Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-18

Baseball, theater and other amuse-
ment tickets, 10 per cent-$75, 100000.
Pullman and parlor "a tickets, 10
per cent-$7, 900, 0O0.
Jewelry, 5 per cent of price at fac
tory-$7,000,000.
Proprietary medicines, stamp tax
$6,5O0,OOO.
First class mail rate increase to 3
cents for letters and 2 cents for postal
cards-$70,0 100000.
Second class mail rate increase to 2
cents per pound as minimum charge
and institution of n system-$20,-
600, 1000.
Cigars, graduated tax up to SO a
thousand-$10,000,000
Cigarettes, increase to $3.50 a thou
sand-$17,0 100000.
Manufactured tobacco, increase to 10
cents a pound-$25, 100000.
Wholesale tobacco dealers, $25 a year
49, 1000.
Sporting goods, 8 per cent of price
at factory-$15,0O0,00
Total, $1,509, 100000.
In addition, the committee will con-
slider putting into the bill the following
taxes:
Inheritance tax, increase of one-third
up to inheritances of $S,O00,0O0 and
more thereafter-$100,0O 900, 000.
Income tax, making individuals pay
tax for calendar year of 1916 as well
as 1917-$2OO, 100000.
Refined petroleum, 10 per cent of
wholesale price-$75,O0O, 1000.
Changes In Espionage Bill.
The senate rewrote entirely the CEN
sorship section of the espionage bill.
The revision of the measure originally
drawn by the department Of justice
and ~variously amended was accom-
plished in open session of the senate
and the changes were made In the full
light of publicity. =
The censorship section as perfected
bears little resemblance to the work
Of Attorney General Gregory and his
assistants, who framed the bill of
which it was the most conspicuous
feature.
After ripping the original provision
to shreds Senator Thomas of Colorado,
with the assistance of the representa-
tives of a dozen states and of both pO-
litical parties, produced an amendment
that was pronounced satisfactory by
Senator Overman, the manager of it.
Under its terms the president is au
tho1i1n1 70 nrouoy% 4ha N,.hlioofjon ~
news specifically relating to the move
ment, numbers, description and dispo.
sition of the armed forces of the coun-
try, but is not given the power to limit
or restrict any discussion, comment or
criticism of the acts and policies of the
government.
AS amended by the senate the bill
will now be considered, and, inasmuch
as most of the Objectionable features of
1t have been corrected or eliminated,
1t was not expected that there would
be any serious opposition to 1t,
In addition to rewriting the censor
ship feature, the senate radically mod
1ied the last chapter of the bill, which
proposed to confer upon the postmas-
ter general autocratic power to censor
the mails and to determine the char
acter of written and printed matter to
be excluded.
Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief
of staff of the United States army, and
Rear Admiral James II. Glennon will
be the military and naval members of
this nations commission to Russia.
The remainder of tho DorsoDDnl aG
officially announced is as follows:
Elihu Root. Republican. of New
York, chairman.
Charles Edward Russell, Socialist
leader and writer. of New York.
James Duncan, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, of Mas
sachusetts.
John r. Mott of New York.
Charles II. Crane, manufacturer,
Democrat, of Chicago.
Samuel R. Bertron, banker, Of New
York.
Lieutenant Colonel William V. Jud.
son of the army engineers.
Lieutenant Colonel r. Bentley Mott,
retired, of the army engineers.
Mr.. Crane already is in Russia.
Colonel Mott and Colonel Judson pre-
viously have been attached to the
American embassy at Petrograd as
military attaches and were selected
for that reason