Tax Bills Ready for Conferees
Washington reports Senate and House conferees will start work on the war tax bill with aim of final enactment within ten days. Key battles expected over war profits, income, postage, inheritance taxes, with revisions to prewar war profits and rate hikes likely. Also notes passage of the soldiers and sailors insurance bill setting new allowances and optional policies up to ten thousand dollars, and related dependents' benefits under the new plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
Simmons
Representative Kitchin
Senate Parcel Post
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Platt
New York
Hersey
Maine
Wilson
Ashington
Virgin Island
Luxburg Dodges Crowds on Arrival in Buenos Aires
Count Von Luxburg the German minister faced hostile crowds on his Buenos Aires arrival from the interior. Police escorted him to San Martin to avoid the mobs and he declined comment on Washington messages alleging his call to sink Argentine ships and an attack on Argentina’s foreign affairs official. Diplomats expect he may proceed to Paraguay with accreditation there if accepted.
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Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Berlin
Count von Luyxburg
San Martin
Washington
Argentina
von Luxburg
Paraguay
Contracts Signed for 3 Shipbuilding Yards
Washington reports contracts for Nog Island Pennsylvania and two other sites to build 50 fabricated steel merchant vessels. American International Corp wins Hog Island yard near $20,000 cost. Submarine Boat Corp lands Newark plant and Merchants' Shipbuilding Co wins Chester Pennsylvania site.
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Washington
Nog Island
Emergency Fleet Corporation
American International Corporation
Hog Island
Submarine Boat Corporation
Newark
Merchants’ Shipbuilding Company
Chester
Five more arrests in East St. Louis riots
Five additional arrests have been made in East St. Louis related to the recent riots. Among those taken into custody are Dorothy Ruth, 16, T. E. Meisenheimer, a barber, and Louis Schmidt, business agent of the painters union.
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East ST. Louis
Dorothy Ruth
T. E. Meisenheimer
Louis Schmidt
The
Painter's Union
Comerford to Speak in Bloomington on Labor Day Backlash
Frank D. Comerford, barred from delivering a Labor Day address in Bloomington Illinois for discussing the war, will speak tonight at a mass meeting organized by local labor groups. He will address agitators undermining organized labor and emphasize war conduct and unity.
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Comerford
Swedes in Argentina Protest After Luxburg Affair
Buenos Aires Sept 44 The Swedish colony voices protest after a Washington expose tied to the Luxburg affair. They condemn the actions of the Swedish legation and disapprove of measures that violated neutral rules, arguing the colony faces an uncomfortable situation due to recent disclosures.
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Buenos Aires
Washington
Sweden
Bean Production for Year Breaks Record
Washington reports beans become a top crop with forecast production in five states Michigan California New York Colorado and New Mexico totaling 19 969 000 bushels up from 8 846 000 last year and 10 321 000 in 1915 as of September 14.
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Washington
Michigan
California
New York
Colorado
New Mexico
Department of Agriculture
Strike of Meat Men Adjusted in Kansas City
Kansas City, Sept. 14 The general strike of packing house employees ended after noon when strikers accepted a federal mediator proposal. They return to work at 7 am. The settlement grants recognition of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America, wage increases, centralized hiring, grievance rights, and union advocacy.
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Kansas City
Patrick C. Gill
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America
Gill
American Federation of Labor
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Central Labor Council
Seattle Building Trades Council
Seattle District Council of Carpenters
Korniloff Rebellion Falters as Troops Desert
Allied dispatches report Korniloff’s uprising in Russia largely quelled with his surrender sought to authorities. Meanwhile Petrograd says loyal troops remain on the offensive along Riga front and in Romania, claiming successes against German forces including a Romanian height seizure and over 400 prisoners.
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Korniloff
Kerensky
Russia
Petrograd
K Korniloff
Riga
Petrograd War Office
Sventsiany
Rumania
Teutons
Riga-Weden
Romania
Forty Mote Y Men In French Field Work
The Young Men's Christian Association reports forty more secretaries have sailed from an Atlantic port to serve with the American expeditionary forces and the French army in France. The overseas total reaches 240, with leaders including Dr Guy Potter Denton of the University of Vermont, Prof Edward P Baillot of Northwestern University, and others from Evanston and Waterloo.
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New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Atlantic
France
Guy Potter Denton
University of Vermont
Burlington
Edward P. Baillot
Evanston
Northwestern University
Ray W. Clearman
Oxford
Towa
William C. Levere
David L. Shillinglaw
Waterloo
Three New Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported in Davenport
Davenport reports three new infantile paralysis cases and one death on Tuesday, raising totals to 27 cases and 11 deaths since the outbreak began. The update notes the continued spread of the malady in the area.
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Davenport
Russian Revolt Exposes Front in Petrograd
Sept 14 dispatch reports M Avsken tief warns Korniloff revolt left Russian fronts without defense or command for three days. Kerensky seeks stricter army discipline with full commander authority and civil commissioners at fronts as allies deny backing Korniloff’s revolt and urge democratic stability.
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Petrograd
M. Avskentief
Korniloff
M. Avskentieff
M. Tservelli
Minis of
The
the Interior
Washington
Kerensky
Russia
Gen
Alexieff
Federal Agents Busy in Capital
Federal agents from the Department of Justice are in Springfield investigating Governor Lowden's charges that an 8,000-strong walkout across trades stems partly from anti-American influence. U S District Attorney Knotts would not reveal progress. The strike centers on preferential runs, with unions citing a protest tied to troop-parade policing of street car strikers. Coal mines near here have closed and teamsters refuse to work, risking a coal famine for many plants.
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Springfield, II
Federal Department of Justice
Springfield
Lowden
United States
EF. C. Knotts
Fifth Regiment Heads to Camp Logan at 11 Today
The 582 soldiers of the Fifth Regiment depart Camp Parker for Camp Logan Houston at 11 after a day of final preparations and a public dress parade. They travel nonstop to St. Louis then on to Houston, with crowds across Quincy watching the convoy, while authorities warn spectators and autos to keep clear along the marching route.
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Camp Parker
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Broadway
St. Louis
Col. Wood
Quincy
Actober
Hillsboro
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