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its Senate Group hat Urges Extreme Tax- ation of War Profits. of Approved, 72 To 7, Thereby Sustaining Draft of Finance Committee. La Follette Flops From Advocacy of Flat Levy, Proposed Scale of 75 Per Cent Is Beaten. Wisconsin Member Declares Hell Force New Fight To Overhaul Provisions of Income Tax Section. recui.

iumtc re ras uioenisa. Washington, September I. The Ft use Committee's stesm roller thun lend to-night ovsr the group of Sen tors wh advocates extseate taOesi war profits. By a' rote or 71 to t. hs Senate adopted the committee plan conscripting Sl.xll.OOt.OOt of the war fortunes.

Of this amount LOtO.OOt.tOt raised under the pending bill and he additional fJ2s.OvO.0Ov by existing axes. The "radlesls" who favored hlshest axstlon made a Sght, but Ih.v fnunS 1 uvmira, nuit inem Toting Anally for the commlt- plan. Those who stuck to the last ixainat this system wsre: Demoerata Bankbead. Underwood. ardaman.

Republicans Borah. Gronna, Jobn- on La Follette. Norrls. Follette, Hiram Johnson and Hoi- lit, of New Hampshire, led the unsuo ui nght for higher levies. An intendment by Hollls, addln about MOO.OOO.OOO to ths war profits taxation, "oiesieo ti to U.

La Pollett Bcala D.f.f Then La Follette suddenly switched advocacy of flat to amend the. graduated lle In the committee bill. Ha promoted a scale runnlna- umto Senate refused this, St to II. Shaf- a strong Administration Demo-'tt, went over to the "r.rli,..i -i-- fr trying to alter the committee max imum from 00 to TO per cent This move tost is to 2S. Hiram Johnson proposed altering tk.

two levies In the committee scale. one from 10 to 0 pes- cent. other 0 to 7 per cet The 't. rejected this tl to M. Johnson "'i get onlr on.

1. .1.. Hle-makin, 10 per cent Mi Jf ut he lost. SI to l. Attempts to make rh.n..

1. rUt of determining the pre-war nrmiy were set aside by ths ptte. th, Bankhead Uktn "P- Championed by Oscar -rwooq, Bankheads colleague, this wndment bad been looked on favorably. It. it.

h'teo. raised more than ths commutes r-ment. How.ver. the Senate rs- S7 to I. Final Vot Comes Late.

vote on amendment did not' com. un- m. ordln o. commute. f.

I raiee loose wording to th. correspond- Preentsges: H00.vt9.000. 'xteen per oty ptr fxoi.OvO.OOO. -ty-nve per cent. 1101.000.000.

Tairty D.r Thlrty-flv, Mr cent. tlIO.050.000. Per cent. $101,000,000. 'orty-av, ,4,169 000 cent.

$71,500.00, Per eent. Totl. 1.I.00.000 hiii. voiea ior the I were: lnocru XtUnU CONnSTJED OH THIBD PAGE. UNDER FEDERAL EYE 4 sia.wr bnuMifwt.

ms swse The Governmsnt yesterday took Into custody William D. Hsywood, National Secretary of the X. W. la connection with th anti-war propaganda conspiracy. ARMY MAN Tt B0liamed By Scott Oa Committee With Two Scieatlsla IivestlRite Defective Anmini-; tioti Baler Orders Inquiry.

rscint. Dnr.Ton ro rmi asooitss. Washington, September I. Investigation of ths defective ammunition turned out at ths Frankford Arsenal by a specal and over adr 1 committee of two civilians Administration officer was or dered to-day by Secretary Baker. Dr.

H. T. Talbot, Professor of Chem istry at th Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Parsons, of th Bureau of M(nes. are the clvlllana jor uenerai ocoil, vniei ok ouin, win name the army member.

Secretary Baker told the Senate Mili tary Committee to-day that the small arms ammunition made at the Frankford Arsenal was due only to deterioration resulting from chemical .1 Chairman Chamberlain asked why It was thst. although the defect was found In May, a warning was not sent to Oeneral Pershing's expeditionary force until August Secretary Baker replied that the first complaint came from the Navy Department, and nothing was known regarding the extent of the trouble until an Investigation could bs msde. Investigation of the manufacture and purchase of. all ordnancs. Including small arms ammunition and heavy artillery.

Is proposed in an amended res olution-Introduced by Chairman Dent of the House Military Committee, favorably reported to-day with a view to quick adoption. Seizure of Denmark Planned By Kaiser, Telegrams Show; Former Czar Approved Plot By Herman Bernstein. rCeprlht HIT, bf the M.w Tirk Herald Company- AH Blshts smi. irictu cAsis ro ras ssgeisss asp bbsaia Stockholm. Via Paris.

September I. Telegrams which passed between Csar Nicholas of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm la 10S. reveal that after a meeting of the Emperors off BJioerke the Kaiser agreement with Nicholas undertook the realisation of his scheme to' declare the Baltic Sea closed. But encounter- ng resistance from Denmark, and be cause of the threatening attitude of England, the Kaiser decided la 10 In the event of war with England, to do to Denmark wbst he did later to Belgium, v. He reeolved to occupy neutral Dea-mark with his srmles to gsln sdvsn-tages which Denmark had refused by declining to join the secret Russo-Ger KM AIMS Must Be Attained Despite American Reply, Michaelis Asserts.

i(Notq Cannot ShakeOur Firm Determination uTo Fight. For Rights," Chancellor Declares. Russian Trial Proves Fallacy of Charges That Germany Started the Conflict, He Claims. Czar Canceled His Mobilization Orders, But "Criminals Disregarded Instructions," Official Tells Writer. 1 Amsterdam, September 8.

In an Interview with a representative of the press th German Chancellor. Dr. Oeorg has mad a statement In regard to disclosures sX the, trial is Fetroaad to hlfh treason of General Soukhomli- nolf. former' Minister of War. Great promlaeno baa been given In the German press recently to testimony said to havs been taken'at th Soukhomllnoff trial tending to show Russia's responsi bility for th beginning of th war.

Accounts of the trial reaching this country bare not contained such testimony. Chancellor Michaelis said: "The statements of th former Russian War Minister and the former Chief of the General 8lalf (General Januschke-vltch) are of th greatest importance. They are calculated completely to destroy the legend of Germany's guilt in starting ths wsr, and they will fore European opinion If 'the reports are allowed te bs published abroad, to revise Its Judgment on Germany. Befers To American Not. "Th moment at which these disclosures were made Is the' more favorable as ws have just had knowledge of the American reply to the Pope's not.

urging peace. In Secretary Lansing's answer the German Government Is described as' an Irresponsible Government which secretly planned to dominate the world, which cbose Its own time for the war, and cruelly and suddenly executed its plan: which did not b.vd legal barriers or truthfulness; which flooded a great continent with blood, not only of soldiers, but of Innocent women end children, ths helpless and ths poor. "When adopting these accusations from the Entente fsctory. of calumnies the American Government obviously had no knowledge of the course of the proceedings against General Soukhomllnoff. Otherwise Its Judgment would "certainly hav been quite different "Nothing but lb mischievous will of CONTINUED OJT THIBD PAGE.

man combination. The Kaiser telegraphed about the plot to Csar Nicholas, who consented to thev(olation of Denmark, On July 29. 1908. the Kalssr ssnt this telegram to the Csar: "Reuter telegrams this morning announce crulss of British Channel fleet to the Baltic and looking in at our ports without paying calls of ceremony. Either Englsnd is anxious on account of our meeting or they went to frighten me.

This will lend more weight to my conversation at Copenhagen." On the night of July -J3, 1803. the Kaiser and the Csar met at It o'clock at night off th Island of BJoerke, on the Swedish coast The Kaiser approached the rendezvous on ths Imperial yacht Honvnsollern, the Csar on board th Russlsn Imports! yacht Polar Star. Deep political signlncsnce was attached to the CONTINUED OH PITTH PAGE. Twccty-Thrce Vessels Destroyed By Enemy FscuiciBUi ns tseotasa. Lease; September 0V Twenty British ship ef me, -than lOO leas aad three smaller ernes were saak by seines or aabaiarlaes tbla week, aesoilag te the aMda! an aessnsal.

Inod Last week eighteen targe vea sola and Sr. small war destroyed. laee April Xa, fas vessels, 411 mere than teas aad 1ZS smaller oaes. hav been destrsyed. The fellewUg table shews the weekly ieaaeei hips IklH Marethaa Less than WeekeadU Teas.

Taaa, Tet. April IS IS May SS IS SI May S4 SS May 1 .1 2 May SS IS ST May SS i IS 1 I Jaa IS IS Jane IS 1 S3 Jaae St 37 SS Jane ST 31 SS Jaly 4 IS 3 Jaly 14 IT Jaly IS 14 4 IS Jaly SS 31 S4 Aagast 1 IS S' 31 Aagast 31 3 S3 Aagast IS 14 3 l4 Aagast S3 It IS Aagast 3 IS I Septexebca St S3 Totals .....411 12S SS4 Kat aaawtlag Sablng vaassls. SHELLS Fifed From Submarine During Attack on Scarborough Kill Three Persons. Cannonade Becomes Deafening When British Mine Sweepers Open Pire on U-Boat London, September I. Scarborough, on the English East Coast was bombarded last night by a hostile submarine, it was officially announced today.

About half ths In ths It rounds flred from 'the undersea boat exploded, three persons belnV killed and Ave injured, but little material damage was caused. The official announcement reads: "A hostile submsrine appeared oft Scarborough fbout o'clock last night and flred about St rounds, about half of which exploded. Three persons were killed snd flvs injured. The material damage was slight" Scarborough, England, September I. During the prevalence of a thick mist a German submarine appeared about two miles off shore last evening and began to bombsrd the town.

About a dosen shells wsrs flred In quick succession, the shore at the time being crowded with visitors. British mlns sweepers began an attack on ths submarine and the cannonade became deafening. The submarine soon submerged and waa not seen again. Ths material damsge Inland was small, considering the fact that the bombardment lasted It minutes. A station two miles Inland waa hit by a shell, but no oas was Injured.

Some persons assert that they saw two submarines, but the pre. ot more than one undersea boat has not beem confirmed. DELEGATIONS From Austria and Hungary To Meet (in Vienna in November To Discuss Peace Terms. Amsterdam; September 5. A dispatch to the yeser SSettung from Budspest says that Austrian and Hungarian delegations will meet In Vlenns In November to discuss tnternsl and foreign politics and ths question of peace.

Far-reaching decisions probably wlla be taken. It Is stated. CASTK0 IS WATCHED. Vara Crua. Mexico, September 5.

Clprtano Castro, former President of V.n-esuels. Is en route aboard a Spanish liner for a United States Atlantic port, lie is still accompanied by men of the American Secret Service. DIRECTED NATIONAL RAID ills WEATHER Probably showers, cooler Thursday; Frklay cloudy. Temperature yesterday: Maximum, 81; minimum, 88. Bstaued mttm eaa hlM and 11 pVOL.

LXXIV. NO. 249 THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS Tl of Wo OQ amdla asici Hay woodl vT.vC Vo Tl rr Mesfts mm na IPrapag ROLLER i ArToamty qstvnrAt- -y fCFf I Paderal officials throucout th country, under direction of th Attorney-General, yesterday took drastic action to tnd th anti-war propaganda tat th United State. Austiw Monte San Gabriele Seized; Thousands srscisL outs ras asecnura. London, September B.

The Italian official communication received here to-day telle of the resumption of the battle on the Julian front and th captor', of Austrian positions on ths Balasiaaa Plateau south of Coroglo. In addition offlcera and M00 men were made prisoner to-day. Monte San Gabriel, the last powerful mountain peak whence Austrian shells disputed Italian posseeslon Gorisla and barred the way northeastward, has fallen to Cadorna's army. Thirty-two officers nd 918 men who compossd the garrison that held out for weeks, although ths mountain was completely encircled, wsre taken prls-oner The capture or this last of the "big three" Kuk and Santo are the two others Is belled ss one of the most brilliant victories of Itsly during the war- The loss of Mont San Gabriele POISON Kills Georgia Doctor, Wh Ctmmits Sslcidf Rather Thst Fife Trial Ftr Death tf Wtman By Illegal OperatUs. rtCI.L DMPATCS TO TSS SCiaiS.

Savannah, September 8. Mrs. William Jsnle Beldwln, of Clsxton, Is dead as the result of an Illegal operation and Dr. H. L.

Mets, of Willie, who attended the young woman, committed suicide rsther than face the responsibility for his act. Oscar Dee son, of Clsxton, alleged to be the "man In ths case:" Mrs. I V. Bessly, who keeps a rooming house, and J. P.

Lowther. a friend of Deaaon, are 'under arrest In connection with ths death of the women. Dr. Mets took poison soon sfter he had been placed under arrest Dr. Mets Is alleged to have made the statement thst be expected arrest.

He told his wife when th Sheriff came for him that they need never. to see hlra again. Mrs. Baldwin came to Savannah In company with Deaaon and the physician. A room was obtained for her at ths home of Mrs.

Beasly, where she wss attended by the phyelclan. Later, when her condition was found to bs serious, a local physldsn wss called In. On his ad vie th woman was hurried to the hospital, where she died. Mrs. Baldwin had lived at Claxton for soma years.

Dr. Mets leaves a widow and several children. Th people, of Claxton held a mass meeting to raise a fund to prosecut those responsIM for ths death of Mr. Perish at Riga place th entire Austrian army In extreme peril and threatens to Isolata also the southern army. Details of thd attack on Monta San Gabriele, sent by Austrian correspondents at ths front and transmittad by the Central Newa correspondent at Amsterdam, state that the mountain Monday was continually exposed to a violent artillery Ore which at times as-sumsd ths Intensity of drum Are.

At o'clock Tuesdsy morning the Italian Infantry began a furious attack, the mountain being enveloped In dense clouds of smoke and dust. The Italian communication says: "Yesterday the battle on the Julian front waa violently renewed. On ths Balnslsaa Plateau obtained advantages, capturing an important position southwest of Coroglo. The battle is raging northeast ot Gorilla. "Ws captured to-day officers and CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE.

Baldwin. She drew from the bank at Clsxton a fund of 11.10, only a few dollars of which were In her possession when shs died. She hsd declared her Intention of going to Florida for a visit when shs left GERMAN CROWN PRINCESS Give Birth To Her Sixth Child, Berlin Baporta Say. Am.terdam, September t. The German Crown Princess to-day gave birth to a according to Berlin advices.

This Is the sixth child born to CroWut Princs FredeVlck William and the Crown Princess. BATTLE Is Fought Between Kentucky Mine Strikers and Workers Sheriff Arrives To Arrest Trouble Makers. mcuu surtrrs to tss sxocib.s. Barbourvllle, Beptember J. A Sheriff's posse of IS men Is at Wilton to-night where several hundred angered miners esrly to-dsy exchanged shots with company employees st the plant of the North Jelllco Coal Company.

Striking miners. It Is said, endeavored to turn back a number of miners coming to work, snd, failing in this, opened Are on the power house, which was occupied by guards and employees remaining at work. For half an hour bullets were' ex-changed without fatalities. Warrants havs been Issued against numerous striking miners, snd the posss will try to servs these to-morrow. Seven hundred union miners, hsve been on strike at the Wilton planl for the past month.

The company la endeavoring to operate with non-union men. Other big plants in Knox County era completely tied up by the strike, and are making ao effort to operate. Mere Inkling Of Full Blow That Will Be Struck at Plotters By Government. Drastic Action Is Taken in Connection With Chicago Grand Jury's Work And on Ere of Chief Justice Covington's Report To WilsononLaborSituation. Federal Agents Placed National HeadquartersEvery Phase of Industrial Workers' and German Language Papers' Activities Is Listed By Field Workers Pending Prosecutions.

wsoui. swr.Tca ve ras aawnasa. Washington, September Oovsramsnt stents, acting simultaneously many cltlea and towns throughout th United Stat, to-day reached Into nests of Industrial Worker of th World and pulld therefrom all the Best eggs of anti-war propaganda, William D. Haywood, National tary of the W. waa taken tote cus tody in Chicago, but later released under Federal guard.

On orders from Attorney-General Greg ory United State Marshal dseoended at p. central time, upon local bead- quartars of th Industrial Workers of thej World, seised books, checks, correspondence and other documents. In Chicago Federal agents took poaae-slon of th national headquarters of th Socialist party, and a warrant authorising th selsur of Its documents waa served -upon Its counsel. Hart's Kan Who Sid XL 1 The selsur of document was carried out In accordance with a plan perfected her by William C. Fltts.

Assistant Attorney-General, working under th direction of the Attorney-General. A statement Issued by th Department of Justice announced that th selsur of papers was mads -In connection with a Federal Grand Jury Investigation of the Industrial Workers of th World nov proceeding at Chicago. The department's action wss taken cn the of a report to President Wilson by Chief Justice Covington, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who wss deslgnsted reoeatlF by th President to investigate the labor situstlon In ths West Judge Covington has completed his In-vestlgstlon. which Issted several weeks and took- him to the Paclno Coast, and probably1 will report personally to President Wilson to-morrow. Whether the concerted sctlon of Marshals throughout the country was In any way related to Judge Covington's Investigation was not disclosed.

It Is known, however, thst Judge Covington mada a special study of the activities of the Industrial Workers of th World. Then Cam th Arrest. It was shortly after be reached th Northwest that tt leaders of ths organisation were arrested by Idaho National Guardsmen the dsy before the tlm sat for a general strlks In Wsshlngton, Montana and Idaho. The charges against leaders of he or- gsnlsatlon unaer errevi or whom wtwi is contemplated were not mada publlo here. It wss ssld at the Department of Justlrs that these would have to bo determined by the grand Jury Investigating the organisation.

Officials slso declined to stats If indictments hsd been found by grand Juries in Chicago or elsewhere against Industrial Worker, of ths World leaders. It waa Intimated, however, that the Investigation had only begun. Indication are that Federal Grand Juries In other cities will be called upon to investigate the activities of the organisation. For many weeks past ths activities of Industrial Workers of the World leaders have been under close scrutiny of the department's bureau of Investigation. Scoree of field workers, chiefly In the West and Middle West hsvs devoted their undivided attention to alleged attempts of leaders 10 embarrass the flow Is Disclosed in Charge of Socialists' In th conduct of fh war by strike aad etbsr disturbances called la the nam of labor.

These activities never have been regarded here a a labor movement Th-y hav been held to be political and, in some Instances, conducted with, a view soieiy to mnaer ana camper the Govern, ment in exercising; Its full strength 1 1 carrying on th war. Charges of many eomplexlona have -received by th department in connect lo with the organisation's activities. B-oently it waa charged that Included th ranks of th Industrial Workers of th World wsre many Aaatrlans, wlm hav been active in stirring up strife In, tended to hamper American Industrlra doing work handled by Germans before th United State declared a atat of war existing with Germany. Continued investigation has failsd. It Is understood, to connect these activities with German money.

Th department has determined the principal res ervoir of German funds in this coun try, and. It Is reported, has not con nected them with recent disorders in th Wst aad Southwest Local United Stat Attorney hsve reported many Instances of a suspicious nature la cannoctlon. with allegrd labor troubles, however, and the.a hav been the subject of departmental Find Thousands of Papr. As a rasult of th country-wids seiz ure of th organisation's papers the Department ef Jostles to-night finds Itsslf In possessloa of documents by ths thousand, many of which will be submitted to grand Juris as the basis of an invsstlgatioa to determine whether leader can be prosecuted. Proeaeutloas may begun undo several laws, chiefly th esplonag act.

covering the utterance of treasonable and seditious statements, and! th food control law. Prosecution under the latter law could be conducted In Instances where It was shown that attempts wars b. lng by conspiracy or otherwise, to Impede th Interstate movements of foodstuffs and other commodities con trolled by the Government and needed for the successful prosecution of th Searching Inquiry into the utterances of German-languag newspapers in the United States, Socialistic magaalnes and lltsraturs of so-called peace socie ties and assodstlons regarded as likely to lead to prosecution in some instances. Is being conducted by the Department of Justice. Judges Back of Plana.

The department considers its posi tion strengthened by ths meant deci sion ot Federal Judges Bough of New fork, and Speer, of Georgia, la sus taining the action of Postmastsr General Burleson In refusing ths privilege of the malls to Th Masses and th Jeffersonlan. Recent utterance and activities or Msyor Thompson, of Chicago, ths republican, a newspaper which indorse him In connection with the convention there of the People's Council of Am -lea for Democracy and Peace also being scrutinised. The department has held repeals! thst It la not its function to pruhii or to break up pacifist meetings conventions, but a closs scrutiny of utterances of speakers snd others such meetings Is maintained tu uv.