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DEMOS SELECT.
STATE CHAIRMAN
AS PER PROGRAM
A. P. Sprague of York, For
mer Campaign Secretary
of the Committee, Is
Named.
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From a Saff Correspondent
Lincoln, Aug. 30. (Special.) The
democratic state committee met this
afmsnn t ln Lincoln hotel and
$ selected A. P. Sprague of York, for
& the past two campaigns secretary
of the committee, as chairman; Dr.
iT. L. Hall of Lincoln, vice chairman;
!C. I. Campbell of Lincoln, secretary;
and A. V. Johnson of Lincoln, treas-
I urcr.
I All members of the committee were
present, either personally or by proxy,
"except nine, while all the state candi
! dates were oresent except W. B.
I Banning, candidate for lieutenant gov-
i frnnr .
J . After caHinar the meeting to order.
ithe present chairman, Mr. Langhorst,
. . tt.nL.l U a AA nm.
in the
GERMANS SUFFER
TERRIBLE LOSSES
UNDER HARD BLOWS
(Continued From rie One.)
ish have reached a point only a few
hundred yards from the Drocourt
Queant switch line, which apparently
is garrisoned with every man the
German high command has been able
to lay hands on.
Fodder for Cannon.
They are being harassed by heavy
fire from the British cannon, which
throughout this zone of the battle
are thundering away as hard as their
gunners can force them
as oer program, thanked tne oia conv
New Kind of Booze Is
Discovered at Sargent
Lincoln, Aug. 30.-(Special)-"Germaker
Ginger" is a new drink
supposed to warm the cockles of the
heart or fill a long-felt want of the
stomach, according to a report reach
ing the office of the governor from
one of his booze sleuths working
at Sargent.
According to this officer he arrest
ed Charles Freeman, who had five
gallons of wine, three bottles of
champagne, five bottles of bitters and
one bottle of "Germaker Ginger.
At the same time another gentleman.
rakn with two bottles of wine. He
not quite so plentifully provided, was
was a Sargent barber by the name of
Otto Sturm. Both were placed under
$1,000 bonds.
mittee for their co-operation
ipast and camounoged his entorced
retirement by saying he could not
consider a reelection. His work in
ihis own county of Cass along war
"activity lines, he declared, had com
pelled him to neglect his own pri
vate business' and he did not feel that
"vhe could continue as chairman.
1 State Not Organized.
I The new chairman, Mr. Sprague, in
thanking the committee, called at
tention to the fact that the state w-s
".largely unorganized add it would be
necessary to get vey busy. .
He said that Art Mullen had told
ithe old committee that the national
democratic committeeas relying on
'Nebraska to keep th United States
! senate democratic orf it would be
Mr. Sprague called attention
I to the fact that the state house was
awarming with democrats and that it
would be nothing short of a heart
rending calamity if they had to go.
i Governor Morehead, condidate for
fthe United States aenate, addressed
the meeting and was followed by the
state candidates.
Three Years for Fremont
! : Lad Charged With Assault
i Fremont, Neb., Aug. 30. (Special
jTclegram.) Robert Sheldon, 20, was
' sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary by Judge Button in district
court when he pleaded guilty! to a
statutory assault charge against
-Vetona Rhoades, 13 years old, at
'Waterloo.
v- Thirty minutes after Sheldon was
arraigned in county court for his pre
liminary hearing he was in the county
; jail with the sentence hanging over
him. .'
Sheldon and the girl were taken
Into custody early Wednesday morn
ins at a local roominsr house. County
'Attorney J. T. Cook told the court
he had learned after investigating
i the case that the mother of the sir!
had given her consent for the gift
""accompanying Sheldon cm the trip
'to Lincoln where they planned to
(visit Sheldon's brother, who is serv
ing a 10-year sentence on the same
'charge against the same girl. . ,
I Beatrice Reports Heavy , v.
Rains Friday Afternoon
"Beatrice! Neb., Aug. 30. (Special
jTelegram.) The first heavy rain
since May fell in this section today.
,3t was accompanied by some hail, but
it did only alight damage. North
;.wtst of heret near Wilber, there was
"a vertitable cloudburst and Burling
ton trains operating between Beatrice
tand Lincoln were delayed.
1 he moisture put the ground in
;ondition for fall seeding.
D. C. ELDREDCE.
Pmiitnt
$19
IKING OF I. W. GOES
TO JAIL FOR 20 YEARS
From here northward across the Alhinn fllltn HnmrianV Fined
Arras-Cambrai road and along tne cli: Th'nneH fill
river Scarpe the British are pushing F0f Sell.ng In.rineu UN
forward, gaining more ground, Lincoln, Aug. 30. (special. a
straiahtenine their line and drawing reoort from Assistant Deputy Uil in
crinrallv closer to the Drocourt- iwtn W S. Austin to the oil com
Queant defense of the enemy. missioner this morning shows that
Counter attacks have been launch- the Eacker Auto Co. of Albion plead
ed on various Darts of the battle A eruiltv to selline adulterated gaso
front but none of them seems to line and naid a fine of $25 and costs
hxvf eainrH anvthinir for the enemv. TU. rnmnlaint win filed by the W-
A majority of them have been com- Uoertor. Mr. Austin.
nletely broken up by the hail of bul
lets from machine guns and rifles
before the enemy reached the British
positions.
in tne norm mere apparently is
lively activity at several places. The
British are reported to have made
considerable advances. A report has
just been received that Bailleul,
southwest of Ypres, is being shelled
by the enemy. If this is correct, it
indicates that the Germans have with
drawn altogether from that important
town and that the British either are
entering Bailleul or will do so later.
Victories Due to Artillery.
It is time something was said of 1
the wonderful work in the Scarne-
Somme battle of the British artillery
which mane possible the victories
gained. The Gernu themselves
testify to the terrible efficiency of the
massed British cannon which in many
cases stood virtually wheel to wheel
while pouring death nd destruction
into the enemy, knocking the will
to fight out of him and blasting a
path for the infantry.
The prisoners all mention the ter
rific barrage they have withstood
and comment bitterly upon the thin
ness ot their own counter-barrage, be
cause the German heavies are always
being dragged rearward to save them
trom capture. 1 he German artillery
apparently had little faith in the
ability of the infantry to hold off the
untish attacks today.
The British barrages have fallen
all along the front, ever. moving for
ward, and they .have come down on
masses of the enemy Ivitur in what
ever shelter they could find, such as
shell craters, old and new, and old
fallen-in trenches which cross and
recross this grcjnd made barren even
of grass by years of war. Rarely
have the Germans ha the proteciion
of dugouts. Even when they have,
?;oing in them often meant capture,
or the British infantry and tanks at
neu.y a t times have been upon them
so closely after the barrages lifted
they have not had much time to
offer fight, even if they really de
sired to.
. Rationing System Disorganized.
The casualties inflicted Ifeve been
largely because the . .gunners advanc
ing closely behind the infantry, have
hair many opportunities on this ter
rain ..liich alternately is slightly roll
ing and flat to lay on thee weapons
with open sights and pour a rapid
fire of steel into the bodies. The
artillery has helped to increase pris
oners by throwing out of gear all the
German rationing. The emptier a I
German stomach Is the more docile
its owner. Still more has the artil
lery helped to catch prisoners by
dropping barrages behind large
groups, cutting off their retreat And
all this fire has had its effect in even
more ways. .
Prisoners who recently had been
in Teronne said they saw a great
many men whose nerves had been
coiv.;!ctely shattered. Peronne at the
time was being bombed from the
air almost continuously. One air-
lane after another was flying over
rapid succession, merely raining
bombs on the Germans.
AIRSHIPS STAGE
MIMIC BATTLE AT
THE FIELD CLUB
(Continued From Pat One.)
F. K. Meany, W. H. McParland and
J. Reitenbaugh.
Col. C K. Rhinehardt, who heads
the party, also expects to fly, over
from Des Moines this morning. He
was taken sick there Thursday even
ing with indigestion, the result of
"dining not wisely but too well," at
the various banquets tendered the
aviators in the cities visited.
At noon today the aviators will be
the guests of the Chamber of Com
merce at luncheon. General Lee and
Colonel Rhinehardt are scheduled to
make addresses there.
The great sky spectacle is sched
ulted to take place from 3 to 5 o'clock
this afternoon. The flyers will start
from and return to the field at the
peony farm on the w.st Dodge road.
This, said one of the lieutenants,
will be an ideal place to see the fly
ing as a good view may be had from
any part of the surrounding country.
The main schedule of "stunts" will
be carried out over the Field club
golf course, where there it room for
any number of people. This is by far
the most easily accessible, as street
cars run directly to it while the land
ing field is far from the nearest car
line.
Four kinds of planes will be in the
air. The De Haviland is the Ameri
can plane. It is equipped with the
Liberty motor and has places for five
machine guns and two men. It is
the heaviest of the planes, weighing
about two tons. The Avro is a Brit
ish plane. General Lee will f!y in
this machine. It is the identical one
which he used in England and France.
It has room for two men. The Cur
tiss Hispano Suiza is a training plane
with place for four machine guns and
carrying two men. The Thomas
Morse is a scouting plane carrying!
only one man. It is the lightest of
four types. Without its engine it can
be lifted easily by one man.
Harjes Badly Hurt.
Paris, Aug. 30. H. Herman Harjes,
of the banking firm of Morgan, Har
jes & Co., and former high
commissioner of the American Red
Cross society for France and Bel
gium, was seriously injured today in
an automobile accident near Versailles.
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w& Su mi memlm ta ( ttn nlubl Swat fif.ifiswf CJiU '
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6e cl&re of Spzcidltf cflted
Now It s Jersey Dresses
featured in the dress shop at
sll.jv dlj a7.ju an
E. M. REYNOLDS,
V.Jrts. and Gen. Mgr.
d $35
JERSEY dresses are right at the "tippity-top" of the fashion tree for Attttmm, 1918. "Wool Jersey heads
the fabric list No wonder they are so popular, for they are ideally suitable for dress, semi-dress, after
noon, street and business wear.
Several models show buttons all the way from the collar to the waist-line others fancy stitching, in con
trasting shadesothers with fringed panels, slash pockets and drapes still others with the new collarless
neckline and fancy braiding.
Blues, browns, greens, tans, khaki, greys all smart , ,
TricraleiSs Frocfe-V eiy Smart for Fall
$49.50 $55 $59.50 $65 and Up
TRI COLETTE frocks are being favored by smart dressers everywhere and deserve all the prominence
they can get
A rich, glossy fabric made up into straight-line, tunic or paneled models. Braiding of all descrip
tionsdeep cord fringe,' combinations of embroidery -and braiding, sashes and drapes are interesting style
details of these tricolette dresses. - --- ' -
Newest Fall Satin Dresses, $19.75 to $95
in
Fall Millinery-$5.00 to $35
PRACTICAL yet with that "atmosphere" that marks the dis
tinction between any hat and THE HAT.
Ilundreds of models to select from. Large dressy shapes with
rich flowers or embroidery trimming decidedly good-looking medium-sized
hats smart close-fitting shapes, and then there are
the tailored hats with straight brims and rather high crowns.
Fall Boots-$8.00 and $9.00
FEATURING smart field mouse, cruiser grey and autumn brown
boots with cloth tops to match and Louis heels, perfectly de
signed for dress wear. Price $9.00.
Military boots in dark tan and black calf, also black glazed
kid with one and one-half -inch military heels, medium broad toes,
perforated. Very desirable for street wear. Shown here at $8.00.
r (Continued From Fg n.)
defendants, and ah outcry from wom
en relatives, until 95 of the organi
zation's chiefs had -keen sentenced
and led to jail through lanes of curi
ous that surrounded the federal build
. ln. . - ;.-. . , "
Vincent St John, who formerly held
, Haywood's office of general secretary
treasurer, was sentenced to 10 years
' 'at Leavenworth! .J. A. McDonald.
- . Seattle; editor of a radical paper, was
sentenced to 10 years;' whiJe J." T.
("Third Rail Red") Doran. a" western
coast '. leader, and Harrison George
of I Pittsburgh, whose printed vision
of President Wilson and his cabinet
in flight before an army of I.-W. W.i
' was an important factor in the trial,
received sentences of five years each.
; 1 Conspiracy Reviewed.
For more 'than an hour. Judge Lan
x dis in the silence of the bumid court
, ' ' room, whose doors and windows had
been closed and locked, with sharp.
J direct sentences, reviewed the nation
wide conspiracy against the govern-
ment and read excerpts from Hay
v ? wood's correspondence relative to op
, position to the war.
111 liUt VI WIM (VlUVUbb
the jury had no avenue of escape
from a verdict of guilty," the court
said.
"I don't mean," said Judge Landis
f at another point w his statement,
"that the I. W. W. started out delib
t cratelv to aid Germany." He added
that their acts-were an aid to the
' 1 enemy and were aimed directly at
i their own conntrv.
- - I Some of the defendants chuckled as
r sentence war pronounced, others
' ' I paled and swayed uncertainly, while
still others tried to make their way
1mtm1 Pikv an nrffiniMf ft Pllf.
I.falo, N. Y, who appeared in court
"""' I vesterdav morninR wearing a red
flaff. symbol of the I.- W; W.. on his
coat lapel, had not removed it when
called for sentence today.- He was
'. i smonr those ivexi 20 vears. " '
I Benjamin Fletcher. Philadelphia, the
only colored member on trial, grtnnea
broadly when -he was sentenced to
ten years. He was being led away
j..!when he remarket!: "Judge Landis is
f using poor English today. His sen-
I' tences are too long."
. Claude R Porter, assistant gov
" ernment prosecutor, will leave for
- Iowa to begin his campaign for gov
trnor. ; " '
Dodge County Starts Drive
To Increase Wheat Acreage
'. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 30. (Special)
County Agent , U U Christie m
co-operation with Ray Nye, chairman
of the council of defense, and Food
Administrator B. W. Reynolds, has
started a campaign for an increased
wheat acreage in Dodge county this
fall. The slogan is "50,000 acres for
the county." This in an increase of
about 10,000 acres ever last year. Ac
cording to , reports . received at the
office of Mr. Christie from thresher-
men the average acreage in the coun
ty last year was 25 per farm. ,
Visit Deshler. Fair.
' Geneva, Neb.. Aug. 30. (Special.)
A- delegation of 250 Fillmore
county , people visited . the , Deshler
fair yesterday. They were ac
companied by the Milligan band
and visited. number of towns
boosting the Tillmore county fair to
be held here the week after the state
fair.
Outfit Children for School Saturday at Benson & Thome's
SELECT your boys' and girls' school apparel hew in the children's Individual Shops, where style, quality, good service and economy join forces to
please parent and child.
Boys' School Suits $6.95 and $1 0.95
The kind that stand the wear and tear of the schoolyard,
in assortment of blue serge suits and brown corduroy suits.
These suits are made of firm, strong, wear-resisting mixtures in grey and brown also
watch.
Watches Free With Every Purchase
With every woolen or corduroy suit purchased in our Boys' Shop Saturday, we will give, absolutely free, one Ansonia Mentor Arabic Nickel
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
STORAGE
IS CHEAPER
THAN RENT
1 And your household
goods, piano and valuable
things will be absolutely
safe until your return.
Omaha Van &
. Storage Co.
" Phone Douglas 4163.
806 So. 16th St.
',sTlTJT"1iaMl'JTTiiMltrr - ' I
Boys' 85c and 95c Blouses
69c--3 for $2.00
Made of blue and gray chambray, Light per
cales and ginghams.
Boys School Hosiery
35c--3 Pairs for $1.00
Misses', Children's School Shoes
$3.25 to $3.95 4
Calfskin shoes for misses and children. Welt
soles. Button and lace styles.
Boys School Shoes
$3.75 to $4.50
Benson & Thome "Rough Eider" shoes, made
to withstand hard boy wear.
Girls' New Fall Wash Dresses
For School Wear
$3.50 to $5.00
Ideal dresses to start the Fall season. Girlish
styles in plain and plaid ginghams, with con
trasting collars and cuffs. Sizes 8 to 14 years.
School Middies
$1.50 to $3.50
New and complete assortment Sizes 6 to 22
yean,
Girls' School Coats
$13.50 to $45
An extensive assortment of winter coats for
girls. Smart styles, fashioned of corduroy, plush,
velvet, relour and silvertone. Sixes 7 to 14 years
and misses 13 to 17.
Serge and Silk Dresses
$12.75 to $'25
In youthful styles to appeal to girls from
7 to 12 years. Plaid or plain effects.
Girls' Dresses $14.50 to $ 35.00
Clever models in serge, jersey and velvet
Sizes 13 to 17 years.
Girls' Separate Skirts $ 5 to $ 1 0. 7 5
No schoolgirl's wardrobe is complete without
a separate skirt or two. All-wool in dark blue,
plaids and shepherd checks, fancy pockets and
belts. Gathered, pleated and plain models.
Girls' School Hats $1.75 to $5
Smartly tailored shapes with ribbon bands
and streamers and girlish tarn effects. Made, of
velvet, plush and corduroy. Styles to appeal to
girls from 5 to 14 years.
Dressy Models, $2.95 to $8.50.
Purchases made Saturday will appear on October 1st statement