Will Intern Rich Doctor Will Intern Rich Doctor
The enemy alien bureau recommended the internment of Dr. Frederick August Richard von Strensch a wealthy New York physician arrested on a presidential warrant. He claimed to be a protege of Bismarck and allegedly wrote to the German Emperor at the war’s outbreak offering services. He was said to have contacted Capt Franz von Papen and to have favored sending German reservists from the United States to Canada to hinder Canadian troop movements.
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New York
Frederick August Richard von Strensch
von Strensch
Bismarck
Franz von Papen
Canada
France
Calcerbs Health Builder Promises Cough Relief
A tonic and health builder CALCERBS claim to aid persistent throat and lung coughs. They contain lime salt calcium and are said to be easily absorbed, sold at 50 cents a box through druggists or directly from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia makers of Ecknman’s Alterative.
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Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Ecknman
U-Boat Officer Met In Bar Room Near Coast
Information from ship officers attacked by German subs along the American coast suggests the enemy may have landed crew members or connected with shore persons to gain information. The Navy Department refused to endorse the theory but acknowledged the possibility.
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Washington
Navy Department
O. B. Jennings
New York
Department
War Hopeful as March Predicts Victory in 1919
March asserts war to be won next year with 80 divisions in France and a 4,000,000-strong effort, while Baker and Crowder discuss class calls from ages 19 to 45 and labor concerns. Submarine activity near American shores prompts caution, amid reports of cable cutting and close German contact with the coast.
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House Committee
Baker
France
March
General March
America
Dent
Kahn
California
Hansa Minority
Crowder
McKenzie
Illinois
Stettinius
Representative Kahn
Rhine
Western Front
General Crowder
Married Men in Draft Exemption Policy Clarified
Secretary Baker told Senator Chamberlain that married men remain classified within the four existing categories under the draft rules and that no change to extend exemptions as a class is planned. He noted that dependency on wives and children guides classification and warned against using marriage to claim exemption.
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Department
Thomas
Colorado
Senate
Baker
Organized Labor
Congress
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Baker
Dent
Washington
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Disagreement Over Excess Profits Tax in Revenue Bill
Washington Aug 19 Treasury Department and the House Ways and Means committee clashed again over the $8 billion revenue bill. The Treasury sent a letter protesting higher excess profits tax rates proposed in the current law.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Tax panel debates excess profits rules amid war tax talks
The committee and treasury contended over an 80 percent war profits tax based on pre war earnings and excess profits rules affecting about 10 percent of corporations. They considered an 8 to 10 percent deduction with a $3000 exemption and 40 percent tax on 8 to 20 percent gains, 60 percent on over 20 percent, while the treasury opposed expanding excess profits taxes.
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Committee
Treasury
The
Kitchin
McAdoo
Mechanic John DeVito Commended For Bravery At Marne
East Boston mechanic John DeVito of K Company 80th Infantry was commended for gallant conduct on June 26 at the Marne. He helped carry wounded Corporal Johnson to safety under heavy German fire, aiding his survival as surgeons noted. Rose Casso of Revere has a copy of the orders detailing the action.
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John DeVito
East Boston
K Company
80Th U. S. Infantry
Marne
Dickman
Rose Casso
Revere
DeVito
Johnson
Officer Dismissed and Five Years Imprisonment Ordered
President Wilson approved the dismissal of First Lieutenant Milo O. Frank and five years hard labor at Camp Sheridan Alabama. He also commuted Captain Stewart D. Tiffany’s dismissal for quarantine violations to six months confinement and $300 forfeiture in pay at Camp Stuart Virginia.
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Washington
Milo O. Frank
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Wilson
Stewart D. Tiffany
105Th Infantry
Camp Stuart
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