THE 3EMI-WBEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
M'ADOO PLANS TO
BOOST PROFIT TAX
Secretary Urges $300,000,000
Increase Before
House Body.
LADY AMPTHILL
4,000,00QYA!
MR& 8AYNB
Jersey Suits for Present Wear
WILL WIN WAR!
Gen. March Explains Plan to
Send 3,000,000 More to
Franco by Next June.
KITCHIN PREDICTS HARMONY
VICTORY ON WEST FRONT
fvSBBBsHHslltJdrCS
-Eighty Per Cent Levy Recommended
by Secretary and Aids "Port
Tax" on Coffee, Tea and
Bananas Forecast.
' Washington, Aug; 10. Secretary of
tho Treasury McAdoo laid beforo the
fiouse ways and means committee on
(Wednesday his plan for nn excess
profits tax with an alternative war
profits levy to bo Included In the new
k-cvenuo bill.
' The plnn proposes tho retention of
jexlstlng rates In tho present excess
profits tax with a maximum of 80 per
bent affecting about 00 per cent of all
Jtho business corporations coming un
ilcr this schedule. '
Secretary McAdoo estimated that
She treasury plan would produce from
,.300,000,000 to $480,000,000 more than
under tho plnn tentatively agreed to
by tho committee recently.
' The secretary was accompanied by
Assistant Secretaries Lcillngwell and
Love, Internul Revenue Commissioner
Roper and other treasury experts.
1 At tho conclusion of the conference
Secretary McAdoo and Chairman
trcitchln of tho house ways and raeuns
'committee joined In tho prediction that
jthcy would get together on a plan and
Secretary McAdoo added that "you
can see that Mr. Kit chin and I novo
o bayonets for each other."
Dasplto this agreement and tho In
creased revenue claimed for the treas
ury plan, which Secretary McAdoo
suid would take enro of exceptional
(cases, It was stated that tho bill will
fall short to the extent of between
8500,000,000 and 51.000.000,000 of the
88,000,000,000 sought.
I A port tax on ten, coffee, cocoa su
gar, bananas and other tropical fruits
jcomlng through tho ports may. have to
bo resorted to, It was snld, or some
other new tnx feature considered.
! Tho first break In the committee oc-
furred when Representative Ralncy of
Ulnols, after making a stand for in
crease of tho taxes on estates in ex
cess of $1,000,000 nnd being voted
down, announced that he would carry
on the fight on the floor of tho house.
(THREE FLYERS LOSE LIVES
Paptaln of Royal Flying Corps Killed
at Cincinnati Lieut. J. W. John
son and Cadet Dead.
' Cincinnati, Aug. 10. What promised
to be a gala day for a number of
kmerlcan aviators from tho aviation
field at Dayton, headed by Maj. Claude
Rhlnehnrdt, who hnd flown from
Mlneoln, nnd British plnnes led by
Drlg. Qen. Charles F. Lee, coming from
Indianapolis, ended in gloom when
Cnpt. James Fltz Morris of tho Brit
ish royal flying corps was killed.
'. Rantoul, 111., Aug. 10. Lieut. J. W.
pohnson of Trnfford, Ala., n cadet nt
Chanuto aviation Held, was killed and
a cadet flyer, whose namo was with
held by officers, was Injured when
their machine fell 1.000 feet near Gil
ford. I Fort Worth, Tor, Aug. 10. Cadet
jvVllliam R. Turnstnll, son of John R.
frurnstnll of Brookfleld, Mass., was
piled when his airplane collided with
mother machine several thousand feet
in the air.
JEW CALL TO THE COLORS
ThIrty-FIvo States Asked to Send
i 12,000 Men to Camps for Limited
' Military Service.
Washington. Aug. 17. Twelve 'thou-
fand white selectlvo service men for
Imlted military service were called to
tho colors by Provost Marshal Gen
oral Crowder. They will entrain Au
gust 30 nnd 31, and will bo assigned
tn three camDS. as follows:
Three thousand to Camp Upton, N.
r.; 4,000 to Camp Dodge, la.; 5,000
ka Camn Greene. N. C. Thirty-four
states were called upon to furnish men
under this call.
JF RENCH TRANSPORT IS SUNK
DJemnah Torpedoed In Mediterranean
442 Men Missing, Says Paris
Dispatch.
l'arls, Aug. 15. The French trans
port DJerannh of 3,710 tons has been
inrnndoed In tho Mediterranean. A
report of tho torpedoing has been re
ceived from Berlin, wncro it ws an
nounced, nnd tho report has now been
confirmed here. Four hundred and
forty-two men are missing.
Herr Von Sengbusch Slain.
Amsterdam, Aug. 17. Tho nssassl-
Cation of Herr Von Sengbusch, n Ger
iuu official at Wonden, Russia, was
reported from Riga. Tho murderer e
'caped. This Is tho fourth assassina
tion of German officials In. Russia.
Mrs. Skeffington Is Exile.
Tendon, Aug. 17.- -Mrs. F. Sheehy
Skeffington, who was released on Au
gust 12 from Uolloway prison, where
hn WHS detained after her deportation
from Ireland, was refused a permit to
.fccturn .to Ireland
Lady Ampthlll, C. B. E., C. I., lady-
In-waiting to Queen Mnry, Is n member
of the council and executive commit
tee of the British Red Crosj society
nnd head of the Joint women's V. A.
D. department. Sho Is one of tho bus
iest women In Englnnd and l actively
engaged In war work.
GAS RAID ON COAST
HUN DIVER DROPS POISON OIL
OFF NORTH CAROLINA.
Six Lighthouse Men at Charleston, 8.
C.Are Overcomo by tho
Fumes.
Washington, Aug. 14. Using poi
son gas, a German submarine at
tacked Smith Island, off tho North
Carolina coast Saturday. Six men
wero overcome.
Tho official announcement said tho
navy department received a dlspntch
from Charleston, S. C, that tho attack
with gns about five o'clock Saturday
afternoon temporarily "put out of busi
ness tho coast guard station nnd llght-
houso personnel." Tho report goes on:
"About 40 minutes after tho attack
jthreo largo oil spots, each over nn ucre
in extent, wero observed passing.
"This oil, from which the gas waB
no doubt generated, must have been
released from it submarine- In tho vi
cinity of the entrance to the channel
with tho hope thnt It would come In
with tho tide, but tho tldo- fortunntely
set along tho Island.
"Report was made to Colonel Chase,
coast artillery corps, Fort Caswell, N.
C by Captain Wlllnrd of tho Smith
lslnnd coast guard after tho effects of
tho gas wero noted. Six men wero
gassed. No deaths.
"Tho gas had the effect of mustard
gas and wns effective about 30 or 40
minutes.
"Tho Incident was reported by Col
onel Chase to tho naval district com
mander. Smith's lslnnd Is off tho
mouth of tho Capo Fear river, nenr tho
entrance of tho channel to Wilming
ton, N. C."
Tho German submarine operating off
tho Virginia coast was attacked by an
American destroyer, which used 17
depth bombs In nn effort to get tho
raider. Tho submarine did not re
appear and oil wns noticed on the sur
faco of the sea.
WILL TAX OCCUPATIONS S10
Congress Body for Special Levy, Ex
cepting War Work and
Preachers.
Washington, Aug. 15. Special taxes
of $10 a year on occupations or pro
fessions, except tho war industry
trades, farmers, tenchers and minis
ters of tho gospel, wo.ro written into
the $8,000,000,000 war revenue bill by
tho house ways and. menns commit
tee. A similar tax was placed upon
any business with receipts of $2,000 a
year or more, with a levy of $25 u year
on wholesale houses with receipts of
$200,000 or more.
In addition to the ordinary duty of
10 per cent on nil jewelry sold nt
wholesale, the committee put on a 10
per cent tnx on retuU sales of jewelry
composed wholly or In part of platl
num.
BEULAH BINF0RD WAR NURSE
"Qlrl in Case" In Famous Beatty Mur
der Trial on- Way to
France.
Now York, Aug; 14. Beulob, Bln
fonr, tho "Girl In the Case" In the fa
mous Bentty inunjer trial In Virginia
seven years ago, la oni her wuy to
Franco us a Red Cross; nurso. When
Beulnh was eighteen years, old her
sweetheart, Henry Clay Beatty, Jr., of
Richmond, wns convicted and executed
for tho murder of his wlfo on the Mid
lothian turnpike la Virginia, In 1011
Policewomen for New York.
Now York, Aug. 17. Outfitted with
"billies," revolvers and handcuffs, New
York's first uniformed policewomen,
sir In number, went on duty Thursday.
They will pay special attention to the
welfare of girls.
Third Meatless Week for Austria.
Berne, Aug. 17. Tho third meatless
week has been ordered In Austria, ac
cording to reliable- advices, received
hero on Wednesday from Vlennu. A
small ration of meat may bo served
only on Sunday.
Chief of Staff Asserts Defeat of Foe
In France Is Up to the American
Army Bill Delayed Until
Next Week.
Washington, Aug. 17. Plans for be
ginning consideration In tho senate
next Monday of the new man power
bill extending the draft ages wero
blocked on Thursday by the failure of
u quorum to appear when Chairman
Chumberlaln submitted the report of (
the senate military committee. .
In reporting tho bill Chairman
Chamberlain disclosed to the senate i
that General March had told tho mili
tary committee It was up to tho United
States to put enough men In France to
win on tho west front, and he ex
pressed tho belief that 4,000,000 Amer
icans under one commander could go
through tho German lines wherover
they pleased.
Tho report also revealed that tho
now American war program cans lor
SO divisions, or something moro than
3,000,000 mon, Iro Franco by June 30
next, with 18 moro divisions In train
ing nt home nt thnt time. All tho men
called for active service under the pro
posed new draft ages;, eighteen' to forty-five,
General March told the commit
tee,, would bo In Franco by next Juno,
according to the program.
Secretary Baker Informed the com
mittee, tho report said, that the presi
dent's policy called for concentration
of Amerlcun' forces oro the western
front, Including Italy, and that "tho
theory of tho lighting In' the future- Is
thnt we must force the Issue- and! win
on tho western front."
Immedlnto extension of tho draft
nges was declared' by tho army repre
sentatives to be Imperative' In order
that the- United States mar throw Its
full Btrcngth Into- the struggle and win.
If the draft nges are- fixed! at from'
eighteen to- forty-five;. General! Murch
said, the system of volunteer enlist
ment In tho United Stntes: army auto
matically disappears;
The draft program and plans of the
wnr department are- of such" a charac
ter thnt tho rapid movement of troops
to Franco 1 continuing" Secretary Ba
ker said', and! by reason' of tho- very
grent assistance- glvem by the British
government Ini plnclng; so mucin ship
ping nt the disposul of tho American'
government tho- department hopes to
contlnuo tho accelerated! movemeutf
overseas.
There now arc approximately 2,000,
000 American soldiers In- this country
nnd overseas,. Mr;. Baker added'.. Tho
reservoir In the United States Is' such
that oven- with tho exhausting, for a
tlmo of the ellglbles, lm class'. 1' tho
movement of men overseas. wouldJ not
be Interrupted'..
Fourteen. Nntlonnl' army divisions: al
ready are In Franco; tho secretary said,
nnd theso hnvo- bcem Included! lm the
new Held army organization' recently
nnnounced by General Pershing;. There
also nre 12 National1 Guard' divisions,
Including the Rnlnbow organization,
overseas, together with flvo' regular
army divisions.
"The policy of the wnr department
Is to put tho maximum number of men
In Franco- with the idea, of shortening
the wnr."
Tho senate ndjournrd' until1 Mon
day, and tho plan now Is to begin con
sidcrntion or tho bill next Thursday, If
possible..
U. S. TROOPS IN! SIBERIA
Regiment of Regulars, Fromi Manila
Arrives at Vladivostok and Will
Aid Czecho-Slavs.
Washington, Aug.. 17. American
troops began to disembark at Vlaui
vostok on Thursduy and will Immedi
ately join tho International force to
aid the Czecho-Slovak army on Its
campaign In Siberia.
The Americans nre the Twenty-seventh
regular infuutry regiment from
Manila and will be followed by an
other regiment from the Philippines
nnd nddltlonal troops from, tho United
States.
Col. Henry D. Styer Is lm command'
of the regiment.
Tho' entire American-, forco will bo
under Major Genoral Gruves;. who. has
been commanding a regular army di
vision at Camp Kearney, CaL.
London, Aug. 17;: Tho nllled! Arch
angel expeditionary force has. reached
Pabereshskala,, 100' miles southi of
Archongol, on tho railroad' toward1 Vol.
ogdn, It Is announced hero.
Huns Have New Sea Chief.
Amsterdam, Aug. 17, Vice Admlrul
Behncke hns been appointed' stnto sec
retary to. tho German admiralty, says
tLo Weser Zcltung of Bremen.. He
was formerly vice chief of tho naval
geuerul staff.
Ten Planes" Down; Decorated;
Paris, Aug. 17; Lieut. David Pur
nam of tho Lafayetto escadrllle, who
Is olllclolly credited! with bringing
down ten German machines, was dec
orated with tho French military
medal.
Mrs. Ilayna la chief woman' inspec
tor, food production' department of
England'. Tho United Kingdom' Is lino
died qulto capably by her. Women' arc
playing a- great part lm tho- mnnngo--mcnt
of tho- government's business!.
WANTS peace: offers
GERMANY WILL
not refuse:
proposals:.
"REASONABLE1
Admiral Von' Hlntze;. Foreign Secre
tary; Authority for- Statement;.
According! to1 Dispatch-..
London;, Aug;. Iff; Germany wllll noB
refuse- any reasonable- peace proposals.
nccordlng- to Admiral! voni Hlntze;. Gcr
man' foreign' secrctnry;, saldt nt Rcu
ter dispatch' fromi Amsterdam!.
The- dispatch' quoted! tlio G'ermaro
foreign' secretary ns1 saying::
"There- enm Uo' no question' of tlioi
refusal! By Germnnyy of reasonable
peaco proposals.!'
Discussing the- recent speeclii of Pre-ml'er-
Lloyd! George;, tlioi G'ermnni fbt
efgni secretary was' further quoted! ast
saying: flint "had! tho- allies' seribttsi
peace Intentions! tliey couldl liae ap
proached! Germany through' authorized!
persons;''-
Ever' since Germany.' begant to' suffen'
heavy defeats' oni tlioi western front!
It lias' beem reported! fromi Umoi tb
time- that tlio central! powers' wero
planning; ai "penco- drive.'"
Tho- reports' wore strengthened! by,
advices' from' Cbpenhngem telling' of iu
great council! whl'chi Isi to lio held! ntl
Germain great headquarters.1.
Tho- two' kaisers' and! many; minis'
tors' nndl dlproinnts-nro'taklhgipartf, nil
cording; to tile Cbpenllngom dlspntcliesi,
It wasi recently reported! thnt Ad
mlrall voni Illntzo- had! left Bbnlltn toi
confer wltlli tho- kaiser;.
BACKS, THE CZECHOSLOVAKS!
British' Government-. Formally- Recog?
nlzes New Nation Huns Advance)
oni Pet'rogradJ.
London,. Aug;. 1C. The Brltlsln gov
ernment hns. Issued! ai declaration-,, for
mally recognising- the Szcclio-Slovnksi
as am allied! nation- and! the threo-Gze-I'ho-Slovak
armies, as' am allied! forca
regularly waging, warfure agalhstt tho.
central1 powers..
It Is. reported! fromi Moscow- by. woy
of Berllm that tho entente diplomatic
representatives have handed! a collect
ive note to Wnr Minister Trotzky de
manding within three days nncxplnnn
tloni of Premier Lenlno's. thrent that
Russia' wouldi declare war "ngulnstf
Anglo-Frcnclu lmpo; Tallsim'" the Cen
tral! Newsi states.
Copenhagen, Aug;. 15';. German)
troopsi are advunclng oni Petrogrnd',
says a; dispatch to the Polltlkcn.. Tho
Germans, evidently plain to occupy, tho
city..
Washington,. Aug. 15. Blttcrnessi
among' the peasants' of the- Ukralno
against the Gcrmunsi ls steadily In
creasing, nccordlng to ndvlcos; ronch
lug, the state department fromi am eyo
wltnessi to what 1st going; oni lm tho
Russian province..
U. S. ENVOY QUITS; MOSCOW
Consult General! Poole Asksi Bolshevikll
for Safe' Conduct: to)
America..
Washington,, Aug;. 10: Consul' Gen?
erul' Poolo- nt Moscow hasi turned ovon
1'Ihi duties to tho Swedish) cqnsulute
there,, destroyed! hls code book: and;
nskedl for safe conduct for hlmselfi
and! tho other members) of tho olllco to
return to tho United! States..
Ludendorf Callsi for- Help..
Gonevn, Aug. 10. Twenty divisions
of troops wore demanded' of Germnny.'s
allies by Genernli LudeudorfC during
the retreat fromi tho Marne,, according!
to. tho Demount:. Austrln-Uungry re
fused! but later sent two divisions..
74 Czechi Troops; Executed;.
London, Aug.. 10: Turmoil! lm Bo
hernia, has. resulted! In, tho execution ofi
74' Czechi soldiers! nndl wholesale' ar
rests lm many, raids,, nowspapcrai ofi
Munich: say;, according; to. ant Exchaug
Telegraphi dispatch fronu Zurich..
Jersey cloth has Its adherents all
the year round for suits nnd for frocks,
but If seems somehow to belong to
summer time perhaps becauso It is
mado up without lining. It hns tho
most clinging quality In tho world,
which nccounts for Its making tho
most graceful suits and drosses. It Is
a fabric with peculiarities of Its own
that Inspire to new effort tho endless
Ingenuity of designers, who recognlzo
Its possibilities for softening angular
figures and for helping out those thnt
aro too round. Everything depends
,upon tho designer In Jersey suits.
Usually tho Jersey suit Is n smart
but Informal affair with a flavor of
sport styles, but occaslonnlly it is fin
ished up with collar and cuffs In a rich,
dlgnlflcd fnbrlc that robs It of Its
(casual air and places It In tho class of
jdressy suits. An cxnmplo of this kind
appears In tho picture whero n suit of
plain wool Jersey In bright color Is
elaborated with n wide band of cross
stitch embroidery In brown nnd turned
back collar nnd cuffs rovenllng n
brown sntln facing. It Is embellished
New Blouse of
Does anyone know of n better ma
terial for any sort of blouso than plain
or figured French voile of flitu quality?
If so let her earn tho everlasting grati
tude of womanhood by naming her dis
covery. Fine voile la as delicately
beautiful as sheer silk fabrics and ns
sturdy and enduring as strong linens.
It Is therefore used for fine, hund-made
dressy blouses with much decorative
handwork In them, nnd for the simp
lest of pretty models for ordinary wear.
It Is a hardy aristocrat among fabrics
ndnptnble to any sort of wear and
fitting In with every background.
In tho picture one of tho new print
ed voiles Is used for tho cleverest and
plainest of blouses. It belongs In tho
company ever growing in numbers
of tho "slip-over" style. In this par
ticular model tho round neck Is high
er than Is usual and tho fullness of the
blouse Is gathered over small clastic
cords sot into casings or tucks in tho
material. As a finish, bands of rib
bon nro set between tho cords and havo
the appeuranco of serving to gatlior
up tho material, nt first glance. But
this is only artistic camouflage which
examination reveals. Except for theso
ribbon bands and little Hut bows at tho
with a girdle of heavy silk cord finish
ed with tassels.
A suit of this kind Is useful for pres
ent wenr, In tho scuson between Bum
mer nnd winter, and for tourists who'
plan to sojourn In tho South when tho
coldest weather arrives In northern
latitudes. Tho chnnccs nro that Jersey
cloth In silk and in wool has come to.
stay. Wcnves having tho Bnmo char
acteristics are stylo points thnt can
not bo overlooked in tho displays of
frocks and suits for fall.
Beaded Bags.
Beaded bags aro having, perhaps, r
longer life of popularity than would
have been tho enso If bends had not
advanced so grcntly In prlco ns to
mnke beaded bags a real luxury. At
all events, they linvo never becomo
commonplace enough to innko them
unpopular with women who wish tho
unusunl. So they nro still shown In
tho shops, In now designs nnd of now,
workmnnship. Oval bags aro especial
ly good Just now.
Printed Voile
neck aud alcoves there Is nothing furth
er to U'tt iiimut this design. It Is a
simple story attractive lu the degreo
that tho mnterlal Is pretty and alto
gether complete and satisfying.
Ribbon for blouses of this kind may
ho either of silk or velvet, but velvet
Is tho most effective. When tho blouso
must be washed tho ribbon must bo
taken off, or it should bo hnnd-stltched
to the blouso In tho first pluce, Tho
model would not bo so effoctlvo In a
plnln vollo but It cannot bo Improved
upon for tho mnny lovely printed pat
terns that may bo found In almost any
dry goods Htore.
English Women Make Record.
Following tho example of tho rlvett
ers, two young London women at VIck
ers' works worked eleven and a hulf
hours at night and established n record
lu wuvo grooving tho recess for tho
copper driving bnnd In 18-poundcr
shells. One of them averaged 02.0
shells an hour. Tho highest uverago
previously obtained was 04.8.
