The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-08-15
HEROLD CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES

Government expects by this change to
largely increase the revenue because Of
the higher retail price.
William Pitt Kellogg died last Sat
urday, aged eighty-seven years, Dur
ing the carpet bag days he was Gov
ernOr of Louisiana, and was also elect
ed to the United States Senate by a
carpet bag" legislature.
July has broken previous monthly
sales of War-Savings Stamps The
cash receipts in the Treasury Depart
ment from the sale of Thrift and War
Savings Stamps for the month of July
totals :x211. This. represents
an Investment and a lean to the Gov
ernment at the average rate of 81 for
every man, woman and child in Amer
lea.
4 disDatch dated the 14th states that
the Provost Marshal General has or
dered that all young men throughout
the United states who have become
twenty-one years of age since June 9TH
last. shall be registered ON the 24th Of
this month. 1t is now planned to hold
the first registra ton of men between
eighteen and twenty-one years of age
and those between thirty-one and
forty-five early during the coming
month, if the man-power bill is en-
acted into law before that time, as ex-
pected.
On the 18th the House Committee on
Ways and Means adopted an occupa-
ton tax. There is no definite estimate
yet as to how much it will raise in rev.
enue. Under the plan adopted, the
prorrietors of any concern doing bust
ness cf $1,000 year. or mere, will pay
a SO annual tax, and wholesale con-
Germs doing business of 100000. or
more, will have to pay a tax of $25
along similar lines. This does not
apply to clerks or employees of con-
Germs, nor the salaried men. Farmers,
clergymen. school teachers and me-
chanics are also exempted.
Tuesday the Senate Military Com
nfttee reported to the Senate the new
draft Lii. extending it to the ages ot
| eighteen and forty-five years. The bill
| will be considered next Monday. 1t
was prepared under the direction OF
the Secretary of War. and its imme-
diate passage will be urged. A work
or fight amendment was made to the
bill. 1t provides that when any per
son shall have been placed in deferred
or exempted classification" he shal
mot be entitled to remain there unless
he shall in good faith, while physically
/ able to do so, work aud follow an es
sential occupation.
. Official dispatches from Moscow
dated the 14th. are to the effect thai
the Soviet government leaders are
about to declare war upon the Allies
Consul General Poole. after witnessin:
the violation of the French and British
consulates. and the arrest of the con
| sui generals and their staffs. destroyed
his code hook and papers and turnet
the affairs Of the American consul owe
to the Swedish consul, at the sam,
time demanding safe conduct from tn
country for himself and his associates
French and British citizens have beel
arrested and the Bolsheviki have All
nounced they would hold them as hos
tages. because Of the attack on tn
soviet government by British AM
French trocps at Archangel. Member
OF the French and British military mis-
siolls, stationed at Moscow. were re
fused permission to leave the country
in spite of the promise OF safe conduct