Working Basis For Settlement Of Rail Dispute Sought At Meeting
The Associated Press reports Washington August 14 The Democratic Senate caucus approved the administration revenue bill as amended by the senate finance committee and will report it to the senate by Wednesday The measure would raise about 205 million annually 7.5 million more than the House version It includes a surtax on incomes an inheritance tax a 10 tax on war munitions and 5 tax on materials used in munitions a 50 cent per thousand license tax on corporate capital stock liquor taxes and miscellaneous stamp taxes It also calls for a non partisan tariff commission and salaries of seven proposed commissioners were restored after adjournment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Senate Caucus
Senate
House
Hughes
Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Democratic Party
American Commonwealth
Tacoma
Wilson Talks With Sides on Nation Rail Strike Settlement
President Wilson met with both rail labor and management factions to shape a settlement basis for the threatened nationwide strike. Talks focused on arbitration scope and form as workers demand an eight hour day and overtime pay while managers consider removing contingent proposals. Both sides remained hopeful a strike would be avoided after managers debated submitting a concession free proposal.
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Committee of Managers
White House
Sherman Attacks Gompers as Public Nuisance in Senate Talk
Washington August 14 President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor is denounced as a public nuisance by Senator Sherman in a digressive Senate speech on the shipping bill. Sherman accuses Gompers of prostituting labor's cause and notes Gompers escaped indictment on related charges. The president seeks working bases with managers and employees, cancels cabinet meeting, and plans further railroad talks.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sherman
Illinois
Senate
Senator Sherman
Gompers
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Goodrich Attacks State Administration in Indiana
James P. Goodrich, Republican nominee for governor, condemned the Ralston and Marshall administration for extravagance and mismanagement. He cited public records as proof and stated the Republican platform pledges to fight these evils at a large audience in Seymour on August 14 after attending an organization meeting.
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Associated Press
Seymour
Ind
Ralston and Marshall Administration
Indiana
James P. Goodrich
Boy 14 Injured by Pitchfork Accident at Petersburg
Petersburg Indiana August 14 Robert Willis aged 14 son of William Willis living nearby sustained fatal injuries when he fell on a pitchfork. Three prongs pierced his body with one passing through the liver. An operation was performed in hope of saving his life.
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Petersburg
Ind
Robert Willis
William Willis
Here
Austro-Hungarian Air Raid Targets Venice Arsenal
An official statement from Venice reports Austro-Hungarian naval air squadrons bombed Venice on August 11 hitting the arsenal railroad station outer works and outer forts. Fires were observed amid stormy weather and rain but listed as successful bombardment.
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Berlin
Venice
Vesenna
German U Boats Active Again
Berlin reports a German submarine torpedoed the British torpedo boat destroyer Lassoo Sunday morning. An admiralty statement adds that between Aug 2 and 10, five British and French steamers and ten sailing craft were sent to the bottom by German U boats.
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Berlin
London
Admiralty
Artillery Duels Near Somme and Meuse. German Bombs Hit Rheims
French official report says heavy artillery clashes raged south of the Somme and along the Meuse today. A German plane dropped bombs on Rheims, and German batteries shelled parts of the city, destroying the civil hospital and causing six deaths.
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Paris
Somme
Meuse
Rheims
Turkish Troops Push Followers From Ashar Pass
Berlin reports Turkish forces have driven out the followers of former Emir Vaussein from entrenched positions in Ashar pass, eighty kilometers south of Medina. The Overseas News agency dispatch cites Sheik Hamid Elmansur as submitting to the Turks.
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Berlin
Vaussein
Ashar Pass
Medina
Sheik
Russians Repulsed in Fierce Brody Attack Fight
Vienna via London reports the war office statement detailing fierce fighting south of Brody with the repulse of a massed Russian assault.
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Vienna
London
Brody
War Office
Frontline Status Unchanged Says War Office
The War Office reports no change along the British front tonight, with the situation described as stable and the official statement issued from London at 11:20 p m noted as unchanged.
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London
War Office
Ivar Sunk by Submarine Off Genoa
Bulletin reports the British steamer Ivar was sunk by a submarine off Genoa Italy on Sunday. The fate of the crew and exact details were not disclosed in the brief item.
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London
Ivar
Genoa
Italy
Wheat rise tied to German American conspiracy claim
The Daily Telegraph reports London officials say in the local wheat market that wheat price increases are thought to be caused by a German American plot in Chicago intended to pressure the entente allies.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph Today
Chicago
Wilson says Interstate Commerce Board could not settle strike
President Wilson told Boston Chamber of Commerce that ICC inquiry would not resolve the railroad dispute at the moment. He noted conferences in New York between railroads and employers, and awaited mediation and conciliation reports before acting.
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Wilson
Interstate Commerce Board
Boston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles F. Weed
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Weed
Congress
New York City
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Resumption of New York Street Car Strike Threatens
New York Aug 14 Renewed street car strike threats arose as union leaders demand reinstatement of more than 70 discharged workers believed punished for recent tie ups. Car men seek wage increases better conditions a nine hour minimum and a 10 hour maximum with a sliding scale from 29 to 33 cents.
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New York
New York Railways Company
Carmen
Mitchel
Oscar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
Wm. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Electric
Detroit
Indiana Grandmother to Mark 105th Birthday Tomorrow
Elizabeth McCoy of Washington Indiana will observe her 105th birthday at home tomorrow born in North Carolina she moved to Indiana a century ago and has received a congratulatory letter from Representative L H Hadley of Washington state.
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Washington
Ind
Elizabeth McCoy
L. H. Hadley
Washington State
North Carolina
Indiana
Hadley
Hughes Says Proposed Guard for U S Industry Futile
Charles E. Hughes told Spokane audiences that postwar anti dumping legislation would not protect American industries. He criticized tariff policy, urged focus on countervailing duties, and argued the anti dumping clause is ineffective. He spoke in Spokane and planned to tour Tacoma next.
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Hughes
U.S
Spokane
Washa
Charles E. Hughes
Europe
Democratic Party
U. S
Mr. Hughes
United States
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