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THE OMAHA -SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 3.1&17.
DISCIPLINE AND
TRADITION COUNT
Description of Scenes on Troop
Ship Ballarat Sunk by Sub
sea; Not a Life ii
Lost.
- (Cornpondiic of Th Associated Press.)
London, May 12. What happens
when a transport loaded with troops
is sunk by a German submarine is
graphically told in the story of the
sinking of the' Steamer Ballarat,
which was torpedoed April 25 while
carrying Australian troops to Eng
land and sunk without the loss of a
man. urm, discipline ana iraamon
counted. There were no heroics, fuss
or panic, but considerable humor and
much efficiency. As the vessel did
not sink for four hours there was am
ple time to save even the ship's pets
and the soldiers' mascots.
It was Anzac day and the officers
were planning to hold a memorial i
service, 1 he . commanding omcer
was dealing with a remanded case.
"And -what have "you been doing?"
he asked, when there came a dull
crash, a sound that seemed, at he
said, "to lift the skin off your face,"
and the ship began to take a list.
Buglet Sound Alarm.
The "alarm" was instantly sounded
by the bugles, instantly followed by
the "advance." Without confusion of
any kind the men in four minutes
fell in at their boat stations. During
the voyage they had been told the
stories of the "Southland" and "Birk
I head" of the behaviour of the troops
and men on these occasions. I hose
men who had used flowery and fluent
parts of speech condemning the pre
vious boat drills now used equally
literary expressiops in praise of them.
"It's all right, boys, a man called
out.-"the oldman is on the bridge."
"Don't sing too loud," said an offi
cer,' laughing,, "because I can't give
orders." The order to -"stand easy"
was given out.
i Navy on the Job,
The turn of the navy came now.
The men knew instinctively that the
navy, would turn up. It turned up.
Destroyers and trawlera appeared
like magic There was a moderate
tea. and the ahio having been struck
near the propeller began settling
down by the stern.
While waiting for the boats to be
lowered some of the men sang, tome
settled down to play cards, and most
of them smoked. The nurses re
mained with the medical staff until
all the patients had been provided
for, and the whole medical staff re
mained with the patients until they
were safely placed in boats.
Every pet was saved, with the ex
ceDtion of tome of the ship's eats,
and cats, at Kipling says, prefer to
walk alone. Uver the side Bill An
sae, an Australian parrot in a cage;
a gray squirrel had the run of a raft;
a fox terrier and her puppies tre now
guestt ot the officers ot a destroyer.
And it wat all done decently and in
order.
, Volet of Empire Speaks.
It Wasn't exactly courage, because
heaps of the men were in a funk; and
if wasn't exactly bluff, because you
can t put up a blutt in a sinking ship,
and the tea looks awfully big when
one can't see any land, and there's
just handful of officers running the
job and enough boats, ind a fearful
ignorance of maritime geography. It
is t thing which is very difficult to de
fine. , It wat the voice of the empire
speaking to each man and saying,
"We do the thing well, and we al
ways have, and we are alwayt going
to. Are you game?" The men were
splendid.
They were landed with promptness
tnd despatch, and some aet foot on
England for the first time without
boots. ;
The tubmarine wat never teen;
it playt a small part in this affair, but
the British navy was there and took
a very great part; prompt assistance,
up to time and no fuss. .
Three French Ports Want
United States Battleships
Cotm9wi4m at Ta Assoolstsd Pru.)
St Nazaire, France, May 28. (Spe
cial.) Three French ports are now
disputing for the honor and 'advan
tage of. theltering the United Statet
warships during the war, and Ameri
can shipping afterward.
Sb-Nazaire is not so well known as
either Brest, which had the further
advantage of being first in the field,
or Bordeaux, which counts upon the
prettige of its commerce, but it offers
advantages that its municipal council
and Chamber of Commerce intend to
exploit for all they are worth.
St Nazaire is only 277 miles from
Paris, while Bordeaux it 350 miles
from the capital and Brest 372. It is
consequently seventy-three miles
nearer the battle front than its rivals
in the eventuality of the landing of
American troops in France. It has,
moreover, the prestige of already hav
ing served as a base during the war.
The British service corps trans
ferred its quarters from Rouen and
Havre to St. Nazaire for prudential
reasons during the retreat of the allies
from Charleroi. British troops to the
number of 120,000 with 12,000 horses,
were brought there in 150 vessels in
the fall and winter of 1914-15, and the
first Canadian contingents landed
Jiere.
American ships also became fami
liar with the port after the British
went back to Havre. More than 1..
000,000 tons of supplies and 160,000
horses from America were imported
there.:
The harbor of St Nazaire com-
piiBcB iigcr ruausicitu ui a nine and
a quarter long and nearly half, a mile
wide, and a smaller one about a mile
long with a channel of about 500
yards length with a minimum of
twenty feet of water rising to thirty
two feet with , the tide. There is thirty
feet of water in the outer harbor at
all times.
The port can berth thirty-two ships
it a time with present eccommcd
tions that may be easily extended.
Shipbuilding facilities are ample and
all torts of supplies available.
St Nazaire is connected with Paris
and Marseilles by double track rail
road lines and has good communica
tion with Switzerland through Lyons.
The "Nazariens." as the 36,000 in
habitants of the town are called, count
upon their 133,000 neighbors of the
sister city of Nantes, twenty-five miles
up the Loire, to support their claims
N'antrs. itself, possesses a comfortable
port -accessible to vessels of heavy
tonnage. , i -
Wanf.Ads J'roduce Results.
WINS PRIZE FOR HIGH
MASKS AT EXAMS.
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v & I
Trfiss Alice Josephine Finch, daugh-
ter ot Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Finch, 2305
South Thirty-second street, earned a
grand average of 91.4 at the May ex
amination ot the Nebraska pharmacy
board. This was the 'highest grade
attained bv any of the sixtv-nine ao.
plicants and was the only average
above 90. As a result of Miss Finch's
high average she. will receive a set
of pharmaceutical reference books
given by the Nebraska State Phar
maceutical association.
Miss Finch graduated from Creigh.
ton university college ot pharmacy
yesterday. ' Miss .Loretta Meany
and Miss Zeta Walsh, two class
mates of Miss Finch, also passed
the state board examination with very
high marks. Miss Meany and Ralph
Stewart tied for second high place
with an average of 89.8
Cannon on Freight Cars
Used in Fighting Submarines
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Rome, May 20. One of the meth
ods adopted by the Italian navy de
partment to fight submarines is to
equip a large number of specially con
structed flatcars with light cannon
and distribute them along the rail
road lines that run near the tea. In
some eases these fortresses on wheels
cruise together, made tip into sections,
with the seventy men of each section,
all expert gunners, housed in "box
cars, that accompany the armored
cars. On one of the cars of the sec
tion Is a huge signal ladder where a
lookout it ttationed. ' .
This arm has oroven effective in
destroying tubmarinei that venture
close to shore.
People of London Urged
To Cut Down Eating of Bread
London. May 20. In connection
with the food economy eamnairn. 35..
000 placards bearing simply the
words: "Eat less bread," have just
been distributed to churches through
out the country. Ten thousand card
have been issued to London restaur
ants for public display, They read!
uontwaste Dread. It half a slice
s enough for vou. olease cut the slice
in half; do-not break it. Everyone
must save bread. It is a national duty.
Will you help?"
Communal Kitchens of London
Satisfactory to Mrs. George
London. Mav 20 Mrs I.lnvrf
George, wife of the premier, made a
tour the other day of the new com
munal kitchens established in the
poorer sections of London. At one
of them, in the East End, she tasted
the fare and pronounced it good
enough for her own household.
The communal kitchens are being
set up by municipalities in various
parts of the country. The aim is to
supply food to the poor at nominal
prices and to make the institutions
self-supporting. '
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OR SAILOR BOY
FOR THE JUNE BRIDE
FOR THE SWEET
GIRL GRADUATE
THE IDEAL GIFTA SOURCE OF INEXHAUSTIBLE
ANI LASTING PLEASURE
In our Finishing Department we do Developing and
Printing for those who demand the very best possible re
sults from their Negatives.
" BROMIDE ENLARGEMENT FREE
Every day we give a Bromide Enlargement free of
charge, made from a Negative selected from the best left
with us the preceding day for finishing. See our windows
for particulars.
The Robert Dempster Co.
; EASTMAN KODAK CO. ' v
1813 Farnam Street. 308 South 15th Street
ONE MORE GERMAN
PLOT LAID BARE
Plans Conceived for Taking
Over and Annexing Bal
tic Provinces of the
Russian Empire.
(CorrofpondtfiCS of The Associated Press.)
French Front, May 20. What
Frenchmen regard as proof that the
German government has planned to
annex the Baltic provinces of Russia
was found in a German official
pamphlet marked "strictly confiden
tial," and found in a house at Noyon
after the German evacuation of that
place. Both German officials and
German newspapers recently have de
nied there was any such plan, but
the discovery of the pamphlet is held
here as evidence to the contrary. The
conclusions summed up in the pamph
let are:
"The culture of the Russian Baltic
provinces is German and has bjen so
ever since the first German colony
migrated there. The sulture of the
Lithuanians and Esthonians is also
German. The Baltic provinces are
the most German of all the Russian
frontier territories. The Russian in
fluence has manifested itself there
only as an element of destruction and
decomposition, it has remained pure
ly superficial and has been main
tained only by the presence of Rus
sian officials. Should these disappear
the Kussian influence will go with
them,
' One Geographic Unit
"The country is almost entirely
Protestant, and the Lithuanians and
Esthonians are Protestants, exactly
like the Germans. Only a feeble frac
tion besides the Kussian officials fol
low the Greek orthodox faith. This
Greco-orthodox fraction, whose con-
versian was ettected by artifice and
force, has a tendency towards protes
tanism and would certainly embrace
:t I. . " r
u ii ii possesses., uoeriy oi con
science. "The three provinces are a sinele
and unique field of civilization: they
snoum lorm one unity, ine three
provinces form a geographic unity.
Being our immediate neighbors, we
could maintain ourselves there much
more easily than in any oversea col
ony. Country Sparsely Settled.
"The country it thinly oonulated.
and this offers considerable opportun
ities for immigration. It is almost
exactly as extensive as Wurtemburg
and Bavaria together. Its excess of
agricultural production it to consid
erable that it would make up for the
deficit in the German agricultural
products. The country possesses few
railroads; all other communications
are precarious. It thus offers a vast
field of action to industry and techni
cal sciences, The administration of
the country presents no difficulty, its
inhabitants having been for several
centuries accustomed to govern them
selves. "Only the annexation of the Baltte
provinces woul '. give us the mastery
of the Baltic and itt commerce."
Polish Riflemen Leave '
For Western Russian Front
(CorrtHpondeno of Th Awoc.&tad Preu.)
Kiev. Mav 28. The first "olish
regimen forming part of the Polish
division of riflemen formed in the
southwestern part of Russia, has left
for the Russian front.
How You May Change
Your Face Completely
Any woman not latlifiwl with her com
plexion can Mail? rimovt H and hava a
new one. Tha thin vttl of tiflins half
dad eutlcl Is an noumbranea and
should ha removed to gtv tha fresh, vigor
ous, young skin underneath a chance to
show itself and to breathe. There's a simple,
old-fashioned remedy which will always do
tha work. Get an tounoo of purs mereolised
wax fro your druggist and apply it at
night Hks coW -eam washing It off In the
morning. The wax will gently absorb all
the lifeless skin and leave a healthy and
beautiful complexion, as fresh as a child's.
Naturally it takes with It all suh facial
blemishes as freckles, moth patches, sl
lowness, liver spots, plmole. It is pleasant
to use, and economical. Tha face so treated
soon looks years younger.
To keep the skin free from wrinkles and
furrows there's' nothing quits so good as
tha old reliable' eaxolite lotion. It is only
necessary to dissolve an ounea of powdered
saxollte In a half pint of witch basal and
hatha the face In this as required. The
result Is Instantaneous and wonderful, and
there la no harmful effect whatever, Adv.
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Kodak
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Orders On Any of
Thete Item
First
In This Hardware-Housefurnishing
JUST ONE YEAR AGO, we opened this immense Department, completely stocked with
eyery good item in Hardware and House Furnishings the most thoroughly equipped
Department in this Western Country right from the start, it has been a pronounced suc
cess building for. better jmd better service every day. : ,'
. Now to Celebrate Its First Birthday
-We Make Very Exceptional Announcements
on just the things that you most need right no w and offer savings that everyone will want
to take advantage of . ' '
PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND We have made -it a cardinal principle to carry only those things with distinct
merit the things that will perform the various tasks they were made for in a most creditable way so in mak.
: ing announcements of reduced prices, you are able to take advantage of the savings and at the same time be as- V
sured of quality.' ... '
Monday Morning at 8:30 the Sale Begins
BOHN
Syphon Refrigerator
Han Cone Into the Best Homes
in This Country for Manr Years.
They have proven their worth in
perfect preservation of foods, in
cleanliness, in low ice consump
tion and durability. You can buy
a "Bohn" with a feeling of aecurity
a feeling that you are not ex
perimenting.
The Bohn Syphon System Is
used by the Pullman Company in
their buffet cart and by the great
railroads in their dining and re-
irigerator cart, me recommenda
tion of such big users should war
rant you in choosing the same sys
tem witnont lurtier consideration.
"Bohn Syphon" Refrigerators, ud
from $45.00
$38.50 "Suitor" Seamless Pore.
lain lined Refrigerators, special,
at ..$32.50
Hat a beautiful Genuine Oak
case, three door, front fill type,
150-lb. capacity, insulation proper
ly provided to insure economical
ice consumption.
$30.00 White Enamel, three-door,
120-lb. capacity Refrigerator
at $25.00
inese are "Furniture City" Re
frigerators. Cases are of ash, gol
den oak finish; have eight walls
of insulation and an inner case
of an inch thick.
$11.00 White Enamel, 46-lb. ca-
pacity, top-fill type, apecial
Screen Door
Any tize, green, finish. Screen
Door, special, at $1.29
Any sue, oiled finish, Screen
Door, special", at $1.49
Adjustable Screen Windows
Fit any size window, S sizes, spe
cial, at ........ 29c, 39c and 59c
Screen Wire Half Priced
During thit tale we will tell all
widths of black screen wire, at,
per foot lMc
(Not more than 10 yards of anv
one width to each customer.)
Rubber Hose
H-inch 5-p I y
'ully warranted,
er foot 7c
14 -inch " 5-n 1 y.
fully warranted,
per foot
.Be
Hose Nozzlei
Solid cast brass,
Boston pattern, s
" i IMJ
adjustable to any 1
spray 35c
Nickel plated combination Fliers,
each 29c
Boy Scout Hatchets, official size
and pattern 69c
Shears
One lot of fully warranted steel
laid shears, all sizes and styles, in
cluding a few barber shears, val
ues to $1.00, at ........49c
$1.89 8-Quart "Saluco"
"We are exclu-
distriD u to rs
forSaluco
Aluminum
Ware. It it the
heaviest spun
ware made.
The idea of
sanitation hat been carried odt
more -than in any other line, weld
ing having supplanted rivets in
many instances. The shapes are
different and better adapted to the
purpose intended for each of the
different vessels.
Aluminum Preserving Kettles,
for ....$1.19
Colonial Pattern Aluminum Perco-
. lators, for. . ., .$1.49
ANNIVERSARY
Irava
One lot of beautiful serving trayt
in nflnnrtpri ' natljimi Mnhno.-
any, Circassian , Walnut and
tDony Iimshes. . While they
last 98c
Casserole'
Beautiful1 "Car
pathian" patterr
nickel plated Cas
seroles, 8-in. size;
every inset- per
fect .......98c
- Cook Stoves
S-burner "Bon Ami" Oil Cook
Stoves $9.98
Cheaper than ever and less than
manufacturers cost today.
Ovens
2-bumer Polished Blued Steel
Ovent, lined, door securely
latches, $2.49 value $1.98
Large one-burner Ovens,
valaet $1.69
Small one-burner Ovens. . . .$1.29
"Androch" Ovens, ust the
ining lor uaiung una pie, a pan
of biscuits, a few potatoes or a
loaf of bread 49c
Waffle Iron
The kind en
dorsed by all
lomestic sci
ence teachers
and profes
sional com
mercial waffle bakers as the best
made.
High Frame, Special. $1.49
Low Frame, Special 98c
. Enamel ware H- If Price
Some rare
bargains in
this line
This is a sne-
jial lot of very hifh
rade triple coated,
oiue ana wnite ware
v purcnasea a long
time aeo. before the
numerous advances took place.
12-qt Water Pails.
2-qt. Rice Boilers, seamless and
enamel covers.
6-qt, Tea Kettles.
10-qt. Lipped Preserving Kettles.
o-qii. oernn nettles, enamel covers.
2-qt Coffee Pots, enamel covers.
14-qt Handled Dish pans, round.
10-qt Handled Dish Pans, oval.
6-qt Berlin Sauce Pans, enamel
covers.
Values to $1.10. A ft
Choice. H7C
1 H-qt. Coffee Pots, enamel covers.
4-qt Berlin Kettles, enamel covers.
o-qt preserving Kettles
6-qt Lipped Sauce Pans. '
10-qt Dish Pans.
13ttx9X Stove Pans. ,
6-qt Mixing Bowls.
10-qt. Water Pails.
llH-in. Seamiest' Colanders.
13-in. Wash Basins. - !
" Values to 65c 'Oft
Choice... ,"suC
Jardinier
One lot of dull
brass finish Jar
timers, in wide
ssortment o f
latterns and siz
es, while they
last ........98c
Rolling Pins
Very high grade 2 -inch, maple
wood Rolling Pins ...19c
Very high grade- S-inch maple
wood Rolling Pins. 29c
. Wooden Spoons
A large assortment of sizes and
shapes, worth to 16c 7c
Genuine "Dover" Egg Beaters, 7c
- Ice Cream Freezer
The genuine "White Mountain"
triple motion kind. Few at good;
none oetter.
1- qt tize,
pecial,
at ..$1.59
2- qt tize.
s pecial,
at ..z.is
-3-qt size,
s pecial,
at ..$2.39
4-at tize.
special, at . ". . .'. . . . . .
6-qt tize, special, at..
....$2.79
....$3.59
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fesf PAINTS
Enterprise
Satin Finish
A Flat Washable
Wall Paint
batin f inish is a very
auraoie, sanitary interior decora
tive paint that dries with a flat
satin finish. It has tupplanted to a
large extent wall paper and kalso
mine for interior decorating pur
poses. The finish does not rub off
or streak.
Satin Wall Finish, gal $2.50
Johnson's f loor Wax, qt can, 29c
(Not more than three to a cus
tomer. No phone orders.)
Ready Mixed
Paint
The ease of working,
great . covering
power and durable
quality is making
OUR "BB" Brand,
(Brandeis Best), the
most popular. In no
single instance has Job failed or
come short oi the very best results.
"BB" House Paint, gal $2.25
"BB" Floor Paint, gal $2.25
"BB" Porch Floor Paint, per gal;.
at $2.25
"BB" Floor Varnish, quality guar
anteed, per gai $3.00
"BB" Interior Varnish, ga!., $3.00
Dekko Cold Water Finish, 4-lb
pkirs., special, each. ...... ,45c
Dkimondr
Soaps and Washing Powders
Diamond "C" Soap, 10 bars.. 23c
White Borax Naphtha, 10 bars 33c
Pearl White Soap, 10 bars for 33c
Golden Rod Naphtha Washing
rowaer, a pugs., lor. . 10c
1-lb. pkg. 20-MuIe Team Borax, 9c
2 14 -lb. pkg. 20-Mule Team Borax,
for 22c
Large Borax Soap Chips. ... .21c
Small package Argo Starch. .4c
Large package Argo Starch, 21c
Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 cans for 21c
"Rex" Lye, 10c cans for 7e
Celluloid Starch, per package, ,8c
Sunlight Scouring Powder, 3 cans
for 9c
Sani Flush, per cart 1 7c
Bon Ami, bar or powder...... 7c
Ammo, 3 cans for 21c
No Telephone, Mail or C. O. D.
Orders Taken.
$1.26 Fold
ing Ironing
Boards .98o
76c 6 or eH
foot plain
Ironing
Bnrdn . Blc
Wash Boards
Full size, extra
weft made, white
metal rubbing sur
face 19c
69c brass or zinc
Boards 49c
Clothes Basket
Small
size, all
W i llow
. C 1 othet
B asketa,
. for .98c
M eriium
size, all Willow Baskets. .. .$1.19
Laree size, all Willow Baskets '
for $1.39
Extra large size, all Willow Clothes
Baskets $1.59
Medium size "Everlasting" Elm
Splint Clothes Baskets 59c
Largo size "Everlasting" Elm
Splint Ulothes BasKets esc
Extra large size "Everlasting"
Elm Splint Clothes Baskets. . .79c
Galvanized Wash Tubs
Small size, heavy galvanized Tubs,
for - Bc
Medium size, heavy galvanized
Tubs, for 69c
Large size, galvanized Wash luos,
for 79e
Extra large size, Galvanized Wash
Tubs, for ........89c
SEE PAGE ,
THREE FOR
OTHER BRANDEIS
AD.
Sale
Department
$30.00 Kitchen Cabinet,
for $22.50 '
Inlaid plank top is 40x26, slides
forward eleven inches, large closet
witn sanitary kneading board,
metal bread box with sliding cover,
one linen and one cutlerv drawer.
Upper cabinet has d'sappearing
curiam iront, so mat dishes need
not be removed from top when
opening same. Three-ply veneer
wood panels in upper deck doors,
large closet with white enameled
upper deck, 50 pound capacity tilt
ing fiour bin, revolving glass sugar
bin. Racks contain set of six sani
tary glass canisters. -
We Are Exclusive Omaha Distri
butors of Dutch Kitchenette
One lot of 5c Brushes, at'...3e
One lot of 10c Brushes, at. . . .7c
Washing Machines
t5 Maytag Elec
tric Washers, with
swinging wring
en tasaa
. 'National'
V a cuum
W ashers,
the best
wat hing
m a chine
we know
of; wash
es by the
s uction
s y s t em :
no Dees to
bore into your clothes; hand pow
er, at j.... $12.50
"National" Vacuum EIrfnV
at ifisnn
Sad Irons
A C-piece set of
Mrs.Pott's Irons,
three irons, a stand
and handle for 89c
"Universal" Elec-
$4.50
tric Irons, for
Ezy Slip-On Mop Combina
tion
A 75c Ezy Slip- Ezy Slip-On
On Oil Mod. a S.""""'"
ioc cnemicany ;
prepared dusting
mop, and a 26c
bottle of oil, all VV
for ....... 91.19
Chemically prepared Dustless and
Sanitary Polishing Mops, large
size, fits any mop stick, at. . .39a
Lawn Mowers
We have the Omaha aeency for
the Chadbom & Caldwell line, best
since 1868. We wish to call your
attention to the complete line we
offer for your selection. With ev
ery machine sold, we give our un
limited guarantee as to workman
ship and material used in their
construction and satisfactory ser
vice.
Four-blade, high grade Mowers,
16-inch cut, special. , $4.98
$7.00 ball bearing high wheel
Mowers, 16-inch cut, special. $8.98
vGras Catcher
All canvas for
14-inch and 16
inch mowers,
at 49c
Deep canvas,
galvanized iron
bottoms, 1 6-inch '
or 18-inch mow
ers, for 79c
65-inch hand forged "Village
Blacksmith" Grass Hooks, with
offset handle 49c
24-tooth Wire Lawn Rakes... 49c
65c hand forged Grass Shears, 49c
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