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HOUSE WORKING ON
GREATEST REVENUE
BILL IN ALL HISTORY
Way and Means Committee Chairman Begins Explana
tion of Draft of Measure to Provide for Raising
$24,000,000,000, of Which $8,000,000,000
Is To Come From Taxes.
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General Pershing's Army Soon May Strike
Decisive Blow in Battle Now Being Waged
On Sectors East of Rheims and of Verdun
3D-
TWO WILSONS
UNDER ARREST
Washington, Sept. 6. Without evidence of political divi
sions, congress today began work on the greatest revenue
measure in all history, providing for the raising of $24,000,000,
000 $8,000,000,000 in taxes and twice as much in bonds
to pay America's share of the cost of the war next year, and
for loans to its co-belligerents,
In the house, Democratic Leader
Kitchin, chairman of the ways and
means committee, explained the
draft of the bill, while hearings On
it were begun by the senate finance
committee. , Mr. Kitchin's explana
tion was interrupted by adjournment
for the day after his general dis
cussion of the bill and specific refer
ence to the income tax. Beginning
with the excess and war profits le
vies tomorrow, he expects to devote
all of the session to completing his
statement.
Enactment Next Month Predicted.
With Representative Fordney of
Michigan, ranking republican com
mittpp member, and others expected
to speak on the bill, indications to-, name of Wilson are in custody in
Hight were tnat tormai reaamg 01
the measure section by section for
amendment would not begin in the
house before Tuesday or Wednes
day. Chairmati Simmons of the senate
finance committee, after hearing Mr.
Kitchin's statement, said he hoped
the bill could be a law by the middle
or last of October.
"This bill marks an epoch in reve
nue legislation of the world," Mr.
Kitchin told the house. "It levies
twice' as much as any nation since
the beginning, of time has tried to
collect from its people."
Hard to Pay, But Necessary.
The .taxes, "the chairman admitted,
will be hard to pay, but he asserted
they would be borne "without injury
to any industry or individual" and
that not a protest against the bill
has been made by American business.
American business, he declared, is
too patriotic, too loyal, too big to
think of shirking the financial bur
dens of the war. v
The war, revenue measure, Mr. Kit
' chin declared, is designed to bring
to the government the funds- abso
lutely necessary for the war on Ger
many, places the burden equally and
equitably and the committee hopes
it will meet with the approval of the
administration and the treasury.
"Bit" No Longer Enough.
"These taxes are going to be hard
to pay and hard to bear," Mr. Kitchin
said, "but they can be paid and they
will be, and I want every taxpayer
to know that if his burdens are hard
to bear, the burdens of millions of
our boys over there are greater and
harder and they are making a greater
sacrifice and making it nobly and
gladly.
"A business man says I am ready
to do my bit. The time has come
when it is not enough to do your bit;
the time has come to do your all.
Every business man and every tax
paver should understand that every
dollar in taxes that he pays under
this bill goes to help this nation save
its life. Sometimes I am ashamed
that we only raise $8,000,000,000 by
taxes. For the individual and busi
ness itself are better pff than they
were any time in the pre-war years.
I have found that 90 per cent of the
business men are patriotic and ready
to bear their burden, but they can
afford to bear them and still be bet
ter off than they were in the pre-war
years.
Business Profits Increased.
""Business in the three years prior
to 1914 had profits estimated at $4,
000,000,000. In 1915 they had profits
of $6,000,000,000. In 1916 they had
profits of more than $8,000,000,000.
Jin 1917 after paying all tfic war taxes
they still had profits 60 per cent
greater than they had in the days
of peace, and America business after
Continud on I'age Two, Column Two.)
I Washington, Sept. 6. The hour
j when General Pershing's armv will be
I thrown into the battle is rapidly ap
1 proacliing, in the opinion of many
! officers and officials at the War de-
' :i r I m n t"
Developments today indicate to
these observers that the German with
drawal was noariug the point when
Marshal Forh would make use of
every available weapon to prevent the
enemy from making a stand in his old
positions along the Hindenburg line.
Speed Up Retirement.
Reports indicate the Germans are
accelerating their withdrawal along a
wide front before the French and
British armies that are pressing on
their heels. The fact that the Britisii
have broken across the old line on the
Douai-Cambrai front is regarded as
t lie spur that is impelling the Ger
mans to rush the last stage of their
withdrawal.
There is no doubt among observ
ers here that Marsha! Foch has
mapped out a plan by which he hopes
to prevent the enemy from settling
into his old lines ami reverting again
to trench warfare. It is argued that
if the enemy attempts to hold the
Himlenburg line or such of it as he
can. he will have to mas reserves to
do it.
May Extend Action to East.
A new attack far to the south and
east of the present battle area would
compel him to rush reserves to that
front and it is in such an a. tack that
many officials arc confident that Gen
eral Pershing's army will be em
ployed. It is noted no effort has been made
by Marshal Foch to extend the action
to the front east of Rlieims thus far.
The sector between that place and
Verdun has been completely quiet
through the fierce fighting to the
north. Many officers think an attack
may launched there with the object
of turning the whole German line
northward and that probably a si
multaneous attack would be delivered
beyond Verdun, where the original
American sector lies, to complete this
conception of a wide turning move
ment against1 tlie enemy positions in
northern France.
The St. Mihic! salient, where the
German lines thrust forward beyond
Verdun on the west, might offer a
chance for Foch's favorite pincer tac
tics some officers think. There are
indications that this front is held
by Americans with the exception of
the defenses of Verdun itself and the
lines southeast of that city. If Gen
eral Pershing should strike suddenly
toward Metz and meet with any suc
cess, it is thought the enemv might
be forced to evacuate the whole St.
Mihiel bend and that the pursuit of
that retirement could be expanded
at will into action of whatever scope
Marshal Foch had authorized.
AUSTRALIANS
)N BOMB CASE i CROSS SOMME
AND DRIVE ON
Hog Island Contractors
Charged With Extortion
Washington, Sept. 6. Contractors
and sub-contractors, who .built the
Hog Island, Pa., shipyard, are
charged with extravagance ' and ex
tortion during the ear.'y days of the
work, in a report now in the hands
of Attorney General Gregory to be
transmitted soon to President Wil
son. It was said today the investi
gation failed to show grounds for
criminal prosecution.
One of Pair Arrested at Home
of Widow of Man Hanged
for the Haymarket
Explosion.
Chicago, Sept. 6. Two men of the
cennection witn the planting ot a
bomb in the federal building Wednes
day and both have been identified as
having been in the post office short
ly before the explosion that killed
four persons and maimed many oth
ers. State's Attorney Hoyne said
one of the Wilsons was the man
who placed the bomb.
John W. Wilson, arrested last
night, was once clerk for William
D. Haywood, convicted secretary of
the I. W. W. He said he was in
the federal building shortly before
the explosion, but simply to assist
Haywood, who was there when the
bomb was detonated.
Arrested at Home of Mrs. Spies.
Harry Wilson was arrested at the
home of Nina Van Zant Spies, widow
of August Spies, who was hanged
for connection with the Haymarket
riot bomb some thirty years ago.
State's Attorney Hoyne tonight said
that this Wilson had been identified,
to his satisfaction, as the man who
ran from the post office a few min
utes before the explosion.
Both Wilsons proclaim their in
nocence, despite long questioning by
the police and federal and county de
tectives. Mrs. Spies was also taken
into custody as was Mrs. Minnie
Wymann, at first said to be a sister
of Haywood, but later described as
a friend of the I. W. W.
Mr. Hoyne's statement says that
Harry Wilson was seen near the
federal building 10 minutes before the
explosion carrying a bundle that
seemed to be heavy and another
witness says he saw him place a
bundle by a radiator near the Adams
street entrance of the federal build
ing just before the explosion. A
receipt found in his pocket showed
that he had paid the expenses of an
I. W. W. meeting last Sunday night.
Leaders Taken to Prison.
Ninety-three members of the I. W.
VV., including Secretary William D.
Haywood, were placed aboard a spe
cial train on the Rock Island road
tonight under heavy guard to be tak
en to Fort Leavenworth prison to
serve the terms imposed by Judge
K. M. Landis after they had been
found guilty of violating the espion
age act in fighting the selective draft
and opposing the war otherwise.
All efforts of the convicts to ob
tain bail or legal delays were
abandoned today after many efforts
had been made to keep the men from
prison.
Substantial Advances Made on
Wide Front South of
Peronne and in
Queant Area.
With the British Army in France,
Sept. 6. Substantial advances again
are reported all along the southern
part of the line. The Australians
have crossed the Somme on a wide
front south of Peronne and have driv
en into enemy territory. St. Christ,
Brie, Les Mesnil, Doignt and Athies
wood all have been taken. Progress
is reported east of these places.
The enemy has been driven from
east and northwest of Peronne. Over
the whole area, from where the Ger
mans are retreating on this large sec
tion of the front, many fires are rag
ing and numerous explosions have
been heard. Villages are aflame be
tween the British positions and the
Hindenburg line. Here and in the
northern areas the Germans are burn
ing quantities of materials.
The British have reached the
Athies-Ham road and are on the out
skirts of Bussu. At Nurlu there has
been heavy fighting. Strong German
forces fighting desperately with ma
chine guns and trench mortars have
caused the British to pause.
Huns Hustling Guns Away.
Along the whole front from the
southern extremity to the Bapaume
Cambrai road the enemy artillery fire
is dwindling, indicating the Germans
are making strenuous efforts to get
their guns back of the Hindenburg
defenses.
In the Queant area the British, af
ter severe fighting, occupied the ridge
south of Moeuvres and captured more
German posts around Havrincourt
wood. South of Havrincourt wood
the advance north and south of
Equancourt met with heavy resist
ance. Just east of here the whole
town of Fins is aflame. This resist
ance probably was offered to give a
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Tag Day Nets $9,323.03
tor Omaha Visiting Nurses
The committee having in charge the
drive for funds for the Visiting Nurse
association announce that the total
receipts were $9,323.03. These figures
are a revised count showing all
money received.
Wilcox Regains Lead.
Milwaukee, Sept. 6. With eight
precincts' njissing at midnight, Sen
ator Roy Wilcox resumed his lead
over Governor Philipp for the re
publican gubernatorial'' nomination.
His lead was 235.
Manufacture of Beer
To Stop on December 1
Next as War Measure
Washington, Sept. 6. Manufac
ture of beer in the United States
will be prohibited after December
1, next, as a war measure.
This announcement was made to
night by the food administration,
which said the decision had been
reached at conferences between
President Wilson and representa
tives of the fuel, food and railroad
administrations and the war indus
tries board.
German Armies Pervaded
By Revolutionary Spirit
By Associated Press.
British Headquarters in France,
Sept. 6. Sparks of revolution seem
to be flying in the German army.
Prisoners taken by the British men
tion the distribution of pacifist and
revolutionary pamphlets . among the
troops.
One recently returned from leave
said when in company of a large num
ber of Bavarians he was shown revo
lutionary pamplets' which he was told
v re being widely circulated. AH the
pamphlets were violently anti-Prussian
and appealed to the men to refuse
to fight.
It was said thaf during the recent
I37th pioneer battalion of the S2d di
vision was shot by his men when he
attempted to stop a panic-stricken
rush from the trenches.
A battalion surgeon captured said
all the regiment officers bcliewd that
General Ludendorff would fight de
laying actions until the allied offen
sives had died out, Jhe same a's the
Germans did, at the same time saving
his "elite divisions" for a counter
stroke, preparations for which are
now being made. ;
If the allies ever reached the Rhinc,
said the doctor, Germany would niake
peace, no matter at what price.
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tr . - o - " . VWV1--I 'lllU
;.3litni the commanding officer of the 1 the Rhine mijht be reached.
HONS STILL
GIVING WAY
EVERYWHERE
Allies at Present Rate of
Progress Will Have Back
All Ground Gained by
Enemy This Year.
With the French Army in France,
Sept. 6. At the present rate of prog
ress the entente allies soon will have
driven the Germans from all ground
gained by them this year and the of
fensive operation may enter a new
phase.
French calvalry, after passing
through Chauny this morning, are in
the region of Viery-Xoureuil and are
advancing towards Tergnier, which is
two and a half miles west of La
Fere.
Farther north the Ham-Guiscard
position has been turned and the ene
my is retreating all along the line
with the utmost speed.
South of the Oise General Man
gin's troops are pressing in close to
the enemy's line from which he
launched his spring offensive, in the
region of the lower Forest of Coucy.
French troops are within a mile of
that line at Hill 75 and in front of
Fresnes.
Near Cbemin Des Dames.
Near Laffaux, General Mangin's
men are within four miles of the Che
min Des Dames and only about 10
miles from the citadel of Laon.
The forest of St. Gobain, which
sheltered the first long range gun
that shelled the Paris region and
which was the cornerstone of the
Hindenburg position at the angle
where the line turns to the eastward
along the Chemin Des Dames, is un
der the fire of French guns over its
whole extent.
Just south of the river Oise the
Germans this morning were still re
sisting at Sinceny between the river
and the lower forest of Coucy with
the evident object of gaining further
time to save their material further
south.
The line follows practically the 1917
front. Norih of Landricourt the
French are fighting from their old
first line ol trenches, while a little
to the southeast they are approaching
that line at the ravine of Vauxaillen.
Buenos Aires Wire and Nail
Employes Ask Wage Raise
Buenos Aires, Sept. 6. Two thou
sand postal and government tele
graph employes went on strike last
night for higher wages. They form
ed a parade at the central postoffice
and proceeded through the downtown
district singing as they marched.
German Marks Decline as
Allies Gain on West Front
Copenhagen, Sept. 6. The present
situation on the western front has
caused a fill in marks of about 17
per rent. 'vrii the pound sterling has
."en t j 5."-'.
JUNCTION POINTS
ON RAILWAYS FALL
TO MARSHAL FOCH
French Penetrate to Depth Exceeding Six Miles Beyond
Canal Du Nord ; British Seven Miles East of Somme;
Americans Gain Positions Dominating
Territory in Direction of Rheims.
TRANSPORT
TORPEDOED
OFF FRANCE
Mount Vernon, Formerly Ger
man Liner, Limps Safely to
Port After Attack by
U-Boat.
Washington, Sept. 6. The Ameri
can army transport Mount Vernon,
formerly the North German Lloyd
liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, was tor
pedoed by a submarine yesterday 200
miles from the coast of France while
homeward bound. She was able to
return to port. The report to the
Navy department made no mention
of casualties. It was assumed that
no one was injuredi
No military units were on board,
but the big liner probably was carry
ing some sick and wounded soldiers
in addition to her crew of probably
600 or 7Q0 navy men.- The extent of
the damage was not given in the de
partment's advices, but from the fact
that the vessel was able to return to
France at a speed of 14 knots officials
concluded she was not badly dam
aged. The Mount Vernon is the second of
the great German liners taken over
by this country to be torpedoed. The
President Lincoln was sunk recently
400 miles off the French coast while
homeward bound.
Before the war the Kronprinzessin
Cecilie plied between New York and
European ports. When the war be
gan she was on the high seas, bound
for Cherbourg and Plymouth with
$12,000,000 in gold bullion in addition
to many passengers. Instructions
were sent to her master from Ger
many by radio to return to this coun
try. The liner immediately put back,
arriving at Bar Harbor, Me. She
later was moved to Boston.
Suit was brought against the North
German Lloyd line by banks in New
York for failure of the vessel to de
liver the gold and the case finally
came before the supreme court, which
decided against the banks. Later the
vessel was seized by customs officials
for the shipping board, which had her
put in seagoing condition, the crew
having damaged the engines. The
navy took over the ship and she wag
converted into a transport.
The Mount Vernon is of 19,503
gross tons and before conversion had
a passenger carrying capacity of
about 2,000. Her speed is 22: knots
an hour.
"Quiet Day," German Report
Berlin, via London, Sept. 6. "The
day passed quietly along the battle
front." says the German official com
munication issued tonight. "There !
were minor engagements in the areas j
fronting our positions." I
Paris, Sept. 6. The French have occupied all their old
trenches along the whole of the front to the north of the Aisne
river and also have captured the towns of Ham and Chauny in
the salient southwest of St. Quentin, says the official communi
cation issued by thf war office tonight.
South of the Aisne the American troops have made further
progress in the region of Villers-En-Prayeres and Revillon.
The French advance east of the Canal Du Nord at some
places has reached a depth of more than 10 kilometers.
London, Sept. C The British troops south of Peronne
are advancing approximately seven miles east of the Somme
on the general line of Monchy-Lagache, Vraignes and Vin
court, all of which villages have been taken by them, according
to Field Marshal Haig's communication issued tonight. In
the Lys sector slight advances also have been made by the
British.
V By Associated Press. '
The Germans arre giving ground
ADD FORT CROOK
TO FORT OMAHA
BALLOON SCHOOL
As Soon as Water Is Piped to
Reservation Personnel of
New Camp Will Be ln
creased to 2,000.
All reports that Fort Omaha is to
be abandoned as a balloon school
were set at rest Friday evening when
Colonel Hersey, commandant, re
ceived a telegram from the War de
partment at Washington informing
him that Fort Crook had been made
a part of the balloon instruction
camp.
Fort Crook' reservation consists of
500 acres and there are permanent
quarters for officers, barracks, hos
pital and all the equipment for a per
manent post on the ground.
The only drawback that stands in
the way of manning the post with
its capacity of 2,000 or more soldiers
is that of water. The water supply
at present is only sufficient for the
needs of about 500 men and these will
be transferred from Fort Omaha as
soon as possible.
A bill has passed congress provid
ing for the laying of water mains
from Omaha to the fort and as soon
as this will have been completed the
personnel of officers and enlisted
men and equipment at Fort Omaha
will be increased to the capacity.
The addition of Fort Crook to the
Fort Omaha balloon school will afford
a relief to the strain that has been
put on the capacity of the latter post
to care for the large number of men
now in training there.
It will further establish the pres
tige of the Omaha camp as the larg
est school of instruction in aero
nautics in the country.
Chihuahua City Preparing
For Attack by Villa Troops
El Paso, Tex.. Sept. 6. Chihuahua
City is preparing for an attack by
Francisco Villa on the night of Sep
tember 15, the second anniversary of
his last capture of the state capital,
Americans arriving here from Mexico
today reported. Villa sent a mes
sage to the federal military command
er in Chihuahua City saying he in
tended to attack the city on that date.
Villa has established a camo 50 miles
southwest of Chihuahua Citv.
Optimistic Messages Mark
Lafayette Day Celebration
over the 150-mile front from Ypres
to Rheims.
Particularly heavy defeats have
been inflicted on them by the Frencli
in the old Noyon salient, and by the
French and Americans in the region
between the Vesle and the Aisne,
east of Soissons.
- -To the north, the British - haft""
pushed their lines eastward at num
erous points for important gains and
daily are increasing -the menace
against the entire German line. '
Ham and Chauny Taken.
In the old Noyon salient the-
French have captured the important
junction towns of Ham and Chauny.
with their railroads and high roads
leading respectively into St. Quentin
and Lafers. Across the canal Du
Nerd, they have penetrated at var
ious points to a depth exceeding six t
miles.
The little forest of Coucy, the
western portion of the great wooden
sector east of Laon that has barred
a direct advance eastward, has been
entirely taken, and across the Ailette
river General Mangin's forces have t ,
reoccupied additional points which ;
have brought them abreast the old ;
German defense line, outflanking the
present German line in this region
and that north of the Aisne, which is
now pressing backward toward the
Chemin Des Dames.
Americans Make Progress. '
The latest French official report
records that French troops on the
north bank of the Aisne have reoc- '
cupied all their trenches and says
that eastward the Americans have
made progress in the region of Villers-En-Prayeres
and Revillon which
brings their front appreciably nearer
the Aisne and gives them a position
which dominates the territory south
eastward toward Rheims. Much pro
bably will depend on this dominate
ing position together with the pres
sure that the French to the east mayl
bring in starting a retrograde move!
by the Germans from the Rheims secl
tor.
St. Quentin Menaced. 1
With the old Noyon salient now
rructically blotted out with all it
f roads and strategic points in the
hands of the French and wffh St.
Quentin seriously menaced by the
British and the Germans in retreat
from the Vesle to the Aisne, it seems
apparent that the enemy soon must
re-establish their battle front in ihe
wet.
r"-t of Peronne the British are
advancing over a front of aporoxi- -match'
seven miles toward St. Quen
tin. having captured many towns.
Where the enemy has attempted re
sis'ance it has quickly been over
come. In the north, further gams hav "
been made in the direction of Cam- ;
brai and on the Lys salient Field
Marshal Haig's men are still engag
ed in successfully narrowing down
what remains of the old salient.
New York. Sept. 6. Jules Jus
serand, the French ambassador, in an
address before the banquet of the
Franco-American societies asserted
that "the enemy is doomed," and we
"shall choose and appoint the dav
for peace." The banquet was part of
New York's celebration of the 161st
birthday anniversary of the Marquis
De Lafayette, and the fourth anni
versary of the first battle of the
Marne.
M. Jusserand piad tribute to Amer
ica's efforts in the war. showed the
insincerity of former German peace
offers and predicted that the enemy's
next peace offensive "will fail as well
as hi? other offensives."
Tonight's meeting was only one
feature of the program. At an im
pressive ceremony In the city hall
were read messages from American
and allied leaders, all expressing con
fidence in ultimate victory.
One from Marshal Foch asserted
that if the allied dead open their eyes
"they would see the blue sky." Other
messages were from President Poiit
care, Marshal Joffre, General Persh
ing, Ambassador Sharp, Admiral Sims
and Count Di Cellere. Italian ambas
sador to the United States.
Addresses were delivered by Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt and John
Jay Chapman, each of whom has lost
a son fighting with the allied air
forces.
War Department Clerks
Put Under Draft Rule
Washington. Sept. 6. Secretary
Baker has ordered the chief of each .
bureau in the War department to re- ,
place by December 31 all men within :
the draft ages who would be classified
in Class 1 now assigned to duty in
Washington or in War department
branches elsewhere, with men phy
sically disqualified for general miii
tarv service.
The positions thus vacated may also
be filled by men in the deferred class- "
es where such deferment, has beea
granted on the grounds of dei
dency.
