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NEWS NOTES.

been reached. And not only has
scissors been captured, but French,
American and British troops have
pushed in the entire enemy front
from Scissors to Thillois, distance
of thirty-six miles. So harrassed is
the enemy in all parts of the Sois-
sons Rheims salient that it is doubt
full whether he can mako stand
along the Aisne.
Federal Court DEGREES declaring
the so-called Harvester trust to be an
unlawful combination and ordering
it's dissolutions arc to be carried into
effect at once, under an agreement
between the Government and the In
ternational Harvester Company. The
suit was instituted by the Govern
ment in 1912 and an appeal has been
pending in the Supreme Court since
1915. Under the agreement the COM
pany's appeal will be dismissed
Wedged in passages and on the
stairs of the subway, while crowds
tried vainly to find the crosstown
cars. many women tainted and a
number of persons suffered minor in
juries in New York when the new
<'H" subway system went into effect.
The confusion resulted from the pas
sengers not knowing where to find
the cross-town cars and many per-
sons were lost or wandered aimlessly
about the platforms.
A war profits tax, separate from
all other taxes, will be pressed with
renewed vigor in the House Ways
and Means Committee this week.
The measure is aimed to reach all
war profteors and is strengthened
by the stand of President Wilson on
the subject. All plans to raise
$4,000, 100000 from excess profits
and income taxes thus far have fall
en- short of the required amount.
The decision of the National War
Labor Board in the dispute between
the Bethlehem Steel Company and
its employees as announced fixes the
basis of wages on an eight-hour day,
with elimination or readjustment of
the bonus system and gives the men
the right to form a union, repre-
tof ~ ioh xxrif 4,
representatives of the Steel Company
to decide future wage scales.
In it's consideration of the $4,000
100000 revenue bill the House Ways
and Means Committee increased sur
taxes on all incomes above 100000.
The committee was advised by Treas
ury experts in favor of the English
system of both excess profits and
alternative war profits taxes, the
Treasury to apply whichever plan
promises the greater revenue in each
case.
A German Submarine sunk the
British ambulance steamer Warilda
as the vessel was homeward bound
from France with sick and wounded
A large number of incapacitated men
were killed by the explosion of the
torpedo or drowned in attempting to
leave the vessel in small boats. Sew
eral Americans were on board and
soua re fbopo ,,,iccinn
With casualty list of 283 report
ed Sunday, the largest for any single
day, the weeks total now stands at
1,430, compared with 1850 for last
week. The total casualties since the
United States entered the war now
arc 1876, of which the number of
deaths from all causes is 6,144,
wounded 1924, and missing 1888.
Only the fleeing Germans have
exceeded the American troops in dis
lance traversed since the allied drive
began. The Americans have played
a prominent part in the great vic
tory. The salient is gone and France
ind civilization has reason to rejoice
Establishment of national pub
lie utilities administration to recon-
mend rate increases for certain
utilities as war measure, the asso-
citation to represent practically oil
State commissions, has been recon-
mended to President Wilson.
Submarines again are working off
the Atlantic seaboard-off the Vir-
ginia coast, where an American tank
steamer has been sunk, and off Nova
Scotia, where q number of small
craft have been sent to the bottom.
With the launching of the $500
ton Quistoonck, the first ship to slip
down the ways at the Hog Island
yards, the United States has reached
the point where ships can be fabri-
Gated in quantities.