War Tax Bill Passes Senate Amid High Drama and Delays
The $2.7 billion war revenue measure clears the Senate with only Senator La Follette dissenting though he did not oppose passage. It heads to President Wilson for signature after a brief delay and is touted as an even burden sharing bill with detailed Fordney tax tables illustrating impact on corporations partnerships and individuals.
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Washington
Senate
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Clark
Marshall
Simmons
Burleson
Smoot
Utah
One of Our Youngest Brigadier Generals Tax Figures
Taxable income shown as 35000 with 15 to 20 percent rates on capital, plus 25 to 45 percent brackets and specific amounts. Total excess profits tax listed as 16800 and net income 50000 with partner and individual tax calculations, culminating in total tax 19564.
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Fordney
Michigan
Treasury
Sweden Seizes Animal Fats and Sets Shoe Height Limit
Stockholm October decree appropriates all animal fats except butter and technical fats and oils for ongoing control. Separate order restricts women’s fashion boots to 18 centimeters in height, halting high-boot production.
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Stockholm
Germany to Expel Aliens Over Food Shortage
Amsterdam Oct 2 The Telegraaf reports a Berlin bill to remove foreigners not employed in war industries amid food scarcity. The measure would likely be enforced within a month.
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Amsterdam
Telegraaf
Berlin
Heavy Fighting Across Aisne and Flanders Fronts
London and Paris report intense artillery battles along the Aisne Craonne sector and widespread fighting in West Flanders. German assaults were repulsed at Zonnebeke and Polygon Wood as British and French forces hold Passchendaele ridge with heavy losses noted. Germany claims limited gains at Polygon Wood.
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Haig
Pass Chendaele
Berlin
Flanders
Bolsheviks protest Berkman death sentence in Petrograd
Several thousand Bolsheviks met in a circus tent to denounce the imprisonment and reported death sentence of anarchist Alexander Berkman. Agitators from the United States spoke, government guard was deployed then withdrawn, and Amb. Francis said he feared no harm. Russia braces for air raids with patrols and darkening measures.
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Alexander Berkman
United States
Francis
Germans in New Attacks
The official report notes enemy artillery active at night in the Nieuport sector and east and north of Ypres. Otherwise there is nothing significant to report.
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London
Nieuport
Ypres
Final draft calls reach 12 percent on Oct 17
Washington reports the final 12 per cent of drafted men will be called October 17 and 7,000,000 registered men will be mobilized in cantonments by November 1. President Wilson to authorize Crowder to proceed with exholition of the 7,000,000 registered not called in the current draft.
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Washington
National US Convonments
National Guard
Nations
National Army
France
America
Liberty Loan Oversubscribed As Treasury Opens Second Bond Drive
Widespread support for the Second Liberty loan leads to record early subscriptions. McAdoo urges full participation, warning failure would hinder war effort, while certificates totaling 400 million push the drive toward the national goal. Local reports show strong city and state backing.
IOWA TEACHER ACCUSED OF MANN ACT VIOLATION
Walter Le Schwartz a country school teacher near Marengo Iowa was arrested by federal officers on information from Mrs Lena Strickwald of Winslow DL who says he violated the Mann act by bringing her to Iowa He also is charged as a nonregistered smoker Schwartz admits he did not register but says the Strickwald woman came to Iowa on her own accord
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Walter le Schwartz
Marengo
Lena Strickwald
Winslow
Schwartz
Strickwald
Baseball Scores from National League and American League
National League results show Philadelphia 5 New York 2 and Brooklyn 2 Boston 6. American League games include Boston 7 Washington 2 and New York 3 Philadelphia 2.
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Perce
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Boston
Guna
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Detroit
Washington
Scumeenanaanlts
Pottery Workers Vote to Strike on October 11
Seven thousand potters in the United States and Canada, organized as the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters, voted to strike October 11. They demand a 25 percent wage increase and employers plan to meet here to attempt a settlement.
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United States
Canada
East Liverpool
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Italians Capture High Ground in Isongo Sector
Rome reports another Italian advance in the Isongo sector taking the high ground south of Podlaca and southeast of Madoni. The war office confirms 1,409 prisoners captured in the operation.
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Isonzo
Rome
Podlaca
Isongo
War Office
Ford Turns Over One Plant to War Department
Henry Ford arrived in Cambridge and announced the transfer of 200 employees to other Ford plants. He said the factory would be operated on a bigger scale after the war and turned over to the war department.
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Mass
Henry Ford
Detroit
War Department
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