Senate Finance Committee Sets Rate At Thirty Three Percent
The Senate Finance Committee approved a decision to raise the rate to thirty three percent. The action affects taxpayers and businesses awaiting fiscal guidance from the committee.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
1
Tax plan would lift war profits levy amid reforms
The Senate Finance Committee approved amendments to war profits taxes raising the rate from 26 to over 60 percent for higher profits and adding exemptions tied to income and actual investments. The panel projected the levy could raise about 156 million of the 3 billion war profits estimated this year. Senators Gore and La Follette, present at the session, urged stronger taxation but did not attend today’s full committee meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iuvy Associated Press
Washinston
Senate Finance Minitee
Italdel
Lairouleite
Gore
Tennessee
Sonnet
United
Suspects Arrested After Midwest Payroll Robbery
Six men and a boy detained in connection with a payroll robbery at Westside foundry. Suspects allegedly fled in an automobile after taking about $9 100 from the payroll. Police, aided by informants, continue to question patrons and look for additional accomplices. Carrio, president of the Cleaners Union, is held as a witness or suspect in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiesa Vxeciated Press
Barton O. Allen
Osenberg
Hicago City
Winslow Foundry
Westside
Rob Moxey
Boney
Cundry
Vera Dicey
Carrio
T Cleaners Union
Aloon
Aden
Wheat price committee still in session at noon
The wheat fair price committee continued meeting in Washington at noon to fix the 1917 crop price. No announcement time indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wheat Fair Price Committee
Submarine Sunk By Cruisers In Night Action
An Atlantic Port report says a British merchant ship captain, rescued after his steamer was torpedoed, witnessed a German submarine destroyed by a bomb dropped from a British cruiser. The submersible disappeared as the cruiser closed in and fired. Two German sailors were saved. the rest perished with the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic
New Counsel for Seaboard
Baltimore announces the election of HW Marvin Underwood as general counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company. Former assistant Attorney General of the United States, he will take the post September 1 and succeeds Judge Legh R Watts as consulting counsel after 43 years with the line. Underwood, a Georgia native and Vanderbilt graduate, led railroad cases including the Adamson law before the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Marvin Underwood
Underwood
The
United States
Seaboard
Georgia
Vanderbilt University
Atlanta
King, Spalding & Underwood
Supreme Court
Washington
Legh R Watts
Undernwood
Railway
Watts
Russia’s Rail Crisis Prompts Unity Call at Conference
At a national railway conference in Moscow on August 29, representatives warned that transport disorganization could halt by November, threatening home front and army needs. They urged sacrifice of personal interests for the country as leadership pledged stronger army discipline and limits on soldiers’ committees to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
National Conference
M. Froloff
Engineers’ Alliance
M. Grusenberg
Ukraine
Russia
Courland
Germany
Mussulman Alliance
Mussulman
Grozinov
Alexieff
Stone denies peace resolution in war tax debate
Senator Stone of Missouri, chair of the Foreign Relations committee, challenged reports that he planned a peace resolution. He spoke in the Senate on the War Tax debate, denying any such intention and criticizing newspapers for the implied motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senator Stone
Missouri
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
German Births Lead New York Suicide Crisis in 1946
New York report shows 1946 saw the most suicides among residents born in Germany, with Austrians and Russians next. Dr. Shirley Wynne, health department statistician, notes a drop in personal crisis reports from the war years but a rise in the early war period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York City
Shirley Wynne
Health Department
Rector Kennedy of American College in Rome Dead
Monsignor Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the American college in Rome, died after a long illness. A Pennsylvania native, he led the college since 1901 and had been ill since 1914 with health failing gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity Associated Press
Rome
Monsignor
Thomas F. Kennedy
American College In
Monsignor Kennedy
Pennsylvania
American College
Japan Forces Could Move To Russia Says Munich Report
The Beuste Nachrichten of Munich reports strong Japanese troops concentrated in Manchuria and speculates on moving them to the Russian front. It notes improved railway facilities and rolling stock since the war, which could hasten or delay such an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Zurich
Switz
Manchuria
Bavaria
Beuste Nachrichten
Munich
Germany Grants Argentine Rights in Submarine Case
Argentina and Germany reached a settlement over the Toro sinking and sea rights. Berlin agreed to indemnify the vessel loss and to recognize freedom of the seas for Argentine-flag ships, given Argentina avoids flag traversing restricted zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
la Razon
London
Hundreds of drifting mines reported off Norwegian coast
Steamships traveling from Bergen report hundreds of drifting mines along the Norwegian coast. The extent of the mine field is believed to be large with additional mines found off northern Norway and in the Arctic Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Bergen
Norwegian
Norway
Artic Ocean
Italians Reach Vitae Point in Push on Bainsizza
Rome reports Italian forces advancing on the Bainsizza plateau have reached a strong Austrian line and are assaulting it. Gains were also made on heights beyond Gorizia as the war office issued the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Bainsizza
War Office
Gorzia
Wilson Rejects Pope Benedict XV Peace Plan
President Wilson rejected the Pope Benedict XV peace proposals, arguing a durable peace must be built on the faith and will of all peoples and not on Germany’s promises. He warned a German-led settlement would renew world domination and require concrete evidence of German resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Benedict
Benedictus XV
United \ees
France
Italy
Balkan
Poland
Russia
President Wilson Praised for Peace Reply
Telegrams from across the United States poured into the White House on August 29 praising President Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict's peace proposals. The broad-based show of support highlighted national endorsement of the administration's stance in the peace negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
White House
President Wilson
Pope Benedict
Receivership Sought for Royal Arcanum in Federal Court
Arthur F. Cummings and James Upstone of Nashua New Hampshire filed a bill in equity in the Federal District Court seeking appointment of a receiver for the Royal Arcanum fraternal insurance order. They allege impaired funds from doubtful investments and insolvency to meet obligations. The action follows a prior recission of a temporary receiver appointed by the lower court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Arthur F. Cummings
James Upstone
Nashua
N. H
Federal District Court
Royal Arcanum
Obana
Thedia
E. Ores
Arthur M. Hobart
Braintree
Thomas J. Boyton
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
Hobart
Court hearing on federal child labor law challenge
Greensboro August 29 A federal judge opened injunction proceedings challenging the new federal child labor law set to take effect September 1 The case involves Roland H Dagenhart and his two minor sons Reuben and John with the Department of Justice and other parties acting as defendants The suit questions the law prohibiting under 14 employment in interstate commerce and limiting 14 and 16 year olds to eight hour workdays Also named is United States District Attorney William C Hamner Professor Thomas I Parkinson of Columbia University serves as leading counsel for the plaintiffs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greensboro
N. C
Boyd
Department of Justice
National Child Labor Committee
Cotton
Roland H. Dagenhart
Reuben
John
Fidelity Manufacturing Company
Charlotte
United States
William C. Hamner
North Carolina
Thomas I. Parkingson
Columbia University
Another Break Comes in Southern Romanian as Teutons Threaten Moldavia
In a tense shift, Teutonic forces press into Moldavia prompting renewed alarm in southern Romanian regions. Military leaders assess frontline positions while civilians brace for possible relocations and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanian
Teutons
Moldavia
Russian Division Fled in Disorder on The Front
Stormy weather slows operations as Russian units retreat on the southern Romanian front. The Austro German drive toward Moldavia continues with Teutonic advances near Ocna Pantzin railway while British raids yield prisoners. German counterattacks push the British from positions northeast of Frezenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Moldavia
Wallachia
Fokshani
Ocna-Pantzin
Varnitza
Brush
nNlear Langemarck
Verdun
Cadorna
Berlin
London
Frezenberg
Flanders
Rodriguez Found Dead Before Army Induction
In Tampa Florida on August 29 Rodriguez was found hanging in an out-house by his father. He had received his draft examination call from the district exemption board and had not been seen for hours, troubled by his prospects of induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Rodriguez
District Exemption Board
Silver price climbs to 89 3 4 cents per ounce
The Associated Press reports New York on August 29 that the price of silver continues its rapid upward movement. Today silver is quoted at 89 3 4 cents per ounce, up 2 cents from yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Two More Victims of Submarines
A Norwegian steamer named Kongsli was sunk off the Spanish coast while en route from Saint Nazaire to the United States. The incident was reported by a Christiania telegram forwarded via the Morning Post. The Norweigan Frigga, a 1046 ton vessel, was also sunk by a German submarine with the crew saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assoc
D Press
London
Kongsli
Saint Nazaire
France
United States
Christiania
Santander
Morning Post
Amsterdam
Norwegian Foreign Office
Exchange
Copenhagen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate Finance Committee
Texas
LaFollette
Chicago
E. Marvin Underwood
L. R. Watts
Stone
America
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