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PAGES 2 TEN red with 191,000,000, the June forecast: 00,000 last year and 176,000,000, the 190013 average. Peaches—Condition, 731 _per cent of u compared with 7.9 on June 1 CZAR'S FORCES | THIRTY-TWO ARE |WHEAT (ROP NEAR : KILLED BY STORM ‘ 562 last year and 681, the ten-year TAKE OFFENSIVE, "t crvorvnaTr,0. BILLION BUSHELS Sk it bt Heavy Reinforcements Sent to Front | | i 42,000,000 bushels, the ten-year average. | Estimate Based on Condisions of The August crop report on grains, etc., " w sy m.. eastern’ time Make It Necessary for the Teu- July 1 Places It at Nine Hun- & ». ™ tonic Forces to Defend. dred Sixty-Three Million. ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK BY TORPEDO Armored Ship Amalfi Sent to Bot- tom by an Austrian Sub- marine. Thompson-Belden &?Co. i’riday’nValue- in Ready-~to-Wear Apparel Dresses Three Distinct Offerings of Dresses. Wash Dresses, $7.50 values - . . . Dinner and Dance Dresses, $35.00 values - - - :fioo Dainty Lingerie Dresses, values to $39.00, at - $21.75 ‘Wash Skirts (Continusd from Page One.) Vilh (ha wrec'iage In the | ! streets not yet removed, street car wer- | vice was limited From the othor side of {down and {Monday, August 9. ihe Mo in | [OWANS ARRESTED, Newport, Covington, Fort Thomas and|CORN CONDITIONS IMPROVED p #es & re Ar { WASHINGTON, July 8 | HURDERS IN 1868 1/ONDON, Julp 880 great has ‘ been the weight of reinforcements :..r.,,;::” gt el ol oo i g pects of a billion-bushel wheat crop | brought up by Russlane along the ;.. .scertained definitely today that |this year were increased during Iulti ! stretch of territory between the Vis- a special train on the Pennsylvanin rail- (month. Basing its estimate on July tula and Bug rivers, notably in the road carrying race horses from the re- |y crop conditions, the Department of vieinity of Krasnik, that the Austro-|Cently ended meeting at Latonia to the |\ orieyiture today placed the pros- | NEARLY ALL OF CREW SAVED ROME, July 7.—(Via Paris, July 8.)—The Italian armored cruiser Amalfi was torpedoed and sunk at dawn this morning by an Austrian submarine while taking part in a reconnaisance in the upper Adriatic, WEST 18 COMPARATIVELY QUIET (Continued from Page One.) “Mr. Robbins said tonight that the in- vestigation so far conducted Ly the Coats have | attorney general's office had developed. |eastern tracks was wrecked at Terrmce Hungarians for the moment Park, a short distance from this ecity, Nineteen of what are considered the best horses that raced at the Latonia meeting been forced to assume the defensive and to pause in thejr rush toward pective total production at 963,000,- 000 bushels, compared with 950, 000,000 bushels estimated from That in 1568 a gang of counterfelters, composed of five men, had operated near it was officially announced tonight by the ministry ot marine. Most of the members of the crew were saved. All our 8pring and Sum- mer Coats are marked Excellent values in Wash Skirts. 8ee our $2.95 Elam, Ia. They held ten acres of land directly adjoining that subsequently oc- | cupled by Samuel Anderson, who dwelt |were killed. 1t was also reported that Lublin and the railways running iy, aretakers were kilied and nineteen from that city to Warsaw. ! others Injured, Including several jockies. The sector on the eastern front where | The large racing stable of . R. Bradley the Russians are making a stand is held | Was on this m.‘n” oK Imost exclusively by Austrians, and ob- | Partial List of Dead. :uvm here m’ln)th- Russian attack | T, ALLEN of the Ohlo Hu- not only a desire to keep their line intact | Mane society A in this important part, but a deliberate| MRS. E C. COHEN. blow at the Austrians who, according to| MRS ROBA TENNENBAUM the official reports, seem to be finding| CHARLES KLINE $7.85, $12560, $16.50 Regardless of former pric- The text of the statement follows “A reconnaince in force was accom- plished last night (July 6) in the upper Adriatic. The Awmalfi, which took part in the recoinnance, was torpedoed at dawn this morning by an Austrian submarine anc soon mated heavily to port. ““The commander, before giving orders to the crew to jump overboard, cried, ‘Long live the king! Long live Italy." June 1 crop conditions. Corn, the nation’s greatest urop.“" o e taiin. should vield 2,814,000,000 bushels | =, o i cabin was oocupied Ly & with continued favorable weather, widow, Mrs Floyd Coliins, and her chil- the crop reporting board estimates | dren. Nearby dwelt her daughter, who r | had married Jonathan Dark, a member res. 3 from this month’s l"ondllh:n figu | of 158 sung. The comtietetiors ped That compares with 2,672,804,000 | a rendezvous a cave mear by, bushels harvested last year White Wash 8kirt, the best value we have ever offered. The Store for Shirt Waists Wash Waist Bargains - - . $1.00, $1.95, $2.25, $2.95 JAME Te Bring Cash. themseives in some difficulty b The much discussed German offensive Details of the acreage, condition on | July 1 and indicated scre yield and total | production as iInterpreted from condition | BRAD WILLIAMS of the towboat Ful- ton WILLIAM HEMPELMAN, a manu- [ Early in the fall of 188 the gani began to talk of the expected visit of a wealthy cattls buyer, who was coming into that The entire crew, drawn up along the stern, echoed the shout, giving a remark- able exhibition of courage and discipline. 0 the west has not yet developed, though reports of big movement of troops to that front are persistent. These must be new . formations uniess the great offensive in| the east is to cease. For to withdraw | troops from Poland and Galicia now would be to leave unfinished what Feld Marshal von Mackensen set out to accom- plish, unless the clearing of Galicla of Russiane was the sole aim, and this is considered hardly probable. Tremoh Fighting Near Ypres. The Beriin claim that the Germans have retaken trenches near Ypres, Belglum, | recently seized by the British Is not con- | Extensive Damage at Indianapolis, firmed from British sources. At several Vincennes and Greencastle, points in France the Germans have been| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 8.-—The attacking violently, but the only appre-|Wind and rainstorm which swept central clable loss conceded by the French is in|&nd southerr Indlana last night caused the St. Mihiél district. The French admit | three fatalitics, many injuries and much .| Property and crop damage ;hr:’uh;l" ';::d:. "::‘Mo:m."oe':m“:, Telephone and telegraph services were statement more than doubles this dis-|INterrubted and many interurban and | cp " ndianapolin, Brasil, Bknel) Mart ndianapolis, rasil, el g artins- A K ttaek: ith resultaht | ille, Terre Haute, Greencastle, Vincen- recent role of the British operating| o™ and Munecie felt the storm most. In gainst the Dardansiles Offictal dis |l these cities an unprocedentéd rain- rdane fall was reportéd, accompanied by high Patches heretofors spoke of the fearless- |\inq, Streets were flooded, telephrone mesas and valor of the Turks, but Gen-|pi0g blown down and in many instances eral Sir Jan Hamilton's report received | houses wrecked. Yosterday said for the first time that| A¢ Vincesses a brewery and a furnituro the Turks were showing no dlsposition to |factory collapsed under the gale, and attack. near Vincenses the farm home of Tom Prench Official Report. Riley was blown down and Riley® daugh- PARIS, July 8.~The French war office today made the following statement: “To the morth of Aras last night thers Were several infantry amctions of con- facturer. IRENE GLATTHAUS PHILLIP RIZZO. GEORGE FAGAN TWELVE DECKHANDS and roust- abouts, drowned by capsizing of towboat | Convoy. More than a score of other | were injured, many seriousiy. During the height of the storm the wind | blew seventy miles an hour, according to the local weather bureau persons THREE KIL ‘was caught beneath the falling walls of the brewery and fatally injured. At Greencastle a prisoner in the state penal farm was struck by lightning while walking in a field and killed. Two | companions were stunned, but were re- vived. At Martinsville, Floyd Oakes, an elec- triclan, wasc electrocuted while repairing & broken wire. The storm knocked out the lighting system and left the city in darkness. Bicknell, Ind, reported that houses ‘were unroofed and trees were uprooted there, A Terre Haule and Muncle reported no loss of life, but much property damage. The vills to Toad Hop near Terre Haute was under five feet of water, but all the residents were removed. INDIANA | ter killed. Silas Melton, night engincer, | reports of the various crops follow i Winter whaet: Area planted, 40,160,000 | acres, compared with 36,008,000 last year. | Condition, $4.4 per cent of a normal, com- | pared with %.8 on June 1, #.1 on July 1| liast year, and ¥L7, the ten-year average. | { Indicated yleld, 166 bushels per acre, | compared with 190 last year, and 156, the | 1908-12 average. Estimated total produc- tion 65,0000 bushels, compared with | 676,000,000, the June forecast, 684,990,000 harvested last year, and 441,000,000, the | 11903-13 average Bpring wheat: Arec planted, 19,248,000 | res, compared with 17,668,000 last vear. | Condition, 9.3 per cent of a normal, com- | pared with 949 on June 1, &1 on July 1 last year, und 542, the ten-year average Indicated yleld, 153 bushels per acre,| compared with 118 last year and 13.3, the | 1908-13 average. Kstimated total produc- tion, 286,000,000 bushels, compared with ! 274,000,000, the- June forecast, 206,027,000 last year, and 245,000,000, the 183-13 aver- age. All Wheat—Area planted, 59,417,000 acres, compared with §3,541,00 last year. Con- dition, 87 per cent of & normal, compared with 882 on June 1, 93.4 on July 1 last year and 846, the ten-year average. In- dicated yleld, 16.3 bushels per acre, com- pared with 166 last year and 147, the | 1909-13 aversge. Estimated total produc- tion, 963,060,000 bushels, compared with | 60,000,000, the June forecast; §91,017,00 | {last year, and 686,000,000, the 1909-13 aver- | by The amuunt ot farms July 1 1s estimated at about 28,972 {bushels, compared with 32,236,000 on July | 1, 1914, and 3,801,000, the average of stocks on July 1 for the 1908-13 period. Corn—Aren planted, 100,273,000 acres, | jcompared with 103,435,000 last year. Con- | dition, 81.2 per cent of a normal, com- pared with %8 on July 1 last year, and 847, the ten-year average. Indicated yield, 258 bushels per acre, compared with 2.4 last year and 259, the 180-13 average. Estimated total production, 2,814,000,000 bushels, compared with 2,67¢,- | 1804,000 last yoar and 2,708,000,00, (he 1900- | 13 average. i Ouats—~Area planted, 40,193,000 acres, compared with 38,443,000 last year. Condi- | tion, 8.9 per cent of a normal, compared with 923 on June 1, 847 on July 1 last year, and 832, the ten-year average. In- whent | section to buy cattle and hogs, | They | Oxley’s farm, past the outlaw cabin, to bufld immense corrals and fatten the stock for market. They knew he would bring the cash with him, as there were no banks in that vicinity in those days. also knew he would make an overland trip, as no rallroads invaded the territory for miles around. On a moonlight night in September the Colling children heard a disturbance near the cabin. Maria, & daughter, who was i years old, went out on the porch to investigate Bhe heard men's voices, which seemed to be coming nearer. Suddenly the men turned the corner upon her. They were carrying something heavy and limp In an old quilt® The body was that of a fine- appearing man whose clothing was of the best. Not far away a youthful member of the gang was holding an ox team. In the wagon was a chest. Seeing the girl, the men turned upon her and compelled her to promise never to reveal the facts to any living person. gram.)—Anton J. Novaka, reappo™ted pol DnllLer at Tabor, Bonhomme county, Body Pat in Well. 5. D. The hody was placed n an old aban-| Albert E. Loring of Dow City, Ta., was doned well, where It was carefully cov-| §PPointed an engineer at Jecarilla In- ered. The chest was buried near the springs. The girl was compelled to wash the blood from the quilt and remove the tell-tale stains from the bandits' clothing. Investigators from the attorney gen- eral's office have learned that the stock | == buyer and a boy companion must have been waylald on their way from Eph “The commander, who was the last to | leave, slipped overboard shortly before the Amalfi sank. Nearly all the officers and crew were saved.” | The Amalfi, wnich was completed in 1908, had a displacement of 9,068 tons and was 4% feet long. Its complement in. times of peace was 634 i Pola, the Austrian naval stronghold, is | situated in the upper Adriatic at the ox- | tremity of the Istria peninsula, about fitty-five miles southeast of Trieste. It is probable the reconnaince referred to in the Italian statement was in this sec- tion of the Adriatic. Have Regular Bowel Movement. Take Dr. King's New Life Pills and have a dally easy movement of the bowels. Cure Constipation. Only %. Al druggists.~Advertisement. \ Department Orders. WASHINGTON, July 8—(Special Tele- Bids were opened today at the Treasury department for repairing and_remodeling the postoffice building at Déh * Moines, Ta. The lowest bidder was Charles Wietz of Des Moines for $10,3%0. AMUSEMENTS. { Everybody’s Going! BOYS BAND From Mooseheart, the Loyal Order of Moose Home ‘ Boys Who Play, Sing, Dance— | Vaudeville and Acrobatic Artists, Omaha Auditorium Sat. Eve., July 10, 8:30 P. M. its, 500; Ohildren, 28o, ANDEI TEEATER Newmarket, la. They walted for their| victims where the road winds around a | locust grove, concealing their own oxen behind the brush. After the man had been killed the boy dropped to his knees and begged for his life, but & member of the gang knocked the lad on the head with an axe, dragging 1 the body te a_gladed locust grove, where it was burfed and the spot covered with brush, 5 S ———————————— MURDERS WIFE AND KILLS HIMSELF WHILE INSANE ABERDEEN, 8 D, July 8—(Special Telegram.)—Temporarily insane because of sickness Robert Swaney, living near Bo- onight 8:25 and July Round-Up Sale of SOROSIS Pumps, Oxfords and Combinations Materials are patent, dull and tan calf and kid, putty, gray and bronse kiddwith quarters of putty, gray or sand. White kid and cloth combina- tions - - $4.00, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 values— Sale Prices $2.95, $3.85 and $4.95 Quality the same at these reductions as when yon pay regular prices. July Sale White Embroidered Voiles All our 50c 38-inch White Embroidered Voiles - - 25¢ All our $1.50 38.inch White Embroidered Neiguix VOURE ' o ki & i G R Rl S N Bathing Suits and Caps Women’s Knit Bathing Suits, a popular number, all siges - - - - - - - $2.00and $4.50 each Women's Bathing Suits of mohair, silk or cotton serge, colors navy or black, trimmed in white or colored braids $2.25, $3.00, $3.50, $4.25 and up. Third Floor. LEE 7ires BNEUMATIC, NON-SKID BUNCTURE-PROOF Puncture -Procf Pneumatic At Lafayette the Monon raflroad re- ported o 1,000 foot landsiide over its tracks near Logan. Rural sections dotall damages to the corn crop and to wheat In the shock. dicated yield, 34.8 bushels per acre, com- pared with 2.7 last year and 1009-13 average. Estimated total pr tion, 1306000 bushels, compared with 1,2%5,000,000, the June forecast; 1.141,080,000 last year, and 1,131,000,000, the 1908-13 | aver nilla, in Beadle county, sent his two children, aged 6 and 8 years, from the house and then shot and killed his wife and then himself. Swaney was 20, his| wife 27 Guarar teed The only pneumatic tires guaranteed Puncture-Proof—under a warranty pro- viding for a cash refund. Call at our store, 2051 Farnam Street, and let us show you these remarkable tires or let us send you booklet “PPP” fully describing them. POWELL SUPPLY COMPANY Sat. Mat. & Evng. “THE STOCK PERFECT” Edward Lynch *2§,Atcciate The Funniest Farce ‘Written, “THE THIRD PARTY” Matinees, 150-350, Eve! All Wext Weeki “ONE DAY." LAKE MANAWA Bathing, Boating, Dancing and Other Attractions. Free Moving Pictures Tonight “Fatal Black Bean,” “The Grudge,” “Who Got Stung.'" Lake Manawa Bathing, Bosting, Dancing and Other Attractions. “Between the Meuse and the Moselle ——— In Apartments, fiats, houser and cottages can be rented quickly and cheaply by a Bee “For Rent” Ad. W, 0. LARSEN KILLED WHEN AUTO UPSETS (Continued from Page One.) over, the forepart of the machine com- | pletely covering Larsen, while her limbs were held fast by the side of the car, They talked back and forth for some Uime, both attempting to extricate them- £ Notes from Bloomfield. BLOOMFIELD, Neb., July 8.—(Special.) —Robert Bruse Dalslel was arrested on a charge of burglary by Grace Hersche, a 16-year-old girl of Bloomfield. ¥e was brought before Judge Barge, who set the hearing for August 3. Henry Boost went to Sfoux City, Tues- day, to be present at a second operation | of his wife, who for some time has been | at & Sloux City hospital. The Sioux Indlans who live on their reservation about twenty miles north of ‘Bloomtield celebrated the glorious Fourth several days. Last Monday they had a &ood program. Besides their war dances they had a ball game with Crofton. Ad- M- | dresses were deltvered by Hon. Dan 4| Btephens, congressman of this district, and Charles E. Burson, a government agent. Barley and Rye. Barley—Area planted, 7,398,000 compared with 7,865,000 last year. tion, 4.1 per cent of a norm with 946 on June 1, 1914, §: last year and 84.8, ¢ ¥ Indicated Jleld, 3.3 bushela per acre, com- pared with 258 last vear and 243, the 1900-13 _aver: IZatimated total produc- | 208,000,000 bushels, compared with 107.,00000 the June forocast, 104,038,000 | bushels last year and 152,000,000 the 190913 average. Rye—Conditlon, 92 per cent of m normal, | mp‘wl vm\d D'ni”l';\‘“:m 1, 829 on July | year,und 9.9 the ten-year average. IMIIQM‘KMIQ. 17 busheis per acre, com- Wwith 168 last year and 161, the average. as o L 3,782, 000 lut& acres, | Condi- 1, compared 8'on July 1 Mrs. Petersen wore the tips of her | , White tingers to the bleeding point us she dug :‘:".'.‘4‘(.1:‘.‘ ground. Ehe finally man- | pared Liakels por 4o year an for Wia chnaren's- save, | LRGN for hl ren’s sake. | g, i e tersen swooned, and when -cr:o? 'nfi'fi'r‘.‘f?fi?‘u.‘%"fifii ’y‘u«:] to Larsen was dead. Condition, 887 per cent of a normal, com- In the afterncon she and Mre. J. J. |D8red with il last year and 883, tre tens Regan Omaha, her daughter, | Bushels per scre, commres with b8 1ot were out riding in the car and when she vgrnarh. 02.7, the 1908-13 ave In the evening, her ~ae g monstrated with both her and |Giime 5 ; With 1 “let me have at least one more |pared with pleasure in my Mfe,” Larsen is sald to|year have romarked before they left. Larsen's children are all little folk, the youngest Dagmar being but six months of age, the mother having diéd nine days after the child was born. The others are Walter 7, Rudolph 5, Edward 8 and Raymond & He was born in Den- Free Moving Plctures—Tonight R BASE BALL OMAHA vs. gfnvm! Rah.Rahs Join Glants. ‘Three collegians reported to the New York Giants last week, to be looked over by McGraw. They were Babbington, the Brown third baseman; Carroll, the Ford- bam third baseman, and Kenney, the Notre Dame catcher. Swap Anything in the “Swapper’s Column™ it & normal, com- last year and 836 the ten- average. Indicated yield, 539 pounds per acre, compared with $46.7 last year and 8161 the IM®-13 average. Batt- | mated total uetion, 1,106,000,000 pounds, compa with 1,034,679,000 last year and 96,000,000 the 1900-13 average. Flax and Hay, Flax—Area planted, 1,881,000 acres, com- &ar‘ with 1,586,000 last year. Condition, ¢ cent of & normal, co mark and for the last seven years had |95 last year and §.3 the l.'.Z‘.';'.'.‘:’.‘v".'r'f age. conducted a furniture repair and uphol- Indicated i, 87 bushels per stering works at 1917 Cuming, where he'cre. compared with $3 last year and 7.3 lived. The machine in which the accideat | {he 100813 aterage. Estimated ttal pro- ocourred belonged to him and ho was 1530000 lasr vear and abaen i 386, y an X driving. One brother, Peter Larsen, of nfuh-xl -ier..e“ St v Neb., | lce—Arca planted, 34,00 acres, com- Herman, Neb.. alse survives. red With @8.630 last year. Condition, Ready to Joln Wite. 1803 per cent of a normal, compared with | Since his wife's death Larsen had heen g-s nni ;rnr';nd fi; u\; ten-year aver- it for the last th age. ndicats Yield, 4 bushels per ‘;ory ‘oh::nn:::. and t;“” Ay -§ u:T :f?in?':‘&"l:d-\;c:nn‘l‘h" year and | | etery, where he was bullding a concrete | production, 3,000,000 1y compared wall about his lot, and putting in flower | With 32645000 A 34,000,00 the | boxes, Tuesday he finished the job and upon coming home told his sister-in-law, | mal compared it S8 cr Suns 5. "W Mrs. Regan. that he had finished the lon July 1 last r and 817 the seven- waork and was ready to join his wife at [Year average. Indioated vield, 1.4 tons e, 2 5T i, 1O e iSE Mrs, Petersen Iy in a serious condition, | Appies—Condition, 3.3 per cent of a Just how serious has mot yet been deter- | normal, col with 701 on June 1, mined. 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