Wealthy To Pay U S War Bill Under Inheritance Tax Plan
Washington July 1. A new revenue bill to finance wartime costs envisions a national inheritance tax as a permanent part of the tax system and a bond financed war bill. It would raise about 210 million dollars with 100 million from inheritance taxes and 60 million from income taxes and 50 million from munition taxes. Tax rates would rise to 10 percent on incomes over 500 thousand, with exemptions for estates under 50.
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Washington
Wont Defy Uncle Sam
Washington dispatches report Carranza will not defy U S demands with a hostile reply. He plans a firm note asserting Mexican sovereignty over U S troop presence. The Mexican reply appears milder than the first note and stops short of demanding withdraw. State Department officials say the note’s exact course remains unclear.
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Carranza
United States
Mexico
United Press
State Department
Nancy Attacked as German Guns Shell City
July 1 the city of Nancy the capital of Meurthe et Moselle was shelled by German long range guns last night an official report announced. Nancy lies 35 miles south of Metz and has a population around 110000. The city has faced repeated attacks by German aircraft.
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Paris
Nancy
Meurthe- Mogell
Metz
Fire at local dock kills boy and threatens others
A blaze at the army quartermaster dock and Pier No 11 at Lenora street caused $200000 in damage. One boy died and a sailor is in hospital with a fractured skull after shell explosions as firemen battled the blaze. The United States army dock losses reach $160000 with shells and supplies destroyed bound for the Philippines and Alaska. The night watchman and officers investigated amid explosions and fire racing through piers.
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Stetson
Bringhurst
Army Quartermaster’s
Lenora St
John Schorr
Hose Company 25
WF. John & Co
Oriental
United States Army
Philippines
Alaska
Fireman Schorr Injured In Dock Fire Run And Near-Miss Jail Projectile
Fireman John Schorr, recently married, was injured Friday as he clung to a hose cart during a dock fire run. The cart crashed after a collision with Chief Stetson’s car driven by Fred McGill, leaving Schorr with a fractured skull. His wife notified, he was operated on at the city hospital. A county jail yard discovery nearby: a six inch projectile buried two feet deep, weighing 16 pounds, hurled about a mile from the fire scene.
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John Schorr
Harvard Ave
Union St
Stetson
Fred McGill
McGill
Schorr
Hally
Earthquake Detected Near Mediterranean Region
A seismic event was recorded Friday by the University of Washington seismograph, an earthquake shock likely centered in Italy or nearby Mediterranean areas. Multiple readings suggested a notable quake with uncertain exact location.
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Italy
Mediterranean Sea
University of Washington
Balance State Troops May Go South Sunday
At American Lake the Second Washington Infantry mobilizes for rapid departure to Calexico. Signal corps and cavalry move first, with orders to keep destination and time secret. Families bid farewell as trains roll out. two University District men arrested later for instance of neglect on duty.
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Balance State
American Lake
Signal Corps
Calexico
Washington Infantry
Signal
Cosgrove
Washington
War Department
Kane
George Lear
University District
Inglis
War Office urges travel limits on continent for safety
London July 1 The War Office asked that travel on the continent be restricted to those with the most serious business in the interest of public safety.
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London
War Office
Plan to Build Capital Ships at Bremerton and Other Yards
Washington July 1 The senate naval affairs committee approved a plan to equip Bremerton Norfolk and Boston navy yards for capital ship construction. Senator Poindexter pushed to emphasize the Bremerton yard before conference with the house committee on navy yard matters.
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Washington
Bremerton, Norfolk
Boston Navy Yards
Senate Naval Affair Committee
Poindexter
Bremerton Yard
Senate Committee
House Committee
Mess Fund Totals for Company M in Centralia
The mess fund at American Home encampment reaches 557 dollars as Capt. Livingston is presented with a saddled horse. The report notes the fund amount and honors for the captain in Centralia dated July 1.
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Centralia
American Home
Capt. Livingston
United States Seizes Allied Lewis Guns For Mexico Campaign
Washington July 1 The army now commandeers the entire Lewis gun supply and other allied models to outfit troops bound for Mexico. War department sources say 1100 to 1200 machine guns exist vs a need of about 2500. Guns from Benet Mercier and Vickers Maxim, plus the Lewis gun by Savage Arms, are diverted to meet war demands.
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Isaac N. Lewis
Sam
Mexico
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Col. Lewis
Army
War College
ANDO
Ordnance Bureau
The
War Department
Benet Mercier
Colt Company
Hartford
Conn
Savage Arms Company
Utica
N. Y
United States Army
Water Front Watchfully Waiting Now
Striking longshoremen and water front employers wait for the conference outcome with Mediator Henry M White in San Francisco. A mass meeting is planned at the Dreamland pavilion Sunday at 2 50 pm under the Central Labor Council to explain the strike's side to the public. Twenty four merchant vessels in port Saturday were being worked by union and nonunion men.
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Henry M. White
San Francisco
Dreamland Pavilion
Central Labor Council
Big Push Starts Across Somme Front As Allies Attack
United Press dispatches describe a massive Allied assault on a 20 mile front north of the Somme. British and French forces press forward capturing front line trenches and several villages while forces drive toward Cambrai amid heavy shelling.
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United Press
London
Somme
War Office
Berlin Denies Gain in Repeated Allied Attacks
Berlin reports that British and French forces attacked at many points on the German front and were everywhere repulsed in the latest war front briefing issued by the German War Office this afternoon.
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Berlin
Identify Boy Victim of Oriental Dock Fire
Saturday the body of 15 year old Nelson Nevenzer stepson of J W Batley 1918 14th Ave was identified at the public morgue by his boyfriends who said they had been at the fire Friday night with him Nelson was a freshman at Broadway High School after moving from Minor Grade School last January
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Oriental Dock
Nelson Nevenzer
J. W. Batley
14Th Ave
Toon
Nelson
Broadway High School
German ship Hermonidis captured by Russian torpedo boats
Copenhagen July 1 Russian torpedo boats captured the Hamburg American steamer Hermonidis valued at 112000 dollars. The vessel sailed from Lulea Sweden to Stettin when seized, Dagennyheter reports.
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Copenhagen
Hermonidis
Dagennyheter
Lulea
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