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BRITISH RESUME
DRIVE ON WIDE
BATTLE FRONT
' SSaaSHaSaSMW
Continue Attack Near Ypres in
Effort to Deepen Wedge
v Already Forced in Ger
man Lines.
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(Br Associated Press.)
With less than a week's wait, after
delivering the recent smashing blow
at the German lines in Flanders, the
British have resumed their drive,
launching an attack on a wide front
northeast and east of Ypres early this
I morning.
The trend of the battle was only
' briefly indicated in the early state
ment. Field Marshal Haig reporting
tnat ms troops were making good
' progress. " 1
Apparently the effect is aimed at
' driving in deeper the wedge already
forced into- the German front astride
J the Ypres-Menin road and northward
beyond the Ypres-Roulers railway
i line.
Hold Gains.
i Last Thursday's thrust pushed this
". ..wedge approximately a mile further
into the enemy's territory, where the
ground gained was well consolidated
; and held firmly against numerous des
perate counter attacks. ..,
The point of this wedge- has now
almost reached a line extending di
Vrectly northward from the great
French manufacturing city of Lille,
the envelopment of which is assumed
to be one of the great objectives of
the Flanders attacks, in connection
with the drive below Lille carried out
! in the battle of Arras earlier this year.
The enlargement of the Ypres sal
ient is likewise hiving the effect of
, endangeringthe German line to the
1 north, extending to the Belgian coast.
Seemingly, it is now the purpose, of
v the British to concentrate their 'of
fensive moves here and by repeating
the tactics pursued last year, on the
v Somme, compel a German retirement
, on a wide front both north and south.
' Strike New Blow. " r
, The new British blow was struck
'today just as the Germans were stag
' gering from the effects of a sanguin
ary repulse they sustained yesterday
. in heavy attacks which they delivered
i on the ridge east of Ypres. The Ger
? mans had made their way into the
.', British lines at two points on narrow
fronts in one of . these attacks, but
1 were forced out in the later British
counter effort. ' . ! '; . i
';. v Simultaneously the British are con
tinuing their aerial and naval attacks
i on the Belgian coast, Another bom
bardment of Ostend, one of the Ger
. man naval bases, was carried out yes
.'0 terday by British warships. The Ger
mans, apparently attempted an aerial
' attack on the fleet, for the British ad
miralty .reports that air patrols cVer
: the warships encountered six hostile
machines, two of which were brought
down. . .. t ': 'i ,..
. On the French front tnere has been
only artillery activity and raiding op
erations. ' The artillery fire was in
' tense last night in the, Verdun region
j between Beaumont and Bezonvaux,
jnortheast of the fortress;: " ::
' - Power and Telephone ''
Companies Air Differences
(from , BUff Correspondent.) ,
;, . Lincoln! Netf, . Sept 26. (Special
Telegram.) Transmission line com
panies and , telephone companies in
northeastern Nebraska had a hearing
today before the State Railway com
mission on the rights of these, com
panies to use the public highway for
their lines. The heavily loaded trans
mission , lines have been too strong
for the telephone lines and their close
. tiess to the latter has interfered with
the efficiency of the service.
The telephone companies contend
'that, as they were there first, they
have prior rights, while the transmis
sion lines contend that, as they are
just as much a part of the public serv
ice as the telephone companies, that
' they have equal rights. The matter
will' be settled later when the com
mission arrives at an opinion, al
though Commissioners Taylor and
,Vilson appeared to believe that both
had equal rights, but that as far as
possible' the transmission lines should
not be placed on the same highways
as the telephone line. ,
Governor Harding Reviews :
. Iowa Troops at Camp Mills
Mineola, N. Y., Sept 26. Governor
W. L.' Harding of Iowa and United
States Senators Cummins and Kenydn
of that state today reviewed Iowa's
contingent to the Rainbow division at
' Camp Mills. The troops were the
168th infantry, . formerly theV Third
i Iowa regiment. "V
Major General William C Gorgas,
surgeon general of the army, inspect
ed the camp today and paid7 especial
attention to the measures taken to
prevent the spread of meningitis,
which made its appearance recently
among Alabama troops. An examina
tion of the Alabama regiment has re-
suited in most of its members being
released from quarantine. ; 1 ; y
Veterans Elect bush Chief;
Meet In Baltimore Next Year
Clevelands O, Sept 26. At .the
. closing session of the United Spanish
War Veterans' nineteenth annual en
campment here today, Baltimore was
. chosen as next year's meeting place.
. Henry W. Bush, Detroit, was elected
commander-in-chief. .
Unitarian Conference
' Is Addresed by Taft
Montreal,; Sept 36. The first busl
. ness session of the twenty-seventh
general conference of the Unitarian
and other Christian churches was
opened this morning with an address
by William H. Taft former president
' of the United States and president of
the conference. -y
. Preacher Denied Exemption,
Lincoln, Neb-. Sept. 26. (Special
Telegram.WRev. William H. Mur
ray, a preacher in the , Fentacostal
church of the Nazarene at Atlanta.
in Harlan county, has been denied ex
emption front war service by the ap
peal board of the Southern district of
Nebraska, the board upholding the
claim of the county board that he was
ot xempr . ,. -.. ,- ; -
Norway Is Victim of Von Luxburg
"Sink Without a Trace" Dictum
' Stockholm, Sept 25 A published list from the German side of the
names of vessels sunk by submarines gives reason to believe that Nor
wegian vessels have been the victims of the "sink without trace" policy
made notorious by von Luxburg 1 The latest list published in Hamburg
contains the names of two of seven Norwegian fishing steamers, which
failed to return from their August cruise in the Arctic, and were supposed
to have been lost with all hands in storms.
BUILDING PROGRAM
GIVES 1,600 SHIPS
Shipping Board Will Have in
Service Boats Aggregating
9,200,000 Tons in Lit
tle Over a Year.
Washington, Septt 26. Within a
little more than a year the United
States will have an ocean-going mer
chant fleet of more than 1,600 ships,
aggregating 9,200,000 tons, the ship
ping board announced today in a
statement giving details of the gov
ernment s ship building program.
Triple Tonnage.
This amount comoares with a pres
ent tonnage of 3,500,000, of which
700,000 tons represent German and
Austrian ships under operation by
the United States. The American
ships available for overseas service
number 458, with a tonnage of 2,871,-
000. There are 117 German and Aus
trian ships.
The Emergency fleet corporation
has commandeered in American ship
yards nearly 400 steel ships of more
than 2,500,000 tons, and has con
tracted for 636 ships with a tonnage
of 3,124.000. .
Several Take Cargoes.
"The fleet in prospect," said the
statement, "is already becoming a
realitv. Several ' of the comman
deered ships have been completed and
taking cargo, others win leave. tne
ways in increasing numbers with each
succeeding month. The ships for
which the shipping board has con
tracted are under construction and
the first launching is expected Jwithjn
sixty to ninety days."
Kermit Roosevelt Made
Captain in British Army
London, Sept 26. TheGaiittte an
nounces the appointment of Kermit
Roosevelt as temporary honorary cap
tain while specially employed, from
August 22. " I. ,: . i
Kermit Roosevelt, who was in
training at Plattsburg, left there on
July 9 to accept an offer to serve in
the British army on he staff of Gen
eral Maude, commander of the Meso
potamia forces." With Mrs. Roose
velt, he arrived at a British port on
uly 26. . .
Viscount fshii Calls
: " : At the White House
Washington Sept. , 26. Viscount
shil, head of the Japanese mission,
wai a White House caller today. It
was the first time he had seen Presi
dent Wilson since" being formally re
ceived on his .arrival jn Jhe capital.
Since then conferences have been go
ing otf with Secretary Lansing.
British Bombard Ostend,
. Great German Naval Base
London, Sept 26. The German na
val' base of Ostend. on the Belgian
coast,, was bombarded yesterday by
British naval forces. British aerial
patrols over the fleet encountered six
hostile airplanes and downed two.
The House of
MEN AG U
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Friday ,
4 and
Saturday
350 Dresses
For street, school, ' after
noon and evening wear.
In rich Autumn tones
Serge .
Velvet
. Satin
Silk
and combinations of serge
with velvet, satin with'
Georgette, silk with Geor
gette, Crepe Meteor.'
Some wonderful values
will be offered in 16 and
18 sizes for the miss . in
school.
Detailed announcement
in this paper tomorrow
night 1 ;:'
These dresses are priced
3316 less than they are
actually worth. ;
ENJOIN CITY FROM
BUILDING RAILWAY
Proceedings Against Frisco's
Efforts to Lay Tracks on
Streets Goes to Supreme
Court of United States.
Washington, Sept 26. Proceedings
began by the United Railroads of San
Francisco to restrain Mayor James
Rolph, jr., and other city and county
officials from constructing a munici
pal railway on certain streets already
being used by the United, were today
appealed to the supreme court. . The
louver court decided to grant the in
junction. '
Thief Takes Bill
From Omaha Woman
Asleep On 'Train
St Louis, Mo., Sept. 26. (Special.)
A man claiming to be Earl F.
Hamilton, a 'sailor from the ship
Idaho, is under arrest here charged
by Mrs. Annie Williams of Omaha
with having robbed her on a train.
Mrs. Williams started for St. Louis
with some loose change and a $20
bill. She had been warned against
pickpockets and decided that the
safe place for her $20 was her stock
ing. Last night she reached M. Louis
minus the $20 bill She told the po
lice she had been robbed by a man
occupying a, seat with her on the
train, She pointed out Hamilton, who
was leaving the station. Hamilton
was arrested and a search of his pock-'
ets revealed a $20 bill. He denied
having robbed Mrs. Williams and
said the bill belonged to him. Mrs.
Williams told the poltte Hamilton
had succeeded in removing the bill
from her stocking while she was
asleep.
Teuton Submarine Sinks'
Big French Steamship
IUris, Monday, Sept 24. (De
layed.) The French steamship Ad
miral de Kersaint, 5,570 tons gross,
was sunk on September 14, after be
ing attacked by a submarine in
Spanish territorial waters. The sub
marine opened fire from the midst of
a fleet of fishing boats, the presence
of which prevented the steamer from
using its guns effectively. After a
long combat the. steamer was sunk
just outside territorial waters.
The captains was taken prisoner on
the' submarine. Ten of his crew
were killed or have died of injuries.
IJrmy Aviator Has Narrow
Escape From Watery Grave
Venice, Cal., Sept. 26. W. H. pou
lun, an army aviator who enlisted at
Fairfield, O., and Robert H. Bailey,
a passenger, narrowly escaped death
here today when the engine of their
airplane failed and Boulun was forced
to descend into the ocean.. The de
scending plane grazed an amuse
mcnt pier, on which Boulun's mother
stood screaming. -
Both men swam and waded ashore.
Boulun was cut about the face and
was taken to a hospital.
German Seaplanes Are
Interned in Holland
Two large German seaplanes have
been brought into Flushing, Hol
land, by Dutch torpedo boats and it
is reported that they participated in
the air raid on England, says a' dis
patch to the Evening News from
Rotterdam.. One of the four German
airmen was seriously wounded. The
INTERNED GERMANS ,
MAKE DARING EXIT
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Twenty-Two Prisoners,' Includ-
. ing Two Officers of Cruiser
Eniden, Tunnel Their
Way Out. 1 .
London, Sept. 26. One of the most
daring escapes from internment
camps was effected yesterday at
Kegworth, Nottingham. Twenty-two
German prisoners, including Captain
Muller. who commanded the cruise
Emden, and Lieutenant Otto. Thelan,
disappeared under a tunnel extending
from a hut in the camp to a point
outside the barbed wire fence. How
the tunnel was dug is a mystery.
Nine of the prisoners were recap
tured, including Captain Muller and
Lieutenant Thelan.
The latter made three previous es
capes. With Lieutenant Emil Teh
mand, another of the recaptured pris
oners, he fled from the detention bar
racks at Chelmsford last May. ine
Germans made dummy locks of card
board, tubstitutmg them for the locks
on the ce! doors. Dummy figures
to deceive the sentry were made from
bed clothes and some of their own
garments. To make these figures the
more realistic, they were decorated
with shocks of hair from their mat
tresses. , ' .
Test of Airplane Ambulance
In France Proves.Successful
Paris, Sept. 26. Tests made on
Saturday at Villa Coublay in an air-
Diane fitted with two stretchers for
carrying wounded proved highly sat
isfactory. , Dr. Chassamg ot the
army medical service and Corporal
Tetu represented wounded passen
gers during a twelve-minute flight,
the equivalent to a fifteen-mile jour
ney. The airplane was constructed by
the aeronautic service of the amy,
which hopes to use this form of
transport for the severely wounded,
declaring that the absence of any
jolting fully compensated the pa
tient for any risk. ,
Just Like Old Times
, For Colqnel Roosevelt
Chicago, Sept 26. Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt, who arrived here last
night, went to Camp Grant, Rock
ford, 111., today for a whirlwind in
soection of the ' armv cantonment
k there. He has set aside one hour
and a half for a visit to the army
camp, during which he is to jnspect
the buildings and make a speech to
the 18,000 men now quartered at the
new barracks. He will return to
Chicago in time to make an address
tonight at the1 stock yards. j
Strike Leaders Advise
Men to Return to Work
Washington, Sept. 26. Interna
tional officers of the labor unions in
volved in the strike of more than
3,000 mechanics at the Norfolk navy
yard have advised the heads of, the
local unions there to return the men
to work, pending negotiations to ad
just the differences. -
Tobacco Sent Sammies
1 ,f ; Admitted Free of Duty
Paris. Sept. 26. Tobacco sent to
American soldiers henceforth .will en
ter France free of duty. Similar ar
raneements already have been made
as regards British, Belgium, Russian
and Portuguese troops fighting ia
France.1 ,
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and 2 Copying.
For those who demand
- the best
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For ntnrit GOLD MEDAL Haarltm 00
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kidney. Hvr. bladdar sad tomach trouble,
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naaaa. The kidntyt and bladder are the aoit
important arrant of the body. They are the
ftltere, the partfiera of yoar blood. If the
petaoaa which enter yoar ayitca th rough
the blood and atomaeh are sot entirely
thrown out by the ktdneya and bladder, yoa
are doomed.
Weariaeae, elecpleaineaa, nervoaaneti, dee
poadeaey, backache, ttomaeh trouble, head
ache, pain in loin and lower abdomen, tall
tone, travel, difficulty when urinating-,
cloudy and bloody Brine, rheumatism, aciatica
and lumbago, all warn yea to look after your
kidneya and bladder. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil Capeulee are what you need.
They are not a "patent medicine." nor a
"new discovery." For 200 year they haTO
been a atandard household remedy. They are
the pure, original imported Haarlem Oil your
tfreat-arandmother used, and are perfectly
harmleaa. The healing, toothing oil aoaki
into the eella and lining" of the kidney and
through the bladder, driving out the polieu
eua germ a. Mew life, fresh strength and
health will eome at you continue the treat
ment When completely restored . to your
usual vigor, continue taking a capsule or
two each day: they will keen van in condi-
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Do not delay a minute. Delays are especial
ly dangerous ia kidney and bladder trouble.
AD druggists seU GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
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packages. Ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL. Accept no substitutes. Ad.
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he fashion Center Jor Womet
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TOEUE IS SATISFACTION IN PMCHAS2NG GOOD MERCHANBISE
Luncheon Sets
of Real Madeira,
Hand Embroidered
In spite of the fact that importa
tions from Madeira are few and
that there is a real scarcity of
this popular embroidery work we
were fortunate enough to secure
a large 'assortment of very at
tractive patterns. The luncheon
sets consist of one 24-inch cen
terpiece and six each of 10 and
6-inch doilies , . - ;
Priced from $6.75
up to $20 a get.
Linen Section.
Trefousse Gloves
Here Exclusively
No finer glove is made in all of
France than Trefousse. We feel
gratified to have the exclusive
privilege of selling -them in
Omaha. Glaze Kid in light gray,
navy, pastel,' white and black
with self stitching and contrast
ing embroideries ,
$2.23 and $2.75
A perfect fit is assured.
South AisleMain Floor.
Silk Fashions
of the Moment
A wide , range of stripes and
plaids, in the best of freaves and
most desirable colorings, at
$1.75' to $2.50.
Belding's guaranteed Satin de
Chine. One of the season's most
favored weaves. To be had in,
twenty-five colors, $2.25.
Woolen Fabrics"
That Are Wanted
For Suits and Coats there , are
Velours, Bolivias, Kermi, Gunny
burl, Jersey and other fine ma
terials, from $2.50 to $6.
Twenty-five pieces of ' plaid
woolens for school dresses. .Ex
cellent values for $1
Percales for 20c and 25c 4
Fine quality, yard wide percales,
in all suitable styles and shades.
The colors are 'fast. The prices
are 20e and 25c a yard.
Timothy p. Crowley Neckwear
"That Something New" is familiar to all readers
of fashion magazines, where Crowley Neckwear
is approved for its beauty and daintiness.
Exhibition Continued
Wednesday, a representative of the Crowley Shops
brought toJDmaha and submitted for your selec
tion the choicest Fall specimens of this famous
neckwear. He will remain over Thursday.
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The collection will include collars,
jabots, neckwear sets, vestees.
Tote shown in the Rest
Room on the Third Floor.
Orders will be taken for any piece shown.
For Women Who Appreciate
Distinctive New Fashions
f mm n ii
i ai ored suits
$25, $35 to $165
Modes that express the best of the '
season's tendencies in line, fabric and.
trimming. They are tailored by men,;
hand tailored. They are good, to in-'
ward as well as outward appearances. .
They do not lose their shape and
become unsightly. The Thompson-
Belden label in a suit is your assur
ance of satisfaction.
The Vogue of
Serge Dresses
Finds us splendidly prepared to meet
, the demands of particular women. V
New, distinctive tyles, plain tailored!
, If you wish, or novelty creations- 1
Serge In combination with satin is
particularly, good. All are shown in ;
a most comprehensive display
$18.75, $25, $29.50, $35 to $75
No Extra Charge For Alterations.
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efficiency basis that your husband employs in his of
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by the time and money it will save you v
use
ElectriGity
for Ecori
For the price of a 10-cent cigar, you can operate elcctri
i cally long enough to cover the day's needs a coffee
percolator, toaster, fan, vacuum cleaner and a washing
. machine. ' " .
- Make your home an ideal workshop by equipping it with
Electrical appliances. Call and see them in our show
rooms or merely .telephone Douglas 1062 and our sales
man will call '
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