Senate War Profits Tax Clashes Defeat Hikes
Washington reports a sharp Senate fight over war profits taxation ending in defeats for high tax advocates. La Follette’s 70 and 65 percent proposals were rejected 6 20 and 68 17, while the bill’s one third increase to 1 060 billion is expected to stand. Additional amendments and a looming 460 percent levy are planned as debate continues.
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Senate
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Wisconsin
la Poliette
Hollis
Finance Committee
Johnson
King, McKellar
Trammell
Ashurst
Brady
Gore
Borah
la Pollettes Ma Imum
Rman
Nianee
Roe
Simmons
Catholic opinion on Pope Benedict and Wilson utterances
Paris reports Baron Denys Cochin cites the pope and President Wilson on postwar aims. He says the pope urges disarmament and justice, while Wilson seeks to end militarism and topple the Hohenzollern dynasty. Cochin warns that replacing the emperor with another autocrat would not resolve Europe’s crisis.
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Paris
Pope Benedict
Wilson
Baron Denys Cochin
Cathoolive Party of
France
Estoway
Orient
Europe
Ear
Germany
President Wilson to the new soldiers in wartime address
President Wilson welcomed the first soldiers to the National Army with a message of confidence and a call to uphold high standards of character. He urged them to be good men as well as good soldiers, praising their duty as the nation and world watch the war. Separate note reports Samuel Gompers saying workers must support war, even as pacifists, to defeat aggressive tyranny.
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Wilson
America
White House
National Army
God Keep
Woodrow Wilson
Erie
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Gompers
Mines Olis
American Alliance For Labor and “Democracy
New York
Samuel Gotmpers
American Federation, of Labor
Alliance
The
Labor Movement
Secialist Party
Loshington
Riveney Roumain
Petrograd
Moscow
Russia
Alex Catherine
Peter
Riga
Germans Take Riga and War Tax Talk Reported
In Today’s Standard the issue highlights German advances near Riga and J. W. Gerard’s actions at Butte, plus war tax discussion and aerial raid reports. It notes labor in the war, camp life at 2-Army, and mentions theater and horoscopic items.
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Riga
J. W. Gerard
Butte
Naconda News
Ichers’ Institute
Hutte
Germany
Conscription Protest Powers Voted by British Columbia Labor
In Vancouver on September 3 the British Columbia Federation of Labor convention vested power to call a general strike in its executive committee as a protest against conscription. Fifty-five delegates representing most labor sectors approved the plan amid broad support.
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British Columbia
British Columbia Federation of Labor
Vunve Fuzhi
German Birds Visit England Bombs Southeast Coast
London reports German planes attacked the southeast coast of England last night dropping bombs at several places. No casualties or damage were reported by midnight. An official statement noted enemy planes crossed the coast and that some of the enemy were observed.
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London
England
Root Urges Lawyers to Promote War Prosecution
Elihu Root addressed the Bar Association Delegates urging lawyers nationwide to use all influence with clients, friends, and associates to back the war effort. He described the appeal as a cry of alarm and called for unified action in support of ongoing prosecutions.
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Elihu Root
Conference of the Bar. Association
American Bar Association
Pacifist meeting ends as four guards move in
After a day of pacifist talks in hotels where delegates were quartered, National Guardsmen arrive from Springfield Sunday night. Sheriff Traeger cooperates with Adjutant General Dickson while Mayor Thompson stays in seclusion. The peace conference delegates depart, some claiming the objective was achieved amid government scrutiny and possible action against the mayor. Gerard declines to discuss official or diplomatic war plans, saying he speaks for himself and seeks rest in the West.
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Springfield
Traeger
Dickson
Gover
Thompson
West
James W. Gerard
Hutte
Mr. Gerard
Butte
Meats
Gerard
Washington
Minneapolis
Montana
Haig
Flanders
Alwaya
Preux
Verdin
Rmans
Freedom of speech defended by Lowden on Labor Day
Governor Frank Lowden warned Illinois on Labor Day that treasonous acts by pacifists threaten the war effort. He urged unity with the government, rejected antiwar dissent, and endorsed Grant’s strategy to locate and strike the enemy. The speech stressed patriotic duty and civilizational bounds in wartime.
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Ottawa
Frank
Lowden
Chicago
Grant
Germans Advance On Riga Front in Dvina Bridge Action
German forces crossed the Dvina near Uxkull and Riga area, driving Russian defenders off river positions. Bridges were thrown, eastern bank advances continued toward Riga as Russian counterattacks failed. Observers note strategic value of Gulf of Riga and potential moves toward Petrograd amid uncertain frontline gains and Austrian losses in the Brzezina and Tolmino sectors.
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Higa
Dvina
Uxhall
Riga
Dahlen
Felaway
Gulf of
Tuga
Finland
Rograd
Blansizza
Brestovizza Va
Tolmino
Investigation of defective cartridges for American forces
Washington reports Brigadier General Crozier and the senate military committee moved to name a board of inquiry into defective cartridges supplied to American forces in France. Crozier cited about 2 percent defect rate and said the issue should be studied without implying manufacturer negligence. Secretary Baker’s action will determine if the inquiry proceeds.
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Washington
Ameran
France
Crosier
Senate Military Committee
Crozier
Frankeford
Senate Committee
Baker
Western Texas cattle die from water shortage
Sept 3 reports many West Texas cattle are dying due to severe drought and lack of water when carloads cannot be moved for war materials. National War Service association called in by the commission to address the crisis as heavy shipments are disrupted. Paris dispatch notes postal and telegraph workers strike suspending all communications.
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Sec
West Texas
Catle
National ‘Ar Service Association
Paris
Madrid
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