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1 rui UMnnA SlrtlMi JULY 1, itli'. EXCESS PROFITS TAX TO RAISE BIG SUM senate Finance Committee Would Increase Taxation to $506,000,000. AMATEUR GOLF STARS PLAY FOR RED CROSS Left to right: Robert A. Gardner, Charlet Evan, Jr., Perry Adair and Bobby Jones, four of the foremost amateur golfers in the country, who played in the match for the benefit of the Red Cross at the Flossmoor Country club, Chicago. Washington, June 30. Graduated war excess profits taxes upon corpo rations, partnerships and individuals 'a"ging from 12 to 40 per cent and M-sini S7.ionnnnnn in ,,. -r S5'15,00O.00O more than under the pTes- iaw, were approved today by the senate finance committee in revising the war tax bill. With the increased excess profits taxes the revenue bill i"W totals $1,655,000,000 and prob '''ly will not be reduced. The new excess profits tax would raise $305,000,000 more than the $200,-. '"10,000 proposed in the house bill and would form nearly one-third of the revised revenue measure. The excess profits levy is designed in lieu of the l isting tax of h per cent on excess profits, the committee proposing re peal of the prese-it law. The graduated rates proposed by the committee,' exempting $5,000 in each case, are 12 per cent on excess profits less than i5 per cent; 16 pet "nt upon those between IS and 25 per cent; 20 per cent on excess be tween 25 and 50 per cent over nor mal;. 25 per cent taxes on those be tween 50 and 75 per cent; 30 per cent between 75 and 100 per cent; 35 per cent between ICO and 150 per cent and a maximum levy of 4f per eent upon excess profits exceeding 150 per cent. The house rates on excess profits was proposed at 16 per cent, doublr the present rate. The senate commit tee, in addition to the increase on excess profits, now to be extended to individuals, substituted a new plan of nominal pre-war profits, upon which excess p'ofits levies will be made. The finance committee is dis posed to limit the amount of new bonds the bill will authorize to $500, 000,000. Masonic Grand Officers , Visit Dawson County Lexington, Neb., June 30. (Special.) A reception was given by Thistle lodge 61, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, to Grand Master F. L. Tem ple Wednesday evening. Out-of-town guests who are members of the grand lodge were Past Grand Master G. Ware, grand chaplain; Robert E. French, grand custodian;- George Burkett, assistant custodian, all of Kearney, and Charles A. Chappie of Minden, grand senior warden. Mem bers from all the lodges in Dawson countv were present. There were about 500 present, and a program was given, consisting or music ana speeches. - Metal Corporations Buy New Mexico Coal Lands New York, June 30. The extensive coal fields of the Victor American Fuel company, located in the Gallup districts of New Mexico, have been sold to Hayden', Stone & Co: for a consideration of approximately $3, 000,000 according to an announcement made here today by the purchasing company. the New Mexico property -was purchased, a representative of Hay den, Stone & Co. said, for the account of the Ray Consolidated Coppercom pany, the Chino Copper company and the American Smelting and Refining company. A new company has1 been fov'ed to operate these properties under the name ot the uallup Amen can Coal company, - and it will - L; owned by the above mentioned cor-noration. It is the announced intention of the management to make an extensive increase in production, as the two cooper companies and the southwest ern division of the smelting company obtain all their coal supply from these properties. I I- I wiison asks runas Tor more Emergency Hospitals Washington, June 30. President Wilson has sent to congress a rec- for appropriation of $2,200,000 for ad ditional emergency hospitals. Tem porary hospitals are nearing comple tion at Portsmouth, N. H.; Phila delphia. Newport, Norfolk, Charles ton. Pensacola and New Orleans and plans are nearly ready for similar es tablishments at New xorK, Annapolis, Jamestown, Quantico, Va.; Key West, Great Lakes, in.: Mare isiana ana Puget Sound. Turk Leader Would Root Out Allies' Influences Turkish commander in Syria, one of the mosr mnuentiai leaders or ine Young Turks, stated recently in an interview m a review called uerman policy," that all American, English, French and Russian schools, in Syria I PnlactiAa slcasrlir hart hnon rlnsil and he would never allow them to reopen after the war. He reported this as an indispensable step toward the rooting out of entente influence in the oust bellun period. Jewish colonization, he declared, was equally injurious; and he would do his utmost o oppose it. German Submarine Leaves Spanish Harbor paris, June 30. A Madrid semi-official note says that a German sub marine which took refuge at Cadiz left port yesterday morning escorted to the limit of territorial waters by two Spanish torpedo boats. The Spanish government sked and ob tained from the Berlin government a formal promise that the submarine would go direct to a German port without attacking enemy ships or per forming' any other act ot war. GERMANS MAKING DRIVEAT VERDUN i Teutons Capture Salient North east of Cerny After Series of Violent and Bloody Assaults. AMERICAN- DOCTOXsSyUXAVMG - BUCKINGHAM -iRAlAcs J MAYOR POTIE SERVES ONE YEARJN PRISON Back in France After Having Been Captured by Germans and Made to Learn the Tailor Trade. (Correspondence o: The Associated Press.) , Paris, Jtme S. Auguste Potie, brick manufacturer, senator from the Department of the Nord and mayor f 'y Haubourdin, has made his first ap pearance in the senate since the spring of 1914 and announced to his colleagues that he had in the mean time learned the trade of tailor in a German prison. Senator Potie was sent to prison in July, 1915, for having reminded the commanding officer of the occu pying forces, who happened to be a Greek officer in the service of Ger many, that article 52 of The Hague convention was contrary to the forced employment of the ihhabi tants in invaded districts on work of a military nature for the benefit of the invaders. Loaded Downi With -Fines. Haubourdin is only three miles from the battlefront and the inhabi tants were called upon for all sorts of service, burdened with excessive requisitions and loaded with fines and vexations of "all sorts. ' , Ten young girls in the Saint Au gustin orpheum asylum at Haubour din had been ordered by the Germans to make burlap sacks. When they learned that the sacks were to be filled with sand and used as ram parts against the French they refused to work. M. Cordonnier, director of the flax mill from which was requisi tioned the material to make the sacks, was held responsible for the strike, and on his refusal to under take the manufacture of the sacks was fined 1,000 francs and held as hostage until the work should be re sumed. Refuses to Furnish Sacks. Captain Argyropoulos, the Greek officer in command, then summoned Monsieur Potie to furnish the sack3. He refused. The German commander fined him 1,000 francs while most se vere measures were taken against the entire population, subsequently M. Potie and M. Cordonnier were both fined 500 francs by General Krug von Nida, commanding the i wenty-tourth division at Lambers art A few davs later, after he had posted a letter, invoking The Hague treaty, senator -Potie was arrested, com ne ana M. cordonnier were condemned without having appeared Cripple Would Go to Prison That Brother May Enlist Topeka, Kan., June 30. Appeal ing to Governor Capper to give him a chance to "show his colors," Arthur B. Cutler of Kansas City, Kan., a cripple, in a letter to the governor a'sked that he be permit ted to serve his brother's prison sentence so that the brother may be freed to join the army or navy. DDNN CONVICTED OF PLANNING MURDER St. Paul Man Found Guilty of Instigating Slaying of Wife; Sentenced to Life Imprisonment. before any tribunal to pay fines of 5,wu trancs; and to serye one year in prison, the terms of orison to be in creased eleven months' in default of payment of the fines. Confined at Loos, then at Aix-la-Chappelle and Cologne, they were finally taken to the prison of Siegbt rg. There their heads were shaved; they were clothed in prison garb, and were obliged to set to learning the tailor ing trade. v Both were released in September, 1916, and informed that their penal ties had been reduced to six weeks. Last tear Senator Potie was sent back to Haubourdin without explana tion. Senator Potie refused to re sume his functions as mayor, reply ing to the Germans that after having been imprisoned with convicts his dignity as a Frenchman prevented him from resuming the functions of mayor so long as the town was occu pied by the Germans. Italian Advance Posts at Aguello Pass Withdraws Rome, June 30. (Via London. British Admiralty per Wireless Press) The war office announces that the Italian advance posts were withdrawn last night from Agnello pass on the front below Trent, owing to the pro longed and violent bombardment by the Austrians. The Italians still hold the eastern end of the pass. (By Associated rmi.) St. Paul, June 30. Frank J. Dunn was found guilty yesterday by a Ramsey county court jury, which tried him on a charge of first degree murder as instigator of the killing of nis wite, Alice Mcquillan Dunn. The jury was out hardly more than two hours. Dunn showed no emotion when the verdict was read. Judge Hanft sentenced Dunn to life imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary at Stillwater. Dunn was the fourth man to be tried in connection with the murder of Mrs. Dunn and Policeman George Connery in Minneapolis. Joe Reden baugh, whom the state claims was hired by Dunn to kill his wife con fessed both murders and was sentenced- to a life term in the peniten tiary, for slaying Connery. Frank McCool, his pal was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for ,the same crime. Mike Moore, a St. Paul bar tender, charged with having acted as Dunn's agent in arranging the kill ing of Mrs, Dunn and in paying Redenbaugh and McCool, is serving a life term on conviction of first de gree murder, Mrs. Dunn was shot and killed in her bed early in the morning of April 26. The state cited as motives for Dunn's part in the case that he grew tired of paying the $70 monthly alimony and that he wanted to marry again, his wife having refused on religious grounds a complete divorce. Germany Erects a Monument in England Folkestone, England, June 10. In Folkestone cemetery, where the ma jority of the victims of the German aeroplane raid of May 25 were buried, there is a large monument over the graves of German sailors buried there thirty-nine years ago. The monument was erected at the expense of the Ger man government. The sailors belonged to the crew of the German ironclad Grosser Kuf. furst, which was sunk in collision with the Konig Wilhelm near Folkestone. The victims were buried in batches, as their bodies were recovered, with full naval and military honors, and trib utes paid by the townspeople to the German dead. To show his apprecia tion for the hospitable treatment ac corded the survivors of the disaster, the German emperor, William I, the present emperor's grandfather, sent to the vicar of Folkestone a splendidly bound 'Bible for use in the parish church. The fishermen of Folkestone res cued many Germans at the time of the disaster, which caused the loss of 284 lives, and the emperor presented sev eral gold watches bearing the imperial arms in' recognition of the gallant services of the rescuers. Persistent Advertising is the Road to Success. El Paso Man Held for One Murder, Wanted for Another Dallas, Tex., June 30. Felix Jones of El Paso was indicted today by the Dallas county grand jury in connec tion with the mysterious murder of Florence Brown, a stenographer in a Lianas real estate orhce m June, 1913. Jones is now in jail in El Paso on another charge. The county attor ney will send an officer to that city to bring him back to Dallas. Jones is being held at El Paso In connection with the death of Thomas Lyons, a Silver City, N. M., million aire cattleman, whose lifeless body was found in the Highland Park sec tion of El Paso last May. He Is about 40 years old and married. Pickrell Man Asks Twenty Thousand for Wife's Affections Beatrice, Neb., June 30. (Special.) Fred Thomas, who operates a res taurant at Pickrell, yesterday filed suit for $20,000 damages against Charles Wellington, a Fickrell farmer, lor taise arrest ana tor alleged aliena tion of his wife's affections. Thomas was recently given a hearing before Judge Ellis on complaint filed by Wellington, charging him with re fusing to serve the complainant when he entered the restaurant. He was found not guilty and released. U. S. Protests Against Talk Of Danish Cabinet Minister London, June 30, Reliable infor mation reached London today to the effect that Dr. Maurice Egan, Ameri can minister at Copenhagen, has de livered a protest to the Danish for eign office against anti-American ut terances of M. Stauning, socialist member of the Danish cabinet, at the Stockholm peace conference. (AMorlstrd Preea Usr hmmiinr) .) One of the most interestiiiK sections of the Ejiropean lighting front just now is the Verdun region, where a series of violent German attacks is taking place. Whether these assaults are anything more than demonstrations on a large scale, it is difficult to make out from the official reports. Nevertheless, it is clear that the German crown prince, foiled a year ago in his prolonged at tempt to take the famous French stronghold, is again delivering blows of force a:id magnitude on its de fenses and has made some impression on the French lines assailed. Activity on Aisne Front. The offensive tendency of the crown I rince is also in evidence on the Aisne front, where they have attacked vio lently in the vicinity of Cerny and Corbcuy. They were driven back with terri.'ic losses in the latter region, hut succeeded last night in blowing the French positions to pieces and em ploying liquid fire in taking a salient in the French position northwest tf Cerny. On the British front in northern France the Germans are still on the back track. The official resume of the fighting yesterday in the Lens region shows the British have carried their line well into the south of the coal city. The Germans are still cling ing to the placo itself through the strength of their defenses in the salient immediately to the west, -ut the flanking movement is making their tenure more and more precarious. Berlin. Official Report. Berlin, June 30. (Via London.) German troops yesterday captured several enemy lines south of La Bo velle farm on the Aisne front, army headquarters announced today. A line, 500 meters in length, on fhe eastern slope of Hill 304, northwest of Verdun, was also captured, the offi cial statement reports. British Official Report. London, June 30. A series of strongly organized defensive systems on both banks of the Souchez, cover ing Lens has been captured by the British, it is announced officially. In their recent operations the Brit ish have advanced more than one mile on a front of four miles above Lens. French Official Report. Paris, June 30. The Germans re sumed their violent attack on the Ver dun front west of Dead Man Hill last night, the war officv. announces. Picked German troops advanced on a sector of one and three-fourths miles and were almost annihilated by the French. The Germans penetrated the first line over the entire front attacked, but were driven out, excepting on the western slope of Dead Man Hill. The French made a counter attack west of Hill 304 and took back most of the trenches lost Thursday. On the Aisne front the Germans attacked northeast of Cerny, employ ing burning liquid." They occupied a salient after the defenses had been leveled by shellfire, but they Were repulsed elsewhere. , j British Ship Has Running Fight With Two U-Boats An Atlantic Port, June 30. A run ning fight between a British steam ship and two German submarines which took place June 8 about thirty miles off the Italian coast near Ge noa, in which the steamship suc ceeded in eluding the U-boats by su perior speed, was described by of ficers of the ship on arrival here to day. The submarine came into sight smue distance astern the steamer shortly after it had left an Italian port, one of the officers said, and im mediately opened fire with shrapnel from deck guns and the steamer's deck houses and funnel were consid erably battered. The gun crew of the steamer returned the fire and soon succeeded in making one of the sub mcrsiblcs withdraw. The second enemy after an hour's chase gave up to go after a smaller vessel that appeared in the distance and soon after a wireless message was heard telling that a steamer had been torpedoed and asking for assistance. FRENCH ARMORED CRUISER IS SUNK Warship Kleber, on Way from Africa, Strikes Mine Off Point St. Matthieu; Thirty Eight Men are Lost. Paris, June 30. An official an nouncement was made last night that the armored cruiser Kleber had struck a mine off Point St. Matthieu on Wed nesday and sunk. Three officers and thirty-five men were lost. The Kleber had come from Dakar, Africa, and was on its way to Brest. The cruiser Kleber. was built' in Bordeaux in 1902, launched in 1903 and cost $3,651,600. It was 426(4 feet long, fifty-eight and one-half ( feet wide and had a draught of twenty four and one-half feet. Its. displace ment was 7,578 tons. 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