intention to ex- cul. U Possible, a flank movement to o souuieastward. where they have al- reedy crossed the Important north u """"a railway and pushed their force 'well toward Pialie, twelve miles east ot I Vlodava. The Russian defense (a this direction U aided by a swamp, which sx tends far to the east of ths Buir river. Russian military men see In the deter mined Oerman efforts to push across the railway north of Brs--Ulovsk a plan te out n uis Kueaian arret" base on that fortress from those operating at Oseoweta I from the south. A cording to today oommueucetlon th BtalystoV.-Breet rail-' ay is still-in Russian hs-eta, although vtdous battles are In progress In various ( making of munitions is highly technical, sect tons. ( 4 trained chemists are badly needed. Ths Oermsn lines' now run approxl- , Maay women havs studied chemletry and metety aa fullowa: don ebemlcal research for years tor n Beginning et the gulf ef Riga. imma- other object than teachtng or la th la d lately to the east of Riga, they extend tereet ef sOieireot sclcaoe. MRS. FRANCISCO VIL LA, wife of the Mexican rebel leader, ' at Long Beach, Cal, where she is spending1 the summer with her younger sister, and her baby. Senora Villa is but 17 yers old. f along the river Aa ta Wmavtant. thenca to a point east of Vllkomlr and south- ,n , ,v,.,u 1 asserwva e-a wea IS vswwnwvsj, IMSIU ing westward to Btrekova-Oura, near the lon tn" Island, intersection of the Bobr and Narew; east-. Ths death list from the gulf storm In ward and souhward along the line of the ' creased slightly today and th miatfng upper Narew to Btrablla at the crossing "l decreased considerably. Ths known of the. tUaLvstok-Brest-Utovsk railway. directly south to Upnltsa, twelve miles north of Btest-Lltovsk. awlnalna weak. ward around that fortress, touching U river Bug. neat1 Vlodava, and extending toward liana. The presence of a Oerman fleet In tho Oulf of Rma. whera it I. fo-ooeratina with the land forces, brings the evaouar tlon of Riga close at hand. SOCIALISTS SERVE NOTICE CN KAISER ii i (Continued from Page One.) ' among the neutrals. Thsy say time Is their ally and bop to wear out Ger many's eoonomlo and military power; by protracting the war. ' ''II we desire peaoe, therefore, th only thing left is te compel them to see that their hope is futile.'; 1 Deaaaade Equal Rights. ' Referring to the chancellors words to the effect that Oermany ewes Us success te moral power exerted in the direction of freedom. Dr. Pavld said: "And I hold it to be my duty to add that we expect a greater measure of liberty .for the Oerman people. With that hope -we shall vote for new credit. We must reach tbe geat of equal civil rights attsodlng equal civil duties. "Whoever did not knew it' before must have learned through tils war that the great masses of the Oerman people stand so high In efficiency. In the spirit of or ganisation, that full political equality can . no longer be refused. Creation of freer and higher conditions of law and eulture among tbe people themselves and respect of other peoples must be the un alterable aim of a policy which strives for the. best for eur own people and all humanity. In struggling for that goal we vote for the war credit" Dr. Peter Bpahn. a clerical, expreeeed gratitude te Pop Benedict for bis efforts tn behalf ot peace. Dr. Bpabn endoreed the chancellor's po sition concerning the freeing of Poland from the ''Russian yoke." Vledisleus Bsyda, a Polish member, ex preeeed satisfaction at the chancellor's position, saying Poland would have the opportunity of developing Its national life and reviving the culture of former time. Japs Pay Tribute ; To Henry W. Denison WW. i toorreepoadenoe of th Assoolated Press.) TOKIO. Aug. IT. The Jspanese people nave given to the memory of Henry W. Denleon, the American adviser to their department of foreign affair, the same tribute they pay to their owa dead. When the first anniversary of Mr. Denison'a death recently occurred, hla tomb In the Toklo cemetery wes vtalted by a nuwber of prominent personages who reverently placed wreath there. Among the vis itors were Baton iCx jt, the minister for foreign affaire, and Viscount Vohlda and Baron Takahlra. formerly Japanese am bassadors at Washington. Post Wheeler, charge dafairs for the Vol ted State, left a wreath In behalf of th American embassy. Mr. Denison wss born tn Vermont, and became adviser to the Japanese minister of foreign affairs in 1SS0. He wa highly ester in ed by the Japanese people. The tombstone recently erected for him here bears aa InstripUon written by the em- peror. r I Kefersa Sehoal Bay at Frat. I innnv i i Cl I , r ' . "Tw,nt' thousand BTjSfi V fa ff4 rv aB fAprn sa t Avsass s ha 1.. 1 1 (Ii I aa rws .fSfaja a-tav A a J W- V I ' "h , V T.l . """' T7r.orm cr,ooU h,v wed with the British naval and military force since the beginning of the war. Three o, then, iToea. an nrtyl sis others have been rewarded with leaser decorations. Ths "roll of honor" johows that 1.100 of ths boys have bee t killed or wounded. Wesaen u Bbell Mah.er. (Correapondenoe of the Aasoclated Press.) LON1XJN, Aug. U-A scheone te em ploy women whe have received scientific educations far shell snaking la now form In la tha mlulatrv at munitions TV. GALYESTOH BACK ON THE MAP AGAIN tt c . , , , f . . . """" xvciwicu auu aj Sead Learned to Be Over Score. URGENT APPEAL FOR AID GALVESTON, Tex., Auf. 20. Wire service was restored to Galves ton today by the Western Union. The first message out of tha city elnce cumetance of the sinking of the Arabia, w a Hwtat(Mt Press dig- 1 m ,pH" of tM tn Anglo-Amerttan Monday wag an Associatetl Frees fll press breaks into a clamor of war. patch saying Galveston's known lose Fortunately, the president and hla ad of life was elcht killed in the city j visors are cool and determined to wait proper and twenty-five tn the low gee-! """ d cmctaliy. .1 - 4. ,tlnn f Ih. Chicago Herald: It cannot be said the tlons on the western portion of th!Arabc w. carrying- ammunition with island. Water service 1 expected to , which Oerman soldiers were, to be killed, be resumed tonight. There is plenty 'It can t be said it wss carrying Canadian of food in the cdty. An urgent appeal of cltlsens of Oalves tnn and of ths state of Texas for aid was sent out today by residents of the smsll villages of Antumle. Wallacevllle, on the eaal miiie of Galveaton bay. The appeal said ever village was In dire need, but gave no details, . - j Boa-lea Poiai at Texas City. j TEXAS CITY, Ttx., Aug. . Nlns bodies were Picked up yesterday on a 'dyke near this city, and today the crew of th tender Rowan, which recovered tlicm, said thst twenty-nine more bodies lay on this dyke. It was thought part of these bodies mlpht be those of man from the dredgeboat Houston, wrecked three miles off Texas City. There are lonly four known survivors of a crew.of ! forty-four from the Houston. . j List ef Btti. I HOUSTON. Tex.. Aug. . Dispatches filed in Galveston yesterday and reaching ' here today, giving a death list of th.rtean . ?! ; . 7? wlT. -"" the Island for mora bodies, were supple- mented by private reports today that a number of bodies had been brought in on the car. Galveston island Is forty miles ,on nd u r"port1 bodies 1 from the mainland have washed .ashore list was 11 today, including thirteen known dead in Oalveaton. It is expected the dead will be increased ty a aosen or more when tns virgin Point hotel collapse Is cleared up. Twenty persons are listed as missing in this ool lapse, and up to today no trace of these missing has been reported here. Mtsslagr at Bellvw Bate, y Report indicated that the thirty per sons yesterday Hated aa missing at Boll var had been found. . A conservative estimat of the missing today waa lees than 100. Reports , from Oalveaton were optlmls tle for rapid recovery of th city's routes for food supply and for eariy establish ment ef wire connection. With report that ttit. crews of th dredge boat tm Houston, and, Ban Ja cinto were safe, th missing; list wa cut down from it prevloua mark of, 3&t: Ths dredges were found last night aground near th 'Houston 'ship canal." That train would ; be running into Tsxaa City on regular schedule today was announced today by th railroad of ficials her. . A reassuring statement ef condition In the storm swept area was Issued her by Governor - Ferguson, who ha taJtan charge of the general relief work.;. , "My information 1 that the loss of life Is not great and the local authorities will be able te handle the situation without assistance," the statement said. Maay 1 Ileaetea. Hosnltsd. - Evidence of the unusual destructive-' ness ot Monday's hurricane was seen In Houston's hospitals today, which house between fifty and 109 person either in jured in the storm or suffering from Illness contracted In long exposure. Most of thsse patients are from town along the coast. Many ar suffering from snake bite a real danger ta a ooaat hur ricane because the water drive snakes upon the few objects above water. Mar vtn Proctor of Lynchburg Is la a seri ous condition on acoouut of a nvMcaain bit. With hi baby he had been driven Into the water ang wa trying to build raft with board blown from hi home when the snake bit bim on the hand. He carried th baby until Wednesday morning, although en arm wa swollen to nearly twice Its normal sla. Ota Wedneeday a launch picked htm n. Cltlsens from Wallaoevtlle. a sown of about 1.000 Inhabitants on th east aid of the Oalveaton bay, appealed today for aid, saying that eoly three bouse remain In their town. They estimated that 10.099 head of stock drowned In Chamber county, where Wallaoevtil Ss situated. " They said also there le worry over the fate of seventy-five Inhabitants ef Smith' Point, a peninsula JJuttlneT far out Into the bay. O. A. Fredericks of Dallas, and B. J. Wblttlg of Houston, who were tn th Virginia Point hotel wbea H collapsed, were washed out to sea and after float ing about on wreckage for several boura, were waahed back again by a change of th wind. Otrl rie.ta gtatr Ml lee. A young girl of Is, found on Oalveaton beach unconscious, when revived said sbe waa at Vslasoo, nearly sixty saile dis tant when the hurricane attack. She beeame unconscious again be Core giv ing any other Information. General J. Franklin Bell, commanding; the second division of the Vniud State army at Texas City, has written te Mayor Ben "Campbell or Houston urging that travel ef persons from Houston to Texas City and Oalveaton be prohibited unices they are concerned tn the well fare of relatives la either dty. Gen eral Bell told the mayor that Qalvastoa i authorities were refusing U let person from th, mainland eater th city anises - ! they had rood excuse for landing. Tsxaa City, the aenaral aald t. ... ..'. V': " mw7 oV ZZ.nV - 7 " rha bumin f ntiu e a-a already has begun in the country outside Houston aad in many ether section of the eoast. - HOLD UP BANK ACROSS- ' - -FROM POLICE STATION irm ANOEtXB, Csi. Aug. Cfhree men held up today the manager, book keeper and a depositor Of ths Boyle Heights suburban branch of the Hamee Savings bank aad escaped, bank otflctala said, with IS, - The bank U across ths street from the polios station, The bandits I eommwadeered aa autumubUe and escaped. i Comment of Press On Torpedoing I winir are snri excerpts rrorn edt- lertal ef Amerioaa newspapers comment Ing on ths sinking of Lbs Arabhi: ixralsvllle Courier-Journal: If la the last straw that breaks the catnoi's back. The people en masse demand severance of all relations with Oermany and we bellevs the president will promptly answer the summons. Louisville Anselger: 60 far we know nothing except what the British censor hsa published. Ws do not know the clr- troops to the war. The Arable was bound for New Tork. It ' was taurderplala murder without palliation or excuse. Cincinnati Frele Presai If our admini stration cannot be persuaded to stop the ( unlimited export of arms and ammunition men uermany must protect Itself. Washington Post: If American clttsena went down with the Arabic. Oermany will have brought about a most grave situa tion. Washington Herald: Wa are surely en the breaking point with Germs ny. Detroit Abend Post: If President Wil son flatly failed to issue embargo on ths i part of war material Oermany was Justi fied to cerry on the war by submarines. The Arabia was a swimming arsenal. Cleveland Plain Dealer: American sen timent la unanimously . against , a nation which stands sponsor for the policy of mordor, ,. . , Louisville Times: .'.'The sinking of ths Arabia wag at best an attempt at murder. New Tork Evening Post: Jt is useless tefb Kaan sssaiuIa m. ' a t lZZ.- ll-T- Vl1 " ;" tnai defiance of the distinct warnings given Vast Sum Spent in Relief Work by the .ir.'Si'Cpmmiss (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) LONDON, Aug. . . The . principal speaker of the opentnc of the summer ansa OH of Klna-'a eollaaa waa H d Hoover, chairman of the American Corn- mission for Relief In Belgium. His ad dress wa a description o th work of the commission: "I could bore yon stiff with detail of th multitudinous branches of oar work." h remarked, -''but' the main' facts' are theeei ., ;-..,',. "Fwodatuffn-iworth lfia.00u.ftm have been supplied and Sold up to June M..,- . 'Tw hundred ninety-three: Complete shipload, comprising ovwr eoo.oos ten ot breadstuff a, have been imported.: "We ar spending axnot.ow for th up keep of th canteen for Belgian abso lutely destitute. ' "We have spent 1600,060 through th extmrauts appointed to leo after horn, less aad orphan children; U,(m children nav neen placed In -temporary home r.i l.'.t .1 'TS'' 1' mOMPSCM W& Will Clear Monday T ,7? WwliDreaaea; ';. In wMto stripos and ool6rs,'f iner prices ni to $70- The Store For SHirt Waists Annonoces the arrival of a .whole new, series of Japanese, Negligees and Kimonos $G.50 'A Well elected Variety of Handkerchiefs for the School Miss Both rlain and embroid ered effects, serviceable but still very attractive. Plain linen handkerchiefs at....... 5c, 10c, 15o, 25o Embroid M handkerchiefs at 15c, 25o, 35c, 50c Initial handkerchiefs at,. ....15c, 25c, S5o, 50o The First 120 Women. ' mo visit our Toilet Goods Section Monday will receive free a cake of . Colgate's Natural Toilet!; i Boa p. ...... None to children. ' ot United States of the British Liner by President Wilson.. ' Brooklyn (N. T.) Bagle: Assuming thai ail the circumstances are as reported, the first step the president must take, a step that can no longer 4e avoldd without national abasement and humilia tion. Is to send Count yon Bemstorff out of the country and simultaneously recall tit. Gerard from Berlin.' After that con gress could well be assembled to provide for whatever may be forced upon ua New Tork Evenlnc World: Oermany flouts America's claims. ' Oermany de fies American demands. It has ohosen to forfeit our friendship and esteem. Philadelphia Press: 'In ths race of the critical situation thus brought to a sharp focus cool Judgment ' should preta.1. The government may be trusted With the Utmost confidence to deal vigo rously with the grave situation. Philadelphia Record: It suffices to say that the position of the government of the United mates as outlined In three emphatic , notes, is unalterable, and the country will back up the president whole heartedly In meJnta.nlrg American rights on the seas, ."from whatever quarter vio lated, without compromise and at any Cost." . Plttahlltwh tarl.r' Th- ..fa ...Iv.l r.t the fie that r.r ih i. . ... . " r . . .. Ing. Nor Is the sinking. of the Arabic. I a nrt... n.i ... , iL - v.M k .'k . could be expected? Without proteot-on m 1 ' mo" munitions. She flaarantlv UmimkI into i.the danger none aa though courting at tack. There were no oonvoys to ward off attack and prevent her d eat ruction, Loa AngeWe Times: That the sinking ef the Arabia raises sjueeUons, which may be vary serious) and -which may call for ether aotlon on the part ef President Wilson than pungent phrases, may be conceded. Whether aa American life was or was not lost, cannot.1 or at least, ought not, to determine . th notion of President Wilson. . until after th war. "Twenty thousand foreign refugees In Belgium have also been cared tor and fed. , "la destroyed communities 1600,000 has been spent ta the erection of temporary shelters. ' , . V. . . "Clothing worth H.X,000 has been die trlbuted . through th Central Clothing bureau In Brussels, . "For th purchase of clothing locally, W.M0.00 ha been distributed to th desti tute. . . . i "The total subscription up to date in actual cash have been about 116,000,000. "In the distribution of food, over 18,001 volunteer workers, mostly Belgians, have been employed. . "Th relief work has extended to the distribution of medical supplies and to th distribution ot, tM"rinrt of ton of seed to agriculturists, "la France, where the nation Is still behind th dispossessed Industrial work ers, the Oonunission ha found it suffi cient to grant money eubvehtlona to the oommunos, which, undertake the care of their own destitute." . A "For Bale" ad Will turn' seoondVhaad fnmltara into cash. , V BELDEN 20 Fine Silk and Afternoon Dresses Formerly priced np to $45.00 ,"" Fonnerlx. priced tip to $12.50 Cheney: Bros. (40 Inches Wide) A fabric which is goinc: to bo used very exten sively this Fall and Winter. It's a pleasure to be able to show you such a complete range of color in this popular silk so early in the season. ; " Georgette Crepe in these colors: . DUCK BLUE, INDIGO, MENTHE, , HERON GRAY, BLACK, WISTERIA, GOLDEN BBOWN, and all Evening Shades. New Autumn Silks Lut week's arrivals include Qan Stripes and Plaids, Satins, Crepes. Poplins, Failles. Display Monday in the Silk Section. Women's Fancy Neckwear One-Half Price ; , f ' . . : : - l " A special sale Monday that's good news to Omaha wo-T men. Half Price means Just Half Price- eo be early to enjoy the beat selection. ' . , Net Vests, sold from $1.00 to $2.50, at ontvhalf price. 4 Mnll Vesta, sold from 75c to $2.00, at one-half prjee.. ' Collar arid Cuff Beta and Separate Collars,' in roll ef focis, sold from 50o to $2.0(, at one-half price. : " ' Sale starts at 8:30 A. M. Neckwear Section, Main Floor. i Japan Exercised Over the Boycott. ; Levied by China (Correspondenoa of the Associated FreeaJ TOKJO. Aug. I The retaliatory boy. eott in China against the Japanesa caune of Japan's demands oa China has caused profound concern throughout the empire and extensive plans are being formulated to overcome the movement. -Japanese merchants are beginning to complain at heavy losses In trsde and thoughtful leaders in various' walks of Japsnes life are worried over where the Chinese hostility will . and and over how It will affect ths future relation of the two countries. v The chamber of commerce of Osaka. a. very progressive body, lias already organised a special commission whose assignment la th elimination . of the Jaiuiee boycott by friendly propaganda and the advancement ot Japan's tradn interests In China. The commission wilt also Investigate tha posfibUltiea of eco nomic developments ss a result of the new treaties) with the government of Pekln. The members of the chamber wilt be i HlspwOched to all important ;parts of ! China. Tha first party will Melt Mon jgolta and that part of Pouth Manchuria which has not yet been explored. A ruuf wl" norm tnma ana !a third the south. Other chambers ttf, commerce are Joining the muTement. 1 AaDtInB" the Amerhsn custom, the 1 1,,,,. K.i-t- . personal tonch with the Chinese, find . .. T. .. . . all sbout and then try to find the' proper' remedy. They will try to prove that the inter ests of China and Japan are Identical. Another project more sentimental In character Is th sending of parties of school children to China to visit "wtth the school children of thst country.' Btlll other plan receiving consideration are those to " arrange a ChlnoWarsnese ex hibition and to establish a ChirieTsp anese bank. The exhibition project is favored by business men generally and is rip ported by tbe department of agri culture. A bill providing for the found ing of the bank will probablv be Intro duced Into the -next 'seeslon of the diet. WOMAN WANTS TO BE BURIED WHERE FINAL VICTORY IS WON (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) PARIS, Aug. I.-The will ot a wealthy woman resident of Marseilles, who d'ed a few days ago, contains the following clause: , "If I die before the end of hostilities, I ask that my body may be laid pro visionally In the family, vault, and that it shall eventually be Interred in a tbe field where the final decisive victory is gained. X leave th whole of my fortune to the town which bear the nam of . this victory. " , ... . ..., .... Land for ft-et.rwjasjr Soldiers. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) BTDNBT. Australia. June VL-The New South. Wale government has set Muta B.000 acres of wheat growing . land . and 150.090 acre of Irrigation lands for settle ment by soldiers returned from the war. A "For Sale ad will curn second-hand furniture' Into cash. " " : "'." ' 30 Embroidered Voile and lingerie! Dresses .. Formerly .priced up to $50JOO 12-50 Georgette repe IVOEY, CORAL, ) )