War Congress 1917 65th Session Ends After Momentous Bills
The Sixty fifth Congress closed its first war session amid praise for harmony and speed. It passed sweeping wartime laws including the draft and food control acts, plus a $21.39 billion appropriations package and a $2.535 billion war tax bill. Congress approved vast military expansion and credits to allied governments, with 188 days in session and thousands of confirmations, while holding up Col Reichmann for pro German sentiments.
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Carl Reichmann
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
Russia
Japan
Atlantic
Most Important Measures Passed in War Session
A summary of key actions by Congress in the special war session includes declaring war on Germany, authorizing war bonds of 15.538 billion dollars, war appropriations and contracts totaling 14.39 billion, war loans of 7 billion to allies, a selective draft for 10 million men, and statutes such as the espionage act, war revenue bill, food control, trading with the enemy act, and soldiers and sailors insurance.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Senate
Pershing
France
Bliss
Germany
Navy and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Soldiers’ and Sailors
50 000 Belgian Homes Destroyed Say Germans Bombed
Havre reports Belgium’s gray book counters German claims from 1915 white book. It states 40 000 to 50 000 Belgian houses were destroyed by German forces amid early war actions.
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Havre
Belgium
Sailor Held on Manslaughter Charge in London
Machinists Mate Perente of an American naval vessel will be freed on bail after being charged with manslaughter in the death of dockyard laborer Plummer. Plummer died from a jaw blow on September 8. Perente, remanded by a Queenstown magistrate, pleaded not guilty and said he did not mean to injure his friend.
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London
Perente
Plummer
Queenstown
Illinois Items Include Clerk Appointments and Local Bids
John Watts appointed clerk of the U S district court at Danville to succeed GC L Hitech S Rhode and B M Clark hog farm at Woosung offers to remove garbage at Dixon Ernest Reutter shot and killed on a Fairbury street by H D Limeberry The victim owned a barber shop and Limeberry had been discharged recently
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John Watts
United States District Court
Danville
GC. L. Hitech
S. Rhode
B. M. Clark
Woosung
Dixon
Ernest Reutter
Fairbury
H. D. Limeberry
Limeberry
Albert Strong
East St. Louis
General Pershing
France
Twelfth Regiment
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Dunferline
Pekin
Chicago
Stanley Kuns
Lyons
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Grand Jury
A. T. Hern
Pbekalb Methodist Episcopal Church
Orangeville
Swedish Baptist Ministerial Association
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American Association of Dancing Masters
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Worth
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Escanaba
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