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NEW REVENUE BILL C1FLEIED

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nil rum Niwun (hr »n>» oi 1' and 4a -Ttii» U not a n»» folio A toner} and a qnar-rr a*« It wn» dr l.h« :»:< .> orxlalr.r.1 b» thou »li» w. rr !h«n rr»i>oiiaiblr for lb« *atrt> and drlrnar of thr nation that thr duty of milit*:} *er-\W-w sliould r«»t ui>or. all ablr Iwwlh-d mm In tattn thr aara of la and 4 \V« mm arrri't and fulfill th. oMIenUM which thr* ««tabllihrd. an obllcatkm « »pm..d In our national alatuw* firm that time tfbtil ih>» Wr aolrmnly furpon a drrtalvc victor* of arm a end drUbrrmtrl* di*ot* thr Ur*rr part of th. tnilltar* man power of th* nation to thr art rtnpHabmrnt of that potpo.* "Thr younger mm ha*, from th.- trrt brm trad} to no Tfcr* hav. furntahrd volustary mliaunrntr out n all propottion to their numb, rr Our military au'torttl.* regard th.m a» ha*In* th* lil*hr*t eomhatar.i Utsalitira Tfcrtr youthful enUiua^iMn. thrlr vtrll* ray.rn.-a*. «h*li sallatf ap.r.t c! caring. maV. th. tr. th* admiration of all who a*r »hrm In art.on Tf.r* evtet not only t*. d.stirctiao of ►*rvins In thla sr.at war btr alao th* icaptrtng mrmor:*a which hundred* of thooaanda of th.ro will eh. r.ft. through tb* yrar* to com., of a grrat day and a gr.at *.-rvlcr for th».r cur try and for mankind. "By thr mm of thr older group now callrd upon thr opportunity now .•;#»rd to th* «t wJ! hr acreptrd with th.- calm r*-*olutl«in of thoar who r.alac to th* fm. * d**p and aolrlmn aigniflcanc* of what thry do. Ha* irr mad* a jlat* for thrmarlvra in thrlr r**p*cti** communltir*. having aaaumrd a* bom* thr graver rraponaibilitl. * of Ilf* In many *phet«-«. looking back upon bonorabir record* in cl* II and industrial Ilf*, thr* w.U milt. . a» t« rhap« no othrr* could, how entirely thrlr own fortune* and th* fortune* of all whom thry love are put at *Uke in thla war for right, and will know that thr very record* they have made render thi* hew duty thr rommandinr duty of thel.- Uvea. Thry know horn- aurely thla I* the cation* war. how imperatively It demand* the mobillxation and c—-aing of all our rtoourcr* of every kind Thry will regard thla call a* the supreme ral" of their day and will answer It accordingly "Only a portion of those who register will be called u|ion to bear anna. The** who are not physically fit will tr excused; those exempted by alien vUrg-an.*. • hr.se who a.’-ould not hr relieved of their pteaent rrepocaibihtie* ; above all. those who cannot be rpared from the civil and industrial ta^k* at horn* upon which thr aurre*. of our artnlra depend* as much at upon th* fighting at the front. But all must be regiftcred in order that the selection for military service may he made intelligently and with full informaticn. Thi* will be our final demonstratlon of loyalty, democracy and the win to win. our solemn notice to all th* world that we stand absolute!;.- toretb*r in a common resolution ar.d purpose. It Is th* call to duty ’o which every true man la th* country will respond with pride and with the ror.acSouanrs* that .t doing so hr play- his part in rindicatp-n of a great eacae at wboac summon* *v.ry true heart offers it* supreme service **

The War Mtasurr Will Affect Everybody. EARLY PASSAGE EXPECTED

Alt*svtaliv* Wao Arrarped Ta Beach C*c*aa War Pcchta—Rat*a Of taiating Law Practically

OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF NATION S MAN POWER

Waahinjrcr. Vr. otimals t.;- Louisiana the War Isepartmen* p v-’e* the note- Maine her of men who will register for mS'.l- Maryland . tar* aervio os S»p:*mber i; a: ap- Maaaarhc*. proxfmaieiy !i'T:*T;» Th.lt is on th* Michigan bat.* of the iaat r-nvuv and the figure* Mlnneacita In the o;Inlun of some officers, may be MMi.stlppi axn <ded The es-ima'.-d total number of mal • Mo:.tana 1* 1 r.]*-'.'.- ■' t-vi from this r.Brrb'-r N.bmsta

Doubled. Washington — »'omi4.!ing Ita Usk of framing the IK.i <■>•>' ‘‘*•0 War K. - anu* bill, the Hou*. Ways and Meat-’ Committee reported tb. m.-avar* the House It ram** grratl) Increase! Income taxeo. beginning with a normstax of fi per cent cn all below - a year and abo*r thr rvempiton llml:* To rroch war profits a flat war prof Its" tax ot fit* per cm: la levied with an alternative plan of .xcraa prof.:taxes ranging from SS to To per err.t Thr maximum aurtax or. Income !► raised to 6S per cent and the norm* tax on all Income* men than If.bi. U madr IS per cent The bill, which will affect either d> rectly or tndlrrcUy every prraon and buslnus concern In the Itnltrd Stale*, probably will hr taken up In the Houa> for consideration next Thursday, wltii prospects that It can hr disposed of within a week or 10 days Treasury experfa hare ratlptatid Chairman Kitchln stand, that the bill as finally agreed upon will produr. an annual revenue of between $*.10" (Hrf-.MiA and fthus maklr.t the measure by far th. greatest rr* mu- producing proposal which Cor. gr.-a* has .^er been called upon :o enact. Th. bill In its final form. Chairman Kitchln said. Is in the main aatlafa. tery both to th* Treasury Isparun»r.:.:d :« the Way* and kl.ans Comm, tee. }*ecreury MrAd<- said, had approved all of the achedEi.x with ti exrrfitKin of th* rat-, on «ree*s prof. - ar.d the IK per cent, normal tnooctax cr. corje.rations. with th. aba'*m« r.t vf t j*r c*nt. for distribution -jf

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The octstandicr fea:crr» at the com r’et-i hill tr. It deei not tmpC., consumption taxe* cr a higher tariff, aa it was under atrod ;h*t r*.ther would be reaortec to unless tf! other mean- of rauing the lU'OOPW.OfiO should fall. Ev*ry r^TSot and .very buaineas concern in the Lnttsd State* and every American portion of income of foreign corpcrattcr.. operating tr. th* Called F - .a-.:- tx r.ach-d by the jrevi tear of th. MM.

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FRENCH DRIVE ON YANKS IN FRAY

Fall of Noyon Forecast by New Gains of French.

THE DRAFT BILL PASSED BY SENATE

Minimum Age is 18 Years; Maximum is 45.

iUIES’ PfHSltj MM Hi Suns Tikes From Gtni Row Nearing 2.000.1 HUNS SEEK SHORTER |

•oral Cffact Of Allied Of..«», n J German People And Oceat Ta Rlak Ret.remer, ^ J ^ Ta Old Potmen.

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AHIEKICANS FOIL COUNTERS WORK OR FIGHT CUT OUT

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main arc doubl'd A d:s-m*c«y w»r j-rofita tax a* an a!t*mativ« io the

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: *n: law t* levied. The war pratts tax !s a flat S' j^-r c*nt ef the t«t Income I above a a--rife .x aiptioc c-f fl ow, and deducticr. o* !•• j-r cn - of invested capiit." tid'd »Sthdrawn since 1 it# c'oxe tf ih* pr- vxr peri-d Tne war profiu Tax :* nut to exceed X5 pv ct.l in ik* m** r <« r:<-r*tjons ir.**«:-d caplul.of » •for tl. taxaad 4fi

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SEPTEMBER 12, SET AS DRAFT DAY

Registration cf Those From 18 to 45 to Take Place Then.

PROVIDES FOR ABSENTEES Prea.oert Catit Me*, tf Nat-cr T« Duty —TJ.TTfi.75fi Are Expected To En re''—Drawing W.ll Be Held.

1 luxuries to i< jer ».r- ra laid for x variety of art-'!.* tf ip*dfted irir- i« i.*.^>

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British Continue Drive lr Picardy— Croiacllea Kaila. Wh.le Haig'a Men Gam Four Miiea In

Flandera.

Pari*.—The Orman* facing the Allied force* from Arra* to Soiarosa rv- * rrywher* arc In dire peril. On almos' every sector of th* bsttle front th* »n*my line continue* to crumble be- ! fer the Allied attack, notwithstanding the rtoience. bom of dnperaison. of

the ccua:#r-offen*ive tactic*.

N*ar Arras th* old Hindenbcrg line new i. wall outflanked: from the '"irpe to th* Somme th* hostile lice rrxdoally is falling back, while from :h* south of the Somme to Solsaona th* enemy front ha* literally been "mashed and U>* German hosts at-I-ar* ntly are caught in two d-stinct traps, secape from which without t-savy ius-es in men made priaoner and guns and material captured seems . ximoei impoaslbl* ot achievamrnt. Score* of additional towns hav* be* c eap:ur*d by ih* British. French anc | American troop*, the American* havi ;cg ectered the fray with the French i nonnw*;: of Soiaeon*. while all of the old German aalienu a the Allied !i— r - ‘ • e b**n fattened out and . the A”** ihema«lTto hav* dag deeply

i the ensniyV :*Tra1n.

j The first trap in which th* enemy [ finds himself li the triangle formed b. , thi * arp curve of be Somme River. ; w::\ rvronne its ar-x and wfth Curlu or. th' Somme and Freenes. reafwctive:iy. p- northern and soisherr bat*» 1 Th:« angle la a Imle more than ! three miles -.cep and -.x mtlea wifi* and in i: the Germans are fighting with j their ba< L* toward the Somme on both , ih* north and th* east !>e*p*ra;* I reals faces is being offered by the . *o»m* In order that tis men may ! het. t :ne to rtxch a haven of *af. •* ; across the si ream, but the Br.i.ai. a:, (hard after th«r quarry, and wlih the ! Frecrh a little to the south almost up i to tb* river to aid them by an outj fUaxlnc movement It would seen, that j the odd.* are b.avlly against the Ger-

| mac*.

It was th. French troops who sprang the other tiap. With th* fall of fhauib*» the French force* routed th* •Bftiy over a front of about IK m.iaa anc p*titrat'd th* region to a depth at aomi loin!* of nearly seten miles From the north of fhaulces to Neal* the penetrauoe of th* French reach'd the height* «. n th» is ft hank of the Sotr.m. . x'.uthwaru" the advance left the Irenrii along Ih. Canal du Nord

All Efforta To Change The Age Limit Or To Direct Separate Claaaittcation Of Youths UeJcr Twenty-

One Fail.

Waahington.—Thr Manpower Dili, bringing w.tMn the army draft all men from IK to 4S years old. was pass.-d by the Senate. A final amendment by Senator Poindrxter to make th* minimum ag* IK was defeated. S2 to 21. atur many minor amendment* proposed had been bowled over by a chorus of “noea.” to evident amosemret to senators and

spectators.

All effo-ta to change the age limits or to direct separate claxaihcaiton of youth* under 21 fail* 1. The S' nate was recorded unanimously for tb* hill. Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who cast the only nega-* live vote on the roll-call, withdrew tt and was excused from voting The final rote In the Senate was recorded amid unchecked applaus. from th. galleries filled with apecta tor* who attended the session to wit ness final ’congressional action on th. measure that wlU add approximate!* U.OuO.OOO min to the potential mil: - tary atrragtb of the nation snd pro ' toe In the opinion of War Depart ment chiefs, the army that will enabl. the Allies to defeat Germany n«x:

"year.

MOUNT VESUVIUS BttY AC All Fi'at Vio'ent Eruption Of Vcrem Stas* Last fcove-u-r Na: ■ Mount Veen Tin . a v

the oc'ia.r - of Noyon. aoulh and .aotnnexst of Noyon gains al>o w.r* , mad., and Noyon and thr entire region lb.tw.ee Net".* and Solxsots t..w are ! in a great locket, with the French ! idsc< ra working hard to *ios» ut-m .1

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jt:ng out of :he Noyon **ctor and the j outflsnklnr ot th. Also.- and the old ; Chemin <!.- positions Offic.al ! report- ha»* the American* and | French fighting violently »iu tb.

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1 American* and Bago. '.«s and Fiameti

YANKS TURNED TIDE OF BATTLE. Pay* Tribute To First And Third Corpc For Part In Glorious Victory. j American Arm* In France - -Gcnorul -•»«ha J Pershing eommaadernn-chief ^ of the A nr. rlran Army tn France, baa j iaaued the foliowlng Order "It bit* me with pride to record in genera! orders a tribute to the aorrtre ackh*'meats of the First and Third r «n* < f *aiprt*ltg the 1st. Jd. Jd. 4th. | Ztlh. 24th. 22d and 42d divisions of tb» American Espedlttonary Forces I "Too rame lo the battlefield at a : crucial hour for the Allied cause For almost four year* the most formld able army the world ha* y rt sun had prsaaed its invasion of Franc, and stood threatening tta capital. At no ::m' has that army been more pow*tful and menacing than when, on 'July IS. M struck ag-tn to destroy tn on* great battle th* brave men opixwcd to It and to enforce It* brutal - Si upon toe world aud civilisation "Three days later. In conjunction j with cur Allies, you cottuter-attacked Ihe Allied armies gained a brilliant victory that marks the turning point ( of the war You did mare than to give tha Allies the support to which «* a oatlon. nor faith was pl.dged You proved that ©nr altruism, our partFc spirit and our sense of justice -•lave not blunted easy virility or our

j courage

; "You have Shown that American

.'.illative and energy are a* fit for the tasks of war a* for tha pursuit* ot pear* You hare justly won un • minted praise from our Alii** and the • ternal rrallied* of our countiy men hare paid for our suerva- wan •he lives of man* of our brave comrad.e We shall cherish their mem

|nty always and clalim for ou- bMory

'.nd IHaraiure their bravery, achleve-

l thent and aacriftc*

ThU oedex will h* read ,11 or-

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: III at tons following lie iseeipt

•pLrhhing-

MENRY FORD WINS ‘Get* Democratic Stnateria! Nom.na

t!*n In Michigan

IntroM. Mich -The result of tl • ■ • hat-irial flrh- I* d.fib!:el* de.eeRitn.d In tb* nominaiiun of f omaiand er To,mar, H Keaton?, aa It. pub!; .an and Henry Ford as fiunwmlt

i candidate*

, isoado*.—Thr lou: Estea;, g capuead OB the wmtna July U now approach i;-*

•ra and J.Mto guns

t»rrt rnor* than S|.(h*

between August 21

white the Br'tlsb total Iioo, v

aawe ported, tedoding wounded and missing, slightly in excess of that

cons id era bte proponor ,'15.6: casualtio* are tn thr aligh-,* *m clam. The total eaptur.-, :« u/J Ish since August fi exc- f C.K4 J

cen and mm and ft' n;

cumber nearly fifio.

British military oV. -.. t. now clrnr that the G. -raxai, to retire *to a abort': :a* Wan tern front, where t:-> tI8l

j better defensive poet:

constantly ' repeated Entrap I blows and #0 that the enemy 1 omtxe hit forces, which h*» t* an urgent necessity on account 1

lemming mao power

Mo'eover. the moral effm kind of retirement ha* br*n to be wry great on the Gerais 1 and armies, and ibe ^nmy intention is undoubted:; 1 stand on some I Ins well w Hir.dmbnrg liar. If poa»:t:-: The Germans are watch: favorable line along thr Ailrtts.t i Somme and Tortille. fc-i J to be seen whether they *U1 j mitted to make a wtand th. rs : carry out a retirement "aceo: ; plan." to this line within,; ; broken somewhere else by tbs

Allied forces.

The most Important ot German scheme at pre*> ci at British advance or. the Scarp*, which is a eertoas! threat to the woolc Hits ait ion. The British a'r most so contact with th. rourt-Queaut ••twitch" H

Quean; to Lille.

It is dear the Germs' mit th* British to advar. this quart, r witboc* •-h*ir whole plan for a fr.dssl' ] ment to the sen in. Th* resistance which •hr tern making on th* »~t frrt (varied greatly «m dlff- - | the hundred-mile aeeto: - bid I’ "Me lr raging. Sotr.- <--uxi! ; s:on. hav* been flehtirI old-tlm* determination » > ! hav* been sniTendenr. • ■• WhOe tt is r.- eeaaary to f a j ' xacc*rated expects!! i coilaps*. it la nevertb.. "■* 1 j f j* &r. > .!ing of the last ' ( given definite rridmer t: deterioration In Oennar There also i* proof insuhordlnatton and dis ■- r! orderx. whi. h 1* very aig: • -t: « army bearing th* m>= : r ^ Grrman" machine f"*i r " ; tell of tb* refusal of 1 " mter the trenche* O; • ’* "fficer* for laxity in d.»

fenders.

According to nuthori!. "'I* the preamt uprising It t tlnoe* and serious root! ^ : German and Austria! t * tacit* taking place "I - r,:1 *trik« there baa incrra>. test and constderab!' d.c:!*‘ hem done by th* atrtke-- Tt* mans. It la said, are find!’ rr " dtSciiliy la oontroniu* ' ing the country. 1c Western filbert* Slovak* runtlnue their f ward. It la reported ' f ' t'dlnak. «0 miles saat o’ is reported to have fal>: hand* In aplte of rep 1 era! fiem.n.df U pow<turned up again and •'

filburia

On the r-snri front has been reported b.»»' sbeviki and tb* Cgec'-n - Japanese hav* put tn at- * on thla front. In th* Caucasus th* ; ' madr no further attack• arrival of th* British h-n an ixceUmt effect upo" ttoa. it is aald Every ,f; mad* to organise tb* > and plat* tb* town tn » of d«f«ns*.

NO NEW bCMOOL HC

War tnduatriaa Boacd Ru' «S \\ a*!i.ngton —No n*« s 1 may he built during the » induatrl** Board anno'" lor rsplac ment The ruling when approval *»» (dan to .spend JSW*0«"" in New York. The b<"' mLooIj already buif trill iducaitonal ne*da of Ik' ' 1 ui drirtwest until the ■*

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