War events dominate South and Europe in a day’s brief
News brief reports lynching charges in South Carolina. government nitrate plant plans for Virginia. rural post road funds announced. labor movement and loyalty conference outcomes. riots and streetcar strike responses. draft and mobilization updates. international battles across Europe with Russian retreat and Italian offensives. war finance and IWW arrests. president and War Secretary statements on war aims and Negro troop training.
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Meek McGill
Hickory Grove
S. C
Carson Lattimore
York County
W. T. Sims
Virginia
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Wilson
Minneapolis
Minn
Samual Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chattanooga
Tenn
National Army
Soldier Cities
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Savannah
Los Angeles
Cal
Dixie Overland Highway Association
Meridian
Miss
United States moves against I W W and war notes
The article reviews U S government raids on I W W leaders in over twenty cities, seizures of offices and documents, and possible indictments under espionage and other wartime laws. It notes budget, legal action, and the crackdown on sabotage and antiwar activities amid broader war news and political shifts.
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Eward W. Pickard
United States
Middle
Far West
Department of Justice
Uncle Sam
L. W
Socialist Party
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Lowden
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dlinois
Kan
Senate debates tax bill amid sharp party splits
The Senate debated a war tax plan carried near 2.4 billion dollars with 69 to 4 opposition from Borah La Follette and Norris recorded against. Amendments aimed at striking out consumption taxes on coffee sugar molasses and cocoa were approved or defeated as the body moved toward final passage.
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Washington
Paseome Senate
Senate
Oent
Bray
Owen
Jone
la Follette
Smoot
McKellar
Finance Committee
Hardwick
Korniloff Demands Dictatorial Control of Russian Government
The crisis in Russia deepens as General Korniloff backed by agitators seeks dictatorial powers, demanding the surrender of government. Kerensky refuses and backs stern action against opposition elements. M. Loff, a Duma member and Korniloff intermediary, was imprisoned at the Petropavlovsk fortress and forced to reveal plot specifics under severe duress.
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Mino
Cadorna
Bainsizza
Monte Hermada
Trieste
Riga
Germany
Baltic
Petrograd
Gulf of Finland
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Reval
Kronstadt
Russia
Alexieff
Vassilkovski
Benedict
Ribot
Marne
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Wilson
Reichstag
Switzerland
Poland
Austria
Galicia
United Kingdom of
Charles
Hungary
Senate
House
District of Columbia
National Army
Washington
Finance Committee
Kerensky
Korniloff
Petropavlosk
M. Loff
Duma
Two Americans Hurt on Duty in France
The war department announced that Sergeant M. G. Wood and Private W. F. Bratt, both of Company F, 110th Railroad Engineers, were slightly wounded by shell fragments while in France. It is the army's first casualty report concerning medical corps personnel.
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France
F Landers
Belgium
Crown Prince
Ruprecht
Courtrai-Thourout
Ypres
Zeebrugge
Belgian
England
Chatham
Scarborough
United States
Verdun
Shanghai
China
Twenty-fourth Army Corps
Europe
Siberia
Genghis Khan
Argentina
Germany
Artmen
Caldeniga
Washington
Sergt
M. G. Wood
W. F. Bratt
110Th Railwatgineers
Mem
Aviaors
Germ
Maine Voters Narrowly Oppose Woman Suffrage
Early returns from 275 of 635 precincts show Maine voting 2 to 1 against woman suffrage, with totals around 5,161 to 22,296 as major cities report only partial figures, indicating a statewide setback in the suffrage effort.
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Maine
Portland
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Harvard
Monte San Gabriele
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Friedrichsdt
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Montana
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Ninth Ilinois Infantry
Springfield
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Street
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Samuel Gompers
Congress
Dstrict of Columbia
America
Colonel Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Adjt
W. L. Sherrill
Admiral Gleaves
Eli. D. Hoyle
New York
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Tol
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Ireland
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John Spargo
Gompers
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Stenna
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