THE OMAHA BEE.
BRITISH SHIPPER
SAYS U. S. TAKING
LEAD ON THE SEA
One of England's Greatest
Authorities Says We Are
Building Better Ships,
Faster and Cheaper.
By EARL C. REAVES.
Intf national New Serrteo Staff Corre
spondent, London, Sept 12. Harold E.
Yarrow, of the great Glasgow firm
sf Yarrow and Company has return
sd from America to scoff at the scof
fers who will not believe that Amer
ica can build, has built and will con
tinue to build ships.
An expert in his line and a hard
headed business man with full un
derstanding of engineering prob
lems, i arrow sounas mis warning
to England, which has been su
preme throughout the world in
building and operation of ships:
U. S. Taking Lead.
"If this .country does not look
out it will wake up one morning
to find we are no longer the lead
ing maritime nation, and it will
then be too late to regain our posi
tion." Yarrow started at Portland, sub
sequently visited shipyards in Bos
ton and worked down the coast to
Newport News. He later inspected
the lakes district shipbuilding plants
and wound up with a trip up the
west coast from Los Angeles to
Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver.
Doing Good Work.
"The truth is Americans are
building ships not less efficiently
than we are," he declared. Thaf,
though a negative admission, is a
significant admission from a lead
ing shipping magnate of the nation
which has ruled the seas.
"Their costs of construction are
tlowly but surely approximating to
ur own. I draw these conclusions
tot from tilings which I have heard,
!ut from things which I have seen.
"My conclusion is that the Brit
ish worker is dangerously deluding
n'mself in imagining that United
states competition is more or less
negligible.
U. S. Steel is Best.
"The American steel works are,
I imagine, better on the average
than ours. 1 found everywhere well
equipped shipyards. Layouts are
generally excellent from the point
of view of efficiency; the cost of
handling materials has been greatly
reduced by the installation of good
lifting apparatus. There is no
labor resistance, either active or
passive, to the employment of pneu
matic riveting. Powerful up-to-date
air compressing plants are the rule.
Electric welding is not regarded
unsympathetically by trade union
ists, and the supply of men for prac
tically all purposes is adequate."
Fear Labor Devices.
In England it should he explained,
labor looks askance at most new
labor saving devices. American
labor accepts scientific invention
without suspicion, and this invari
ably is a surprise to British indus
tral men who visit the states.
Yarrow predicts that the time is
not far off when the production
cost of America and England will
be practically the same. He be
lieves, he says, in high wages, that
the men may live in comfort. But,
while sounding a warning to the
business world of the country
dancer of American compe
tition, he is at the same time warn
ing the workingmen that if they
are to get the high wages they
must deliver increased output. He
.cjifihees both arguments with the
warning that unless increased out
put is forthcoming America is go
ing to outstrip Britain on the seas.
Evidence of Lost Pet
Given Up by the Sea
After 24-Year Lapse
Oakland, Cal., Sept. 12 Up where
the coast of California and Oregon
meet, Charles Elias of this city
found a dog collar issued in Ala
meda 24 years ago.
Twenty-four years ago Nigger
disapoeared from the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Bliss, then of Central
.avenue and Versailles streets, Ala
meda, now residing at 870 Walnut
street. .
There came a man to the Bliss
home a few davs earlier and begged
to buy "Nigger," a man bound for
Alaska, he said. But the owners re
fused to sell. .
And so until last week Mr. and
Mrs. Bliss knew only that "Nigger
wi rnn am! that the man with the
fever of the Klondike in his veins
was gone also. Then Elias brought
them the collar. The leather is still
in good condition and the name on
the brass plate, "J. J. Bliss, 1894,
is as plain as the day it was cut.
So the sea has shed a little light
on the abduction of "Nigger." He
started for Alaska, at least. .Maybe
his new owner casi ic
the sea. But maybe one of the
wrecks that dot tne coast comu icu
a little more of the story. -
Twn Vanrant Doas Arrested
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by Policemen; No Guns Used
Cleveland, O.. Sept. 12.-The offi-
cers went heavily armed. They were
told that "Shep Doe" and Rover
Roe" were hard cases. But they did
rot use their handcuffs. They sim
ply collared their prisoners and they
came along. The prisoners refused
to discuss their case. They were
dogs, the first arrested under a new
Ohio law which permits issuance ot
warrants for canines.
Colorado Ranks Fifth
In Producing Pears
Denver, Colo., Sept 12-The Colo
rado Co-operative Crop Reporting
Service figures for August, just out,
estimate Colorado's pear crop for
1 this year at 217,000 bushels, or near
ly 400 carloads, in comparison with
182,000 bushels, or 347 carloads, last
According to this estate Colo
rado may rank as the fifth state this
year in producing pears, with Cali
fornia. Washington. Oregon and
New York leading it.
Water Reptiles Were
Really Milk Snakes
Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 12 Norman
Hillman, a colored cook at the
camps along the Conewago creek,
has no "wet goods" cached away,
is not prone to "seeing things" and
in general is a man of veracity. Hill
man inUmnlv avnwc that while a
number of cows were standing in
the creek he saw a procession of
water snakes glide from their places
on the sunny bank into the water,
fasten themselves to the udders of
the cows and drink their fill of milk.
The farmer who owns the cows
had been puzzled for some time as
to why his cows were giving so
little milk. Hilfman story ex
plained the matter. A wire fence
now deprives the snakes of their
meal ticket.
High Price of Shoes
Means Nothing Here
Cleveland, Sept. 12. Shoes will
soon be as high as the proverbial
cow that jumped over the moon.
But it will mean nothing in the
lives of the members of the Cleve
land Physical Culture society.
They have established a camp site
along the lake shore,' and bare feet
is one of the entrance requirements.
Ability to enjoy life on a diet of
nuts, vegetables and fruit is another.
Aged Man Walks 100 Miles
in Search of His Wife
Elgin," IJ1., Sept. 12. With his feet
horribly blistered, John Jorgensen,
aged 65, entered the state insane
asylum here. He was looking for
his wife and had walked more than
100 miles from Clinton, Wis., in
search of her. Hospital attendants
located Mrs. Jorgensen as au inmate
and a reunion followed.
Boll Weevils Ravaging'
Southern Cotton Farms
Americus, Ga., Sept. 12. With
Sumter county farms having yielded
27,000 bales of cotton last season,
farmers and cotton men here vari
ously estimate the current year's
production at between 13,000 and
18,000 bales. George 0: Marshal,
county farm demonstration agent,
estimates the yield at 13,000 bales,
while L. G. Council, a warehouse
man, places it at 13,500 bales. These
figures are especially interesting in
view of unprecedented boll weevil
ravages throughout the county. The
bumper crop raised in 1911 totalled
52,000 bales in Sumter county, while
in 1914, 42,100 bales were produced.
Champion Peach Pitter
Earns $20 a Day
Yuba City, Cal., Sept. 12. Twenty
doltars a day is being earned here by
Miss Margaret Myers, champion
peach pitter of California and that
means the world. She is working
piece -work in a local cannery. Her
lowest day's wages has been $14,
while her average is $20.
Autumn Reigns Supreme in the Bwgess-Nash Fashion Display
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ew ral
Suits
Are Distinguished by
Quality and Style
TO be well dressed when
one wears a suit these
days not only should the lines
be of correct design, but the
material should be of a satis
factory quality.
We have just received some
very distinctive fall suits, ex
clusive models, superbly tail
ored, stylish in color, new in
design and of such materials as
Silver tone
Peach Bloom
Duvetyn
Velom
Etc.
Second Floor.
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New Hosiery Fraii
There are the right and wrong stockings,
just as there are lefts and rights in shoes, and
we will be pleased to help you select the right kind of hosiery in the new
shades for fall, and the quality is of the very best.
Select your new hosiery Saturday. Priced from $2.75 to $6.50.
Main Floor.
New Silk Petticoats
THE NEW models are exactly suited to the new suits in' texture, line
and colorings; and they are so necessary to the good fit and finish of
the suit.
Shown here in many new designs smarter and more graceful than
heretofore $5.95 to $26.50. . second Floor.
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New Fall
Dresses
Are Most Attractively
Fashioned
THE new Fall season is in
full swing and the tide of
fashion's decision is a very
popular one, for never were
dresses more beautiful, both
in style and fabric.
The long, straight lines are ex
tremely good, with trimming of braid
and embroidery.
The materials include:
Velour
Serge
Velvet
IS
Georgette, Etc.
Second Floor.
oves
More Important
Than Eoer
4iL
5v
New Crepe de Chine Blouses
Unmatchable at the Price
, $5.95 ,
A SPECIAL showing of heavy quality all silk crepe de
chine blouses in white, flesh, fawn and navy. Some
collarless, some with flat collars and some high tailored
collars.
Sizes 34 to 44.
Odd lots of organdie blouses to close at price.
liurfen-Nash Co. Second Floor.
This is a dictum of fashion.
Such a tremendous advance in the char
acter and style of gloves has been made that they mean more than ever as
a finishing touch to the outfit to give that well dressed look.
The gauntlet and 8-button length gloves are the most popular.
Haln Floor.
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The Newest in Veilings .
AVE you seen these beautiful new veilings octagon mesh with dots
of chenille! They are fashion's very newest and smartest idea.
Nasturtium Chenille Dots on Brown Jade Chenille Dots on Taupe
You will find these veilings so becoming to wear with the new fall hats.
Main Floor.
An Interesting New Book
You Will Enjoy
Ramsey Milholland
By Booth Tarkington
$1.50
Burgess-Xash Co. Third Floor.
Women's New Fall Pumps,
Oxfords and Boots
$5.95 and $695
AT an opportune time comes this unusual reduction on sev
eral hundred pairs of women's new fall shoes.
The lot includes many sample pairs, which are priced for
Saturday at
A Saving of More Than Half
A few models are : Brown kid pumps, spat pattern
Brown kid colonial pumps Brown kid oxfords
Black suede colonial pumps Black kid oxfords
Patent kid colonial pumps Patent kid oxfords
Borgess-Naah Co. Second Floor.
Beautiful
Homegrown Roses
5c Each
An exquisite assortment of
home-grown roses. Priced very
special for Saturday at 5e each.
Ferns 59c
Boston and Whitman ferns In
5-inch pots at 59c each.
Borgess-Kash Co. Main Floor.
Drug and Toilet
Preparations
Non Spi, for excessive perspiration, 42c.
Herpicide, medium size, 44c.
Danderine, small bottle, 29c.
Woodbury facial powder, 19c.
Steven's depilatory powder, 39c.
Espey's fragrant cream, 19c
Pinaud's violette vegetal, 85c.
Djer Kiss toilet water, $2.00.
Williams Old English soap, 10c.
Palmolive soap, 8c.
Enthymol tooth paste, 19c.
Syrup of Figs, 44c.
Chappedine, 44c.
Epsom salts, one-pound can, 15c.
Djer Kiss talcum, very special 25c
Lydia Pinkham's compound, 95c.
Nuxated Iron, 89c.
Burgess-Mash Co. Main Floor.
Candy
Ii your sweet
tooth bother
ing you?
Take home a
box of assort
ed chocolates.
Very special
Saturday at
59c
Main
Floor.
nary Sale of HUM
eautiful Silk Bags W
i $3-95
Extraordi
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$2.95
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Warners Rust-Proof Corsets
Offer Grace, Fit and Comfort
CORRECT as to outline defining the figure as fashion now demands, and
easy to wear. A close study of the feminine form in all its phases and
advance knowledge of fashions has enabled the
jSSSsw designers of Warner corsets to produce for
iWTV " every type of figure a corset that is rarely
X equaled for beauty of line, fit and comfort.
Warner corsets are light, flexible, dainty in
materials and finish. We have models to cor
rectly mold the figure of the growing girl;
to give roundness to the slab-like figure; to
give slender lines to the large, stout woman;
to improve the short, dumpy figure.
Our trained corsetieres know exactly which
style you require and will fit you perfectly.
Priced at$1.50,$2 and$2.50
A Brand New Assortment
of Beautiful
Fall Millinery
" $5.00
THIS is not just an ordinary event, but one that has
been planned Tor a long while. We have gathered
together for your approval an extensive selection of
fashionable fall hats that have been priced at $5.00 for
Saturday.
There is a varied assortment of styles In every
wanted color from which to choose. And we advise you
to make your selection early.
ENT direct to us from one of the leading bag makers and
received in time, for Saturday's selling at unusually low
prices. I
It Is a wonderful assortment, including satin and moire silk bags In black, tauj
brown.
Mounted in old silver plate frames, silk lined. Each bag has change purse and mirror.
Choice Saturday in two groups $2.95 and $3.95. Bargees-Nun Co. Main Floor.
ape and
A REMINDER
Our Progress Sale
ends on September 18. Take advantage of the unusual values offered.
Children's Beavers and Velours
These pretty hats will be so becoming to the
young girls and misses. There are many styles in
all the new colors, such as Russian green, African
brown, beaver and black.
Itargess-Msah Co. Second Floor.
New and Specially Priced
White Stone Bar Pins
The vogue at the present time and we
are fortunate in having received a special
purchase including a large variety of styles
for Saturday at 50c, 75c. and S1.25.
BorgeM-Xash Co. Main Floor.
Ftt I ' 1
''' Co. Second rioor
A Very Special Sale of Women's
Union Suits
Choice $2.50
Beautiful part wool, also silk and wool
union 6uits, in a large assortment of styles,
will be placed on sale Saturday at
Half Regular Price
The styles include odd lots and discon
tinued lines that we have no room for and
during our Progress Sale we offer them to
you at the extremely low price of $2.50 a
suit.
Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor.
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everybody store"
Children's Street Car Ticket
at Information De$k
Mothers may now secure street car tick
ets for school children at our convenient in
formation desk on the Main Floor. Telephone
bills due on the 14th can also be paid here.
Burgeas-Nash Co. Main Floor.