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The Weather PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION Fair Wednesday, continued Thursday fair, warmer,". cool; YOL.XCIX-O. 223. WILMINGTON, C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1917 WHOLE NUMBER 39,942 VILLAGE OF FRESNOY IS RE- CAPTURED BY THE GERMAN FORCES Mm OF LORN e Is Brightening That American Inventive Genius Will Put End To U-Boats Yi; II . . . -,--- II nrifcfiiHfi . tWrM.:. lo. Hop ABOUT COMPLETED Vood Adjacent to It is Also Wrested From Canadians After Five Days Fight ENEMY LOSSES ARE HEAVY Berlin Claims the Capture of Two Hundred Prisoners and Six Machine Guns GAINS SCORED BY FRENCH German Attack at Berry-au-Bac Sanguinarily Repulsed After five days of extraordinar ily hard fighting between the Ca nadians and the Germans, the lit tle village of Fresnoy, lying south east of Lens, and the adjacent wood are again in German hands. In there-taking of these posi tions, where the Canadians , had stood for days holding the most advanced salient in the British line, projecting toward Douai, the Germans evidently paid a terrible price. Preceded by a heavy ar tillery fire in which asphyxiating gas shells also were used in large numbers, the counter attack wTas launched in the early morning. Changes Hands Twice. The machine gun and rifle Are of the defenders met the Germans as they threw themselves forward, but they would not be denied and finally, pene trated the trenches northeast 'Of the Tillage and even entered the outskirts of the village itself. Their tenure -of the position, however,' was- shortlived, for the Canadians soon afterward re turned to the fray, drove out the Ger mans and again held full sway. Reforming later, and reinforced by two fresh divisions, the Germans again made a bid for victory along: the en tire front before the village and wood. The right wing of the defenders held steadfastly and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans. The left wing:, how ever, notwithstanding its stubborn re sistance, was compelled to give ground and evacuate the village and wood, leaving them in the hands of Germans. Berlin reports that two hundred pris oners and six machine guns fell into me nands of the Germans. There has been a continuation of the violent fightipg southward in the Bulle tin and Roeux sectors, hut no notable changes in positions have been report ed. Germans Repulsed by French. Although the latest French official communication reports no infantry ac tion during Tuesday along the line held oy the French in France. The Asso rted Press correspondent with the "ench armies tells of a desperate Ger- h , attack !outh of Berry au Bac, wnich was sanguinarily repulsed, the Vermans leaving behind numerous M on the battlefield and prisoners, inese prisoners with nthors tairon in v1.1!. raJLds have brought, the captures, the French in the latest offensive 30.000 1 6 t0 between 29,000 and Violent Activity in Macedonia. tirVv ery activty along the en w ,edonian front continues 'vio-D-a'J -atInsf Possibly the near ap en a seneral offensive. Small anf fm.ents between entente forces twL t flan and Turkish troops be an iLe 0chrida and Lake Presba lied t,een Entente and Teutonic al e4i troops along the Cerna are report- GeSnv!i,Tnd.i.n the fact that in for th- ltation continues intense to th. V penaI chancellor to come in- t,,,"e.0pen and state what Germany's from r!rmB are' an unofficial dispatch l the nc: iagen wuld indicate that Pie ' aliceequired y German peo ich m, m Sisht- Dr" Karl Helffer Woted I , trm.an ve-chancelior. is .... Yl 1 as havino- oraiJ ? 1 S lega-ra to peace: inii'-n-.yet able to obtain it. mut stm fight for 'it." S-Vh BOSSES ENORMOUS Prom F BESI5S DRIVE ' - B E G AN Wiat rt.aff Correspondent of The th! ess' Great Headquarters J-ThP ,'.euch Army in Fraftce, May storrai!, .Vermars ' today : desperately breach po8it!P"' captured, by the but th J0 Euth of . Berry? au Bac, a lPfV Tade no impression.- JVhat a l: of.the strong. attackingwaves anv ,i , renre,- leavjhg behind !f and 120 PfisOnefs-Vin the of nLl lh3 Freiich.'- Furthei" .groups ato wT8 ie" the Wench nei hP.po!nt8 as a- result ?fVarious -m'a?" . 5 tne total of- unwunded J-den". reless meesage' daled May h ,fjta,l numhpr nt nm . 3CC0 4Pni i J m tne oattles between 1 anrl Oft 2 and inqiuQinsr aeafl and frs T' , : - ine neW and prison- Tfnrh , -apiurea Dy tne ."tnveen the 16th and 20th of EMBARGO SECTION IS STILL DEBATED Senate Unable to Reach Acree J x6lcci ment as to Terms After Four Hours' Discussion EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD Two Proposals by Senator Cummins Are Voted Down -LaFollettc's Amendment is Still to be -Passed Upon. Washington, May 8. Four hours of debate behind closed doors today fail ed to change the Senate's opinion of how the export embargo section of the administration espionage bill should be written, and adjournment was taken! with the provision still in the broad terms adopted last night, understood to be satisfactory to the executive branch of the government. There will be further efforts to mod ify the provision before the bill reach es the Senate's final vote. Senator L.a Follette's amendment to prohibit an embargo to nations consuming the ex ports and forbidding its use for coer cion is pending. An amendment by Senator Cummins providing that the embargo'should not operate in violation of any treaty with a neutral was beat en just before adjournment. - Most of the time was .taken up with a discussion of another motion by the Iowa senator that -the doors be opened and the whole question be debated in the open. ' After much debate in which there were references to "invisible gov ernment.' and intimations that the lead ers proposed to put through the whole measure, including the press censorship sectjon, in " secret session, the motion was beaten. - I 'r There was speculation as to how the newspapers' get" reports 'of proceedings behind closed doors .and some talk "on the part of conservative members : of how the Senate could prevent informa tion of the kind getting into print. Much of the criticism was leveled at publication of information from the White Hpuse about reasons for an em bargo which yesterday, led the Senate to reverse itself on the language of the embargo section. , BELIEVE DERAILMENT WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN RAIL Decatur, 111., May 8. That a broken rail caused the derailment of the French commission's special train at Areola, 111., southeast of here Mon day evening is the opinion of the offi cials of the Pennsylvania, who have investigated the accident. The super intendent of the Peoria division ex pressed the belief that the two engines pulling the train broke the rail. Embezzled $18,000 From Bank. "Jackson, Miss., May 8. Arthur Muh, formerly receiving teller of the Jack son State National Bank, today plead guilty in Federal court to embezzle ment of approximately $18,000 from the bank. Restitution of the embezzl ed money later was made. Sentence was deferred. AUK CEMENTED BY WAR COIIFEBEIICES Balfour Delivers Epochal Address in the Senate Declares That Germany's Greatest Blander Wns Failure to Compre- bend that England and America Would Fight. Washington, May 8 Foreign Sec retary Balfour declared in an epochal address in the Senate chamber today that the war conferences here had ce mented an alliance of 'three great democracies destined to crush the greatest world menace of all time and to save civilization and liberty. Though severe trials still must be fac ed, he said, free peoples now had been aroused and fired with a determination insuring the ultimate, triumph of free institutions. "This war is to be settled by hard fighting," said the British statesman, "and when it comes to hard fighting neither America nor Britain nor France need fear measuring themselves at any moment .against those who have risen up against all that we hold dear for the future. "It requires every man and woman on this side of the Atlantic as on the other side to throw their efforts into the scale of right, but that effort un questionably will be made. I speak with confidence about the issue of this great struggle a confidence which is ' .(Continued on Page Two): Minimum Denomination of Liberty Bond Issue Placed at $100, Maximum $100,000 WILL MATURE IN 15 YEARS Secret,,ry McA Tr8nsfe to Ab.. aador Jnuerand the 8100.000.000 aador Jusserand the 9100,000,000 "Which. Has Been Loaned to . ' France. Washington, May S. Details of the $2,000,000,000 Liberty bond issue as to maturity, denominations and terms of j payment neared completion today at an all-day conference of Treasury and Fed eral Reserve Board officials. While the 4 entire programme is subject af -revis ion, indications were tonight that the conferees had agreed upon the follow ing features:" " Maturity The bonds to be redeem able by the government, at its option, in flften years and due in thirty years. Denominations The minimum de nomination to be $100, the maximum $100,000. Terms of payment A small percent age, ranging from two to five per cent anrl nrnhmMv two anrl a. half Tr cent. to be navable a.t the time .the- sub- scription is offered, the balance to be paid in installments. There probably will be at least four installments, possibly six. Install ments may be called for . every two weeks or every thirty days. i Formal announcement, of the details will be made by Secretary McAdoo to morrow. The conference among officials is to be resumed tomorrow morning to decide details before placing the whole program before the . secretary for his approval. In considering the question of ma turities tlje conferees were guided largely by the suggestions of repre sentatives of the-entente governments to which a part of proceeds, will be loaned. These representatives have ex pressed a willingness to have the ma turities set at any date that will be most expedient for this government. At the same time treasury officials have considered carefully the present finan cial condition of the governments to be benefitted - with a, view 4 to making the maturity according with their con venience.' , I-..... : . In the . case of-Great' Briiain, :it Js' felt. it would be comparatively easy for her to meet a thirty-year bond, easier perhaps, than it would for. France or Russia Suggestions have been under consideration to fix the. life of the bond at fifty, years, but these, , it is believed, have. been disapproved . The minimum denomination of the so-called "baby bonds," it seemed cer tain tonight, will be $100. .Secretary McAdoo personally would like to see. the denominations made smaller, but the tremendous amount of physical work involved in issuing huge blocks of small bonds and the resultant cler ical work in distributing them mill tates against the proposal to bring the minimum to $20 Mr. McAdoo. today transfered to Am bassador Jusserand, of France, the $100,000,000 loaned by American gov ernment to meet French needs in the United States during May. At the time the Treasury warrant was transferred, it was discovered there was a balance of only $98,000,000 in the general fund of the Treasury out of which such payments are made. The fund will be replenished shortly by proceeds of the sale of Treasury certificates and current receipts of taxes. The full amount of the warrant was not desired, however, for immediate use and was placed to the credit of the French government in Reserve banks to be withdrawn as needed, SOUTHEASTER!! ROADS PRESENT THEIR SIDE Point Out Necessity of General Increase in Rates Fifteen Per Cent Advance Will Narrow But Not Close the Breach Be. tvreen Net Revenues and Expenses. Washington, May . 8. Executives of southeastern railroads told the Inter . I t state Commerce Commission today that a general increase in freight rates Is absolutely necessary if the systems are to meet an "endless chain of advancing costs, both of labor and material Nearly all agreed that a 15 per cent advance, tentatively ordered by the commission, would narrow but not close the breach between net revenues and expenses. W. J. Harahan, president of the Sea board Air Line, asserted that his sys tem needed an increase of more than 16 per cent in- intrastate as well as inter state rates to cover increased operating costs and the cost jr needed improve ments. . Several of the executives made known their . intention of. taking up with the states through which, their roads pass the question of securing advances in the intrastate rates. proportionate with any advances allowed in the interstate (tariffs. , . Spokesmen for the southeastern lines are expected to conclude their testi mony tomorrow morning,, and Jhenrep , (Continued on ' Page Two).-r. ' Would Have Been Swallowed Up Amidst Din and Roar of Gan non in Fresnoy Battle A NIGHT MADE FOR TERROR Associated Press Correspondent Graph 1 cally Describes One of Most Mar velous Artillery Duels Eier - Recorded. From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press, British Headquarters in France, May 8 (via London) The laconic statements in this morning's British communication that the enemy's artillery - was active at intervals throughout-the night at a number of places along the battle front, "particu larly in the sector between Fresnoy and Loos?' and that "our artillery re plied, j dismisses in cdld official lan- r guage one of the most marvelous spec tacles of night firing the world has ever seen, j It was a night made for terror. Grea; ngry clouds scudded across the sky. successfully masking All attempts of the full May moon" to break through the cumulus barrage. Eventually the heavens opened and poured forth a tor rent of rain upon the hot cannon and. the flames raging along the blood-red line of battle. Thunderstorm No Match. A thunderstorm in its greatest fury could have broken above this appalling artillery duel, however, and been com pletely swallowed . up, its electrical flashes lost in the blinding coruscation of the! guns, its thunder peals drowned n the reverberating Vaves of the crashing fulmination which came from bellowing cannon and bursting shells with almost equal - violence. Nature withstood the terrific bombardment un til nearly dawn. then, the rain failing to bring it to an end, a heavy fog shut down and put a stop to the clangorous uproar as suddenly as if some w.ord of supreme command had been shouted above the din of battle; There were a few. parting shots through the. envelop- 1 solute s lance-reiBned.V t te- reigned, It was a fascinating spectacle to watch through the night, holding One In a spell of. speechless awe. From one of the higlv ridges recently occupied by the British.' miles and miles of the great sweep of battle could be seen. For, the most nart it was ; a duel with what the soldiers call big; stuff a giant test of strength . among the "heavies." But always above the rOar of the big guns could be heard the crack or the bursting shrapnel and the petulent whine! of leaden bullets sent in show ers from the shells. It was a beautiful day yesterday, but menacing clouds had hidden the setting sun. " In "the twi light, scores of British airplanes were winging their homeward way from far over the German' lines corning to cover from the gathering storm and bringing with them the wonderful storres that make' up each day's history in. the ti tanic struggle ror mastery or me aar. I Ever-IncreaslngrFury. In the valleys about Loos, Lievin, Lens. jAcheville and Fresnoy the fresh ening wind was stirring up great clouds of dust. Each high explosive shell breaking on the-'dry ground also sent ud towering columns or chaik-ime powder, until a haze gathered over all the lower levels of the immediate. Dat- tle zone. In Lens and : Several other villages behind the German lines smoldering fires could be marked Dy the British smoke vapors that hung above them. The artillery duel was in full swing long before night set in, but it was not until after the gathering gloom of darkness reflected each sepa rate flaming cannon mouth that the full intensity of the long range, fight ing could be grasped. The cloak of night also Drought into action many great batteries lying con cealed during -the tell-tale hours or day light,! and ever and ansn'.as the night wore I on, new guns wouw Durst into violence from altogether unsuspected places. Some of these were the fa mous old "grandmother" howitzers, and the ground, ever vibrant with the drum mingi rhythm of guns, shivered and shoo j.kanevr from the shock of these mammoth weapons. The heavy, over hanging clouds had the effect of inten sifying to an almost: overwhelming de gree, the nerve-shattering;hoises of the battle. When "battery fire" would send four, five" or six, or more massive shells simultaneously toward " the German lines,! the onrushing roar was for all the world like that experienced in an expressed train as it dashed into a tun nel. ) ' . : - ..- - After what seemed an !; interminable length of time, the swish of those far reaching shells ended with a great duil red flare on the horizon. One of these flares was a hit home in an ammuni tion dump and; there was an explosion that lighted up the -whole countryside, resulting in a, fire that burned, for an hourj or more behind-a big clump of trees, whie .hstood. .like igaunt black skeletons against the glow. The coming of darkness had brought out also one of -the most ghastly of all battle sounds the incessant rat tle of the machine guns. -Their stac cato ripple came along tthe fighting line, j the windings of which could al ways be. traced by glowing rocktes and flares .sent up, by. the Germans in long, slow graceful -loops. Germans Played Their part. - The .'resounding - noises ' about one, however- were not all from " entente guns. The - Germans are 'making lav ish use of their artillery nowadays and have - been ; since the first days '- of the battle of -Arras caught them .both unr prepared, unbelieving .that the a,ttack would come so" soon, after their "great strategic victory' " in ; the retreat 'from the Somme. j : .. .... Naval Officials and Members of Nava fereiace of Unusual Importance Officials Talk With Confidence of the Prog ress Made by the Washington, May 8. iiope is' bright ening that American inventive genius has . found the road that may lead to freedom, of the seas from German sub marines. A conference of unusual importance was held tonight at the home of Secre tary Daniels. It was called in order that high officials of the navy might g6 over with members of , the Naval Consulting Board, the experiments al ready tried and those that are in pros pect. .. "They believe they are on the right road,' Mr. Daniels said. "They be lieve they are going to turn out some thing -that is worth while. There will be .more experiments. Further than that I do not care to say." J Other officials declared the scientists were coming down to "brass tacks"; Will be Established on 500-Acre Tract in 'Mountains in West ! ' ern Part of State FIRST ARRIVALS THIS WEEK 'fitniia" offi Officers and Sailors From Seis- tp Be In rFlirsf tfetacn W1H Be Given Work at Fair Pay. i ment Washington, May 8. Arrangements for placing all interned alient enemies in permanent detention camps, where they will be housed and given, work at fair pay, have : been completed by Sec retary Wilson, ' of the Labor ; Depart ment. -An official announcement today says the first camp will be established on a 500-acre tract of agricultural land in the mountains of North Carolina, and that the. 1,800 officers and sailors taken from German merchant; vessels in American harbors will be the first aliens to go there.. The statement adds that Secretary Wilson expects the necessity will soon arise for the establishment of addition al camps. In addition to enemy aliens the department plans to care for other aliens who-cannot be admitted to this country under the - immigration laws and whose deportment is impossible on accountof the war, as well as for feeble minded immigrants. Those placed in camps will be segregated in three class es enemies; other aliens and the feeb le minded. The first detachments of German sailors will go to North' Carolina this (Continued on Page" Two). Federal Council Will Embody It in Address TCday; Virtually All Protestant Denominations Included Prohibition Urged As War Measure Other ,( - Activities. Washington, I May 8. A special war program of action for virtually all Protestant churches in the United States was formulated today by, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America and will be embodied in an .address to the churches to be issued tomorrow. .. President Wilson, Mr. Balfour, of the British .commission; Marshal Joff re and M. Viviani, of the French mission, and Vice-President Marshall, have .been invited to speak before the council. , The commission on temperance today reported a suggestion to raise one million dollars as a publicity fund to carry on the fight against liquor traf fic The report of the; temperance com mittee, investigating prohibition as a war measure, . was presented - through Governor Miliken, of Maine, the chair man. Rarijond -Bobbins, of . Chicago, speak ing' at .the .afternoon session declar ed that the church ' should assume- the leadership in the nation and the world through service to .others.- p urged the appointment.-of a committee to ad vocate enactment of laws . conscripting : (Continued on Page ; Two), , NTERH (WENT GAM P WAR PROGRAM 10 BE ISSUED TO GHUROliES Consulting Board Hold Con Home of Secretary Daniels. at Scientists. - that the period of . reaching out after evfery suggestion was passing, and that definite crystalization of the work upon which the foremost American experts have 'concentrated was certain to come soon. ' . '.. "those at the conference were Sec retary Daniels, 'Admiral Benson, chief of operations; Rear Admiral Taylor, chief instructor; Rear Admiral Griffin, chief engineer; Rear Admiral Earle, chief of ordnance;; Rear Admiral Grant, chief of the submarine service, and Catotain Wm. Strother Smith, who forms the connecting link between the de partment and the consulting board and other scientific bodies; W. L. Saunders, chairman of the con suiting board, headed , the representa tion of scientists.' : Reports also were available tonight from Thomas A. Edi son, who is at work on a somewhat different line of Investigation. No intimation has been given as to the nature of the experiments. MEN HAVE APPLIED Would-Be Officers Number Five Times as Many as the Camps Will Accommodate 40,000 WILL BE ACCEPTED WW Be Selected to the 60,000 Who kavepBeen 'i'.iCeflea''As?'Qu'alU' ' ' fled For Admission Camps In Readiness. Washington, May S. More than 200, 000 men five times as many as can be accommodated have applied for admission to the 16 officers training caops which opened " today to begin developing the men who will, lead new American armies to.be raised within the! next four -months. ' About 60,000 have been certified as qualified for admission, and from .these 40,000 -will be elected and placed under intensive instruction within the next' ten days. Men already holding . commissions in the officers reserve corps ; began re porting at the camps today. . The re mainder of ' the " 2,500 assigned to . a camp will report next Monday "where organization of v infantry .. companies for the first month of hard drilling will begin. : . ' . ' Those' reporting today " found work of preparation fo"r thir .reception wen advanced.. . 'Modern , cantonments have been, constructed '.tvherever , necessary at Fort Meyer, Va., ; the cairip nearest the national capitol. The War Depart ment r has btiilt -iin ten .'days quarters for 2.000 men, wired'; for electric lights and (fitted with sanitary plumbing, con I (Continued on Page Two). BILLION DOLLARS Itl TWO YEARSFOR SHIPS Amount Called For Under Ship- ping Board's ProgramX Is Proposed to Build .Fleet of 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 Tons Bill Would Di vert Steel 31.11 Products to Government Use. Washinrr'.on, May S. The Shipping Board program to combat the subma rine .c.iace will call for $1,000,000,000 for tiu' construction of a great Ameri-" can nerchantfleet Of 5,000,000 to 6,000, (Q00 tbns of steel and wooden vessels during the next two .years. Congress will be asked to furnish the money and the plan .contemplates . the diversion to government uses of the products of every steel mill in the country, cancel lation of existing contracts between .those mills and. private consumers and where necessary damages to be paid by the government- to the parties whose contracts are cancelled. The administration has .prepared bills for introduction in Congress and hopeg to - get " them under way so promptly that the first shipbuilding operations may be in motion .within two weeks: - Co-operation, of. labor, already has been pledged. ;-- TheT only exception ', to the general concellations- of private contracts with steel Imills will be . those of railroads. Steel t mills, it is contemplated, will be permitted to. , supply. - them t with the minimum amount - of steel . products (Continued.; on Pa-ge . Two). Will be Reported in House Today and Brought Up for Con-" sideration Tomorrow TARIFF DUTIES INCREASED Measure Proposes Advances In the Post . al Rates, Taxes on Amusements and a Stamp Tax of Wide : ? Scope. f . Washington, May . 8. A war revenue bill designed to raise 11,800,000,000 by taxation during the coming year was approved s finally In the House ways and means, committee late today by a unanimous vote. The measure will be reported to the House tomorrow to be brought up for , consideration ? Thursday. . The Senate finance commit tee will begin public hearings on the bill Friday. ... To bring the amount to be raised ' up. to the desired total, the House committee at today's session wrote in to the -bill a flat increase of ten pet-- cent in all existing tariff duties arid ten per cent duties on all articles now free; all estimated to bring In $240, 000,000, this more than doubling the present' tariff revenues. In addition, it was decided to make all income tax duties retroactive, beginning witfi the present calendar year. Other taxes provided for will become effective on the signing of the bill. The income tax increases applying.to both personal and corporation incomes are designed to produce 733,000,090 more than the present income tax re ceipts. Most of the new revenue will come from' the income, excess profits and inheritance taxes and additional tariff duties, but the levies of the. bill would reach into many other: source?. " Letter mail rate would be increased from 2 to3 cents an ounce and post jl cards "fvpm. l to 2 .-cents, ..while $19,000 would . be jadded to charges against newspapers under a new system, based upon tno present- parcel post zones. Internal revenue taxes upon liquor and tobacco wputo. be.-materially.1' lneaaed. . and. taxes on amusement, and stamp i taxes'. cf. wide scope. The war . income tax section would double the. present normal .tax of two per cent .of individuals, and three .per cent on corporations. It would lower the exemption of individual incomes from $4,000 to $2,000 ip the case . of " married, and from $3,000 to $1,000 fot the unmarried. . In addition beginning with incomes of $5,000 graduating super-taxes would i be imposed in add!- , tion.to the normal four per cent, bring ing up to 33 per cent on all incomes over half a . million dollars a year. Surtax Schedule. . . The surtax schedule follows: One per cent from $5,000 -to $7,500;. i per cent from $7,500 to $10,000; three per cent from $10,000 to $12,500; foui per cent from-$12,500 to $15,000; five per cent from $15,000 to $20,000; six per cent from $20,000 to. $40,000; eight pei cent from $40,000 to $60,000; 11 per cent from $60,000 to $80,000; 15. per cent from $80,000 to $100,000; , .17 per cent from. $100,000. to $150,000; 20 per cent from $150,000 to $200,000; 24 per cent from. $200,000, to. $250,000; ,27 per cent from $250,000 to $300,000; 30 per, cept from $300,000 to $500,000; -33 per cent on all exceeding $500,000. '- ; The provisions requiring the norma) tax of individuals, to be deducted and withheld at-tbe source of income would not apply to the new - normal prescribed-in this bill until after January 1. 1918, and thereafter only to Incomes exceeding $3,000. . In addition to the inheritance tax" now In force, the bill imposes a tax equal , to the following percentage of its value: . . - . Transfer of each estate. One-half per cent of amount not in excess of $50,000; one per cent between $50,000 and $150, 000; one and one-half per cent between $150,000 and $250,000; two per cent be- ' tween $250,000 . and $450,000; two and one-half per cent between $45.0,000 and $1,000,000; three per cent between one million, and two million dollars; three and . one-half per cent between two million -and -three million dollars; four per cent between three million and four million, dollars; 4V per cent between four. million and. five million dollars; 5 per cent between five million, and eight million dollars;. 7 per. cent between eight million and eleven million dol lars; f 10 per . cent between eleven mil lion and fifteen million dollars; 15 per cent on $100,000,000 and over." ' The exemption is lowered from $250, 000 to $25,000 and a new tax of 1 per cent levied on estates between $25,000 and $50,000. The bill proposes to bring, in $200,- I 000,000 by - doubling the present 8 per cent tax on excess profits. On Liquor and Tobacco. On distilled spirits the present tax of . $1.10 per gallon is doubled to- the rec tifiers tax,. 15 cents a gallon is added, and fermented liquors are- assessed $2.75 per barrel, instead: of. $J.50. The tobacco tax is doubled, except aa to cigars, which are, graduated, from 50 cents to $1,0 a thousand,, according to retail valu?. Cigarettes, made in or Imported into the United States, would be taxed an additional $1.25', per. thous and if weighing less than three pounds per thousand and $3.60 per thousand if more than three pounds. Newspapers would be required, to pay 5 per cent on all advertising collections. .7. -.. Postal. Increases.. The second class postage section says: "After June 1, next, the zone system . applicable to parcel, post shall apply to second class mail matter, with rates of postage two cents a pound or fraction when for delivery within - the first of ' sscond zones; four, cents within fourth or fifth; five cents within sixth or sev ; enth; six cents for delivery within the.'1 eighth zone. ' It Is provided, however (Continued on Page Two). : ;: . -. . . .( ". , . .' . - . ; . . ' . .. . ': : ? ' ' , ':'- erut v. as . i s . i MM ::Hi .i I -:'rr.-yi ? f
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