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The Washington times., 1917-04-09
lions necessary for the upkeep and
/ equipment of that army.

lions necessary for the upkeep an6
equipment of that army.
To Take Over Wireless.
In turn, the Committee on Naval
Affairs will put through bills for ar
increase OF the navy to 10000 men
the increase of the Marine Corps to
sc, 900 men, and the building up of the
naval reserve.
The Appropriations Committee then
will provide the money.
An important bill introduced by
Chairman Padgett, of the Naval Com
mittee, today provides for the COM
Wandering of ali wireless stations by
the Navy Department. The depart
ment already has assumed super
vision, but in war times the bill pro-
vides that the Government may COM
mandeer outright all naval stations
and apparatus.
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Ap-
propriations committee, said today
his committee probably would con-
vene tomorrow for a preliminary con-
sideration of the estimates for SO, ,40O,-
OOO, 900 submitted recently by the de-
partments. Cabinet officers and bu-
reau chiefs are to be heard by the
committee before the bills are re-
ported.
I'VE are willing to supply all the
money that may be needed" said Mr..
Fitzgerald, "but we are not going
about the matter blindly. The de-
partments heads will be called upon
as usual to explain the estimates and
the committee and Congress then will
provide the money"
VIII Provide Revenue.
While the Appropriations Commit
tee is authorizing the expenditure of
billions of dollars. the Committee on
Ways and Means VIII confront the
task of providing
revenue bills to raise the war funds.
Chairman Kitchin, of this committee,
will return to Washington tonight
and the committee will get busy i'm
on the Administrations
plan for a bond issue of least
So ,0OO, ,O0O, 900 and supplemental taxa
tion legislation which will put upon
the shoulders of-the present genera
ton a portion OF the war burden.
The Judiciary Committee began the
today of the Admins
tration's espionage bill to punish spy
ing and traitorous conduct in time OF
war. This bill will be followed by
the censorship bill, which will give
the Government wartime supervision
Of the mails, the telegraph and tele-
phone, newspapers, letters, and other
means OF communication.
The House Committee on Merchant
and Fisheries. now in consulta-
tion with the shipping board, will
have much wartime legislation before
II this week
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COMPANY BANKRUPT.

The Arvon Slate Manufacturing
Company today was adjudged a bank
rupt in an order signed BY Chief JUS
tice CovingtOn in the District Supreme
Court. Action against the company
was brought by William r. Hartwig
and other creditors, and the company
consented to being declared a bank
rupt.. Attorneys G. w. S. Musgrave
and George w. Shinn represented the
litigants.
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MORE APT TO BE.

Mr.. FIubdub-That girl thinks no
man is good enough for her.
Mrs. Flubdub-She may be right,
at that.
Mr.. Flubdub-Yes, but she is more
apt to be left.-petroit Free Press.
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measures, as has. that through Hol-
land. Shipments to Holland are made
through the Holland Over Seas Trust,
under British, control, which guaran-
teed that munitions and supplies
would not get to Germany.
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Swift & company's sales of beef in
Washington, d. C., for the week end
ing Saturday April Z, averaged as fol
lows: Domestic beef, 14.9o cents per ID.
-Advt.
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PLANS FOOD CONTROL
Maryland May Seize Land Not
Under TiIIaae.


Plans to increase the food supply
are being considered by the Maryland
authorities.
Some of the plans are extremely
advanced and may set the pace for
other States and for the Federal Gov
ernment.
They involve the direct intervention
OF the State government to increase
production.
The State authorities may actually
seize uncultivated land held by specu-
lators> and others and cultivate It.
Other Radical Steps.
The Maryland State Agricultural
Board Is considering other radical
steps. When the Maryland Iegisla-
lures special session opens in the near
future one of the biggest questions
will be how to deal with the food
problem.
Recognizing the fact that one of
the great troubles in Maryland, as
in other agricultural States. is to get
good labor. the State Agricultural
Board is considering and will prob
ably recommend to the legislature
tractors and plaws to have a corps of
farm labor organized and then to
have the State force go through the
counties, helping to hasten spring
plowing and other cultivation when
necessary. The same force could plow
waste areas.
May Handle Crops.
Handling OF crops. and marketing
and distribution OF foodstufrs so as
to prevent spectators reaping the
benefits, are other phases of the food
problem to be dealt with
The plan of a food dictator or a
commission with dictatorial powers
in the State is being given thought
and 1t is a possibility by no means
remote.
Thus far the Department OF Agri-
culture has shown no tendency to
take radical action. But il States like
Maryland take the lead. the Federal
Government may be induced to take
a less conservative view.
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Forecast for the District OF Colum.
bia, Maryland, and Virginia-Fair to-
night and Tuesday; freezing tempera.
ture and killing frost tonight: rising
temperature Tuesday; strong north
west winds, diminishing.
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Sun and Moon Table.

Light automobile lamps at 7:1o p. m
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Temperatures.
Tide Table.

Average temperature for this date
for the last SO years, 81.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
SECRETARY MADOO SUBMITS ADMINISTER T7ON PLAN
 OF INCREASING TAXATION 70 RAISE $1, ,8O7, ,25O,OOO
 WHICH IS ESTIMATE HALF OF FIRST YEARS WAR COSY

ident. of the American Association for Labor Legislation.
 While MT. Daniels speaks formally only for the navy department, he explains that other administration executives having extensive business relations with labor, have given full indorsement to the policy outlined.
 Any tendency to lower protective stan dards for men, women and children workers in the supposed interest of quick and increased production the announce ment says, would be a mistake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
Labor Standards and Safeguards Will Not
 Be Lowered During War

Washington, April 15.-Wage earners in factories and work shops will be given full legal protection 'in the interest both of maximum production and human con- servation" during the war says an an- nouncement tonight by Secretary Daniels in response to an inquiry from Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale university, pres-
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Outstanding Suggestions Are Greatly Increased Excess PrOfIts dndIncOme Rates. LururieS Must Stand
 Share Of Burden.

Washington April 15-Adminstration suggestions as to possible of taxation through which to raise ap proxmatey onehaf of the estimated of first year the war; $ 250000 submitted by Secretary McAdoo tonight to the Senate finance and the House and committees The other half of the cost is to be provided by $20000000 of the bonds authorized by the bill passed Saturday by the House which expected to pass the Senate this week
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Outstanding in the suggestions are greatly increased income and excess profit tax rates, taxing of many im- ported articles now admitted free, and stamp, liquor, amusement, sugar, cof- fee, tobacco, solf drink, freight and passenger transportation receipt and automobile taxes. All of the data is sent to Congress for it's information and without recommendation from the treasury.
 FAR-REACHING PROPOSALS
 Probably the most far-reachng pro- posal concerns income taxes. The secre- tary estimates that a 50 per cent increase on both individuals and corporations or 1916, collectible next June, would yield S165 OO0,000 additional For 1917 he points out that to lower the income tax exemp- tion from 5000 to $500 for unmarried per sons, from $4OO0 to 5000 for married per- sons; to leave the normal tax at per cent, but to raise the super-taxes ma- terially would make the law produce $340,000,0OO additional in June, 1918, with out changing the corporation tax. The highest rate on super taxes under the plan outlined would be 40 per cent of all incomes over $1,Oo0,00O.
 EXCESS PROFIT
 Increases in the excess profit tax both by making the present law applicable to the calendar year of 1916, and applying new increases next year, he thinks, would raise $2260OO,00o this year and $2oo 900 additional next year.
 Other sources, the secretary believes, could be made to yield additional income as follows: Texas on articles now ad- mitted free, s2O6, ,OOO, 600; freight transpor- tation receipts. 100000, GOO, excise tax on sugar. $92, 600; refined petroleum, s75,- 000,OO0; stamp taxes on theatre, baseball and other amusement tickets, 5,00o 0o0 distilled spirits. $790O0,OO0 stamp taxes,
 -
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Roads Beat Forts

U
 Though modern artillery ranges are great, the precision of fire control has been so developed that the heavy howit- gers make short work of permanent forti- fcations. Any system of defensive strategy, based on heavy guns perma- nently mounted, has been proved made quate. With good roads the defensive army can adapt itself to the fluid con- ditions of modern war and, by rapid shifting of artillery, avoid the mistakes of the defenders of Liege.
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20 cents; furs. 20 per cent, tanned 'euther and manufactures of. including boots and shoes, 10 per cent; manu actures or iron and steel not including ores, 10 per cent, and antiques, 50 per cent.
 The secretary estimated that s6,3l1, ,S25 could be raised by the indicated rates in addition to the present rates on manu- factured articles: Manufactured rubber, 10 per cent; manufactures of leather, , per cent; manufactures of wool, per cent; manufactures of silk manufactures of vegetable fibre, per cent; manufac- lures of wood and dutiable lumber, per cent. and cocoa and chocolate prepared. 10 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
TIE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

forecast for Alabama and Mississippi; Fair Monday; Tuesday probably show CTS and thunderstorms with somewhat lower temperature
 Tennessee: Fair Monday Tuesday probably showers and thunderstorms with somewhat lower temperature
 Georgia: Fair Monday; probably showers in north and west portions Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
GERMAN REAR GUARD IS DEFENDING LENS TO PROTECT RETIREMENT
(Continued from Page One)

violent artillery duels in the champagne and the breaking up of two German at tempts on the French lines in the vicinity of Caurieres wood and Chambretts, north of Verdun.
 Within the last three days more than 20 German airplanes have been brought down by French airmen or by defensive gun fire, and numerous effective raids have been made by French air squadrons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
BERLIN OFFICIAL

Berlin, April 15.-(By London )-There has been lively fighting north of the Bapaume- Cambrai road and artillery duels in the western section of the Cham pagne and along the Aisne river, accord ing to the official communication issued by the war office this evening.
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GERMANS BATTLE
 LIKE MEN WITH
 BACKS TO WALL
Continued from Page onel

positions to the north of Loos the slight est movement on the part of the British sends them into a panic. Flares and sig nal rockets of all colors spring rom their trenches. Bombs are cast into No Mans Land; trench mortars set up q desensive harrage, and artillery help is frantical- ly called for.
 Some of the German flares and lights are most amusing, as well as spectacular Their latest star shells have a perechute attachment and hang suspended in the air for long time, lighting up the sur rounding country for several hundred yards They break into three balls, and the British soldiers call them pawn brokers !"
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FRENCH NIGHT REPORT

Paris, April 15.-The French today con- tnued to play around St. Quentin and the region round about heavily, says the official communication tonight.
 Belgian troops penetrated Dixmude as far as the second German lines, which they found unoccupied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

f The Germans. with very large forces, on Sunday attacked the British along the Bapaume-Cambrai road over front of six miles, and, fighting desperately, suc- ceeded in gaining a foothold in the village of Lagnicourt, which lies southwest of Queant, a position of great strategic im- portance in the German line. Every where else along the British front the Germans were repulsed, according to the official report from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, and their success at Lagn1- court was not for long, as a powerful British counter attack drove them out. Three hundred Germans were made pris- oner and 1500 German dead were counted in front of the British positions.
 While unofficial reports say British patrols entered the town of Lens, the night British official communication merely says the British now are ap- preaching the outhlzirts of the town, hav- ing captured German defenses from Riau- mont wood to the eastern corner of Cite St. Pierre, and also east of Lievin Ground was gained Sunday by the British northwest of St. Quentin.
 
 The French are violently bombarding the sector of St. Quentin and are being answered spiritedly by the Germans. The artillery duel continues unabated in Champagne. Two attacks by the Ger mans on the right bank of the Mouse. in the Verdun sector were repulsed by the French. Some German infantrymen succeeded in entering a French position near the Caurieres wood in this region, but, according to Paris, they either were killed or made prisoner.
 What may be indicative of an intention on the part of the Germans to fall back on the northern front in Belgium is the fact that the Belgian troops have pene- trated into the town of Dixmude as far as the German second lines and found them unoccupied. Over the entire Bel gian front for days there have been vio- lent artillery bombardments and before the advance on Dixmude the German positions were heavily shelled as 8 prepa- ration for the maneuver of the Bel gians.
 Fighting in the air between Germans and French and British aviators continues intense. Berlin tells of the loss by the French, British and Americans, of IT air planes. Sunday four German airplanes were brought down by British fliers and machines failed to return to their base.
 The Paris war office reports that French aviators in the last three days of the last week accounted for 9 German air
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Berlin, April 15.-Loss by the British, French and Americans" of r airplanes is reported in today's German war state ment on operations in France.
 Recessions of the German line north of the Scarpe on the Arras front is noted, with the assertion that only minor fight ing accompanied the removal and that the British suffered heavy losses in massed attacks.
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ARTILLERY INFERIOR

i The Germans in the front line have l long been worried by the inferiority of
 their artillery to that the British A recently captured German report makes complaint that 'le artillery often 1 fails to answer the call for help and continues:
 For our infantry, which since the Som me battle has been on the defensiYe, it is rom the point of view of morale of inn portance to be able to count upon artil- l lery support. Infantry that comes to re- gard itself merely as a target for the hostile artillery must in the long run give l way A prompt and effective reply to hostile shells has a recuperative effect 1 on the morale of the troops, even in the
 most difficult situations
 l Conditions within the German lines 1 just prior to the battle of Arras and the depressed state of many of the German ] soldiers are eloquentY described in
 translated extracts from letters captured 1 during the recent fighting Two letters 1 in particular both written by Bavadans | in regiments opposite Arras are wonder l fully impressive. One of them indicates
 clearly the disheartening effect the entry of the United States into the war mas ! had. It was dated April 6, and reads:
 LETTERS ARE QUOTED | We now have very bad position at l Arras where we have been under "a con- l tinuous hurricane of fire for six days ! The English at times fire gas shells,
 which are not exactly pleasant. When 1 every thing imaginable is turned against one, one cannot stand it. then II IS all ] over The sights around one are simply cruel; it is enough to drive one mad 1 Tt is no longer a righteous cause; of that I am convinced. But one always begins to hope again and think that it mn 1Gt n n sible. The world is still in too mad state. We are the tools and allow our selves to be belabored.
 Now America comes in to make it last lcnger. Everybody wants to chIp m. I believe it will never end; peace will never return to the land"
 The second letter, dater Easter, which was the day before the British attack be- gan tells how unwelcome to the Germans have been the weapons of their own in- vention turned against them. It says:
 TERRIBLE GAS For the last four days the English have been firing gas shells all over the country in order to harm the Germans as much as possible This regiment-the Eighth Bavarian-has already had con- siderable losses in killed and gassed. The
 sad point is that the English gas is all
 most odorless and, can only be seen by 1 the practiced eye, while escaping from 1 the she'll The gas steals slowly over the 1 ground in a bluish haze and kills anyone 1 who does not draw his mask as qucK'y
 as lightning over his face before taking ! a breath.
 "The night before last l was ill the
 front line. What sight! The last time we were in the front line trenches we
 were easily accessible. Now all commu- nications and all parapets have been shot
 to pieces. It is a gruesome sight there,
 The prospect looks terrible. Our people say that things were not as bad at Yer dun as here"
 ANOTHER DOCUMENT 1 Another captured document shows that
 the Germans fully appreciated the mean
 ing of the extensive British preparations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
THE WAR SITUATION

planes and captive balloon Both the British and French airmen have carried out notable bombing exploits on German positions behind the line.
 The mention of "Amercan'' airplanes as having been lost would indicate that the members of the Lafayette squadrilla have carried out their intention to float the American flag from the machines over the battle line in France
 Little fighting of moment is reported from any of the other fronts. The usual artillery bombardments are in progress in the Austro-Italian theatre, despite bad weather.
 Tn Macedonia the sector of the Cerna river bend and Lake Presby has been the scene of a Teutonic allied attack against Italian positions. The attackers were forced to withdraw under the heavy fusillade. Albanians and Austrians had the worst of skirmishes with French troops west of Koritza.
 President Wilson has addressed per sonal appeal to the American people, call ing upon man, woman and child to strive to make the nation a union for the preser- vation of it's ideals and for the triumph of the democracy of the world. The President deals particularly with an in- tensified production of foodstuffs and says that food and other supplies must be sent in abundance to the entente allies, sub marines or no submarines
 
 1t turn to that other kind, which opens with: "Bangi Bang! A woman's shrill scream pierced the midnight air!'
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about Arras, but had no idea that the blow was coming so swiftly or with such
 orce. The presence of Canadians within the zone Of probable attack had par ticularly disquietiug effect for the docu- ment in one part says:
 The Canadians are known to be good troops and well suited to assaulting pur- poses. There are no deserters to be found among the Canadians"
 It further declares that to succeed in their plans the British would have 70 take Vimy Ridge, leaving the inference that the Germans thought this task an impossible one. German officers taken during the battle Were incredulous when told that the British not only hold Nimy Ridge, but have pressed far beyond. They say that the plans and the orders to all reserves were to counter attack at once if the British threw the Germans off the crest.
 CANADIANS DETERMINED
 However, when the Canadians, ably as- sisted by an English division, went after Vimy Ridge this time, it was with the determination to place that long disputed vantage ground once for all within the allied lines
 It is one of the petty perversities of the great world war that some of the
  should have been about a place rejoicing in the name of 'The Pimple.''
 The Associated Press correspondent met some worn and muddy Canadians coming from beyond "the pimple' yesterday after noon. Among them were many Nova Scotians. They had been fighting from Sunday night until Friday night and de- clared they had enjoyed every minute. of it. T
 They were not in "the pimple' all the time, but well beyond it. Before the pimple could be cut out, however, it was necessary to drive the Germans back through several long converging tunnels that were made in such a manner that they were believed to be absolutely inn The Germans inside these tun- nels said they felt so safe that they hoped to remain there for the rest of the war. Some of the Canadians had sub sisted on "ron rationsh or five days, and had virtually no water for three days. But they never though of turning back for food or drink until their task was completed. They swung along with the dogtired but satisfied gait of men from a successful days hunting
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1t turn to that other kind, which opens with: Bang! Bang! A woman's shrill scream pierced the midnight air!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
ANOTHER DOCUMENT

Another captured document shows that the Germans fully appreciated the mean ing of the extensive British preparations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

The Paris war office reports that French aviators in the last three days of the last week accounted for 9 German air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
OTHER TAXES

Possible taxes on articles now hdnttted free to raise $l99, 1S4 follow: Crude rubber, 20 cents; hides and skins. 10 cents;
 raw wool. 10 per cent: raw silk, % per cent; coffee, cents a pound; fibers and manufactures of now, free, 10 per cent; lumber and manufactures of wood ~ot including wood pulp, 10 per cent; lin, un- manufactured. 10 cents a pound; cotton. manufactured, ? cents a poupl crude cocoa, 20 per cent; oils now fres, 10 per cent; tea, 15 cents pound; works of art,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

planes and captive balloon. Both the British and French airmen have carried out notable bombing exploits on German positions behind the line.
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Local Data

For the 2 hours ending at p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
AUTOMOBILE TAX

Suggested annual assessments on auto mobiles, auto trucks and motorcycles would be based on their selling prices AS follows: Not more than $500, Sl; between $500 and $75o, g; $750 and sI0Oo. s3 s100C, and $500; $5; $l5oo and s200 s7, and more than 5000, $10
 A stamp tax of cent for each 10 cents. or iractlon thereo on admission tickets or theatres, baseball games and other places of amusements and a tax of | ner cent on the wholesale cost of musical ln- struments or parts are suggestcd.