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Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
b|C LIBERTY
 LOAN DRIVES
 ARE PLANNED
Three Campaigns, Each to
 Provide Five Billion, Out lined. May Combine Larg- est Credit Ever Sought
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 WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-Tentative plans of the Treasury provide for three big liberty loan campaigns within the next year, each to raise s5,000, 900 900 or more. The first will be from Sep tember 2S to October 19, as announced, the next is planned for JanuarX or February and the third May or June.
 Must Raise Sixteen Billion
 This program will be necessary, it is explained. to provide $16, GOO, 900, 900 required in addition to the SS00O, ,000.- 900 to be provided by the new revenue bill.
 If government expenses and loans to allies fall much below the S24, ,000,- 900 estimate, the government is ex- pected to try to combine two loans in- to one big campaign for the largest credit ever sought by any nation. Such a campaign would be set for some time in the late winter
 Practically Pay Taxes In Advance
 Money needs between loan periods will be financed by sale of short term certificates of indebtedness, as in the past. In addition. the treasury looks for steady inflow of money from tax certificates which banks and corpora tiOns probably will buy in billion dol
 
 paying taxes in advance.
 The treasury will make the loans as few, and the time of financial rest be- tween the campaign as long as pos sible. Officials would much rather have only one more big solicitation in addi- tion to the fourth campagn to start late next month, than two before the end of the fiscal year next June 30
 The treasury wishes to avoid float ing loans in the Christmas holidays. and the weeks of commercial inactiv- ty, following. Another bad time for loans is the spring planting season, when farmers arc busy and business men have less time than uual 10 devote to campaigning. The third period 10 be avoided is June when war taxes must be paid.
 An example of the fluctuations of eX- penditures is the fact that with August more than half gone. the allies have called for only $71,002O00 loan pay ments, a little more than one third the usual rate of borrowings.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18

MARSHAL FOCH has at last definitely connected up WI the battles of the Aisne and the Sonme
 Announcement is made that, by local attack the plateau north of Aueches about ten miles northwest of Sossons has been carried by the French and that their success gives them position dominating the region tending northward toward the Disc river.
 French Advance Upward of One Mile
 The attack, while local in character must have had plenty of power to carry far ahead is indicated in dispatches The French line from the Asne to the Disc has been inactive since early in July. It through Aueches to MoulnSous Touvent and thence northwest erv throughthe Carepont and Ourscamp forests to the Disc.
 If the whole plateau north of Autreches has been taken from the Germans, the French have advanced up- wards of mile in that region.
 Eyes of World Fixed Upon Allies
 When the Germans halted their retreat from the Malne salient and made stand the Aisnc, it slmed blow northwest of SoissOns would be struck success would outfank the Germans and compel their retreat their old lines north of the Chemin Des Dames
 Then the Picardy offensive began and the eyes of the world fixed the allied progress east of the Avre and Ancre
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
REVENUE BILL
 WILL PRODUCE
 EIGHT BILLION
Changes in Schedules May
 Lower Total, Which Prob
 ably Would Put Tax On Tea and Coffee
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 WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-The new revenue bill will raise a total of SS,- OOO,OOO,0O0 for the expenses of the gov ernment in the present fiscal year, Chairman Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Committee announced when the committee adjourned. It is prob- able, Chairman Kitchin said. that the bill will be introduced next week and be taken up by the House week from Monday.
 Changes in the schedules not as yet definitely fixed may lower the total. it was said. In that event the committee may resort to a customs tax and floor tax on tea, coffee and similar products.
 Conditions May Affect Revenue
 Changing conditions also may af- feet the amount of revenue to be ob- tained. The committee is watching the outcome of the effect to pass a national wartime prohibition meas ure, which the Senate is to take up August "A. If prohibition measure is enacted revenues to be obtained under the bill will be decreased con- siderably.
 The next tax on liquors is under stood to provide substantial increase on whiskey and other liquors and soft drinks a total revenue of s1,000, ,000, 900 or more. The liquor-taX rates are be- ing withheld from publication to guard against withdrawals of whiskey from bond. The committee finally approved the tobacco schedule unchanged from rates heretofore announced.
 Articles Deemed Luxuries
 In the ten -per:cent tax of articles deemed luXuries above a certain price it made the tax apply to women's ! waists in excess of s15, instead of sf0 | as previously agreed to, and to women's | hats at S15 instead of s25. Motor boats and canoes were added to the 10-per- -cent tax on yachts and pleasure boats, but it exempted motor boats and canoes costing s20 or less the exemption being to protect home built craft.
 Considerable interest has been mani feSted in the normal tax on personal incomes. and the committee announced the text of the schedule as follows:
 Incomes Affected and How } Normal taxes: Section 210-That 1 there shall be levied collected and paid ] for each taxable year upon the net in- come of every individual, a normal tax as follows:
 "(A)-In the case of citizen or resi- dent of the United States 10 per cent ! of the amount of the net income in eX- ! cess of the credits provided in section 2l6; provided that upon the first s4, ,0of
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Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
Official Statements
AMERICAN

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 WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Gen- eral Pershing's communique for Saturday says:
 'ln the Vosges our troops in the course of successful local attacks captured the village of Frapelle.
 Yesterday in Lorraine one of our aviators shot down a hostile machine"
 The communique for Friday fol- lows: Yesterday in the region of Fiery our aviators shot down a hostile machine. The following details of the aerial combat have been reported:
 "Lieutenant Stiles and Lieuten- ant Drew attacked four .Fokker bi-planes over FIiery on August IS. One of the planes was brought down, Lieutenant Stiles and Lieu tenant Drew being credited equally with the destruction of the ma chine"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
AMERICANS TAKE VILLAGE IN LORRAINE;
 MANY GERMANS KILLED AND CAPTURED
Tucson Street Car Strike Is
 NOt OVer Yet

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 TUCSON, Aug. Y. - Striking street car motormen interviewed Governor Hunt early this morning, as he was passing through the city enroute to Camp Cody, at Demine, N. M.. and the executive left his secretary, Louis LowenthaI, here to attempt to effect settlement.
 lowenthaI conferred with the strikers and issued a statement de- claring he believed it would be useless for him to see Manager Frank Russell of the Tucson Rapid Transit company, and championlns the demands of the strikers.
 He said he would urge the gov ernor to ask that federal media tor be sent here at once.
 The company has been operated at a deficit, it is claimed, and it has pending before the state cor poration commission an applica ton for financial relief in the form of sanction of an increase in pas senger fares. Manager Frank Rus sell assured the men that in the event this relief were forthcoming, they might expect to receive an increase in pay and they were asked to enter into truce until September 3, the date of the hear ing, but the men refused.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
LINE RIDER KILLS
 ESCAPING PRISONER.
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 EIs PASO. Aug. IA man giving his name as Peter J. Seterson was shot and it is believed, instantly killed, when he broke and ran from a GUS toms line rider here tonight The shooting occurred at point about 800 fet cast of the Stanton street inter- national bridge.
 The man who was seen lettering in the vicinity for some time was stopped and searched by the officer and was being taken to the bridge custom house for further questioning when he broke away and started to wade the Rio Grande. The officer fired and the man fell, his body being carried by the current to the Mexican side.
 According to the polics papers taken from the man contained military in formation. but the customs authorities declined to divulge anything concern ing the nature of their contents.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
BRITISH

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 LONDON, Aug 17.-The war of- flee tonight issued the following statement on the operations in Picardy and Flanders:
 "Our line north of Proyart was slightly advanced last night and today progress has been made by our troops on front of nearly a mile north of Lihons. A few pris- oners and machine guns were taken by us.
 During the earlier part of the night the enemy attacked certain of our posts in the Scherpenberg sector and was repulsed after sharp fighting. A raid attempted by the enemy early this morning in the neighborhood of Locre alAo was beaten off, leaving prisoners our hands,"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
BO[SAEV|K| ADMIT
 CONTROL WEARS END
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 STOCKHOLM, Aug. 1.-The Social Demokraten. publishes a report sent from Petrograd August 8 by a Swedish Socialist saying that the Czecho- Slow ak advance on Moscow" is expected to result any day in the Russian gov ernment officials returning to Petro- grad.
 The latest soviet mobilization has been a total failure and the Bolsheviki openly admit that the end of their power may come within a few weeks or even days. The newspaper informant says that former Russian officers are being shot by the wholesale and that thus far more than 1,700 have been killed.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
SURVIVORS IF TANK
 STEAMSHIP LANDED

NORFOLK. Va. Aug. 17.-Fortv-on survivors of the British tank steam ship Mirlo. torpedoed by a German submarine of Cape Hstteras last night. were landed here tonight. Seven of the survivors were so badly inurjed they were sent to a hospital. They reported that ten members of the tanker's crew are missing.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.-Reports to the navy department today did not make clear the cause of the destruction of the Mirlo.
 According to the navy's information no submarine was sighted but it was possible that a. torpedo hit the ship, causing the explosion. The Mirlo was armed.
 More complete details have been re. quested form the commandant of the sixth naval district at Charleston. <. C.. through whom the reports were re- ceived
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
KEEP UP ARTILLERY
 FIRE CONTINUALLY

WITH THE, AMERICAN ARMY ON THE NESLE FRONT, Aug. 17.-(By the Associated Press)-Along the Nesle the French and Americans have con- tinued their harrassing artillery fire day and night, the Germans replying at intervals. There was no infantry action on either side and the line re- mains unchanged
 The Germans apparently are confin- ing their efforts to the air their bomb- ing machines Friday night reaching points along the Marne south and southwest of F'ismes Anti-aircraft guns quickly drove off the enemy At some places the Germans dropped bombs on the Marne where the French and Americans were completing the reconstruction of bridges destroyed by the Germans in their retreat
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
RECOGNITION BY
 BR|T|SHOF CzECHO-
 SL0VAKS DENOUNCED
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 VIENNA, Aug. 17.-(Via London)-I British recognition of the Czecho Slovaks as a nation was denounced in an official statement issued here to- day. The statement declares that the members of the Czecho- Slovak army will be regarded and treated as traitors by Austria Hungary. The statement says:
 "The form and contents of this lat est declaration of the British govern ment must be emphatically repudi- ated. The Czecho- Slovaks' national council is a committee of private per sons who have DO mandate from the Czecho- Slovak people and still less from the Czecho- Slovak nation which exists only in the imagination of the Entente.
 Equally absurd is it to represent this committee as a future government, which as yet does not exist.
 Cannot Be Ally of Entente
 ''In reference to the CZecho-S -Slovak's army it may constitute a part of the Entente army, but it certainly cannot be an ally of the Entente in the sense of international law. It is well known to us that only slight fraction of the self styled Czecho- Slovak army are Austrian or even Hungarian citizens of Slovak tongue.
 "These disloyal elements, guilty of perjury will. notwithstanding the En- tente's recognition, be regarded and treated as traitors. It cannot be per mitted' that the peoples who have al ways fulfilled their duties as Austrian and Hungarian citizens, and whose sons as members of the Austro- Hun garian army fought bravely against the Entente, shall be subjected to the suspicious cast upon them by such methods as employed by the British official declaration.
 "The Austro- Hungarian government reserves it's steps in this regard"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
FRENCH

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 PARIS. Aug. 17.-The French made further progress today north and south of the Avre, having taken 1000 prisoners and numer- ous machine guns since yesterday, according to the war office state ment tonight. They captured the village of Canny- sur Matz, and in addition took enemy positions on a front of nearly two miles to depth of more than mile in the region of Aptreches in the Sossons sec tor. The text of the communica- ton says:
 "Our progress continued north and south of the Avre where we have taken one thousand prison CTS and numerous machine guns since yesterday. Further south, we captured Canny- sur Matz, and north of the Aisne we captured enemy positions on front of five kiIometers, and to a depth of 1,500 meters in the region of Autreches. In this latter action we took 240 prisoners.
 Twelve enemy airplanes were brought down yesterday"
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Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
INDUSTRIAL
 WORKERS ARE
 FOUND GUILTY
Jury Renders Verdict After
 Only One Hours Delibera-
 tion. Will Hear Arguments
 For New Trial La ter
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 CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-One hundred leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World were found guilty as charged in the indictment by the jury after one hours deliberation at their trial for conspiracy to disrupt the na tions war program. late today. Ar guments for a new trial will be heard next week.
 The defendants. including William D. tBig Bib Haywood, general sec retary treasurer of the I. ". w., the highest position in the organization. face a maximum penalty of 2 years in prison and s10,00O fine each.
 Fifth Count Withdrawn
 Federal Judge K. NJ. Landis in his charge to the jury. withdrew the fifth and last count of the indictment which charged conspiracy to violate the pds- tai laws and particularly that section excluding from the mails enterprises in the nature of schemes to defraud.
 The remaining four counts of the in dictment specifically charge violation of the espionage act, the section of the criminal code prohibiting interference with the civil rights of citizens. the selective service act and the conspir- acy statute.
 End Came Suddenly The close of the case, which has been before the court for 13S days was | sudden. Two minor witnesses testified at the morning session and following them Frank K Nebeller. of Salt Lake l City. chief counsel for the government. began his closing argument for which he was allowed two hours but con stunned scarcely halr of that time. Then George r. Vanderveer. head of the defense legal starr. to the surprise of all in the court room declared that he would submit the case to the jury without making d closing statement.
 In his closing argument, Attorney Nebeker said:
 You have been engaged in one Of the most epoch making trials in tho history of the country
 Must Ob-y Highest Court
 The Wisd' n of the laws of this country is not at issue, We obey the decisions of the highest court and that is the only way that republic can live. Anything that strikes at that is a dangerous thing
 -l The wisdom of the decisions of the courts of this country i; not at issue. The industrial system is not on trial: this case is not against any interests of honest working men. CT againt any patriotic labor organization And no effort is being made by the govern ment to justify mob violence. the Bis bee deportation. or ofber lawless acts.
 Struck at Governments Foundations
 At its very start. the l. W. ". I struck at the foundations of our gov I crnment. Is it not peculiar that i'm every state of the union these fellows got into trouble? In a little town an ordinance is passed. They come and violate it and say they are going to violate it.
 The documents issued by the dc fendants themselves are enough to convict them. When you consider the Continued on Page Two)
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
DROP BOMBS UPON
 FIELD HOSPITAL

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT, Aug. 17.-By The Associated Press)--German bomb ing machines have made two separate attacks upon an American field hos pital south of The Vesle, but were driv- en off by anti i-aircraft guns. There were no casualties
 The Germans dropped five bombs Thursday night and six Friday night, two of the latter failing to explode. The hospital tents cover several acres. The nearest bomb struck within 20 yards of one large tent.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
JAPANESE TROOPS SENT ID MANCHUR|A.
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TOk1O, Tuesday. Aug. 13.-The gov ernment today issued statement an houncinS that under the agreement with China in view of the danger threatening the border of Manchuria. Japan was dispatching troops thence from Manchuria.
 The statement says
 The attention of the Japanese gov ernment recently has been called to the growing activities of armed German and Austria Hungarian prisoners in Siberia along the borders of Manchuria These prisoners have virtually as vlAed command of the forces of sov- lets now are pressing upon the Chinese frontier and the imminence of danger has compelled q large number of Jap anese and Chinese of that town to seek refuge in flight
 The situation involves a direct PNcnacc to Chinese territory and is nc less serious concern 10 Japan. Tie two governments accordingly consid cred in common the course 10 bc adopted.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
BATTLES OF AISNE
 AND SOMME ARE AT
 LASTCONNECTEDUP
(By the Associated Press)

The Americans in Lorraine have enlivened an ordinarily quescent sector by taking from the Ger the village of Frapee five miles east of St. Die.
 The action, which started with the proportions of raid in the early hours Saturday morning. developed into organized attack under the dash of the Ameri troops immediately after they left their trenches
 The German losses evidently were heavy in killed and wounded and prisoners also were taken by the Americans.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
CITY OF DARMSTADT
 BOMBED BY A1RMEN
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 LONDON. Aug. 1.-The city of Darmstadt, capital of the grand duchy of Hesse in Western Germany, was at- tackled by allied airmen Friday morn ing according to an Exchange tele- graph dispatch from Amsterdam. Four persons were killed and many injured as result of the bombardment and considerable property damaged is re- ported The allied air squadrons lost four machines.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
LABOR SCARCE IN FRANCE

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 WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Scarcity of labor in France has become so acute the women prisoners have been re- leased from jail to work, according to information received by the Y. w. C. A. war work council here.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
STORM KILLS THREE

a DUBUQUE, Ia.. Aug. TIA storm which broke here shortly after mid night Saturday resulted in the death of three men and caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to growing crops.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
Eyes of World Fixed Upon Allies
May Break Down Resistance

This. drive has recently been almost at d standstil Only local actions have been fought for the past four days along the line established by the Ger mans west of the Somme. Some of the progress. especially along the south- ern sector of the line. has been import ant though hardly noticeable on a map, but the Germans are desperately defending every inch Of the high ground southwest of Noyon and south of Lassigny. as well as the area around Rove. The allied pressure is contin- nous and may eventually break down enemy resistance.
 Foch May Exploit Success
 There are no indications that Mar shal Foch will continue his pressure northwest of Soissons but his first success there may be exploited. It would not be surprising to see the fighting spread between the Aisne and the Disc. for an allied victory in that region would break the hinges of both the Aisne and the Somme lines and compel a German retirement on both sides of the new battle area. From Soissons to Reims the allies have been doing little since the Americans re- gained their positions at Fismette.
 In the Flanders sector, there have been no engagements of a significant character.
 Fighting in Russia Growing
 The fighting in Russia has begun to assume proportions which will attract considerable attention. The front is not continuous but it may be said to be in the form of a crescent. extend - ing from Baum, on the Caspian sea, northward along the western foothills of the Urals and east of the Nolga riv- CT and then swinging more to tho northwest until it reaches Omega bay, an arm of the Arctic ocean.
 i Announcement is made from Tokio that the movement of Japanese troops to the Manchurian front has been or dergEs It is-probable that these troops wf<FsS or have landed at Port Arthur an moved northward toward the traa 2aikal country. where the Bol- sheVrnl are in control.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
GOVERNOR GRAHAM
 DECLINES TO TALK

MONTPELIER. Vt, Aug. 17-Gov- ernor Horace Graham, who was asked yesterday in resolutions adopted by the republican state committee to resign immediately because of the discovery of alleged Irregularities in the hand ling of his accounts while auditor. an nounced through his private secretary today that he would make no state Iment until he had obtained full re- port of the committees action.
 In his report Bank Commissioner Williams said he was compelled to dis agree with the recently published statement of Governor Graham as to the facts shown by the auditors books.
 MT. Williams said that Governor Graham, while auditor. paid the ex- penses of his department by his OWE