Senate Stiffens War Tax Plan With Heavy Rates
The Senate approved the Finance Committee's war revenue income tax plan adding 841 million dollars in new revenue. Tax brackets rise from 1 percent for low incomes to 60 percent for earnings above one million. Amendments by La Follette and Hollis were rejected. Hardwick's challenge raised debate before the vote on his 10 percent tax above 25 000 with 50 dollar monthly aid proposal.
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Finance Committee
Trammell
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Hollis
Hardwick
Georgia
Williams
Mississippi
Germany
Nelson
Minnesota
Chamberlain
Oregon
Grenna
Hardwick la Follette
Reed
Vardaman
Germans Shell Hospitals Wounding Many Americans During Raid
German air raids struck a string of British and American hospital sites along the coast. A St Louis unit hospital was hit injuring one man while a Harvard hospital lost one physician and severely wounded three American medical officers. Sixteen others, including five Americans, were wounded and ten patients among them. The Vandelaincont Hospital near Verdun was bombarded for six and a half hours leaving nineteen dead and twenty six wounded. German planes raided the site every twenty minutes from 8 20 p m to 3 a m.
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Harvard
Medical Corps
Vandelaincont
Verdun
France
Flanders
Belgium
Crown Prince
Ruprecht
Courtrai-Thourout
Ypres
Zeebrugge
England
Chatham
Scarborough
United States
Shanghai
China
Twenty-fourth Army Corps
Europe
Siberia
Genghis Khan
Argentina
Germany
London Air Raids Kill 108 and Injure 92
German aeroplanes raided England for the third time in as many nights. They crossed the southeast coast at 11 o'clock and struck multiple London districts and the Chatham naval depot. No losses or property damage are yet reported, while aerial battles raged on the Western front.
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Chatham Naval
London
England
Chatham
Suffrage Defeated in Maine Amid Heavy Anti Vote
Maine returns from two thirds of 635 precincts show the proposed constitutional amendment for woman suffrage defeated by about 77 to 1. The heavy turnout matched predictions, with cities voting heavily against Votes for Women and signaling a landslide for anti suffragists.
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Portland
Maine
Sweden Accused of Aiding Germany in Buenos Aires
Washington reveals State Department evidence that Sweden acted as Germany's agent to target Argentina, violating neutrality. Argentina may join the Allies if Germany is not fully satisfied. Sweden faces possible reprisals or war, while Bar on Lowen of Sweden seeks to clear up telegrams and tensions rise in Buenos Aires.
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State Department
Sweden
Germany
Argentina
Buenos Aires
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Luxburg
Baron Lowen
Legation
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Eward W. Pickard
Middle
Far West
Department of Justice
Uncle Sam
Socialist Party
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Lowden
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kankakee
Thompson
Mason
Malone Quits Port Post to Back Suffrage Amendment
Malone, collector of the Port of New York, resigns from the $12 000 post to fight for a federal suffrage amendment. He cites Wilson’s failure to champion the measure and the imprisonment of White House picketers as his reasons. Malone had acted as counsel for the militants in police court here.
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Washington
Dudley Field Malone
New York
Malone
White House
World News Snapshots From War and Diplomacy
The U S government quickly thwarted a nationwide IWW strike threatening army cantons. France stands firm on Alsace Lorraine restoration, rejecting diplomatic compromise. The United States tightens Sweden embargo over the Luxburg affair. Reports say von Hindenburg is seriously ill and Ludendorff’s railway crash losses are worse than first thought.
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France
Alsace
Lorraine
Ribot
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Marne
Franca
Washington
Sweden
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Marshal von Hindenburg
von Ludendrott
Belgium
Italians Rival Victory Push in Italy and Riga Declares War
This week reports detail U S government crackdowns on the I W W raiding headquarters seizing materials and preparing indictments under espionage laws while German forces gain at Riga and Monte San Gabrielle. It notes Italian success near Trieste and Rome amid a wider war picture.
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Laibach
Trieste
Tol
Mino
Cadorna
Bulasizza
Monte Hermada
Riga
Germaany
Germany
Baltic
Petrograd
Vetrograd
Lkely
Gulf of Finland
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Reval
Kronstadt
Gulf of Pinland
Russia
Alexieff
Vassilkovski
Fire Trial of Daniel's Friends in Nebuchadnezzar Era
A sermon summary outlines Nebuchadnezzar's idol or image worship as the occasion, the Hebrews' faithful refusal, and God’s protection in the fiery furnace. It notes the envy of rivals, the king's rage, the Hebrews' cautious courage, and the furnace miracle with a fourth figure, leading to the Hebrews' promotion and lessons on conscience and faithfulness.
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Daniel
Dura
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