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Arizona republican., 1916-08-14

 STOCK LICENSE
 TAX PROPOSED
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WASHlNGTON. Aug. l3-A cor poration stock license tax to raise ap- proximately s2o,000. 900. eliminated of most of the objectionable stamp taxes which once had been accepted and ap- proved, with an amendment. of the proposed net profit tax on munitions manufactures were determined upon by the democratic senate caucus to- night after a fiye-hour debate on the revenue biiL
 Southern and western senators made bitter ssault upon the finance com l ten per cent tax on the new profits of | manufacturers of materials used as component parts of munitions of war. It was insisted that it would result in | tering into the manufacture of muni- | tions
 As approved. the section relating to | munitions provides that 9 net profit 1 tax of ten per cent be levied upon manufacturers of all munitions of war and that a five per cent tax be levied 
 1 enter into such munitions. The esti- ! mated loss of revenue due to the five | per cent reduction will be about | 5000 000
 To make up for this decrease and also to make possible elimination of proposed stamp taxes, against which d
 fierce storm was gathering not only in
 the caucus but in the house, Senator
 Simmons suggested a license tax of fifty cents on each Si0o00 of capital
 stock, undivided profits and surplus oi
 all corporations, si00,000 of the stock
 of each corporation to be exempted
 The proposal was seized upon by all
 the senators present at once and in-
 corporated into an amendment whicf was unanimously approved. The ta2
 would ai DIV. to all corporations in cluding ba-.Ks. having capital and sur
 plus in excess of $l00000 In perfecting the income tax sectior
 the caucus agreed to an amendment ] adjusting the increased surtaxes or
 incomes in excess of $500, 900, as fol
 lows:
 On net income exceeding $500.00i
 but not exceeding S1,000,000, a tax O
 10 per cent; exceeding Si,000, 900 bu
 not exceeding $1.500,000, eleven pc
 cent; exceeding s1,500,000. but not ex
 ceedlnE S-,uVUiuhU lWtlSt per ttnl, eA ceedng $2,000,000, thirteen per cent. The caucus was the first to meet oi s Sunday within the memory of an. 8 senate member.
 2 The caucus which remained in ses l sion until late tonight, qualified tn r stock license tax so that 1t would nc < apply to munitions corporations taxe Q under the munitions section Tn r caucus failed to report on what stam : taxes should be retained.
 Senator Underwood announced to
 night he would make vigorous figh
 on the dyestuffs tariff proposed in tn
 bill. on the ground that it is undemo S cratic He also expects to fight tn Q tariff commission proposal
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14

arbitration because insisted on ar nitrating their contingent proposi- tion. The board of mediators. in q statement issued tonight declared, however. that the men rejected their proposition contending that they would not arbitratc even if the rail- roads waived the contingent proposi- ton.
 The statement of the mediatcrs. is- sued bv Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the board. just before their departure for Washington, fol- lows:
 After repeated efforts to bring about an arbitration of the pending controversy between the railroads and their emplosass in train and yard service the United States board of mediation and conciliation was today advised by the representatives of the employees that they would not submit the matters in dispute to arbitration in any form.
 The employees further stated to the board that they would not arbi- trate their own demands even if the contingent demands of the railroads were withdrawn and also declined to suggest any other plan or yI--nod for peaceful settlement of the con- troversy"
 They were informed that their de-
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
OFFENSIVE IF
 BRITISH GOES
 LIN INCREASINGLY
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE. August 12 (via London. August 13).-Anyone who might think from reading the British official re- ports that the British offensive is over. would soon conclude from the unceas- ing gunfire. If he went out on the field. that a terrific battle was still in prog ress.
 No one that the Associated Press correspondent meets at the front thinks that the offensive is over, or that anything but winter will stop 1t. Though na viiIaz.e crseconsiderable frontage of trenches has been stormed in the last few days, every day has found some strong point taken and some new spur of trenches thrown out in the course of the same kind of op- crations which followed and preceded each big blow.
 "The question this week" said a staff officer, "is whether our guns have killed more Germans than their guns have killed of us, and we know that the odds are in our favor, at least two, if not three, to one"
 For six weeks the British have main- tained a torrent shell fire which Ger man prisoners who have been at Yer dun, say surpasses anything they en- | dured there: while at the munitions | depots the piles of shells seem as ! plentiful as the day before the grand offensive began. It has been week all to the taste of the gunners.
 They have had such an advantage of | position over the Germans as they new { CT had before, thanks to the possession 1 of the Pozieres ridge, which was | crowned by a windmill at the highest ] point. the wooden structure of which i long since has been blown to splinters ] by shell fire and it's stone base cracked into bits. lncalculable and inconceiv- | able. is the amount of shell fire spen, on this ridge, whose irregular sly-lins is ever changing as a result of tho ] pummeling, but the British keep theii domination by tactics and methods O Qualifications not permitted to bs lmentioned here.
 The Australians described the iates German counter attack, which wa
 made last night, as comical if the re suit had not been so tragic for the tw,
 battaliOns which made it. Apparent,
 the Germans were mostly recruits
 When assembling for the attack the,
 were caught by British howitzer fire ] tContinued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14

Mir Tumulty brought with him q communication from President Will son addressed to brotherhoods and the railroad managers pointing out that such a paralysis of business as would follow q general railroad strike
 would he 2 catastrophe at any time, but would he nothing short of a disaster under present conditions. On this ground the president based his request for a conference with rep resentatives of both factions before a strike order is issued by the leaders of the men.
 Negotiations had not been broken eff when Ar. Tumulty left Wash !ngton but when he reached Phila- dolphin he received a telegram from w. l.. Chambers one of the mediators, ! informing him the men had declined 10 arbitrate Mir. Tumultys first step after reaching New York was to call President Wilson on the long dis tanee telephone to decide upon an | hour for the conference at the White house tomorrow
 i The final break came late today after the men had been in secret i session nearly six hours. Reports differ as to the reason for the fail
 ure of the negotiations in view of
 the cheerful outlook of the night be 1 fore. The men assert they refused
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
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PETROGRAD. Aug. IA tVia London) The Austrian lines along the ~'ripa, which they have held since car'y in September, have crumbled and Gen. eral von Bothmer is in full retreat along the whoe front, according to the latest information received by the Rus sian general staff.
 General Jetchitsky Is advancing in the rear of Von Bothmers right flank, while General Scherbatchoff IS closing in on his left. Tine Austrian com mander Is apparently making an att tempt to escape the Russian trap by taking up a position on a line running through zlochoff, Pomorzany, Breze- zany to Halicz, roughly twenty miles to the west of his old lines before Tarnopol and BucZacz.
 It is stated semi officially that the Austrians evacuated the Stripa line without a battle Their success ir reaching and holdin- their new posi- tons Is considered problematical. II is pointed out that the strength oi General Letchitzkys position on boti sides of the Dnie3ter below Halic; makes it extremely unlikely that tho Austrians will be able to hold thai town. Their failure to hold Halic; would render their new line little nor, advantageous than the position on thu Stripa. and General Letchitzky stil would be hanging on the right flank The Russians have successfully nego tiated the last natural obstacle be tween them and Halicz, namely tn Bystritza river, which empties into tn Dniester eight miles to the south. Gen eral Scherbatchoff has already throwl large force across the Zlota Lipa. ap preaching Halicz from the southeast
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
VIRTUALLY ALL RAILROADS
 OF NATION MAY BE TIED UP
 IF WILSON'S EFFORTS FAIL
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NEW YORK, 13A strike virtually all the rail- roads of the nation parazg and throwing approximately 200000 out employment be aveed only through the good offices of President Wilson, result of odays developments the dispute the mems demands for ego day time and ahaf for overtime
 The controversy laid president the workers had ay rejected form of arbitration They refused mediation yesterday.
 Soon after accepting the presidents extended through the federal board mediation leaders of the railroad brote would leave Washington midnight accompanied by thirty the hundred delegates here.
 An hour later the railroad nineteen number said that they would leave for the capitol at the time
 Both parties will reach Wahngto ference with the president The hour for the meeting will be by Secretary mu who started this city Washington Mr. Wilson's representative arriv wing here o'clock tonight
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cision would be at once made known to President Wilson and also that the president claimed the right to a personal interview with both parties before any drastic action was taken. This request was of course. granted. and a large delegation of employees with 2 number of railroad managers will be in Washingto nMonday for a conference with the president
 Early in the negotiations the rail- roads had informed the board on mediation and conciliation that they would accept arbitration" The chief objection of the men to arbitratine the railroads contingent proposition, lay in their contention that the proposal entailed the wiping out of double compensation features which the men have gained during thirty years of effort The railroads have contended that double com ! pensatien. together with ,ne demands | of the men. if granted. would in- | crease the wages of many of their employees more than 100 per cent. Elisha Lee, chairman of the confer ence committee of railroad manager declined 10 discuss the crisis other than to say that the railroads had proposed. first mediation. and then arbitration, without success. He placed the responsibility for the utter | failure of the mediatOrs upon the men.
 \. P. Garretson, president of the | Order of Railway Conductors, the official spokesman for the men, on the other hand. placed the blame for the break entirely upon the unbend- ing attitude of the railroads
 When the mediators realized that
 further barley was useless. they ex- tended the presidents invitation The
 nen did not vote to accept the call
 until nearly hours after it had been
 received.
 That the president may succeed in bringing the opposing factions to an agreement as to the merits of arbitration. was indicated br MT.
 Garretson's response to a question on
 that point.
 'I have no comment to make on
 what the president may succeed in
 accomplishing" ae said. Our de-
 termination ta reject arbitration was
 due to the attitude of the railroads.
 Indifference always breeds resistance. | And the railroads have been indiffer-
 cnt to the demands of the men. They
 have never made an honest effort to
 effect settlement. They have of
 fered to mediate our demands withou.
 offering to mediate anything in re- ; ltii H. fldN tlitN SibNi q OiSpDHitioit l to meet us half way. the situation . might now he different President Garretson declared the brotherhoods were prepared to be I just as firm as the railroads 2 Secretary Tumulty gave out to-
 night the following message from s President Wilson to the chairman of n the conference committee of managers
 and to the heads of the four railway | brotherhoods.
 6 T have learned with surprise and
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t''NffN'Seh SNs 1CGoCu WHEl
 FL PASO, Aug. 13.-Reports of so- cial discontent in Mexico are con tained in a copy of Fl Nacional. a Carranza organ of Mexico City, which reached here today. It stated that last week General Benjamin Hill, military commander of the federal district, had covered the city with patrols to disperse gatherings of striking employees of the electric lighting and street railway company. It added that several shots had been fired and that small riots had re- suited.
 According to the paper, Carranza met representatives of the Federation of Syndicates. the organization be- hind the strike, and informed them that in his opinion, their action in striking was unpatriotic. Social dis content in Mexico was attfbuted to the influence of socialist labor agi- tators." Arrivals in Fl Paso from the capitol today, however, said that the food scarcity and lack of opportunity for work are important factors.
 Private dispatches here from Chi. huahua City said that General Joss lnez Salazar held there in connection with alleged revolutionary plots, hac been executed by General Trevino There was no official confirmation however.
 Rumors current in Fl Paso toda, that the Carranza garrison in Juarc; contemplated an early revolt wer, pronounced ridiculous by de fact authorities.
 General officers of the nationa guard contingcnts on station here re ceived orders today to take stringen steps to prevent soldiers and news paper correspondents writing fals 1 stories concerning the militia troop for publication. They were instructe
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
s20O,O00,O00 |5 AMOUNT 1T THE
 REVENUE BILL
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WASHINGTON, August i3.-The importance of the s2Oo. 900 revenue bill on which senate democrats today devoted many hours of deliberation In caucus, is being impressed upon lead CTS by the fact that appropriations of the session now nearing completion have broken all records.
 With passage this week of the S50.- 000.000 ship purchase bill and probable approval by the house of the senate's gigantic naval bill, the appropriations for the sixty fourth congress have ex- ceeded the previous high record by at least a half billion dollars.
 While exact figures cannot be com puted until the gavel has fallen on the last supply bill of the sesa-on, the az gregate appropriation by congress for all purposes probablys will anproXi- mate Sl. l.700,000 900, asf against Si.1f4.- 900. 900 fo rthe sixty third congress.
 Besides regular supply bills which total as they now stand, Si,3Sl .2n6.5S0. congress will have added when the shipping bill is approved, more than s9o,00o, 900 for special purposes. There also have been contract authorizations amounting to about $207, 000 000. all of which would bring the grand aggre- gate to S1 .sS5, 00O. 900, with the uncer- tain general deficiency appropriation bill stiIi in the making to be added at the end of the session.
 Special appropriations include SEQ. 000V0O for government nitrate plant; s6. 000. 900 for good roads; sl5,000 900 for rural credits and $50. .10o. 900 for the government shipping project. Cen eral supply bills that enter into the sessions total are as follows:
 Postoffice, $s23. .20e.577: navy. yet to be approved. S315.S26,S43; army, s267, = 597 900. pensions s15S,060. 900; sundry civil, SIPS, S,396, ,445; rivers and harbors, l s42. .SS6.085: legislative. executive and | judicial s37, ,925, 690; army and navy and other urgent deficiencies, $3l.012.- O75: agriculture, $27 .000. .O0a fortifica- | tions. S25.74S. .O50: District of Colum- bia, yet 10 be approved, about sl3000, | 900: indian affairs. $i0967, ,644: diplo- matic and consular s5.355.0 and mili- tary academy. S1.225.043.
 I With President Wilson and q ma jority of the party leaders urgently | supporting the senate's naval building and personnel increases. il is believed | the house will agree to them after ad- vocates of small navy have made ! their last fight Tn anticipation Of q close vote every absent representative was notified more than a week ago o the approaching contest which vii mark the climax of the national de fense campaign this week.
 Appropriations for preparedness alone will aggregate approximatell
 s640.000 000 unless unexpected devel
 opments should force a reduction iI
 the naval program. While the hous
 this week is bringing defense legisla
 tion 10 a close. the senate will pass tn
 ship bill. workmen's compensation bill
 4ffar- n
 the revenue bill on which stubborl
 political assault will be waged by tn
 republicans.
 When the amended revenue bill get
 through conference it is expected con
 gress will be ready to adjourn. Lead
 CTS of both parties are hoping adjourn
 ment will come by September l.
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 WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-Pesident Wilson, deeply concerned over the possibility that a general strike may tie up the country's railroads is pre- pared to make an insistent personal appeal for any amicable settlement when the representatives of the roads and their employees confer with him tomorrow at the White House.
 Since the situation became threat ening, the president has been in close touch with developments and has used every available agency of the federal government to bring the two factions together. He has taken no stand on the merits of the contro- versy however, and 1t is not expected that he will do so at the conference tomorrow but will emphasize the far reaching effect a strike would have
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
AUSTRIAN LINES CRUMBLE AND
 GEN. VON b0THMER RETRIEVING

The occupation of Yezerno, on the Tarnpol Lemberg railroad, and a group of towns to the south of that point, threaten Von Bothmer's communica- tons with the Austro- German armies defending Lemberg on the Brody line and appears to have been the last blow to the defense of the Stripa.
 The capture of Nadvorna strengthens the left wing of General Letchtzky and completes the isolation of the Aus trian army in southern Galicia- The Austrians were endeavoring to reor- ganize this army for the defense of the pruth q
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
Hughes Spends
 Sunday Resting
 From Activities
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SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 13.-Charles F. Hughes spent today here quietly, resting from the activities of the past seven days and preparing for the sec ond week of his campaign.
 This will open tomorrow with a twenty five mile motor trip to Occur d'Alene, Idaho, where Mir Hughes is to speak at il am. The nominee will return after luncheon to Spokane, where there will be an afternoon and a night meeting. He will leave here at S:45 pm for Tacoma. immediately after speaking.
 The second week of his campaign will carry him as far as Los Angeles through Tacoma, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
 Mir Hughes and his wife attended the First Baptist church here today They went this afternoon for long motor ride through places of interest nearby.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
President To Make Urgent
 Appeal Foy Settlement

on the whole country.
 The president is said to feel that regardless of the points at issue way still can be found for settlement without a strike and the disturbance to other industries and inconvenience the general public which would re- suit.
 Several more petitions from railway employees not members of the broth erhood to do all in his power to avert 2 strike were brought here to- night ard will be delivered at the White House tomorrow. P. K. Wal den of Chicago, acting on behalf of the men employed by the Chicago and Alton, brought one bearing 16,009 signatures and announced that 4,500 employees of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fc had forwarded a similar appeal. ---.--...- l-.-..s-xa.- .-~ssaA
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
BRITISH FORCES ARE
 DRIVING TURKS BACK

LONDON, Aug, 1S.-British forces in Egypt are still driving back the Turks who were defeat ed in the recent battle east of the Suez canal The following an- nouncement in regard to this campaign was given out here to- day: Our cavalry is still In pursuit of the Turkish rear gaurd and yesterday evening had driven back the Turks to a posi- ton east of Birs-al- Nance. AL though no materials or stores Werefound at Birs el-Abad there were large heaps of ashes in the vicinity of the abandoned Turk ish positions"
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
MEXICAN SOCIAL D|5CONTENI
 |s ATTRIBUTED TO SOCIALISTS

to detail an officer to read tho papers from their home states regularly and report any maliciously false or mis- leading aticles If the correspondent responsible cannot prove his allega- tons he will be refused the freedom of the military reservations or be tied by court martial.
 The orders followed complaints that some of the guardsmen and the correspondents, who accompanied ma tional guard contingents to the bor- der misrepresented facts in stories sent to eastern newspapers.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
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WASHINGTON, August 13.--Dates and places were announced here to- night for the first thirteen hearings to be held by the farm loan board for compiling information on which it will divide the country into twelve farm loan districts under the new rural credits law.
 The itinerary, so far as worked out with the dates of hearings follows:
 Augusta, Maine August 2l; Con- cord. N. H., August 22: Hartford, Conn.,, August 23; Springfield, Mass., August 23; Utica. N Y., August zi; Lansing, Mich, August 25; Madison, Wis, August 26; Des Moines. Iowa,
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
Entemte Allies Gaining Lu Three Regions
APPROPRIATIONS BREAK RECORDS
SEVENTEEN INJURED IN
 SWITCH ENGINE CRASH

FL PASO. Texas. Aug, 13.- Seventeen persons were injured. none of them dangerously. last night when a swith engine crash cd into westbound Texas and Pa cific passenger train No. !. on the outskirts of Fl Paso. accord ing to complete reports today The passenger train was travel ing at about twenty miles an hour when the switch engine backed from a siding on the main path directly in its path. Both engines were demolished. The injured were taken to local hospitals where il was said tonight. all were recovering.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
Fay2n Loan BOaYd Plans
 Thirteen Public Hearings

August 2s: Sioux Falls. S. D., August 20: St. Paul. Minn., August 31, Fargo, N. D.. September i Helena, Mont, September 2. and Spokane, Wash, Sep tember 1.
 From Spokane the board will go to Oregon and California and return across the central part of the con tinent. Later trip will be taken through the south.
 The hearings will be public and far mers and farmers organizations will be invited to appear before the board and submit inforfhation which they think will assist the board in solving the important problem of determining the boundaries of the districts and To- eating the federal land banks.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-14
MORE TROOPS TO BORDER
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DENVER, Aug. t3.-Preparations for fhe movement of. members of the Colorado national guard to the Mex jean border were begItn today follow ing receipt of war orders by Adjutant General Gamble. At the state rifle range it was stated that troops would probably begin entraining to- morrow. The Colorado guard con sists of 1G41 officers and men,