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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, iyif. MINORITY REPORT OH WAR TAX BILL Senator La Follette Declares Senate Bill Should Tax War Profits Eighty Per Cent; Offers Amendment. Washington, Aug. 14. General de bate on the war tax bill was nearing the final stages when the senate today resumed consideration of the measure with prospects that it would end he fore night. , But two more senators had given . notice of their intention to speak, after which Senator Simmons, in charge of the bill, will move that committee' amendments be taken up. A minority report of the senate . inatice committee on the war tax bill ua presented to the senate by Sen ator La I ollette, with the concurrence of Senators Gore ami Thomas, recom mending that war profits and big in comes be 'utilized ' as 'the principal sources of taxation in providing funds for the country's war needs. Contrary to expectations, Senator ; La Follette did not present a substi tutc for the pending war tc bill, he announced, however, that unless the senate adopted amendments to be of- ' tcred by himself and his associates, a ; substitute would be offered. The minority report charges that the bill as revised by the majority makes but palpably .inadequate pro , 'don f.or raising of revenue needed for financing the . war through the iit-xt fiscal year, and that the burden t taxation has been placed upon those least able to bear it." England Taxes 80 Per Cent. England has taxed its war profits 80 per cent without impairing its great iudustries, declared Senator La Fol lette. Instead, its wealthy classes "were never in receipts of larger in- I'nmn nnr wr if Jarcer htninr concerns more nourishing. Heavy . taxes, he said, could be levied on American corporations Jithout any fear of affecting capital or crippling industry. If conKrces were to adopt the Brit ish rate of 80 per cent on war profits, ' Senator La V ollette said, more- than 3,250,000,000 would be realized in a single year from this source and 30 . per cent would yield 5806,50,000, ac cording to estimates furnished by the Treasury department. "Nothing that this country or any country has previously undertaken in the way of war financing," he declared, "compares with the obligations we are assuming. We have not merely to fi nance one country. We must to a , large extent finance at least five or six other countries." ' .Tremendous Profits. In comparison with the average yearly wage of. $700 earned by the American laboring man, Senator La Toilette presented statistics indicat ing that the percentage of war profits ' over normal earnings of the DuPont f Powder company was 1,400 per cent, 4 Bethlehem Steel 1,300 per cent, Ameri- j v cn Zinc. Lead and Smeltinir comnanv I . 1,500 per cent, United States Steel 300 per cent, . Anaconda Copper 400 per cent, American Beet Sugar 250 per cent, Armour Co. 350 per cent and American Hide and Leather 250 per .cent. - , '. ' -- 1 - , . i In urging that the income tax, scale "ji be increased ; to -lighten , the - burden r borne by the laboring classes figures T were cited indicating that wages have increased only 18 per cent, while the 'necessaries, of life have advanced 85 per cent. . ' is monstrously untair, said aen ' ator La Follette, "to tax the every day necessities of the average man or woman to pay the expenses of the war in addition to commanding their - services and the lives of many of . them and their children, so long as ' the swollen and abnormal war profits ' are not taken profits which the war has created and which will disappear . as soon as the war ends." . -,' The minority members object, to the proposed bond issue of billions of dollars, contending that this burden , will become most severe at the end of the war, when capital will be needed in the work of rahabilitation in both America and in Europe. Peace Terms to End World War Proposed by Pope (Catfriocd From Fat On.) bassador here, Juan Riano, might con vey them to the fstate department. The Spanish embassy's only infor mation today, it was said there, had been received from the Associated Press dispatches. Without advices of any kind from their own governments, the entente embassies were intensely interested in the Associated Press cablegrams from Rome. Austria Believed Responsible. Diplomatic practice prevents au thorized expressions of opinion for publication, but it was apparent at once that the peace proposal talis on unreceptive ears, so far as the diplo mats here are,' concerned. The en tente representatives, without slight est difference of opinion, declared the proposal originated with . Uenriany, usinff Austria as an intermediary with the Vatican because ot the better ' standing of that great Catholic em pire with the pope. There was no disposition to ascribe any but the loftiest motives to Pope Benedict in accepting at their face value peace proposals emanating from Vienna, but naturally the ques tion was at once raised as to the propef division of responsibility be tween ht central powers ana the pope. It was pointed out that it is important to know whether the pro posal cane full-fledged from Vienna or Berlin or whether the pope himself framed them in the light of an under standing he may have acquired ot .. . ' t. - t L - t we minimum acroanu ui mc tcnusi powers. Allies Stand Pat. ' The entente diplomats agree that the peace proposals did not come from any of the allied capitals. So far as Great Britain is concerned, it wis said, there has not been any in tention of departing from the outlines disclosed' in the pnblic speeches of Premier Lloyd George and. Foreign Minister Balfour. ' ; , The extreme element .among the French socialist has never contem plated anything short of the return to French sovereignty of Alsace-Lorraine, while, so far as Italy is con cerned, it js said here that the gov ernment would be overturned 'by the people if it consented to abate its His Proud VA X. v . h sSZWAV .lj . t&j xmzr . L i 7 demknd for "Italia irredenta," in volving the restoration of the Aus triau provinces on the Adriatic to Italy. Russia's interest in the proposals as outlined is very limited,, outside of its general concern for a speedy but honorable peace in conjunction with its allies, by reason ot the onus sion of any reference to the Balkan question outside of Serbia and Kou mania, leaving excluded any question of control of the entrance to the Black Sea. However, the proposition to submit the future of Poland to peaceful solution attracts some atten tion in that quarter, although also, in a limited degree, because Russia al ready has solemnly pledged itself to completely free Poland. One for All. The entente diplomats here, natur ally looking to the reception of the pope's proposals by the American government, recall with much satis faction President Wilson's demand for "reparation from the central pow ers", as a very significant and preg nant supplement to Balfour s de mand for "restitution," and are cer tain it warrants the conclusion that there will be no disposition on the part of America to accept any terms of peace which could not be sub scribed to-by all the other fifteen gov ernments joined in the great war. t "Peaceful solution" with reference to the problems 'of -Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Trieste and roland is gener ally interpreted, in entente circles here to mean submission of those problems to arbitration. As such an arbitration would be impossible of attainment be cause practically all nations who might in" ordinary times serve as ar bitrators, are now interested parties, the entente representatives believe that under the proposal is concealed a design to bring these important subjects upon the conference table when the pejice delegates gather. Such a scheme was uncovered in the very 'first proposal for peace broached by Von Bethmann-llollweg, only to be spurned by the unanimous voice of the entente powers, and there is no reason to believe that it would be any more welcome now. Note to be Rushed. The pope's proposals, which already have been delivered to the resident ambassadors and ministers of the war ring powers in Rome, is quite long, making in print something more than a column ot large newspaper type. Al though special efforts are being made to facilitate its transmission to the United States, this may not be effected for at least a day or two. Meanwhile, however, an accurate outline of the principal points of the pope's communication is in the hands of the government here and already has received thoughtful consideration. ' In eloquent language the pontiff de scribes the terrible condition existing in Europe, which, he declares, is headed for destruction, unless the bel ligerents are willing, to listen to the appeals of distinguished friends to cease a suicidal war. Such conditions, the pope feels, amply justify him in taking the present opportunity to sug gest what may be, lie hopes, at least a foundation upon which peace nego tiations may be initiated. Much Work Involved, , At best Pope Benedict's proposals are only suggested as a rough basis for such negotiations and he realizes that the details in all their complexity must be worked out patiently and in a spirit of conciliation by the bellig erents themselves. Unqualified approval of President Wilson's plan for the avoidance of fu ture wars by some form of interna tional organization which shall have behind it the necessary power to en force its judgments, is given by Pope Benedict, who declares that along with such a splendid project must go an effective arrangement for reduction of armaments to a point just sufficient for defensive purposes or to carry out the mandates of the world court. Must Work Together. "It is inconceivable, the pope holds, that any permanent peace can be maintained unless the various peoples are willing to gather in an amity founded upon a recognition of na tional rights. ' Any attempt to prevent economic action between the belligerents, the pope points out, would be disastrous; therefore, he says, there must be freedom of the seas in all that the term applies. The pontiff declares that so extensive has been .the injury to all the belligerents that there can be no thought now of either indem nity or reparation. , - In a spirit of conciliation and jus tice, he says, all the belligerents must submit to accept the losses they have sustained, except in the matter of territory, and besides these questions of indemnity and reparation the pope Parents declares that there must be ho con tinuation of the war by an economic struggle for supremacy thereafter, which would be purely evil. This refers directly to the so-called Paris economic conference, which was followed by one in Vienna, where the effort was made to bind the bel ligerents on either side after the war to have practically no commercial re lations with their late enemies. Start at Bottom. ' On the important question of the disposition of occupied territory and the territorial ambitions of the bel ligerents the pope, by way of preface, admits that special cases might jus tify special consideration and still be adjusted in conformity with the prin ciples of equity and justice. But, as a general proposition, he feels that a proper basis for discussion would be the restoration at once of all territory now in enemy occupation. That would involve liberation of Belgium, leaving not a trace of Ger man control, , political or military. The same principle of unencumbered freedom in its full sense, .he says, should prevail in regard to ' every power and nation. Not only must l'rcnch territory now occupied by. Germany be restored to France, he says, but, on the othet hand, all Ger man colonies which have been occu pied by' Fnglandr Portugal, Belgium and Japan should be returned to Ger many. Equity and Justice Foundation. The more difficult question of Italia irredentia, the pope thinks, should be examined in a spirit of con ciliation and fairness and that a spe cial consideration in the settlement should be given to national aspira tions. Likewise does the pope hold that the complex questions involving readjustment of the Balkan states should be considered in the same spirit of equity and justice. He has especially in mind Armenia, the Bal kans and Poland, and the intimation conveyed is that these questions can safely be dealt with by direct diplo matic exchanges between the bellig erents, once an agreement is reached upon the general principles of recog nition of national aspirations and justice. British Destroyer Sunk; 46 of Crew Are Saved London, Aug. 14. A British de stroyer has been sunk by a mine in the North Sea. The captain, two of ficers and forty-three men were saved. TEETH species DR. McKENNEY Says: "Bid farewell to health and G ood looks when your teeth 1 eave you. 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W piWUI carry it in stock Fort Snelling Officers to See Service in France Soon Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 14. (Special .Telegram.) Early service in France is in sight for some of the students in Fort Snelling train ing camp who have just been com missioned first and second lieuten ants in the officers' reserve corps. No public announcement is pos sible, but if is said a few from each student company will be ass:2r.:d to duty in France, relieving officers who will return to instruct the new national army. FIVE COMPANIES OF HEBRASKAHS OFFFOR DEMING (CAulinucil J-'rom Fage One.) pany of the Dandy Sixth Tecruited to full war strength of 150 and un der the direction of Captain Whip- perman, a Spanish-American war vet eran, this company has so far been in the lead m everything done by the Omaha, battalion. Companies B and G of the Fight ing Fourth are the only companies at Fort Crook of full war strength. They have been stationed at Fort Crook since early summer and are both ex cellently trained now. Company G has Captain Miller, another Spanish-American war vet eran, for its leader; and his'. efficient i management has brought it to a high degree of skill. I All three recinients are readv and anxious to start and proud that they will be the advance guard to the new training camp. Company E of the Fifth is at North Platte, while Company C of the same regiment has been training at Bea trice some time. . The companies will leave singly, it is thought, but will meet somewhere on the road and be put together, so they will reach Deming in a body. They will prepare the camp for the coming of the other companies in the Nebraska brigade, and in a few days the whole brigade will be on the way. Mare Island Explosion Caused by Time Fuse Belief Washington, Aug. 14. The Navy league, in a statement here today, says it has information it considers reliable that a time fuse was con nected with the black powder maga zine at Mare island navay yard, which exploded July 9, killing five and in juring thirty-one. ' The league's in formant, the statement says, fears that vigorous investigation has been ham pered through influence of poweriul labor interests. John L. Sullivan on Overeating. John L. Sullivan, the ex-pugilist, says that more people die from over eating than from-drink. One of the most prominent physicians in Eng land says: that is also the case over there. " No wonder that so many, peo ple are troubled with indigestion. If you have trouble with your stomach adopt a diet suited to your age and occupation. Then if you should have indigestion take Chamberlain's Tab lets. ; They, strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally.t Advertisement. . ' ''..-.'-!. ?i . f-" ' i '( l"'"' """"" V" " ii in hi,, ii ,, . Vawatatl Mm Fort Crook Certain To Become Army Post of Importance (Continued From Face One.) and the present cantonment camps, as planned, are not adequate to care for all the men, particularly d-rtng the winter. . Then, too, th re is the geographical location to consider. It is the plan of the department constantly to main tain 'these training' camps as far in land as possible in-order to minimize the dang r of an attack-on the camp hv an alifn pnfmv. e ither Iw spa ftr th aerial route. Omaha is the very heart of the con I tiiient fryn this viewpoint. Railway J facilities' 'are" next ."to he considered, and Omaha has these in greater abundance' thaif an other large city so nearly centrally located,, Business. Men Confident. Omaha has 149 passenger trains in ! and out daily, besides innumerable freight trains, which draw thousands of tons of supplies from V. great productive belt which is tributary to, the Nebraska metropolis, and again' rush the finished products out in all directions to feed a hemisphere. There is a quiet confidence among the business men of Omaha, and among those closest to army affairs that, though Omaha was not chosen as a site for one of the first sixteen cantonment camps located, Fort Crook cannot possibly be-overlooked by the War department in its rush to get the vast army of conscripted troops into shape in the quickest and best possible manner for- fighting service in France. The grounds are large, and a.' Ii the addition of a little leased ground and some additional buildings, this fort could readily be shaped into a large and effective army camp, cap able of housing - .any regim-nt of Uncle Sam's troops. Improved Telephone Service. The Nebraska Telephone com pany is now putting in extensions and improvements for its system in Fort Omaha, amounting to $10,000. F. C. Builta, department manager of the companys, says work has already begun on these improvements and they will be rushed to completion. The rapid growth of Fort Omaha has made the present telephone sys tem there inadequate. Business would be hampered when the stu dents arrive to occupy the new bar racks if ho additional facilities were provided. The telephon . company plans to complete the installation of the new telephone system by the time the new barracks are ready. Improvements costing $2,000 are being put in at' Fort Crook also. "We may add much more later," said Mr. Builta. "That depends on re quirements. If it is made a large can tonment camp it will need a large private switch board with a whole force of telephone girls to operate it, and many other improve- tents. "Our company has been putting in the system for Fort Dodge camp, and the work there has amounted to' half a million dollars. So, if Fort Crook is enlarged, it, too,- will need great extension 'of telephone facili ties. The water board sent Mr. Howell to Washington to make the offer to supply water if the United States could get the pipe. , , Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. WILL BE DELIGHTED with the beautiful col vv ored Mother Goose toys given free with every package of Washington Crisps, New Pro cess Corn Flakes. There's Humpty-Dumpty, Cinderella, Old Mother Hubbard, Little Boy Blue and dozens of others dear to the hearts of youngsters. The Corn Flakes 'are delicious and you will find, that after fcather6 tries the childrjguid demand Onew?process) Spain is Placed Under s Military Martial Law Madrid, Aug. 14. The whole of Spain has been placed under martial law following disorders resulting from the general strike, which is spread ing. This decision was reached at a meet ing of the cabinet, which devoted its entire time to a consideration of the strike. Instructions were sejat to military authorities, who have been given full control. Disturbances which occurred at various places hate been stopped by the military forces. The strike, which was begun by the railroad employes, has even affected newspapers here and only those THOMPSON, BELDEN COMPANY New: Fashions .-.... .. for the Coming Fall Season - ; Particularly attractive j muueis . j. or - young wo ! men and misses who are ,j planning their ward- I roDes ior me s c n o o i year. , . There is no extra charge The Last Wash Goods Sale of the Season Wednesday we close out all of our finer jyash goods, voiles, crepes, batiste, gabardines, v6c. In remnant lengths of from 3 to 6 yards. - Most of them sofd formerly from $1.00 to $2.00 a yard. Wednesday 29c a Children's Wash Coats A Sale White and Linen Col ored Wash Coats are to be cleared Wednesday at important reductions in price. $2.25 Coats, $1.75 $3.50 Coats, $1.98 $4.00 Coats, $2.00 $5.75 Coats, $4.49 Third Floor. GMs them, he will back Washington Crisps. which have non-unionist staffs will appear tonight. They have received assurance from the government that they will be protected. At noon yes terday the capital was quiet. A ma jority of the workmen wish to work in peace; only a minority seeks to pro mote disorder. Price of Bar Silver Is Still Climbing Up XT V-t. A 14 Tt. :.a. s.f iHlY X J I i i . 1 U . T. lilt 4-V V. bar silver again advanced today, being quoted at 83U cents per ounce, or seven-eights of cent above last week's high record, and the highest price for the metal in thirty or forty years. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Suits $25, $35, $45 sses Dre$$CS $25, $35, $45 for the alteration service. s Yard . Main floor, opposite tha Silk. 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