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wixiviiNaToisr, n. c, Tuesday mousing, September 11, 1917
WHOLE NUMBER 39,168
SENATE PASSES TWO BILLION DOLLAR WAR TAX MEASURED
PLOT TO DESTROY GOVERNMENT ,
AND RE-ESTABLISH THE DESPOTIC
REGIME IN RUSSIA IS UNCOVERED
General Korniloff Demands Dicta
torial Powers Is Deposed
From Army Command
M. LVOFF HELD IN PRISON
Acting as Korniloff's Mediary, He
Reveals Rebellious Plot Un
der Severe Grilling
MARTIAL LAW PETROGRAD
Russians Now Offering Strong Re
sistance to Germans
(Associated Press War Summary.)
The Russian government again
is facing: a crisis,, but apparently
rith his usual "blood and iron"
methods Premier Kerensky has
taken vigorous steps to combat it
and to punish severely- those of
the opposition elements who
brought it about. t
KornilofT Submitted Ultimatum.
Succinctly, General Korniloff, commander-in-chief
of the army, backed
by a group of political agitators has
demanded for himself dictatorial pow
ers by the surrender of the govern
ment into his hands. -Kerensky refus
ed to comply to the demand and has
held incarcerated in the Petropavlovsk
fsrtress M. Lvoff, member .of the dni
ma. who acted as Korniloff's mediary
and who under a severe examination
has had wrung from him the details
of the plot to overthrow the govern
ment and bring about the return of
the despotic regime. The names of
the chief conspirators, in the plot also
have been ascertained and these men
doubtless will receive punishment at
the hands of the government.
As for Korniloff he has been deposed
from the chief command of the army,
while General Lokomsky has been
pronounced a traitor for refusing to
take up Korniloff's duties.
Martial Law Declared.
Meanwhile martial law has been de
clared in Petrograd and its environs,
and the government is taking measures
to crush the revolt swiftly and decis
ively, probably by the creation of a
directory composed of a small num
ber of men, tried and true friends of
the revolution. An indication that
Kerensky and his followers have a
good chance quickly to bring ' about
order is contained in a proclamation
issued by the soldiers and workmen's
council urging that all the army and
navy organizations obey the provision
al government and refuse to adhere
to the conspiracy and asserting that
Korniloff will be punished for his
treachery.
Germans Forced to Retreat.
On the -northern Russian front the
Russians are now offering strong -op-Position
to the Germans who are en
deavoring to press their advantage
farther eastward from the Riga-Dvina
e. Thirty-two miles ' northeast of
f''Sa. near Segevold, "a death battal
10n has even defeated the Germans
and forced them to retreat to the
south, while along the Burthetsk line
t0 the Pskoff railroad, the Russian
rear-guards are giving strong battle
10 the advanced Teuton contingents.
RuHo-Rumanlan Offensive.
'U the riiimaniin t)iaQfa 4-Via Pile.
jjans and Rumanians have again as
ime' the offensive, delivering repeat
l stacks with large -effectivesagainst
leutonic allied positions in the'Tro
" and Oituz Valleys. No details of
ine fightinc hava fnma 1 V,r-r.i crh -
,-Pt from Berlin, which asserts that
e cmbatants met in hand to hand
rtoUniers and that the Russo-Ru-anuui
forces were repulsed.
Cadoma Still Hammering Away.
Cad und ilonte San Gabrielle General
at tlna continues to hammer away
1 the Austrian positions, with the
elJ v'gorously defending them
on t?- Nn c,aims to further progress
;L sector arte made by the Ital
, ofR,'!ai communication-, but it is
uwi auempts Dy me aub-
ln counter itgxlro tn lM9n
the
intensity nf tVio Ttalion nfFauive
h
thJV'" repulsed. To the south, on
' arso Plateau V, ..iill.r.r Anal
is
- '"onsolidate Gains.
tron of Verdun the French
takpPSJ':ive consolidated the positions
in ty ?0m tbe German crown prince
thtt 'e fosses and Caurieres Woods in
fund e of Satu"day night and
becauV' ne Germans, dountiess
ilwe,of their eno"nous losses, have
spi for the time being their vio-
len
wiS Lhe Britlsh front the British ljke-
turort consolidated , trenches cap
Thev "u,1Jay southeast of Hargicourt.
E6ct0- . keePlng up In various
are a;
fc operation - -ti-i..
uu,i.rnn i it i r.iii.ii xaxu
attach.
w uuil K'taVlUfi Uii S Ui.WW
3 made by the Germans.
the
operations in the Mace-
theatre are growing in impor
lane
10 the north of Lake Malik
, (Continued on Page Two.) t
KornilofPs Ultimatum Is
Regarded Act of Rebellion
Demanded, Through M. Lvoff, That Kerensky Surrender All Power.
Members of the Russian Cabinet Tell Associated Press That
Movement Must be Ruthlessly Suppressed.
Petrograd, Sept. 10. Members of the
Russian cabinet today told the Asso
ciated Press that the provisional gov
ernment regarded General Korniloff's
pronunciamento as an act of rebellion
which must be ruthlessly suppressed.
The government, it was added, believ
ed it had enough loyal troops and the
support of the Russian people to enable
it to put down the Korniloff move
ment. The members of the provisional
government in the conversation with
the Associated Press refused to be
quoted by name. They stated that the
ministers had reached an agreement
regarding the following points of
view:
Threat to Revolution.
"The government regards General
Korniloff's pronunciamento as an act
of rebellion, as a dangerous adventure
and a threat to the revolution and lib
erty which, unless the ultimatum is
withdrawn, must be ruthlessly sup
pressed. "The government has no doubt that
it has at its disposal sufficient loyal
troops and the overwhelming support
of the population to enable it to exe
cute this program."
The government had decided to re
GEN. SCOTT NEAR
RETIREMENT AGE
Speculation Has Begun as to
Whether He Will be Retain
ed in Active Service
WANTS A FIELD COMMAND
In Event of His Retirement As Chief
of Staff His Successor Probably
Will Be General Tasker H.
Bliss.
Washington, Sept. 10. With Major
General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff
of the army, reaching retirement age
this month, speculation has. begun at
the War Department as to whether
he will be retained in active service
under the war time emergency provis
ions of th law and continue in office.
Secretary Baker declined today to
say what course he contemplated.
There are indications that General
Scott will pass on to the retired list,
although he may be asked to continue
on active duty and undertake some
special work. In this event Major
General Tasker H. Bliss, assistant
chief of staff and acting head of the
army when General Scott was with
the Root commission in Russia, may
be appointed chief of staff, although
he too will reach the retirement age
in a few months and probably would
be succeeded by a younger officer.
General-Scott has not resumed all of
his duties as chief of staff since his
return from Petrograd. general Bliss
continues to exercise most of the func
tions of the office, possibly because
there are many aspects of the expan
sion of the army with which General
Scott must familiarize himself again
because of his long abesence.
It is known that General Scott would
welcome an active command in the
field. In view of the his distinguished
services on many occasions and the
known high regard for him entertain
ed by President Wilson and Secretary
Baker, it appeal's probable that an ef
fort will be made to gratify his wishes
should it be determined to relieve him
of hia staff post. '
The pressure upon the chief of start
will become increasingly heavy as
American forces abroad are enlarged
and when they are holding a portion
of the Western front great physical
vigor will be required to endure the
strain.
GIVEN VERDICT FOR f 20,000
AGAINST DUPONT POWDER CO.
Ola Tucker of North Carolina Claimed
FaLse Arrert.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Petersburg, Va., Sept. 10. The cir
cuit court of Prince George county has
been engag'ed fdr the past ffour days
in tha trial of tho suit of Ola Tucker,
of North Carolina, against the Dupont
Powder Co., for alleged false arrest.
The case wa concluded today th jury
giving a verdict ,for the plaintiff for
20,000 damages.- .
A motion to set alde tho
will Be argued at a later day.
verdict
organize itself, placing all power in
the hands of a small group of lead
ing men.
The government regards General
Korniloff's attempt further as essen
tially counter revolutionary and aim
ed at the restoration of the despotic
regime.
Vladimir Lvoff, who was arrested,
was first imprisoned in the winter pal
ace, but now has been sent under a
heavy guard to the Petropavlovsk
fortress.
Secures Main Facts.
Concerning the details and develop
ment of Korniloff's rebellion, the min
isters of the provisional government
refuss to make public the details but
The Associated Press from fragmen
tary sources, has been able to collect
the main facts.
At 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon af
ter Premier Kerensky had inspected
a deputation of Russian soldiers from
the Balkans, Deputy Lvoff called him
by telephone and demanded an inter
view, declaring that his mission was of
great importance.
Kerensjsy at first refused to receive
M. Lvoff, but later in the afternoon
did receive him, whereupon Lvoff de
clared that he had come as General
Korniloff's plenipotentiary in order to
(Continued on Page Three).
MET THEIR DEATH
In Addition to Lieut. Fitzsimmons
Three Privates Were Vic
tims of Germain Raid
PERSHING SENDS REPORT
Fitsaimmons Was Recommended for
Promotion to a Captaincy on the
Day He Died Borland Intro-
' duces Bill.
Washington, Sept. 10. First Lieu
tenant Fitzsimmons of Kansas City,
killed when German airmen bombed
an American hospital in France last
Thursday, was recommended for pro
motion to a captaincy on the day he
died.
Representative Borland, of Missouri,
today introduced a bill empowering
the President to enter Fitzsimmons'
name on the military records with the
promotion he would have received.
Major General Pershing's report on
the bombing of the hospital reached
the War Department today. An early
dispatch from the American military
attache at London announced the
death -of Lieutenant Fitzsimmons, but
made no mention of three privates
mortally wounded at the same time.
General Pershing's message fol
lows: "Report following deaths September
5th at base hospital No. 5, France,
from wounds caused by bombs during
air raid 11 p. m., September 4:
"First Lieutenant Wm. T. Fitzsim
mons, medical reserve corps, and Pri
vates (first class) Leslie G. Woods and
Rudolph Rubine, Jr., medical depart
ment, and Oscar C. Tugo, medical en
listed reserve corps."
RUSSIAN TROOPS LYNOH
20 PRISONERS OF WAR
Were Suspected of Setting Fire
Town of Laishev -30 Soldiers
Burned in Building.
to
Nijnt-Novgorod, Russia, Sunday,
Sept. 9. The town of Laishew, in
the government of Kazan, has been in
large part destroyed by fire. The peo
ple of the town suspected that the Are
was set by prisoners of war quarter
ed in the vicinity. An attack upon the
prisoners was made by soldiers, twen
ty of the prisoners being lynched and
a number of others badly beaten.
In the village of Nicholivsk, in the
government of Samara, : soldiers began
looting a great .quantity of wines
stored In a building. Two hundred of
them were trapped and burned to
death.
British Freighter Sunk.
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 10. The
British freight steamship City of Cor
inth, of 6,870 tons gross, owned by the
Ellerman lines, has been sunk by a
German submarine, according to -reports
received here today in marine
circles. The City of Corinth was last
reported leaving Vladivostok for Lon
don.. -
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S.A.L
EFICIAL S
NOT TO SUP."IT TO
CLERIS
Twentr.;;jr Employes at Rich
mond' Freight Office Strike
for Higher Wages
OTHER CITIES ORGANIZING
Hamlet Clerks Reported to Have
Quit Those at Petersburg
to Strike Today
Richmond, Va., Sept. 10. Officials of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway said
tonight that they would not surren
der to the demands of 24 freight office
and yard, clerks whw went on strike
today to enforce their demands for
higher wages. At a meeting of the
strikers and union men, held tonight,
Ihe statement was issued that they
would fight to a finish, and whereas the
strike had been inaugurated largely in
sympathy with a general strike, now
it was a straight-out battle for more
money.
It was announced at the meeting
that the clerks at Cordele, Ga., ahd
walked out late today. Local railway
officials are hiring new men and ex
pect to have freight traffic moving as
usual tomorrow.
A Sympathetic Movement.
The strike, the clerks say, is for
an increase in pay, for the Installation
of a flat wage rate for clerks over
the entire Seaboard Air Line system,
and is a sympathetic movement with
similar walkouts which , have . taken,
place within the past ten days at
Jacksonville, Tampa and Raleigh.
, The clems at Raleigh walked out
last Wednesday. For the past sev
eral days the clerks have been or
ganizing all over the Seaboard Air
Line system into what is known ' as
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
an organization affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor.
Hamlet Clerks Also Out.
The clerks at Hamlet, an impor
tant transfer point in North Carolina,
are reported to have quit work today,
wniie cierKs at .Petersburg are ex
pecting to walk out tomorrow strike
leaders say. Those at Columbia, Sav
annah, Atlanta, Birmingham and oth
er important points are expected to
join in the movement within the next
two or three days. Before the close
of the present week it is expected by
the strike leaders that clerks over
the entire system will have joined in
the movement, which would mean that
between 1,000 and 1,500 men will be
out on strike.
Congestion Affects Camp Iee.
The congestion of freight traffic at
Richmond will immediately and vitally
affect the big cantonment camp at
Petersburg. This srtuatkjn will be
rendered worse if the clerks at Peters
burg walk out tomorrow. Such ac
tion, it is believed, will force the hands
of the government to take action In
adjusting the controversy.
The clerks claim that every other
class of employe in the railroad service
except themselves have met with con
sideration, but that they have been
neglected. They claim that they are
required to work on Sundays without
Increase In pay and are made to do
overtime without increase in wage.
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH
CLERKS OFFERED ADJUSTMENT
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 10. The Seaboard
Air Line clerks In Norfolk have not
yet struck and officials of the road
here express confidence that they will
not do so. No announcement of a wage
demand has come as a result of the re
cent organisation, of clerical workers
In the Norfolk and Portsmouth offices,
but employes have been offered an ad
justment that, officials say, will repre
sent a distinct increase in wages.
General Manager Fritch said tonight
that "we are doing our best to meet
our obligations to the government,"
and expressed the belief that an early
agreement will be reaced.
RETAIL COAL PRICES ARE
SOON TO BE MADE PUBLIC
Will be Announced for Every City and
Community in Country.
Washington. Sept- 10. Retail coal
prices will be announced " for every
city and community in the country
before September 30, and Dr. H. A.
Garfield, the. Fuel Administrator, an
nounced tonight. They will be fixed on
the recommendation of local commit
tees to be named by state fuel ad
ministrators. "It is obvious," Dr. Garfield said,
"that prices will vary considerably be
tween .localities and between city and
country districts. Care will be taken
to include all items which ought "to be
included, for there is no disposition to
deprive the local dealer of his fair
measure of profit. It may be neces
sary to make the price tentative, as in
the case of prices fixed at the mines."
In the naming of local committees
coal men will be excluded, Dr. Garfield
said, to save v them froin embarrass
ment that might arise if they were
called on to pass judgment on others
in their own line of business.
Although there is a shortage of
cars, there will be enough to trans
port all the coal the country needs, it
is said. ......
jEMANDS
XJ-Boat Hid Behind Schooner
And is Sunk by Tank Steamer
An Atlantic Port, Sept. 10. How
a German submarine hid behind his
schooner until it got within range
to attack an American tank steam
er and later was sunk by the tank
er's crew, was told by the captain of
a sailing vessel here today. When
about 1.500 miles from Gibraltar, "he
saiad, the U-boat ordered him to
stop. "Mie submarine then kept be
hind the schooner until the ap
proaching tank ship was within
range. When it began the attack
the naval -guard returned the fire,
the eighth shot striking the Ger
man boat and sinking it within
sight of the schooner's, crew.
Both
steamer and schooner 'escaped
in
jury.
ER
Federal Agents Arrest Editor and
Business Manager and
Seize Many Documents
AID TO ' ENEMY IS ALLEGED
Several Charges of Disloyalty Made
Against the Publishers War
rants Issued for Arrest
of Pour Others.
J
Philadelphia, Sept. 10. In a raid on
the Philadelphia Tageblatt, a German
language newspaper which is charged
with having attacked government war
policies for several months past, Fed
eral agents tonight arrested the editor
and business manager and confiscated
large quantities of correspondence,
nies ana documents. The prisoners,
wjho are charged with violating the es
piona.ge.act, .are- DJ4attLit-IflXkow,
editor, and Herman Lemke, business
manager. Warrants also have been
issued for the president, treasurer,
editor-in-chief and an editorial writer.
The government agents in one war
rant " charge certain members of the
staff with "wilfully making and con
veying false reports and statements
with the intent to promote the suc
cess of the enemlee of the United
States, while the United States is at
war with the imperial German govern
ment." A second warrant charges the staff
with using the mails for the same pur
pose. According to government offi
cers, the Tageblatt on Saturday pub
lished statements instructing Germans
in this country how to evade the pos
tal laws and forward letters to Ger
many. In these statements, govern
ment officers say, a man described as
"H. Isselhurst, care of the German Aid
Society, Stockholm, Sweden," was given
as the official who would se that com
munications addressed to German des
tinations would arrive unsuspected by
American or allied censors.
The newspaper and business flies,
correspondence and other matter seized
will be examined carefully.
All of the employes of the plant,
about twenty, have been served with
subpoenas td appear before the Federal
grand jury.
Since the beginning of America's en
trance into the war The Tageblatt has
published daily editorial attacks on
President Wilson and the government's
war policies, government officers said.
The draft was ridiculed and men were
urged to resist its enforcement, it is
alleged.
Joseph Sclentz, president of several
German societies, who came to the Fed
eral building, said he intended to en
ter bail for Dr. Dargow.
Lemke, the business manager, is a
.member of the Defense Committee ap
pointed by Mayor Smith.
The raid today follows an announce
ment from Washington that the gov
ernment mtenaeo to. taice arasnc ac-i
tlon asrainst all foreign language news-ll
papers circulating anti-war propagan
da. LONDON BRINGS CHEERS
IN ADDRESS ON PEACE
Socialist Representative Hope For The
End is Brighter Pays Tribute to
Reply to Pope.
Washington, Sept. 10. Representa
tive London, of New York, the Social
ist member of Congress, spoke on peace
In the Houes today, declared hope for
the end of the war was becoming
brighter, and won applause from both
sides of the chamber with his expla
nation of the present European sit
uation as he sees it.
After paying a tribute to President
Wilsons' recent reply to the Pope's
peace proposals, Mr. London said it
gave great encouragement to those
who desire peace. Two dominant de
clarations of the President, that there
will be no dismemberment of the cen
tral powers and no economical war
fare after the war of bullets, are of
the utmost significance, he insisted,
because these two steps have been con
sidered part of the war plans of the
allies.
Reports that the reichstag is to
draft the German peace terms, Mr.
London declared, is a good sign.
"A well defined expression in the
reichstag for peace," he said, "is an
assurance that the desire for peace be
comes Irresistible, and the very fact
that in Essen, where the Krupp fac
tory is located, eight thousand work
ers held a meeting at which they adopt
ed unanimously a resolution in favor
of the reichstag resolution shows that
the government in Germany does not
dare to prevent the people from dis
cussing international questions." . .
OFFICE OF GERMAN
NEWSPAP
RAIDED
SWEDEN WILL BE
TO
DEFINE POSITION
She Must Let It be Known Where
She Stands as a Neutral,
View of Observers
MAY TIGHTEN EMBARGOES
Stern Measures by America and
Allies to Keep Exports
From Germany Probable
Washington, Sept. 10. While the
American government awaited develop
ments today following Secretary Lam
sing's disclosures regarding the trans
mission of official German dispatches
by the Swedish charge at Buenos Aires,
Washington officials and foreign dip
lomatists turned their attention to a
study of their possible significance.
Two facts stood out clearly to most
observers. Sweden will be compelled
to make definite her position as a neu
tral and the exposure ' may be taken as
indicating more exactly the intention
of the Allies to see that Germany shall
cease receiving aid from all the north
ern European neutral countries.
Knew of Aid to Germany.
Publication of the facts, although
disclosing nothing the government's
exports administrative board has not
known for some time, reveals to the
public t hat this government ;ls fully
cognizant of aid Sweden has been ren
dering the Central Powers and tends
to cement opinion in support of the
absolute , embargo - "put- -nt- effect
against Sweden, along with the other
neutrals, six weeks ago.
It already has been declared definite
ly that no foodstuffs or other supplies
will be permitted to go to the neutrals
for at least six. weeks to give this gov
ernment an -.- opportunity to establish
precisely, their: trade, rellations with
Germany.
Country Drained of Food.
Sweden as well as the other neutrals
has contended it has the right to export
to Germany any commodities Imported
from the United. States. Some Ameri
can officials say the war would be
ended within six months if Swedish
iron exports to Germany were stopped.
The Swedes, it is declared, have drain
ed their country of foodstuffs by tak
ing from the food producing industries
vast numbers of men and placing them
in the iron mines and the munitions
factories which have sprung up since
the war began.
Lose Argentine Wheat.
Another phase of the situation being
given careful attention here is the pos
sible effect if Argentina breaks rela
tions with Germany W ueclares war.
Argentina this winter" tnSSl have large
quantities of wheat for eacport, and as
a neutral she might send much of it to
the European neutrals under, the oper
ation of the British blockade. As a
belligerent or with diplomatic rela
tions broken, the government probably
would take control of te exports and
carefully supervise all shipments to
the neutrals to prevent any foodstuffs
from reaching Germany.
DISCLOSURES MAY NOT BE
PUBLISHED IN SWEDEN NOW
London, Sept. 10. England, like the
whole of Europe, was anxiously await
ing today what Sweden would have to
say regarding Washington's revela
tions of the use of her diplomatic ser
vice for forwarding dispatches from
the German legation- in Argentina.
xne opinion is expreaseu m cnuiea
with knowledge of Swedish political
conditions that -the Swedish govern-
ment may not allow the full publica -
tion of the revelations in Sweaen be-
cause of the elections now in pro
gress there. Although about one
seventh of the membership of the
chamber has already been elected the
revelations come at a time to have
their effect on the constitution or
that body. The conservative party,
which is generally believed here to
have pro-German leanings, has not
done well in the elections so far, hav
ing lost five seats, and should the
Washington disclosures be published
it will lose more.
The press is declined to differenti
ate between the government and the
people and expresses the opinion that
the people, if they have the oppor
tunity, will repudiate the action of
their representative in Argentina and
of the foreign office.
"The distinction must be drawn."
says the Standard, "between the Swed
ish royal government and the Svedlsh
nation. The nation may, of course, be
behind the government in its treach
erous, grossly irregular conduct, but
until it is clearly established that the
Swedish people, with full knowledge
of the facts, condone or approve their
government's action, the allies will
be well advised to act with delibera
tion, If also with decision."
The Swedish government, conTThues
the Standard, has a very bad record
behind it. "Its action," says the
newspaper,' "has from the first been
inspired by dynastic partialities and
it has had to be warned repeatedly
concerning its conduct The
German consort at Stockholm has al
most rivalled the part played by the
kaiser's sister in Athens. It is clear
that no bargain made with a govern
ment led by such influences can be
re,garded, as binding.
OBLIGED
NOW
BILL IS ADOPTED
WITH ONLY FOUR
VOTES AGAINST IT
Borah,' Gronna, LaFollette and
Norris the Senators Record
ed in Opposition
IMPORTANT CHANGES MADE
Proposed Publishers' and Con
sumption Taxes and Postal
Increase Eliminated
Washington, Sept. 10. The war
tax bill the largest single taxation
measure in American history was
passed tonight by the Senate. It pro
vides for a levy somewhat under $2,
400.0O0.0C0 as compared with the $1,
867.870,000 proposal in the bill as it
passed the House May 23. The vote
was 69 to 4, Senators Borah, Gronna,
LaFollette and Norris being recorded
in opposition.
The great bill, nearly four months
in the making, will be returned to the
House tomorrow and then goes to con
ference with enactment within ten
days or two weeks probable. Sena
tors Simmons, Stone and Williams,
Democrats, and Penrose and Lodge,
Republicans, of the finance committee,
were appointed the Senate's conferes.
Credits Bill Next.
Awaiting the Senate in the final
struggle over war fiscal policies is
the $ll,500,000,l)0C credits bill, which
passed the House unanimously and up
on which work will begin tomorrow
by the Senate finance committeo.
Of the $2,400,000,000 new taxes pro
vided in the tax bill for the dura
tion of the war, $842,200,000 is to be
taken from incomes, corporate and in
dividual, and $1,060,000,000 from war
profits. Most of the remainder is le
vied on liquor tobacco and public util
ities. In tonight's clean-up, the principal
eleventh hour actions of the Senate
were elimination of all provisions for
laiing puoiisners ana increasing sec-
Nnd - class periodical postage rates and
an consumption taxes on sugar, tea,
coffee and cocoa the latter reducing
the bill $86,000,000. Then Senate .also
struck out the clause proposing re
peal of the "draw back" or re-export,
allowance given sugar refiners and de- .
feated proposals to add inheritance
taxes.
High-Tax Group Defeated.
In a last effort of the high-tax group
to increase taxes, the Senate rejected
65 to 15, the LaFollette substitute bill
to raise $3,500,000,000 more taxes
Those supporting it" were: Borah,
Brady, Gore, Gronna, Hardwick, Hol
lis, Husting, Johnson of California;
Jones of Washington; Kenyon, LaFol
lette, McNary, Norris, Reed and Var
daman.
Passage of the bill was void of the
usual stirring scenes marking such
u.n epochal measure. At four o'clock
today, under the Agreement which
ended the cloture fight a fortnight ago,
debate was shut off and a tedious se
ries of a dozen roll calls brought the
bill to passage.
Excitable Postage Fight.
A parliamentary snarl and a determ
ined' fight on the second-class postage
provisions furnished the most excite
ment. After the McKellar substitute
zone postage increase provision, apply
ing to publications sent beyond 300
miles, had been rejected 40 to 3f, Sen
ator Hxnlwick's substitute zone plan,
applicable to advertising portions only
was beaten 48 to 20. Senator McKellar,.
attempted to offer another substitute
witn a maximum rate of four cents
. a pound instead of six cents, but San-'
I ator Saulsburv. Dresidiner. held that
1 the House zone provision had never
j been formally eliminated. Then the
Senate made sure of its determination
to eliminate all postage increases and
special levies on publishers by adopt
ing Senator Week's motion to strike
out the entire House clause, 59 to 9.
Parcel Post Stamp Tax.
The only postage features left in
the bill are provisions for free trans
portation of letters from American sol
diers abroad and for a cent stamp tax
on parcel post packages, raising about
$4.000,000.,
The consumption taxes, of 1-2 cent
a pound on sugar, 2 cents. on coffee,
5 cents on tea, 3 cents on cocoa an
J from one to 2 cents a gallon on mo
lasses went out by overwhelming ma
jorities. A final vote on Senator
Broussard's motion to eliminate them
all was 52 to 28.
AMERICAN SERGEANT AND A
PRIVATE WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Wasington, Sept. 10 The War De
partment announced late today that
LSergeant M. G. Oalderwood and Pri
vate W. F. Brannig&n, both of Com
pany F, 11th hallway engineers," had
been slightly wounded by shell frag
ments while on duty' In France. This
is the army's first casualty announce
ment of the war except t hat concern
ing the members of the medical corps
I killed when German aviators bombed
a hospital.
Operate Under License.
Washington, Sept. 10. Grain ele
vators began operating today under
license rectrlctions prescribed by the
food administration. None will be al
lowed to store wheat or rye for mora
than thirty days and each elevator Is
required to make weekly reports of
its transactions. . '
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