Changes In House Tax Bill Made Changes In House Tax Bill Made
Washington May 29 The senate finance committee moved to exempt many house levies and replace certain duties with stamp taxes on manufacturers sales. They proposed new second class ad tax based on advertising. No direct tax on jewelry films chews pianos or self played instruments. A tonnage tax on yachts was discussed. A confectionery tax was proposed. Admissions to amusements and club dues debated but unresolved. A tax on advertising space and weight of second class papers proposed. publishers likely oppose. Tariff changes to be considered, with many seeking elimination of the general 10 percent increase and the free list.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Hardwick
Post Office Department
K Wag
Williams
Mississippi
Senator Hardwick
Tardwick
Sevate Committee
Shipping Board clears way for steel and wooden ships
Washington May 20. Denman and Gen Goethals have cleared disagreements over the wooden shipbuilding program. The Emergency Fleet Corp will proceed with both steel and wooden ships. Goethals, returning from New York, announced contracts for 24 more wooden ships and six steel barges. He will have free rein, with no board interference. Denman disclaimed responsibility for the claim of 1060 wooden ships in 18 months. Goethals has accepted fabrication proposals by United States Steel Corp and Lackawanna Steel and Tron to build 3,000,000 tons of steel shipping in 18 months and will contract wooden vessels as builders come forward.
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Denman
The
Shipping Board
Gen. Gosthals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Gen. Goethals
New York
Fleet Corporation
Tt Way
Bis
United States Steel Corporation
Lackawanna Steel and Tron Company
Gunboat Arrives for Great Lakes Naval Training
The gunboat Isa De Lugo, active in Manila Bay during the Spanish American War, arrives at Lake Bluff for use at the Great Lakes Naval Training station. Lieut. Albert C. Wilvers is placed in command of the vessel.
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Chicago
Isa de Lugon
Manial Bay
Lake Bluff
Great Lakee
Albert C. Wilvers
House Passes Food Survey Bill Carrying Big Budget
The administration's food survey bill, first of the food control measures, passed the House without a vote. It would fund $14,470,000 for immediate food resource investigation and production stimulation. A Senate debate looms with overall aims to aid Hoover’s planned food administration upon enactment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Houston
Department
Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
Miss Rankin
Montana
Department of Agriculture
MceKenzie
Llnois
Week's Program to Aid Liberty Loan Bond Sale
Washington May 29 Treasury announces a week of nationwide service for the liberty loan drive beginning Saturday. Samuel Gompers urges AFL members to subscribe generously and supports a June 6 unity day for organized labor. The schedule allocates days by group: churches merchants professionals farmers women and children with targeted efforts by each. An appeal by former President Taft backs subscriptions to the loan.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Liberty Loan
Granges
Taft
League
Vacancies in Camps Will Not Be Filled
The War Department announced that vacancies in officers training camps resulting from withdrawal or unsuitability will not be filled. Several camps saw dropouts as applicants rush to fill gaps, while the first two weeks of training remain essential and will hold applicants for a second series after the first completes. Applicants from Negro officers training camps at Fort Des Moines were examined Monday in all military departments.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Des Moines
Appropriate fund for storm victims in Illinois
A May 295 A bill will be introduced in the Illinois House by Rep. Robert Howard of Mattoon to authorize an emergency appropriation of 300,000 dollars for relief of tornado sufferers in Mattoon, Charleston and other Illinois towns. The figure follows an agreement with Adjutant General Dickson, who had the matter after Gov. Lowden’s conference with the Mattoon committee, which had sought 3,000,000 dollars.
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Springfield
Mattoon
Charleston
Robert Howard
Dickson
Lowden
Ill
Illinois
J. J. O'Connor
Red Cross
Til
William Cobble
J. Dede
Citizens' General Relief Fund
Thapis Central Railway
F E. C. Craig
Financial Relief Committee
Peterson Park
State Board of Health
Co. W. East
E. & Godfred
Pennig Gton
Live Stock Men Protest Rates Before Interstate Commission
Washington May 28 Livestock and farm groups urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject a proposed fifteen percent general freight rate increase as unjust and harmful to food production. T W Tomlinson and Clifford Thorne testified that higher costs would force many cattlemen and farmers from business, lowering meat production, unless rates are adjusted rather than raised flatly. Southern lumber and fruit interests will be heard next by the committee.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American National Live Stock Association
National Council of the Farmers’ Co-operative Association
The
Livestock Association
T. W. Tomlinson
Commissio
Tomlinson
Clifford Thorne
Farmers’ Association
Thorne
Southern Lumber and Fruit Interests
Relief for Storm Sufferers in Valparaiso and Nearby Towns
In Valparaiso Indiana May 2 thousands of dollars have reached a relief committee aiding tornado victims in Hebron and Kouts. Volunteers rush to provide shelter while carpenters from surrounding areas join rebuilding efforts. Lumber firms offer free and reduced supplies to the destitute. no new deaths reported though about twenty remain in serious condition.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Hebron
Kouts
Brazil Chamber Lines Up War Move With Policy Shift
Rio de Janeiro May 26 Brazil's chamber approved the first reading of a government measure canceling Brazil's April 25 1917 neutrality decree in the Germany United States war. The vote was 136 to 2. The bill, drafted by the foreign relations committee, authorizes the president to take steps to implement the change. In Ottawa Arthur James Balfour British foreign secretary told Canadian parliament that Britain has staked its last dollar on democracy and that democracies will emerge stronger from the conflict. He praised the self sacrifice of British dominions and the unity of the Allied democracies. The Canadian premier, Sir Robert Borden, lauded the co ordination and sacrifice of the British democracies and the close ties with Canada in the war effort.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Braz
Balfour
Ottawa
Ont
Arthur James Balfour
Africa
England
Mr. Balfour
Seex
Borden
Canada
St. Lawrence
Exemption Boards Form in Counties for Draft Rules
Washington May. Crowder and lawyers draft exemptions for a 300000-strong army. Jury wheel likely used to select draftees with local boards in each county and review boards by federal districts. Exemption rulings go to registrants as cards issued to men ages 21 to 50.
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Washington
Crowder
Tentative date set for murder trial in Villisca
In Villisca Iowa Judge E B Woodruff set June 18 as tentative trial date for Rev L G Kelly the itinerant minister jailed in Logan charged with the Villisca axe murders of 1912 The order allows further change if a district judge appears at that time
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Villisca
Iowa
E B. Woodruff
Storm toll climbs as western Kentucky hits 70 dead
Paducah May 20 The storm that struck four western Kentucky counties left a growing death toll and hundreds injured. Fulton county alone reported about 40 deaths, with Bondourant a hard hit saw mill town. Clinton Cypress Bardwell Dublin and surrounding areas suffered multiple fatalities and extensive injuries as communications collapsed. The storm’s erratic path included Dublin first, Bardwell and Clinton, then scattered devastation near Graves and Carlisle counties.
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Paducah
Kentucky
Hickman
Clinton
Bardwell
Fulton County
Bondourant
Bishaige
Carlisle
Cypress
Dublin
Graves
Italian War Mission May Visit Chicago
Washington May 29 Official on social Washington braved rain to greet the Prince of Udine and other Italian war mission members at a reception by Secretary Lansing at the Pan American building. The mission may tour southern and central western cities including New Orleans and the Mississippi Valley toward the middle west, with Chicago a possible stop. First conferences centered on shipping. Italy’s food supplies are ample.
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Washington
Prince of
Udine
Lansing
Wilson
Mitchel
New York City
New Orleans
Missisippi Valley
Middle West
Chicago
Italy
Leases Hold Though Tenants Drafted In War
New York property owners have appealed to federal authorities to rule if the selective draft act automatically nullifies leases of tenants drafted to serve. John B. Knox, assistant United States district attorney, said no law releases a man from liability due to military service. Landlords report tenants warning they may skip rent if drafted.
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New York
John &. Knox
United States District Attorney
Premier Lo Ching Hsi Confirmed by Chinese House
Peking May 29 The Chinese senate approved Lo Ching Hsi as premier succeeding Tuan Chi-Jui who was dismissed by the president The vote stood 365 to 31 The Chinese house of representatives also approved Li Ching-Hsi on Sunday
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Peking
China
Lo Ching Hsi
Tuan Chi-Jui
Chinese House of Representatives
Li Ching-Hsi
Day of Fire Destroys Two Offices in Sullivan
Tit Sullivan May 29. Pire Monday destroyed the offices of the American Express company and the Central Illinois Public Services company causing a loss of about 2000 dollars.
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Sullivan
Tit
American Express Company
Central Ilinois Public Services Company
Red Cross at Work in Stricken Mattoon and Charleston
Red Cross shifts to permanent relief for Mattoon and Charleston after the tornado. Projects include $250000 for Mattoon and $150000 to $200000 for Charleston, with housing for hundreds, temp housing planned to be replaced by cantonments, and medical teams inspecting for disease.
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RED Cross
Mattoon
Charleston
National Lumberman’s Association
American Red Cragg
University of Ir Ning
Death list revised after Charleston storm toll
May 20. Red Cross figures reduce Charleston death count after storm chaos. Thirty four deaths listed with numerous names including Mrs J A Colot and daughters Nellie Closea, Mrs Sarah Linder, Mrs Ed Bales and infant John Wenz Jr, Ted Knauss, Mrs William Long and daughter, Mrs R A Shores, Napoleon Huffman, Mrs George Briggs, H P Snyder, Jesse Waddleson, and others. Additional Fourth Infantry unit aids patrols in Charleston. Bank cashier Franke Popham says property losses exceed 1,000,000 with many previously minor damages now total losses.
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Owena
George Briggs
H. P. Snyder
Jesse Waddleson
Johanna McMahon
Clem Wight
Wilson Geedman
Clark Nelson
Big Doardman
R.C. Barnes
George Smith
J. W. Johnson
Alta Stewart
George Kilgore
Douglas Nugent
William Sweeney
William Cobble
Frank Case
Jenkins
Fourth Infantry
TI. N. G
Charleston
Casey
Franke Popham
Charleston Trust and Savings Bank
Storm Toll Rises Across Eight States To 245 Dead
Revised tallies show 245 dead and 1,207 injured across Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Missouri Tennessee Alabama Arkansas after storms in the past three days. Weather Bureau director Henry Cox of Chicago links the deaths to high humidity and low barometer typical of May and June in the region.
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Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
Alabama
Ant Kansas
Tndiana
Arkansas
Henry Cox
Chicago
United States Weather Bureau
Middle West
Southwest
Food profiteering blamed as New York city fuels gains
New York May 29 Joseph Hartigan city commissioner of weights and measures said in a statement that never before has so much money been made by individuals and corporations dealing in foodstuffs in recent months while foods remain abundant and prices rise. He said dealers call it a golden opportunity and resented government interference as inspectors reported food jobbers and brokers pursued speculation and business acumen.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Weights and Measures
Hartigan
Artigant
Industry Experts Proffer Services in Chicago May 20
Industry experts from the Western Efficiency Society announce plans to list all national industrial specialists who can serve as advisers or auditors of efficiency work. A board of directors has been chosen and will meet in Washington June 15 as the society moves toward permanent organization. Cooperation with the advisory committee of the Council of National Defense is promised.
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Chicago
Bbet
Secret of
Industrial Engineers
Western Efficiency Society
Washington
Council of National Defense
Papers Observe Holiday
New York evening newspapers will not publish Memorial Day editions to conserve white paper. The newspaper trade estimates the move will save about 250000 pounds of paper.
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New York
New York City
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Louis Flower
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Seymour Morris, Jr
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