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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
1
Seventy two million dollars more in taxes are required from those with incomes. Officials say additional levies will support public programs and balance budgets as taxpayers face higher assessments and revised rates.
Senate moves to raise income and war profits taxes with a plan to add about 72 million to the levy and considers La Follette amendments to lift rates further. Opposition from Senator Lodge and advocacy by Townsend mark a bitter tax battle as House session resumes next week.
Berlin reports renewed fighting on the Baltic and Galician eastern fronts as Russians and Teuton forces clash. In Romania, Romanian troops attacked Austro German lines but were repulsed with heavy losses, according to the German war department.
In Bear Creek district, coal operatives vote that Wilson price limits threaten to halt production with losses. A protest telegram was sent to Senator Walsh as Wyoming mines may suspend. Tours note $295 per ton ordered, sold at $4.50, prompting cancellations and possible curtailment amid wage-raise fears. Sheridan operator says operators will wage a vigorous protest, calling it a life or death matter.
Springfield Ill Aug 22 A strike of Illinois miners for higher wages before the April 1 1918 agreement expires will not be countenanced by miners organization officers said President Frank Farrington warned that federal price fixing could trigger wildcat strikes as operators cannot grant wage increases and profits are said to be fabulous.
London August 22 British troops attacking fiercely again today captured important strategic positions for a mile along the Ypres Menin road to a depth of nearly a third of a mile and carried forward their front about a half mile over two and a half miles. The fighting was of the most desperate nature and prisoners taken bore a small ratio to German losses.
A Montana forecast calls for fair skies and warming on Thursday with high temperatures rising. Friday will bring warmer conditions in the eastern parts of the state with continued dry weather and light winds.
Boston hosts the fifty first annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment where 12 000 veterans adopted a message of greeting to Russia adjourning with prayers. Russian consul Joseph A Conry cabled the message to Petrograd amid praise of Russia s support for the Union. The camp also named Portland as next year s encampment site and discussed national officers while war memories and wartime loyalty dominated the proceedings.
Washington reports 7000 Philadelphia navy yard workers pledged cooperation with the war effort. A delegation presented a memorial urging unity and full performance of duty. Secretary Daniels praised the workers and urged nationwide enlistment of effort to win the war promptly.
In St Paul Minnesota Governor Burnquist called a capital conference for next Saturday with representatives from Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Montana and asked Herbert Hoover to defer federal action. Farmers and state grain board members argued a $2 minimum on the top wheat grade would not ensure fair returns for lower grades and millers would not pay the same schedule for the next-best grade.
Firefighters in Northern Idaho and Western Montana battled spreading blazes with over 200 men at Draze near Lolo Hot Springs still uncontrolled. Adair Idaho fire threatened Deep Creek timber. other fires on Bear Creek Lochsa Elk Summit and near Gold Creek reported under control or newly reported.
At St. Louis on August 22 the national convention endorsed Pope Benedicts peace efforts and closed with officer elections. Joseph Fray of New York was named president. Next years gathering will be held in San Antonio Texas.
A local dispatch reports air bombardment activity around Amsterdam and nearby areas. Explosions were heard as Zeebrugge was bombed by air with great blasts causing alarm in the morning hours.
Senate insists on income tax revisions and price fixing for commodities. Forest fire update. army cables Musicians. Butte playhouses report fires fought by enough men. Anaconda and state news sections note Methodists organize. Editorial covers threatened metal trades strike and Japanese mission in Washington. Sports highlight Red Sox tie and a 22 inning Brooklyn game.
A historical note discusses the figure known as the God of Production and how his subject of war prices is examined by President Wilson. The piece highlights economic urgency during the wartime period and the government’s focus on price control and production efficiency.
President Wilson, at a three hour meeting with the Federal Trade Commission, outlined plans to extend government control over coal from mine to consumer and considered a steel price policy. Commission findings show flat steel pricing is impractical due to varying plant costs, with anthracite and other materials under review and the Pomerene bill backing expanded powers. Meanwhile Camp Fremont at Palo Alto faces sewer work and mass layoff of over 2,000 workers as War Department suspends construction amid labor and logistical issues.
The Consumers Company of Chicago the world’s largest retail coal dealer announced immediate cuts of 1 to 2.80 dollars per ton in soft coal. Other dealers will follow with similar reductions. The move is expected to reduce Chicago’s coal bill by about 30 million dollars.
The War Department suspended construction at the national guard camp in Palo Alto California after local health authorities demanded sewer installation. Army officers call it an unnecessary expense for a temporary camp and say the site may be abandoned if sewer requirements persist.
San Francisco reports state board of health has twice protested by telegram to the War Department in Washington against removing sewerage facilities from Camp Fremont Palo Alto plans.
Mrs Wallace Tarbox of Fryeburg Maine won the election for national president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic at the thirty first annual convention. Mrs Rose Houghton of Seattle opposed her, receiving 125 votes to 160 for Tarbox.
San Francisco Aug 22 The Iron Trades council representing 25 000 men voted to call a strike on Labor Day in sympathy with striking care men of the United Railroads unless differences with the company are settled before that date announced late today.
Hiram Johnson Jr son of Senator Hiram Johnson was denied exemption from military service today. He had sought relief on grounds of his wife’s dependency and was aided by his father in law a local capitalist who offered support for Mrs Johnson.
Rescued from the Arctic, the relief steamer Neptune under Captain Robert Bartlett was reported off Labrador with part of the McMillan Arctic exploration party from Greenland. The vessel is expected to reach St John’s by Sunday.
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