THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIRUNF NORTH PI ATTE NFBRASKA.
LEW ST tn
FOR Elf MN, HUM Hi
CHILD III
Excess Profits Revenue at Billioji, and Incomes at Nearly as
Much Remain Practically Unchanged by Work of
The Conferees.
Corporations Will Pay Their Full Share Toward the Financing of the War
New System of Graduating the Amount of Assessment Adopted Be
lleved to Be the Best That Could Be Devised.
Washington. The Joint conferees on
tho war re von no hill completed their
draft after two weeks of deliberation.
As revised by the conferees the
measure has been raised from the levy
fixed by the senate of $2,-l 10,(170,000 to
an aggregate of approximately $2,700,
000,000. Chairman Simmons of the
senate finance committee estimated
that the Incrense made by the con
ferees would approach $270,000,000.
Profits lax Modified.
The excess war profits tax, as agreed
to by the conferees, Is a modification
of the semite bill, the principal
changes being in the maximum and
minimum rates of exemption upon
which the tax Is to ba determined.
The senate graduated scale of exemp
tions ran from 0 to 10 per cent, while
the house exemption rate was 8 per
cent The conferees adopted the grad
uated rate of from 7 to 0 per cent.
The definition of capital, which was
a point upon which the conferees ar
gued for days, was modified so as to
provide that the actuul value of tangi
ble property paid Into a corporation
or partnership or individual business
bofore Junuury 1, 1014, shall be taken
as of thut date. The proviso as to
good will and other Intangible prop
erty has been somewhat liberalized.
As to "Invested Capital."
In calculating war excess profits the
terms "Invested capital" of corpora
tions and partnerships was declared
to include "actunl cash paid In, actual
cash value and other tangible prop
erty paid for stock or shares ut the
tlrao of payment or January 1, 1914,
but In no case to exceed the par value
of fho original securities; paid In or
aumed surplus and undivided profits
used or employed in the business, ex
clusive of undivided profits earned dur
ing the taxable year."
The allowance for intangible nssots
Includes "actual cash value of patents
and copyrights paid in for stock or
bares at the time of payment
good will trademarks, trade brands,
franchises ... If for bone-fldo pay
ments not to exceed the cash value."
It stipulates that such Intangible
assets exchanged for securities before
March 8, 1017, not exceeding 20 per
cent of the total, shall be Included ut
a vulue not exceeding a fair cash
value at tho time of purchase.
Postal Increases.
A flat increase on reading matter of
cent per pound until July 1, 1010,
and cent thereafter was provided.
Advertising matter exceeding 5 per
cent of the total space would be taxed
from M. to '2 cents additional until
July 1, 1010, and from to 4 cents"
more until July 1, 1020; and from
to 0ft cents to 1021 ami from 1 cent
to 0 cents thereafter.
An additional tux of cent per
pound until July 1, 1010, and y. cent
thereafter, on religious, agricultural,
frutcrnal and similar publications wus
adopted.
Tho 1 cent tax on letters, excepting
drop letters and postal curds, wus re
stored by the conferees. A 1 cent ad
ditional tax on postal and private
mailing cards was added. The first
class mall increases are estimated to
raise $00,000,000, and ure effective 30
days ufetr the passage of the act. The
senuto provision exempting from post
age Icetters wrlttcu by soldiers and
sailors abroad was retained.
Railroad Tickets Hit
The conferees levied 8 per cent In
lieu of the semite rate of 5 and the
house rate of 10 per cent on passenger
transportation, estimated to raise from
tho compromise levy abouot $00,000,
000 Instead of $(17,500,000 under tho
senate plan. The 11 per cent tax on
freight transportation wus retained
and the tux on express transportation
was Increased so that 1 cent would bo
levied on each 20 cents paid Instead
of each 20 cents. Tho house 10 per
cent tax on Pullman accommdatlous,
cut to 5 per cent by tho somite, was
restored und Is estimated to raise $5,-
000.000.
In lieu of the house 5 per cent
tnx 011 stilus of automobiles by uuuiu
facturers und tho senate federal
license tnx on owners, the conferees
adopted 11 3 par cent tax on all motor
vehicles, Including trucks, payable by
manufacturers, producers and Import
rs,
Tuxes of 3 per cent of manufactur
ers' ales of musical instruments und
Jewelry also were written In, with a
tax of cent a foot on motion pic
ture film.
New Inheritance Tax,
A new system of gruduutcd lulierl
tance taxes was written Into the hill
in Ucu of the house plan nnd despite
tho Semite's rejection of such taxes.
The new rates on Inheritances, with
those of Americans In military service
exempted, range from one-half of 1
per cent on $50,000 estates to 10 per
cent on estates of $10,000,000 and
more.
The bulk of the Increases of between
f 250,000,000. and .Sf.Qll.WO.OOO made, byr
TIE UNITED STATES
the conferees In the senate bill wns
secured from the postage, public utili
ties and manufacturing sales section
and the new Inheritance taxes.
With but few exceptions, the new
taxes are effective with the passage of
the act.
Senate Version Stands.
The Income tax section was adopted
virtually us 'written by the senate. The
new 2 per cent normal tax on Incomes
of more than $2,000 for married per
sons and $1,000 for single persons Is
In addition to the present law exempt
ing incomes of less than $.'),000 for sin
gle persons and $4,000 for married per
sons. Thus those between the new low
exemption buses and the present ex
emptions will pay only the 2 per cent
tax, but single persons having an In
come of $:i,000 or mdre and married
persons whose Income Is $4,000 or more
would pay the full 4 per cent normal
tax.
Tho senate Income provision allow
ing an additional exemption of $200
for each dependent child to heads of
families subject to the present law was
retained. The exemption for children,
however, does not apply to those sub
ject to the new reduced taxes with the
$2,000 und $1,000 exemptions, respec
tively, for married and single per
sons. Surtax Is Agreed Upon.
Surtaxes were agreed upon as fol
lows: Ono per cent on Income over $5,000
nnd less than $7,500; 2 per cent be
tween $7,500 and $10,000; 3 per cent
between $10,000 and $12,500 ; 4 percent
between $12,500 and $15,000; 5 per cont
between $15,000 and $20,000; 7 per cent
between $20,000 and $40,000; 10 per
18 tier cent between $80,000 nnd $100,
pcr cent between $00,000 and $80,000;
18 per cent betweno $SO,000 and $100,
000 ; 22 per cent between $100,000 and
$150,000 ; 25 per cent between $150,000
and $200,000; 30 per cent between
$200,000 and $200,000; 34 per cent be
tween $250,000 and $300,000 ; 37 per
cent between $300,000 and $500,000;
40 per cent between $500,000 and $750,
000 ; 45 per cent between $750,000 and
$1,000,000, and 50 per cent on Incomes
oxceedlng $1,000,000.
Increased Tax on Whisky.
Increased sennte rates on whisky
..... ocer were vinun .y reui.nci , urn.
... .1
...ul uu somewmu reuueeu. x..o
tnx on distilled spirits was made $2.10
purgation when for beverage use and
$1 less for Industrial purposes, esti
mated to raise $135,000,000. Tho
amendment prohibiting Importation of
distilled spirits for beverago use was
retained. Floor taxes to reach with
drawn liquors wore approved. Beer
was taxed $1.50 per barrel additional,
to raise $10,000,000, an Increase of 25
cents per barrel over tho house rate.
Present wine taxes were doubled.
Taxes on
n nonalcoholic beverages
promised. On prepared
were com
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ated from 5 to 20 cents Instead of
from 3 to 12 cents a gallon were
adopted. Grape Juice and other soft
drinks are taxed 1 cent per gallon, ns
provided by the senate In reducing the
original 2-cent rate of the house.
Scnute rates on cigars and cigarettes
were retained, but those on snuff were
Increased from -1 cents to 5 cents a
pound.
Stamp Taxes Fixed.
Stamp taxes agreed upon aro:
Bonds of Indebtedness, 5 cents on
eoch $100.
Indemnity und surety bonds, 50
cents.
Parcel post packages, 1 cent for
euch 25 cents of the cost of transpor
tation.
Capltnl stock, original issuus, 5 cents
per $100.
Hales and transfers, 2 cents per $100.
Sales of produce on oxchungo. 2
cents for ouch $100 value In merchan
dise. Drafts, checks pnynblu other than
n sight or demand, promissory notes.
except Dank notes for circulation, ami
renewals, 2 cents for all sums below
$100 and 2 cents for each additional
$100 or fraction thereof.
Conveyance patters, 50 cents be
tween $100 and $500 and 50 cents for
each additional $500.
Customs house ontrles, from 25
cents to $1; entry for withdrawal from
bonded warehouses, 50 cents.
Passenger vessel tickets for ports
other thnn those in tho United States,
Canada und Mexico, between $10 and
$30. $1 ; between $30 and $00, $3, und
above $00, $5.
Voting proxies, 10 cents.
Power of attorney, 25 cents.
Playing cards, decks of not more
than 54 cards, an uddltlonal 5 cents
on the present rates.
Taxes on life Insurance, eliminated
from the house bill In the senate,
were amended and reinserted, raising
nbout $5,000,000. Effective November
1 the new taxes on new Insurance pol-
uies issued are 8 cents ner S10O or
jlraoilon (hereof on life Insurauce and
New War Tax Levies as
Made by Senate and House
Washington. Tho war revenue bill,
ns finally agreed on by tho house and
senate conferees provides for the rais
ing of approximately $2,000,320,000, as
follows:
Income tax $ 842,000,000
Excess profits tax 1,110,000,000
Distilled spirits 135,000.000
Rectified spirits 5,000.000
Fermented liquors 40.000,000
Wines, etc 10,000.000
Soft drinks, sirups, etc... 14,000,000
Cigars 10,000,000
Cigarettes 20,000,000
Tobacco .... 25,000.000
Snuff 1,500,000
Cigarette papers 200.000
Freight transportation... 77,500.000
Express and parcel post. 16.000.000
Passenger transportation 56,000,000
Pipe lines 4,500,000
Seats and berth 2,250,000
Telegraph and telephone
messages 7,000,000
Insurance policies (new) 5,000,000
Automobiles (snle of).. 40,000,000
Musical Instruments
(sale of) 4,300.000
Motion picture films 3,000,000
Jewelry (sale by manu
facturer) 4,500,000
Sporting goods 1,200,000
Pleasure boats 500,000
Perfumes and cosmetics 1,900,000
Proprietary medicines .. 3,000,000
Cameras 750,000
Admissions 50,000,000
Club dues 1,200,000
Schedule A, Including
playing cards 30,000,000
War estate tax 5,000,000
Virgin Island products.. 20,000
First class mall matter.. 60,000,000
Second class mall matter 14,000,000
Total
, .$2,606,320,000
1 cent per $1 on the premium chnrged
on marine, casualty, lire and Inland
Insurances.
Amusement taxes agreed upon pro
vide that all persons entering places
of amusement free, except employees
nnd ofllclals on duty and children tin
der twelve, would pay n tax rate of 1
cent on each 10 cents or fraction
thereof of the ndn.sslon charge. This
tax nlso would apply to cabarets and
similar performances where the cost
of entertainment Is Included In other
costs, such as service. Holders of an
nual box seats would pay 10 per cent
of the annual rcntnl. Nickel theaters
and shows, rides and other outdoor
park amusements with a maximum ad-
mission of 10 cents and benefit enter-
talnments nnd agricultural fairs were
exempted.
After November 1. 1017, members of
nll clubs, except fraternal orders, pay
Ing more than $12 annual dues would
be subject to n 10 per cent tux.
Exemptions Are Allowed.
On excess profits the conferees
agreed upon a minimum deduction of
7 per cent and n maximum of 10 per
cent. Instead of the 0 to 10 per cent
fixed by the senate. Other exemp-
tlons are $3,000 for corporations and
Sfl.OOO for lndlvidauls. Corporations.
' - '
partnerships and Individuals having
no cnpltiil stock would pay a Hat rata
of 8 per cent on net prollts in excess
of $3,000 for corporations nnu $u.uuu
for Individuals and partnerships.
Miscellaneous Income tax amend-
ments Inserted by the senate were
generally adopted, Including the so-
called Jones amendment tor a tax oi
10 per cent on corporations' hulls
trlbuted surplus, without allowance
for Income taxes paid. Tho 10 per
cent tax would not apply to undls
trlbuted Income actually Invested or
cmplovlM, ln ll8lncss or lnvest)!tl ,n
fJ'y ,, llftor Sontomhur 1 .
J 7 ' :
iKjT. una o tier cent nemuty tor sur
plus retained but not employed Is pro
vided. In making provision for admlnlstnv
tlon and collection of tho new and
existing taxes tno conrerees proviueu
that the
lie speclnl tax of 12 per cent
on war munitions manufactures shull
bo reduced to 10 per cent, but re
tained to January 1, 1018. It now
yields about $29,000,000 annually irnd
the senate had proposed Us repeal.
GARFIELD FIXES COAL PRICES
Fuel Administrator Announces Final
Declslon, Which Will Be Bind-
, Ing on All Dealers.
Washington. 1 uel Administrator
Garfield announced regulations, effec
tlve at'once, for tho limitation of the
retail prices of bituminous and an-
tliraclte coal throughout the country
Tho fuel administration has fixed,
In tho conclusions arrived at, not tho
speclllc price which the I'etnll dealer
will he allowed to charge the con
sumer, out uie grot ..uirjt... wiim
the retail detuor will no anoweo 10 am.
to tne average wnmesaie cost oc ...
COlll In llUlklng retail prices.
Tho retail dealer will be allowed to
son com 10 me consumer ui .1 pr.wu
representing an advance 01 ..m m'u
thnn 30 per cent over the retail gross
margin of 1015. In no case, howuver.
Is the gross margin from now on to
exceed the gross margin of July, 1017.
If, tor example, a rei n. ton. ueu.ui
llOUgllt 11 pariicuiar kiwi 01 cum ..
l.l-.l I I..
1015 ut an averugo of $2 a ton and
sold It to the consumer nt $3 a ton,
his gross margin was $1. Dr. Garllold
now allows I1I111 to udd 30 per cent to
this amount, making his gross margin
for 1017 $1.30, provided that Is not in
excess of his gross margin In July
last
If tho retail dealer now pays an av
eruge of $3 for tho Biune kind of coal
ho will be allowed to sell It to tho con- tho speech of Count Czernln, Austro
sinner for not more than $1.30 a ton. Hungarian minister of foreign affairs.
Doctor Garfield selected 1015 as
normal coal production year.
I -Olllclal photograph from the west front showing Uerman shells bursting near one of the British forward bat
teries. 2 Society women of Now York advertising the Liberty lonn In the lower part of the city, one of their listen
ers being tho Italian woman who has three sons at the front. The women are Mrs. James F. Curtis and Mrs. William
A Burton. 3 Viscount Ishll nnd other members of the Japanese mission reviewing the West Point endets.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
British Again Smash Germans
East of Ypres and Capture
Important Positions.
ENEMY'S MORALE IS BREAKING
Austria's Warning to the Allies Re
peated Air Raids on London Final
ly Determine England on Re
prisals America's War
Tax Bill Now Law.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Field Marshal Halg began his week
fnrwnrd movement as usual on
rjhursduy, tj,e miVanco being again In
tJl0 strld east of Ypres on a lino
.,mt serIougiy threatens Prince Bup-
fccllt.8 communications with Ostend
ind zeobrugge. This salient of the
BrlUsh front ,ms bccn glvlng thc Ger-
nnns m,lch nnx(oty, m,d all tho lirst
part of Ul0 week they dlrectec nt it
furious though futile attacks that
proved very costly.
By gllturduv tno British offensive
,md developed into one of the most
nretentlous vet undertaken nnd nrom-
god to resuit iu a victory unequnllcd
slnce tlc unttu of the Mariie. On a
nlno-mlle front Hale's troons rushed
, i , ,ii n,i n imlf
IIJIWULU 1UI UI'UUl ik .....v. lVA .
and lncd pnHSessIon 0f many Ger-
, Hfrnn.,nl.ls. including the ridge
notwocn Pnsschendaele and Zonne-
,.,. rjro,,t numbers of Germans
urrondcred
,rim , ,i011,tiess hone to cut In
xlUvccu tne submarine bases anil the
mnln aenniin annyi i,ut according to
,..f w,ii.ifnrmed nrmv men.
It Is not their Intention to force tho
Germans back over any very wide
sreu. because the territory they would
be forced to abandon would first bo de-
........
Itather do the allies plan to
; , .y th 0 con In
3e,U0"lIlZ Ul?nZ ' . " ?,.n " n
uous nouiimruuieiii uy Kun uu vim
y guns
bers to which they have been sub-
lectlnir them of late, and most of
Halg's advances are made for the pur
pose of gaining possession of com
manding positions, from which this
,nrHfl(. mmnr nmv ho directed. That
,,., ()f tho (
the morale of tho German soldiers al
ready Is beginning to break down Is
evidenced by tneir readiness to surren
der nnd the complaints of some divi
sions when ordered hnck to the front
after 11 rest.
Germans Short of Shells.
Iteports from the front during tho
artillery duel that preceded the Thurs-
day advance wore that the British llred
twenty or more shells for every ono
that en m n from the Germnns. The nl-
, , . immlt(ms ia Il0w unllm-
,t0, 1 't, , , rtllS0U to bc.
n ' thnt' tho f;oriimns nro running
sllflH (lf Hh1Is Bllll mvInir t)art.
short of shells and guns, owing part
ly to reduced productivity caused by
tho poor food of the workmen, and
partly to a shortage of certain metals.
Tho denial of General Schuech, tho
kaiser's new minister of munitions,
Umt tlun, ,s uny 8Uch 9ilortKe. Is not
convlnclB. Copenhagen dispatches
londers of German labor
rrnuno won. 11im1 in mnln nrmv bond.
,H ,.., . ..... . roip.
iXimta Von iiU(icnburg's birthday, as
vvas Intimated, hut to discuss plans for
speeding up tho production of muni
tions. Probnbly It was necessary, also,
to take steps to appease the workmen
of Essen and their wives, who held a
Pintnii mntln,r riwntlv ilnnmnillni?
, , tt f
.....v...r. r.
In Frankfort, too, an Immense peace
meeting wns held on Sunday, but that
was engineered by political groups,
and thercforo may not havo been so
Indlcntlvo of the sentiment of the peo
pie.
Czernln Warns the Allies,
In the way of peace movements, tho
most Important event of the week was
n n which he threatened thnt unless the
illles speedily consented to a peace
without annexations or Indemnities,
Austria-Hungary would revise Its pro
jram and demand compensation for
further costs of war. He said his
country hnd proved that It was per
fectly sound and could not be over
thrown by force of arms, nnd conse
quently was In position simultaneously
with its nines to lay aside arms and
trla-IIungary certainly seems Just now
to be more united against the Idea of
a separate peace, despite the feeling
of the Croats nnd other of Its peoples,
and foreign correspondents wnrn the
United States that neither Bulgaria
nor Turkey Is likely to separate Itself
from Germany; they must be whipped
together or not at all.
Count Czernln's bold words are
scarcely supported by the develop
ments on the Austro-Itallan front, for
though tho Austrlnns have been hang
ing on desperately to tho edge of the
Bnlnslzzl plntenu nnd mnklng repeated
attacks to recover lost ground, .the
Italians hnve not yielded an Inch.
rhcro were Indications that Cadornn
was nbcut ready for n renewal of his
offensive, and that the enemy expect
this wns shown by the rushing west
ward of large numbers of Austrian
nnd OOrman troops from Bukowlna
and Roumnnln.
Kerensky Plan Voted Down.
If only ltussia were in condition to
take advantnge of this troop move
ment, It might accomplish much. But
Itussln Is still struggling with Its in
ternal affairs, and only In the Itiga
sector are Its soldiers showing any
disposition to fight. Up there they
pushed the Germans back in several
nlneps. Meanwhile. PremlorKorenskv
. .
Is having desperate trouble In estab
lishing u firm government. He ap
peared before tho democratic congress
and used very plain, even defiant lan
guage, which at first had Its effect ln
a vote approving a coalition cabinet.
But next dny the Bolsheviklsts and
other extremists gained control of the
gathering and voted down the plan
To add to tho perplexities of the pro
visional government, a serious revolt
broke out In Turkestan.
Tho allies are following the lead of
America ln cutting off supplies from
Sweden, Norwny, Denmark and IIol
land, tho action determined on being
not Joint but uniform. Last week
Great Britain extended the principle
heretofore followed by prohibiting the
unlicensed exportation to those coun
tries of nil articles except printed mat
tor and personal effects.
Air Raids to Bring Reprisals?
Repeatedly Inst week the German
air lleets raided London and tho towns
and countryside of Kent and Essex,
Flock nfter flock f grcnt airplanes
flew across and dropped their loads of
bombs, killing n few civilians and do
ing some dnmifge to property. Not
many of the dendly missiles fell on
London, for tho nntl-nlrcraft guns put
up a barrage fire that ringed the city.
These raids roused the people and
press of England to renewed demnnds
for reprisals, and the government
to l jendy at last to yield to
the demand, for Premier Lloyd-Georgo
said to a crowd of poor people In the
southwest district of London who
clamored for revengo: "We will give
It all back to them, and we will give It
to them soon. We shall bomb Germany
with compound Interest." The Ger
mans themselves are expecting re
prisals and aro removing to places of
safety the nrt treasures of cities that
are believed to bo within reach of the
British airmen.
Tho French, less squenmlsh thnn the
British have been, made reprisal raids
on it number of towns Inst week, In
eluding Stuttgart, Baden. Frankfort
nnd Coblenz. This wns In return for
the bombing of Dunkirk nnd Bnr-le
Due. Though some of the places at
tacked by the French aviators are
open towns, thc Immediate objectives
of the raids were military establish
Thi. nrltlsh merchant vessels sunk
bv submarines were fewer than In any
inn. 1 ii nnpnlne of iinrpstricted
fT.imnt wnrfm-A. Imt ninonir tho vie
tlms of the submersibles wus the
nriilsh cruiser Drake, which was tor-
pedoed oft the Irish coast and sunk In
shnllow water. One otllcer nnd 18 men
were killed by the explosion.
Another romantic story of sea war
fnre comes from Samoa in thc ex
ploits of the crew of the Gormnn com
merce raider Seemlier, after their
vessel stranded on a South Pacific
island. The master and six others put
to sea ln a motor sloop armed nniL
provisioned, and the others seized u
French schooner, equipped It with gun
nnd bombs and started out again.
Since thnt time they have been prey
ing on merchant vessels.
Curbing the German Press.
The trading with the enemy act:
went into effect Tuesday and almost
Immediately Postmaster Burleson
burred from the mulls thc Mllwnukeo-
Leader, former Congressman Bergcr's
paper, for seditious and treasonubloat
utterances. Many other publication
have been cited by the post ofllce de
partment to show cause 'why they
should not be suppressed, among these
being the Illinois Staats-Zcltung.
On Thursday federal agents raided
the ofllce of the New Jersey Ficlo
Zeltung In Newark and arrested Its
two proprietors and three editors on
charges of publishing seditious and
treasonable articles.
In connection with tho trial ln Paris.
of Bolo Pashu, alleged spy, It is re
vealed that Bolo, who was ln the-
Unlted States for a few weeks early
last year, arranged the transfer of at
least $1,G00,000 of German money
through New York bunking houses to
Paris to further the peace propaganda
ln France. It Is ofllclally stated that
there Is no doubt of Count von Bern
storff's complicity ln the Intrigue.
More than one-half of tho 1G0 I. V.
W. leaders who were Indicted have
been arrested and tho government la
ready to put them on trlnl.
War Tax Bill Signed.
President Wilson signed the war tax;-
blll Wednesdny, and most of Its sec
tions became operative at once auto
matically. Itlevles for this year moro
than $2,500,000,000 new taxes for war
purposes and ln one way or another
calls for money from everybody In
the country. The two largest sources
of revenue will be excess profits, $1,
000,000,000, and Individual and corpor
ate Incomes, $851,000,000.
rite soldiers' and sailors' Insurance
bill, which was passed by the senate,,
carries un amendment promoting Ma-.
Jor General Pershing and Major Gen
eral Bliss to the rank of general and
making all commanders of army corps
lieutenant generals. The bill to re
patriate nil Americans who havo
joined tho allied military forces also
was sent to tho president for his slg.
nature.
The shipping hoard gave out a state
ment last week showing that a large.
number of vessels ure being built and
within a few weeks the concrete re
sults of the board's energetic worlc
will begin to slide down thc wuys in.
many shipyards. The aircraft build
ing program also Is well under way,
Secretary Baker stating that 20,000.
airplanes and their motors are now
under construction.
Liberty Loan Going Well.
"nut
bocrcw
r the 'competent leadership of
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,.
tho campaign for the sale of the sec
ond Liberty loan, of $3,000,000,000,,
started off with a rush, and the cn.
thuslnsiu and determination of the peo
plo made the success of the lonn un.
doubted. There was Just one black
spot In all the country the action o(
Mrs. II. O. Ilnvemeyer of New York
and other ofllclals of the National
Woman's party In ndvlslng women not
to assist the loan because they hava
not been given nntlonal suffrage. Tha
Maryland suffragists camo back al
them with a scathing denunciation, de
claring thnt they hud descended to
political bribery, had disgraced tho
name of woman and were "mnd sister
of La Follette."
The sennto has been flooded wltlt
petitions from all parts of tin land,
from organizations and Individuals,
asking thnt Senator La Follette be ex
Pelled for his dlsloynlty and mnny oi
the petitioners suggest much severei
punishment than mere expulsion, ai
- Urst the sennte committee on prlvi
lieges and elections was dlsclncllne
to take any action at this session, bul
tho universal demnnd evidently hail
Its effect for on Wednesday the com.
mlttee began consideration of the peth
- tlons.
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