JLHE
Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XLVIL NO. 104.
THE WEATHER
Fair
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1917. TWELVE PAGES.
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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
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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
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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 !
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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
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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. ; ' ; -,,;
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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
