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JLHE Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XLVIL NO. 104. THE WEATHER Fair OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1917. TWELVE PAGES. On Trlm, it Hottla, Niw, Standi Etc., 5. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WETS y IN PL AM TO a REGISTRATION DAYTO ROUND UP ALL SUBJECT TO NEW TAX SUGGESTED BY OMAHA MAN Unique Scheme to Facilitate Collection of Information By Government, Reduce Expenses and Uncover Evaders, to , Be Presented to Washington Authorities By Internal t--, ' Revenue Collector Loomis of This District. ' LM&0f 956 VOTES m IOWA: Tin mCOME TAX SLA CKERS 0 : ' , . n 1 " ' - si A unique plan to catchr income tax slackers has been de vised by United States Internal 'Revenue Collector Loomis of this district The plan is to have a "national income tax regis tration day" appointed, when all persons subject to the new federal income tak will be required to register just as the men registered for the Selective draft June 5. The suggestion is original with Mr.Y Loomis and will be brought to the attention of N the Washington au thorities. "I believi that this would be the surest and quickest and most ef ficient way to catch income tax slack er's," said Mr. Loomis. "If such a registration day should be appointed by tfle authorities persons with in comes, over the exemption limit would merely register their names and addresses. This would provide a mailing list and wc would send out the income tax blanks to be filled out. At one stroke we would get the names of practically all persons sub ject to the new tax." The new law provides that every unmarried person must pay a tax eff 2 per cent on that part of his or her income which is over $1,000 per an num. Every married person must pay the same tax on that part of his or her income which is over $2,000 per annum. Is Difficult Task. "It is a big job to get the names of all persons subject to the new income tax,'' said Mr. Loomis. "At present we are getting the flames in several way. Our deputies gather them from various sources. In soma counties men who aire well acquainted with most of the people have sent in the names of all those whom they believe to. have incomes subject to tax We have received as high as 700 names from a single county seat in Ne braska." , ' The new law,' which'is a part of the war tax law, reduces the exemption from $4,000 to $2,000 for married per sons and from $3,000 to $1,000 for single persons, thus bringing in a vast army of income taxpayers who never paid income tax before. . Penalties Severe. ' Of course, the penalties for not re porting for payment of income tax are severe, hut the present method of (Continued on Pace Two, Column On.) Jerry O'Leary's Bull .Suspends Publication New York, Oct. 16. The publica tion known as "Bull," of which Jere miah A. O'Leary, mentioned in Ger man official dispatches made public by recent State department disclos ures, has been the directing head, has suspended, it was announced here to dajf by its publishers. ' postmaster General Burleson had excluded it from the mails. England Advises America It Has Cut Wheat Rations Washington, Oct. 16. Under new war rational regulations, England has advised this government it has begun the task of reducing wheat consump tion for the forthcoming year to less than half the normal consumption be fore the war. The Weather For Nebraska Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday. Hour.- VtfS. S r. m .40 8 a. m ....45 7 a. m ..,.45 47 47 64 67 6S 60 62 66 C8 65 64 63 .....62 61 8 a. ni...., 9 a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m 11 a. ra 12 m 1 Pj.ni 2 p. m..... 3 p. m 4 p. rn 5 p. m...., 6 p. m 7 p. m 8 p. in...., Comparative Loral Record. 191". 1916. 1915. 1914. Highest yesterday 66 77 68 67 Lowest yesterday.... 45 4T 53 4i Mean temperature... 66 60 60 64 Precipitation ....... .00 .00 T29 .00 v Temperature and precipitation departures lfora the normal at Omaha since March 1, and compared with the past two years: Normal temperature 66 Excesa fitr the day I Total deficiency sines March 1 W....270 Normal precipitation , .08 Inch Deficiency for the day .08 Inch Total rainfall since March. 1.4. 20.70 Inches Deficiency since March 1... 6.63 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1916.. 11.62 inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1915.. 1.18 inches Report from Stations at 7 I. M. StaUon anVState Temp. High- Rain, of Weather. T p. m. est. fall. Cheyenne, clear 56 6G T. Davenport, cloudy ..66 60 .00 ma Ik Ad . Des Moines, cloudy 60 64 .OS f rwwirK fitv. clear 64 "4 .00 Lander, cloudy 66 72 .00 Peoria, part cloudy 68 64 '.00 Omaha, cloudy 62 6i .00 Pueblo, part cloudy "2 .00 Salt Lake City, cloudy. .8 x 74 ..00 Santa ye, cloudy 66 .00 Sheridan, cloudy 64 60 .00 Sioux City, cloudy 60 C2 .0o Valentine, clear 66 64 .00 "X"-Indicates trace of precipitation. JOHN L. KENNEDY FORMALLY NAMED STATE FUEL HEAD Germans Who.Escape Camp Soon Captured San Francisco, Oct 16. Two German aliens who escaped in a boat from a detention camp on Angel island, in San Francisco bay, early today, were captured within a few hours after their disappearance. The men, both officers of seized merchant vessels, were returned to Angel island by the military authorities. Receives Notice of Appoint ment From Administrator Gar field; Blocked Three Weeks by Senator Hitchcock John L. Kennedy, Omaha Attorney, yesterday received formal notification of his appointment as federal fuel administrator for Nebraska. The appointment was contained in a telegram to Mr. Kennedy; from H. A. Garfield, fuel administrator. The main part of the formal notifi cation follows: "With t,he approval of the president M - -f'-t,""if - ' - V " vi ji John. Viiii iiiif",''i i ll i i'i i' r1'-- Hii si u mVii I desire to appoint you federal fuel administrator for your state. Your chief duties in that capocity will be to select a small advisory committee for the state and appoint local com mitters in the counties and cities for the purpose of investigating and re porting on local conditions, and in co-operation with the fuel administra tor to take all possible steps to relieve and improve fuel conditions within your state. It will be a service to your country and particularly ,tq the people of your statej as well as a favor to me, if you will undertake this im portant and vital work." . Mr. .Kennedy made the . following statement: ! "In answer to a telegram received from Mr. Garfield this afternoon. I have accepted the appointment as fed eral fuel administrator ,for Nebraska. ' "This is no, time to evade any pub lic duty. The state is vitally inter ested in the ecuitable distribution of the fuel supply, at reasonable . prices, and I want to be of the" greatest pos sible service That I may not be able to please everybody is of no great consequence. I shall perform the duties of the omcjer without fear or favor." 'Mr. Kennedy's appointment was blocked for more than three weeks by Senator Hitchcock. THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DIE INK. C. FIRE More Than One-Half of Second Largest Stock Yards in Country Destroyed; Origin Unknown. On the-Iowa Diamond Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 16. More than one-half of the Kansas City stock yards, the second largest in the country, was destroyed by fire early today. It was estimated after the fire had been brought under control, after two hours, that several thousand head of cattle had been destroyed. Some estimates ran as high as 10,000. $750,000 REPORTED LOST. Insurance adjusters place the loss at approximately $750,000. of which $200,000 represent the buildings, pens and chute destroyed, and $550,000 the live stock burned. Heavy insurance was carried both uponthe buildings of the stock yards and upon the live stock. There were 47,000 cattle in the yards at the close of business yester day, it was said, and while it was possible to liberate most of them, so rapidly did the flames gain headway that manv were caueht and burned. ' value nduuci nuuui outcia. Hundreds of cattle, freed from the burning structures, reached the downtown, sections of both Kansas Qity, Mo..' and Kansas , City, Kan. Intimations-were given after noon today;tha haJr.tniKht bavebeen 9? an incendiary origin. - ' An investigation hat been started. A large number of war contracts were being filled. A George R .Coletf, general manager of the stock yards company, placed an estimate of a loss of from $160,000 to $170,000 upon the pens destroyed. Inspection of the fire-swept area of the yards later in the day led to a re port that approximately 3,000 hogs had perished in the flames. The area ! over whfch the fire burned, was ap proximately twenty-five acres. . Packers said that their facilities would operate today under conditions necessitating a decreased ou.put be cause of the fire. wThe destroyed sec tion will b rebuilt immediately. Third Great Fire. It was the thud disastrous fire in the history of the Kansas City stock yards. The blaze was discovered by two patrolmen in Kansas City, Kan., and before they could summon ap paratus the fire' had become unmanageable. 1" ire departments trom both Kansas Cities combated they flames. The origin of the fire has not been determined so far' The other two were caused by carelessly throw ing cigaret stubs. No estima'te of the pecuniary loss has been made. . Many new shipments of cattle were in tht yard9 today ready to be un loaded. Cattlemen were undecided as to what disposal to make of the cattle, but it was suggested that they would be shipped on to either St Louis or Chicago. Omaha and St. Joseph also might, benefit by shipments, it was said. ' - Very few swine were burned. The hog pens were reached by the flames, but most of . the anina.ls, seemed to have been liberated. i -Shipments to K. C Cut Down. Topeka, Kan., Oct 16. An em bargo on all shipments to other, des tinations which necessitates transfer at the Kansas City yards was put into effect by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad today until condi tions at the Kansa; Gty yards, due to a fire there, are improved. Prominent Pittsburgh Editor Dies of Apoplexy Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct 16. Colonel Austin Beach, managing editor of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, and for many years one of the best known news paper men in Pennsylvania, was found dead at his home here! today of apoplexy. . Mayor and Governor Issue Liberty Bond Proclamations Mayor Dablman last night issued o proclamation asking all Omaha to join in the Liberty bond campaign on the three days October 18, 19 and 20 set aside for a , special effort to boost the big. loan. Mayor Dahlman requests that'when the special cam paign opens at 10 o'clock on the morn ing of October 78 all whistles in the city are to e blown and all bells rung. Business of all kinds is to be sus pended for five minutes at that time. Street cars and vehicles of every character are to stop for a period of five minutes and all factories and mills mmm o ,An wtrlr 4V.P cflAr 4 JtTl OI. cording to Mayor Dahlman's procla mation. ' Governor Neville last night also is sued 'a 'proclamation in compliance with a. request. front Secretary Mc Addo,' designating Wednesday, Octo ber 24 as "Liberty day," and proclaim ing the afternoon of that day as a half holiday to be used for stimulating the sale of Liberty bonds. He says it is the wish of the president that all stores and public places be closed' a'nd that the people of every community join in appropriate ceremonies and bend every effort toward the sale of the bonds. HOME RUN ! ? -, BUD' MARS. BIRD MAN, ASSIGNED TO FORT OMAHA Famous!' Aviator Commissioned Lieutenant in Flying Corps r by President Wilson; to Join Balloon. School.- First Lieutenant James C. (Bud) Mars, one of the greatest of American aViators, ; who was commissioned a lieutenant by the United States avia tion corps by special appointment of President. Wilson i soon will.be sta tioned at Fort Omaha.-, , Lieutenant Mars is an aviator of in ternational prominence. He entered aeronautics in 1892, under the instruc- tin of Captain Thomas S. Baldwin. m SINK TWO CERMAN TORPEDO BOATS IN SOELA Kaiser's v Battlesp a Supports Squadron Forcing Way Into Sound; Turn Back When , :They,Meet Enemy. 1 a"?' V mmw if M "BJjD" mars Since that time he has designed, con structed, and operated, every type of heavier and lighter than air craft, in cluding ho air balloons, parachutes, tree and captive balloons, man cjrry ing kites, gliders,, dirigible and . air planes. .... . . In ml Lieutenant Mars was asso ciated with Captain Baldwin in the construction of the first airship ever produced in the United States, at Los Angeles. He also aided Captain Bald win in building the first dirigible bal loons ever purchased by the United States and German governments, and was Krael Ludlow's assistant in the construction and operation of man carrying kites at the Jamestown ex position in 1907. Taught Beachy to Fly. For a number of years Lieutenant Mars traveled with various shows, Petrograd, Oct 16; Two German torpedo boats ,werej sunk,-two others were damaged and one Russian tor pedo. boat went to the bottom in an engagement' on Sunday in Soela sound, north of Oeset island, the offi cial statement announces. The Russian torpedo craft sunk was" the Grrrm (destroyer of 1,100 tons, built in 1914-15, speed thirty four knots, complement ninety-three men). More thn a dozen German torpedo-boats had forced their way through Soela sound, supported by a German battleship, when they were met by the Russians and turned back. American Humane Society Is in Session Providence, R. I., Oct. 16. Dr. Wil liam O Stillman of Albany, N. Y., was re-elected president of the Ameri can Humane association today. Rob ert Tucker, PortlandOre., was elected vice president. Report Two British Steamships Are Sunk New York, Oct. 16. A report that the British steamships Mem phian, formerly he Gambrian, of 6,305 tons gross, and the Bostonian, 5,200 tons, both of the Leyland Line, had been sunk, reached here today. At the offices of the Inter national Mercantile marine it was said no definite Information had been received. RETURNS FROM ALL BUT FIVE COUNTIES IN HAWKEYE STATE SHOWTHE VOTE VILLBE CLOSE Districts Not Heard From Believed to be About Evenly Divided; May Take Official Figures Before De i finite Result is Ascertained; Heaver Wet Majorities in East. ' Bulletin. t Des Moines, la., Oct. 16. With ninety-six out of ninety nine counties complete with the exception of twenty-one scat-v tered precincts, Monday's vote on the constitutional prohobi tion amendment stood 196,341 for to 197,297 against a lead of 956 for the "wets." The three counties to be heard from are Butler, Adair and Fremont. Des Moines, Oct. 16. (Special Telegram.) Results of the special election to decide the question of constitutional prohibi tion continue very close. J MATORITY DWINDLES. With five counties yet to hear fron. the drys hare an apparent lead of 684 votes. ' The , five counties , yet out tr Bremer, Calhoun, Marshall, Emmet AUSTRIA PLEADS WITH GERMANY FOR PEACE TERMS Kaiser's Allies and His Own People Becoming More Clamorous in Demands for Wars nd. London, Oct. 16. The Deutschcs Mages Zcitutig of Berlin, as quoted in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam, says that Count' Ciernin, Austro-Hun'sarian foreign minister, recently requested the German chan cellor, Dr. Michaelis. to state Ger many's peace terms, urging that Ger many makf concessions in the west. lount.vzernm received a vague reply, vaciie statements when clearness and frankness were imperatively neces- 8arv' . ' 1 ' These ' statements of the Tages Zeitung are not denied, the dispatch says, and have made a great sensation, being particularly illustrative of the fervent desire for peace on the part of Austria. , Nine-Tenths of People Want Peace, t Amsterdam, Oct. 16. In his speech at the Wurzburg convention, Herr Ebert, president of the German so cialist party, said speedy cbndusion of peace was a vital necessity for work men in all countries and that the policy of the mailed fist would disao pear after the frightful horrors of the W "If a ballot were taken today," he added, "nine-tenths of the people would approve peace by agreement Herr Scheidemann, referring to the Capelle ' incident. . said that unfortu nately it could not be discussed in public. . . , , ., "The fact is," he continued, that it they wanted to catch all who were conuected with similar incidents, they would have to take action against 300 persons simultaneously. Every day soldiers come to us with complaints -.,,i .... tiavj nnpnedA soccial bureau tn investigate them. The main thing, is not to talk or write about griev ances, botto combat them Copenhagen, Oct 16.-F eld Mar shal von Hindenburg and Genferal von Ludendorff have received Ichders oj the German Trades unions, who laid before them complaints against the regulations issued by department heads of the army, limiting, or irt some cases paralyzing, the freedom of action of the unions. The outcome of the con ference has not been announced, but the Vorwaerts of Berlin believes that the grievances of the unions will be investigated. , and Fremont Bremer is considered wet two, to one. ' , . . ;::,'" Emmet may possibly go over to the wet column. The other three are ex pected to vote dry. -. Tremendous votes were given the wets in Scott, Dubuque, Lee, Clinton and Des Moines counties and big ma- Ljorities in Woodbury, CawoU. and Lrawford counties, wnicn rjrys nave found hard to overcome. ' 1 Polk county gave the drys a lead of about 2,200, which Is the largest dry majority in any one county in the state. Official figures are likely to be demanded before admission of defeat is made by cither side. - LARGER CITIES ALL WET. The larger cities as a whole went gainst the amendment. Davenport and Scott county piled up a majority of nsarly 7,000, the vote being 9,659 to 2,743. Des Moines, however, was dry by 1,410. Sioux city, coun- whereupon he stated that he could no UiJar.A.r B nl WZ" longer negotiate -with -Dr. Michaetis. tiSJlSSt inafmuk "as the chancellor, made Dubuque, Keokuk. Chn on ariJKa Omaha Bok Writes of Work in U. S. Hospital at Mare Island (Continued on 'S Two, Column Two. .) Constantinople Dolls Up to Greet Kaiser Bill London, Oct.'' 16. Great repa rations are being made in Constan tinople for the reception there of Emperor-William, according to ad vices from Constantinople received by the Central News correspondent at Amsterdam. ' The emperor will be welcomed by the sultan, the royal princes and representatives of' the military and naval branches of the government and the civil authorities. f J. Raymond Byrne, son of T. C. Byrne of this city, now a junior lieu-, tenant in the navy, stationed at a , naval hspital.on Mare island, Cali fornia, writes to friends" inOmaha that he heartily enjoys hft in the navy. He is a graduate of Creigh ton Medical college and is now assist ant surgeon at the naval hospital where he is stationed. After passing his examination for admission into the navy, he took a special course at Le land Stanford university, after which he received his appointment to report to the naval hospitafat Mare island. Police Surgeon Nigro received a letter from Lieutenant Byrne, who stated the hospital and training sta- ' Hon there are most enjoyable. "It is certainly true that the sur-i . roundings here are pleasant and above all expectations," he stated in' the let- ' ter. ' . ' ' ' ' . . ' French Warships Sink Two German Subs Paris, Monday, Oct. 15 French warships destroyed two Teutonic submarines in the western Mediter ranean in the last week of Septem- ber, according to information re- , ceived today by the French, ministry of marine. ... - - :( , , X V -y i j f7 : I' i I ' , ' ' "'y A- eatine all went. wet, Dubuque voting five to one against the amendment - The rural districts of the southern . and. central parts of the state were responsible for early apparent victory of ,the araendftient, voting -JWO'. and three to one for prohibition. , v y ' Effect of Amendment. ; ' If the later returns avof the drys, ! the legal sale of liquor in the state would be barred for , at least four years, and probably more. Under the most favorable conditions it will bo , imposible under the law for the state , to again vote on the question before , 1921, and this would only be possible through the election of two eonsecu- r tive legislatures which would vote to . resubmit the amendment. Most of Wheat Crop V Has Been Graded High Washington, Oct 16. A largfj part of this year's wheat crop has graded high at the markets No. 3 or better under the federal wheat standards made effective this year, the Depart ment of Agriculture announced today. Persistent false rumors have been cir culated in the grain trade and par ticularly among country shippers and producers says the department tha Under the new federal standards for wjieat, very little of the marketed crop is Deing or nas oeen piacea in inc X hither erades. On, the contrary, it . says, the requirements of the federal standards for wheat are not such as to work hardship on the country ship- ; pers and producers, for under these standards high grades have' been given to a heavy percentage of the ; wheat marketed? - ' Louis Malvy Cleared of v'; ; Bolo Pasha Connections Paws, Monday, Oct .15. Premier , PaihleV communicated to the cabinet today the result of the inquiry i he s made into -the charges against Louis ; I. Malvy, former minister of the in- i tcrior, accused by Leon Daudet, edi- , tor of L'Action Francaise, of having ; t betrayed secret tor Germany. TJie premier said his investigation had showed that all the accusations," whether of communicating military and diplomatic documents to the ene my or of complicity in military dis turbances, were quite unfounded. ( ' Lloyd George Libel ' Actions .Withdrawn ; ; London, Oct 16-The libel actions brought recently by Premier Lloyd George against the Exchange .Tele graph company, the Westminster Ga. zette and the Daily ,JJews for pub lishing the statement .that he left Lon don when an air-raid warning tyas given, has been withdrawn,' the terms being an apology for the: publication ' and the payment of a certain sum, the amount of which is not mentioned, to ' indemnify the premier for his costs in . the action. .' , f. ; ' ; -,,; : rj ' ' ' ' Anthracite Miners promise; to. ; Help Out Desperate Consumer Washington, D. C,; Oct"; 16.-iAn-' thracite coal operators, representinff most of the countfy"s hard coal out- l put at a conference witn the admin istration today, pledged mu .support to the government in solving the cpal problem. . - r - .'--: i