Tin; w:i:: om.if. rnrKsnAY. .uasT , EASING OF TENSION : BOOMS SiOUK MAR'l Motor Sham. Steel and War Indni trial Rise from Two to Thir teen Points. WILSON AWAITS FURT1ES WORD THE GREAT FLOOD AT GALVESTON Against the West Indian hurricane only the strength of Galveston's sea wall, put up for just such an emergency, stood between the city and a repetition of the catastrophe which visited it during. 1903. Here is a view of the wreckage. NEW YORK. Atir. 2S. The end ing of the diplomatic trnMon be tween Washington ana Herlin re sulted in a aorl'1 of afertacnlar al vanree among; war Mocks, duo to to day'e early trading. Studebaker row 134 to 117-; Willys-Overland. 13 '4 to IKK; New York Airbrake and General Motors gained 5, at 150& and 216. rpnpoc tlvely, and Crurlble Ktrel made a ; similar Improvement, at 7K4. j . I'nlted Hates Steel's rl" at th i I Ing was ta-o points, which w i ssded U later. Hteel wait mil l t c I market leader In the sense thai it rvnl ftp a guide for the better known leim". At this morning's hlh level -It lir.it re revered all but a point of Its recent ten point decline. Other IndustrtaiM ami unc'aaalfVd shares purU ipatlng In war contracts rata I to 4 polnta, w,i!i 131 1 for Cnban American Bugar at 1. Rallmada joined lh rise later, the Pa rities showing eepedal tre,ie,,ir.. ' Wstelnsto ami Waitlae. WAaHINOTOX. Aug. 26 While White IIoun officials today ahowed that they viewed the oiit.ook was mora hoprnil they maintained the position that n fur ther statement from the Ormaa govern ment should be awaited before any an nouncement nf the Intent. una of the American government w.u.d bo mm)'. 1 L'nof flrlal word waa conveyed to Preal dent Wilson that close friends of Count von . Bernstorf f believed Ma telegram forcshsdowod action by the Berlin gov- ernmont wl Ich will aatlafy the United Statea. The prealdcnt waa Informed through friends of the ambaeaador that Germany wanted to maintain friendly relations with the United Statea and that the next Imeeasge from Berlin would be of a favor able character. Administration offtctala Idld not accept fount von Bernatorffs .message ai a disavowal, but were hope Iful that It Indicated a dlsavowsl will be forthcoming. No frrah Instruction have been aent to Ambassador Gerard and he has not jcommunlrated with the State department ;ithln the laat twenty-four houra. Beraatorff Mar bee laalB. NEW YORK. Aug. S.-Count von Uerns torff, the German ambaaaador to the I tilted State, remained In seclusion her today, with hla plana for the next few tiays undeveloped. He had received no 'further advices from Berlin bearing en (Continued on Page Fourteen, Cel. Three.) the sinking of the Arabic, ho aald, anil did not know when aucl) word would bo received. , It waa within the range ef Bosaibl'lties, 1he oinhaaaador laid, that he would go 1o: Washington to confer with Secretary 1-analng before receiving further word from Berlin, but thla weula be. If at all, upon Secretary -Lenstrig'a Invitation. Gerard Calla oa Vea Jaaw, BBRIaTN', Aug. 25. (Via, London.) Tha American ambaaaador. James W. Gerard, called on Foreign Minister Von Jagow lat evening and asked for information concerning the alnklng of the staamahlp Arabic !. Mr. Gerard learned that the government 'had no official newa whatever on thla subject. The only Information which the govern ,nwnt baa U that contained In newspaper iilpa.tchea from abroad, which throw (little light on the clrrujiiatanoes attend ilng the destruction of the steamer. It l not oven clear whether the disaster waa due to a torpedo or mine, or whether (in case the r.aael waa torpedoed, there were asocial circumstances which Impelled the commander of tha submarine ta at tack the Arabia Until official advlcea have been rmelved definitely clearing up these polnta, the foreign office will hardly be In a puel tlon to diaouaa the case or maJte any UlecJaratloaj of policy concerning the Inc ident. Offlciala t Uia forelun office make It xtry clear that they have Intent low of flouting the United Ktalea er aneklng to hrtng about a situation such as that :ealt with hypotblcaUy In '.he taut Amer ican note. Vi ' I J T ' r 7 W 11 ; vy.iKwcafcW-:"fl .m 0 "t i , , ' . r ft-..,? f, :, 7 it - f v . t 'w ' vlnion of work by an Industrial manager. The eyetem, it la claimed. rmilta In scientific nhop mananement eimllar to the bonua ayetem whi h oritanlifd labor oppoaea In other government plants. OMectlone alro have been made to the acientlflo majiaeenvnt s'atem at the gov. 1 pmment ararnal In Watertown, Mass. Ex-Preiident Leprecatei Ephemeral' The motai tradca councu today con- Vanif..t.ti. f D.linn. ' Untied conafdcratlon of plana for confer- tHUIlVvfl"vMa VaV MVIllVUa TAFT CRITICIZES SUNDAY'S METHODS' pi if Till? Jsr . .Vy f - - :, r ar - 4..." m r j . ; . . aMa.ia it f i 1 V- : t viv. s atayJait " r itl(,it1fnaTirnMa ir Excitement. RELIGION ESSENTIAL IN LIFE PAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25. Re ligion waa proclaimed an esnential In man', life and In his relations to the state, In an address delivered here today before the National Uni tarian conference, by William How ard Taft, president of the conference and former president of the United States. Unttarianlem, Mr. Taft aald, waa of service In offering a creed com patible with free, gclentlflc Inquiry, and he asserted that on the firing line of missionary activity, advocates of sterner creeds become broadened and liberalized. Toward the end of his address lie spoke at some length of a widely known evan gelist, whom he did not name, crlttclalng his methods and result as "an ephemeral manifestation of reilglous excitement." He deprecated any movement to ot pose this man's attcki on tho I'nltaiKn church, because there was no common I ffmilnit tnw rillniAnl n .1 !., M- w ..... mi jut:, o c . ' i thetlcal assault we have restraints that wotild put ua at great disadvantage." Mr. Taft spoke at the opening of the business sessions of the twenty-sixth biei.nial general conference of the Uni tarian and other Christian churches. I encea with financiers and industrial em ! ployrrs In control of large munition plants I of the country', hoping to secure shorter working houra and increased wages with i out resort to strikes if possible. 1'BSadena. Cat., on Tnoo.lay. where b. has been making hla home for two years Mr. Adair, who was 76 years old, considered among the most Influentlnl financiers of western Nebraska. Ho Is survived by Mrs. Adair and one daughter. Mabel. The body will be brought t- Omaha for burial. ' DEATHRECORD. J. n. Adair. ' KKAKXKY. Neb., Aug. Id.-iSperlal i Telegram. ) J". S. Adair, president of the ; City National bank of Kearney, died at ZEPPELIN CROSSES HOLLAND IN DIRECTION OF ENGLAND AMSTERDAM (Via london. Aug. The Telegraaf learned from Vlleland that a Zeppelin dirigible balloon passed over that laland of the Netherlands today, traveling from an eastern to a north west ern direction. Vlleland la off the entraa.ee to the Zuyder Zee and In a northwesterly direction lies the northeast coast of England. ;Real Export of War Munitions Started but Two Months Ago WAHHINOTON. Aug. ta. That a great ert of Europe's enermeua orders for arms and ammunition did net begtn to piiove from the United Slates until com paratively recently waa Indicated by oa k'Ort figures Issued today by the Depart (nent of Commerce. The statistics covering the twelve pnonths ending with June show that kvhile experts of war stipp tes tnereaoed tremendoualy . over the preeUwK year, the greatest partin some rases frees pne-firth to one-third of 1'ie year'a ea kiorte left 'the UnHed States la Jane. ' The twelve months' aertod shewed es kwrta ef exploalves valued at u aainst tt.27I.lT la the preeeding year, pdore than one-fourth of that total IU. fs 744 was. shipped dttrlsg Jane. Oaay jpowder showed esperts of S34.M In June, compared wUh as.M,b3 for tha iyeaji. Vixty-twe aeroptanra were exported in June as against 1U for the entire year. Jn tho preceding year only thirty-four GERMAN ATTACK ON PERNAUJEPULSED Banian Official Describe Attempt of Kaiaer'i Fleet to Land Troops at Fort on Oslf of Rir. DRITEN OFF BY SHORE FIRE PETROOAD, Aug. 26. (Via Ixn don.) A Ttvld story of the German clfort to land troops la Pernau, In the northeast corner of the Oulf of Riga, is told by a Russian officer from Pernau, who has reached here. "At 6 o'clock oa the evening of tha ISth, while the ellto of the 60,000 people of the city were assembled In the naval nark listening to a baad concert, .the official relates, -a policeman ordered them to disperse, (t waa then noticed that a Gorman (hip waa off shore, far away toward the horlion. It remained for some time, making observations. It ap peared later that the Russians bad signalled the ship to halt, not know Ing Us nationality, and that signal auctioning tha. vessel as to this polat remained unanswered. "The people f tho city did not be come alarmed antw sannenadlng was board at Zansmorger, and more eh I pa became vUlWe. Three of them seemed to be light ertilsers and four were large transports. "Soon the batteries on shore opened fire en the German squadron. The German ehlpa replied and the continuous roar ef the guns en both idles coalesced Into a mighty chaos of sound. "The llorman ships were three miles away, being unable to approach nearer on account ef the shallow water, fhelr flru was Inaccurate. Nobody In Pernau was killed, but a few persons In Oretola lost their lives. The railway lines were slightly damaged, but were qutokly rs paired. "Tho Germans tired untnUrruptedly from 11 o'clock In the evening till I the neat mernins;.'' War ninweil 1 aw KTateeiated. In accordance with orders the garrison of Ossewets joined the Russian field army en August IB. evacuating the fort ress after blowing up the permanent fortifications, burning the wooden struc tures and removing or r rippling tho guns. thus ending a year of gallant defense of the principal crossing of the Bobr river. War office officials in commenting on the surrender of the fartnesa aahvted out that It waa especially adapted for de fense, because of the marshes that aur rounded It. but that this fact would be ene working to Its disadvantage whoa the fortress waa cut off from the army, the marshy ground being unsuitable for nenuavers and sortiva. After tho aban donment of the line of the Motor. OssoweU eased to have lmpertasree "a the view if the army officiate, aad it was regarded aa the part of w4eda to withdraw from it. Blalystek is said to be atlli In Kuaalan head, hut a large part of the railway frera the north and weat la now In the hands of the Germans and It Is expected that they will make every effort to ex tend their 1 nea toward Grodno, the next fortress of Importance In this region. II at re Derrtofrfaa; ?e Keyel. Meanwhile tba Austro-Uermana con tinue to press upon the flanks of the fortress of Hrt-ljt.vk from tho north and south, iiud ae ious battles are de elop.ng In the vanity of Ptachoe and nt expected to live. The robbers es caped at Mockllng. The man killed was Jamea Brown. 17, of Weatboro, Mo., and the man danger ously shot was Edward Griffith of Char- lottetown, Price Edward Islands. BALKAN STATES WILL ANNOUNCE POSITION SOON (Continued from Page One.) artillery fighting waa of a fairy spir ited nature. Furthermore there were en gagements with band grenades In the vicinity of Houchea and Netivllle. Around rtoye and In the neighborhood of slgny the artillery exchanges yesterday and last night continued actively. "From the Champagne district and from the Argonne the only reports re ceived refer to fighting In which mines were exploded. "In the Voages there were yesterday engagements with hand grenades on the Barrenkopf. "A French aviator last night threw bombs on the railroad station at Larraln In the grand durhy of Baden, twenty eight miles to the southwest of Frl-borg." RATES ON OIL TO 0MAHA BOOSTED Commission Orders Adrance from Mid-Central Field to Points West of River. RAILROADS DID NOT ASK FOB IT WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Re alignment of rates on petroleum oil and its products in carloads for the mid-continent field, which includes producing and refining points In Kansas and Oklahoma, was ordered :oday by the Interstate Commerce commission. Numerous railroads were ordered to establish new rates by November 1. The readjustment Involves increases as well aa de feases. The commission holds that the present rate of 17 cents a hundred pounds from the mldoontinent field to St. Loula la too low and fixes 20 oenta as a reasonable maximum. Including all Mississippi river polnta north of ' St. Louis and south of Keokuk. Other new rates fixed include. tl cents to Keokuk and K oenta to all Mississippi river crossings north of Keo- I kuk; ikj terns o t.nicago ana wmiory i the Chicago rate; Ht. Paul territory, 31 NAVY YARD MACHINISTS PRESENT GRIEVANCES WASHINGTON. Aug. 26,-Exectitive of ficers of the metal trades division of the American Federation of Labor today pre sented grlevencea of machinist employes at the Norfolk navy yard to osslstant Sec retary Roosevelt and urged readjustment of working schedules. Grievances of the men are based primarily upon super- Thompson, Bclden & Co. SHOES for Autumn The most comprehensive collection wo have over show-n and one surjiftseing any display ever attempted in Omaha both, in complete nefia of assortments and in wonderful ranjtre of choice. It is needless to dwell upon the beauty of th? combinations or the ekilled designing Sorosis Shoes always express. Suffice it to say that every known style is represented in this splendid stock. IB Andrews Will Take More Ambulance f. , nne imcsKO raie; m. reui wrriiorjr, Ji DriVCrS tO Jt ranCe fnt, Winnipeg. US cenU added to the uy Mow or Never The END Draws Near of This Forced Piano and Player Piano Sale Notwithstanding the heavy Mies) of tho past week, we Mill nel more room for Fall BbJpmeatn. and rather than rent additional warc roomn at great expens, we have decided to out the pr4c- st 111 deeper on over 110 High Grade Piano and 1 layer Planus. Our 1016 piauo are arriving: dally hence our desire to dear our floors. Hedect yours tomorrow from these high grade makea. Hardman, Steger & Sons, Emerson, McPhail, Und man & Sods and ddunoller & Mueller Pianos and Player Pianos Selected Bargains in Used Pianos and Player Pianos for This Week 8 NEW TORK. Aug. 2S.-Tlie steamer Nleuw Amsterdam arrived from Rotter- rate to ht raul; IV-s Moines, 30 cents front Kansas and 22V4 cents from Okla homa; Omaha, 20 renta from Kansas and 73 cents from Oklahoma: tfloux Oitv. 28 dam, after having taken on Paaamgert . Oklahoma and 25 centa from aad mall at Falmouth. England. Of- Kftniiag. fleers said the Nleuw Amsterdam was The desolation diamlseea all the rumeroua held up In Downs for several hours j formal complaints Involving the mid while the BrKlsh mine sweepers cleared continent rates, without prejudice, aad the channel of German mines. They denies alt reparation, added that a steamer preceding them I . struck a mine and sunk. I ln" readjustment neretoiore rererrea to Dr. Aletta Jacobs, the leading advocate 'l "at Increase of S cents per 100 pounds of woman auffrage In Holland, was a lnt Omaha and Omaha territory. Under passenger. A number of German families ; h present condition, oil and oil products J SffOO Vom & Sons Hquare 200 Root & Hon I pright 200 Hmall 8izt I'pHght . ROO flickering & Sons I'prlght . 850 Hchnioller & Mueller V pright 250 Voae & Sons Vprlght BOO I vers & Pond V pright 825 Oramer I'priftht 00 Hrhntoller & Mueller Upright S50 Kurtrmajt I pt ijrtit . . . 400 Steger & Sons Upright 35 55 65 125 175 75 100 155 150 2O0 175 $550 A. D. Chaae Upright 4(H) Kmeraoa I pright 600 Btelnway Upright BOO Weber Upright 1.1 OO Chlckerlng A Song Grand VOO A. B. Chaae Grand 850 Weber Grand . . . 550 J. C. Fisher Player 500 f-Note Player . . . A50 Wheelock 1'lanola lion 600 Cboraltoue Player . . . . 8340 275 50O 138 were la the first cabin. Among the passengers waa A. Piatt Andrew, former assistant secretary ef the United States treasury, who, for the last eight months, has been in France as Inspector general of the American ambulance corps. Mr. Andrew said that be would remain about two weeks and then would take back with him twenty five additional ambulanae drivers. "We now have 140 ambulances In active service fet France." aald Mr. Andrew. "In Alsace the American ambulances are the only ones in operation. We have thirty machines there. In the district between Faeht and Bussang, a moun tainous section, we have taken over the work formerly handled by the French with mule-carried atretchem. Mr. Andrew confirmed hla previous re port that tha American ambulance head quarters at PontrA-Mousson, had been shelled by Germans on July Tt. Former Nebraskan In thd South Killed from the Oklahoma fields take a 80-cent rato into Omaha and Omaha territory and a 17-cent late from the Kansas fields Railroad freight men of lines operating from Omaha to the south are delighted with the action of the commission, but are unable to understand It. They assert that the railroads have not aaked for an advance In these rates and, If thoy are ordered, the advance comes as an un so United and welrjme surprise. Hake Your Own Terms FREE Stool FREE Scarf Schmoller & Mueller Piano Co. Steinwtvy and Weber Representatives 1311-13 Far nam Street Rent rooms quick with a Boo Want AAV A "For Bale" ad will turn aeoond-haad furniture Into cash. ili i Warm Weather Carelessness In aummer time when lighter fooda are moat prevalent, it is particularly necessary that you get the full benefit of all the nourishment your food con tain n. It is a well-known fact, too, that people are more carelena about what they eat and drink during warm weather than at any other time of year. Oillllng draughts or Icy cold water are constantly retarding the organs of digestion, which often cause serious Illness. Bometlmes It aeema that 'here must be a secret re- COTTON PIaA NT. Ark.. Aug. (Spe cial Telegram. ) Jack C. Foater. of t lis place, formerly of Oreeley. Neb., waa shot' aaxdlivg the inevitable good health of a and killed by Deputy Sheriff James Hill, i fw comparison to the many who near hire Bum! ay afternoon. continually feel far from fit. and there Hill aald Foater owed him money which Fr over fifty years Duffy's Pure Foster denied at the time of the . killing. ' Malt Whiskey has been a constant health Foater was unarmed and In M hirt eafeg-uard In the Uvea of numerous (nan ware shipped. Nearly elaM tlrurt ns.;K')r puany automobile trucks were enportoit in June as in the entire year .n.1fi Juno SO. 1V14. June exports of bota pa. MMer automobiles and trucks v.'.m -valued at and for the year ai fJu.HA (36. In the preceding year they ere t36.i74.87i. Figures for barbej wire, harness and addles ahowed similar esport conditions. STATUE OF JOAN OF ARC TO BE ERECTED IN NEW YORK Vn. Kwulan extreme southern flank li .r. active, hm in too tar north, on the c'm-- .r..l of the Hue. there were minor t jtii.-a on ugust 22 in the direction of Jaoohataut and SJvinsic mlth alternating auorestcs. Tfce reception by the emperor of Mlobael Vladtinlroviti'h Hoda'anko, president of the Duma and repeated sessions of the council of ministers, have elicited lively d scussioi.s In the corridors of the Duma regarding the possibility of the formation cf a ministry of aat-one! defense. Includ ing representatives of several parties in the Duma. sleeves assisting In strengthening the levees on Wblte river. HUl rode up on horseback and after a few wonla with Foater shot him through the left breast, the bullet going through the heart and passing out of the body. Funeral arrangements have been de layed pending the arrival of relatives from Oreeley, Neb., and Lincoln, HUl la In hiding. and women throughout the world. A tablespoonful In water or milk be fore meals and on retiring Is a safe guard against many Ula. It restores strength and energy to the aged, sickly and Infirm by stimulating the stomach to healthy action so that It properly asslmllatss all tho food that Is eaten. Neb. I Get a bottle now. Bold by Bioat drug arista, jrrocers and ....II . .Hill 11. I I" I ' ' ' " J ,' " ' i wmm wwi mmmmmm wmmt iwiwii . jptsin i n n niajmi wiiman mi n iiiiirm ai w-a Most Modern and Sanitary Brewery In the West. Family Trade supplied by WM. JETTER, 2502 N St. Telephone South 863. BEDDEQ Aiertmenls. Tata houses aad cottages can be rented quickly aad cheaply by a be "For Bent.,, UVES 200 YEARS! WILL TRUST YOU dealers, at 11.00 a large bottle. It they Vqt mll the clothes can't supply you, write ua Medical booklet free. The Duffy Malt Whlakey Co., Roches tar. N. T. . . - NEW TORK, Aug. tt. A statue of Joan ' Are astride her rlrarger. la bronse. to t e erected at Klvertldo Drive and Nl:tety M lrd street, wii rest upon a rodestal Inside from tba stones of her prison at houcD, Frauce. The coat of the mi nu f irnt will be u tout 12.000 and has been ;kivil by private subscriptions. The section of i)m duuguon of the hero )r of France, puniiaard und broufht Sti after the !''rtnl govt-rritiuct hsd failed to preserxe it, luclnd-g tii b'ocks of itineatoaa. Aanu Vsughn Hull designed i They were brought f t e statae. j where one soon died. TWO MEN ARE SHOT BY BANDITS AT ELK POINT, S. D. YANKTON, g. D., Aug. S6. Special Tei rgram.i Tnree robbers held uo thirty hwboes on a Ml'weuaee train near 3k Point, at I o'clock this morning and la a figtit that ensued, two hoboes were shot. to a hoapltal here. Tlie second man Is For more than 100 yeaia. lhuirleni Oil the famous n.a,un. irtuniy oi iiol and baa U-en recoanued aa an liifllio, re- . 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