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THE CAROLINA WATCIpCAN, SALISBURY, N. C OLD NORTH STATE NEWS TAX BILL VIOLENT FIGHTING IN VERDUN SECTOR GREATEST CORN CREDITS BILL ITALIANS RENEW ORYIASSED BY. ROUSE PASSED BY SENATE T OF Brief Notes Covering Happenings in This States That Are of Interest to Ail the People. CROP IN 1ST GREA FENSIVE ONLY FOUR MEMBERS RECORD- ED AGAINST BIGGEST SINGLE ' TAX MEASURE IN HISTORY. LEVY NEARLY $2,400,000,000 Carried $1,867,870,000 as Passed by House Senators Borah, Gronna, La Follette and Norris Being Re corded in Opposition. Washington.-7-The war tax bill the largest single taxation measure In American history was 'passed by the senate. It provides for a levy some what under $2,400,000,000 as compar ed 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, La Follette and Nor ris being recorded in opposition. Voting on amendments to the bill, preparatory to final passage, began in the senate with the adoption, 51 to 27, of a motion by Senator Brpus sard to strike out the first consump tion tax clause, levying two cents a pound on coffee and its substitutes and designed to raise $18,500,000. Another motion by Senator Brous sard to strike out the one and two cents a gallon taxes on molasses, ac cording to grades, was adopted, 50 to 28. Then the senate voted, 52 to 28, to strike out all consumption taxes in the bill, including those on sugar, tea and cocoa, all designed to raise $86, 000,000. By a vote of 69 to 11, the provision for repeal of the present law allowing "drawbacks," or manu facturlng re-export allowances, : to sugar refiners, was eliminated. Senator Owen's amendment provid in gfor a tax ranging from one per cent on inheritances of $100,00 to 100 pel- cent on those over $95,000,000 was rejected by a vote of 51 to. 39. The Jones amendment, revised by the committee to levy a 10 percent upon corporations' undistributed sur plus was adopted on a viva voce vote. A substitute by Senator Jones to eliminate an exemption in the committee's clause of income actually Invested and employed was defeated, 45 to 35. Senator La.Follette's substitute war tax bill, .proposing to raise about $3, 500,000,000 solely from income, war profits, liquor and tobacco, ,was re jected, 65 to 15. The senate adopted, 40 to 34, Sena tor Smoot's motion to strike out the McKellar amendment providing a (one cent inciease In second class postage rates beyond 300 miles: and designed to secure $12,600,000. The house zone provision and the finance committee's special publishers prof Its provisions already had been elim inated. Senator Hardwick's substitute to provide a zone system increasing sec ond class postage rates on advertis ing portions of publications, estimat ed to raise $16,500,000 next year,, was rejected, 48 to 20. . KORNILOFF DEMANDS FULL CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT Wants Supreme Power in Russia Ke rensky Votes for "Blood and Iron" Methods. The Russian government is again facing a crisis, but apparently with his j usual "blood and iron" methods Pre- j mier Kerensky has taken vigorous steps to combat it and to punish se verely those of the opposition elements who brought it about. ( Succinctly, General Korniloff, commander-in-chief of the army, backed by - a roup of political agitators, has demanded for himself dictatorial pow ers Ty the surrender of the govern ment into his hands. Kerensky re fused, to comply with the demand and has had incarcerated in the Petropav losk fortress M. Loff, member of the drama, who acted as Korniloff 's medi ary, and who .under a severe exam ination has had wrung from him the details of the plot to overthrow $he government and bring- about a rettirn of the despotic regime. TWO AMERICANS HURT ON DUTY IN FRANCE Washington. The war department announced that'Sergt. M. G. Calder wood and Private W. F. Brannigan, both of Company F, 110th Railway en gineers, had been slightly wounded by shell fragments while on duty in France. This Is the army's first cas ualty announcement of the war except that concerning the members of , the medical corps killed when German avlaors bombed a hospital. MAINE IS TWO TO ONE AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE : Portland, Me. Woman suffrage in Maine was defeated, 2 to 1, at the spe cial election if the voting , ratio indi cated by newspaper returns from ap proximately one-third of the state pre vailed in the remaining districts. Returns from 275 election precincts out of 635 in the state gave: yes, 11, 161; no, 22,296. The tabulation includ ed complete returns from the princi pal cities. FRENCH AND GERMANS AGAIN ENGAGED IN EXTREMELY FIERCE STRUGGLES. PETAIN'S MEN HOLD TEUTONS Germans Returned to Fray With New Vigor- Haig's British Troops Deliv er Successful Attacks Lull in Northern Russian Fronts. Again the French and Germans are engaged in extremely heavy fighting in the Verdun sector, with the Ger mans trying to recoup their loss of the end of last week on the right bank of the Meuse, but with General Petain's forces holding them back al most everywhere and covering the ground with their dead. Over a front of nearly two miles the Germans, following unsuccessful attacks in the sector of the Bois Des Fosses and the Bois des Caurieres, re turned to the fray with renewed vig or, especially around .Hill' 344. At some points French trenches were captured by the Germans but they later were driven out and the French line was entirely re-established. In the fighting around the Bois de Fosses Saturday night the Germans left near ly one thousand dead on the ground before the French positions. At various points on the front held by Field Marshal Haig the British troops haye delivered successful at tacks, especially northwest of St Quentiri, where German positions on a front of several hundred yards were captured and prisoners taken. In Flanders the British guns are still roaring in the mighty bombardment that has been in progress more than b fortnight, but as yet the Infantry has not been loosed for the impend ing dash into the enemy territory. There has been a considerable slackening in the German advance in northern Russia, due in large measure to the Russians making stands at sev eral points, particularly on the front of the Pskoff railroad line leading eastward from Riga. Here the van guards of the Germans and Russian cavalry are engaged in fighting, the result being that the invaders are held back while theRussians are pre paring defenses in which to make a stand. LANSING EXPOSES BREACH OF SWEDISH NEUTRALITY Develops Another Case of Sinister Teutonic Diplomacy. Washington. Copies of three brief dispatches made public by the state department revealed another case of sinister German diplomacy, this time directed against Argentina and involv ing the Swedish foreign office in an apparent grave breach . of neutrality and diplomatic propriety. They were messages to Berlin from Count. Luxburg, the German charge at Beunos Aires, forwarded by the Swed ish legation there as its own commun ications. Besides advising that no concessions be granted Argentina in the submarine controversy, they sug gest that the South American coun try's ships be sunk "without leaving any trace" and gave information as to the sailing and positions of certain vessels. The department's announcement was sent to the Argentine embassy and the Swedish legation here at the same time it was given to the public. There was no explanation as to how the messages came into the hands of the United States nor discussion as to what may be the result. The action created a sensation, par ticularly among the neutral diplomats. Baron Akerhielm, the Swedish charge in the absence of advices from his gov ernment, would not comment further than to say it was improbable .the Swedish minister at Buenos Aires knew- of the contents of the dis patches. Axel Robert Nordvall of the special Swedish economic mission, de clared that he was certain that Baron Lowen, the Swedish minister to Argen tina, had no knowledge of the contents of the dispatches. May Recall. Baron Lowen. Mr. Nordvall was of the opinion that Baron Lowen would be recalled by the Swedish government and said he looked for an explanation and a disavowal of any intention to commit an unneutral act. What effect the disclosure will have on Argentina's relations with Germany could only be x guessed at both by state department officials and by Ambassador Naou. The ambassa dor already has transmitted messages to his government and until instruc tions are received he will not comment on the incident. rWO MILLIONS A MONTH IS SPENT IN WAR RELIEF Washington. Approximately $12, 000..000 for war relief work in Europe will have been expended by the Amer ican Red Cross in the first six months since the United States has been at war with Germany, according to a re port addressed "To the American People" by "Henry P. Davison, chair man of the Red Cross war council, in which full details are given of the ctlrities of the organization In vari ous nations abroad. GOVERNMENT'S SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT FORECASTS MANY BIG CROPS. IS 3,248,000,000 BUSHELS Spring Wheat Shows FavorablS . In - crease, Oat Crop Is Expected to Set a New Record Along With Rye and Potatoes. Washington. Corn, the country's greatest crop, needs only a few weeks freedom from frost to mature into the largest production ever known in the, :,juse unanimously. Action by the history of the nation. The govern- Innate as soon -as the pending war ment's September crop report fore- i-ft bill is disposed of is planned "by casts a production of 3,248,000,000, s.fmfnistration leaders, bushels, which is 124,000,000 .bustals C fot a material -amendment was more than produced iff the record , ged to the bill by the House. Rep year, 1912. f tentative Moore , of Pennsylvania, Corn prospects improved to the e a groilD o republicans in a futile tent of 53,000,000 bushels as a result of good weather during August, Ihe Kansas crop showing improvement to the extent of almost 40,000,000 bush els, and Missouri 23,000,000 bushels, eclines were recorded 'in other states, Spring wheat yields are turning out better than Expected and the Septem ber forecast showed an increase of 14,000,000 bushels over the produc tion forecast in August with a total of 250,000,000 bushels. Adding the win ter wheat production, a total yield of 668,000,000 ''bushels, ofwheat was1 an nounced. That is 28,000,000 -bushels more than last year's harvest, but 138,000.000 bushels less tha,n the aver age of the crops for the five years 1911-15. Besides the record crop of corn, larger production than ever before' will be harvested in oats, with 1,533, 000,000 bushels; rye with 56.000,000 busehls; white potatoes, with 462, 000,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, with 88,200,000 bushels; tobacco, with 1, 221,000,000 pounds, and hay, with 91, 700,000 tons. Oats prospects increased 79,000.000 bushels during August but tobacco lost 49,000,000 pounds. Virginia 61,752,000 bushels; .North Carolina 63,393,000; Georgia 71,344, 000; Tennessee 117,273,000; Alabama 89,014.000; Mississippi' 86,333,000; Louisiana 42,246,000; Texas 81,806,, 000; Oklahoma 36261,000 and Arkan sas 71,307,000. CHICAGO OFFICIALS THINK , MRS. KING WAS MURDERED Will Investigate Tragic Death of Wealthy Woman at Concord, N. G. Chicago, Findings of a midnight postmorterm here over the body of Mrs. Maude A. King, who was Idlled; at Concord, N. C, August 29, were communicated to the attorney general of North Carolina by Assistant State's Attorney Sullivan In a telegram. The tleegram reads : "Postmartem examination by Coro ner Hoffman of this county on body of Maude King, killed at Concord, N. C, August 29 ,1917,' by pistol shot, re veals that shot could not have been self-inflicted and also reveals that her left ankle was broke nshortly before her death. Coroner believes that in your state. Coroner and state's at crime of murder has been committed. In your state. Coroner and state's at torney of this county await your di rections." The postmortem examination of the body of Mrs. King indicated -that Mrs. . King was murdered, in the opinion of Coroner Peter M. Hoffman. The bodjr was removed from the masoleum here and te examination conducted just before midnight last night by order of Judge Kersten, of . the- criminal branch of the circuit court. Dr. Wil liam Burmeister, pathologist of North western University conducted the ex amination in the presence of repre sentatives of the police and coroner's, office. ' . 1- Asheville. Emphatically denying any complicity in the death of Mrs. Maude A. King, widow of James C. King, late Chicago millionaire, Gaston B. Means, the dead woman's secretary, who arrived here told the story of the-J tragedy at Concord, N. C, August 29. PRE8IDENT WILSON PLACES EMBARGO ON GOLD EXPORT Washington. President Wilson placed an embargo, effective Septem ber 10, on the exportation of coin, bullion and currency. At the same time he authorized the secretar yof the treasury to license such exporta tions where, in the opinion of the federal reserve board, they are not harmful. The effect of the embargo, which applies to all nations, will be to place in the hands of McAdoo. Secretary BRAGG MADE HIGHEST AMERfCAN AIR FLIGHT New York. The 12,900-foot alti tude flight made by Caleb Bragg in a hydro-airplane with two passengers' at Fort Washington, N. Y., August 25, has been sanctioned as the American record for that class of flying by the Aero Club of America, it was an nounced here. The passengers were Harry Guggenheim and K. A. Craig The previous record was 9,524 feet, made at North Island, Cal., b Floyd Smith, .February 11, 1916. REAT AUTHORIZATION OF 3$ BONDS AN.D CERTIFCATES ij -PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 5 FOLLOWS WAR TAX IN SENATE 5 a Material Amendment Was Add fwed to the Bill By the House. Total Amount Which is Authorized is $11, 538,945,460. Washington. The great war credits $3Sl, authorizing $11,538,945,450 in isnds and certificates. Dassed the rfgtft for consideration of his proposal ,.ftr. a war expenditures committee, kfch was thrown out on a point of ijiler. Slavery effort of republicans to limit control the bill would give Secre tly McAdoo over the bonds and certificates- resulted in failure. The last ht, made by Representative jJohn-s-j of Washington, to direct the sec rary to spend at least $2,500,000 for newspaper advertising in disposing of ti&l bonds, was defeated overwhelm ingly. If the secretary desires under tfrf 'measure, he may use some of the $3,600,000 appropriated for disposing oi&ll the bonds and certificates in ntvspaper publicity. KSiepresentative Cannon, of Illinois, trained the adoption of a compro mise amendment to exempt from tax aftyJh forever interest on bonds not in eiess of $5,000. He wanted to make li'-lO.OOO, but Democratic Leader K$hin would not agree. : iiie bill authorizes - the issuance of $38,945,460 worth of convertible 4 penitent bonds, .subject to super-taxes a&di war profits taxes, and to termi nate! at the discretion of the secre tayi of the treasury. Of this total, $Jo0O,OOO,OOO worth is for a new al lifedlloan; $3,000,000,000 worth to take oyer? a 3 1-2 per cent issue already au thorized and the remaining $528,945, 4(Kto be used for converting certain outstanding bonds, including the Dan isjtt West Indies, Alaskan railway, Pan am'ai canal and nav:il construction is sues! , ifrf . RUSSIANS FLEE VHILE t ITALIANS HOLD AUSTRIANS - i Gferfrian Fleet Is Aotive as Slavs are f. I pressed from Riga. Tne Russians nd Austro-Itallan theaters continue the centers of inter et in the world war. .In the former the I Germans are s till pressing the Russians In their retreat from the Rgi region; in tho latter the forces of General Cadorna continue to harass the iAustrians but ith the enemy of fering stout resistance on the major sectors north and northeast of Geor gia and along the Carso plateau. : J7ith .the Russian front already brok efc cjver a distance of about 45 miles between Riga and Friedrichstadt, the pfoVince of Livonia is fast being over ran fby the Germans. Everywhere the eethy is pressing4the retreating Rus sians, among whom the disaffection permitted the t asy taking of Riga becomes more apparent. Although the Russians have fallen bRel with great sreed all along the lie;!,it seems evident that they have nJ ibee nput to roat and thta ' the loyal troops are fighting splendid rearguard actions. This seemingly is bfetii'e out by the fac t that the German bag of prisoners thus far has been less thani eight thousand and their capture ingins only 180. he Italian commander-in-chief, General Cadorna, continues his reti ccyce concerning the operation he ha jjn view against the Austrians, his latest communication merely announc ing' he continuatir.O of the heavy fighting northeast of Georgia, and the reiiiijse on. the Carso plateau, south oftille Bestovizza Valley, of strong Austrian counter-attacks. TGG1VE MEN IN RANKS iff CHANCE FOR COMMISSIONS. ' jfashington.' Enlisted men are to be jgiyen special opportunities to be commissioned . officers. Secretary Baljer said that' the establishment of a .iird series of officers' training' camps was under consideration and that; men seelcted under the draft wold: be extended such opportunities eo ?iter that a majority of those en-t rdlidj probably would be from the ranks! This policy will be adhered to in Uij training camps. GERMAN AIRMEN BOMB Ml GREAT FRENCH HOSPITAL CHind Headquarters of the French army in France. The Vande laigcourt hospital in the region of Ver dmf was ayain bombarded by German aviftOrs for six and a half hours. Nine teen persons yere killed and 26 wound ed. I4 The huts attacked contained onl severely wounded men, who were un$le to move from their cots. The hoall0 airplanes flew over the hosiptai 20 mes from 8:30 o'clock in the even lngkhtil 3 o'clock n the morning. GERMANS TAKE ANOTHER 8 LAV FORTRESS WHILE RUSSIANS CONTINUE FLIGHT. AUSTRUNS UUINGH MM Attempted to Stop Cadorna's Further Approach to Trieste. Nearly 1,700 Men Have Been Captured By Ital ians in Corizia. While the Russians continue their flight before the Germans In the re gion of Riga, the Italians, after a few days of comparative idleness, again have started their great offensive on the Bainzizza plateau against the Austrains and to the northest of Gorizia. In the south, however, from the Brestovizza valley to the sea, the Ital ians have been' compelled to with stand violent counter-attacks by the Austrians, who are endeavoring to hold back General Cadorna's lines from a further approach to Triesv. The Austrians at one place momenta rily forced the Italians to cede ter ritory. A counter-attack by he Ital ians not alone retrieved the lost po sition, but resulted in the capture of more than 400 prisoners. On the Bainzizza plateau, northeast of Go rizia, the Italians have made further gains, capturing an important Aus train position xiear Ocrogio. No details have been vouchsafed concerning the battle Which is in progress northeast of Gorizia, and no confirmation is at hand of the re ported capture by the Italians of Monte San Gabriele, the last dominat ing position held by the Austrians north of Gorizia. Nearly 1,700 men have been cap tured by the Italians in the flighting in the Gorizia sector. Again the Italians have sent their airmen over Pola, the Austrian naval base in the Adariatic, dropping bombs, the explosions of which haye added materially to the damage done in pre vious raids. In the region of Riga the Russians are retiring eastward and northeast ward all along the line, pursued by the Germans. SENATE'S BITTER PROFITS BATTLE BROUGHT TO END Committees 1 Compromise Provisions . Are Adopted. Washington. The Senate's bitter fight over war profits taxation virtual ly ended with adoption of the finance committee's compromise provisions for a total levy of $1,286,000,000 or about onethird of this year's war and nor mal excess profits. This is an increase of $1,060,000,000 over present taxes. The high-tax ad vocates failed to secure adoption of a single amendment. Action on the war profits section the largest revenue-producing provi sion, w as taken technically in com mittee of the whole and is subject to final review later. Today's decisive rout of the high-tax element, however, may prevent further efforts along this line and Senate leaders say it fore casts defeat for the fighting for heav ier income taxes. With adoption of finance commit tee's war profits provisions Increased by the committee from $562,000,000 to $1,060,000,000 after the high-tax sena tors began their fight the bill totals $2,522,000,000, near which figure it is expected to remain. Many senators, howerer, predict ultimate elimination of consumption taxes aggregating $86 000,000; second class mail increases of $12,600,000; freight taxes of $77,500, 000 and stamp taxes on parcel post packages estimated to yield about $8,000,000. In the contest between those advo cating and opposing higher taxation of war profits, which has approached high levels of Senate dissension, the largest muster of the high-tar group was 29 votes. This came today on an amendment of Senator Johnson of Cal ifornia to increase the maximum grad uated rate from 60 to 70 per cent. Supporting it were: Democrats: Ashurst, Beckham, Broussard, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Hollis, Husting, Johnson, South Da kota; King, KIrby, McKellar, Myers, Overman, Phelan, Shaforth, Sheppard, Thompson, Trammell arid Vardaman 19. Republicans: Gorah Brady, Gronna, Johnson California; Jones of Washing ton; Kenyon LaFollette McNary Nor ris and Sutherland 10. Total 29. As now written Into the bill the war profits section strikes out the House provisions for an additional tax of $200,000,000. ISHII DELIVERS JAPAN'S MESSAGE OF COMPADESHIP. Washington. Japan's message of comradeship and co-operation in the war was delivered to the House by Viscount Isnli amid hearty applause from, a crowded floor and galleries. The special ambassador told the House as he had told the Senate and President Wilson that his country was In the battle against military oppres sion to stay and welcomed the oppor tunity to fight beside the United StaUs. Maxton is planning to install aa electric light plant soon. Edward E. Britton has gone to Washington and taken up his duties as private secretary for Josephus Daniels, Secretary of Navy. Mrs. M. L. Pooe, one of the oldest women in Burke county, met death, j by falling down a flight of stairs dur ; ing the night. Her body was not dis covered until next morning. A check for $1,000 was forwarded to Francis C. Boyer, North Carolina di rector of the Red Cross, for the Ameri can Red Cross ambulance to be sent to France by the people of Fayette ville. Employes of the Southern Railway at Spencer received pay checks cov ering back time since March 1, in ac cordance with an agreement for an Increase in wages from forty-two cents per hour to fifty and a half cents an hour. Visitors will be allowed to land at Fort Caswell provided they .know an officer there who is willing" to vouch safe for them and they can proceed to the National Guard camp if they do not object to the presence of an armed sentry strolling by their side. The fall crop of cabbage all through the western part of '- the state always suffers from the several kinds of worms which eat the leaves. These come from eggs laid by innocent locking yellow-white butterflies, or dull-gray moths. And it is a question whether they do not sometimes de vour, or spoil; as many pounds of the cabbage as are eaten by people, states Entomologist Sherman. The "Patriotic Penny" movement for the benefit of the Red Cross will be put into effect in Rocky Mount by the locat chapter. The movement means that the city will be divided into districts, with a captain appoint ed for each. This captain will call on every family in his district once a week for a contribution of one penny from each member of the household. The North Carolina troops are pouf Ingr into Camp Sevier at a rate whiclj will soon see them completely mobil ized. The third regiment is, already complete, following the arrival of six companies early this morning on a special train of twenty coaches. The companies were: Headquarters, from Graham; Company A, from Lexington; Company I, from Burlington; Com pany K, from Asheboro; Company L, from Thomasvilie, and Company G, from Reidsville. Miss Blanche McDade, twenty-five, well known Raleigh woman, was in stantly killed when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a car driven by Luther Austin, automo bile mechanic of Knightdale, ten miles west of here, Austin, together with two other occupants of his machine and three occupants of the car in which Miss McDade was riding, was severely if not seriously injured. Miss Lula Ford, another Raleigh girl in the car in which the young woman was killed, escaped unhurt. It is said both cars were running without lights. When the West Point graduation ceremonies came to a close another Fayetteville woman could say that she had four boys in the active service of the United States army. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. McNeill have three sons and one grandson in the army Nor man McNeill, who received his com mission as a second lieutenant at the hands of Secretary Baker at the mili tary academy recently; Kenneth Mc Neill, a corporal in company F, sec ond North Carolina infantry; Lauch lln McNeill, private in company A, North Carolina engineers, and George Stancill, a private in company F of the second regiment. 4 George Pou, son of Representative Pou, is preparing to leave for France with the signal oorps to which he be longs. ; His mother and wife are in Washington to see him off. The North Carolina Pine Emergen cy Association will furnish 1,500,000 feet of lumber for the construction of a frame stucco building to house the council of national defense in Wash ington, The order was given Satur day and will be rushed here before the end of this week. The first ana only drowning of the 1917 season at Wrightsville Beach oc curred when James Edwards, 16-year-old son of Mr. Jacob Edwards of Wilmington lost his life. His brother, aged 35 years, who went to his rescue, came near being drowned also, being brought in by life guards when, almost exhausted. . Governor T. W. Bickett made a war speech in Salisbury. He was heard by about 4,000 people from all sections of the country and his address made a deep impression for patriotism. ft ii S- i! .0 Si ;: If. n
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