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BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF -s PAY II. S. IB TAXES ALL PERSON8 NOTIFIED TO MAKE RETURNS A8 GOVERNMENT WILL NOT NOTIFY THEM. MILL PUNISH THE SLACKERS Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington Issues Statement to Guide the People In Co-Operating With Hm. Washington, Oct. 8. Persons falling to mako returns to tho government ndcr tho new war revenue law will bo regarded an tax slackers, and penal tics will be enforced against them, ac cording to a statement Issued on Fri day by Daniel 0. Itopcr, commlssston cr of Internal revenue. In no caso will tho government tako tho Inltlutlvo In procuring returns. However, all returns are to bo veri fied, and nil advised to get Into com munication nt onco with tho nearest revenuo ofllclal. Alreudy the war tax law Is strain ing tho extensive resources of the fed eral bureau. Mr. Roper, tho new com mlstoncr, Is confronted with tho larg est and most exacting revenue mens uro ever enacted in any country. It Is now clear thnt many new clerks at Washington and throughout tho country will bo needed In order, to keep pneo with tho work. Tho following Individuals, colora tions, etc., arc within the Inw and aro notified by Mr. Itoper to mako re turns : All Individuals receiving Incomes of more than $1,000 a year. y All corporations, Joint stock compa nies and associations. All distillers, rectifiers, wholesalers and retailers, holders of distilled spir it) Intended for sale or to bo used for manufacturing purposes. All dealers In fermented liquors or malt liquors, wines, cordials, liqueurs, domestic and Imported. All deulcrs In soft drinks, table wa ters and carbonic acid gas. All manufacturers of and dealers In cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, snuff and clgnrctto papers. All carriers of freight, express or passengers, and all operators of pipe lines. AH dealers In life, marine, Inland, lire and casualty Insurance. All manufacturers and wholesale dealers In motor vehicles of every kind, musical Instruments, motion pic turo films, Jewelry, boats, sporting goods, perfumes, cosmetics, medicinal preparations, chewing gum and cam eras. All proprietors of amusement places, Including cabarets. All persons executing legal docu ments of any type. All traders on produco or stock ex changes and boards of trade. All Importers of merchandise. All manufacturers of Importers of playing cards. NATIONAL HOUSING MEETING Sixth National Conference to Be Held in Chicago October 15 to 17. Chicago, Oct. 0. Tho sixth national conference of tho National Housing as sociation will bo held hero October 15 to 17 with delegates present from nil sections of tho country. Tho Chicago branch of tho association Is making elaborate preparations for tho confer ence and announce n program that will tako up In all of tho phases tho housing problem ns met with In tho mall towns and tho big cities. Among tho promlucut speakers will bo Fred O. Smith of Minneapolis, William II. Ham of Bridgeport, Conn., Itlchurd Henry Dana, Jr. of New York city, James P. McCrudden of Phllndedphlu, iHenry F. Vaughn of Detroit, John E. Gonzelinan of St. Louis and Dr. E. V. Hill of Chicago. There will bo morn ing, afternoon and evening sessions. BRITISH REPULSE 5 ATTACKS Germans Leave Mounds of Dead on Battlefield In Flanders Fall to Regain Positions. London, Oct. 4. ncavy fighting , raged over n wldo section of tho west Flanders front during Monday night, the Germans directing savago counter attacks at numerous points. All of the assaults were repulsed, tho war oflleo announced. An effort by tho Germans to recap ture Zonnebeko failed under Intense gunflro of the Hrltlsh batteries and tho 'Gcrmnns were rolled back, leaving mounds of dead and wounded behind , them. Along tho Yprcs-Mcnln road tho Ger jtnan.s launched live powerful counter attacks, using Immense forces of men, but ns often as tho waves of attackers dashed forward, they were repulsed. Refuses to Answer Draft Call. New York, Oct. 8.- -Jesus Martinez, Mexican vlco consul here, has failed to i unswer a final summons to nppeor be- foro a local draft exemption board. Tho caso has been placed In tho hands of tho United States district attorney. New Regulations Ordered. Washington, Oct. 8. Tho state de partment announces thnt It has been I Informed by tho legations of Norway, 'Sweden' and Denmark thnt Americans i must hnvo their passports vlowed by idlplomutlcofllcersln tho United States. IT'S IN asSMfl - g& KAISER'S ,NEW TERMS POPE BENEDICT SAYS GERMANY WILL EVACUATE BELGIUM. Sayo Berlin Is Willing to Accept Me diation to End tho War Re ply on Way. Buenos Aires, Oct. f. A special dis patch to I.ul'rcnsn from Rome says: "Tho Giornal do Italia announces that tho pope, In communicating to the cntento powers tho official text of tho central powers' peace unswer, udded a second note declaring thnt Germany was ready to evueuuto Belgium nnd northern Franco nnd asking tho en tente governments If they desire to answer. Tho note adds that Gcrmnny Is ready to detail conditions of evacua tion, offering to accept direct media tion. "The pope declares that conversa tions were had with tho papal nuncios nt Monnco and VIcnnn. While Ger many and Austria denied tho recent Berlin reference to a verbal note ex cludo the fact that conversations were held at the moment of delivering the central powers' reply, when dellnlto Idcns wero mndo known. "Tho result obtained lu the conver sations permits tho popo to assure tho cntento powers that Germany Is dis posed to cvacunto Belgium und tho provinces of France. "One of tho verbal notes to the nun cios explains that tho conditions raudo as to Belgium are not ubsolute, but will be discussed In futuro diplomatic conversations." ROADS MOVE 720,000 MEN War Has Imposed a Stupendous Task on Railroads of the United States. Chicago, Oct. 0. Since tho declara tion of war tho ralltoiuls have moved 720,000 American soldiers from their homes to training camps' or embarka tion points, tho railroads' war board announced. All of these, except tho first 5 per cent of tho Nntlonnl army that moved by regular trnln Septem ber 5, have required special train serv ice. This involved tho uso of 18,500 passenger cars, 2,000 baggago cars and 1,500 freight cars and required prep arations of special schedules covering 1,531 cities designated as points of local concentration. Tho longest hnul In tho Nntlonnl army movement was that of a special train from Yumn, Ariz., to Fort Riley, Knn. Tho longest National Guurd haul wan from Snn Francisco to a point on tho Atlantic coast. GERMAN RAIDERS IN PACIFIC Three American Ships Sunk and 44 Prisoners Left on Island Teu tons Renew Operations. Washington, Oct. 0. Operations of Germnn raiders In the south Pacific were revealed In n dispatch to tho navy department on Thursday from Tutulln, Sninonn Islands, telling of the arrival thero In an open bont of tho master of tho missing American schooner, C. Slndo, with a story of how tho famous Seo Adlcr had strand ed on Mopelm Island after destroying threo American schooners nnd how members of the Germnn crew had set out for further depredations on com merce on other enptured vessels. Soukhomtlnoff Saved From Siberia. Petrogrud, Oct. 8. Tho provisional government hns decided to permit Soukhomltnoff, tho former minister of war who was convicted of trenson, to servo his term In tho St. Peter nnd Paul prison Instead of Siberia. Becomes U. 8. Boxing Instructor. Montreal, Oct. 8. Sergt. William Armstrong, Instructor of tho Montreal Amateur Athletic association, has been nppolnted boxing Inspector In the United States army. Ho occupies a similar position In Canada. Sty xYgt .... 4 V&v. J- IEKH i J&."S- mm fry EKW S f 51 P art Si x THE AIR I if mm IT ll'i !9t rt mmMM mmmrm W Wwss wr' Mfutfif' mmw WBm 7 "V &1 mssf 4Ljm tB- V-1 - p-r-x ?WZ S JT 2S-?t W iA .-v r yw W WKOS aL. .it- yj 'frwrorti fjO "WyrJtrp, VARii . REVENUE BILL IS LAW $2,700,000,000 MEASURE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. Senator La Follette Cast the Only Dissenting Vote Against the Big Money. Washington. Oct.'l. The 2.700.000.- 000 war revenue bill passed tho senate on Tuesday .wltlKthu only announced dissenting vote coming from Senator La I'ollcttc. although the "senator illd not seek n roll call on the measure and offered no objection to Its passage. 'J. lie bill was slgucd by tho nresldcnt nnd Is now luw. Senator Simmons explained why the conferees had reached agreement through compromises and snnkn In justification of tho newspnper and magazine tnxes, against which there had been a protest. lie had Inserted In tho record n long letter from Post master encrnl Burleson defending the taxes as carried In tho bill. Senntor Simmons mndo tho state ment that capitulations of estlmntcil revenues to bo derived from the bill showed It would yield about $200,000, 000 less thnn was orlglnnlly estimated. The losses would come from overestl mntlons of tho yields from the Income and war profits taxes largely, but, ho asserted, the hill was the most eqult ublo and evenly distributed burden bearer that could be drawn. Senator Smoot of Utah, Republican lender, de fended the bill as a fair and Impartial measure. WANTS W0MN ON FARMS Farm and Garden Association Launch. C8 Recruiting Plan for Conscrip tion of Idle Men. Chicago, Oct. 5. Women of Hue,, land nnd France, trudging behind the plow or swinging their scythes, pas-ed In phantom procession before tho Woman's National Farm nnd Gnrden association, called out by the clnqtienco of various speakers, and furnished tho Impulse for the formation of a service committee by the association for the recruiting of American women for work on the farm. With tho formation of this land serv ice division, this country will have a farm labor bureau for women, working In practically tho same way as tho com missions for tho recruiting of women In England. Tho Immediate plan of tho association Is to enroll an army of women for farm work before tho open. Ing of seeding time next spring. Another step taken by the associa tion wus to petition President Wilson In n resolution wired to Washington to conscript tho Idle men of tho coun try for work on farms. Tho woman land service bureau Intends to bo of national Bcrvlce. BRITISH CRUISER TORPEDOED Officer and Eighteen Men Killed by Explosion on the Drake Sinks In Harbor. London, Oct. 0. Tho British cruiser Drako has been torpedoed and sunk, according to nn admiralty announce ment. Tho Drake was torpedoed off tho north const of Ireland. Sho reached n harbor, but then -sank In shallow water. One officer and 18 men were killed by the explosion. Big Raise to Shipbuilders. Washington, Oct. 0. Agreement on n navy yard wage scnlo Increase of more thnn 10 per cent wns reached here on Thursday afternoon. The new schedule goes Into effect November 1 for one yenr. 20,000 Planes Being Made. Washington, Oct. 0. Twenty thou sand airplanes for America's fighting forces In France, authorized In the ?0 10,000,000 aviation bill passed by congress lust July, nctuully aro under construction. t I I WJ tilsSfJS.'A &.(&&&0 43 VmfK.&irfnssrj-t&-ZirairA ST?i'-J VJ PUBLIC MUST MAKE ITS TAX RETURNS OTHERWISE WILL BE REGARDED AS" SLACKERS. HOST G0KHH1E QUICKLY Public Is Admonished that In No Case Will the Government Mako the Initiative Movement. Washington. Notlco to tho nubile to mako Us tax returns to tho govern-1 mont under tho now war revenue 'has nas uecn Issued by Internal Rovonuo Commissioner Roper, In an intorpro tlvo statomont of tho law's operation. Warning was glvon that In no case would tho government tako tho Initia tive in getting in roturns, although all returns would bo verified nnd thnt ov orybody concerned should cbmmunl cato promptly with tho nenrost rovo nuo ofllccr. Persons falling tomako returns, Mr. Roper announced, would bo regarded as tax slackers and penalties will bo enforcod against them. As outlined In tho statement, tho following per sons nro affected and must mako ro turns to tho govornment: All individuals receiving Incomes of moro than 51,000 a year. All corporations, Joint stock compa nies nnd associations. All distillers, rectifiers, wholesalers and rotailors, holders of distilled' spirits intended for salo or to bo used for manufacturing purposes. All dcaleis in fomented liquors or malt liquors, winos, cordials, liquors, domestic and imported. All dealers In soft drinks, tablo waters and carbonic acid gas. All manufacturers of and dealors in cigars, clgarets, tobacco, snuff, and clgaret papers. All carriers of freight, express or passengers and all operators of plpo lines. All dealers in Ufo, marino, Inland, flro and casualty insurance. All manufacturers and wholesalo dealers in motor vehicles of ovory kind, musical instruments, motion pic turo films, Jewelry, boats, sporting goods, perfumes, cosmetics, medicinal, preparations, chowing gum and cam eras All proprietors of nmusemont places, including cabarots. All persons exocutlng legal docu ments of any typo. All traders on produco or stock ex changes and boards of trade. All importers of morchandlso. All manufacturers or importers of playing cards. Tho statement continues: "Tho law makes It tho duty of every person, Arm or corporation whoso pos sessions or incomes are taxable to mako truo and correct returns upon which the tax may bo assessed and collected. This information is of vital lmportanco to ovory citizen, because notwithstanding that tho bureau of in ternal rovenuo is tho agency charced with tho administration of tho now I law and tho collection of tho taxos, it is not regarded that tho bureau of in tornal revenuo shall find out nnd id form persons, firms or corporations oi inoir responsibilities, sucn per Bons, firms or corporations must for themsolvcs mako returns, which, In tho courso of administration, tho bu reau of intornal rovenuo will vbrlfy. "Sovero penalties aro provided 'for falluro upon tho pnrt of any parson, firm or corporation to mako tho cor- rect inventories and roturns quired." ro- NEW POSTAGE RATES One Cent Will Be Added Aftor 1st of November. Washington. Detailed instructions to postmasters on tho increased letter mall ratos which becomo effectlvo No vember 2, under tho terms of tho war tax bill, bavo been issued by Postmas ter General Burleson. They do not apply to mall to most foreign coun tries, which aro fixed by international troaty, but they do apply to all domes tic mall and under that classification is Included mail to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Panama, tho United States pos tal agency at Shanghai, and all per sons in the military servlco of tho United States in Europo. Tho postofllco department has is sued thoso Instructions: Postmasters shall on nnd aftor No vember 2, seo that postago is paid at tho rato of 3 cents nn ounco or frac tion thoroot on .lettors and othor first class matter except drop letters. All drop letters, that is, letters mailed for dollvery from tho onlco at which post ed, Including thoso for dollvery by city, rural or other carrlor of such oflleo, aro required to liavo postage paid on thom at tbo rato of 2 cents an ounco or fraction thereof. Postal cards aro required to bo propaid, 2 cents and, theroforo tho 1-cont postal cards must bavo a 1-cont postage stamp affixed to them in addition to ono cent stamp Impressed on such cards. Post cards (private mailing cards) bearing wrltton mossagos, must havo 2 cents postago pepald ou them. Soldier Boys to Get Their Mall Washington. To make sure that American troopers abroad get tholr letters from homo, 150 postal clerks will bo dlspatchod to Franco and tho war department has given ordors that transports bound toward the battlo front shall carryall tho accumulated mall avallablo and thus koop tho ser vice upto tho last mlnuto. Appeals for lottors, magazlnos and newspapers havo boon pouring In on congressmen. Investigation disclosed that the mails wore far behind because transport were repeatedly sailing without them. WINDS UP BUSINESS CONGRESS ENDS ITS WAR SES SION. WHAT BELGIANS DEMAND Want Country Returned to Them as the Price of Peace Ne braska Boys Soon to , Go to France. Washington. In tho midst of a day'B thrilling debate on alleged dis loyalty of Sonator La i-'ollotto of Wis consin, tho extraordjnary session of congress which bognn April 2, and gonorally regarded as tho most mo mentous in American history, was ad journed at 3 p. in. Saturday. Veho mont criticism of tho Wisconsin sona tor and his own defense, occupying virtually tho entire day, marked tho close of tho war session, with other customary adjournment and legisla tive procedure, including Prosident Wilson's attondanco at tho capltol. Tho usual eleventh hour grist of legis lation waB put through, following six months of important war action, and most of tho momberB who had ro romalncd for tho final days have gone homo to await tho call of tho next ses sion, December 2. Nebraska Boys to Go to France. Lincoln, Neb. Reports recelvod In Lincoln nro to tho effoct that tho Fifth Nebraska, regiment, under Colonel H. J. Paul, thoonly Nebraska regiment loft intact at Dcming after the army reorganization plans had been put Into oTfect, has received orderswhich will shortly tako it to France. Tho report was current nt tho state houso that Colonel Paul had been In structed to got his command In shopo for entrapment to Now York City, whoro transports will be waiting to carry tho force overseas. Tho Fifth, reinforced by somo com panies from tho other two Nebraska regiments, nnd an Iowa regiment, com pose tho Ono Hundred nnd Thirty third Infantry division. WHAT THE BELGIANS DEMAND Want Country Given Back to Them as Price of Peace. London. What tho famous peace formula of "reparation, restitution and guarantees" means to Belgium is set forth In an Interview given by Emilo Vnnderveldo, tho Belgian statesman, who is now in London. "Tho reparation nnd tho restitution that wo demand," ho said, "Is first that our country itself shall bo given back to us, and then that its despoil ors .shall bo made to provide tho means whereby our nation may bo re created. Wo demand that Germany return the money exacted from us, tho restitution wherewithal to mako good tho general havoc of war. It will bo a big bill, but it will have to be met, and by Germany. "Let mo not bo misunderstood. Reparation must not bo confused with indemnities. I am no supporter of any policy of fining Gormany. But Bolglum must bo restored. That Is our demand." Birth of New Po'lltlcal Society. Chicago'. Tho first action of tho now national party, which has becomo a realty, will bo to establish western i headquarters in Chicago and eastern J headquarters in either Now York or i Washington, according to momberB of tho conference which effected tho amalgamation. This will bo done aftor tho executive commltteo com posed of four roprescntntlvca each from tho prohibitionist, progressive, social democrat, singlo tax and iudo pondent parties has boon chosen. This done, the work of rounding up tho , million dollar fund with which tho campaign in 1920 is to bo prosecuted will begin. Mexico Denies Report Mexico City Tho Mexican foreign oflleo has Issued an ofllclal statement that citizens of Moxlco aro not being pressed unlawfully into tho American army. Tho announcement was made in answer to roports to tho contrary bollovod to havo been fostered by Ger man ngonts. Chicago. Forty-flvo governors havo approved tho plans tu proccod at onco with tho physical examination of .tho 7,000,000 mon registered under tho so lectivo draft act, who wero not In cluded in tho first call. Typhoon Renders 100,000 Homeless London A Shanghai dispatch .to Router's says that as tho result ot"a typhoon which swept over Tokio 100,000 porsons are homeless, 183 aro doad and 217 missing. Tho number of injured is 1C8 and 1.34G housos were demolished. Telegraph and telophono sorvlco and railway traffic wero in terrupted. Even worse damago is re ported to havo boen indicted in tho rural districts. Many villages between Kioto and Osaka have boen inundated by overflowing rivers and it is feared considerable loss of Ufo has resulted. Luxburg on Way Home. Buenos Alro3. Confrmation was re ceived hero that Count Karl von Lux burg, former German minister to Ar gentina, who recently was glvon his passports for his connection with dls patchos sent thru tho Swedish legation to Germany, was spirited out of Ar gentina In a pollco automobllo in charge of a pollco captain, and rushed to Tlgro, a suburb, whero tho formor minister-took n tug to Calonln, Uru guay. From there ho proceeded by train to Montevideo, whoro he boarded a Spanish steamer. BROKEN DOWN IN HEALTH Woman Tells How $S Worth of Pinkham's Compound Made Her Well. ' Lima, Ohio. "I was all broken down' In health from a displacement Ono of my lady friends camo to see me and sho ad vised mo to com mence taking Lydla E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound) and to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash. I began tak ing your remedies and took $5. 00 worth and in two months was a well woman after thrco doctors said I never would etand up straight again. I was a mid wife for Bfvcn years and I recommended tho Vegetable Compound to every wo man to tako before birth and after wards, and they all got along bo nicely that it surely is a godsend to suffering women. If women wish to write to me I will be delighted to answer them." Mrs. Jennie Mover, 842 E.North St, Lima, Ohio.. Women who suffer from displace ments, weakness, irregularities, ner vousness, backache, or bcaring-dowa pains, need the tonic properties of the. roots and herbs contained in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Died of Inward Guilt. Wu Ting Fang Is nt the hend of the Chinese foreign office, and you enn't put much over on n man with ns good a sense of humor as Doctor Wu. A newspnper man recalls his famous wheeze nbout the Chlnnmnn who com mitted suicide by eating gold leaf. "But I don't see how thnt killed him how did It?" Inquired n society woman. "I suppose," said Wu seriously, "that It was the consciousness of Inward gilt." Exchange. s Thev Reason. Nell That man over there Is star ing straight nt my nose. Bell Perhaps he's a reporter. Nell And why should n reporter stare .nt my nose? Bell They are supposed to keep their eyes on everything that turns up. Comparisons. "Do you remember In your days of adventure the story you told me about the trouble you had In one voyngo to dodge a mnnentlng shark?" "Yes, but that's nothing to tho trouble I have to dodge my wife when Bhe wants money for shopping." Back Lame and Achy? There's little peace when your kid neys are weak and while at first there may be nothing more serious than dull backache, sharp, stabbing pains, head aches, dizzy spells and kidney irregu larities, you must act quickly to avoid tho moro serious trouble, dropsy, gravel, heart disease, Bright's disease. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy that 'is so warmly recommended everywhere by grateful users. A Nebraska Case "Svtty Pictun a. W. A u 1 t, prop. 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