Profiteering Profits Across 1917 Industries Revealed
Treasury report on 31 500 corporations shows widespread 1917 excess profits across food, coal, oil, dairy, canning and meat packing. Highlights include one large packer up by 19 million from 1916 to 1917, dairy firms doubling earnings, and oil, brick and shoe sectors posting sizable gains. Industrial groups like utilities, automakers, and retail groceries also show marked profit increases with varied capitalizations and regional players noted.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
United States
City curbs rent hikes with landlords
Philadelphia acted against 75 landlords for excessive rent increases. All but one agreed to lower rents after city action. The remaining owner resisted, prompting intervention by the city fuel administrator to enforce reduction.
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Philadelphia
London Police Respond Quickly at Waterlow Bridge Leap
Report notes the swift police action after a man attempted suicide by jumping from a bridge known as the Bridge of Sighs. He landed in the Thames, was picked up by a motorboat within a minute, and an officer recovered his hat and stick. The man was charged next morning and remanded for a sanity inquiry.
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London
Waterloo Bridge
Bridge of Sighs
Thames
Return of Corporal Brunson Seeks Baby Daughter
Corporal Frank Brunson of Omaha Nebraska in the 24th balloon company at Camp Morrison Virginia received leave to see his newborn daughter 1000 miles away. He was told to wire headquarters at every stop, a trouble but worth it to meet his baby girl.
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Frank Brunson
Omaha, Neb
24Th Balloon Company
Camp Morrison
John Makes a Standstill Service Note
A brief quirky item notes John’s error and the lack of service flags for standers and waiters, with a Milton quotation as a pithy aside. The piece reads as a light commentary on patience and unresolved actions.
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John
Milton
Notable Rent Strike Drives Tenants to Seek New Homes
An order barred coal delivery to a landlord and his tenants who paid high rents. Residents argued a coal free house is worse than no house in winter and pressed to move, becoming more active in finding new accommodations.
Chinese Burn Gold Leaf on Anniversaries
The article states that Chinese traditions lead to the annual destruction of about $10,000,000 in gold by burning small gold leaf pieces on specific anniversaries. It frames the practice as a cultural custom with significant material loss.
U. S. Supply Steamer Montanan Sunk Off Foreign Waters
The Montanan a 6650 ton U S supply steamer was torpedoed and sunk August 16 in foreign waters with about five missing including three civilians and two armed guard. eighty one survivors landed. The navy aims to destroy the raider Triumph now raiding Grand Banks fishing fleets off Nova Scotia. The Triumph crew of sixteen Germans seized from a captured U boat operates off Canada’s Atlantic coast sinking several ships and approaching shore.
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Washington
Naval Armed Guard
Navy Department
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Montanan
David W. Johnson
Chester C. Eldridge
Triumph
Capmarine
Grand Banks
Admiral Benson
Canadian Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Una P. Sanders
Lunenburg
E. Platt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Francis J. O'Hara
Boston
Lucille Schmare
Myhre
The
Revenue bill moves toward final shape in Ways and Means
Washington August 23 reporting the Ways and Means Committee tentatively adopting an excess profits tax plan as part of the 8 billion dollar revenue bill. The McAdoo plan sets an 80 percent war profits tax with a 10 percent exemption, plus graded rates from 35 to 70 percent on excess profits. The schedule allows a single 8 percent deduction and makes war and excess taxes alternate to maximize revenue.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
U S Army Aims 1919 Victory With 45 000 Man Divisions
General March told the house military committee the United States could win in 1919 with divisions of about 45 000 men. He noted plans to have 250 000 Americans in France monthly and expected to increase in spring. He said rifle power would be decisive and the war would be won on the western front. The August 1 strength was 38 012 112 men.
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Washington
March
House Military Committee
War Department
France
Kahn
Rhine
General March
Great Battle for Chicago at Grant Park Exposition
Chicago hosts a government war exposition from September 2 to 15 in Grant Park. A contingent of ten American and three British battle planes arrives by air, a large dirigible is to fly in from the East with crew and armament, and a battery of 75 mm guns with artillerymen will be demonstrated.
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Chicago
Grant Park
France Adds Baseball to Army Training Program
The French war ministry orders baseball incorporated into general army training, citing athletics as aiding the average soldier and noting baseball aids in hand grenade practice. Also reports British July shipping losses totaling 176479 tons with allies and neutrals suffering 136582 tons. British losses exceed construction by 34531 tons.
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Paris
French War Ministry
London
Admiralty
Britain
Spain to use German ships in Spanish ports
Spain announces that due to submarine sinkings its shipping will be carried by German vessels now in Spanish ports. The official statement followed a Spanish cabinet meeting at San Sebastian and aims to replace tonnage sunk with German tonnage in domestic ports.
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Paris
Spain
Germany
San Sebastian
Newark Girl Pleads Guilty For Wearing Army Uniform
Beatrice Duke of Newark New Jersey pleaded guilty in U S district court to unlawfully wearing a United States army officer uniform and was sentenced to 20 days in jail.
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Hartford
Tanker in flames sighted off Atlantic port
A tanker enveloped in flames and apparently abandoned by her crew was seen off the American coast by passengers on a British steamer from South American ports that arrived at the port.
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Atlantic
Caruso Marries Dorothy Benjamin in New York
Opera star Enrico Caruso wed Tuesday in New York to Dorothy Park Benjamin daughter of Park Benjamin a patent lawyer and naval and electrical expert. The ceremony joins two prominent families as Caruso continues his illustrious career.
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Caruso
New, York
Enrico Caruso
Dorothy Park Benjamin
Park Benjamin
Aerial Gunnery Range Authorized Near Fort Worth
Major Decel, commander of Taliaferro field, received Washington approval to lease 11,000 acres in one block near Fort Worth Texas for use as an aerial gunnery range.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Decel
Taliaferro Field
Washington
U S Seizes German Gluten in Global Trade Crackdown
New York August 22 1939 U S government seized 1 057 000 pounds of de glycerized wheat gluten valued at 200 000 dollars destined for Germany announced by the alien property custodian A wartime measure targeting suspect imports.
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U. S
New York
Germany
Big Majority for Capper Captures Kansas Senate Nomination
Topeka Aug 21 Gov Arthur Capper won the Republican nomination for United States senator with 101 290 votes a majority of 31 746 over three opponents He carried all 105 counties of Kansas reflecting wide statewide support.
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Capper
Topeka
Kan
United States
Arthur Capper
Head of Mine Company Drowns
New York announces the death by drowning of N. Bruce-Mackelvie president of the Butte and Superior mining company. He belonged to the firm of Uayden Stofle Co of this city.
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New York
N. Bruce-Mackelvie
Butte and Superiorming Company
Uayden, Stofle & Co
Convict 1 W W Haywood and 99 IWW Members Found Guilty
Chicago August 20 William D Haywood and 99 IWW members were convicted by Judge Landis on conspiracy to hamper the war effort. The jury took 20 days to reach the verdict after a three month evidence hearing begun April 1. Haywood showed dejection and said the case pointed to acquittal. It is his first conviction after two decades as a labor agitator.
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Chicago
William D. Haywood
Landis
Haywood
Steunenberg
Idaho
Riots Kill 200 in Tokyo as Food Prices Spark Unrest
Rioting across Tokyo over high food costs leaves about two hundred dead and many wounded. Police report widespread looting of stores and depots in Asakusa while troops are deployed in major cities including Maizuru Nagoya and Kobe amid fears of further violence.
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Tokyo
Ministry of the Interior
Asakusa
Japan
Maizuru
Nagoya
Kobe
Hand Grenade Blast Kills Lieutenant at Camp Cody
A hand grenade exploded at Camp Cody killing Lieut. Olaf B. Dann of Austin, Minn. The accident occurred on August 22 in Deming, New Mexico.
England Raises Silver Price in England
London August 22 an official announcement states the maximum price of silver in England has been increased to 49 pence.
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England
London
U S Ensign Sets 30 Hour Patrol Record
London reports Ensign P J Barnes of the United States Navy has set a 30 hour patrol record in a dirigible off the English coast. He surpasses his own previous flight record.
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U. S
London
P. J. Barnes
United States Navy
Four Deserters Sentenced to Five Years Each
Four men convicted of desertion from the army have been sentenced to serve five years at hard labor in prison. The five-year term was imposed on Jesse F. Blakely C. C. Blakely Lee D. Martin and John W. Penrod in Little Rock Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jesse F. Blakely
C. C. Blakely
Lee D. Martin
John W. Penrod
British air force downs 21 German planes
London reports the war office communique listing twenty one German airplanes shot down by British flyers during the day and four balloons destroyed in flames. Seven British aircraft are missing.
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London
Win-the-War Parade Draws 100000 Labor Marchers
More than 100000 men will march in the win-the-war parade of organized labor in New York on September 2. Ernst Bohm, corresponding secretary of the Central Federated Union, announced the plan on Tuesday.
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New York
Organized Labor
Ernst Bohm
Central Federated Union
Martial Law Proclaimed After Battle in Petrograd
London reports hundreds killed or wounded in a fierce clash between Lettish guards and rioters during Petrograd disorders. Martial law followed the night of fighting near the Snolny Institute as workers protested food shortages and shouted anti German and anti Kremlin slogans. Japanese troops landed at Nikolaievsk to protect allied nationals. In Prague a Czecho Slovak national committee manifesto urges unity to realize national aims and rally Czechs and Slovaks to the liberty struggle.
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London
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Kremlin
Snolny Institute
Nikolaievsk
Tien Tsin
Washington
Vardaman Defeated as Harrison Wins Mississippi Senate Primary
In Mississippi on August 22 Pat Harrison won the U S Senate nomination over incumbent James Vardaman by about two to one. Harrison led in results from across the state. the race drew national attention after a Wilson letter criticizing Vardaman’s record. Vardaman defended his loyalty and noted frequent disagreements with the president.
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Jackson
Miss
Pat Harrison
United States Senate
James Ek. Vardiman
Mississippi
Harrison
Vardaman
Wilson
Submarine Sunk Near Virginia Coast Reported by Navy
The U S navy department says an American steamer rammed and probably sank a submarine near Winter Quarter shoal off the northern Virginia coast around 9 30 p m Saturday August 17. The vessel reached port with a damaged bow and the captain believes he sank the submarine. A British tanker claims a 400 foot enemy submarine was sunk off the Atlantic coast after twenty six shots.
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Washington
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
Atlantic
Freed After Hunger Strike by 23 Suffragists in DC Jail
After six days of hunger striking, 23 suffragists were released unconditionally from the District of Columbia jail. No explanation was given by authorities and some prisoners were serving 15 day sentences. General Otani planned as his first act to review American soldiers in Vladivostok.
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Washington
District of Columbia
London
Otani
Siberian
Vladivostok
Colyn to Be Dutch Premier
Former war minister Jonkheer Colyn will become the Dutch premier as announced by the Amsterdam Telegraaf and transmitted to the Exchange Telegraph company.
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Colyn
London
Tribute Paid to Gallinger in Senate Adjourning Tribute
Washington Aug 21 tribute to the late Senator Gallinger minority leader was paid in the senate. Both houses adjourned after appointing committees to attend Gallinger's funeral.
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Gallinger
Washington
Senator Gallinger
Senate
House
Train wreck near Newburg claims one life
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 4 derailed near Newburg West Virginia. One locomotive overturned and Engineer Cheshire of Grafton was killed.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore & Ohio
Newburg
W. Va
Cheshire of
Ethics of Kingdom Living in Luke and Paul Teachings
The guide argues that earthly ethics contrast with Christlike giving and mercy. It highlights key passages from Luke 6 30 38 80 37 35 36 37 and Luke 21 1 4 and Acts 20 35 about giving forgiving and loving enemies. It emphasizes selfless benevolence and humility over gain and judgment.
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Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
Heavenly Father
Spiritually Discerned by Bishop Westecatt
A sermon reflects on the Incarnation as the greatest thought and fact guiding believers to see beyond tangible things. It urges lifting eyes to divine presence, viewing phenomena as signs of spiritual truth rather than ends in themselves.
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Bishop Weatecatt
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