Embezzlement probe and war tax drives sweep nation
A Georgia court clerk faces federal indictments for embezzling 15000 dollars and making false statements. The war tax law aims at all earners above 1000 dollars, with strict returns and penalties for noncompliance. Congress passed the vast revenue act, and enforcement begins as the country shifts to wartime finance and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Clayton
United States Court For
Southern District of Georgia
Macon
Congress
United States
Atlanta
Order of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
J. J. Forrester
Greater Savannah
Decatur
Newark
N. J
New Jersey Freie Zeitung
Benedict Prieth
William von Kaeperler
Henry Wechter
New Orleans
News Review of the Past Week
A broad survey of World War I developments reviews Haig’s weekly offensive near Ypres, German reactions, and Allied aims to seize key positions. It notes munitions shortages and labor unrest in Germany, Czernin’s warning to Allies, and Russia’s internal strife under Kerensky. Air raids on Britain prompt talk of reprisals, with French raids on German targets following Dunkirk. War taxes are enacted, and Liberty Loan momentum rises alongside ship, aircraft production.
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St. Denis Westrem
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Thourout
Teutons
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Zele
Flanders
London
Argentina
Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Adriatic
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Ypres
England
Drake
Ireland
Edward W. Pickard
Marshal Haig
Prince Rotrecht
Ostend
Marne
Haig
Passchensaele
Zonnebeke
Iather
Schuech
Copenhagen
von Hindenburg
Essen
Frankfort
Austria-Hungary
United States
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Czernin
Bainsizzi
Cadorna
Bukowina
Roumania
Kerensky
Russia
Riga
Democratic Congress
Turkestan
America
Holland
Great Britain
Kent
Essex
Lloyd-George
Stuttgart
Baden
Coblenz
Dunkirk
Bar-le- Duc
Wilson
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Senate
Pershing
Bliss
Army Corps
Shipping Board
Baker
Adjourns Big War Session as La Follette Attacks Fostered
The extraordinary wartime session of Congress adjourned sine die at 3 p.m. after five hours of debate centered on Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and his criticisms of war policy. Galleries were packed, and Wilson attended as members prepared to return home for the next session in December.
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McAdoo
H. O. Havemeyer
New York
National Woman's Party
Maryland
la Follette
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Washington
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Wee
Wilson
Capitol
House
Heflin
Alabama
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Senator LaFollette
League
St. Paul
Uruguay Breaks Off Diplomatic Ties With Germany
Uruguay severed diplomatic relations with Germany after a presidential decree passed in the chamber of deputies by 74 to 23. The German minister was expelled with passports as Montevideo state papers cited Uruguay’s stance in defense of justice democracy and small nationalities despite no direct German aggression.
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Burleson
Milwaukee Leader
Berger
Post Office Department
Illinois Staats-Zeitung
New Jersey
Freie Zeitung
Newark
Paris
Belo Pasha
Bolo
United States
New York
France
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Peru
Republic of
Uruguay
Montevideo
Chamber of Deputies
Viera
Eight Thousand Russian Troops Refuse Front Duty
Petrograd reports eight thousand soldiers at Gomel in Monilet province after a meeting refuse to go to the front. A telegram quotes the action as a collective refusal. The incident underscores wartime tensions and unrest among troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Gomel
Monilet
American Destroyer Action Confirms Submarine Kill
A government report details an engagement between American destroyers in European waters and a German U boat. Vice Admiral Sime reports the destroyer force dared neutralize the submarine despite indications pointing to its destruction.
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Washington
Stert Can
Bury Department
Sime
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the News OF the South
Southland
A. von der Heyde
Foreign Office
Lorton
Merton E. Lewis
New York State
New York City
Garabed
Interior
Garabed T. K. Giragossian
Boston
War Department
Emmett J. Scott
Booker T. Washington
J. B. Pershing
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Insurance
Supreme Court
Davis
National Army
Frankfort-on-the- Main
John J. Pershing
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
West Front
Society Women of
Liberty Loan
James F. Curtis
William A Burton
Viscount Ishii
West Point
Austria
Count Czernin
Samoa
Seeadler
South Pacific
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Cologne
Karl Heifferich
Reichstas Saterday
Rheinische Westfaliseh ® Zeitung
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