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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1917.
SENATE CUTS DOWN
TOTAL TAX REVENUE
Re-draft of Bill, Nearly Com
pleted, Has Support of
t Both Parties.
LIQUOR EXCISES STAND
tommittee Disposed Jfot to Impose
burdensome Rates on Xewspa-
pers Information Sought
V for Auto Tax.
faktttts:oton. May 30. The war
lax bill today assumed nearly final
form In the revisionof the Jl, 800.000.-
O00 House measure by the Senate
finance committee.
Chairman Simmons announced, as
redrafted, the estimated revenue to be
brought in by the bill now loiais
$1,460,000,000. A bill aggregating
slightly above $1,500,000,000 now is
generally expected.
Senator Simmons hopes to Introduce
the redrafted measure In the Senate
by the middle of next week for Imme
diate consideration. Present indica
tions are for unanimous support by
the Republicans as well as the Demo
crats on the committee.. .
On the basis of the committee's work
thus far. Income, excess profits, liquor,
tobacco, special excise, or consumption
and stamp taxes are the principal reve
nue sources. The committee has
definitely cut out of the House bill tax
levies aggregating $223,000,000, and
much more tentatively has been elim
inated. Of the principal House schedule not
ct passed upon, It was reliably stated
tonight that the Committee probably
will adopt or but slightly ehansre the
taxes on Ilquore, wines, freight, ex
press, transportation, Pullman service,
pipe line, amusement and telegraph
end long-distance telephone messages.
Kates for the new lteenas tax on au
tomobiles, excess profits, perfumes,
patent medicines, confectionery and
several other Items have not yst been
fixed. The committee today received a
new treasury estimate of proponed au
tomobile taxes, ranging from $26,000,
000 to $36,000,000 upon both selling
price and horsepower standards from
which to make a final decision.
Taxation of newspapers, magaslnes
and other publications having the second-class
or cent-a-pound mailing rato
will be taken up tomorrow. Poet-master-aeneral
Burleson today urged
Senator Simmons to support Senator
Hardwlck's plan for retaining the one
cent poundage rate on news portions of
publloallons but taxing the parts do
Voted to advertising. The committee,
Senator Simmons said, feels that some
share of the tax burden should be
placed upon the publications enjoying
postage rates less than actual cost of
transportation, but it will not impose
burdensome levy. Should the Hard
in. " oered or modified be
adopted, Senator Simmons said, the
ber cent tax upon all advertising
wrodOUbBey0hSnrged?4 th"
oTlon'oVThuiuble'dtaxes
Imposed by the House on dl.UlM
pirit and beer, both as a revenue and
lr. ybr".:, W" Phlbltlon meas
ure. These liquor schedules, It wu
said, probably will b. changed llttleTf
WING SCRAPES ON WING
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look each other squarely In the eyes.
Ixo sooner would a British pilot swoon
chin0 ?,T ta" f OM 01 Mother ma
chines than a German was on his. This
German In turn would immediately
have another British pUot pouring
bursts of machine .gun bullets at him
t one time seven machines were fol-
5 the
German Craft Overtaken.
It was nearly 8 o'clock in the even-
est German, but the latter turnJ
first burst of fire.
short of 10 yards. The German went
down 40.000 yards l a spin" Yhe
IT Ver "d continued to fan, com
pletely out of control.
Machines Drop n "Spin."
-rf ihU tIme another hostile air
He tr.S" iht craander-s trail.
SKr aheI
?n ' a"d " ho "Baln wnt down
in another spin. The German wo thin
fonaoweed hTma riBrltiSh Pl7ot'
ipiiowea him down, and snt n hi.
tail flooding his machine wUh bulle s
?ni llhhe Jrent tumbnST to earth, swa !
ing back and forth like a piece of
paper in a gale. OI
JS1""111 and diving, this remarkable
Wn ZV? 2P UntU thre Germans had
been shot down. The others having
fled, the British patrol returned with
out a single casualty. The pilot, who
brought down a machine with seven
Shots from v,t .
j auivuiauu piSLOl, al
ready had accounted for two other
1 v T" fi ana n 1 I fc .
record or three for
-.it day.
One of the most remarkable escapes
from death which a pilot ever had
iiiio over tne Ger
man lines his machine was hit by a
shell, which tore a hole through it
"i"uu on. me engine, wrecking
it. The pilot's leg was fractured in
two places, but he brought his machine
back over the lines to within five feet
of the German, where he lost con
sciousness and crashed to earth. The
machine was so" shot about that the
men who extricated the young flier
. had to pull him through the hole
which the shell had made.
Nig-htly British fliers drop tons of
bombs on military establishments back
of the German lines.
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Captain Edward I. Ttnkham, Winner ef War Cross at Verdun, Who Headed
First American KigrhtlnK Corps on Alsae Battlefield.
Xt was a proud moment when the first detachment of the American
Field Service, consisting principally of Cornell undergraduates, departed for
the Aisne battlefield. They were armed with carbine's and attired in khaki
uniforms. They drove American five-ton motorcars. Stars and Stripes
floated over the cantonment In an historic French fort" as they left and
other contingents cheered them on' their way. Captain Tinkham Is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Julian R. Tinkham, of Park street. Montciair, N. J. He
entered Cornell University after being- graduated from the Montciair Acad
emy. Last year he went abroad and served for several months with the
American Ambulance Corps. Returning to Cornell last Winter, he completed
his studies and returned to France with the Cornell contingent. He Is only
'ii years old.
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OTHER BASES URGED
Early Pacific Submarine Sta
tion Favored by Helm Board.
$7,445,000 IS REQUIRED
San Diego, Los Angeles, Mare Is
land, Paget Sound, Port Angeles
and Columbia River Sites
Advised to Congress.
WASHINGTON. May 30. Recommen
dations that aviation and submarine
bases be established Immediately at
Ban Diego, Los Angeles, Ediz Hook,
Wash, at the mouth of the Columbia
River and at the Mare Island and Puget
Sound Navy-yards are disclosed by Sec
retary Daniels in a statement today.
summarizing the proposals of the board
of naval officers under Rear-Admiral
Helm, which recently toured the Pa
cific Coast under authority of Congress
to study this subject.
The projects represent a total appro
priation for acquisition and develop
ment of $7,445,000, according to the
board's estimates. The report was sent
to Congress yesterday, but names of
sites were withheld until the Navy
could pass on whether they should be
made public.
North Island, San Diego harbor. Is
selected as the site for the main naval
aviation training station on the Pa
clfic Coast, and for development pur
poses $500,000 is estimated as neces
sary.
Acceptance of a tract of 166 acres
of submerged land from the city of
Los Angeles is urged to provide base
sites, an appropriation of $2,500,000
being sought to reclaim the land and
develop a submarine base. An addl
tional $250,000 would be necessary for
an aviation operating base on the same
site.
At Mare Island the submarine base
would cost $490,000 and the aviation
station $540,000; at Puget Sound the
submarine base would cost $1,425,000
and the aviation station $375,000. '
The Government already owns suffl
clent land at Ediz Hook, opposite Port
Angeles, Wash., and development Of
suitable bases would cost $300,000.
The site at the mouth cf the Colum
bia River is not specifically fixed, bur
the board estimates that an expendi
ture of $1,200,000 to provide accommo
dations for 12 submarines and which
could be expanded to take in double
that number at need. -
strike today following refusal of the
government, which owns the transpor
tation system in this province, to grant
demands Tor Increased wages, recogni
tion of the union and abolition of a
sliding wage scale.
RAIN STOPS FOREST FIRE
Duluth Vicinity Relieved; Flames
Continne Elsewhere.
DULUTH, May 80. Rain last night
extinguished forest and brush fires that
nave burned intermittently for weeks
in this part of Minnesota. Bad fires.
however, apparently continue near the
Canadian line. A message sent out last
night from International Falls, Minn.,
on the border, said:
"The forest fires In this region hava
destroyed 12,000,000 feet of timber
owned by the Backus-Brooks Interests.
For miles in every direction the ground
is parched. Everybody is praying for
rain. Unless it comes soon the timber
losses will reach staggering totals.
French Observe Memorial Day.
PARIS. May 30. Memorial day was
appropriately observed in Paris and
throughout France. Committees visited
the cemeteries and decorated the
graves of American soldiers. Ambassa
dor Sharp decorated the tomb of La
Fayette.
ANTI-DRAFT MOVES
BELIEVED SPORADIC
Federal Authorities to Watch
Meetings. Closely for Any
Treasonable Utterances.
ARRESTS WILL BE MADE
Stenographic Reports Will Be Taken
If Authorities Rave Any Reason
to Expect Agitation Against
Army Conscription Law.
WASHINGTON. May 30. Special or
ders were given today to Government
officials throughout the country to keep
close watch upon meetings at which
there is likely to be agitation against
registration under the war Army act.
and prepare to arrest speakers who
encourage violations of the law.
Although the Department of Justice
is satisfied that German Influence and
money is behind efforts in various sec
tions to interfere with registration, it
is officially stated that the influences
are regarded as local and sporadic and
not inspired by any serious organized
effort.
Through the committee on public In
formation, Attorney-General Gregory
made this announcement tonight:
The Department of Justice today
communicated instructions to its of
ficers and agents in communities wher
ever meetings are likely to be held at
which agitation against registration as
prescribed in the new Army bill might
be indulged. The United States Attor
neys and Marshals were directed to be
present or represented at the meetings
and to have stenographic reports made
of the addresses delivered.
"These will be gone over carefully
and arrests will be made later In all
Instances In which the utterances of
the speakers are calculated to discour
age registration or to Influence indi
viduals into attempting to evade the
provisions of the law.
"The United States Attorneys and
Marshals, also were directed to ask
close co-operation of the local police
authorities In each community.
"From the reports being made daily
by the agents throughout the country
officials of the Department are con
vinced that such threats to resist reg
istration are being made are the re
sult of local and sporadic influences
and are not inspired by any organized
effort of serious consequences."
ARMY TO MAKE CHANGES
COMPANIES TO RCLIDE 20O MEN
INSTEAD OF ISO.
Two Second Lieutenants Will Be At
tached to Each Unit Dlvlslea
Strength Is Cat.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., May 30.
Sweeping changes In Army organiza
tion are In immediate prospect, ac
cording to information made public
by Brigadier-General James Parker,
acting commander of the Southern De
partment. Under the previous plans an
Army division has consisted of approx
imately 25.000 men. The new order
will fix a division at two brigades, a
total of approximately 16.000 men.
Each brigade will be made up of four
regiments, this applying to Infantry
only. Infantry companies will have
200 men instead of 160. There' will be
one Captain, one First and two Second
Lieutenants.
Formerly there were only two Lieu
tenants. A battalion will consist of
three Infantry companies and one ma
chine gun company. As there are three
battalions in a regiment, this will give
three machine gun companies to each
regiment, where heretofore there has
been but one.
The machine gun companies will
have one Captain, two First Lieuten
ants and one Second Lieutenant, with
147 men and 14 machine guns. Under
the View plan an Infantry regiment will
contain 2631 men and 67 officers.
SHARK'S BLOOD SAVES LIFE
Sailors of Wrecked Ship Drift 18
Days Without Water.
HAVANA. May SO. The loss of the
American schooner M- E. Bldridge, of
Dennis. Mass., and the death of her
captain. George Delbat, and one mem
ber of her crew who perished from ex
posure and starvation, became known
today when eight survivors of the
boat were brought In here by a British
schooner. The Eldrldge left - Tampa.
Fla- May 5 for Clenfuegoa, but sprang
a leak and sunk In a hurricane en
countered when three days out from
Tampa.
The resoued men were picked up
yesterday after drifting IS days in a
small boat without water and wltn
only a few canned peaches for food.
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EDMONTON. Alberta, May 30. Tele
phone employes throughout Alberta,
numbering several hundred, went on
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In "Sleeping Fires" Miss Frederick is at her best It is a story,
full of tense situations, that works its way swiftly through a
series of thrilling climaxes. Thomas Meighan heads an all-star
supporting cast.
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A maze of mirth exuberant vitality wild joviality and pulsing romance.
Cast includes Frank Campeau, Geo. Fawcett, Bessie Eyton and Tom Mix.
The sailors declared they caugrht a
shark with ropes and drank its blood
to sustain life.
The M. E. Bldrldare was a three-
masted schooner of 252 tons, built at
Portsmouth. N. H.. In 1S78. and was
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Kelley, of Dennia.
Friends Indorse Woman Suffrage.
KTTW TORK, May 30. Woman suf
frage wan indorsed by the liberal
branch of the Society of Kriends at the
annual meeting: here. It vu announced
that many friends have appealed per
sonally to President Wilson in behalf
of National prohibition.
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