Republicans plan Chicago convention with open race
Preliminary plans for the Republican national convention in Chicago June 7 were approved by a subcommittee. Names mentioned for temporary chairman include Elihu Root Senator Borah May McCall and Chase Osborne. The convention is expected to be open minded and elect a leader born in the gathering.
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New York
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Idaho
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Massachusetts
Michigan
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Charles D Hitles
Republican National Committee
Income Tax Upheld Opens Way to Higher Rates
The Supreme Court ruled the income tax constitutional unanimously, clearing the path for proposals to tax incomes above one million dollars at up to 50 percent and enabling Congress to act on broader revenue measures. Leaders expect amendments to extend the tax to incomes below 3,000 with graded surtaxes for higher earnings, aiding defense funding.
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Austro Hungarians Seize Scutari and Montenegrin Strongholds
The Austro Hungarian Army reports Scutari and other Montenegrin towns captured with resistance minimal. Serbian and Montenegrin forces surrender arms or internment possible as disarmament proceeds amid generally cordial reception by locals. London coverage notes absence of peace negotiations and continued Austro Hungarian advances in the Balkans, with further air raids on Dover and Metz.
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House of Commons
Americans Died on Torpedoed Steamer Brindisi
Houte Jan 24 The Italian Brindisi was destroyed off the Balkan coast with the loss of 440 Montenegrins and all Americans aboard. Emile Vitta, on board, said the ship was torpedoed but not sunk. He reported the Brindisi carried $200000 in gold and supplies for the Montenegrin army.
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Court Decision Frees Income Tax Says Law Author
Supreme Court ruling un fettered the income tax as a source of revenue. Representative Hull of Tennessee, author of the law, says Congress will amend it to yield about 155 to 165 million dollars annually, or 85 to 90 million currently.
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Sharp clash over canal governance heads to Washington
In Panama Pat.ama on January 24 Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals and Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards face a dispute over canal administration and military civil authority. Goethals sails to Washington to brief the Secretary of War. Edwards says he will present views to the same officials.
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New Canal Rifts on Mars Found by Lowell Astronomers
Astronomers at Lowell Observatory report five canali forming rifts in Mars north polar cap near Cadmus. Observed positions suggest the most extensive rift runs along the canal system. The findings hint at vegetation-like changes as the cap thaws.
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I German Note Yields in Lusitania Gage Regrets Citizens' Deaths
German note yields in Lusitania gage as authorities express regrets over the loss of civilian lives. Officials stress careful handling of the crisis and pledge to review maritime safety measures. Community leaders call for accountability and restraint.
Lusitania Sinking Talks Spur New German Proposals
Germany submits a new written proposal to the United States aimed at settling the eight month old Lusitania controversy. The plan omits a warning by the German embassy and a blanket admission of fault by the submarine commander. Britain’s trading with the enemy act draws U.S. opposition as negotiations continue.
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Villa Gathers Army Plans for Extensive Campaign
Arrivals from Madero report Gen Francisco Villa at Santa Ana preparing for a large campaign with 1000 men, 500 horses, and provisioning by killing 250 cattle daily. Carranza demands punishment of a U S soldier who wounded a Mexican civilian. Also discussed are U S cattle thefts and trade implications of the trading with the enemy act as it relates to neutral and belligerent interests.
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Plunges 16 Stories as Paper Boxes Break Fall
Miss Minnig E. Werner, a Dearborn Street stenographer, leaped from the sixteenth floor of Transportation Outl ail and survived. Her fall was cushioned by an auto truck loaded with paper boxes, yet she suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. Employers say no motive is known. A separate notice lists auction dates at Sloan's, 1407 G St.
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Russians Renew Fight Along the Stripa Front
Heavy artillery duels resume along the Stripa River in Galicia near Czernowitz and Besarabia. Russian reports say advances press the enemy back from the Stripa, German trench works shelled near Illoukst, and mine craters northeast of Czernowitz see gas bombardment as detachments clash along the front.
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British Censorship Reveals German Mail Trade With Neutrals
London reports that first class mail to and from Germany was aiding a German export trade via Sweden Denmark and Holland including jewelry chemicals laces pictures and toys valued in the thousands of dollars. British seizures target neutral routes and contraband goods such as rubber from the Dutch Indies wool from South America and other reading matter marked samples of no value. Officials say much mail propaganda exists and call for American censorship to spare US mails from German influence while acknowledging not all US mail has been inspected.
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Turkish ships sunk in Anatolian raid
Russian torpedo boats sank three Turkish sailing ships and destroyed seven at their docks along the Anatolian coast in a raid, the ministry announced today from Petrograd.
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Teutons Open Big Battle for Calais
Paris reports a violent German bombardment along the Yser and at Nieuport and Boesinghe as Kaisers troops press toward Calais. French Belgian batteries repelled debouching infantry amid heavy shelling, with renewed attacks near Arras Lena and Rheims. Allies prepare for decisive action in Artois as German salient near Neuville St Vaast holds under fierce bombardment and counter attacks.
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