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THE BEE: ' WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1918. COLLAPSE OF HUNS' DEFENSE FORESHADOWED Allies Hit German Line From NAncre to Oise in Prepara tion fbr rurther Advances. By Associated Press. -Allied troops are hitting ( the Strengthened German line from the Ancre to the Oise for important lo cal gains in preparation Hor further advances. A break in the German de fense appears probable. Northwest of Roye the British have pushed eastward from Fouquescourt one mile west of the Chaulnes-Roye railroad. DeeDer penetration here will place both Chaulnes and Roye in dancer. Alone the Somme the Brit ish have pushed forward slightly toward reronne. entisn ana Ameri can troops are fightingin the suburbs of Bray, while the British7 have taken Proyart, four miles south ot cray, Heavy fighting continues near Li hons. - Shell Enemy Positions. At some points, especially in the. center, the heavy allied artillery has been brought up "and is shelling heavily the enemy positions south of Peronne. The French also are rush ing up guns between Roye and Noy- on. lhe Uermans here have aegena ed upon artillery barrages to stop al lied attacks. 1 British. French and American air men are harassing enemy positions unceasingly. During Sunday 107 tons of bombs were dropped on railway -nnrfltitrilinTi rtrtintc. and other important targets in the enemy area. In aerial fighting the allied air men destroyed 44 machines and put 45 others out of action. Berlin re ports the bringing down of 17 allied airplanes. Frankfort has beenbom barded by British squadrons. North of the Vesle from Fismes the Ger mans continue their efforts to dis- lodse the French and American troops. Two violent counter-attacks were carried out Monday, but both were thrown back by the franco-Am ericans. Thirty German Divisions Engaged. There has been some little fighting in Madame wood, about 2,000 yards southeast of Herleville, wherethe Australians are in touch with the enemy. A German counter-attack yes terday at Chilly, further south, result ed in the British withdrawing to the edge of the town. Chilly is now in No Mans Land. Another counter attack east of Lihons, north of Chilly, was smothered under British fire. AU told, over 30 German divisions have so far been engaged by the allied forces in this battle. Twenty-four have been in action against the Brit ish alone. At least five are exhausted and either have been or soon will be removed from the line. During last night the enemy ' launched a counter-attack east of Fou- ouescourt, but was driven off with casualties, the British positions remaining intact. Enemy reinforcements now are re ported concentrating east of Roye, but they are being badly mauled by bombs and shells from both the Brit ish and the French. There was an action last night well up the line in Flanders toward Kem mel, but reports of its results have not been received. At any rate it was a relatively unimportant affair. Knitting to Continue In Red Cross Work Rooms New York, Aug. 13. The action of the War Industries board yesterday in halting the production of yarn for knitting murder to conserve wool for army uniforms "may result in the Red Cross getting less wool than it needs, but does not meanNa complete stop , page of knitting in American Red Cross work rooms," according to an announcement tonight by officials of the Atlantic division. The interpreted . the board's order to mean that, after an inventory of the country's wool sup ply had been made, production would be resumed and the Red Cross would receive its allotment after the needs of the army and navy had been sup plied, " " New War Bill Puis $10 , Tax on Your Trade Washington, -Aug. 13. Special taxes of $10 a year on occupation or proiession, except the war industry trades, farmers, teachers and ministers of the gospel, were written into the $8,000,000,000 war revenue bill today by the house ways xand means com mittee. A similar, tax was placed upon any business with receipts of $2,000 a year or more, with- a levy of $25 a year on wholesale houses with re ceipt, of $200,000 or more. Newspapers, press associations and--pcriodicals were exempted from the proposed' 10 per cent tax on the amount paid for leased telegraph and telephone wires. V Shannon Makes Visit to Former Schoolmate Tumulty Washington, Aug. 13. (Special Telegram.) John J. Shannon, a mem ber of the Nebraska legislature, was in Washington today on his way to Omaha after a visit to his boyhood home in Jersey City. Joseph P- Tu multy, secretary to the president, and Shannon were schoolmates in Jersey City. Today Mr. Shannon had an extended vits with President Wilson's right hand man. OH. MONEY! MO .mllediiorij. Honor (Copyright, by Eleanor H. Porter and j( carefully to give a little more light . No Internal medietas will am Ecuma. Only I by the application of CRANOLENE, the greet O exzernaj remedy, ean U16 fcczema microbe be destroyed. Peeve this statement far yoereeM at fsapsweo. Write foe free test treat tnent; ad lreea JQis Chemical Co., Dept. D., Gnrd, Kan. . "Sleeps Like a Plow Boy I suffered for 2D yean with Edema in Hs) wet torn. Affected all tier, the body. CRANOLENB left Bie aa fine as white ailk, and J elep like a plow boy." J. HcOrsek.n, Jobnaon City. Term. (Written two years after asm CRAKOLKNE.) At all drag stores. ISeandtl. Mooey Positively Retimed U Not attarled BaVSKMSaUsadburarrtatwtoeVaVKS harms 4 MeComelt Drat Ce iota ) Codes Owl Drue Co., 16th and Harney: Howard Pharmacy, 24th and Farrmm: N. E. Cor. 19th and Frnt; Weit by the PiAllo Ledger company.) (Br permission of Houghton Mifflin com pany. All' Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER II. (Continued) Meanwhile, walking across the com mon, Benny was entertaining Mr. Smith. v "Yep, they'll take ye, I bet ye-Aunt Jane au Uncle Frank will!" "Yes. an' it'll be sy. too. Why Aunt Jane'H just tumble over herself ter get ye, if ye just mention first what yenl pay. She'll begin ter reck on up right away then, -what she'll save An' in a minute she'll say, 'Yes, I'll take ye.'" "Indeed I" The uncertainty in Mr. Smiths voice was palpable even to 8-year-old Benny. "Oh, you don't need ter worry, he hastened to explain. "She won't starve ye; only she won't let ye waste any thin'. You'll have ter eat all the crusts to yer pie, and finish 'taters before you can get any puddin', an' all that, ye know. Ye see, she's great on savin' Aunt Jane is. S4re says waste is a sinful extragance before the Lord." . , L "Indeed P Mr. Smith laughed out right this time. "But are you sure, my boy, that you ought to talk just like this, about your aunt?" Benny's eyes widened. "Why, that's all right, Mr. Smith. Ev'rybody in town knows Aunt Jane. Why, ma says folks say she'd save terday for termorrer, if she -could. But she couldn't do that, could she? So that's just silly, alk. But you wait tilt you see Aunt Jane." "All right. I'll wait, Enny. "Well, ye won't have to wait long, Mf. Smith, 'cause here's her house. She lives over the groc ry store, ter save rent, ye know. It's Uncle Frank s store. An' here we are," he finished, banging open a door and leading the way up a flight of ill-lighted stairs. CHAPTER III The Small Boy at the Keyhole., At the top of the stair Benny tried to open the door, but as it did not eive at his pressure, he knocked lusti ly and called "Aunt Jane, Aunt Tanel" "Isn't this the bell?" hazarded Mr. Smith, his finger almost on a small pushbuttefTear him. "Yep but it don't go now! Uncle Frank wanted it fix,ed, but Aunt Jane said no: knockin' was just as good, an' 't was lots cheaper, 'cause t would save mendin', and didn't use any lec tricity. But Uncle Frank says The door opened abruptly, and Benny interrupted himself to give eager -greeting. "Hello, Aunt Jane! I've brought you somebody. He's Mr. Smith. An you'll be glad. You see if yer aintl In the dim hallway Mr. Smith saw a tall, angular woman with graying dark hair and high cheek bones. Her eyes were keen and just now some what sternly inquiring, "as they were bent upon himself. Perceiving that Benny considered his mission as master of ceremonies at an end, Mr. Smith hastened to ex plain. , "I came from your husbands brother, madam. He er sent me. He thought perhaps you had a room that I could have." . "A room?" Her eyes grew still more coldly disapproving. "Yes, and board. He thought that is, they thought that perhaps you would be so kind "Oh, a boarder 1 You mean for pay, of course?" "Most certainly." "Oh!" She softened visibly,- and stepped back. "Well, I don't know. I never have but that isn't saying I couldn't, of course. Come in. We can talk it over. That doesn't cost anything. Come in; this way, please." As she fiinished speaking she stepped to th down the narrow hallway "Thank you," mtirmcrcd Mr. Smith, stepping across the threshold. Benny had already reached the door at the end of the "hall. The woman began to tug at her apron strings. "I hope you'll excuse my gijigham apron, Mr. er Smith. Vasrft that the name?" "Yes." The man bowed with a smile. "I thought that was what Benny said. Well, as I was saying, I hope you'll excuse this apron. Her fingers were fumbling with the knot at the back. "I take it off, mostly, when the bell rings, evenings or afternoons; but I heard Benny, and I didn't sup pose 't was anybody but him. There that's better" With a jerk she switched off the dark blue apron, hung it over her arm and smoothed down the spotless white apron which had been beneath the blue. The next instant she hurried after Benny with a warning cry. "Careful, child, care full Oh, Benny, you're always in such a hurry 1" Benny, with a cheery"Come on" had already banged open the door be fore him and was reaching for the gas burner. ' S A moment later the feeble sparks above had become a flaring sputter of flame. "There, child, what did I tell you?" With a frowhxMrs. Blaisdell reduced the flaring light to a moderate flame and motioned Mr. Smith to a chair. Before she seated herself, however, she went back into the hall to lower the gas there. During her momentary absence the man Smith looked about him, and as he looked he pulled at his collar. He felt suddenly a choking, suffocating sensation. He still had the curicus feeling of trying to catch his bre?.th when the woman came back and took the chair facing him. In a moment he knew why he felt so suffocated- it was because that nowhere could he see an object that was not wholly or partially covered with some other ob ject or that was not serving as a cover itself. The floor bore Innumerable small rugs, one before each chair, each door and the fireplace, lhe chairs them selves and the sofa were covered with gray linen slips, which, in turn, were protected by numerous squares of lace and worsted of generous sue. The green silk spread on the piano , i was neariy niaaen oeneain a linen cover, and the table showed a suc cession of layers of silk, worsted and linen, topped by crocheted mats, on which rested several books with paper-enveloped covers. The chan delier, mirror and picture frames gleamed dully from behind the mesh 6( pink mosquito netting. Even through the doorway into the hall might be seen the long red-bordered white linen patn that carried pro tection to the carpet beneath. i don t JiKe gas myseit. iwith start the man pulled himself together to listen to what the woman was say ing.) 1 think it s foolish extrava gance, when kerosene is so good and so cheap; but my husband will have it, and Mellicent, too, in spite of any thing I say Mellicent s my daughter. I tell 'em if we were rich, it would be different, of course. But this is neither here nor there, nor what you came to talk aboutl Now just what irlt that you want sir!" "I want to board here, if I may." "How long?" "A year two years, perhaps, if we are mutually satisfied." "What do you do for a living?" Smith coughed suddenly. Before he could catch his breath to answer Ben ny had pumped into the breach. He sounds something like a Con- 1 At REDUCED PRICES, Monday and Tuesday Only tlai3UL-J We offer choice of eight brand new Player Pianos at $390 d I.- esen r.t... This is a wonderful opportun- jgn ity to save money on a Player l'i'imm Piano, backed by the famous ;i- i"fl sT Schmoller & Mueller guarantee. Choice of walnut or oak cases. Termi, $2.50 Per Week. FREE Bfcautiful seat, drape and selection of music. Do not delay, call tomorrow and secure one of these real bargains. CHMOLLER PIANO CO. & ill ELLER 1311-13 Farnam St. Telephone Douglas 1623 OMAHA'S LEADING PIANO HOUSE jsammmEBsamsmsamsmmsaasm was as ii- i - a mTL. ILV aUTI "Mitrvm w. V ( rw .tHMr ' Ujr- - m .. urn m waiir- "To help make strong-, keen, red - blooded Ameri cana there Is nothing in my experience which I b v e found ae valuable aa organic the Treasury. and Ex-Geer- nor of Iowa; former United S t t as Senator iron Nuxated Iron,", says Dr. James Fran- Richard Rolland Kenney of Delaware, at cis Sullivan, formerly pnyeician m present Major ot the U. a. Armyi uenerai Bellavue Hospital (Outdooi Off John L. Clem (Retired), the drummer boy of Shlloh, who was sergeant in the U. S. Army when only 12 years of age; also United States Judge G. W. Atkinson of the Court of Claims of Washington and others. Nuxated Iron is dispensed by all good drug cists everywhere Adv. New York, and the Weatchestsr Coun tv Hosoital. ''Nuxated Iron oiten in creasea the strength and endurances of weak, nervous, run-down people in two weeks' time. . It Is now being used by over three million people an nually, including such men as Honorable Irtw.hnrnino- eras iet and turned I M. Shaw, formerly Secretary of Burgess-Nash Company 'tZVERYBODYS STORE The Purchase of Your Winter Furs at Our Fourth Annual August UJr r UK Will Save You 25 to 35 Per Cent Under Prices in Effect After September Isto WHEN cold weather comes you will not only find great satisfaction in the possession of rich furs, but will have saved 25' to 35 if you buy during August. Advantages of Buying Now Correcf styles. " The best materials that can be obtained. Excellent workmanship. The Burgess-Nash guarantee of quality, authen ticity of style and thoroughly satisfactory wear back of every piece sojd. Nov. 1st, upon payment of Furs stored until 25 of value. Just an idea: , Fur Scarfs at. ... . .$12.00 to $450.00 Fur Muffs at $ 8.00 to $ 90.00 Coatees at $145.00 to $350.00 Fur Lined Coats at. $ 69.50 to $ 90.00 Fur Coats at $145.00 to $600.00 Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor. grcgationalist, only he ain't that, Aunt Jane, and he ain't after money for missionaries, either." Jane Blaisdell smiled at Benny in dulgently. Then she sighed and shook her head. "You know, Benny, very well, that nothing would suit Aunt Jane better than to give money to all the mis sionaries in the world, if she only had it to give I" She sighed again as she turned to Mr. Smith. "You're working for some church, then, I take it. "I am a genealogist, madam, In a small way. I am collecting data for a book on the Blaisdell family." "Oht" Mrs. Blaisdell frowned slightly. The look of cold disap- . , t MU, provai came oac to ner eyes. who pays you? We 'couldn't take the book,vI'm sure. We couldn't afford it." . "That would not be necessary, madam, I assure you," murmured Mr. Smith gravely. . ' ' (Continued Tomorrow) i-kSH EVERYBODY STORE1 fflSHY Tuesday, August 13; 1918. STORE NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY. Phone Douglas 2100 Unusual Values in Our Summer Clearance Sale Are'found in every department' Do not fail to anticipate your future needs and buy now wonderful saving opportunities. The Clearance Sale Includes SP OR TING Croquet Sets, 25 Off. Not for many years has cro quet been bo popular as at the- present time. 4 and 6 ball sets of hardwood. A limited quantity at 25 off regular price. Fishing Goods, 25 Off. A cleanup of all fishing goods, including reels, lines, bait, hooka, etc. An oppor tunity to get all that you need for the fishing trip at 25 off regular price. Tennis Gohds, 25 Off. Our entire stock of tennis goods has been placed in the clearance sale at 25 off regular price. It includes racquets, balls, covers, nets, etc. - "si,.- Specials for Wednesday Casting Rods, 98c. One lot of steel casting rods, 4 to 7 feet long. To clear, priced at 98c each. Tennis Racquets 79c. An assortment of tennis rac quets of various makes. All good values at 79c. 1 Tennis Balls. 35c. Wilson Club tennis balls are in the specials for Wednesday at 35c each. Base Balls, 25c. Wilson No. W159 league base balls, 1 socially priced at 25c each. Burgein-Neeh Co. FonHh Floor Porch Shades, ' Your choice of all porch shades at 15 off regular price. ' . Porch Swings, $5.98. Oak porch swings, complete with chains and hooks at $5.98. Other porch swings 20 off regular price. v Clearance Sale of LUGGAGE Suit Cases, $1.95. A splendid fiber suit case, with steel frame, metal corners and lock, choice of tan or black at $1.95. Hartmann Trunks, $32.50. Full sire, wardrobe trunk, cushion top, shoe pocket, laun dry bag; made of 3-ply veneew basswood, fiber covered and hound at $32.50. Wardrobe Trunks, $59.50. All round cornered construc ted of 3-ply veneer basswood, fiber covered and bound; shoe box, hat drawer, lined with 2 tone blue lining at $59.50. Burgsss-Nssh Co. Fourth Floor Featuring a Gorgeous Array of Sweaters $6.95, $8.95 T T will probably occur to you that these j. are very low prices io eweaierB. uu so they are. And the sweaters are beauti ful too. ) Shetland and fiber silk sweaters, in slip over and coat models. Some of the features are button 'front, sailor collars, sleeveless, ..alio. f Tn all rlARirahle shades. Two groups featured for Wednesday, $6.93 and $8.95. Burgess-Nash Ce. Second Floor You 7 Find a Splendid BA Assortment of THING At V2 Price SUITS THIS is just one of the many departments that has stock that must be, cleared awa,y, and probably not another depart ment offers greater values than this. Women's and children's bathing suits of silk, wool, cotton, mohair, etc. are here generous assortments with a wide 'color range. Choice of entire stock at half price. ?. - Second Floor Bathing Caps, 29c. By this time you are in need of a new bathing cap and you'll find these at this price wonderful values. Main Floor. Men's Bathing Suits, 98c. ' Made of fine Jersey ribbed cot-v ton trimmed with contrasting colors at neck and armholes. Extra good quality at !8c. Main Floor. VII VOTE FOR Mabel C. 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STOPS acidity food repeating and stomacn misery. AID3 digestion; keeps the stomach sweet and pure EATONIC if the best remedy and "lr easts cent or two a day to wit Youjrmbedaj lighted with reeolts. Satlefartion gTiaraoteeel or money back Pleaee call and try It "Follow the Beaton Path ISth and Farnaai Sts. Omaha. Sell y$ur real estate through the Want Ad columns. I VOTE FOR J iUJILtlAriL. D0ULin I I Norfolk, Nebraska, Republican Candidate for I ' o j Attorney General i . ma.0.1 lmtnrai llrnnoo 1 Qualifications are recoe nizetl and- who has the I-.IlIllillKIIlIC Ul UCUU1C of all classes. - Thirty- 1 I eicht vears of acre, of ma ture 'judgment and fear- . a ia e all Asa in ri i an h n tfftex r nio 1COO lie H4V Viis'V'AJCeyi. V Vi duty. In appearance and ability a man whom you 1 will be glad to support. I Primary Election ' Aug. 20, 1918. ,r ; j ass wrue win ana usage. V i - . .... ..
