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Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
ONE man KILLED
ASAUT0SWERvES
ABOUT IN STREEE
R. c. Mu|ford Dies Shortly
After Motor Car He Is Driv-
ing Upsets at Thirty
Fourth and Farnanl.

R. c. Mulford, 80, 724 Bancroft
street, was killed in an automobile
accident at Thirty-fourth and Far
nam Saturday night at 9 o'clock, when
auto which he was driving turned
completely over, pinning him under
meath. His skull was CRUSHED.
James Mulch, $3.50 South Eleventh
street, who was riding in the car with
Mulford and who attempted to leap
from the auto, escaped with only a
few abrasions onsthe face. d
DR.. Charles Rosewater, 3424 Far
nam street, who lives a block from
the scene of the accident, had both
men brought to his home, where Null
ford died few minutes later without
regaining consciousness. M. E. Glib
son, 1909 North Twenty-ninth street,
an eyewitness, helped take Mulford
from underneath the wrecked car.
Wheels Catch on Track.
Gibson said that the automobile in
which the two men were riding was
going west on Farnam on the south
side Of the street, when the auto sud-
denly caught in the car tracks and
completely swerved about, turning
over. He said the car was travelling
about twenty-five miles an hour at
the time. Mulford was driving the
car, which they had rented from the
Ford livery, 3l4 North Twenty-sec-
ond.
Milford, who operated steam roll
er on the Dodge street road for Bauer
& Johnson, paving contractors, is
survived by a wife and three children.
Officer Cooper notified them of the
accident
Heafey & Heafey, undertakers, took
charge of the body.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01

Norman f. Mack, former chairman
of the Democratic National commit
tee, who in Buffalo is proprietor and
publisher of the Buffalo Times, is
visiting in Omaha. He, is here with
Mrs. Mack as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Metz and will remain through
Ak-Sar- Ben week.
Mr.. Mack still is the New York rep
resentative on the Democratic Ma
tional committee and keeps constantly
in touch with political conditions.
"No there is nothing doing in poll
tics in the Empire state right now
outside of the impending mayoralty
election in New York. / am naturally
surprised that Mayor Mitchell should
have lost the republican nomination
to Senator Bennett. 1t looks now as
if there will be three-cornered fight
between, them and Judge Hylan. as
the democratic nominee. If the con-
test is, waged on these lines, it is
practically certain TO result in signal
victory for the democratic candidate.
In the conduct OF the war Presi-
dent Wilson. in nv opinion. is show-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Pensacola Braves Terrific
Storm With Little Loss

Pensacola, Fla, Sept. 30.-Pensa-
cola and vicinity emerged from the
battering last Friday of one of the
most terrific tropical hurricane that
ever struck this section. No loss of
life was reported and comparatively
small property damage, considering
the storms violence.
Washington, Sept. 30.-Pepsacola
was not seriously damaged by the
Indian hurricane, but number OF
merchant vessels were driven ashore,
although the storm was of exceptional
violence. This information, the first
to reach the outside world from
Pensacola since Friday afternoon,
when communication was cut off,
came to the Navy department today
from the Pensacola navy yard radio
station. Damage to the navy yard
was estimated at 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
The Bees Special Edition
For Ak-Sar-Ben, Makes a Hit

Compliments galore were elected
by The Bees magnificent special Ak
Sar-Ben edition, one of the biggest
ever put out by an Omaha newspaper.
The paper consisted of nine Sec
tions aggregating eighty-six pages,
two more than double the usual Sun
day issue. =,
Each cmoplete newspaper weighed
trine over one and one-fourth
pounds and the total of print paper
required for the edition was an excess
of thirty-three tons. Had it all gone
to subscribers through the mails the
postage on it at the second class rate
of / cent a pound would have been
close to $67S. y
As it was the local distribution
made it necessary to send the issue
out to The Bees, branch city offices
in sections and most of the carrier
boys had to make two or three trips
TO deliver their routes.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
GRAIN ALCOHOL
SEIZED IN RAID
ON DRUG store
Ten Barrels Found in California
Pharmacy; AIIege Big Job
bling Firm viii Be
Implicated.

Ten barrels Of grain alcohol were
seized by raiding squad which
swooped down on the California
pharmacy, Sixteenth and California
streets, at 3 o'clock Saturday after
noon. --'--
The raid promises to result in
startling disclosures of Wholesale
traffic in alcohol by large Omaha
jobbing drug firm, according to Jim
Buel, special investigator, who led the
raiding party.
Buel declares he first obtained
knowledge that the California phar-
macy had alcohol in its possession
when he discovered a negro driving
truck loaded with several barrels
of the liquid at 10 o'clock one night.
Owing to the hour, Buel was unable
to obtain proper legal papers to ar
rest the negro, so he did not molest
him.
To Make Arrests.
The alcohol ON the negro's truck,
Buel alleges, was consigned by a large
local jobbing house to the California
drug store. Warrants for the arrest
of the head Of the jobbing firm and
the negro will be issued for service
Monday morning, he says.
The raid on the drug store was
made by Buel and Constable Zack
Ellis, armed with search warrant
from City Prosecutor Mcclure.
A small bottle of the stuff was first
purchased after which Buel and Ellis
flashed the legal document and started
a thorough search of the establish
ment.
The ten barrels of grain alcohol
were located in the basement. Halt
a dozen or so empty barrels also were
found. Upstairs, in the pharmaceuti-
cal room at the rear of the store,
about Us bottles bearing labels
marked "medicated alcohol were
found.
The barrels containing the grain
alcohol and the bottles of medlcated
alcohol were conhscated by the Of
fcers. A large crowd thronged about
the store when the barrels were taken
from the basement and loaded on
two larg drays. <
1t is said the policeman patroling
the beat on which the California
Pharmacy is located, made twenty
seven arres.5 for drunkenness this
month.
L. D. Hopkins was named as man
ager of the drug store in the search
warrant and warrant for his arrest
was issued.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
war TAX BILL
MUCH REVISED
BYCONfEREES
Levy Imposed on Soft Drinks;
Telephone Tariff Eliminated;
Holders of Passes to Shows
Pay Percentage.
(By Associated Press,)

Washington, Sept. 30.-Final agree
ment on the $2,700,000OO0 war tax
bill was reached Saturday by the
senate and house conferees and the
report will be presented to the house
Monday. Levies of approximately
$1,000,000,000 on war excess profits
and $842,000,0O0 on incomes were left
unchanged, but new system of cal
culating excess profits was adopted.
New Rates on Inheritance.
A new system of graduated inheri-
tance. taxes was Written into the bill
in lieu of the house plan and despite
the senate's rejection of such taxes.
The new rates on inheritances, with
those of Americans in military serv-
ice exempted, range from one-half of
one per cent on $50,000 estates, to ten
per cent on estates of $l0,000,000 or
more.
-. The bulk of the increases of be-
tween $250O00,000 and $300,0O0,00O
made by the conferees in the senate
bill was secured from the postage,
public utilities and manufacturing
sales section and the new inheritance
taxes.
Surtaxes Fixed.
Surtaxes were agreed upon as fol-
lows:
one per cent on incomes over
$1,000 and less than $500; two per
cent between $500 and $4,000; three
per cent between $4,000 and $500;
four per cent between $l2,5O0 and
$4,000, five per cent between $4,000
and $4,000; seven per cent between
$4,000 and $4,000; ten per cent be-
tween $4,000 and 100000; fourteen
per cent between 100000 and $50 1000;
eighteen per cent between $4,000
and 100000; twenty-five per cent be-
tween 100000 and $lS0,000; twenty
five per cent between $150,000 and
100000; thirty per cent between
100000 and $250,000; thirty-four per
cent between $250,000 and $300000;
thirty-seven per cent between 100000
and $500,000; forty per cent between
$500000 and $750,000; forty-hve per
cent between $750,000 and 100000,
and fifty per cent on incomes ex-
ceeding 100000.
Grape juice and other soft drinks
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01

Deputy Castellanos has introduced
in the Chamber of Deputies the ad-
ministration's bill approving the pro-
posal OF The president to invite the
sister republics to meet at Buenos
Aires and to adopt a joint policy in
regard to the world conflict.
President lrigoyen's program is for
the American republics jointly to de-
mand that Germany end the war or
else suffer solid South American
boycott and declaration in favor OF
the entente allies. y
Persons in the confidence of the
president declare that he wishes to
lead the South American republics
against Germany rather than to ap-
pear as if they had been pushed into
the conflict by the United States.
Deputy Castellanos in presenting his
bill to the chamber said that Argen-
tina should send Won Luxburg to Ger
many as a prisoner on board an Ar
gentine warship.
The deputy added that Germanys
explanation of the LuXburg incident
was insufficient because it failed to
express an intention to punish the
diplomat. h.. =.
In conclusion, the deputy declared
that neutrality was impossible, but
belligerency must follow formal
declaration and should be based on
the economic assistance of the entente
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Sing "Nearer, My God, to
Thee," as Axes Fall;
Women Are Sold at
Auction.

New York, Sept. 50,-The slaugh-
ter with axes of all the Armenian
faculty members of Anatolia college,
Marsovan, northern Asia Minor, to-
gether with 1900 others by Turkish
peasants was described here yesterday
by the Rev. George L. White, presi-
dent of the college, recently returned
to this country.
The massacres were committed at
night by order of the Turkish gov
ernment, he said. The Armenans
were sent out in lots of a hundred or
two to their doom and their bodies
rolled into prepared burial trenches.
The pay of the peasants for the
wholesale slayings was the privileR
of stripping the clothing from the
bodies of their victims.
"One group OF our college boys
asked permission to sing before they
died and they sang Nearer My God
TO Thee, then they were struck
uo"lI, III. w llllC Sdlu.
The sitration for Armenia became
excessively acute in the spring of
1915 when the Turks determined to
eliminate the Armenian question by
eliminating the Armenians. The
Armenian question arises from po-
litcal and religious causes.
"On the pretext of searching for
deserting soldiers. concealed bombs,
weapons, seditious literature or revo-
lutionists, the Turkish officers ar
rested about 1900 Armenian men at
Mafsovan, accompanying their in
vestigations by horrible brutalities.
There was no revolutionary activity
in our region whatever.
Pity to Waste Bullets.
"The men where sert out in lots
Of 100 or 200 in night 'deportations
to the mountains where trenches had
been prepared. Coarse peasants, who
were employed to do what was done,
said it was a pity to waste bullets
and they used axes.
Then the Turks turned on the
women and children, the old men and
little boys. Scores of oxcarts were
gathered and in the early dawn a:
they passed, the sqeaking of theii
wheels left memo ries that make the
blood -curdle eyen--anw.- Thousand:
of women and children were. .sswepI
away. Wheref Nowhere. No destIna;
ton was stated or intended. Whyl
Simply because they were Armen,
ians and Christians and were in the
hands of the Turks.
Girls and young women were
snatched away at every turn on the
jourrey.@1te girls suidrat Marsovan
for from $2 to 81 each. / know be-
cause | heard the conversation oi
men engaged in the traffic. know
because / was able to ransom three
girls at the price of $40.
Storm Anatolia College.
"The misery, the agony, the. suf.
fering were beyond power of words
to express-almost beyond the power
of hearts to conceive. In bereave.
ment, thirst, hunger. loneliness
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Thinks WILDER Station
Aqent Attempted Suicide

Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 30.-(Special
Telegram.)-Oficers today found a
revolver and bloody knife in the
freight depot at Wilber, where Sam
;(iller, station agent, was found this
Morning in a dying condition with his
threat cut. They are of the opinion
that Diller attempted suicide: About
$3.50 was found on the desk un-
touched.
Diller disappeared from home
Thursda night and had not been seen
until found in the depot, 1t is be-
lieved that worry over business nm
balanced-4is mind. Two of his broth
crs committed suicide. one in ivy
and the other twenty years ago. his
condition i. critical ,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
American Nurses in Gas Masks
Compete for First Trench Duty

American Training Camp in France,
Sept. 30.-While awaiting field ex-
perience with their own troops, the
army hospitals within the American
zone are sending mobile units COM
posed of doctors, nurses and orderlies,
to both the French and British
fronts. These units are operating i'll
the most advanced casualty clearing
stations in cooperation with the Brit
ish and French surgeons.
Doctors and nurses alike are
equipped with gas masks and other
means of protection against German
attacks, which are becoming more
and more frequent on hospitals in the
forward areas. There is much rivalry
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Auburn Pastor Resigns
To Accept New Charqe

Auburn, Neb., Sept. 30.-(Special.)
REV. Martin A. Ritzen, pastor of St.
Pauls English Lutheran church, has
resigned to become pastor of St.
Marks church, near Verdon. This
church is the largest and most i'm
portant country church in the Ne
braska synod. 1t is brick structure,
beautifully decorated in the interior.
Near the church is a modern eight
room parsonage. An electric light
plant has been installed to furnish
lights for both church and parsonage.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
More Deaths Reported
In EXDediti0narV Force

Washington, Sept. 30.-Two more
deaths among the American troops
abroad were announced today in a
cablegram from Major General
Pershing.
Private w. C. Sullivan Of an in
fantry regiment died September "a
of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
Benjamin Hayward, a stevedore,
died September "a of heart disease.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Gets Seventeen Years for
Dynamiting Water Works

Henrietta, Ckl,, Sept. 3o.-Mike
Brashears, alleged organizer OF the
Working Class union, was found
guilty today in the state district court
Of having dynamited the water works
system at Dewar, near here, June Z
and was sentenced to seventeen years
imprisonment. A motion for a new
trial was denied.
Four other defendants>with Brash-
ears were granted continuances, their
cases to be heard in December.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Pope Asks Allies to
State Peace Terms

Paris, Sept. 30.-A dispatch to
the Temps from Geneva says that
Pope Benedict in transmitting to
the entente allies the replies re-
ceived from the central powers to
his peace proposals will set forth
in an accompanying note the theory
Germany and Austria have accepted
a basis of negotiation satisfactory
to the allies and will ask the allies
to state their conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
FALL FESTIVAL
STARTS ON LAST
week OF GA|ETY
Biq Events Of the Ak-Sar-Ren
Carnival Will Soon BE-
Upon the Subjects Of =
the King.
Now the k-Sar-Ben festivities are
reaching the 'home stretch"

Now the Ak k-Sar-Ben festivities are
reaching the 'home stretch"
Sunday the carnival was quiet, the
gates were closed, the animals spent
the day eating and sleeping-it was
but the lull before the storm. For this
is to be their busy week. During all
this week the carnival activities will
be in full roar, and scores OF thou.
sands will yet amuse themselves and
be amused at this great Kings High
way, s,.t. - -
+ For this is the week that -wille4at-
traet the many thousands to the city
While last week drew thousands to
the metropolis for the first week OF
the carnival, this week will bring the
thousands in multiplied volumes, for
this is the week when the King makes
his entry into the city.
Parade This Week. .... .
This is the week for the festivities
for which the Kings subjects have
been preparing throughout the year.
This week two great and gorgeous
parades are to be held, and a great
fireworks spectacle will be given at
the Rourke park, depicting the Battle
of Verdur" and many other historic
charges and bombardments of the Eu-
ropean battle front. ...... .a
Then, too, there will be the corona
ton of the King and Queen Friday
night of this week, which will be a
stately and regal spectacle, followed
by the grand coronation ball, when
the thousands of loyal knights and
ladies will dance until the midnight
hour has struck, and perhaps even
later-when the 1ostliest gowns in all
the realm will drape the ladies, and
When the rarest jewels will be dis
played on lily fingers, and from swan
like throats.
Week OF Fun.
Thus the week will be one grand
cycle of joys. Today and tomorrow
the carnival will be a big attraction
as it will Throughout. the remainder
of the week, but Wednesday night the
electrical parade is t. appear on the
streets, ushering into the city hi:
majesty, Kirg Ak-Sar-Ben XIII
The title of the parade is the Triumph
of Democracy" The floats will de.
pict this triumph in apt allegory and
in flaming colors of the nations of the
world and Ak-Sar-Ben.
On Thursday afternoon the great
parade, entitled "The Worlds Lib
erty" will move with proper majest,
upon the streets. 1t will be built uf
of many appropriate floats, and at the
same time battalions of United State:
soldiers will march, high school ca
dets will be in line, and many othel
organizations will take part.
That very night, before the memory
Of the parade has faded, the frework.
spectacle, the great military pagean
at Rourke park, entitled Wake Ur
America" will be the principal at
traction.
Friday night then will come tn,
ball at the classic Den, where tn,
King and Queen will be crowned, anc
the mystery of who will reign over
the realm for the next twelve months
will he revealed
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01

among the various hospitals as to who
should have the privilege of going
first, but, according to the present
plans, all the doctors, all the nurses
and most of the enlisted men will
have a turn in casualty station be-
fore the winter.
The American hospitals arl plainly
marked with great red cross, in ac-
cordance with the Geneva convention.
They are Situated far from any fight
ing units or supply depots for fight
ing materials, so if they should ever
be bombed, it will be deliberate act
by the enemy aimed direct at the
sick and wounded and other nnu-
combatants.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Alliance Commercial Club
Reflects Fisher Secretary

Alliance, Neb., Sept. 30.-(Special
Telegram. AT mass meeting of
Alliance citizens called by the Com
mercial club, w. D. Fisher, who
served as a club secretary for two
years, but who for two years has
been located in Topeka, was elected
secretary for a period of three years.
Business men of Alliance, confident OF
Mr.. Fishers ability to produce results
beneficial to the Alliance and western
Nebraska, pledged their financial sup
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Lake Seamen'S Strike Is
ENDED by Shipping Board

Washington, Sept 30.-The strike
of Great Lakes seamen set for to-
morrow was called off here today by
union leaders when the shipping
board, serving as arbitrator in their
dispute with the carriers, decided, to
grant wage increases demanded.
Other demands were waived pending
investigation by the board.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
Trading With Enemy
Bill Goes to President

Washington, Sept. 30.-Thc trading
with the enemy bill passed through
the final stage in congress Saturday
and went to President Wilson to be-
conc law with his signature.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
ARMY ORDERSENDS
4th TO ARTILLERY:
5th STAYS INTACT
States Volunteer Regiment Will Be Divided Among Or
ganizations of One Hundred Ninth Division; Fifth
To Be Known as 134th Infantry; Fourth Be-
comes Unit of Heavy Artillery.
BY A MACHINE GUN MAN.

Demng, N. NJ, Sept 2s.-(Special Telegram.)-Tht
Dandy Sixth" Nebraska infantry of the two volunteer
regiments United States, yesterday ordered split
up and divided among various organizations of the 109h d.
vision According the ORDER the Fifth regiment will
main infantry organization The Fourth regiment,
will become heavy artillery organzaton Most of its officers,
il is understood will be transferred infantry
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
"DANDY SIXTH" NEBRASKA REGIMENT SPLIT;
ARGENTINA TO DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY
Ferocious Turks Descend on Armenian
College Town and Murder 1900 in Cold
Blood Strip Bodies of Clothes AS Pay

FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE DVINA-Russan troops, COM
ing under the that followed the Kor
nof rebellion have made determined stand at the Dvna
river of Riga Germans have reached the river at all
points from CD Shtokmanshof to 2 Livenhof, north and
south of Jacobstadt, respectively.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-10-01
PRESIDENT PLANS UNITED
ACTION BY SOUTH AMERICAN
REPUBLICS TO BACK ALLIES
Bill Introduced in Congress for Conference at Buenos
Aires; Luxburg to be Taken to Germany Prs-
oner Aboard an Argentina War Ship
AS Punishment for Diplomat.
(By Associated Press.)

Aires Sept 3O-Declaraton of by Argentina
against Germany result the Luxburg incident expected
Immediately follow breaking off of diplomatic relations
President rgoyen is making renewed effort to bring
about congress of the South American republics consider
If
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1917-11-01

there listened he looked continuously
at an Illuminated watch d,al He said
The men from the otse. lirectioa
should now be entering the trenches.
| have been standing here waiting To
hear If the Germans discover the
movement" He paused, listened and
then continued:
There is no firing yet. although
expect II. for no doubt We are in for 4
STRAIT If the Boche knows we are
going in
No "stratf' developed. although the
t>>rmaas put over a few customary
shells hitting nothing
The troops entered ."e trenches
safely unit By unit pastas quickly to
the places assigned the:1 Quietness
was essential. but the Frefch welcome
none thu less was hearr and it was
en- bu4iastte.
Every American was shaken by he
hand, some were haegec and even
kissed ON both cheeks in The French
custom Some OF the French troops
We're those who helped to tram the
Americans. The trenches were found
20 be muddy. but nevertheless in n
condition of excellent construction.
Greetings being over the Americans
settled down and 1T daylight. under
low hung. dripping clouds. they col
their first view Of the German line
stretching away in tho rolling terrain.
II has rained daily since and he
troops new are covered with mud OF
ficors say they are certain the Ger.
mans know the Americans are oppo.
site them. but there has been no spe-
cial activity.
One American battery observed and
scattered a marching enemy group
with shell fire.
Following is the first official state.
ment issued from the American head
quarters.
In continuation of their training
as a nucleus for instruction later. Il
contingent Of some hattalione OF our
first contigents. in association with
veteran French battalions, are in the
niSt ilne trenches o. qutet sector on
the French front. They are support,
ed by some batteries of our artillery.
| in association with veteran French
batteries
The sector remains normal our
men have adapted themselves TO act
ual trench conditions in the most sat
isfaCtory manner"