Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 12, 1916, Page 2

- ' LANE IS CHARGED | WITH EMBEZZLEMENT Register of Pederal Land Office | + ot Rapid City Is Placed Under Arrest. MAEES A CONFESSION Sioux Falls, S. D.,..’ug. 11.—-0, M. Lane, register of the federal land of- fice at Rapid City, S. D., was arrested today on a warrant charging him with haying, as city auditor of Watertown, S. D., embezzled more than $13,000 of ‘municipal funds. Rapid City authori- ties assert that Lane confessed when arrested, and at the same time exon- erated other city officials of Water- town. Lane went out of office last spring when Watertown changedrom the city commissioner to the aldermanic system of government, The new ad- ministration asked the state account- ing department to examine the books and shortages were found. It is charged that Lane drew bills for sup- Klieu which had never been ordered, ad them approved and pocketed the funds. He is said to have become heavily involved in land speculation during the period the defalcations are alleged to have occurred. Lane was appointed register of the land office at Rapid City immediately after hjs service ended at Watertown, ZAR'S ADVANCE IS WITHIN EIGHT 'MILES OF HALICZ \ —-)—xmm»«n eEER o econ Y e BOOKS FOR TROOPS ON THE TEXAS FRONT, ’ A AR Miss_Grace Vanderbilt, who, with Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr, is in charge of the Newport branch for the.col- lection of reading matter for the troops. on the Mexican border, has announced, that 2,000 pounds of maga- zines and novels have been sent to McAllen, libraries, Texas, for the troops' pulsed with further heavy loss to the (Continued from Page One.) — e pelled to give way because of the superiority of hostile forces at some : s, says today's war office statée- ent. Counte acks brought the en, ents t tandstill and a re- ; i grouping of the Teutonic forces is ¢ now taking place. Prench Bombard German Posts. - Paris, Aug. 11.—The French have opened a heavy bombardment of Ger- a: mflou north of the Somme, 3 to an official statement is- § ng bz‘the war office today, . On the left bank of the M{nn the - French took some prisoners in a raid oon W ‘tr:::‘l‘m' :a:t; of Hill ‘;304 " On the r of Meuse there was skirmishing with grenades about the Thiaumont works. On the rest ‘of dne"fmt unnor;udh,g was inter- The statement says: “North of the Somme our artillery - directed a destructive fire st the defenses of the énemy, In the courge of our operations we took prisoners fl captured two machine guns in small woods north of Hardecourt. Attack on Verdun Front. . “On the left bank of the Meuse, (Verdun front), we made a surprise k on'a n trench east of i Hill 304 and ght back prisoners. On the right bank of the river there P b the tillery_fighti wel a8 m.gl:’.;&",,:: s | Cha of the Thiaumont work, the remainder of the front inter- b . fighting Qfltn‘rcd. e |« station and barracks at Vou- and the station at Bazancourt.” ‘British Continue to Advance, g. 11.—North of Bazen- AL o ke otaut Tt e Broe p on the mme Iron! rit- ~ ish have made further prolr:u. it mflnwflc&d here wfi{o ol BagataLoreit, we “lurther ] P taki hort h of trenches and l;fll%z‘lnnc'cgn- attack on the trenches ¢ This Sitack was - . Beaton N & LAER (o : ‘Omaha Home Furnishing Headquarters " Don’t miss the ~ Expansion Sale Saturday enemy. “Northwest of Pozieres we also ad- vanced our line slightly at certain places.” Proposed Increase In Price of Bread Will Be Looked Into Washington, Aug 11.—Statements made at the convention in Salt Lake City of the National As tion of Master Bakers that the g;i:e of bread to the consumer would be increased have attracted the attention of the Féderal Trade commission. Edward M. Hurley, chairman, has been authorized to make an informal investigation of the situa in Chi cago, headquarters of the association. 'H! went to Chicago yesterday. t was said at the office of the com- mission today that should the increase materialize a formal investigation to determine the causes might result. Fairbanks Will Be - Notified August 81 Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 11.—The notification ceremonies at which rles Fairbanks will be told officially of his nomination as the re- publican_candidcte for vice president will be held at his residence at 2 clock on the afternoon of August 31, it was announced today. ‘The membership list of the execu- tive committee has been completed and the chairman of the sub-commit- 1 to make the detailed ai ve d. The ceremonies will be under the auspices of the national committee on notification. Lawrence Sherman, United States senater from Illinois, chair- man of the cammittee, will be the rrincipll speaker at a ufly at 8 o’clock t'l‘ the evening foowing the notifica- jon, Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. & Laier b ) #| Central City RAIN SETS OFFICE POET 70 ACTIVITY Omaha Really Visited by Show- ers in Broad Daylight to Delight of All. STATE GETS ITS SHARE, T0O RAIN LAST NIGHT. Broken Bow Culbertson ... Fairbury .. Falrmont . ... Grand Island Stromsburg Clay Center auline Pitter-patter, pitter-patter, That's the way the rain drops chatter, On the roof and on your hat-er On the glistening street. ' This developed while Senators Jones When the dry, hot days haye Insted Through two months of bloomin' blawsted Weather, we're ‘most flabbergasted Joy the fain to greet| The above poem was written by the office poet, one of the best poets in captivity,. He will be remembered as the author of the “vers libre,” which appeared here a few days ago and has not yet been forgotten, 1f the demand is great enough the poem ;/ill be set to music and bound in morocco, half morocco, cloth, pa- er and wild grass and offered to the eauty-loving public. Rains in Daylight. The rain Friday was sufficient to move n:{y goet to song, ehythmic mel- ody and beautiful thoughts. - What little rain has come Omaha's, way in the last six weeks has all 'been at night. Friday we had the beautiful sight to feast on by day., It rained a couple of hours this morning here, The temperature, too! - Ah, the temperature! It was a comfortable 64 at 7 a. m. The coolest point in the state was Valentine with 54, And out at Swift Current, Mont., it was 32, cold enough to freeze the swift current, ¥ It was raining at many places throughout the state Friday morning. North Platte had 42 of an inch and Culbertson .80, Paralysis Epidemic Decreases Slightly New York, Aug. 11.—The epidemic of infantile paralysis showed another slight decline today and health ex- perts, who are fighting the tcourge here, were more hopeful that the cool weather which relieved the city yesterday would materially check the spread of the pllfiue. The daily bul- etin of the health department shows that during the twenty-four-hour period which, ended at 10 a. m, thirty-one children died of the dis- ease and 165 new cases were reported in the five boroughs of New York City. These figures compare hope- fully with yesterday's, when thirty- eighi children were killed by “the plague and 175 stricken. Philadelphia, Aug. 11.—~With six- teen new cases of infantile paralysis and four deaths reported in this cit; for the twenty-four hours ending th morning at 9 o'clock, and a total of fifty-eight cases in the city since Mon- day morning alone, the disease is be- ’(nning to assume serious proportions in the eyes of the medical authorities and renewed efforts are being made to check its growth and stamp it out. Since the first of July there have been 48 cases with twenty-eight deaths, THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916. Senate Will Vote On Shipping Bill Within Three Days Washington, Aug. 11,—Republicans of the senate indicated today that they would permit a vote to be reached on the administration ship- ping bill late tomorrow or Monday. and Gallinger were cross-question- ing Senator Simmons about progress on the revenue bill being drafted by a finance subcommittee. Senator Simmons_ said he hoped to have the revenue measure ready for the full committee Monday and \to report it to the senate Tuesday. ‘While it is being perfected the democrats will call up the workmen'’s compensa- tion bill or Philippine conference re- port. Senator Jones, resuming his speech against the shipping bill, argued that even if the measure should meet one purpose for which it was proposed and reduce ocean freight rates, for- eign importers rather than American shippers would be the beneficiaries. Senator Fletcher of the commerce committee submitted an amendment to provide that whenever regulations or practices of foreign governnients operate to discriminate against ves- sels of the United States it would be the duty of the shipping board to re- port to the president ror diplomatic action or to be brought to the at- tention of congress, Mabel Some Meal Ticket. There are many meal tickets owned by Grand efrcuit horsemen, but of the real hand engraved varlety is Mabel Trask, the sea- son's trotting sensation, piloted by Walter Cox. s (Germans Bombard British Warships 0ff Two Coasts Berlin, Aug. 11.—(Via London.)— Successful attacks by German air squadrons on British war vessels off the Flemish coast and on Russian aviation stations on the Island of Oesel, off the Gulf of Riga, are an- nounced in an admiralty statement is- sued today as follows: “A squadron of our aeroplanes on the afternoon of August 8 attacked with bombs British monitors and light forces off the: Flemish coast, obtain- ing several hits. ¥ “On the same day the Russian aero- lane stations at Aerensburg and Le- ara, on the Island of Qesel, were Store Hours: Saturdays Dlmna August 8:30 A.M.,6 P. M. Mid-Summer Neckwear Sale Every Piece Y% Price Fancy vests, dainty col- lar and cuff sets, large and small collars for sum- mer dresses and warm weather coats. The half price is really true. ; North Aisle, Main Floor. ‘A Waist Sale Basement Balcony Your unrestricted choice of Corliss shirts, wash waists ,and middy blouses, size 34 to 44, values to $1.50, Saturday. ... 790 ~ All sales final. Wash Apparel (Basement) $4.50 Misses’ Sport Suits, $2.95. “All Wash Skirts, white and stripes, $1.00. B50c Wash Petticoats for 39¢. w— The fashion Cente; Final Suit no undesirables— Silk, Wool, Washable styles. Saturday . 7$9.99 Starting at 8:30 A. M. - Ninety-one, in all sizes 16 Because of the unusual p: 0. D., or on approval. All sales final. ' Women's Gauze Underwear Cool and Comfortable Fine Ribbed Lisle Vests, 50c. Low, neck, sleeveless, * plain or hand crochet tops. Mercerized Union Suits, $1.25. Fine ribbed, low neck, fitted knee, color pink. e THONPSON-BELDEN &CO. Established 1836 The Sale Extraordinary Every suit in stock on sale —no reservations — every garment from regular stock, new for the spring of 1916, Novelty, tailored and sport Regular Prices Wete ¢ $25.00 to $95.00. rof the MiddleWest — Clearance # L Suits to 44, rices we cannot alter, send C. Gauze Union Suits, 65¢. Fine ribbed garments of extra quality, low neck, fitted or wide knee. Colors pink and white, all sizes. Underwear Stocks 'are com- plete with the best styles. Free! *7 Pants | attacked by several German air squad- rons with good result, a number of hits being observed. An aeroplane shelter building was badly damaged, the roof collapsing. Of the enemy planes, which ascended for the de- fense, one was obliged toAdescend. “Despite the heavy firing of’ the British and Russian forces all the aeroplanes returned undamaged.” Burglars Get Poor Hauls On North Twenty-Eighth Burglars who entered houses on north Twenty;:l;‘(ghth avenue: had mighty poor “pickings.” 4 ‘Fheyresidence of A. G. McCartin, 204 North Twcnly-eiihth avenue, was entered by thieves who stole $3.. At the residence of A. H. Burr, 215 North Twenty-eighth avenue, “haul” consisted. of a lone pair of PARASOLS Reduced to Half Price -; Not the kind you usu- ally find at sales, but each one from this sea- son’s stock and only one of a kind. Better make your selection early as they won’t last long at such low figures. The Store for Shirtwaists A table of Blouses at bar- gain prices, 95¢ to $1.65. Linen Prices Are Lowest During This Angust Sale Purchases made now insure a substantial sav- ing on Thompson, Bel- den first quality linena, The advantage is ap- parent. Fine Damask Lunch Cloths $2.50 H. S. Cloths, $1.89 $3.50 H. 8. Cloths, $2.89 $4.75 H. 8. Cloths, $3.89 Table Cloths’ $65.00 fine bleached table cloths - $3.89 $7.50 fine bleached Table cloths- - $5.89 Wash Cloths 300 dozen Turkish wash cloths - - = =2 814c Turkish cloths - - 8¢ 16¢ Turkish cloths - 10c - L . Just to Keep Our Union Tallors Busy, FREE MEANS FREE We are going to give AN A Regolar $25.00 and $30.00 Suit Tailored to Youe Measure and a Extra Paie of $7.00 Paats Free for Remember One Week Only te EXTRA PAIR OF $7 PANTS ABSOLUTELY FREE with every Suit Tailored to Your Measore JUST THINK OF IT MEN! UNION MADE the * Everything in the Store Way Sagless b4 Bed Springs and Whittall Ruge only W. *On Sale ,At Reduced Prices and the Six Immense YOUNG MEN, who are planning to get a sit or overcoat will find it to your advantage to look at owe lacge display of pattesns bedoce boying elsewhere. Every plece of goods in our store GUARANTEED ALL WOOL To Every Man Who Has Not Visited Our Store We Extend a Spociul Invitation To Come In Whether You Buy or Not ) i) Don't Forget "ol of siw ras FIT AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED TAILORS Not Agents B~ DONT FAL T0 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY SALE e