THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1917.
BOBBIES' IN LONDON
GIYE AIR RAID ALARM
Policemen Bush Populace to
Safety, From Which They
Emerge Only at "All
Clear" Signal.
London, Sept. 30. Hostile airplanes
raided London again Saturday night.
An official announcement says:
"Hostile airplanes crossed the
coasts of Kent and Essex, in groups,
between 8 and 9 o'clock. Several at
tacks were made upon London and
some bombs were dropped in the
northeastern and southeastern dis
tricts. Bombs were also dropped at
various places in Kent and Essex. No
reports of casualties have yet been re
ceived. London's warning of an impending
raid was given quickly by policemen
riding through the streets with "take
cover" signs on their breasts and
every one hurried to shelter. Soon
the distant roar of guns was heard.
Then the explosions of guns and the
crack of shrapnel bursting in the air
came nearer. The flash of the burst
ing shells in the night was incessant.
From all directions the defense guns
boomed.
Bombs Rain Down.
Mingled with ( the sound of the
ffuns, the whirring of Gothas was
leard overhead. Bombs began to
drop, as could be told by their peculiar
explosion. The fire of the anti-aircraft
guns seemed heavier than on
any previous raids, and it was obvious
that barrages were being thrown up
" to defeat the purpose of the raiders.
t this time it appears that the har
ases at least prevented the raiders
from having their own way.
During the raid the staccato rattle
of machine guns high in the air was
evidence that the raiders were being
hotly engaged by the British fliers. In
the brilliant moonlight civilians who
ventured to look up were unable to
pee anything of the machines, al
though, they could hear directly over
head the whirr of the engines. In an
other hour the guns were roaring in
the distance and flieu they ceased en
tirely. "All Clear" and To Bed.
When the signal "all clear" was
given, London came out of its shelters
and went home to bed. The moon was
still brilliant although a fog, which
was favorable to the raiders, began to
set in. Some cautious persons re
mained near shelter, fearing another
raid might occur before morning.
There are the best of reasons for
believing the continued German air
attacks on England with the plain
purpose of killing civilians will not
pass without retaliation.
WAR TAX BILL 4
MUCH REVISED
BY CONFEREES
(Continued from re One.)
are taxed 1 cent ptt gallon as provid
ed by the senate in reducing the or
iginal 2-cent rate of the house.
Senate rates on cigars and cigar
ettes were retained, but those on snuff
were increased from 4 cents to 5 cents
a pound., 1 s " A -'
Stamp taxes agreed upon were?-
Bonds of indebtedness, 5 cents on
each $100; indemnity and surety
Bonds, 50 cents; parcel post package,
1 cent for each 25 cents of the cost
of transportation; capital stock, orig
inal issues, 5 cents , per $100; salea
and transfers, 2 cents per $100; sales
Ui UIUUULC VII CAVMII5V, win, " v
each $100 value in merchandise;,
drafts, checks, payable other than on
ight or demand; promisory notes,
except bank notes for circulation and
renewals, 2 tents for all sums below
$100 and 2 cents for each additional
$100 or fraction thereof; conveyance
papers, 50 cents between $100 and
$500, and 50 cents for each additional
$500; custom house entries, from 25
cents to $1 ; entry for withdrawal from
bonded warehouses, 50 cents; passen
ger; vessel ticke'ts 'for ports other
thin those in the United States,
Canada and Mexico, between $10 and
$30, $1; between $30 and $60, $3, and
above $60, $5; voting proxies, 10
cents; power of attorney, 2S cents;
playing cards, decks of not more thon
fifty-four cards, an additional 5 cents
on the present rates.
' Eliminate Telephone Tax.
House and senate provisions for a
tax of 5 cents each on telegraph, tele
phone and radio messages costing 15
cents or more and designed to raise
$7,000,000, were retained, but the
house tax on gas, electric and tele
phone service was eliminated.
Taxes on life insurance, eliminated
from the house bill in the senate,
were amended and reinserted, rasing
about $5,000,000. Effective November
1 the . new taxes on new insurance
policies issued are 8 cents per $100
or fraction thereof on life insurance
. and-1 cent per $1 on the premium
charged on marine, casualty, fire and
inland insurances.
Deadheads Must Pay.
Amusement taxes agreed upon pro
vide that all persons entering places
of amusement free, except employes
and officials on duty and children un
der 12, would pay a tax rate of 1 cent
on each 10 cents or fraction thereof
of the admission charge. This tax
also would apply to cabarets and sim
ilar performances where the cost of
entertainment is included in other
costs such as service. Holders of
annual, box seats would pay 1U per
cent of the annual rental. Nickel
theaters and shows, rides and othet;
outdoor park amusements, with a
maximum admission of 10 cents jand
benefit entertainments and agricul
! tural fairs, were exempted.
Tax On Fraternal Orders.
After November 1, 1917, members
of all clubs except certain fraternal
orders paying more than $12 annual
dues, would be subject to a ten per
cent tax.
On excess profits the conferees
. agreed upon a minimum deduction of
seven per cent and a maximum of ten
per cent instead of the six to ten per
cent fixed by the senate. Other exempt
ions are $3,000 for corporations and
$6,000 for individuals. Corporations,
partnerships and individuals having
no capital stock would pay a flat
rate of eight per cent en net profits
in excess of $3,000 on coropartions
and of $3,000 on individuals and part
nership. ,
Enormous Tax on Second Class.
.Enormous increases on second class
mail nultff ar nrnnosfd in the con-
. ference report on the war tax bill
Different rates would apply to reading
and advertising matter and no free
zone would be provided tor eitner.
Cuming County's Forty Per Cent of
New National Army Fifty Six Men
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Ferocious Turks
Descend on Town,
Murdering Hosts
(Continued from Page One.)
hopelessness, the groups were swept
on and on alon roads which had
no destination.
"I received word from Ambassador
Morgenthau that our premises would
not be interfered with. Next morning
the chief of police, came with armed
men and demanded surrender qf all
Armenians connected with the col
lege, girls' school and hospital. We
claimed the right to control our
grounds as American citizens.
"More than two hours we held them
at bay. They brought more armed
men. They again demanded surren
der of the Armenians. I refused.
They challenged me for resisting the
Turkish government. They said any
one who did so was liable to imme
diate execution.
"They broke open our gates.
brought in oxcarts and asked whera
the Armenians were. I refused to
tell. They went through the buildings
smashing down the doors. ; Then our
Armenian friends, feeling that fur
ther attempt on our part to save
them would bring more harm prob
ably than good, came forth, professed
themselves loyal Turkish subjects and
offered to do what was required.
No One Knows Where. ,
"An oxcart was assigned each fam
ily, with a meager supply of food,
bedding and clothing. The mother
sat on the load with her children
about her, the father prepared to
walk beside the cart. I offered prayer
and then the sad procession carry
ing seventy-two persons from the col
lege and hospital moved away.
"These teachers were men of char
acter;' education, ability and: eful
ness, several of them representing the
fme type of graduates from Ameri
can or European universities. The
company went in safety for about fifty
miles, ihen the men were separated
from the women. Their hands were
bound behind their backs and they
were led away. The eight Armenian
members of the staff of instruction
of Anatolia college were amojig. the
slain. The women and children wire
moved on and on. No one knows
where and no one knows how many
of them are still living. ,-
Tis True 'Tia Pity.
"The government officers plowed
the Armenian cemetery in Marsovan
and sowed it with grain as a symbol
that o (Armenian should live or die-
to be buried there. No Armenian stu
dent or teacher was left to Anatolia
college and of the Protestant congre
gation in the city of V50 souls more
than 900, with their pastors, were
swept away. It was a government
movement throughouh-a movement
against the Armenian people.
These things are typical of what
took plac through the six provinces
of the Turkish empire known as Ar
menia, y The Armenians are the Yan
kees of the east the merchants, man
ufacturers! capitalists, artisans and
among the best of the farmers. One
miarter'of a million people succeeded
in escaping into Russian Caucasus
and among them American represent
atives have done wonderful work in
caring for the sick, giving bread to
the hungry, clothinc the naked, car
ing for orphans. Probably 1,000,000
more went to Syria and Mesopotamia,
where they have been dependent upon
American relief which is helping this
worthy people to pull through alive."
One Million Slain.
The number of Armenians who
have been massacred, said Dr. White,
is estimated, by the American com
mittee for Armenian and Syrian re
lief in New York City at from 500,000
to 1,000,000, while there are 1,000,000
still living in need of immediate aid.
for which $5,000,000 a month is ur
gently needed, without which thou
sands will perish in destitution and
suffering. The committee is so con
ducted, he said, that every dollar col
lected goes for relief purposes.
JJr. White, now living m Minneap
olis, was ordered to leave Marsovan
by the Turkish government. He was
formerly pastor ot the Congrega
tional church in Wavcrly, la. j
Offers Prayer for Her
Husband, Then Kills Him
Denver, Colo., Sept. 30. After
kneeling at the bedside of her sleep
ing husband and breathing a prayer
for his soul, Mrs. Patrick Henry Riley
early today drew a revolver and shot
him through the head at their home
here. He died three hours later. Mrs.
Riley surrendered herself to the
police.
Kiley was an employe of the Den
ver Tramway company and 44 years
old. She is 46. They have no children.
"He was cruel and it had to be
done,? Mrs. Riley told the police.
Riley i came here ten years ago from
Paris, Tenn.
Apple Harvest Begins;
Will Sell for $6 Per Barrel
Barada, Neb., Sept 30. (Special.)
Thirty-five men have started har
vesting the apple crop on the 100-acre
orchard of Franklin Bros., near here.
It is estimated that over 4,000 bushels
will be gathered from .his orchard.
The price of Jonathans, the first ap
ple to be harvested, will range from
$4.50 to $6 per barrel. The apples
from this vicinity will be shipped from
Strussville, where a special platform
has been constructed. They will be
hauled to the shipping point in auto
trucks.
WORLD CONTROL OF
SUGAR JSPLANNED
Margin of Profit for Jobber and
Broker to Be Regulated; Pub
licity Only Check on
Retailers.
Washington, Sept. 30. Plans for an
international control of sugar prices
and distribution were announced to
night by the food administration. The
aim is to stabilize the trade through
an international sugar committee,
which will arrange for refiners'
purchases in the West Indies and in
the American insular possessions.
"This co-operative buying between
the refiners and those purchasing raw
supplies for England, France, Italy
and Canada, withthe resultant elimina
tion of competitive buying," said the
announcement, "is expected to save
consumers many millions of dollars,
and to prevent the rapid fluctuations
in prices that we have sc;n since the
outbreak of the European war."
Allies and U. S. Represented.
The members of the committee have
been named as follows:
Sir Joseph White-Todd and John V.
Drake of England, representing the
European allies, and George M. Rolph
of San Francisco; Earl'D. Babst, pres
ident of the American Sugar Refining
company, an)d William A. Jamison of
Arbuckle Brothers, representing the
United States.
The first move toward stabilizing
prices will be to open negotiations
with the Cuban government for an
agreement fixing the price to be paid
to Cuban sugar producers. Already
American refiners and all beet and
Hawaiian cane sugar producers of this
country have agreed on maximum
prices and margins of profits which
will hold prices down here.
Thi margin of profit for the jobber
and the broker will be regulated, it is
announced, like that of the refiner, but
the control ends here and no measures
can be taken by the food administra
" d,rectly t0 control retail prices.
I he food administration's hope is to
keep retail prices down by publicity.
Many New Mail Clerks
::, : Are Named for Nebraska
(Washington. Sept. 30.-(Special
Telegram.) The following railway
Nebraska h8VC b"n 8ppointed or
Robert D. Cresap, Nellgh; Clyde A. Dim,
5ror'nvl!e: Claud R Bvenport. Crete;
Marlon Bloom, Ked Cloud; Norman J CM.
eon, Lincoln; William U Prober!, Sargent
Herman Wendell, Talmage; Emll A. Pera
n'u0lha; rvllle - Richard; Guide
Rock; Eari T. Campbell. Kearney; Jacob
l' irAl LlncoIn: Floyd H. Bwan.on,
Hhlcklpy; Charles B. David. Omaha; George
J. Hautalnger, Omaha; William J. Johannes.
Seward; Thomas J. Mitchell. Jackson; Morr
an P. Phllbln, Courtland; Jamas W. Myers,
BrIMow; Ewen K. Womble, Howell; Neil
K. Haman, Petersburg; Daniel L. Hartnett,
Hubbard; Joseph Prokop, Jr., Wllber; Royal
B. Kessler, Homer; George T. Hammond,
Lincoln; Hubert A. Shannon, Omaha;
Charles II. Nordstrom, Omaha; Roy V
Wllker, Amherst; Michael A. Costello. Gree
ley; Alvln O. Burgeson, Holdrege; Mllo 11.
Danver, North Platte; Clifford R. Calev,
Adams: Alphonso C. Wilson. Omaha; j.
Howard Gruch. Falls City; Ben A. Olive
Weeping Water; William J. Joukal, Omaha;
Clarence .O. Hult, Verona; Inar Anderson,
Klwood; Benjamin A. Blakeley, Omaha:
Forest C. Kirk, Rulo; Ira D. Miller, North
Bend: John K. A. Olsen, Fremont; Victor
Cj Wilson, Keens; Bernard V. Brown.
Hebron; Donelly O. Webstery Osceola; John
W Eigenberg, Hastings; Arthur C. Camp
bell, Omaha; Glenn E. McCourtls, Kennard;
Loyd Baer, Havelock; Oscar J. Demmer,
Burton; Gall H. Herbst, Falrbury; Frank R.
Harvtson, Edgar; Karl W. Brann, Tekamah;
Luther A. Howard, Hyannis; Dewey Z.
Marx, Lincoln; Fred E. Oliver, Plain view;
Lewis P, Harris, Crab Orchard; Lonnle R.
Speara, Eastwood; Harvey O. Larson,
Omaha: Charfca E. Radllff, Crete; William
8. Mreon, Albion; John L. Fellers, Table
Rock; Fredrick E. Demmel, Freeport; Carl
V. Mohr, Lincoln: Otto '8. Larson, Shlckley;
Georga F. Bowen, Omaha; William R.
Moackler, Fremont: John H. Brown, Cedar
Rapids; Charles I, Hanaley, Rockford; Henry
W. Krause. Fairmont; Carl Rader, Peru;
Arthur 8. Bradloy, Omaha; Charles Sasse,
Jr., Frmont; Benjamin J. Brunke, Camp
bell;. Wesley S. MacDonald, Sutton; Albert
W. Sloane, Mount Clare; Cecil E. Carrey,
DeWItt: William W. Frlssetlo, Omaha;
Harry B. Florkee.yOmaha; Charles D. Pliant,
uenaon; rrenerica r. rrnuafni, aiua,
Erwln R. May, York; John W. Miller,
Randolph: Hugo G. Palmqulat, Talmage;
Edward M. Erickson, Omaha, and Harry
O. Thompson, Blue Springs.
Record Price Paid at
Phillips for Young Calf
Phillips. Neb.. Sept. 30. (Special.)
An auction held on the streets of
Phillips Saturday night stands a rec
ord unequaled in several ways. Two
weeks ago Ed Hewitt, a farmer, gave
the local Red Cross society a Red
Pole calf, provided that George E
Horn, director, would auction the calf
off on the streets. One of the largest
crowds that has ever gathered was
present at the sale.
The calf, 3 weeks old, weighing
eighty-five pounds, was first bought
by the auctioneer for $35. He'immedi
ately offeree the calf for tale again.
The animal was sold forty-nine times
in one and one-half hours for $457.50.
The prices ranged from $1 , (that
amount bei..j accepted from some lit
tle children), to $40, the amount that
was paid by Arthur N. England in the
final transfer.
Thirty Thousand Strikers
To Resume Shipbuilding
San Francisco, Sept. 30. The Boil
ermakers' union, which had blocked
the setttlement of a' strike of 30,000
metal trades workers, decided today
to accept the terms of a temporary
agreement ratified by allied unions,
and complete resumption tomorrow
of work on government shipbuilding
contracts here was forecast tonight
by the Iron Trades council.
Kerensky Orders Arrest
Of Maximalist Agitators
Petrograd, Sept. 30. Premier Ker
ensky has issued an order to the crim
inal investigator to employ the
militia to arrest Nikolai Lenine and
M. Zinovieff, his associate in the
Maximalist agitation. The warrant
reads:
"In view of the fact that the afore
mentioned persons are in Petrograd,
you will see that they are discovered
and brought before me in the char
acter of accused prisoners."
Frank Wirthsafter Is
- Seriously III at Home
Frank Wirthsafler, veteran Omaha
cigar man, proprietor of a tobacco
shop in the Bee Building, is seriously
ill at his home. He is suffering from
heart trouble and a nervous break
down. His son, Ed Wirthsafter, who
went to Camp Funston in the second
contingent of drafted men, has been
Summoned home
NINETY-EIGHT SHIP
YARDS CLOSE DOORS
More Than 10,000 Workers
Walk OuVof Seattle Shops;
Expect Settlement With
Wilson's Arrival.
(By Associated Press.)
Seattle, Wash., Sept . 30. More
than 10,000 of 15,000 union steel and
metal workers quit work in ninety
eight ship yards and contract shops
Saturday, walking from the yards
and shops as cheerfully as though
they were merely changing shifts.
The men, knowing that two United
States adjustment boards, one headed
by secretary of Labor Wilson, are
soon to arrive in Seattle, feel, it was
said, the strike will be ended speed
ily. Three of the largest steel yards
in the United States are among those
tied up. Yards and shops which have
signed the metal workers' scale em
ploy 5,000 men and these will con
tinue at work.
That the wage adjustment commit
tee probably will not make a decision
regarding the Seattle ship yard wage
controversy while on the ground, was
indicated in a telegram from Chair
man V. Everett Macy, that was made
public by the metal trades council to
day. The telegram was in reply to
one to the council asking if assurances
could be given that the committee
would adjust the dispute while in
Seattle and before visiting Portland
and San Francisco to hold hearings
on similar controversies. The mes
sage said:
"The board, while desirous of ren
dering a decision at the earliest pos
sible date, cannot say definitely
whether conditions on the coast will
permit their rendering a decision be
fore visiting Portland and San Fran
cisco." Harvey, New York Actor,
Poet and Playwright, Dies
New York, Sept. 29. James Clar
ence Harvey, actor, poet and play
wright, died here today.
BRING NOTORIOUS
SLAYERSTO IOWA
Mecum Twins to Be Eeturned
to Jones County, Having Been
Given Up by Canadian
Authorities.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 30. (Special
Telegram.) "Don't bring them back
alive," was the message received by
Sheriff Webster of Jones county,
Iowa, sent here to deliver back to
the Iowa state penitentiary, Bert and
Charles Mecum, charged with eleven
slayings in this country and Canada.
They escaped. six years ago.
The command came from angry
citizens of Jones county. The
Mecum twins, deported from
Canada Friday riight, were brought to
Detroit over the Grand Trunk from
Kingston, Ontario, where they were
serving forty-two years each for the
killing of five different persons in dif
ferent parts of the Dominion. They
were taken to Detroit police head
quarters and today turned over to
Sheriff Webster and Deputy Sheriff
Bert A. Downey of Jones county,
Iowa.
Escorted By Policemen.
Manacled in triple bonds and with
an escort of ten policemen to the
Michigan Central station, the duo of
criminals, said to have the darkest
records of any known slayers in
America, were sent on their way at
9 o'clock today. From here the
movements of the officers and priso
ners will be cloaked to avoid a pos
sible lynching bee at Anamosa, la. A
detour will be made that the prisoners
may be smuggled in at night.
The Mecum twins, it is said, are
part of a ring of assassins, who, even
though the pair were shackled in the
darkest cells of penitentiaries, en
abled them to escape five different
times, each time talcing the life of a
prison guard. They are slayers, they
admitted in police headquarters, from
the joy of killing.
Most feared of prisoners in Cana
da, the two Mecums. were gladly
turned over to the United States
authorities. They started their car
eers of crime with the slaying of a
child in Des Moines, la. They made
their escape and for several years
were sought by police of every city
in the country.
Sentenced for Life.
Later three ax killings in succession
were traced to them and they were
caught. Sentenced to serve for life
in Anamosa penitentiary, they co-operated
with the ring again, obtained
revolvers and shot and killed a prison
guard, escaping to Canada. (
Jones county is up in arms against
having the Mecums back there. Can
ada does not want the twin assassins
and willingly deported them. The
technical charge upon which the two
will be returned to prison is for the
slaying of Allen Hameker, prison
guard at Anamosa.
Judge Lindsey Attacked;
Says V.'oman Was Insane
Denver, Colo., Sept. 30. Following
an attempted attack made on him in
Denver juvenile court last night Judge
Ben B. Lindsey announced today he
would file lunacy charges against Mrs.
Mary Sanner of Denver Monday.
Court attaches interfered before the
woman could reach the judge.
Judge Lindsey was sitting at his
desk, he said, when the woman en
tered and demanded that Judge Lind
sey bring her divorced husband here
from Illinois to answer charges of
non-support. She picked up a large
glass tumbler, he said, and was just
about to throw it at him when one of
the court attaches entered and seized
her. r
Indian Mysteriiously Killed
On Railroad Track at Gordon
Gordon, Neb., Sept. 30. (Special.)
William Whetstone, an Indian from
Porcupine, S. D., was mysteriously
killed on the Northwestern railroad.
When found his throat was cut, his
skull crushed and one arm badly lac
erated. It was impossible to deter
mine whether he had fallen from the
train or been murdered. Indians in
this vicinity atfe positive he was mur
dered, t
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