The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-25
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country, he said today, ana W.
want no Stacker dollars. If thes'
great corporations had soul, the.
would throw away these dollars the.
now hoard
Amendments pressed today to fer
ret out hidden wealth, provide:
That brokers and boards of trade
must make sworn statement o.
transactions-se forth gains OF
losses-to the internal revenue de
partment They must also furnish
such information as may determine
whether all income tax due on
profits or gains of customers had
been paid"
That banks, trust companies, real
estate dealers, insurance companies,
administrators, receivers and employ
ers who make to another person any
payment of interest, salary, premium
or other fixed determinable gain, ex-
ceeding $500 in any year, must make
return setting out the sum paid
and to whom.
That any person or concern which
agrees to rebate to client any por
ton of income tax assessed by reason
of the other two amendments shall
be fined $1,000.
Those amendments have already
been tentatively agreed to, but they
may be further expanded.
Germany's Answer.
by John Grandens, United Press
Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Aug. 25.--Germany's an
swer to Pope Benedict's peace note
will be drafted by reichstag sub
committee representative of all politi
AL orffnc We, oti It'll hn
represented in accordance with their
strength.
Announcement today said the sub
committee would include two social
lists, two members of the centrist par
ty and one delegate each from the
conservative. national, liberal and pro-
gressive parties.
War Department Order Stands.
WASHINGTON. Aug 25.-The war
department ruled today that it's or
ders sending the Forty-first division
to Charlotte, n. c., instead Of the Palo
Alto camp will stand, despite the
western and northwestern protests
against it.
The war department proposes, how
ever, to fit up the camp site at Palo
alto later and probably will transfer
some of their national army division
from American Lake. Washington,
there, when cold weather sets in.
Representative Kahn, California,
sent Mayor Rolph, San Francisco. a
telegram saying the war department
would regard it fatal to have four
weeks delay entailed in putting al
proper sewerage system into the Pa
10 Alto camp.
Peace Treaty Signed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The first
peace treaty between organized labor
and the United States government
was signed today.
1t provided for commission OF
three to adjust wages, hours and con-
ditions of labor in all private ship
plants in the country.
President Wilson has named ". |
Everett Macy, as the representative
of the public on the board. The men
to be named by the government ship
ping board and President Gompers, of
the American Federation Of Labor,
have not yet been announced.
Macy is New York capitalist, d. |
of the National Child Labor commits
sion.
The plan to settle shipyard troubles |
Is the forerunner of scheme to pre-
veat strikes in munition and war sup
plies plants now being arranged be-
tween government officials and labor
leaders.
The originator of both plans is
Louis D. Wehle, of Louisville, KY.
The signers to it were F. D. Roose
velt, assistant secretary Of the navy;
Admiral w L. Caps general man
ager of the emergency fleet corpora
ion; Samuel Gompers and tnterna-
ional officers Of the various trades
engaged in ship building.
Under the agreement the wages
and working conditions in effect on
July Is will continue wherever labor
roubles are threatened in ship yards.
Then the board of three adjusters
step in to consider demands for high
ar wages or better working condi
ions The labor leaders agreed not
% call out their men pending efforts
If the board to settle the dispute.
The boards decision shall be final
md binding on all parties but either
side to the dispute may reopen the
question six months later IL it de-
;ires.
Gompers VIII actually appoint two
members to the board-one from the
metal trades and one from among
wooden ship carpenters. But only !
,ne will sit on the board on any ques-
ion in dispute ]
The agreement also provides for ,
,wo assistant members of the board
With voting powers, to sit in when -.
disputes concerning private plants t
-sn4- f~ys
he owner and one Of the employees. !
Similar provision for representation {
N the board IS made In case of dis {
,ute in private yards doing work for s
he navy department. s
Under the plan the country is di-
rided into districts, each WITH an ex-
,miner for the ship yard owners and
,ne for the labor organizations The
examiners conduct the preliminary