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R1EF R I G HT REEZY BITS OF NEWS CONVICT KILLS FATHER'S SLAYER WITH GUARD'S GUN ' Douglas, Ga March 18. Robert Merritt, a chain gang road worker, , today snatched a shotgun from a guard and killed Walter Harper, a farmer, who had ( killed Merritt's father several years ago. TAXES INSANE INDIAN 1,100 MILES ON DOG SLED The Pass, Manitoba, March 18. A Royal Northwest Mounted Po lice officer, Sergeant Thompson, arrived here today after "mushing" 1,100 miles over a snow trail with an insane Indian lashed to his dog sled. Thompson's dogs, weak from lack of food, were barely able to drag their load into town. Thompson brought the Indian from Trout Lake, near Hudson's bay. Part of the trip was made mrougn a ciizzard. GEN. CROWDERGOES TO CUBA IN AIRPLANE Havana, March 18. Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, judge advocate general of the American army, who had been invited to Cuba by the gov ernment to revise the election laws, arrived here from Key West this afternoon by hydro-airplane. After landing, General Crowder went aboard the American cruiser Cincin nati. V RHINE TO BE PLACED UNDER ALLIED CONTROL Parts, March 18. The future nav igation of the Rhine wilt be con trolled by an allied commission, the peace conference commission on the international regime of ports, railways and waterways decided to day. The commission will replace the German-Holland commission existing before the war. NATIONAL PROHIBITION DEFEATED IN NEW JERSEY Trenton, N. J., March 18. The house of representatives of the New Jersey legislature today passed a resolution rejecting ratification of. the national prohibition amendment. The amendment had previously fail ed of action in the senate. FLIES 172 MILES IN 74 MINUTES Paris, March 18. Maj. Gen. John ' E. B. Seely of the British war of fice Sunday flew from Folkestone to Paris, a distance of(172 miles in 74 minutes, establishing a new record for the flight, it was learned today. The airplane had the wind behind it. DEATHS EXCEED BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES London, March 18. For the first time since the establishment of the system of registration, deaths ex ceeded births in England and Wales in the last quarter of 1918, accord ing to the report of the registrar general, made public todaj'. In the lasjf ijitarter of 1918 the births were 161.775 and the deaths 241,218. The . deaths exceeded those for the pre ceding quarter by 127,000. Irifluenzajysjdjflaied, was either the primary or contributory cause of no fewer than 98,998 deaths in the quarter named. WHIPS GIRL, THEN RUBS SALT INTO WOUNDS Marietta, Ga., March 18. Mrs. Naomi Campbell, head of the Unde nominational HBnie For Children " here, was convicted today on charg es of cruelty to Sallie- Clayton, one o fthe inmates of the institution. Several of the children making their home at the institution testified that after whipping the Clayton girl, Mrsi-Campbell removed, the girl's clothing and rubbed salt and pepper into the wounds caused by the whip ping. ?..Mrs. Campbell was found guilty in a similar case yesterday. Sen tence was deferred on both convic tions pending trial on five additional indictments, -u BAKER FIGURES WAR ' COST AS $197,000,000,000. San Francisco, March 18. "The cost of the war in money alone was $197,000,000,000 or- $11,000,000,000 more than the total property value of alt North America," Secretary of War Newton D. Baker told a gather ing at the Commercial club here to day following his arrival with Pey ton C. Marsh, chief of staff, to in spect army posts here. "The deaths from wounds in battle numbered 7,300,000 and the tota". deaths in all the armies reached a grand total of 9,000,000," he said. "No child born in a civilized na tion in the next 100 years will escape paying a considerable portion of the debt this war has brought about. COMPETITIVE RATES IN WEST ELIMINATED' Washington, March 18. Compet itive passenger rates over circuitous -mutes in the western states and iB tsw-toci the middle west to the Pacific coast will be eliminated April 1 ty new rate schedules issued by the rail road administration. The new schedules it was learned tonight pro vide specific fares on the basis of - the general countrywide increase ordered last June, but do not change rates except on the circuitous routes. As an example of the circuitous ' route competition ordered abandon " ed railroad administration officials cited the Southern Pacific route - frorn Chicago to San Francisco by V way of New Orleans, which is about 50 per cent longer than the direct route. GENERAL-WOOD PAYS TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND. New York; March 18. .Army and navy officers of high rank and men discharged in civil life joined here today in paying tribute to the mem ory of Grover Cleveland, on the 82d inniversary of his birth. T?ll. tmemnrtal Services in St. Paul chapel on lower Broadway.l public exercises were ncm theater under the auspices of the Grover- Cleveland association of which George F. Parker, who was private secretary t President Cleveland, is head . Perhaps the most feeling tribute was paid by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who became intimately ac "uaintH with th fnrtner president, en a young medical omcer a- -k..!cd to Washing' MAKE VOL. 48 NO. 235. w M LEADERS IN ACCORD ON TERMS OF TREATY Predict Completion of Pact in Two Weeks; Lloyd George Agrees to Inclusion of League Covenant. By Associated Press. Paris, March 18. Announcement was made at the close of a confer ence today between President Wil son, David Lloyd George, the Brit ish prime minister, and M. Clemen ceau, the French premier, that no final decisions had been taken, but that all the main questions surround ing the r"ace conference had been discussed, that the meeting had been entirely satisfactory and that there Tiad been no change in the plans pre viously announced, which contem plate , the completion of the peace treaty within the next two weeks, in cluding the league of nations. Lord Robert Cecil, after consul tation with Premier Lloyd George, declared tonight in behalf of the British delegation that the league of nations covenant, in the opinionerf the delegation, should be incorpor ated in the preliminary peace treaty. Great Interest Manifested. Great interest attached to the con ference owing to a report that there was a divergence in views on some of the main questions to be discuss ed. Crowds gathered to witness the arrival of the heads of the various governments. The conference was an extended one, lasting from v3 o'clock in the afternoon until 6 o clock this even ing. Vittirio Orlando, the Italian prime minister, did not attend the confer ence as the discussion principally concerned Great Kritain, France and the United States. During the meeting Capt. Andre Tardieu of the "French peace delegation, and M. Loucher, former minister of econ- struction, visited the apartment of Colonel House, Japanese Seek Race Equality. Lord Sumner and Norman Davis, the British and American financial experts, were called in. Toward the close of the meeting two of the Jap anese delegates, Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda, arrived and talked with Colonel House but did not join in the conference. The Japanese desired to know when the league of nations commis sion yould resume its sessions, as they wished again to offer an amendment terminating racial dis crimination. Their purposes to re new their offer of the amendment was not accompanied by an intima- tion of insistence to the point of re fusing to accept the treaty without the amendment. - . , Their views will be heard fater, after the neutrals have been given a hearing, which today was fixed for 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. During the conference Mr. Lloyd George made known the fact that he probably would be able to re main for the concluding work on the treaty, as he had been urged to do in a letter from President Wilson, Premier Clemenceau and Premier Orlando. It developed that no difference in (Ontiuiied on Page Two, Column Three.) Belgian Sovereigns WillGo by Airplane to Visit Gen. Pershing Chaumont, March 18. To visit General Pershing King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will ar rive here tomorrow for a three-day visit to General Pershing. They are expected to make the trip from Brus sels by airplane. The king and queeit will go direct to General Pershing's chateau, a few miles from Chaumont, and will in spect a guard of honor composed of picked troops from the American forces stationed near Chaumont. They will have dinner with General Pershing and will spend the night at the chateau. J Thursday the king and queen will come to Chaumont to attend a for mal reception in their honor at the city hall. Cleveland Railway Refuses to Reinstate Conductorettes Cleveland, March 18. The Cleve land Railway company will abide by its agreement -with the city and carmen's union not to employ women conductors after, March 1, notwith standing an order of the war labor board directing the reinstatements of 64 conductorettes, John J. Stanley, president of the company, announced late today. Under the agreement a three-day car strike was settled, and Mr. Stan ley said he could not reinstate the women and be a party to another strike. The conductorettes will -hold a meeting tomorrow night to discuss further action in the event they are not taken back . USE OF THE BEE'S The Omaha Eaton uora4-eliii matter Max 21. 190. at OhIii . 0. ar Mt at March J. IS7S 5) t)r. Ishida's Story Ravings Of Disordered x Mind, Says v Nurse Whom He Mentioned . Miss Billie Jacobs Denies oil. Witness Stand That Physician Slain by Japanese Had Ever Assaulted ' Her or That There Was Any Love Affair Be - tween Her and Either of the Men. Baltimore, March 18. Miss Billie Jacobs, the nurse at Shepperd and Enoch Pratt hospital, to protect whose honor, Dr. Norbu Ishida, the Japanese mental expert, claims-he shot and killed Dr. George B. Wolff, resident physician, today was called on by the attorneys for the defense to testify that the accusations said to have been made by Dr. Ishida that that she had been assaulted by Dr. Wolff and that Dr. Wolff had interfered in an alleged love affair between herand Dr. Ishida, were but the ravings of a man with a disordered mind. Miss Jacobs, under cross-examina- " tion, declared that Dr. WUm had never assaulted her, and that there had been no love affair between her and Dr. Wolff or Dr. Ishida, but that Dr. Ishida had annouyed her with improper advances and had shown himself exceedingly jealous. In the cross-examination Miss Ja cobs testified that Dr. Ishida, after calling her to the conference room of the hospital on November 18, last, asked her to meet him in his room at the hospital. Even after that in cident, Miss Jacobs testified, Dr. Ishida persisted in annoying her. WHEN IS BEER LEGALLY BEER? ROPERWUZZLE Upon Its Solution Will Depend What Shall Be Done if New York Brewers Re new Brewing. Washington, Marcn 18. Answer to the question of wheft beer is legal ly beer and whether it may contain 2f4 per cent alcohol without being officially considered intoxicating was sought today by... internal rev enue bureau officials in existing statutes, court decisions and admin istrative regulations, but with no definite conclusion. Pending a decision by the legal division of the bureau and an opin ion by Attorney General Palmer, commissioner Koper declined to say what he would do in case New York brewers carry out their announced intention of resuming manufacture and sale of beer containing 2-J4 per cent alcohol under President Wil son's recent order permitting the making of "near beer." ' When Is Drink "Soft?" Internal revenue officials held a number of conferences. The bureau's legal experts-argued that all pre cedents of acts of congress and of revenue bureau practices point to the rule that if beer contains one half of one per cent or more alco hol it is intoxicating and is taxable as real beer. Drinks to be 'soft," "non-intoxicating" and ''non-alcoholic" must contain less than one half of one per cent alcohol, they said. Therefore, it was argued that the president's order of last September 16, forbade the use of grain or other food products in making beer with one half per cent or more of alco hol. Commissioner Roper, however, de cided to fortify himself fully and arranged to call on the Department of Justice for an opinion. Manufacture Prohibited. In any event, officials said, the manufacture of beer with more than one half per cent alcohol is prohibit ed after May 1 under of the food provision of the act of November 21, 1918. It was understood that New York brewers, however, did not agree with this view. Various provisions of recent rev enue acts were made by bureau offi cials in the contention that one half per cent is the maximum for onn intoxicating beverages. Revenue bureau regulations pro- (Contlnoed on Pane Two, Column Two.) Congress May End War Without Peace Treaty, Says Senator Lenroot Washington, March 18. If Presi dent Wilson does not negotiate , a peace treaty satisfactory to the sen ate, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, republican, said in an address on the league of nations before the Wash ington Commercial club here to night, congress may pass a joint resolution summarily ending the .war with Germany without a treaty, leaving American participation in the league of nations to future de termination. Senator Lenroot declared he fav ored the general plan of the league as proposed,, but would not be co erced into voting for the constitu tion as now drawn, without amend ment. IJoot to Head Committee on International Law New York, March 18. Elihu Root was named,tonight, chairman of a committee of 15 of the Asso ciation of the Bar of the City of New York, to consider all questions of international law arising in con nection with the peace conference. NEW QUESTION rOMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919. She continued: "There has. never any affair be tween Dr. Wolff or Dr. Ishida and me. I had the greatest respect for.Dr. Wolff and treated him accordingly. I had no respect for Dr. Ishida and treated him accordingly. Dr., Wolff paid no more attention to me than tie did to any of the other nurses at the hospital." Several Japanese doctors located at institutions here testified Dr. Ishida suffered from "Self-exaltation" or swell head." BRITISH AIRMEN TO FLY OVERSEA FROM, ST, JOHN'S Pilot and Navigator Sail for Newfoundland With Air plane ' to Compete for $50,000 Prize. London, March 18. British avia tors are to try for a flight across the Atlantic. A secretly built airplane, accompanied by Harry Hawker, as pilot, and Commander MacKenzie Grieve, Royal, navy, as navigator, was shipped from England yester day for St. John's Newfoundland, from which it will start at the ear liest possible moment in an attempt to win the Daily Mail prize of $50, 000 (or the first machine to fly across the Atlantic. Pilot Hawker said he believed that the -flight would occupy about 19 1-2 hours. Newfoundland lies nearer to Eu rope than any other part of North America, the distance being about 1,900 miles. Strikers and Non-Union Workers Clash at Clinton Clinton, la., March 18. Fighting among strikers and non-union em ployes of the Iten Biscuit company broke into open pioting tonigth and several persons were injured. Sher iff Day and the police finally restor ed ' order and remained- on guard until the rjoters had flispersed. Manager Richard Stewart of the Buscuit company was struck by one of the employes, his automobile was partly wrecked and a number of strikers were injured in the gen eral fighting. Bishop Bashford Dies. Los Angeles, March 18. Bishon Jaines U. Bashford, for many years a prominent figur in the Methodist Episcopal church, died today at a sanitarium near here after an illness of many months. Bishop Bashford was born in Fayette, Wis., May 29, 1849. For 15 years he was president of the Ohio Wesleyii university at Delaware, O. Since 1904 he had spent much of his life in China. IOWAN6 COMING HOME. Washington, March , 18. The transport Pearl Shell, due at unan nounced port March 31, has a casual company for Iowa. Oh Yes, As Usual, The Omaha Bee Set the Pace On Automobile Display Advertising During Auto Show Week Here Are the Figures in Inches for the Eight Days (Haynes Adv. Company Measurements) Bee World-Herald News 7802 7720 7543 However, it is an annual occurrence for: The Bee to lead the field. It was the same story last year and the year before. " The Auto men have learned from experience the most judicious way to place their advertising. That's -why The Bee leads. Keep Yoyr Eye On The Bee Improving Every Day. AND ANSWER COLUMN SEE EDITORIAL PAGE. Da MEXICAN TROOPS TO RESCUE OF Force Order to Proceed by Forced Marches to Camp Where Villa Is Holding American Prisoners. Jaurez, Mexico, March 18. Mexi can federal troops have been ordered to proceed to Western Chihuahua by forced marches to rescue Bishop Jos. C. Bentley, president of the Jaurez Mormon stake; James E. Whetton chief missionary of the stake, and Albert Tietjen, another member of the Mormon colony in Mexico. They were captured by Villa troops near Las Cruces, Mexico, and are being held in Villa's main camp, according to unconfirmed re ports received by the Mormon church officials. Two Expeditions Started. Col. Agustin Mora announced late today that General Zuazua wkh 500 cavalry had been ordered to pro ceed from Neuvas Casas Grandes in to western Chihuahua in -an effort to rescue the thfee Mormons. At the same time Colonel Del Arco, with an infantry command, he said, will proceed from Guzman toward Ascension, Ojitos and Janos witfi orders to drive off the Villa com mand under Martin Lopez and Ra mon Vega and rescue "Bunk" Spen cer, the negro foreman of the Ojitos ranch, and the ten cowboys who are being held by Lopez as hostages for the payment of $5,000 which was sent to Ojitos Saturday by Super intendent Morehead of the Warren Cattle company. No ransom has been demanded for the release of the Mormons, accord ing to Bishop A. L. Pierce, in charge of the .church, affairs here. Appeal Made to Carranza. Washington, March 18. The American embassy at Mexico City was instructed today by the State department to request the Mexican government to take every possible step to insure the protection of American citizens in the territory of northern Mexico, where Villa has become activeX The Mexican au thorities also will be asked to effect- the release of James Whetten, an American, who, with Joseph Bentley, a .bishop of the Mormon church and a naturalized Mexican, was captured, by Villa forces near Las Cruces, Chi huahua, some days ago. Information that Whetten was in the hands of bandits reaJied the de partment only a short time before a telegram Was received from Repre sentative Edward L. Hamilton of Michigan, who said he had been informed by Warren & Co., that employes of the company's ranch at Ojitos, Chihuahua, were held by Martin Lopez, a Villa lead er, who demanded $o,000 ransom under threat of killing the prisoners and destroying the ranch. The sage said the foreman of the rancjij was endeavoring to raise the money. Bavarian Diet Under Guard Elects Hoffmann Premier Basle, March 18. Herr Hoffmann, socialist minister of worship in the Eisner government, was elected premier of Bavaria yesterday by the diet, according to a Munich dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette. All the entrances to the building were strongly guarded and machine guns were posted on the roof. Mili tia and police were distriWited throughout the house. The deputies and the newspaper men were searched for arms before they were allowed to enter. MORMONS Bee By Mall (I rtar). Oally. $4.W: 8uaay. 12.80; Dally anf Sua.. KM: audi da Nak. aottaaa axtra Two American Women Missionaries in Korea . Beaten by Jap Soldiers Apology for Outrage Demanded by Consul at Seoul, Who Himself Had Been Arrested and Later Re leased; v Independence Campaign Described as , Most Wonderful Passive Resistance Movement in History. Peking, March 18. An American 'missionary who has just returned from Korea describes the independence move ment there as the mo3t wonderful passive resistance move ment in history. ) The missionaries were taken by surprise when the move ment began, but after realizing that their churches had been closed by order of the police and that most of their pastors were in jail, they concluded that the time had tome to break silence regarding the brutalities witnessed in the last decade. They had seen children beaten, old men ejected from their houses and women struck with swords, and thev could not I keep quiet for humanity's sake, whatever" the cost to their missionary work and themselves. , v They determined, said this mis- sionary, during an interview with the Associated Press, that the truth shuld be known. They appointed a committee to proceed to Seoul and confer"Svith the American con sul and present signed documents to the effect that two American women missionaries had been beaten by Japanese soldiers with guns and that other American missionaries had been subjected to indignities. The American consul is declared to have said that if an apology was not forthcoming within "a week's time, something would happen. The American consul himself, the 'missionary , said, had been arrested by Japanese soldiers at Seoul, but an interesting development was spoiled by his companion also an 1 D. A. R. READY TO KELP SOLVE . NEW PROBLEMS State Convention Opens With Reception at Hotel Fonte nelle After Leaders Give Talks. "The Daughters of the Revolution in 1919 spnd on the threshold of reconstruction and readjustment be fore a land of nevA dreams and op portunities, ready to throw the shut tle back and forth as of old weav ing a mantle of power that reaches to all nations of the 'world," said Mrs. Edgar H. Allen who as Oma ha's hostess welcomed the 150 mem bers at the 'first meeting Tuesday night at Hotel Fontenelle. Ralph A. Van Orsdcl, for the Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the wearers of the little gold spin ning wheel and distaff in the name of the city of Omaha and in his appreciation of. the constitution and principles for which the organiza tion stood, he aded that: ' "Women such as this organiza tion, are the balance wheel to ex istence and society and with their mes-fKOverning, but not dictating hand, uiey reacn out ann control ine na tion's thoughts and movements." Mrs. Ringer Responds. MrsFrank I. Ringer, the state vice fegent responded to the wel come and cleverly took exception to Plutarch's statement that "Although (Continued on Tage Two, Column Six.) Mrs- Tewksbury Not Able to Attend Meet of Daughters This Year Nebraska's one "real daughter" among its Daughters of the Rev olution is not present at the con vention of the. order, held in Oma ha this week. She is Mrs. Elvira Tewksbury, Plattsmouth, 88 years old the- one woman in Nebraska whose father fought in the Revolu tionary war. At the last conference , Mrs. Tewksbury was carried up into the Fontenelle and sat On the big dav enport, but this year s?ie is so feeble and her sigrrt is so nearly gone that she sends only her wishes. The huge bouquet of flowers sent her from the conference shows the respect that they have for this one little woman the only "real D. A. R." in Nebraska. Mrs. Tewksbury came to Nebras ka as a little girl. Here she met Mr. Tewksbury and instead of returning to New Hampshire, she became Mrs. Tewksbury and she has since lived in Plattsmouth and Omaha. In 1913 she became a member of the D. A. R. Her father, one of the revolutionary soldiers was 70 years old when Miss Alvira was born. Her mother was 35. At present she is enrolled in the Jolmathan Cass chapter at Weeping Water. Thirty Thousand Men Sail. Washington, March 18. Depar ture from France of approximately 30,000 officers and men of the Amer ican expeditionary force the larg est single homeward movement of troops since the cessation of hostili ties was announced today by the War department. The returning sol diers are aboard two cruisers, the ; Montana and the Pueblo,, and 14 I transpof ts. 1 TWO CENTS. American who informed the Japan ese this man was , the American consul. He was thenv released. The Japanese charge the mission ajres with teaching the Koreans doc trines of liberty and personal right. Every Christian Korean was asso ciated in the movement, the mission ary added, because every Korean was in it, Korean Christians and non Christians being equally prepared to suffer, to advance the cause of their country. The visit of John J. Abbott of the Continental and Commercial Trust and Sayings bank of Chicago-' to Korea, led Koreans to believe that he was the representative of the peace conference, and this accelerat ed the independence movement. AFRICANS HAVE CANNIBAL ORGY AFTERJATTLE Missionary Reports Road Strewn With Human Bones, - From Which Flesh Had Been Eaten. New York, March 18. Details of a cannibal orgy in western Africa, in which natives are reported to have eaten members of opposing tribes after a battle, were received by the Presbyterian board of foreign mis sions here tonight in a message from Dr., G. C. Beanland, of Louisville, Ky., a missionary, stationed at Metet, West Africa. According to Dr. Beanland, the fighting centered about a native king at the town of Efufup, whose forces were attacked by those of several elder chiefs, after he had ordered erection of a school for use of the missionary party in his town. Sever al bodies were eaten in the streets of the town, Dr. Beanland reported Later, after 12 of the insurgent chiefs had ben captured' and im prisoned by French troops and the uprising quelled, Dr. Beanland vis ited the scenes of other fights. Ac cording to his reports, nearly a. dozen towns had been laid waste and the road over which he trav eled was strewn with human bones from which the flesh had been eaten. Discharged Soldiers May Get Bonus by Filing 'True Copy' Discharge Washington, March 18. Regula tions governing the payment of $60 btfnus to honorably discharged sol diers were amended by the War de partment today to permit the ac ceptance by disbursing officials of a "true copy" of.ischarge certifi cates. Heretofore the original certificates were required, but it was found that many soldiers refused to part with the papers, preferring to lose the bonus rather than risk the loss of official evidence of their honorable release. ' All copies submitted under the amendment authorized today must be certified by the army recruiting officer nearest the soldier's resi dence. Most Children Have Defective Teeth, Says Miss Townsend "Ninety-two per cent of the Omaha school children, by actual test, have defective teeth," arrested Miss Charlotte Townsend, supervis or of nurses of the public schools, speaking at the annual meeting of the Omaha Free dental dispensary at the Rome hotel last night. An, Omaha made film, known as "Our Civic Pride," was "bewh. The picture depicts the necessity of den tal supervision of the school chil dren. A secretary's report showed that 5,700 cases had been treated during the last year, averaging from four to seven operations each. A cam paign , against prophylaxis has re cently been launched by the associa tion in all Omaha schools. Miss M. O'Toole, principal of Comenius school, talked on the "Benefits to the Child Accomplished by the Dispensary." THE WEATHER; Fair Wednesday; wifir south east; colder northwest; Thursday unsettled and colder, rain in east. Hourly TriiiprrnturPN: Hour. lira;., Hour. 5 a. nt. a. in. 7 a. in. R a in. 1 a. m. lit a. m. 11 a. m. 1 in.:.., i I i. in. .11 1 i. in. SM it l. in. .. .41 I 4 p. m. . . . HI . . .03 ...65 . . ,H . .. . ..68 . . . 80 ...6 .411 ! 5 p. III. m. . ni. . .... V ....Y.Mlt l. . ,,y,-.S8 H p. EXPLOSION SEQUEL TO THREAT TO HUSBAND Oakland Police Mystified by Blast Which Caused Death , of Mrs. Greenwood at Family Home, v Oakland, Cal., March 18. Mr.r George Greenwood, wife of the vice president of the Savings Union Bank and Trust company of San Fran cisco, was killed instantly by a bomb explosion tonight at the family home overlooking Lake Merritt in the resi dential district of the city. The police said early investiga tion has failed to disclose whether , the bomb was hurled at Mrs. Green wood or whether she picked it up while walking about on the grounds. Greenwood was ill in bed at his home at the time. No one elsewas in the house except the servants. According to police, a letter de manding $5,000 and threatening to destroy his home withdynamite un- less the amount was paid was sent to Greenwood in January, 1918. This letter, police said, was signed "C. C.'yof C," the initials, they point ed out, being similar to those affixed . to threatening letters sent to Gov. " William 'D. Stephens before the c' ecnye residence in Saeramento w?" dynamited last year. . Hurled 10 Feet. The body of Mrs. Greenwood had been hurled 10 feet by the explosion of the bomb. A brick wall in the garden was marked by a deep inden tation and was badly damaged. This led the police to believe that it was on or near the wall that the bomb exploded. - The theory most favored by the" police is that the. bomb had been planted, was discovered and picked up by Mrs. Greenwood and exploded . in her hands. Her body was mutil ated badly. . The police failed to discover any witnesses to the tragedy. Servants in neighborhood houses said they heard the blast and saw the debris and smoke in the air. Buildings in the neighborhood were jarred se verely. ' t Myron T. Harris, deputy district attorneyr after preliminary investi-" gation said: t "We believe we have definite in formation as to the persons guilty of this outrage, and we expect to nifake , arrests before midnight. All the windows on the two sides of the Greenwood home were shat tered, j Story of Husband. "I had been sick," Greenwood saia.' "I was upstairs in my dressing gown when the explosion took place. I ran down stairs and, lying there be- , side the walk I found the body of my wife. , "I can't imagine, why this was done. I haven't an enemy in the world that I know of. Mrs. Green wood had none. I don't know why they did this." A cook in a residence near the ; Greenwood home told the police: "I looked out the kitchen window and saw a great cloud - of black smoke7 The smoke was so heavy I could see nothing else; even the house was hidden. As it cleared I saw Mrs. Greenwod lying beside the gravel walk." ' Difficulty in establishing the exact spot where the explosion occurred was complicated by the fact that Mrs. Greenwood's body evidently had been thrown some distance and by the size of the area over which debris was spread. Soon after 10 o'clock the police department de clared definitely that the explosion took place in the garden and not. ' as had been reported, at a door way or just inside the house. They based the declaration largely on the marks on the brick wall in the gar den. . N Governor OffersVReward. Sacramento. Cal., March . 18. ... Governor William D. Stephens an nounced tonight he would offer a re ward of $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a bomb explosion at Oakland tonight in which Mrs. George Greenwood was killed. Retailers Forbidden to Include Luxury Tax in Selling Pric Washington, March 18. Retailers selling taxable so-called luxuries, such as expensive dothing, may not include the tax in the selling price but must specify the amount of ta in collecting it from the custom Announcing this today following a conference with merchants, the in ternal revenue bureau explainer that the rule would prevent tht raising of prices more .than tht amount of the tax. The so-callco luxury taxes will go into effect May 1 and be collected monthly. Taxes on toilet articles will be collected by sale of stamps to be bought by retailers and affixed to each article sold. The cost of thest 1 stamps may be included in the Mfi ins price of the article, '