Senate Democrats Mull Revenue Bill Amendment Vote
Washington August 14 Senate Democrats meet again to consider the finance committee amendment to the revenue bill. They back a stock license on corporations to raise about 20 million dollars and seek removal of objectionable stamp taxes. The munitions tax proposal may drop from 10 percent to 5 percent on materials for war goods. Southern and western senators oppose the plan fearing higher cotton and copper costs.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Finance Committee
Typo Convenes In Annual Session At Baltimore
The sixty second annual convention of the International Graphical Union opened in Baltimore. After a brief business session a committee adjournment was taken until Wednesday. Delegates and visitors attended a crab feast at a river resort this afternoon. Tomorrow they will go to Washington as guests of the Washington Union.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
International *Graphical Union
Washington
Washington Union
French Historian De Sery Dies At Paris
Paris reports Marquis De Sery, noted historian and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, died today. He was elected to the academy in 1907.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marquis de Seyr
McIn Academy
Academy
Williams Treatment promises relief from uric acid troubles
An advertisement claims rapid relief from uric acid related pains including stiff joints and bladder issues. It offers a free 50 cent trial bottle on sending this notice with name and address plus 10 cents to cover distribution, limited to one bottle per household, alcohol free and non heart affecting.
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Williams
D. A. Williams
Dept
East Hampton
Conn
Starving Mother and Baby Reported in dire need
Mrs. EB. L. Norris of 1010 State Street is reported in dire need living alone with a one month old baby and no means of support. Both are ill and without attention and a statement of her condition is published hoping for charitable aid to prevent death by starvation.
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EB. L. Norris
State Street
No Law Governs Railways Giving in Politics Smith
President Milton H. Smith argues in a Columbus District Supreme Court brief that the Interstate Commerce Commission lacks authority to probe political expenditures of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. He contends the ICC seeks information beyond its powers and seeks to refuse answering related questions.
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Smith
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Washington
Louisville and Nashville
Milton H. Smith
District of Columbus Supreme Court
Folk
Railroads and Politics Should The Commission Inquire
In a prior brief Mr Smith argues that spending by railroads for political purposes is private. Mr Folk contends campaign contributions by carriers fall under public inquiry and the commission has authority to examine railroad expenditures. The brief says opinions differ on whether public service corporations should engage in politics but notes there is nothing in the act restricting such activity or granting the commission power to investigate it. It adds that inspection of political expenditures alone would be useless without broader inquiry into other costs. The commission’s general power to investigate railroad expenditures is not involved.
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Olk
CGHE
Ts Ralee
Pickford
Lilllish
Mary Fuller
Mabel Normand
Helen Holmes
Sienif
Wary Pickford
Blanghe Sweet
Lillian Gishtheda Bara
Beverly
Offiers Installed in Whistler and Pythians Groups
Whistler Council No 20 J U A M officers installed Friday night by Lodge Deputy J Henry Thomas. New officers include Grady Hamm councilor Sidney Whitsett vice councilor J Henry Seabury recording secretary Layton Gilbert assistant recording secretary James Fawcett financial secretary J Henry Thomas treasurer William Woodward conductor John E Rawls warden Thomas Allman chaplain Joseph Barrett outside sentinel and trustees Thomas Allman Joseph Barrett Nicholas Tew. Installation of Whistler Lodge No 127 Knights of Pythias officers set for Monday at 7:30 pm at Odd Fellows Hall. Several residents visit relatives in Mobile Fort Worth Quitman New Orleans and San Antonio while a Bay Shore Junction fire destroys eight box cars before responders arrive.
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J. Henry Seabury
Layton Gilbert
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Joseph E. Barrett
Sentinel
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Tex
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Okolona
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New Orleans
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Hilda
Belle
Mark
San Antonio
Palestine
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Slaton
Cora C. Hanley
Walter Garr
Jackson
Tenn
Emile Velter
Joseph Goodloe
Lola
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Jackson, Ala
Mobile
Peter Peterson
Weeks resumes attack on ship purchase bill
Senator Weeks today resumes his attack on the government ship purchase bill, asserting that admitting foreign built vessels to the American coastwise trade would reduce American shipyards to producing tugs, barges and small craft and deal a deadly blow to the shipbuilding industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Weeks
Weather outlook showers in southern states
Mobile area likely showers tonight and Tuesday with light southwest to south winds. Alabama and Mississippi showery periods possible tonight into Tuesday. Florida generally fair with showers possible in the northwest Tuesday.
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Mobile
Alabama
Ississippi
Florida
Ground Held Eleven Months Taken By Russian Force
Brisk artillery on Fay Deniecourt area and Maurepas noted as German ground actions. Allies report repulse of attacks near Hill 304 and Fleury in Verdun sector amid ongoing fighting.
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Fay-Deniecourt
Somme
War Office
Maurepas
Hill 304
Fleury
Verdun
Italian Troops Press Austrians on Carso Front
Italian forces continued attacks on the Carso Plateau and east of Hill 212, breaking through entrenched lines. About 800 prisoners were taken and engagements reported at Forame, Costeana valley, Boite, and Monte Civarone with the enemy repulsed. hostile batteries and aircraft activity were noted with no damage or casualties reported.
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Austrians Resist Italians Near Gorizia
Descriptions of the Italian offensive around Gorizia arrive hourly. Austrians resist on the San Gabriele line and San Marco heights with a new force on the Bainsizza high plains, hindering Italian movement as General Cadorna’s advance remains slow amid continued fighting on other fronts.
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Associated Press
Rome
Paris
Gorizia
San Gabriele
San Marco
Bainsizza
Cadorna
Germans Attack British Positions Near Pozieres on Somme Front
London dispatch reports German forces attacked British positions near Pozieres on the Somme front last night. Details on outcomes or casualties are not provided in the fragment.
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London
Pozieres
Somme
Mobile visitors and locals enjoy summer outings and travel
A Mobile column lists residents and visitors at hotels and resorts, noting trips to Fort Morgan and other summer excursions. Among those mentioned are Mrs. Henrietta Levy’s funeral pallbearer M O Discher, hotel guests from Tupelo Kingston Cincinnati Meridan and Pensacola, and harbor master Captain Norville returning aboard the Apollo.
British front reports limited action on Somme and Ypres
Last night west of Pozieres the enemy briefly held a portion of trenches captured by us yesterday. Otherwise there were no developments on the British front between the Somme and the Ancre. South of the Ypres salient we car-
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Somme
Ancre
Ypres
Prospects for Peace Brightens at Conference
President Wilson and Mr. Garretson of the conductors brotherhood led a session on wage demands with an eight hour day and time and a half overtime. The talks focused on arbitration options and avoiding a general strike while managers and workers seek common ground.
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Garretson
Conductor’s Brotherhood
Wilson
Conference in White House green room sparks crowds on lawn
Tourists lined the White House lawn as the conference proceeded inside the green room. Mr Chambers contacted railroad managers to be ready to come to the White House once the talks ended, with informal sources hinting at possible outcomes.
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White House
Chambers
Raid yields gains in German gallery near Ypres sector
Reports describe a successful operation without own losses. Forces forced entry into a German gallery at Kluffe north of the Ypres Comines canal and blew in a substantial length. Enemy mining stores were captured. A mine near Cordonnerie was exploded.
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Kluffe
Ypres- Comines Canal
Cordonnerie
Fewer Paralysis Cases Reported As Deaths Decline
New York records show infantile paralysis cases dropping below one hundred for the first time in weeks. In 24 hours ended 10 a.m., 95 new cases and 31 deaths were reported, with 43 in Manhattan and 31 in Brooklyn, attributed to cooler weather.
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Associated Press
New York
Health Department
Manhattan
Brooklyn
President to arbitrate to avert a strike
Mr Garretson said negotiations were not off and the president would personally arbitrate. Administration officials expressed confidence that the president's intervention would prevent a strike.
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Garretson
Atlantic Pacific Freight Rate Increase Argued
Railroad men and shippers from many parts of the country appeared before the interstate commerce commission to contest the reasonableness of proposed freight rate hikes from the Atlantic seaboard to the inter mountain region and from Pacific coast points west. Some increases reach 100 percent and would take effect September 1 if not suspended.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
American flyer Dennis Dowd killed in France
Dennis Dowd, an American aviator with the French army, died at the Buc Aero drome in France when he fell from a plane. The accident’s cause is unknown. Dowd, 30, once with the Foreign Legion, recently joined the American Flying Corps. His father resides in Sea Cliff, Long Island.
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Paris
Dennis Dowd
Buc
Dowd
Foreign Legion
American Flying Corps
Sea Cliff
Long Island
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