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Consolidated Aug. 2,1
WASHMBTON WAR COMMENT.
EXTENT OF VICTORY NOT YET:
CLEARLY SHOWN.
General Foch Known, However, to
Have Done Very Good Day's Workj
and One That Places Crown Prince
I in Very Unenviable Position.
Washington, Aug. 2.?The collapse;
of the German defensive p^sitions just
north of; the Ourcq forced by the dash
by American troops in the center and
the brilliant French and British flank
operations following is sweeping the
"inemy swiftly back out of the Aisne
iilarne salient. The rush forward to
day came so swiftly that it was dif
ficult for army officials here to ap
praise the full extent of the victory.
As they understood from reports late
tonight, however, there was a strong
possibility that the Germans would be
unable to hold the Vesle line towards
which they are hastenir and would
be driven to the heights north of the
Ais??.
Tonight's official report from Paris
carried ,the most startling message
from the battlefield in several days.
Soissons, the key of the German right
flank in the whole Aisne-Marne posi
tion had again been entered by the
French. At the same time the British
announcement that Thillois west of
Rheims had been taken, showed that
the jaws of the trreat trap created by
General Foch at last had begun to
close. What the final result will prove
to be can not, be foreseen at this
time.
The reentry into Soissons is note
worthy. The French were forced out
of the fronet in the first German as
sault on the Chemin-des-Dames last;
May. Its capture by the enemy was
a long step on the road to Paris which,
was in fact * definite!?- checked onlyj
when the Germans met American
troops northwest of Chateau-Thierry
weeks later and were hurled back. To
many officials here the little stretch
of line, where the first two American!
divisions came into action below the.
Villers Cotterets forest, will mark the
German highwater mark.
Of great military significance in
tonight's report, however, is the ad
vance of the other jaw of the trap atj
Thillois. This, was taken to mean the
French are pushing in to the north
and west of Rheims an advance
which may well force the enemy to
continue his hurried withdrawal toj
the Aisne without a chance to stand j
along the Vesle. The deft flank of his
line at the Vesle is in danger of being:
turned before his forces south of that
i river reach it.
If the advance of the French on
this line continues* it. maywellbecptae^
a race for the ?isne with' the enemy
forced into line beyond the river be-j
fore they are cut off. The picture, of j
a struggle to the death between thej
two armies drawn by General March;
recently, is being revised sharply,
j The greatest value seen by many
officials in all that has happened since;
the counter blow was launched is that
a precedent of victory on the wesUrn
front has been established. It has
been fully demonstrated already that
the enemy /can be fought offensively
and there are many sign that his
punishment is just beginning. Gen.
Foch holds the initiative firmly and is
master of the situation. He can
choose the time and place of fight, for
the enemy is compelled to act on the
defensive and to give ground to save
his forces from annihilation.
General March has seen in the flat
tening out of the Aisne-Marrie salient
where the Germans were able to hold
open the Soissons and Rheims jaws,
the vanishing of any reasonable pros
pect of bagging the German armies.
Other officials 'have a deep conviction
.however that the Germans would not
escape from thai salient without se
rious losses and tonight's develop
ments added to their certainty. There
are renewed possibilities of a coup of
a decisive character, it is believed.
Among many officers there is a
strong feeling that operations on oth
er fronts of the western line are im-j
pending. They believe that a blow;
by the British to obliterate the Flan-j
ders salient may come at any mo-i
ment. There have been hints that aj
rreat concentration of British forces j
has been completed, probably in prep-j
aration for a decisive battle on the1
western front and to observers, the1
time now seems to have come for the j
launching of this assault. They be
lieve it certain that such a stroke will!
be ordered by General Foch before1
the fighting in the Aisne-Marne field
has been stabilized.
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
One Hundred and Twelve Killed in]
Action.
Washington. Aug. 3.?The army,
casualty list today totals two hundred:
and six. Killed in action, 112; died
of wounds. 11; died of disease. 11;
died of accident. 5; wounded severe-,
ly. 56; wounded. 2; missing. 9. Lieut.;
Robert O. Purdv. of Sumter, S. C.
Privates Earl I. Cliett. of Reno. Ga.,j
George L. Weeks, of Eastman, Ga..;
George W. Waldrop, Spartanburg. S.
C, killed in action.
Marines Lose Eleven.
Washington. Aug. 3.?The marine
corps casualty list totals eleven.;
Killed in action. 4; wounded severe-;
ly. 5; wounded slightly. 1.
REVOLT AT ARCH ANGLE.
Bolsheviki Troops Forced to Ree
; From City.
Kandalaska. Russian Lapland. Aug
3.?A revolution against the Bolshe
viki allies have occurred in Arrh-mfrle
and the Soviet troops have fled from,
the city.
feted April, 18*0. ?Bnfmta
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ALLIES TAKE SOlSSOUsT
IMPORTAXT RAILROAD CENTER I
RECOVERED FROM HT'NS.
Alliea Line is Now Within Seren
Miles of l^smes After Day of Com
plete Success of Advancing An?<es.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 2 (By the Associated Press).?
11.30 p. m.?Soissons has been re
taken and the valleys of the Crise has
been crossed.
The allied line this evening runs
from Pommieres to Soissons, thence
to Beileau, the valley of the Crise,
Chacrise and Arcy St. Restitue,
through the center of the forest of
jNesle to the village of the same name
I and through the centre of the forest of
I Rheims to Lagery L'Hory and Tram
| ery. North of the hist named three
I places French cavalry has advanced
! about annother mile to the Bois le
! Moins and Treslon. Rouillet is still in
j the enemy hands, in flames, and fur
i ther east near Rheims, Thillois has
; been retaken. The day was one of
! continued success for the armies of
? Generals Mangin, Degoutte and Ber
thelot. All along the line the Ger
mans have been forced to hurry their
retreat especially on the west and
center of the salient. The enemy is
completely devastating the country as
he retires, ?arrying out the settled
German policy.
The French are now on the edge <*t
the plateau between the Crise and
Vesle after an advance which at some
places was three miles deep within
??even miles of Fismes. The enemy it
aow seems certain must retire to the
Vesleand very probably to the Aisne.
A copy of the Berlin Tageblatt re
ceived behind the French lines con
tains the fonowing article written re
cently by Herr Heigeler, its war cor
respondent:
"From the strategical point of view
the seven days' battle has been a com
plete failure. Nevertheless, success
has been gained which I can register
today. A new part of France has been
laid wasts. Everywhere are ruined
towns, villages and farms. Fires light
up the nights, and all - \y thick clouds
of smoke, caused by violent explo
sions, floated over the ravaged corn
fields and destroyed forests."
HARD TO OBTAIN.
Pershing Will Send Casualty List
When Assembled.
Washington, Aug. 2.?Replying to a
request that he expedite the lists of
American casualties in the heavy
.fignting on the^oissons-Rheims sa~.
- lient GeneraF Fershk'ng today -ca
bled Secretary Baker that the task of
assembling the names of the men was
an extremely difficult one because of
the limited means of communication
in the battle areas and owing to the
fact that American troops are brigad
ed with, French and British units.
Secretary Baker said no estimate of
casualties was contained in General
Pershing's cablegram. There was
nothing to indicate today.when the in
creased casualty lists resulting from
the present severe fighting would be
gin to come i?.
! "I have received a cablegram from
j General Pershing in regard to reports
I of casualties," said Mr. Baker. "He
j points out that our troops are still
I widely separated, serving in many
! places, and that our wounded are tak
j en to French and British hospitals as
; well as our own, causing great dif
I Acuity and complication in securing
j accurate information.
I 'In addition to this the troops are
I separated from their records while in
: the area of conflict and must depend
i upon very inadequate and temporary
! telegraph lines which are subject to
frequent interruption and must, for
the most part, be devoted entirely to
the urgent business of the battle it
self.
"General Pershing assures me that
ne is making every effort to collect
casualty lists, have them confirmed
and verified and that they will be
transmitted promptly.
IHR EE GRAFTERS ARRESTED.
Alleged Conspiracy to Obtain Shipping
Controls at Excessive Prices.
Washington. Aug. 3.?That evi
dence connecting at least one minor j
official of the shipping board with the:
alleged conspiracy to obtain contracts;
from shipping board at extra high
prices has been gathered by govern- i
ment secret agents became known to- |
day as the result of the arrest of Ed-|
ward L. Travis, a former law partner;
of Representative Kitchen, majority;
leader of the house, Selim B. Joseph'
and Leon M. Green.
The following telegram in refer
ence to the above was received this
afternoon by Mr. Moses Green, from;
his son. Leon M. Green:
Washington. Aug. 3. 1918.
M. Green, Sumter. S. C.
Please don't worry as to charges
made against me. Letter tonight
from New York.
LEON. i
FORD PLANT CLOSED.
Inability to Get Material Causes Sus-j
pension.
Omaha. Neb.. Aug. 1.?C. L. Gould.'
manager of the Ford assembling plant
today received orders from Detroit to |
close tl e plant because of inability to
get material. Gould said 15 plants'
have been closed for the same reason'
that only six now are in operation.
Ford production has dropped from
3.100 cars a day to 7."d?. of which 400;
arc trucks. Henry Ford and partyi
left foe Des Meines today after spend-j
ing a day here.
AMERICANS ALONE CAPTURE
OVER EIGHT THOUSAND
PRISONERS.
i
I Allied Armies Reap Full Fr?its of
Victory in Second Great ?j?feat or
Enemy on Marne?Germans Un
able to Stem Onslaught. 1
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Washington, Aug. 4.?Allied) troops
in the Aisne-Marne /Salient (.reaped
"the full fruits of victory" Saturday
when the enemy, who met fifi|second
'great defeat on the Marne, w^s driv
! en in confusion beyond the line of the
j Vesle," General Pershing reported in
I his communication for yesterday, re
! ceived today by the war department.!
i American troops alone have eaptured
j 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns,
j The text of the statement follows:
Section A?The full fruits, of vie-;
! tory in the counter-offensive began so
{gloriously by Franco-American troops
! July 18 were reaped today when the
j enemy who met his second gjejeat de
! feat on the Marne, was driven^in con
j fusion beyond the line of the Vesle.
"The enemy, in spite of suffering
: the severest losses, has provejd inca
j pable of stemming the onslaught of
j our troops fighting for liberty jside by
j side with French, British and Italian
} ian veterans. In the course of the op
jerations 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns
j have been captu red by opr me".
I alone."
HUNS WEAKEN AS ALLIES AO
VANCE.
Left Wing of German Army on Aisne
Shows Stubborn Resistance, How
ever.
Paris, Aug. 4 (Battle Front, 1:05
p. m.)?Allied troops hav'fe crossed
the Aisne at several points between
Soissons and Venizel. The German re
sistance is faltering on the left wing
of the allied advance it is
growing stubborn and desp^Fate on
j the right 'wing, where the / Germans
! still retain a foothold on/ the? south -
I em bank of the Vesle between Cham
! pigmy and Jonchery northwest of
j Rheims.
! The number of prisoners- captured
j by the allies during the last ttfrb days
j will thrill the allied world when an
! no?nced. The Vesle River, which wa.
j flooded owing to the recent heavy
j rains, has hampered the German rear
I guards, which were unable to ford the
J stream and had to fight for their lives,
j Most of . these Germans were, /killed
j and the rest were made prisoners,
j Fismes is completely surroundted by
j American ^troops: The Germans are
I retaining a. foothohlin^ the :^Mrtreme
i there " is house to house * fighting,
j Crack Prussian gruard units are of
j fering the most desperate resistance
j to the Americans.
TOTAL CASUALTY LIST.
! Department Reports Show Increase in
I Casualties. ?
i
j -:
Washington, Aug. 4.?Army and
j marine corps casualties reported from
j overseas during the week ending to
j day increased 1,430, compared with
j 1,050 the week before. Total casual
ties reported are 15,196, including to
! day's army list of 283?the largest
?number yet reported in a single day?
i and marine corps list of two.
j While as yet no figures have been
j re ceived on casualties in the great al
I lied offensive in which American
! troops are playing so conspicuous a
j part, the increase in the daily army
list undoubtedly is due in part to this
i fighting. The increase for the week
jwas 1.384. The marine corps list in
! created only 46 for the seven days.
I In the '196 casualties total
deaths, incluumg 291 men lost at sea.
men killed in action, dead of wounds,
1 disease, accident and other causes
numbered 6,134?army men, 5,410.
j marines 734. The wounded aggregate
! 8,264?army men, 7,044; Marines, 1,
1220. The missing, including prison
ers, total 788?army men, 710; ma
! rines, 78.
The week's increase deaths from all
?causes totalled 651, as compared with
I 393 the vweek before; the wounded
'number 732, compared with 591 the
j previous week, and the missing and
! prisoners totaled 47 compared with
. 66 the week before. The summary of
iarmy casualties reported follows:
! Killed in action (including 291 at
sea). 2.373; died of wounds, 907;
died of disease, 1,514; died of acci
dent and other causes, 616: wounded
in action. 7.044; missing in action (in
cluding prisoners). 710. Total 13.164.
Th<=? marine corps casualty summary j
shows: I
Deaths, 734; wounded. 1.220; inj
hands of enemy. 5; missing. 73. To
tal 2,032. The marine corps sum
mary includes the deaths of 28 offi
cers, the wounding of 31 others and j
one missing.
BIG NEGRO CONTINGENT.
i
More Than Six Hundred Sent From:
Savannah.
-?
Savannah. Aug. 5.?More than six!
hundred negro drafted men left Sa
vannah today for Camp Gordon. Thisi
was the grreatest number of men. i
white or black, to be sent from Sa-j
vannah at one time.
; . j
FISHING SCHOONER SUNK.
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Submarine Still Operating on Cana-j
dtan Coast.
Canadian. Atlantic Port. Aug. 5.
The fishing schooner Nelson A. has
boen added to the list, of vessels sunk j
by a submarine off the north Atlantic j
eoast. The crew was landed today.)
They reported that the schooner was
destroyed Saturday.
n*'t at be thy Country'*, Thy God's I
3DAY, AUGUST 7, ldli
HAND TO HAND FIGHT.
AMERICANS COVER TBT7 'tSELVES
WITH GLORY AT F* vfJES.
In Fierces light of War They Meet
and Defeat Prussian Guards?No
Quarter Asked or Given.
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By Associated Presa
Paris, Aug. 5.?The Americans
covered themselves with glory in hand
to hand fighting in the streets of Fis
mes yesterday, when they captured
that German base. The fighting is
said to haye been the bitterest of the
entire warf the Prussian Guards ask
ing no quarter, and being bayonetted
or clubbed to death as they stood by
their machine guns to the last.
WEATHER SAVES GERMANS. '
Banks of Vesle River Turned in
Morasses and Huns Stand on North
ern Side.
Paris, Battle Front, Aug. 5.?There
was a lull in the battle along the Sois
sons-Rheims front last night and this
morning. The Germans were favored
by the weather which has turned the
Vesle river banks into swamps and
morasses, and they are ma., .ag a stif
fer stand on the north of the river.
BRITISH CONTINUE RAIDS.
>'fcght Attack Southeast of Arras Suc
ceeds.
London, Aug. 5.?Raiding opera
tions were carried out last night by
the British soutl east of Arras in
which prisoners were taken, it is of
ficially announced. On the northern
front, opposite LaBassee, the Ger
man guns were active; also north of
Bethune and betwen Hazebrouck and
Ypres.
PURSUIT OF HUNS CONTINUE.
Allies Hold Entire Southern Bank of
Vesle and Patrols Cross River.
Paris, Aug. 5.?The Allied pursuit
of .the Germans continues, accord
ing to latest reports. There are only
a few enemy remaining south of
; Vesle, says the Havas Agency to
day in reviewing the situation. The
French patrols have crosed the Vesle
at Base Oches and Jonchery. west and
east of Fismes, respectively. The
Allies hold the entire southern bank
of the Vesle between Fismes and
I Rheims. It is believed the Germans
will try to stop at some intermediate
point between the Vesle and Aisne.
but will probably not attempt a defi
nite halt before the Aisne is reached.
BATTLE SLOWS DOWN^"
Nothing of Importance to Report from
Vesle.. ;
Paris, Aug. 5.?French detacT"
ments which crossed the Vesle river
are meeting with resistance from the
Germans, it is officially announced. It
is declared that there is. nothing im
portant to report from the battle
front.
BOMBING PARIS AGAIN.
Long Range Cannon Resumed Fire
Today.
Paris, Aug. 5.?The long range
bombardment of the Paris region was
resumed this morning.
AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
Largest Number or Casualties Since
Big Battle Startet!.
Washington, Aug. 5.?The casualties
J among the American troops in the se
j vere fighting since July 15th, when
the German offensive was halted at
the Marne, are now being reported in
daily lists from Gen. Pershing,
though no estimate of the total has
been received. Today's army list to
tals 407 names, the largest yet re
ported in a single day. Killed in ac
tion, 203; died of wounds, 37; died
of disease, 9; died of accident, 7:
wounded severely, 48; wounded, de
gree undetermined, 100; missing, 3.
Among the killed are Clarence T.
Sutcliffe. Miami, Fla.; Burton James,
Live Oak, Fla.; Walter A. Campbell,
Hagan, Ga.; Riley G. Cope, Bamberg,
IS. C, Jesse N. Fielding, of Ochlok
nee, Ga.; Bury B. Giddeons, of Pax
ton, Fla.; John W. Hudson, of Edison,
Ga.; Robert McKoen, of Savannah,
Ga.: Jule Taylor, of LaGrange, Ga.
Died of wounds. Corporal Everett T.
Ramsey, of Cornelia, Ga. Died of dis
ease. Corporal Abner Humphreys, of
Oglethorpe, Ga.
An additional list of nearly three
hundred casualties bring the total for
today up to seven hundred checked
up by the war department for publi
cation in the morning papers tomor
row.
Marines Lose Ten.
Washington, Aug. 5.?The marine
corps casualties total ten. Killed in
action, 9; died of wounds. 1.
PROMOTED TO MAJOR.
Captain Bernard Manning Revives
Higher Honor.
Columbia. Aug. 4.?Information was.
received in the city yesterday that'
Captain Bernard Manning, who is in
New York with his company, has been;
made a major.
Major Manning was a suecessfui,
business man in Sumter, and upon the
declaration of war he volunteered asi
a private, went to Fort Oglethorpe j
and won a captain's commission. He]
was stationed at. Camp Jackson for a.
number of months. Recently lie went,
to New York with his command, and
while there his promotion w.a* made.1
THE TBUI
3.
GEN. IM II gQMMAND.
AMERICANS IN CENTER OF
GREAT ALLIED DRIVE.
Gen. Pershing Now Has More Than
Million Men Under His Direct Com
mand?Three Hundred Thousand
Sent Over in July.
Washington, Aug. 3.?Major Gen-'
eral Liggitt, commanding the first!
army corps, is in active charge of the!
corps on the center of the allied drive,
Genera] March told the newspaper!
correspondents at the semi-weekly!
conference at the war department. !
The number of American divisions,
has been increased to eight, now in
cluding the first, second, and forty
second National Guard. He said that
Gen. Pershing now has a million men
under his direct command,
i More than three hundred thousand
I troops were shipped over during July,
j breaking all records.
I ?????????
j BRITISH TRAITOR SENTENCED.
j Dowling Must Spend Life Behind
I Bars?Landed in Ireland From
German Submarine.
j London, Aug. 2.?Lance Corp. Jo
j seph Dowling of the Connaught Rang
i ers, who was landed on the coast of
j Ireland from a German submarine,
j three months ago was pronounced
{guilty today and sentenced to death.
I The sentence, however, was commut
! ed to penal servitude for life.
i Early in June it was announced in
j the house of commons that an un
named man had been put ashore in a
collapsible boat on the west coast of
Ireland from a German submarine. A
few days later it was officially an
nounced that the man, then a prison
er in the Tower of London was Lance
! Corp. Joseph Dowling of the Con
t naught Rangers. Dowling's trial by
j courtraartial opened in July. He
f pleaded not guilty to the formal
i charges, which were under three
j heads:
' "First that while he was a prisoner
[ of war in Germany he joined a hostile
I force; second, that he endeavored to
I induce others to join; third, that he
I participated in an attempt to land a
J hostile force in Ireland."
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
j Report of Work in . Paris - for Past
Month.
Paris, July 31.?The department of
I Civil Affairs, of u. the American Red
J the past month. "It shows- that -'it
J employed a staff of 1,073 persons,
maintained fifteen civilian hospitals
j with a total capacity of l.o$1$ beds and
i reached in some manner or another
j more than 210,496 civilians affected
j by the last offensive.
Thirty thousand Paris school chil
! dren have been given supplemental
food such as special lunches, break
fast, etc. A hospital and four dispen
saries were opened during the month.
Medical aid was given to 26,100 per
sons; 11,873 refugees were housed and
3,140 given employment. During the
first week of the May offensive 35.
000 refugees were fed in canteens es
tablished in the Paris stations.
Money denotions to outside organiza
I ..v,ns totaled $300,000; of which $140,
i 000 was appropriated for tuberculo
! sis patients; $25,000 for the care of
[ children; $96,000 for refugees, and
J the remainder for mutiles. The fol
l lowing has been distributed through
{the agencies of the department: 177,
[875 garments, 22,488 pairs of shoes,
! 48,280 articles of furniture and house
| hold utensils, 55,464 articles of bed
j ding and household linen, 58,488
i yards of cloth. 167.704 pounds of
j food, 4,535 hospital articles, and 1,
j 000 unclassified.
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE.
i Americans Must Continue to Econo
mize to Feed Europe.
I -
i Columbia, Aug. 2.?The food ad
j ministration authorizes the following
I statement with regard to the coming
j harvest and the common cause:
j "Last year we had a poor harvest
I of wheat. This year we have a good
j one. But despite the poor harvest
I and the 100 little wheat, America by
I her saving sent the Allies enough to
' keep them alive.
j "Shall we not do more when we
j have more?
j "The Allies are eating less meat,
j less fat. and less sugar than we are.
I "Shall we not send them more of
j all these foods as well as more wheat ?
"Shall we not divide all the food
j among all the people fighting under
I the common flag of freedom and
? right?
"One hundred million people in
I America are living in abundance.
? "One hundred and twenty million
(English. French. Belgian and Ital
ian), who have pooled their all in out
common defense, are in want of food.
I "Can we waste any? Must we not
eat less?
"Shall we not all. the two hundred
and twenty million, share and share
alike the food there is for all of us?"
GERMAN SPIES INDICTED.
Propaganda Agents Who Bought New
York Mail for German Government,
New York. Aug. 2.?Federal indict
ments were returned today against
Edward A. Rumelly of the New York,
Mail and S. Walter Kaufmann, form-i
<>r counsel for the German embassy to;
the United States as alleged partici-,
pants in flu* purchase of the Evening]
Mail for the German government, i
: SOUTHRON, KMMhhet Jmne, MMb
VoLXLVI. No. 60.
HIGHER TOBACCO TAX.
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EXISTING RATE TREBLED IS
SOME CASES.
Ways and Means Committee of Hooso
Agrees on Number of Items.
Washington, Aug. 2.?Heavy n
creases in the present war tax o.* to
bacco and cigarettes were agreed to
today by the house ways and means
committee as part of the new $8,000,
000,000 revenue bill. The tax imposes
three times the existing rates on some
items of the schedule and is expected
to raise approximately $340,000,000
in comparison with the present $165,^
000,000 revenue from tobacco.
The committee has made substan
tial headway in its work and some of
its members predicted today that all
danger of delay in reporting the bill
is over and that the total of $8,000,
I 000 the greatest volume of revenue
from taxation ever contemplated i?
the nation's history will be provided
for and the bill in form to r ->ort
when the house reassembles August
19. So far, however, there is a large
gap between the total estimated from
excess profits and income tax sections
and the $6,000,000,000 allotted to
those sections in the original plan.
The committee accordingly went back,
today to the income surtax para
graphs, and while there was no defi
nite action it was evident there will
be heavy increases in surtax, rates.
There was also some discussion of
two plans to superimpose a strictly
war profits tax on the excess profits
tax. one of the plans being for a com
! plete supplemental tax, every dollar
of which would be additional to the
excess profits revenue, and the other
an alternative proposition under'
I which the treasury would impose
either the excess profits tax or the
war profits tax, but not both of them,
the tax to be imposed being that
which would bring the larger revenue
in each individual ca?e.
Today's action as to war taxes- on
tobacco was independent of the spe
cial license tax on manufactures of
tobacco in which double the present
tax was imposed' on the basis of the
annual sales. 1
Chairman Kitchin made this state
ment tonight:
"The committee reached the follow-,
j ing tentative decisions as to the to-.
I bacco schedule: On cigars weighing
not more than three pounds per thou- ;
sand, tax increased from the present
$1 per thousand to $2 per thousand;
cigars weighing more than three
pounds per /thousand and retailing ^
at not more than four cents each, jtar ^
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thousand; cigars retailing at nipfis"**
than seven cents each and less than
15 cents each, increased from $6 to
$15 per thousand; between 15 and 20
cents each, increased from $8 to $20
per thousand and those retailing at
20 cents or more each increased from
I $10 to $30 per thousand.
I Cigarettes weighing not more than
[ 3 pounds per* thousand and retailing
at less than two cents each, increas
! ed from $2.05 to $5 per thousand,
i those of same weight retailing at 2 ?
j cents or more increased from $2.05 to v -
I $8 per thousand; those weighing
! more than 3 pounds per thousand,
! increased from $8.00 to $18 per thou
I sand.
"Tobacco tax increased from 13 to
: 30 cents per pound,
j "Cigarette papers and tubes, tax
] doubled.
j "Exports estimate that the revenue
I for the 12 months period from these
tobacco taxes will total $340,000,000
I against a present revenue of $168,000,
I 000 from the same sources. The com
imittee adjourned until Monday, when ,
i the luxury taxes will be considered,
j The ways and means subcommittee
j on luxuries to which was assigned
the consideration of the whole ques
tion of luxuries including those al
ready discussed in the full commit
tee, held a hearing today. The com
mittee comprises Representatives
Hull. Tennessee; Helvering, Kansas,
i and Moore, Pennsylvania. Meyer D.
; Rothschild of New York and Wilson
! Streeter of Philadelphia representing
i the jewelers, war revenue tax com
mittee opposed levying the tax on
'jewelry at the source and urged that
j it be laid on the consumer on the
; basis of use.
j The jewelers' committee contended
: that by collecting the tax on the ba
| sis of sales to the consumer $150,
'0?0.000 more might be raised than if
, imposed on the lesser wholesale
j prices. It was said that by an ulti
j mate consumer tax on jewelry there
j would be no indefiniteness as to what
, the "cost plus the tax" might be in'
i the popular mind and that more peo
j pie would buy jewelry. The luxury
subcommittee will meet tomorrow
; with a view to framing recommenda
tions to lay before the full committee
Monday.
LUMBER SHIP TORPEDOED.
U-boats Operating Off the Coast oC
Maine.
Bastport, Maine, Aug. 3.?The crew
of nine from a lumber laden four
master schooner landed at Grand Ma
nan. N. P.. today. They reported
that their vessel was sunk by a sub
marine last nisrht between Briar Is
land and Grand Manan. Grand Manan
Island is eight miles east of the east
ern extremity of Maine.
New York. Aug. 2.?The American
steamship Poseidon, formerly a Dutch
ship, was sunk in collision with an
American tanker Wednesday, off the
Atlantic coast. Five members of the
crew of thirty-eight are missing, it
was learned today.